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  • non-reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
  • nonconceptual — Not of a conceptual nature.
  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • nuclear power — power derived from nuclear energy.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
  • one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
  • optical mouse — (hardware)   Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
  • outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
  • over-populate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
  • panleucopenia — a viral disease of cats marked by a deficiency of white blood cells
  • panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
  • parallel turn — a turn, executed by shifting one's weight, in which the skis stay parallel
  • parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
  • parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
  • parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
  • particularize — to make particular.
  • pedal pushers — women's short trousers
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • plane journey — a journey made by flying in an aeroplane
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
  • pleasure boat — recreational vessel
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
  • plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
  • plural eulisp — EuLisp with parallel extensions. "Collections and Garbage Collection", S.C. Merall et al, in Memory Management - IWMM92, Springer 1992, pp.473-489.
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
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