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pucker,
puckered,
puckering,
puckers.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
gather
into small wrinkles or folds
intransitive
verb use.to
become gathered, contracted
and wrinkled
pucker.noun,.plural.puckers
a wrinkle or wrinkled part,
as in tightly.stitched.cloth
protagonist.noun,.plural.protagonists
the important main.character
in a drama or other literary
work (the protagonist of J. D.
Salinger's novel.The
Catcher in the Rye); in ancient
Greek drama, the first actor to engage
in dialogue with others in the
play; a leading or principal.figure;
the leader of a cause; a champion;
a proponent; an advocate;
someone who is a protagonist of an idea or movement
is a supporter of it (the protagonists
wanted prosperity and health for all, the antagonists
wanted prosperity and health too, but
just for them)
parturition.noun,.plural.parturitions
the act or process of giving
birth; childbirth
panic.noun
a sudden,
overpowering.terror,
often affecting many people at once; fear
panic.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.resulting
from sudden, overwhelming terror
panic,
panicked,
panicking,
panics.intransitive
and transitive verbs
to affect or be affected
with panic; frighten
panicky.adjective
panic is a very strong feeling
of anxiety or fear, which can
make one act without thinking carefully; panic or a panic is a situation
in which people are affected by a strong feeling of anxiety (I'm in a panic
about getting everything done in time for Christmas); if you panic or if
someone panics you, you suddenly feel anxious or afraid and act quickly
usually without careful thinking (she refused
to be panicked into a hasty marriage
prophylactic.adjective
acting to defend against
or prevent something, especially disease; protective
prophylactic.noun,.plural.prophylactics
a prophylactic agent,
device
or measure, such
as the herbs.asafetida,
oregano and many others are things used to take precautions
against something; a contraceptive.device,
especially a condom
prophylactically.adverb
perfect.adjective
lacking
nothing essential to the whole;
not having any mistakes, faults or damage; satisfying all requirements;
completely suited for a particular.purpose
or situation
perfectly.adverb
in a perfect manner
or to a perfect degree; to a complete
or full degree or extent; wholly
(the diners were perfectly satisfied with the meal)
perfect.noun,.plural.perfects
the perfect
tense; a verb or verb form in the perfect tense
perfect,
perfected,
perfecting,
perfects.transitive
verbs
to bring to perfection or
completion
perfection.noun,.plural.perfections
the quality.or.condition
of being perfect; the act or process of perfecting (perfection of the invention
took years; a person or thing considered to be perfect; n instance
of excellence
perfecter.noun,.plural.perfecters
perfectness.noun
the state
of perfection
perfectionism.noun,.plural.perfectionisms
a propensity
for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet
extremely high standards; a belief that moral or spiritual perfection can
be achieved by people in this life
perfectionist.adjective.&.noun,.plural.perfectionists
perfectionistic.adjective
papyrus.noun,.plural.papyruses.or.papyri
a tall, aquatic, Mediterranean
sedge (Cyperus papyrus, a grasslike plant) having numerous drooping rays;
also called Egyptian paper rush, paper plant; papyrus was material on which
to write and was made from the pith
or the stems of this sedge, used especially by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks
and Romans; a document written on this material
potassium.noun
a soft, silver-white, highly
or explosively reactive.metallic
element that occurs in nature only in compounds; it is obtained by electrolysis
of its common hydroxide and found
in or converted to a wide variety
of salts used especially in fertilizers
and soaps; symbol K, atomic
number 19, atomic weight
39.102, melting point 63.65°C, boiling point 774°C, specific
gravity 0.862, valence; potassium
was first obtained from potash
potassic.adjective
potassium hydroxide.noun
a caustic
white solid, KOH, used as a bleach and in the manufacture of soaps, dyes,
alkaline batteries and many potassium compounds; also called caustic potash,
