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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
  • postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • present value — current monetary worth
  • preternatural — out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers.
  • pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
  • prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
  • pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
  • quadrennially — Every four years.
  • quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
  • quadruple run — a set of five cards consisting of a three-card run plus two other cards that duplicate different denominations in the run, as 5,5,6,6,7, worth 16 points.
  • quarantinable — Subject to quarantine; under quarantine.
  • quarter-final — A quarter-final is one of the four matches in a competition which decides which four players or teams will compete in the semi-final.
  • quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
  • rattle around — If you say that someone rattles around in a room or other space, you mean that the space is too large for them.
  • re-evaluating — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
  • re-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • re-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • recalculation — recount, act of computing again
  • recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
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