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- organ of corti — Anatomy, Zoology. a structure in the cochlea of a mammal, consisting of hair cells that serve as receptors for auditory stimuli.
- out of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
- out of control — wild, unrestrained
- out of fashion — no longer popular
- out of nowhere — unexpectedly
- out of spirits — sad; depressed
- out of the ark — very old; out of date
- out of the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- out of the way — remote from much-traveled, frequented, or populous regions; secluded: an out-of-the-way inn up in the hills.
- out-of-the-way — remote from much-traveled, frequented, or populous regions; secluded: an out-of-the-way inn up in the hills.
- parole officer — an official who supervises a prisoner who is on parole
- part of speech — any of the classes into which words in some languages, as Latin and English, have traditionally been divided on the basis of their meaning, form, or syntactic function, as, in English, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
- party official — an official of a political party
- peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
- petty official — a minor official in government, etc
- photofinishing — the act or occupation of developing films, printing photographs, etc.
- piece of eight — peso (def 4).
- point of honor — an issue that affects one's honor, reputation, etc.: It was a point of honor with him to avenge any insult to his family.
- point of order — a question raised as to whether proceedings are in order, or in conformity with parliamentary law.
- police officer — any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
- pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
- pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
- pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)
- prison officer — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
- profit warning — a public announcement made by a company to shareholders and others warning that profits for a stated period will be much lower than had been expected
- profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
- profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- proof positive — To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- quasi-official — a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
- queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- raise the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- rate of growth — the rate at which an economy grows
- rate of return — The rate of return on an investment is the amount of profit it makes, often shown as a percentage of the original investment.
- recessionproof — not susceptible to an economic recession: a recessionproof economy; He wants a long-term contract to make his job recessionproof.
- rest of esther — a book of the Old Testament Apocrypha consisting of verses in the Septuagint text of the book of Esther that are not in the Hebrew text
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- rip-off artist — a person who steals, cheats or swindles
- rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- roll of honour — A roll of honour is a list of the names of people who are admired or respected for something they have done, such as doing very well in a sport or exam.
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- rose of sharon — Also called althea. a widely cultivated shrub or small tree, Hibiscus syriacus, of the mallow family, having showy white, reddish or purplish flowers.
- rule of eleven — the rule that when a player leads his or her fourth-highest card in any suit its numerical value subtracted from eleven gives the number of higher cards of that suit held by the other players.
- rules of order — the rules by which a legislative or deliberative assembly governs its proceedings; parliamentary law.