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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Paeonynounany of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowersverified
Pagan ReligionnounMWEany of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamismverified
Pagernounan electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being pagedverified
Pagoda TreenounMWEtall sparingly branched conical tree having large fragrant yellow flowers with white centersverified
Paiglenounearly spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowersverified
Paintballnouna capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintballverified
Painted BeautynounMWEAmerican butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spotsverified
Painted CupnounMWEany of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bractsverified
Painted DaisynounMWEspring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowersverified
Painted LeafnounMWEtropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowersverified
Painted TonguenounMWEChilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throatverified
Painted-Leaf BegonianounMWEany of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowersverified
Painternounin the Southern United States, a large American feline resembling a lion, also known as a cougarverified
Painter's ColicnounMWEsymptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipationverified
Paintingnoungraphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surfaceverified
Pair CreationnounMWEthe transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleusverified
Pair FormationnounMWEthe transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleusverified
Pair ProductionnounMWEthe transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleusverified
PakchoinounAsiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leavesverified
Palaeobiologynouna branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organismsverified
Palaeogeologynounthe study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocksverified
Palaeopathologynounthe study of disease of former times, usually as inferred from fossil evidenceverified
Palaestranouna public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletesverified
Palaetiologynounthe explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes)verified
PalasnounEast Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dyeverified
Palatine BonenounMWEeither of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbitsverified
Palatine TonsilnounMWEeither of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynxverified
Palatine VeinnounMWEa vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial veinverified
Palatopharyngoplastynounsurgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airwayverified