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- picofarad — one trillionth of a farad. Abbreviation: pF.
- pigheaded — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- pinheaded — stupid or foolish.
- pink lady — a cocktail made with gin, grenadine, and the white of eggs, shaken and strained before serving.
- pintadera — a decorative stamp, usually made of clay, found in the Neolithic of the E Mediterranean and in many American cultures
- planeload — the amount of people or cargo an airplane can carry.
- pleadable — capable of being pleaded, as a case in court.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- pompadour — Marquise de (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles) 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France.
- poppyhead — a finial or other ornament, often richly carved, as the top of the upright end of a bench or pew.
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- post road — (formerly) a road with stations for furnishing horses for postriders, mail coaches, or travelers.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- pre-ready — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- prisiadka — a step in Slavic folk dancing in which the dancer squats on the haunches and kicks out each foot alternately; the characteristic step of the kazachok.
- pro-trade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- promenade — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
- proofread — to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
- put ahead — to reset the hands of (a clock) to a later time
- qadariyah — the group who defended free will against the doctrine of predestination.
- qadiriyah — a Sufi fraternity founded by ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani (1077–1166) in the 12th century.
- quad bike — four-wheeled motorcycle
- quad left — (in computer typesetting) flush left.
- quad-band — of or relating to mobile telephones that can operate on all four GSM frequency bands and therefore be used in most countries
- quadrants — Plural form of quadrant.
- quadrated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrate.
- quadrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadrate.
- quadratic — square.
- quadratus — Any of several roughly square or rectangular muscles, e.g., in the abdomen, thigh, and eye socket.
- quadrella — four nominated horse races in which the punter bets on selecting the four winners
- quadricep — Quadriceps.
- quadrifid — cleft into four parts or lobes.
- quadrigae — Plural form of quadriga.
- quadrille — a card game played by four persons.
- quadrivia — Plural form of quadrivium.
- quadroons — Plural form of quadroon.
- quadruman — a monkey or ape with all four feet specialized for use as hands
- quadruped — four-footed.
- quadruple — fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
- quadruply — fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
- quadwords — Plural form of quadword.
- quoad hoc — as much as this; to this extent.
- radar gun — a small, handheld Doppler radar device used to measure the speed of vehicles or other moving objects.
- radcliffe — Ann (Ward) 1764–1823, English writer of Gothic romances.
- raddleman — ruddleman.