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- PERSONAn individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
- PERSONALPertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
- PERSONALITYOf people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
- PERSONATETo fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.
- PERSUADETo successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
- PERTAINTo belong to or be connected as a part, adjunct, attribute, or accessory.
- PERTINACIOUSHolding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
- PERTINACIOUSLYIn a stubbornly resolute manner; tenaciously holding one's course of action or opinion.
- PERTUSEpierced or punched with holes
- PERTUSIONThe act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument.
- PERUSETo examine or consider with care.
- PERVADETo be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.
- PERVASIONThe act of pervading; permeation; suffusion.
- PERVIOUSOften followed by to: capable of being penetrated by another body or substance, such as air or water; admitting passage.
- PESTA pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
- PESTIFEROUSContaining organisms that cause contagious diseases.
- PESTILENCEAny epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
- PESTILENTHighly injurious or destructive to life: deadly.
- PESTLEA club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
- PESTOA sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).
- PETECHIAA small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin.
- PETECHIALCharacterized by, pertaining to, or resembling petechiae (small, nonraised haemorrhages on the skin).
- PETIOLEThe stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- PETITPetite: small, little.
- PETITIONA formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or
- PETRIFICPetrifying, turning into stone; petrifactive.
- PETROLEUMA flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
- PETRONELA short but large-caliber, heavy 16th- and 17th-century firearm that used a matchlock or wheellock mechanism, intermediate between the arquebuse and pistol.
- PETROSALOf great hardness; petrous.
- PETULANCERudeness, insolence.
- PETULANTChildishly irritable.
- PEWTERAn alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
- PHARAONICOf or pertaining to a pharaoh.
- PHARISAICALOf or pertaining to the Pharisees.
- PHARYNGEALOf or pertaining to the pharynx.
- PHILLUMENYThe hobby of collecting matchbox labels and other match-related items
- PHRENITICRelating to or affected with phrenitis.
- PHYCOBILINAny of a group of bilins (pigments derived from porphyrins) found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments.
- PHYSETERA member of the genus Physeter; a sperm whale.
- PHYSIOLOGICOf or pertaining to physiology.
- PIACULARRequiring atonement or reparation: wicked, sinful, bad.
- PIASTREA coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French
- PICAA disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
- PICARIANOf or relating to the Picariae, an obsolete bird classification.
- PICKAXEA heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
- PICKEERTo make a raid for booty; to maraud or loot.
- PICTOGRAMA picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
- PICTOGRAPHA picture that represents a word or an idea.
- PICTORIALOf, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.
- PICTUREA representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
- PIECEA part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- PIEDHaving two or more colors, especially black and white.
- PIERA raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
- PIERCETo puncture; to break through.
- PIETYReverence and devotion to God.
- PIGEONOne of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
- PIGMENTAny color in plant or animal cells.
- PIGNORATESynonym of pignoratitious.
- PIKAAny of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.
- PILARRelating to hair.
- PILCHA gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
- PILEA mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- PILEOUSOf, pertaining to, or consisting of hair.
- PILEUMThe top of a bird's head, from the base of the bill to the nape.
- PILEUSThe cap of a mushroom.
- PILGRIMOne who travels to visit a site of religious significance. Any traveler. An early American settler.
- PILIFEROUSContaining or producing hair.
- PILIFORMResembling hair.
- PILLA small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
- PILLARA large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- PILLIONA pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.
- PILLORYA framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
- PILLOWA soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
- PILONIDALHaving body hairs which have grown in a concentrated area on the skin and formed a cyst or abscess.
- PILOSECovered with fine hair.
- PILULEA little pill.
- PILUMA Roman military javelin.
- PILUSA hair.
- PIMENTOA red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
- PIMIENTOSynonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
- PIMPERNELA plant of the genus Pimpinella, especially burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga).
- PINEAny coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
- PINEALIn the shape of a pine cone.
- PINETUMAn arboretum, or part of an arboretum or garden, devoted to growing conifers.
- PINGUIDRelating to fat.
- PINGUITUDEfatness; obesity
- PINGUITUDESfatness; obesity
- PINNAThe visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
- PINTA unit of volume, equivalent to: one eighth of a gallon, specifically: 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint). : one half quart. 16 US fluid ounces [473
- PINXITAn inscription indicating the identity of the one who created a painting.
- PIQUANTCausing hurt feelings; scathing, severe.
- PIQUETo wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
- PISCARYfishery
- PISCATORA fisherman; an angler.
- PISCATORIALOf or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
- PISCATORYOf or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
- PISCATRIXA female fishmonger in ancient times.
- PISCIFORMHaving the shape of a fish.
- PISCINAA drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
- PISCINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.