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phosphoric acid.noun
a clear colorless liquid, H3PO4
(3 parts {molecules}
hydrogen,
1 part phosphorus, 4 parts oxygen),
used in fertilizers, detergents, food flavoring and pharmaceuticals; one
of the constituents
of Coca-Cola and other cola drinks, used to dissolve
rust and metals, used also as a pesticide
and toilet bowl cleaner
phagocyte.noun,.plural.phagocytes
a cell, such
as a white blood cell, that engulfs and absorbs waste material, harmful
micro-organisms
or other foreign bodies in the bloodstream and tissues; the body has very
efficient systems to rid itself of garbage 1)
2)
3)
phagocytic.adjective
phagocytosis.noun
the engulfing
and ingestion of bacteria
or other foreign bodies by phagocytes
phagocytotic.adjective
procedure.noun,.plural.procedures
a procedure is a way for systematic accomplishing
something; a manner of proceeding
(he developed a procedure to use for a proper comparison of pens to find
out how they performed regarding ease of writing); a way of performing
or effecting something (complained to the manager and by this procedure
got the money back; his procedure was first to do the calculations on a
hand held calculator, instead of doing them right on the computer); a series
of steps taken to accomplish an end (it was a therapeutic procedure); a
procedure is a way of doing something
that someone wants to be done, whether it is right or wrong, such as using
a PCR test to erroneously.determine.something
not necessary
procedural.adjective
of or concerning procedure, especially of a court
of law or parliamentary body
procedural.noun,.plural.procedurals
a police procedural
procedurally.adverb
politics.plural
noun
government or governing
(the nation's governing was inept);
the methods or tactics involved in managing a state or government (the
politics of the former regime
were rejected by the new government leadership; if the politics of the
conservative government now borders on the repressive,
what can be expected when the economy falters?);
intrigue or maneuvering within a political unit or a group in order to
gain control or power (partisan
politics is often an obstruction
to good government; office politics are often debilitating
and counterproductive);
political attitudes and positions (his politics on that issue is his own
business; your politics are clearly more liberal than mine)
polity.noun,.plural.polities
the form of government of
a nation or corporation,
a state, a church or an organization; an organized society, such as a nation,
having a specific
form of government
politician.noun,.plural.politicians
one who is actively involved
in politics, especially politics going on within
the party they have joined (petty
party politics) and generally avoiding, as much as possible, the people
duped
into electing them; one who holds or seeks political office; one who seeks
personal or partisan
gain, often by scheming and maneuvering ("Mothers
may still want their favorite sons to grow up to be President, but . .
. they do not want them to become politicians in the process. The only
valid test of leadership is the ability to lead and lead vigorously."....John
F. Kennedy)
police.noun,.plural.police
a corporation owned by another corporation, that
being government and whose policies dictate making a profit for
shareholders (here being the government and those hidden behind it who
own it, usually the corrupt bankers who control most corporations of the
world) and which operates within a community to ensure.compliance
to policies approved by those within and/or responsible for the corporation
by means of regulations and fines and control of activities of people (licenses,
etc., stupid unscientific regulations which override {covid
regulations anybody?} and are below and irrelevant
considering Common Law freedoms
of people, common laws such as was the American
Constitution of 1776 and the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms and others)
policeable.adjective
policer.noun,.plural.policers
political.adjective
having or marked by a definite
or organized policy or structure with regard to government;
of, relating to or dealing with the structure or affairs of government,
politics or the state; relating to, involving or characteristic
of politics, parties or politicians
politicalize.verb
politically.adverb
politicalization.noun
policy.noun,.plural.policies
rules that corporate
government (city, state,
provincial,
municipal,
federal
corporations, etc.) make to regulate actions of people and as made by the
policy makers, such as the politicians and whose policies are monitored
and enforced by policy inforcers, the police corporation (policy force);
a written contract or certificate of insurance
preeminent.adjective
superior to or notable above all others; outstanding;
dominant
preeminence.noun
preeminently.adverb
polite,
politer,
politest.adjectives
marked by or showing consideration for others,
tact
and observance of accepted social usage; refined; elegant
politely.adverb
politeness.noun,.plural.politenesses
patriarch.noun,.plural.patriarchs
