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penetrate,
penetrated,
penetrating,
penetrates.verbs
transitive
verb use.to enter or force a way into;
pierce; to enter into and permeate
intransitive
verb use.to pierce or enter into something;
make a way in or through something; to gain admittance or access
penetrator.noun,.plural.penetrators
penetration.noun,.plural.penetrations
the act
or process
of piercing
or penetrating something
petal.noun,.plural.petals
a unit of a corolla,
usually showy and colored
petaled or petalled.adjective
pistil.noun,.plural.pistils
the female, ovule
bearing organ
of a flower, including the stigma,
style
and ovary
pistillate.adjective
having one or more pistils; having pistils but
no stamens
(pistillate flowers)
pummel,
pummeled,
pummeling,
pummels.transitive verbs
pummel is also spelt with 2 L's, go
figure; pummel has same usage as 'pommel', go figure; the word
means to beat, as with the fists (he pummeled the dough till it was ready
for the oven)
pummel.noun,.plural.pummels
photophore.noun,.plural.photophores
a light producing organ found especially in marine
fishes that emits light from specialized structures or derives light from
symbiotic-luminescent-bacteria
placate,
placated,
placating,
placates.transitive
verbs
to allay
the anger of, especially by making concessions;
to
appease;
to calm; if you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop
feeling angry, keeping them on your side
placater.noun,.plural.placaters
placation.noun,.plural.placations
placatory or placative.adjective
synonym-pacify
power of attorney.noun,.plural.powers
of attorney
a legal instrument authorizing one to act as another's
attorney or agent, which, depending upon the powers granted in the document,
one with power of attorney can act with full effect as if it was the actual
individual
pseudonym,.noun,.plural.pseudonyms
pseudonymousness.noun,.plural.
a fictitious
name, as often assumed by an author; a pen name
pseudonymously.adverb
pseudonymous.adjective
putrefy,
putrefied,
putrefying,
putrefies.verbs
transitive verb use-to
cause to decay and have a foul
odor
intransitive verb use-to
become decayed and have a foul odor
putrid.adjective
decomposed
and foul-smelling; rotten; proceeding
from, relating to or exhibiting putrefaction;
objectionable;
vile
(rotting garbage must be removed from the house to the garbage before it
fills the house with a horrible stink)
putridity.or.putridness.noun,.plural.putridities.or.putridness.(normally
used without being pluralized)
putridly.adverb
putrefaction.noun,.plural.putrefactions
decomposition
of organic matter, especially protein, by microorganisms,
resulting in production of foul smelling matter; putrefied matter; the
condition of being putrefied
putrefactive.adjective
bringing about putrefaction; of,
relating.to.or.characterized
by putrefaction
palliate,
palliated,
palliating,
palliates.transitive
verbs
pronounced 'pale e ate ed'; to make an offense
or crime or disease seem
less serious; extenuate;
to make less severe or intense;
mitigate;
to relieve the symptoms
of a disease or disorder
palliation.noun,.plural.palliations
palliator.noun,.plural.palliators
palliative.adjective
relieving or soothing
the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting
a cure; tending or serving
to
palliate
palliative.noun,.plural.palliatives
one that palliates, especially a palliative drug
or medicine
palliatively.adverb
pallor.noun,.plural.pallors
extreme or unnatural paleness
pallid.adjective
having an abnormally.pale
or wan.complexion
(the pallid face of the invalid);
lacking.intensity
of color or luminousity;
deficient
in radiance
or vitality;
dull
(pallid prose)
pallidly.adverb
pallidness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized).
petrochemical(s).noun-and.adjective
chemicals.derived
from petroleum or natural gas
petroleum.noun
a thick, flammable,
yellow-to-black mixture of gaseous, liquid and solid hydrocarbons
that occurs naturally beneath the Earth's surface, can be separated into
fractions including natural gas, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, fuel and
lubricating oils, paraffin wax and asphalt
and is used as raw material for a wide variety of derivative
products such as in plastics
pretext.noun,.plural.pretexts
an ostensible.or
professed.purpose;
an excuse; an effort or a strategy
intended to conceal something
pretext, pretexted,
pretexting,
pretexts.transitive
verbs
to allege
as an excuse
proactive.or.proactive.adjective
acting in advance to deal with possibility of
any future difficulty;
anticipatory.(not
reactive, but proactive steps circumvent
illness)
proaction.noun,.plural.proactions
proactively.adverb
parse, parsed,
parsing,
parses.verbs
transitive use.to
examine closely or subject to detailed analysis, especially by breaking
up into components; to break a sentence down into its component
parts of speech with an explanation of the form, function and syntactical
relationship of each part; to describe a word by stating its part of speech,
form and syntactical relationships in a sentence
Computers:.to
analyze or separate input for example, into more easily processed components;
used of software
intransitive use.to
admit of being parsed (sentences that do not parse easily)
parser.noun
parthenocarpy.noun,.plural.parthenocarpies
the production of fruit without fertilization
parthenocarpic.adjective
parthenocarpically.adverb
William Paley.1743-1805,
British theologian and utilitarian.philosopher.