lye,
potash
potassium iodide.noun
a crystalline salt in organic synthesis and in
making iodized table salt; potassium iodide reduces inflammation in the
body and enables chlorine
dioxide to have increased health effects
potash.noun
any of several.compounds
containing potassium, especially soluble
compounds such as potassium oxide, potassium chloride, and various
potassium sulfates, used chiefly
in fertilizers; potash was
originally obtained by leaching
wood ashes and evaporating the leach in a pot; see potassium
hydroxide
pride.noun,.plural.prides
there are two kinds
of pride, one type is the quality
or state of being proud, which is
a sense of one's own proper.dignity
or value, also called self-respect
and the other type being an arrogant
or disdainful.conduct
or treatment, as
of.haughtiness
purl,
purled,
purling,
purls.intransitive
verbs
to flow or ripple
with a murmuring sound
purl.noun,.plural.purls
the sound made by rippling
water
purl,
purled,
purling,
purls.verbs
transitive verb use.to
knit yarn with a purl stitch,
such as in edging or finishing
with lace or embroidery,
a
handkerchief,
for
example
intransitive verb use.to
do knitting with a purl stitch; to edge or finish with lace or embroidery
purl.noun,.plural.purls
inversion
of a knit stitch; a purl stitch
is an inverted knitting stitch,
often alternated with the knit
stitch to produce a ribbed.effect
purl stitch.noun,.plural.purl
stitches
an inverted knitting stitch,
often alternated with the knit stitch to produce a ribbed effect; a knitting
stitch usually made with the yarn at the front of the work by inserting
the right needle into the front of a loop
on the left needle from the right, catching the yarn with the right needle
and bringing it through to form a new loop; compare knit
stitch
plowshare.noun,.plural.plowshares
the cutting blade
of a plow
plow.also.plough.noun,.plural.plows.also.ploughs
a farm.implement.consisting
of a heavy blade at the end of a beam,
usually.hitched
to a draft.team
or motor.vehicle
and used for breaking up soil
and cutting furrows in preparation
for sowing; an implement of similar.function,
such as a snowplow
plowed.also.ploughed,
plowing.also.ploughing,
plows.also.ploughs.verbs
transitive verb use.to
break the Earth and turn it over using a plow; to form
a furrow, for example, with a plow; to form furrows in with or as if with
a plow (plow a field); to make or form with driving force (she plowed her
way through the crowd); to cut through water (plow the high seas; whales
plowing the ocean)
intransitive verb use.to
break and turn up Earth with a plow; to admit
of plowing (rocky Earth plows poorly); plod
(plowed through the backlog of
work)
plow under.phrasal
verb
to cause
to vanish under something piled
up; to overwhelm, as with burdens;
from Middle English 'plough'
and 'plouw', from Old English
'plow', 'plowland'
plowable.adjective
plower.noun,.plural.plowers
pizzaz.noun
dazzling.style;
flamboyance;
flair;
vigorous.spirit;
energy
or excitement
pipe.noun,.plural.pipes
a hollow.cylinder
or tube.used
to conduct a liquid,
gas
or finely.divided.solid;
a device made of wood, clay or
other material with a small bowl at one end, used by those who smoke that
way; the passages of the human
respiratory system;
a tubular wind instrument, such
as a flute; any of the tubes in
an organ; a bagpipe;
the vocal cords are also called pipes, as is the voice when used in singing
Geology:.in
geology,
a vertical, cylindrical vein
of ore; also in geology, an eruptive.passageway
opening into the crater of a volcano
pipe,
piped,
piping,
pipes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
convey.liquid.or.gas.by
means of pipes; to transmit
by wire or cable
(piped music into the store); to provide with pipes or connect with pipes;
to receive aboard or mark the departure of by sounding a pipe (they piped
all the passengers to now board the cruise ship); to furnish
a garment or fabric
with piping; to force through a pastry tube, as frosting onto a cake
intransitive verb use.to
play on a pipe
pipe down.phrasal
verb
to stop talking; be quiet
(pipe down, you're too loud)
pipe up.phrasal
verb
to speak up (pipe up a bit,
I can't hear you)
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