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protract,
protracted,
protracting,
protracts.transitive
verbs
to draw out or lengthen in time; prolong
(their lovemaking time was protracted as the kids were at grandma's)
Mathematics:.to
draw to scale by means of a scale and protractor (which is a semicircular
instrument for measuring and constructing angles); plot
protractor.noun,.plural.protractors
a semicircular.instrument
for measuring and constructing angles,
typically in the form of a flat semicircle piece of plastic marked with
degrees
along the curved.edge;
an adjustable.pattern
used by tailors
Anatomy:.to
extend or protrude.(of
say a body part; his nose was protracted)
protractedly.adverb
protractedness.noun,.plural.protractednesses
protractive.adjective
preamble.noun,.plural.preambles
a preamble is an introduction that comes before
something you say or write; a preliminary.statement,
especially the introduction that serves to explain its purpose; an introductory
occurrence or fact; a preliminary
preambulary.adjective
purge,
purged,
purging,
purges.verbs
if you purge something of undesirable things,
you get rid of them; to purify;
to clean; to free from impurities;
to remove undesirable things
transitive verb use-to
make free of something unwanted (purge a manhole of gas; purge yourself
of fear; purge livestock
of chemicals); to free from moral or ceremonial defilement; to cause evacuation
from as the bowels
intransitive
verb senses.to become purged; to cause
purgation; to have or produce frequent evacuations
purger.noun,.plural.purgers
purgatory.noun,.plural.purgatories
purgatory is the place where Roman Catholics believe
the spirits of dead people are sent to suffer for their sins before they
go to heaven; an alleged.state
in which the souls
of those who have died must expiate
their sins; a place or condition of suffering, expiation or remorse
(a purgatory of drug abuse); you can describe a very unpleasant experience
as purgatory (every step of the last three miles was purgatory);.Dictionary
of Theology:."An
incorrect doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, purgatory is the belief
that there exists a place after death where some of the sins of people
are purged through suffering. After a period of time corresponding to the
suffering necessary for the sins committed, the person is then set free
and enters heaven.
Gifts or services rendered
to the church, prayers by the priests and masses
provided by relatives or friends in behalf of the deceased can shorten,
alleviate
or eliminate
the sojourn
of the soul in purgatory. This is an unbiblical doctrine rejected by the
majority of Protestant churches. It reflects the misunderstanding of the
atonement
of Christ as well as adding
insult
to the finished work
of the cross. The error of purgatory is the teaching that we might perfect
ourselves and remove sin through our sufferings. If that were possible,
then why did Christ need to
die?.Galatians
2:21 "I do not frustrate the grace of God, for if righteousness come
by the law, then Christ is dead in vain."
purgatory.adjective
tending
to cleanse or purge
purgatorial.adjective
of, relating to or suggestive of purgatory; cleansing
of sin; expiatory
purgation.noun,.plural.purgations
the act of purging or purifying
pyromania.noun,.plural.pyromanias
an irresistible impulse to start fires
pyromaniacal.adjective
pyromaniac.noun,.plural.pyromaniacs
pyrogenic.adjective
producing or produced by fever; caused by or generating
heat; of,
relating
to solid rock formed from molten rock; igneous
pyrogenicity.noun,.plural.
