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pleurocarpous |
Adjective
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(of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches |
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pulpy |
Adjective
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like a pulp or overripe |
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peruked |
Adjective
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wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries |
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periwigged |
Adjective
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wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries |
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pro-choice |
Adjective
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advocating a woman's right to control her own body (especially her right to an induced abortion) |
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pro-life |
Adjective
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advocating full legal protection of embryos and fetuses, especially opposing the legalization of induced abortions |
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plain-woven |
Adjective
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(of cloth) made in plain weave |
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preposterous |
Adjective
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incongruous |
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praiseworthy |
Adjective
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worthy of high praise |
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pink-collar |
Adjective
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of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women |
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postulational |
Adjective
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of or relating to or derived from axioms |
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paperlike |
Adjective
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of or like paper |
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photochemical |
Adjective
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of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems |
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physicochemical |
Adjective
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relating to physical chemistry |
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palingenetic |
Adjective
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of or relating to palingenesis |
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pneumogastric |
Adjective
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of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach |
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pneumogastric |
Adjective
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of or relating to the vagus nerve |
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pneumogastric |
Noun
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a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera |
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Prakritic |
Adjective
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of or relating to Prakrit |
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Procrustean |
Adjective
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of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him |
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provencal |
Adjective
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of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture |
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pre-Christian |
Adjective
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of or relating to or being the time before the beginning of the Christian era |
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premenopausal |
Adjective
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prior to menopause |
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presocratic |
Adjective
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before the time of Socrates |
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pre-Socratic |
Adjective
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before the time of Socrates |
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pre-Socratic |
Noun
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any philosopher who lived before Socrates |
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postdiluvian |
Adjective
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existing or occurring after Noah's flood |
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postdiluvian |
Noun
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anything living after Noah's flood |
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postdoctoral |
Adjective
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of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed |
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postdoctoral |
Noun
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a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research |
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postexilic |
Adjective
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of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity) |
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postglacial |
Adjective
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relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period |
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postmenopausal |
Adjective
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subsequent to menopause |
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postpositive |
Adjective
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(of a modifier) placed after another word |
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pouched |
Adjective
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having a pouch |
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pteridological |
Adjective
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of or relating to the study of ferns |
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pre-Jurassic |
Adjective
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of or relating to or denoting the time before the Jurassic period |
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paramilitary |
Adjective
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of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit |
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paramilitary |
Noun
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a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) |
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Pharaonic |
Adjective
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of or relating to the ancient Egyptian kings |
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Phoenician |
Adjective
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of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants |
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phonogramic |
Adjective
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of or relating to a phonogram |
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phonological |
Adjective
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of or relating to phonology |
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phonologic |
Adjective
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of or relating to phonology |
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photomechanical |
Adjective
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of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing |
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photometric |
Adjective
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of or relating to photometry |
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photometrical |
Adjective
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of or relating to photometry |
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photosynthetic |
Adjective
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relating to or using or formed by photosynthesis |
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phreatic |
Adjective
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of or relating to ground water |
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phrenological |
Adjective
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of or relating to phrenology |