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Public switched telephone networknounMWEA communications system that sets up a dedicated channel (or circuit) between two points for the duration of the transmission.verified
Public TrustnounMWEa trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposesverified
Public WorksnounMWEstructures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public useverified
Public-Key Forward SecrecynounMWEFor a key agreement protocol based on asymmetric cryptography, the property that ensures that a session key derived from a set of long-term public and private keys will not be compromised if one of the private keys is compromised in the future.verified
Public-Relations CampaignnounMWEan advertising campaign intended to improve public relationsverified
Pubococcygeus ExercisesnounMWEexercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urineverified
Pudding BerrynounMWEcreeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shootsverified
Pudding Pipe TreenounMWEdeciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinallyverified
Pudendal BlocknounMWEregional anesthesia resulting from the use of a local anesthetic to deaden the pudendal nerves in the region of the vulva and labia majoraverified
Puerperal FevernounMWEserious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions)verified
Pulasan TreenounMWEEast Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutanverified
Pull ChainnounMWEa chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet)verified
pull inverbMWEdirect toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributesverified
pull the wool over someone's eyesverbMWEconceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an endverified
Pulling OutnounMWEa method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculationverified
Pulmonary AnthraxnounMWEa form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracisverified
Pulmonary ArterynounMWEone of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungsverified
Pulmonary EmbolismnounMWEblockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clotverified
Pulmonary EmphysemanounMWEan abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory functionverified
Pulmonary ReservenounMWEthe additional volume of air that the lungs can inhale and exhale when breathing to the limit of capacity in times of stressverified
Pulmonary StenosisnounMWEabnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricleverified
Pulmonary TrunknounMWEthe artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteriesverified
Pulmonary ValvenounMWEa semilunar valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary arteryverified
Pulmonary VeinnounMWEany of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heartverified
Pulmonic PlaguenounMWEa rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to personverified
Pulp CavitynounMWEthe central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal)verified
Pulse Height AnalyzernounMWEscientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to passverified
Pulseless DiseasenounMWEdisorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteriesverified