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  • photoreception — the physiological perception of light.
  • photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
  • photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
  • photosensitive — sensitive to light or similar radiation.
  • photosensitize — to make (a material) photosensitive, as by the application of a photosensitive emulsion.
  • photosynthesis — the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll.
  • photosynthetic — the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll.
  • phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
  • pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • pimento cheese — a processed cheese made from Neufchâtel, cream cheese, Cheddar, or other cheese, flavored with chopped pimientos.
  • pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
  • pithecanthrope — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus.
  • plesiochronous — (communications)   Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
  • plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • point the bone — to wish bad luck (on)
  • poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
  • polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
  • polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
  • polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
  • porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
  • posthumousness — the fact of being posthumous
  • pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
  • pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
  • printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
  • pro-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
  • progenitorship — parenthood; the position of being a progenitor
  • project athena — (project)   A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at MIT. Much of the software developed is now in wider use, especially the X Window System.
  • prominent moth — any moth of the family Notodontidae characterized by tufts of scales on the back edge of the forewing that stand up prominently at rest and give the group its name. It includes the puss moth and buff-tip as well as those with prominent in the name
  • prosencephalon — the forebrain.
  • psephoanalysis — the statistical and sociological analysis of election trends and results
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • psychic income — the personal or subjective benefits, rewards, or satisfactions derived from a job or undertaking as separate from its objective or financial ones.
  • psychoanalyses — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
  • psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
  • psychotechnics — the use of psychological techniques for controlling and modifying human behavior, especially for practical ends.
  • punch operator — a person who enters data into cards by means of punching holes
  • put on the dog — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
  • put on the map — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
  • put on the pan — to criticize severely
  • put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • put the lid on — to be the final blow to
  • put the moz on — to jinx
  • pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
  • pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
  • pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
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