Among his works are The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
(1785) and
A View of the Evidences of Christianity (1794)
pejorative.adjective
tending to make or become worse; disparaging;
belittling
pejorative.noun,.plural.pejoratives
a disparaging or belittling word or expression
pejoratively.adverb
pundit.noun,.plural.pundits
a source of opinion; a critic
(a political pundit); a supposedly learned
individual who influences others with his opinions, not necessarily
based on positive proofs
punditry.noun,.plural.punditries
prototype.noun,.plural.prototypes
an original type, form or instance that serves
as a model on which later stages are based or judged; an ideal example
of a type;
an early, typical example
prototypal.or.prototypic.or.prototypical.adjective
proto.noun,.plural.protos
first in time; original model
parasympathetic.adjective
of, relating to or affecting the parasympathetic
nervous system (parasympathetic activity; parasympathetic agents)
parasympathetic.noun,.plural.parasympathetics
the parasympathetic nervous system; any of the
nerves of this system
parasympathetically.adverb
parasympathetic nervous
system.noun,
plural.parasympathetic
nervous systems
the part of the autonomic
nervous system originating in the brain stem and the lower part of
the spinal cord that, in general, inhibits
or opposes the physiological
effects of the sympathetic
nervous system, as in tending
to stimulate digestive secretions,
slow the heart, constrict the
pupils and dilate blood vessels
peripheral nervous system.noun,.plural.peripheral
nervous systems
the part of the vertebrate
nervous system constituting
the nerves outside the central
nervous system and including the cranial nerves, the spinal nerves
and the sympathetic
and parasympathetic nervous
systems
parch, parched,
parching,
parches.verbs
transitive verb use.to
make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat (the midsummer sun parched
the Earth); burn; to make thirsty; to dry or roast (corn, for example)
by exposing to heat intransitive verb use.to
become very dry; to become thirsty
promiscuous.adjective
indiscriminate
in the choice of sexual partners; lacking standards of selection; indiscriminate;
casual;
random;
consisting of diverse, unrelated
parts or individuals
promiscuously.adverb
promiscuousness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
promiscuity.noun,.plural.promiscuities
the state or character of being promiscuous;
promiscuous sexual relations; a mixture of diverse
or unrelated parts or individuals; a hodgepodge
pedestal.noun,.plural.pedestals
a position of high regard
or adoration; an architectural support or base, as for a column or statue;
a support or foundation
pedestal, pedestaled,
pedestaling,
pedestals.transitive
verbs
to place on or provide with a pedestal
pneumonia.noun,.plural.pneumonias
pneumonia is a disease which affects the lungs
and makes it difficult to breathe; an acute
or chronic
disease marked by inflammation
of the lungs and caused by chemical
and/or other physical irritants
purpose, purposed,
purposing,
purposes.transitive
verbs
to intend or resolve to perform or accomplish
purpose.noun,.plural.purposes
a resolution
of the mind involving a plan
or intention; a direction one's
mind decides upon; the object.toward
which one strives; an aim
or a goal; a result or an effect that
is intended or desired (the professor
said his purpose in teaching is to elevate the thinking of his students);
an intention; determination;
resolution (she was a woman of purpose); the matter.at
hand; the point at issue
(what is the purpose of this meeting?)
on purpose.idiom
intentionally;
deliberately
(bioweapons designed by satanists
are purposed to make people sick and to cause their death)
to good purpose.idiom
with good results
to little purpose.or.to
no purpose
with few or no results
purposely.adverb
with specific.purpose;
done on purpose
purposeful.adjective
having a purpose; intentional
(a purposeful musician); having or manifesting
purpose; determined
(entered the room with a purposeful look)
purposefully.adverb
purposefulness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
purposeless.adjective
lacking
a purpose; meaningless
or aimless
purposelessly.adverb
purposelessness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
purposive.adjective
having or serving a purpose; purposeful
(the learner's behavior was purposive)
purposively.adverb
purposiveness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
provide, provided,
providing,
provides.verbs
transitive verb use.to
furnish;
supply (provide food and shelter for a family); to make available;
afford (a room that provides ample
Sunlight through French windows); to set down as a stipulation
(an agreement that provides deadlines for completion of the work)
intransitive verb use.to
take measures in preparation (provided well in advance for the summer season);
to supply means of subsistence: (she provides for her family by working
on the farm); to make a stipulation or condition (a constitution should
provide for the will of the majority of people)
providing.conjunction
on the condition; provided
prim, primmer,
primmest.adjectives
precise
or proper
to the point of affectation;
excessively.decorous;
strait-laced;
prudish;
neat
and trim
(a prim hedgerow)
prim, primmed,
primming,
prims.verbs
transitive verb use.to
make prim, as in dress or appearance;
to fix the face or mouth in a prim expression
intransitive verb use.to
assume
a prim expression
primly.adverb
primness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
prescient.adjective
if you say that someone or something was prescient,
you mean that they were able to know or predict
what was going to happen in the future; perceiving
the significance
of events before they occur;
of or relating to prescience, which means a knowing before
presciently.adverb
prescience.noun,.plural.presciences
knowledge of actions or events before they occur;
foresight
Pol Pot.proper
noun
Born 1928. Cambodian political leader whose Khmer
Rouge movement overthrew the Cambodian government in 1975. Under his cabal
controlled regime, executions and
famine killed an estimated three million people. This egotistical
cabal puppet fled the capital in 1979 when Vietnamese forces overthrew
his corrupt government. More on these
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