a man who rules a family, clan or tribe; in the
Old
Testament. one of the antediluvian (before
the
flood) progenitors (a direct ancestor) of the human race, from Adam
to Noah, such as Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob
or any of Jacob's 12
sons, the eponymous (a person whose name is or is thought to be the
source of the name of something, such as a city, country or era) progenitors
of the
12 tribes of Israel
patriarchal.also.patriarchic.adjective,.plural.patriarchics
of, relating
to or characteristic
of a patriarch; of or relating to a patriarchy (a patriarchal social system);
ruled by a patriarch a patriarchal see; 'see' is an area governed by a
bishop of the Catholic Church
patriarchally.adverb
patriarchalism.noun,.plural.patriarchalisms
patriarchy.noun,.plural.patriarchies
a social.system
in which the father is the head of the family and descent
is traced through the father's
side of the family; a family, community or society based on this system
par.noun,.plural.pars
if you say that two people or things are on a
par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad or equally
important; an amount or a level considered to be average; a standard: performing
up to par; did not yet feel up to par; an equality of status, level or
value; equal footing (a local product on a par with the best foreign makes);
the established value of a monetary unit expressed in terms of a monetary
unit of another country using the same metal standard; the face value of
a stock, bond or other negotiable instrument (sold the bond at par)
on a par with.phrasal
verb
as good as, comparable with, in the same class/league
as, equivalent to, equal to, on a level with, of the same standard as
on par.phrasal
verb
to be at the same level
or standard; equal (in Iceland wages
of males and females, by law, must be on par)
not up to par.phrasal
verb
to be less good than usual
or below the proper standard; to feel a little ill or lacking in energy
(her dog had been feeling a little under par the last couple of weeks;
none of the people who'd auditioned
were really up to par)
Sports:.the
number of golf strokes considered necessary to complete a hole or get the
ball into all the holes on a particular
golf course (he was five under par after the first round)
par, parred,
parring,
pars.transitive
verbs
in sports, to score par on a hole or course in
golf
par.adjective
equal to the standard; normal (a solid, par performance);
of or relating to monetary face value
prejudice.noun,.plural.prejudices
an adverse
judgment or opinion ascertained
beforehand without knowledge or examination of the facts; predilection;
a preconceived.preference
or idea; the act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments
or convictions; irrational suspicion
or hatred of a particular group, race or religion; detriment
or injury caused to a person by the preconceived, unfavorable conviction
of another or others; bias
prejudice, prejudiced,
prejudicing,
prejudices.transitive
verbs
to cause someone to judge prematurely and irrationally;
to affect injuriously or detrimentally
by a judgment or an act; bias
with prejudice
means extinguishing any
right to pursue a claim in another suit
without prejudice
in law,
'without prejudice' means without detriment
to any existing right or claim
and includes without attempting coercion;
'without prejudice' is a legal term meaning any offer or admission made
during conciliation is only
for use during conciliation and cannot be used anywhere else
Platonic.often.Platonical.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.characteristic
of Plato or his philosophy (platonic
dialogs; Platonic ontology);
platonic.often.platonical.adjective
platonic is often.used
in describing the transcending
of physical.desire
and tending toward the purely spiritual
or ideal (platonic love; they used
to have a hot sexual relationship
but eventually it became platonic)
platonically.adverb
Word history:
Plato did not invent the term or the concept that bears his name, but he
did see sexual desire as leading toward a higher love, that of heartfelt
love. Marsilio Ficino, a Renaissance
follower of Plato, used the terms 'amor socraticus and amor platonicus'
for a love that was preparatory for the love of God. From Ficino's usage
Platonic (already present in English as an adjective to describe what related
to Plato and first recorded in 1533 A.D.) came to be used for a spiritual
love between persons of opposite sexes
Plato.B.C.E.
427?-347? Greek philosopher;
a follower of Socrates, he founded
the Academy (B.C.E. 386), where he taught
and wrote for much of the rest of his life. Plato presented his ideas in
the form of dramatic.dialogs,
as in The Republic; a quote of his:."When
the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there
is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or
other, in order that the people may require a leader.".And
another
quote. And another and another."The
price good people pay for indifference
to public affairs is to be ruled by evil.".Search
on the Internet for a video of Plato's.The
Allegory of the Cave.
