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- PECULATIONThe wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
- PEEWITAny of several birds: northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) laughing gull (Xema ridibundus) pewee or peewee A magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca).
- PELFMoney, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon.
- PERFIDYA state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- PHAETONa light four-wheeled open carriage drawn by four horses
- PHAGEA virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
- PHARAONICOf or pertaining to a pharaoh.
- PHAROSAn ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
- PHLOEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
- PHLOGISTONThe hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.
- PHOSGENEcarbonyl chloride
- PHOTICOf, related to, or irradiated by light. Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
- PHRENICOf or pertaining to the diaphragm
- PHTHISISAn atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
- PHYLOGENETICOf, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
- PHYLOGENICOf or pertaining to phylogeny
- PICAROONA pirate or picaro.
- PICAYUNEA small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.
- PICOGRAMAn SI unit of mass equal to 10 grams. Symbol: pg
- PICOTAn embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.
- PILASTERA rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it is attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
- PLATENThe part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
- PLECTRUMA small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- PLENUMA space that is completely filled with matter.
- PLOSIVEA speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
- POETASTERAn unskilled poet.
- POGEYA poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc.
- POLONIUMA rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84. An atom of this element.
- POMACEThe pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.
- POOKAA fairy that supposedly appears in animal form, often large.
- PORGYAny of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams. In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
- PORTENDTo serve as a warning or omen of.
- POSTDILUVIANPostdiluvial.
- POTHERA commotion, a tempest.
- POULTERSynonym of poulterer, a dealer in poultry.
- POXYSuffering from pox.
- PRATETalk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
- PSALTERYA zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
- PUCKISHHaving a tendency to play tricks on people or tease people by making silly jokes about them; mischievous.
- PULEA plaintive melancholy whine.
- PURGATIVEpurging
- PURSUIVANTA functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; an attendant of the heralds, e.g. in the College of Arms.
- PYLORUSIn vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
- PYROGENICGenerating or produced by heat, especially in the body; causing or caused by fever.
- PYTHONICOf or pertaining to, or resembling, a python (“large constricting snake of the family Pythonidae”); pythonlike.
- QUACKERYThe practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
- QUICKSILVERThe metal mercury.
- QUIESCENTInactive, quiet, at rest.
- RAPINEThe seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
- RATLINEThe rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.
- REBECAn early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.
- REDOUBTA small, temporary, military fortification.
- REFULGENCYThe property of being refulgent.
- REFULGENTResplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
- REGOLITHThe layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated cele
- REIFYTo regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
- RELICTSomething that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic. The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a w
- RHEOLOGICOf, or relating to, rheology: the deformation and flow of matter.
- RHEUMYOf, relating to, or made of rheum (“thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum”); watery.
- RHYOLITEAn igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
- RHYTONA container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.
- ROUEAlternative spelling of roué.
- RUCTIONA noisy quarrel or fight.
- RUGOSEHaving rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
- RUGOSITYThe state of being rugose.
- SACKBUTA brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
- SAMPANA Chinese flat-bottomed wooden boat propelled by two oars.
- SAXIFRAGEAny plant in the genus Saxifraga.
- SCARIFYTo remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- SCRUMPYA rough cider, normally more alcoholic than usual, and typically produced through natural fermentation.
- SEELGood; fortunate; opportune; happy.
- SEELINGpresent participle and gerund of seel
- SEMIQUAVERA sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.
- SEPTA clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
- SHIVAREEAlternative form of charivari.
- SHOATA weaned piglet; any piglet.
- SHRIVETo hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
- SHRIVENpast participle of shrive
- SHUNTERA railway locomotive used for shunting (switching).
- SIDEREALOf or relating to the stars.
- SKIRLTo make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
- SNOODA band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women.
- SONDEProbe; sound.
- SONEa subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing
- SOUGHTo make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
- SPALTspelter.
- SPILEA splinter.
- SPOORThe track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
- STOUPA bucket.
- SUBORNTo induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.
- SUPINELying on its back.
- SUSPIRETo breathe, especially to exhale
- SWAINA young man or boy in service; a servant.
- SWARDEarth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; a portion of such earth.
- SWARFThe waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
- SWARTOf a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
- SWIVETo have sex with (someone).
- SYBARITEA person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
- SYRINXA set of panpipes.
- TANNOYA public address system.