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Penuchlenouna card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards)verified
Peonagenounthe practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is dischargedverified
Peonynounany of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowersverified
People of ColornounMWEa race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)verified
People of ColournounMWEa race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)verified
Pep PillnounMWEa central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetiteverified
Pep TalknounMWEa speech of exhortation attempting to instill enthusiasm and determination in a team or staffverified
Pepper BushnounMWEshrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowersverified
Pepper FamilynounMWEtropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikeletsverified
Pepper SaucenounMWEfor venison: brown sauce with sauteed vegetables and trimmings and marinade and plenty of pepperverified
Pepper ShrubnounMWEevergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruitsverified
Pepper SpraynounMWEa nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscumverified
Pepper SteaknounMWEsteak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauceverified
Pepper TreenounMWEsmall Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruitsverified
Peppered SteaknounMWEsteak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauceverified
Pepperidgenouncolumnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fallverified
Peppermintnounherb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoringverified
PepperwoodnounPacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruitverified
Peptidasenounany enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysisverified
Peptidenounamide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of anotherverified
Peptonenounany of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acidsverified
Per Capita IncomenounMWEthe total national income divided by the number of people in the nationverified
Per CentumnounMWEa proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)verified
Per DiemnounMWEa daily allowance for living expenses (especially while traveling in connection with your job)verified
Per-Call KeynounMWEUnique traffic encryption key generated automatically by certain secure telecommunications systems to secure single voice or data transmissions. See Cooperative Key Generation.CredentialRegulatedCUI
Perambulationnouna walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundariesverified
Percent SignnounMWEa sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100verified
Percentage SignnounMWEa sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100verified
Percentilenoun(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the totalverified
Perceptual ConstancynounMWE(psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observationverified
Percolatornouna coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beansverified