pigeonhole.noun,.plural.pigeonholes
a small compartment or recess, as in a desk, for
holding papers; a cubbyhole; the small hole or holes in a pigeon loft for
nesting
pigeonholed,
pigeonholing,
pigeonhole,
pigeonholes.transitive
verbs
to put aside and ignore; shelve; to place or file
in a small compartment or recess; to classify mentally; categorize
pall.noun,.plural.palls
an overspreading element that produces an effect,
especially of gloom; if something palls, it becomes less interesting or
less enjoyable after a period of time (already the allure
of meals in restaurants had begun to pall; if a pall of smoke hangs over
a place, there is a thick cloud of smoke above it (a pall of oily black
smoke drifted over the cliff-top); if something unpleasant casts a pall
over an event or occasion, it makes it less enjoyable than it should be;
something that covers or conceals; a heavy cloth draped over a coffin;
a coffin especially when holding a body
pall, palled,
palling,
palls.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
lose strength or effectiveness; to lose in interest or attraction (his
humor began to pall on us); to become tired of something
transitive verb use-to
cause to become insipid; to deprive
of pleasure in something by satiating
preferential.adjective
of, relating to or giving advantage
or preference
(preferential treatment); manifesting
or originating
from partiality
or preference (preferential tariff
rates)
preferentially.adverb
preferentialism.noun,.plural.preferentialisms
preferentialist.noun,.plural.preferentialists
phony.also.phoney,
phonier,
phoniest.adjectives
not genuine
or real; actions intended to deceive,
mislead
and/or subjugate; not authentic;
(the made up laws, unapproved by those to be affected by them, in order
to for those in the non justice
'justice' system to get at the money of those not of their ilk);
not honest or truthful; not upstanding;
having a false or misleading appearance and/or manner,
such
as if one were to have a mask on, which is what the
word 'person' means; intended to defraud;
dishonest;
fraudulent;
a sham;
counterfeit.(a
phony approach and/or presentation of self such as presents itself as
if with a mask on; a phony credit card); false;
spurious.(a
phony name); deceptive.(a
phony excuse; presenting a phony front); insincere
or hypocritical; giving a
false impression of truth or authenticity.(came
with a phony impression everyone knew wasn't genuine);
specious
phonies.noun.plural.also.phoneys
something not genuine; a fake;
one who is insincere;
an impostor; a hypocrite
phonily.adverb
phoniness.noun,.plural.phoninesses
phony-baloney.adjective
pretentious.nonsense
particle.noun,.plural.particles
a particle is a fluctuation
of energy, a wave,
not
a material particle like a speck
of dust, but a detectable occurrence of frequency formation; all
is energy or wave function, vibration, a system
of its own within the
unified field; a particle is any of the basic units of matter and energy
(as a fermion-{proton,
electron,
[neutron]},
molecule,
atom
or
boson {photon});
a particle is formed when an energy wave collapses being absorbed by the
electron; particles are made up of fluctuating energy, frequencies; everything
has a frequency of being; strange thing about particles is they take on
shape the moment they are
observed; also see 'elementary
particle'; see 'anti particle';
see 'behavior of particles'
Grammar:.a
clause
or article of a composition
or document;
since all matter is composed of particles, how
can we change one into another, such as say, lead into gold?
particle physics.proper
noun
a branch of physics dealing with the constitution,
properties and interactions of elementary
particles especially as revealed in experiments using particle
accelerators,.called also high energy
physics and to do with particle colliding;
the purpose of particle physics is to discover the ultimate blocks of the
universe by breaking matter into the smallest pieces possible; physicists
smash particles into one another in particle accelerators and analyse what's
left
particle physicist.noun,.plural.particle
physicists
particle.noun,.plural.particles
a particle is a minute.quantity
or fragment;
a relatively
small or the smallest discrete.portion
or amount
of something;
particulate.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.formed
of separate particles
particulate.noun,.plural.particulates
a particulate substance
such as dust in the air; a small part; particulates are very small particles
of a substance, especially those that are produced when fuel is burned
(the unnecessary particulate
pollution
in our atmosphere
as caused
by fossil
fuels burning from vehicles, homes furnaces and factories)
pernicious.adjective
highly injurious
or destructive;
detrimental;
deadly; wicked;
if you describe something
as pernicious, you mean that it is harmful);
pernicious implies.irreparable
harm done through evil or insidious
corrupting or undermining influences
(the claim that pornography has a pernicious effect on society)
perniciously.adverb
perniciousness.noun
synonyms:
baneful
implies injury through poisoning or destroying (the baneful notion that
discipline destroys creativity)
noxious
applies to what is both offensive
and injurious to the health of a body or mind (noxious chemical fumes)
deleterious
