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  • pipe-dream — to indulge in pipe dreams; fantasize.
  • pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
  • ponderment — the act of pondering
  • postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
  • postmodern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
  • praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
  • pre-models — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
  • pre-modern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
  • preadamite — a person supposed to have existed before Adam.
  • precondemn — to condemn beforehand, as before a legitimate trial.
  • prehominid — any of the extinct humanlike primates classified in the former family Prehominidae.
  • preimposed — imposed beforehand
  • premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
  • premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
  • prestamped — stamped in advance
  • presumedly — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
  • princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
  • proctodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
  • programmed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
  • proskomide — prothesis (def 2a).
  • psalmodize — to sing psalms
  • pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
  • pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
  • pull media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution were the bits of content have to be requested by the user, e.g. normal use of HTTP on the web. Opposite: "push media".
  • push media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution where items of content are sent to the user (viewer, listener, etc.) in a sequence, and at a rate, determined by a server to which the user has connected. This contrasts with pull media where the user requests each item individually. Push media usually entail some notion of a "channel" which the user selects and which delivers a particular kind of content. Broadcast television is (for the most part) the prototypical example of push media: you turn on the TV set, select a channel and shows and commercials stream out until you turn the set off. By contrast, the web is (mostly) the prototypical example of pull media: each "page", each bit of content, comes to the user only if he requests it; put down the keyboard and the mouse, and everything stops. At the time of writing (April 1997), much effort is being put into blurring the line between push media and pull media. Most of this is aimed at bringing more push media to the Internet, mainly as a way to disseminate advertising, since telling people about products they didn't know they wanted is very difficult in a strict pull media model. These emergent forms of push media are generally variations on targeted advertising mixed in with bits of useful content. "At home on your computer, the same system will run soothing screensavers underneath regular news flashes, all while keeping track, in one corner, of press releases from companies whose stocks you own. With frequent commercial messages, of course." (Wired, March 1997, page 12). As part of the eternal desire to apply a fun new words to boring old things, "push" is occasionally used to mean nothing more than email spam.
  • pyrimidine — a heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 N 2 , that is the basis of several important biochemical substances.
  • pyromeride — a devitrified form of rhyolite, having a nodular appearance and spherulitic texture
  • re-plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
  • recomputed — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
  • redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
  • redemptive — serving to redeem.
  • redemptory — of or relating to redemption; redemptive.
  • reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
  • simplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • smudge pot — a container for burning oil or other fuels to produce smudge, as for protecting fruit trees from frost.
  • speed bump — a rounded ridge built crosswise into the pavement of a road or driveway to force vehicles to slow down.
  • speed hump — bump in road that slows traffic
  • speed ramp — a raised band across a road, designed to make motorists reduce their speed, esp in built-up areas
  • spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
  • spermatoid — resembling sperm.
  • spermicide — a sperm-killing agent, especially a commercial birth-control preparation, usually a cream or jelly.
  • spermidine — a biogenic polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from putrescine, occurring widely in nature and first identified in semen.
  • stampeders — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
  • steamed up — obscured by vapour
  • supermodel — an extremely prominent and successful model who can command very high fees.
  • tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
  • torpedoman — a petty officer or warrant officer responsible for the maintenance, use, and repair of underwater weapons and equipment.
  • trumped up — spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.
  • trumped-up — spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.
  • trumpeldor — Joseph, 1880–1920, Zionist leader, born in Russia.
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