Platonism.noun,.plural.Platonisms
the philosophy of Plato,
especially insofar as it asserts.ideal
forms, is as an absolute and eternal reality, of which the phenomena
of the world are an imperfect and transitory
reflection
Platonist.noun,.plural.Platonists
Platonistic.adjective
placid.adjective
undisturbed
by tumult or disorder;
calm
or quiet; a placid person or animal
is calm and does not easily become
excited,
angry
or upset
(she was a placid child who rarely
got upset as she was content
at any time with what she was doing)
placidity.noun,.plural.placidities
placidness.noun,.plural.placidnesses
placidly.adverb
pesky, peskier,
peskiest.adjectives
troublesome; annoying.(a
pesky mosquito)
peskily.adverb
peskiness.noun,.plural.peskinesses
procreate, procreated,procreating,
procreates.verbs
transitive verb use.to
beget
and conceive.(offspring);
to produce or create; originate
intransitive
verb use.to beget and conceive offspring;
reproduce
procreant.adjective
procreation, procreator.nouns
prig.noun,.plural.prigs
a person who demonstrates
an exaggerated.conformity
or propriety, especially
in an irritatingly.arrogant
or smug.manner
prig, prigged,
prigging,
prigs.transitive
verbs
to steal or pilfer
priggish.adjective
priggishly.adverb
priggery, priggishness.nouns
period.noun,.plural.periods
an interval
of time.characterized
by the occurrence of a certain
condition, event or phenomenon.(a
period of beautiful sunshine); an interval of time characterized by the
prevalence
of a specified.culture,
ideology
or technology (artifacts of the
pre-Columbian period {originating
in the Americas before the arrival of the severely criminally evil cabal
member Christopher Columbus}); a period is also an instance or occurrence
of menstruation
Grammar:.the
full pause at the end of a spoken sentence;
a punctuation
mark ( . ) indicating a full stop, placed at the end of sentences
period.adjective
of, belonging to or representing a certain historical
age or time (a period piece; period furniture)
periodical.adjective
periodic; published
at regular.intervals
of more than one day;
of.or.relating.to
a publication.issued
at such intervals
periodical.noun,.plural.periodicals
a publication issued at regular intervals of more
than one day
periodic.adjective
having or marked
by repeated cycles; happening or
appearing at regular intervals; recurring
or reappearing from time to time; intermittent;
characterized
by periodic sentences
periodically.adverb
patron.noun,.plural.patrons
one that supports, protects or champions someone
or something, such as an institutuion, an event or a cause; a sponsor or
benefactor.(a
patron of the arts); a customer, especially a regular customer; from Medieval
Latin 'patronus' from 'pater' meaning 'father'
patronal.adjective
patronage.noun,.plural.patronages
support, encouragement or championship, as of
a person, an institution, an event or a cause, from a patron (the staff
at the grand opening said our patronage was appreciated); support or encouragement
proffered
in a condescending manner
(it seems our little establishment has finally been deemed
worthy of the bank's patronage); the trade, the business provided by customers
of a commercial establishment (shopkeepers thanked Christmas shoppers for
their patronage); customers or patrons considered as a group; clientele
(the grand old hotel has a loyal but demanding patronage); appointing people
to governmental or political positions including those not elected by the
people they will now supposedly
represent; the act of distributing or appointing people to such positions;
the positions so distributed or filled
patronize, patronized,
patronizing,
patronizes.transitive
verbs
to treat in a condescending.manner;
to talk to someone in a way which seems friendly but shows that you think
they are not as intelligent or do not know as much as you: to adopt an
air of condescension toward; treat haughtily
or coolly to act as a patron to; support or sponsor;
to go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis
patronizingly.adverb
patronization.noun,.plural.patronizations
prank.noun,.plural.pranks
a mischievous
trick or practical joke
platitude.noun,.plural.platitudes
a trite
or banal.remark
or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original, significant
or efficacious;
cliché
platitudinous.or.platitudinal.adjective
platitudinously.adverb
puzzle, puzzled,
puzzling,
puzzles.verbs
transitive verb use.to
baffle
or confuse
mentally by presenting or being a difficult
problem or matter
to solve or interpret;
to clarify
or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study (he puzzled out the
significance
of the statement)
intransitive verb use.to
be perplexed;
to ponder
over a problem in an effort to solve or understand it
puzzle.noun
a jigsaw
puzzle; something, such as a toy or game, that tests one's ingenuity;
something that baffles or confuses; the condition
of being perplexed; bewilderment
puzzler.noun
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