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- OVERAGESplural of overage
- OVOIDSplural of ovoid
- OVUMThe female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
- OXALICOf or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives.
- OXHIDESplural of oxhide
- OXIDATETo oxidize.
- OXIDATESplural of oxidate
- OXIDATIVEOf, relating to, or produced by oxidation.
- OXTAILSplural of oxtail
- OYESAlternative form of oyez.
- PACI
- PACIFIEDsimple past and past participle of pacify
- PACIFYTo bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
- PADEL
- PADISplural of padi
- PAGET
- PALINDROMESplural of palindrome
- PARABOLICOf, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
- PARETo remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- PARSECSyllabic abbreviation of parallax second.
- PARSIMONYWith a negative connotation: great reluctance to spend money or other resources; miserliness, stinginess; an instance of this.
- PATOISA regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
- PAVEL
- PAWNEDsimple past and past participle of pawn
- PENCEplural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).
- PENTOS
- PENTOSEA sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
- PHAGOCYTEA cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic
- PHAGOCYTESplural of phagocyte
- PHILANDERA lover.
- PHILTRUMThe shallow vertical groove running from the nasal septum to the center of the upper lip.
- PHLEGMONA solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis.
- PHLEGMONICSynonym of phlegmonous.
- PHLOEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
- PHOBICSplural of phobic
- PHOTA photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph).
- PHOTONICof, or relating to photons or to photonics
- PHYLAplural of phylum and phylon
- PHYLUMA rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
- PHYSICRelating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
- PHYTONOne of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves.
- PHYTONSplural of phyton
- PILARRelating to hair.
- PILSNERA pale, light lager beer.
- PINCHTo squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- PIONSplural of pion
- PIQUETo wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
- PITHEDsimple past and past participle of pith
- PITHYConcise and meaningful.
- PLACIDcalm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
- PLAGUEDsimple past and past participle of plague
- PLAQUEAny flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn
- PLASMIDA loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from — and replicates independently of — the chromosomes; such loops are most commonly found in bacteria, but they are also sometimes
- PLATONICSNeither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.
- PLEBSplural of pleb
- PLEDGESplural of pledge
- PLENARYFully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
- PLEURAEach of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
- PLEURAEplural of pleura
- PLICAA fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
- PLICATEFolded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
- PLICATEDAlternative form of plicate.
- PLICATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of plicate
- PNEUMATICOf, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
- PNEUMATICALpneumatic
- PNEUMATICSThe branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
- PNEUMO
- PODAGRAGout in the big toe.
- PODUNK
- POKETo prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
- POKIESTsuperlative form of poky: most poky
- POLEMICA person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
- POLISA Greek city-state.
- POLYURICRelating to polyuria
- PONTE
- PONTESplural of pons
- PORCELAINA hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often suc
- PORCINEOf, pertaining to, or being a pig.
- POREDsimple past and past participle of pore
- POSEYPretentious; posturing.
- POSITSomething that is posited; a postulate.
- POSTURALRelating to posture.
- POTASHThe water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassiu
- POUCHEDHaving a pouch or pouches.
- POUNCESthird-person singular simple present indicative of pounce
- POYA
- POYO
- PRELUDESthird-person singular simple present indicative of prelude
- PRIVYPrivate, exclusive; not public; one's own.
- PROFE
- PROGENIESplural of progeny
- PROGENYOffspring or descendants considered as a group.
- PROKETo poke or thrust.
- PRONESpresent of prone
- PTERYGIUMAn abnormal mass of tissue in the corner of the eye that obstructs vision.
- PTOLEMY
- PUERILEChildish; trifling; silly.
- PUGLIA
- PUJOL
- PULSATEDsimple past and past participle of pulsate