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- PALINODEAn ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; a recantation.
- PALLADIUMA safeguard.
- PALSIERComplete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
- PALSYComplete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
- PANCREASA gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.
- PANDERA person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
- PANDURAAn Ancient Greek stringed instrument, a kind of lute with three strings that were stopped with a fingerboard to alter the tone, and with either a mandolin- or banjo-like shape.
- PANEGYRICA formal speech publicly praising someone or something.
- PANICAlternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”).
- PANICLEA compound raceme.
- PANLOGISMThe Hegelian doctrine that the universe is the act or realization of Logos, and therefore logic and ontology are the same study.
- PANMIXIAA situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.
- PANMIXIASA situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.
- PANMIXISPanmixia.
- PANOPLYA splendid display of something.
- PANSOPHYComplete and universal knowledge, or a system of such universal knowledge.
- PANTA quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
- PANTHEISMThe belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.
- PANTHERAny of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.
- PAPERA sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- PAPYRUSA plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.
- PARABLEA short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
- PARABOLEObsolete spelling of parable.
- PARABOLICOf, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
- PARACMEA point beyond the highest or greatest.
- PARADIGMA pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
- PARADISEThe place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
- PARADOXAn apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
- PARALOGISMA fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
- PARALYTICSomeone suffering from paralysis.
- PARAMESEIn Ancient Greek musical theory, the lowest-pitched fixed note in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, always pitched a perfect fourth below the nete, with two movable notes between t
- PARAPHA flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.
- PARASITEAn organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organi
- PARCHMENTMaterial, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
- PARDA leopard; a panther.
- PARDALOTEAny of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.
- PAREIDOLIAThe tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in
- PARENCHYMAThe functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
- PARHELIONSynonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of
- PARHYPATEIn Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the lichanos and higher than the hypate.
- PARISHAn administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
- PARLEYA conference, especially one between enemies.
- PAROCHIALPertaining to a parish.
- PARODOSA side entrance to an Ancient Greek theater, affording access to the stage or orchestra.
- PARODYA work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
- PAROECIOUSHaving the male and female reproductive organs growing beside or near each other, as in certain cryptogams.
- PAROEMIAA proverb.
- PAROLWord of mouth.
- PAROLEOriginally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, espe
- PARONYMA word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
- PAROUSIAThe second coming of Christ.
- PAROXYTONEHaving the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
- PAROXYTONICOf or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
- PARSLEYA bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
- PARVISAn enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral.
- PASTADough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
- PASTEA soft moist mixture, in particular: One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry. Pastry. One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste
- PASTELAny of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender.
- PASTICHEA work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.
- PASTRAMIA seasoned smoked cut of beef, traditionally made from a navel cut.
- PASTRYA baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
- PATAGIUMThe thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
- PATENThe plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
- PATHETICArousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.
- PATHICSynonym of bottom: a passive usually-male partner in homosexual anal intercourse.
- PATHOGNOMYThe facial expressions showing emotions.
- PATHOLOGICCaused by or related to disease, pathology.
- PATHOLOGYThe study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually and especially in the clinical and academic medicine subsenses defined belo
- PATHOSThe quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like;
- PATRIOTICInspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country
- PATRONYMICDerived from one's father.
- PAUSETo take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
- PEACHAny tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
- PEASEAlternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”).
- PECTINA plant-derived polysaccharide found in cell walls (especially in fruits) that forms a gel under acidic conditions and is commonly used to thicken foods like jam and jellies.
- PECTINESA plant-derived polysaccharide found in cell walls (especially in fruits) that forms a gel under acidic conditions and is commonly used to thicken foods like jam and jellies.
- PEDERASTA man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
- PEDERASTYErotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
- PEDIATRICSThe branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.
- PEGMATITEA coarsely crystalline igneous or plutonic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz, normally with muscovite and/or biotite mica.
- PELAGIANOf or pertaining to the open sea.
- PELAGIANSOf or pertaining to the open sea.
- PELAGICLiving in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
- PELARGONIUMAny of various flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium, similar to (and often confused with) true geraniums, but less hardy and often cultivated as annuals for ornamental purpose
- PELICANAny of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
- PELITEA sedimentary rock containing very fine particles.
- PELORIAA variety of toadflax having five spurs instead of one.
- PELOTHERAPYbody therapy using mud or clay
- PELTAA small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
- PELTASTA type of light infantry unit in Ancient Greece who often served as skirmishers.
- PELYCOSAURAny of a group of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes, part of a polyphyletic grade, formerly regarded as order Pelycosauria.
- PENTADSynonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly Synonym of quinquennium: a five-year period, especially in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.
- PENTAGRAMThe shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; o
- PENTAPOLISA geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities
- PENTARCHYGovernment by five persons.
- PENTETERICSynonym of quinquennial (“related to or characterized by an five-year period”)
- PEONYA flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
- PEPLOSAn Ancient Greek garment, worn by women, formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and
- PEPLUMA peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth folded back upon itself halfway down so that the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom cove
- PEPSINA digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.