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  • product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • 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
  • pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • 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.
  • quarantinable — Subject to quarantine; under quarantine.
  • quarter grain — the grain appearing in quartersawed wood.
  • quarter point — the fourth part of the distance between any two adjacent points of the 32 marked on a compass, being 2° 48′ 45″.
  • quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
  • quarter round — a molding, as on an ovolo, whose section is a quarter circle.
  • quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
  • 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.
  • quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
  • quaternionist — a mathematician who works with quaternions
  • queen regnant — a queen who reigns on her own behalf
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • questionaries — Plural form of questionary.
  • questionnaire — a list of questions, usually printed, submitted for replies that can be analyzed for usable information: a questionnaire used in market research.
  • quincentenary — a 500th anniversary or its celebration.
  • quinine water — carbonated water containing lemon, lime, sweetener, and quinine, often used as a mixer.
  • 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.
  • reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • reattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
  • recalculation — recount, act of computing again
  • recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
  • recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • reformulation — to formulate again.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
  • regurgitation — the act of regurgitating.
  • reinoculation — a further inoculation of the same organism as the first inoculation
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • remanufacture — to refurbish (a used product) by renovating and reassembling its components: to remanufacture a vacuum cleaner.
  • remeasurement — the process of measuring again
  • republication — publication anew.
  • repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
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