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  • pathetic fallacy — the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea.
  • peter the hermit — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
  • physical therapy — the treatment or management of physical disability, malfunction, or pain by exercise, massage, hydrotherapy, etc., without the use of medicines, surgery, or radiation.
  • pithecanthropine — of, belonging to, or resembling a former genus (Pithecanthropus, now classified as Homo erectus) of extinct early humans, who lived in Java, China, Europe, and Africa
  • pithecanthropoid — of, relating to, or resembling the former genus Pithecanthropus or one of its members.
  • place in the sun — (often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
  • plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
  • pop the question — to make a short, quick, explosive sound: The cork popped.
  • poynting theorem — the theorem that the rate of flow of electromagnetic energy through unit area is equal to the Poynting vector, i.e. the cross product of the electric and magnetic field intensities
  • pragmatic theory — the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience.
  • prince's feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
  • prince's-feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
  • process theology — a form of theology that emphasizes the close relation of human beings, nature, and God.
  • prometheus bound — a tragedy (c457 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • prosthetic group — the nonprotein acid constituent of a conjugate protein, as the heme group of hemoglobin.
  • pull the plug on — a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
  • pull the strings — be in control
  • put in the shade — to appear better than (another); surpass
  • put the question — to require members of a deliberative assembly to vote on a motion presented
  • put the skids to — to thwart or cause to fail
  • put to the sword — to kill with a sword or swords
  • put to the torch — to set fire to; burn down
  • raise the stakes — to increase the amount of money or valuables hazarded in a gambling game
  • rape of the lock — a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope.
  • reap the harvest — If you reap the harvest, you benefit or suffer from the results of your past actions or of someone else's past actions.
  • recursion theory — (theory)   The study of problems that, in principle, cannot be solved by either computers or humans.
  • ring the changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
  • roentgenotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays.
  • round the corner — close at hand
  • round the wrekin — the long way round
  • rule of the road — any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • run the gauntlet — a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
  • saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
  • scratch together — to assemble with difficulty
  • ship of the line — a former sailing warship armed powerfully enough to serve in the line of battle, usually having cannons ranged along two or more decks; battleship.
  • shoot the breeze — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
  • shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • shut the door on — to refuse to think about
  • sit on the fence — to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
  • slap in the face — smack on the cheek
  • slap on the back — to congratulate
  • smack in the eye — a snub or setback
  • social gathering — party, get-together
  • soft in the head — stupid or foolish
  • somehow or other — in an undetermined way
  • southerly buster — a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature
  • southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
  • southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
  • speech synthesis — computer-generated audio output that imitates human speech
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