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  • passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.
  • passenger ship — a ship carrying passengers
  • passenger side — the side of a car which is not the driver's side
  • pavement light — a windowlike structure set in a pavement or the like to illuminate areas beneath, consisting of thick glass blocks set in a metal frame.
  • pay bargaining — negotiating concerning salary or pay
  • payday lending — the practice of offering short-term loans at high rates of interest, on the agreement that the borrower will pay back the loan when he or she next receives a wage or salary
  • paying-in book — a book for keeping a record of money deposited into an account
  • paying-in slip — a sheet in a paying-in book for writing down and keeping a record of a single deposit into an account
  • peace campaign — a campaign for peace or an end to conflict
  • peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
  • penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • perineal gland — one of a pair of glands that are situated near the anus in some mammals and secrete an odorous substance
  • phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
  • phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
  • phenologically — in a phenological manner
  • photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
  • piedras negras — a city in N Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
  • pierian spring — a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.
  • pigeon fancier — sb who breeds pigeons
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • pin grid array — (hardware)   (PGA) A style of integrated circuit socket or pin-out with pins laid out on a square or rectangular grid with a separation of 0.1 inch in each direction. The pins near the centre of the array are often missing. PGA is often used on motherboards for processors, e.g. Socket 6 and Socket 8. PPGA is "plastic PGA" (as opposed to ceramic?). See also SPGA.
  • pink champagne — a sparkling white wine, especially of the Champagne district of France, colored slightly by the grape skins during fermentation or the addition of a small amount of red wine just before the second fermentation.
  • pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
  • plain language — language that is clear and easy to understand, with no ambiguity or unnecessarily difficult words
  • plain speaking — expressing oneself directly
  • planetological — involving or relating to planetology
  • planning board — development group
  • planning stage — the stage of a project when it is still being planned
  • planta genista — a representation of a sprig of broom: used as a badge of the Plantagenets.
  • plastic piping — Plastic piping is strong, durable, and lightweight pipes, often made from high-density polyethylene.
  • plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • popping crease — a line parallel to and in advance of a bowling crease, marking the limit of a batsman's approach in hitting the ball.
  • popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
  • position angle — the direction in which one object lies relative to another on the celestial sphere, measured in degrees from north in an easterly direction
  • positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
  • postganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • potato topping — food, such as cream or cheese, that is poured or put on top of a baked potato in order to add to its flavour
  • potty training — teaching an infant to use the toilet
  • pragmatization — the action of putting theory into practice, the process of rendering something more pragmatic
  • prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
  • praying mantis — mantis.
  • pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • pre-generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • predesignation — to designate beforehand.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • prenegotiation — taking place before a formal negotiation
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