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  • pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
  • personalty — personal estate or property.
  • persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
  • petroleous — having or consisting of petroleum or an oil obtained from rock
  • petroleuse — a female individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
  • petrópolis — a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)
  • pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
  • pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
  • plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
  • playstreet — an urban street closed to traffic during specified times and sometimes equipped with recreational facilities, for use by children as a play area.
  • pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
  • polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
  • polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
  • portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
  • portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
  • postgresql — (database)   /'post-gres-kyu-el/ An enhancement of the POSTGRES database system. PostgreSQL is an advanced relational database management system with some object oriented approaches. PostgreSQL is developed and distributed as free software, and while retaining its freedom it remains technically and featurewise a worthy competitor to even the most advanced commercial alternatives. It was also one of the first databases to offer MVCC as opposed to row-level locking or table locking, thereby greatly improving multi-user performance. PostgreSQL implements an extended subset of ANSI SQL and runs on many platforms. It also has interfaces to many different programming languages and database protocols, like ODBC and JDBC.
  • power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
  • praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
  • presential — present, or implying actual presence
  • presternal — Anatomy. manubrium.
  • presystole — Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward. Compare diastole.
  • price list — a list giving the prices of items for sale.
  • priestling — a small or insignificant priest
  • pristinely — in a pristine manner
  • prize list — a list of winners of a prize or prizes
  • problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
  • profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • prosilient — prominent
  • proteolyse — to cause to undergo proteolysis
  • protostele — the solid stele of most roots, having a central core of xylem enclosed by phloem.
  • protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
  • psalterian — psalm-like
  • psalterium — the omasum.
  • pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird
  • pulse rate — the rate of the pulse: stated in pulsations per minute.
  • pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
  • pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
  • pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
  • pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
  • reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
  • reputeless — without repute; ignominious
  • respectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
  • screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • sculptress — a woman who practices the art of sculpture.
  • sculptured — having a surface or shape molded, marked, carved, indented, etc., by or as if by sculpture: sculptured leather belts.
  • separately — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
  • sepultural — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
  • shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
  • sleepshirt — a shirtlike garment, usually knee-length or shorter, worn for sleeping.
  • slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
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