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Palm TreenounMWEany plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leavesverified
Palma ChristnounMWElarge shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricinverified
Palma ChristinounMWElarge shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricinverified
Palmyra PalmnounMWEtall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugarverified
Palo SantonounMWESouth American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incenseverified
Palo VerdenounMWEdensely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green barkverified
Palpebra ConjunctivanounMWEthe part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelidsverified
Pampas GrassnounMWEtall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumpsverified
Pancake TurtlenounMWEvoracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skinverified
Pancreatic VeinnounMWEveins draining the pancreas and emptying into the superior mesenteric and splenic veinsverified
Panda BearnounMWElarge black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibetverified
Pandean PipenounMWEa primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound togetherverified
Panel DiscussionnounMWEdiscussion of a subject of public interest by a group of persons forming a panel usually before an audienceverified
Panel HeatingnounMWEheating system consisting of wall or floor or baseboard or ceiling panels containing electric conductors or heating pipesverified
Panoramic SightnounMWEgunsight (a telescopic device for an artillery piece) that can be rotated horizontally in a full circleverified
Pansy OrchidnounMWEany of various orchids of the genus Miltonia having solitary or loosely racemose showy broadly spreading flowersverified
Pansy VioletnounMWEcommon violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansiesverified
Panther CatnounMWEnocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coatverified
Panther LilynounMWElily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowersverified
Pantothenic AcidnounMWEa vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acidsverified
Pants PressernounMWEa home appliance in which trousers can be hung and the wrinkles pressed outverified
Papal InfallibilitynounMWEbelief of the Roman Catholic Church that God protects the pope from error when he speaks about faith or moralityverified
Papal NuncionounMWE(Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial statusverified
Papaw TreenounMWEsmall tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruitverified
Papaya TreenounMWEtropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruitverified
Paper BirchnounMWEsmall American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoesverified
Paper ChromatographynounMWEchromatography that uses selective adsorption on a strip of paperverified
Paper CurrencynounMWEcurrency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specieverified
Paper KnifenounMWEdull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of booksverified
Paper LossnounMWEan unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's costverified
Paper MoneynounMWEcurrency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specieverified
Paper NautilusnounMWEcephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shellsverified
Paper PlantnounMWEtall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic timesverified
Paper ProfitnounMWEan unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market priceverified
Paper RushnounMWEtall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic timesverified
Paper TigernounMWEthe nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectualverified
Paperbark BirchnounMWEsmall American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoesverified