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Place of BusinessnounMWEan establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are renderedverified
Placenta PrevianounMWEpregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part)verified
Plagal CadencenounMWEa cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonicverified
Plague PneumonianounMWEa rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to personverified
Plain ClothesnounMWEordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.verified
Plain WeavenounMWEa basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effectverified
Plains SpadefootnounMWEthis spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountainsverified
Plan of Action and MilestonesnounMWEA document that identifies tasks needing to be accomplished. It details resources required to accomplish the elements of the plan, any milestones in meeting the tasks, and scheduled completion dates for the milestones.verified
Plane TablenounMWEsurveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripodverified
Plane TreenounMWEany of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruitsverified
Planet GearnounMWEan outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic trainverified
Planet WheelnounMWEan outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic trainverified
Planetary GearnounMWEan outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic trainverified
Planetary NebulanounMWEa nebula that was once thought to be a star with its planets but is now thought to be a very hot star surrounded by an expanding envelope of ionized gases that emit a fluorescent glow because of intense radiation from the starverified
Planetesimal HypothesisnounMWE(cosmology) the theory that the solar system was formed by the gravitational accumulation of planetesimalsverified
Planned CommunitynounMWEa residential district that is planned for a certain class of residentsverified
Planning CommissionnounMWEa commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developmentsverified
Planographic PrintingnounMWEthe process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)verified
Plant DepartmentnounMWEthe division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plantverified
Plant FoodnounMWEany substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertileverified
Plant HoppernounMWErelated to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plantsverified
Plant LousenounMWEany of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plantsverified
Plant ToxinnounMWEany substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxinverified
Plantain LilynounMWEany of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowersverified
Plantain TreenounMWEa banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruitsverified
Plantar ReflexnounMWEflexion of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front in persons over the age of 2 yearsverified
Planter's PunchnounMWEa cocktail made of rum and lime or lemon juice with sugar and sometimes bittersverified
Plantigrade MammalnounMWEan animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beingsverified
Plantlike FlagellatenounMWEunicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algaeverified
Plasma CellnounMWEa cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigenverified