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- 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.
- PATHOGENAn agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.
- 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;
- PATRIARCHThe highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bish
- 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.
- PECTIZETo congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass; to gel.
- 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.
- PEDOPHILEAn adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.
- 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
- 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.
- PEPTICOf, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion.
- PEPTIDEAny of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond. Su
- PEPTONEAny water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.
- PERCHAny of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- PEREIONThe thorax of a crustacean, between the head (cephalon) and abdomen (pleon).
- PEREIONSThe thorax of a crustacean, between the head (cephalon) and abdomen (pleon).
- PERIAPTA charm worn on a necklace; an amulet.
- PERIBLEMThe cortex of a root of a young plant.
- PERICOPEA section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
- PERIDIUMThe outer layer that covers the spore-bearing organ in many fungi.
- PERIGEEThe point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.
- PERIGYNOUSHaving the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
- PERINEUMThe region between the genitalia and anus.
- PERIODA length of time.
- PERIODICRelative to a period or periods.
- PERIODONTALsurrounding a tooth
- PERIOSTEUMA membrane surrounding a bone.
- PERIPATETICTending to walk about.
- PERIPATUSAny onychophoran of the genus Peripatus
- PERISTYLEA colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns.
- PERITONEUMIn mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
- PERONEThe fibula.
- PERONESThe fibula.
- PERSEA very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
- PERSONAA social role.
- PETALISMA form of ostracism among the ancient Syracusans by which they temporarily banished a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition.
- PETALODIESThe metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
- PETALODYThe metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
- PETRIFYTo turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
- PETROGLYPHA rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
- PETROLA fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
- PETROUSResembling rock or stone in its hardness.
- PHACOIDResembling a lentil or lens; lenticular.
- PHAGEDENASpreading, obstinate ulceration.
- PHAGEDENICRelating to phagedena.
- PHALANGESynonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).
- PHALANGERAn arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.
- PHALANXAn ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
- PHALAROPEAny of three small wading birds in the genus Phalaropus, of the family Scolopacidae, that have lobed toes.
- PHALLUSA penis, especially when erect.
- PHANEROGAMAny plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
- PHANTASMSomething seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
- PHANTOMA ghost or apparition.
- PHARISAICOf or pertaining to the Pharisees.
- PHARMACYA place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed.
- PHAROSAn ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
- PHARYNXThe part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
- PHASEA distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
- PHASMAn apparition; a phantom.
- PHASMIDAny insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).
- PHATICPertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent.
- PHENAKISMdeception; trickery.
- PHENAKITEA trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.
- PHENEBenzene.
- PHENGITEAny of a series of dioctahedral micas of composition K(AlMg)2(OH)2(SiAl)4O10, similar to muscovite but with addition of magnesium.