parcel.noun,.plural.parcels
something wrapped up or packaged; a parcel is also a package; a plot of land, usually a division of a larger area
parcel, parcels, parceled.also.parcelled (like, why anyone but an idiot spell it two different ways?.1Corinthians 14:33), parceling.transitive verbs
to divide into parts and distribute (parceled out the land to their three children); to make into a parcel; a package; from Middle English and Old French 'portion'

pentoxide.noun,.plural.pentoxides
a compound having five atoms of oxygen combined with another element or radical

parrot.noun,.plural.parrots
one who imitates the words or actions of another, especially without comprehending them; any of numerous tropical and semitropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, characterized by a short hooked bill, brightly colored plumage and in some species, the ability to mimic human speech or other sounds 
parrot, parroted, parroting, parrots.transitive verbs
to repeat or imitate, especially without comprehension
parroter.noun,.plural.parroters

pearl.noun,.plural.pearls
a hard, lustrous.spherical.mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of an oyster or other bivalve mollusk and highly prized as a gem; an artificial.imitation of a pearl; pearl color is a very pale bluish-grey or white colour; a pearl has a smooth, lustrous, variously colored deposit, made of chiefly calcium carbonate, formed around a grain of sand or other foreign matter in the shells of mollusks; something that is highly regarded for one's beauty or value
pearl, pearled, pearling, pearls.verbs
transitive verb use.to decorate with pearls
intransitive verb use.to dive or fish for pearls or pearl bearing mollusks; to form beads.resembling pearls
pearly, pearlier, pearliest.adjectives
resembling pearls; covered or decorated with pearls or mother-of-pearl.noun,.plural.mother-of-pearls
the hard pearly iridescent substance forming the inner layer of a mollusk shell

phalanx.noun,.plural.phalanxes.or.phalanges
a compact or close knit body of people, such as a formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears, originally developed by Philip II of Macedon and used by Alexander the Great
Anatomy:.a bone of a finger or toe, also called phalange

pop, popped, popping, pops.verbs
intransitive verb use.to make a short, sharp, explosive sound; to burst open with a short, sharp, explosive sound; the word pop is used to represent a short sharp sound, for example the sound made by bursting a balloon or by pulling a cork out of a bottle (while out driving his back tire just went pop); to move quickly or unexpectedly; appear abruptly (they popped by to have coffee with us); to open wide suddenly (the child's eyes popped with astonishment; to pop up so as to be visible, as the gopher does when he pops his head out of his habitation burrow
transitive verb use.to cause to make a sharp bursting sound; to cause to explode with a sharp bursting sound (popped the balloon); to put or thrust suddenly or unexpectedly (just let me pop this in the closet before we go out; he plucked a purple grape from the bunch and popped it in his mouth; if you pop somewhere, you go there for a short time (pop over to the pub for a beer)
pop.noun,.plural.pops
a sudden sharp, explosive sound (I heard some kind of a pop outside); the sound one hears when he blows air in a paper bag and collapses it fast with both hands while holding the end of the bag with one hand so air doesn't leak out; pop is also what's called a soft drink
pop.adverb
with a popping sound; abruptly or unexpectedly
pop up, pops up.idiom
in baseball, to hit a short high fly ball, such as one that can be caught by an infielder)

people.noun,.plural.peoples
human beings, those of humanity considered as a group or in indefinite numbers (people were dancing in the street; I met all sorts of people; the peoples of the world include all nationalities)

phonograph.noun,.plural.phonographs
a machine that reproduces sound by means of a stylus in contact with a grooved rotating disk
phonographic.adjective
phonographically.adverb
Word History: In considering the makeup of the word phonograph or the related word gramophone, one has no difficulty understanding why they contain phono- or -phone, both going back to Greek 'phone' meaning 'sound', 'voice'. Why, however, do these words contain -graph and gram-, which have to do with writing, going back to Greek 'graphein', 'to write' and Greek 'gramma' meaning 'something written', 'letter of the alphabet' respectively? 'Gramophone' is in fact simply an inversion of the earlier 'phonogram', the more important word to explain. Both 'phonogram' and 'phonograph' were first used to denote characters that represented speech sounds, phonograph being found in such a use earlier (1835-1840) than phonogram (1860). But in the second half of the 19th century sounds were reproduced in ways other than writing. The earliest device to be called a phonograph was a machine that picked up sound vibrations by means of a membrane and recorded them with a point that traced them on a cylinder. Thomas Edison's famous device was also known as the phonograph (first reference found in 1877, the year of its invention); it too used the principle of tracing sound on a cylinder. After this the word phonogram, probably under the influence of the word telegram, was used to refer to a sound recording made by a phonograph (first such use found in 1879) and in 1884 the gramophone, whose name was formed by inverting the term phonogram, was patented by Emile Berliner.

pristine.adjective
returning to an original pure condition; clean (pristine mountain snow); remaining in an uncorrupted state of existence; of relating to the earliest time or condition; original; free from dirt or decay
pristinely.adverb

patsy.noun,.plural.patsies
an individual who is easily taken advantage of by cheating, blaming, or ridiculing; from Italian 'pazzo' meaning 'fool' .