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- parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
- passive noun — a noun whose referent is the recipient of an action, as trainee, multiplicand.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- perispomenon — (of a Greek word) bearing a circumflex accent on the last syllable
- pernoctation — the act of staying all night in a place, esp for prayer or as a vigil
- persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phonocamptic — possessing the property of reflecting sound or producing an echo
- phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
- phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
- phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- piano lesson — music class in playing the piano
- piano nobile — the principal story of a large building, as of a palace or villa.
- piano player — pianist.
- pig-ignorant — extremely ignorant or unknowledgeable
- pinot grigio — a variety of grape, grown in Italy for wine-making
- plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- planoconcave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- player piano — a piano that can play automatically when the keys are actuated electronically or by a pneumatic device controlled by a piano roll.
- pleurogenous — Anatomy. pertaining to or originating from the pleura.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- pneumonology — the study of the respiratory system
- pogonophoran — any member of the small phylum Pogonophora, slender tentacled animals having a tubelike outer covering, living on the deep ocean bottom.
- pointe-noire — a seaport in the S Republic of Congo.
- polyphenolic — relating to a polyphenol
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- pornographer — a person who sells, produces, films, photographs, or writes pornography.
- pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- post-it note — a small square of sticky paper on which notes can be written
- posthypnotic — of or relating to the period after hypnosis.
- postliminous — occurring after; subsequent
- praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
- preannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- pregnenolone — a steroid precursor to steroid hormones
- prenominally — before a noun
- program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
- project note — a short-term municipal note issued by a local government housing agency to finance a public housing project.