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  • phase difference — the difference between two sinusoidally varying quantities that have the same frequency, measured either as an angle or a time
  • phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
  • phytoremediation — a process of decontaminating soil or water by using plants and trees to absorb or break down pollutants.
  • picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
  • piece d'occasion — something prepared or used for a special occasion.
  • pins and needles — a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness.
  • pithecanthropoid — of, relating to, or resembling the former genus Pithecanthropus or one of its members.
  • point de hongrie — flame stitch.
  • poisoned chalice — If you refer to a job or an opportunity as a poisoned chalice, you mean that it seems to be very attractive but you believe it will lead to failure.
  • polar coordinate — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
  • polycondensation — formation of a polymer by chemical condensation with the elimination of a small molecule, such as water.
  • ponderosa (pine) — a yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa) of W North America, valued for its timber
  • portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
  • possession order — (in Britain) a court order that entitles a landlord legally to evict a tenant or squatter and regain possession of the property
  • postindependence — Also, independency. the state or quality of being independent.
  • praetorian guard — the bodyguard of a military commander, especially the imperial guard stationed in Rome.
  • pre-independence — Also, independency. the state or quality of being independent.
  • predetermination — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
  • predispositional — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
  • premier division — a football or soccer league division consisting of the top ten Scottish football teams
  • prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
  • presence of mind — a calm state of mind that allows one to think clearly or act effectively in an emergency.
  • preserved ginger — fresh ginger preserved in syrup and used in cooking, esp desserts
  • pressure welding — the welding together of two objects by holding them together under pressure.
  • prestidigitation — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • preunderstanding — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
  • pride oneself on — to be proud of
  • primary deviance — the violation of a norm or rule that does not result in the violator's being stigmatized as deviant.
  • printer's reader — a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors
  • private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
  • privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
  • process industry — business of treating raw materials
  • project guardian — (project, security)   A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
  • projected window — a casement window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill as the sash swings outward.
  • prolonged-action — sustained-release.
  • promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
  • protection order — a legal instruction by a court directing a person not to harm or harass a particular individual
  • pseudo-dionysius — flourished c4th or 5th century a.d, author of a number of mystical works: identified, during the Middle Ages, with Dionysius the Areopagite.
  • pseudo-isidorian — of or relating to the collection of documents of the 9th century a.d. that consist chiefly of the Decretals, attributed to Isidore, archbishop of Seville, a.d. 600–36, and that were rejected as spurious in the 15th century.
  • pseudo-scientist — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
  • pseudocopulation — pollination of plants, esp orchids, by male insects while attempting to mate with flowers that resemble the female insect
  • pseudoscientific — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
  • psychic distance — the degree of emotional detachment maintained toward a person, group of people, event, etc.
  • publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
  • puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
  • pulse modulation — a type of modulation in which a train of pulses is used as the carrier wave, one or more of its parameters, such as amplitude, being modulated or modified in order to carry information
  • punitive damages — law: penalty payment
  • purple sandpiper — a sandpiper, Calidris maritima, of arctic regions of the New and Old World, having in winter a slate-gray back with purplish reflections.
  • put in the shade — to appear better than (another); surpass
  • radio microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
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