applies to what has an often unsuspected harmful effect (a diet found to
have
deleterious effects)
pederasty.noun
sex as practiced by a man with a boy
postulate,
postulated,
postulating,
postulates.transitive
verbs
if you postulate something, you suggest
it as the basis for a theory, argument or calculation or assume
that it is the basis (the theory
of evolution begins with the axiom
of a created universe); to assume as a premise
or take for granted or
claim as true, existent or necessary; depend upon or start from the
postulate of; to assume as a postulate or
axiom-(as
in logic
or mathematics);
to suppose;
conjecture
postulational.adjective
postulation.noun,.plural.postulations
passion.noun,.plural.passions
intense,
driving or overmastering
feeling or conviction; your
passion is something you're excited about doing (his passion was in making
meaningful and helpful movies, such as 1,
2); strong
emotion; an object
of desire or deep interest; a strong liking or desire for or devotion
to some activity, object or concept; ardent
affection; love; sexual desire; often
capitalized regarding the sufferings of Christ (the movie The Passion
Of Christ, by Mel Gibson), the time between the night of the Last Supper
and his death; the state or capacity of being acted on by external agents
or forces to defect; emotion (his
ruling passion is greed)
passion applies to
an emotion that is deeply stirring or ungovernable (was a slave
to his passions)
passionate.adjective
capable of, having or dominated by powerful emotions
(a family of passionate personalities) wrathful by temperament; choleric;
marked by strong sexual desire; amorous
or lustful; showing or expressing strong emotion; ardent
(a passionate speech against injustice in the court room); arising from
or marked by passion (a teacher who is passionate about her subject)
passionately.adverb
passionateness.noun,.plural.passionatenesses
fervor
passionless.adjective
lacking strong emotion or feeling (a passionless
concern for the plight
of another); unbiased
or impartial;
detached
(a passionless commentary of another's woes)
synonyms.fervor,
ardor,
enthusiasm,
zeal
prime minister.noun,.plural.prime
ministers
a chief minister appointed by a ruler; the head
of the cabinet and often also the chief executive of a parliamentary.'democracy'
prime ministerial.adjective
prime ministership.noun,.plural.prime
ministerships
prime ministry.noun,.plural.prime
ministries
pittance.noun,.plural.pittances
a very small amount (not a pittance of care for
those who are less fortunate);
a meager monetary allowance, wage
or remuneration
psychotherapy.noun,.plural.psychotherapies
the treatment of mental and emotional disorders
through the use of psychological.techniques
designed to encourage communication of conflicts and insight into problems,
with the goal being personality growth and behavior modification
psychotherapeutically.adverb
psychotherapeutic.adjective
psychotherapist.noun,.plural.psychotherapists
Paracelsus,
Philippus
Aureolus. 1493-1541. The German-Swiss alchemist
and physician who introduced the concept
of disease to medicine; he held the 'out to lunch' approach that illness
was the result of external agents attacking the body rather than imbalances
within the body and advocated
the use of chemicals against disease-causing agents (and so began the pharmaceutical
industry)
privy.adjective
made a participant in knowledge
of something private or secret (was privy to secrets of corporations);
secret; concealed
privy.noun,.plural.privies
an outdoor toilet; an outhouse;
a toilet
Law:.one
of the parties having an interest in the same matter
privily.adjective
in a privy
manner; privately or secretly
photosphere.noun
the visible outer layer
of a star, especially of the sun
photospheric.adjective
peninsula.noun,.plural.peninsulas
a piece of land that projects into a body of water
and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus
pinch.noun,.plural.pinches
an emergency situation (this coat will do in a
pinch); the act or an instance of pinching; an amount that can be held
between thumb and forefinger (a pinch of pepper)
pinch, pinched,
pinching,
pinches.verbs
transitive verb senses.to
squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool or other edges;
to squeeze or bind (a part of the body) in such a way as to cause discomfort
or pain (these shoes pinch my toes); to take money or property unlawfully;
steal
intransitive verb senses.to
press, squeeze or bind painfully (this collar pinches); to be miserly
pinch.adjective
relating to pinch-hitting or pinch runners in
baseball (a pinch single; a pinch steal of second base)
pinch pennies.idiom
to be thrifty
or miserly
prurient.adjective
inordinately
interested in matters of sex; lascivious;
characterized
by an inordinate interest in sex (prurient thoughts); arousing
or appealing to an inordinate interest in sex (prurient literature); to
yearn for, itch
pruriently.adverb
prurience.or.pruriency.noun
prokaryote.noun,.plural.prokaryotes
prokaryotes are
simple forms of a cell and are an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae,
constituting
the bacteria
and cyanobacteria, characterized
by the absence of a nuclear
membrane and by DNA
that is not organized into chromosomes
prokaryotic.adjective
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