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Postfix NotationnounMWEa parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operandsverified
Posthypnotic AmnesianounMWEselective amnesia after being in a hypnotic state of events occurring during hypnosis or of information designated by the hypnotistverified
Posthypnotic SuggestionnounMWEa suggestion that is made to a person who is hypnotized that specifies an action to perform, usually in response to a cue, after they have awakenedverified
Postilionnounsomeone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)verified
Postillionnounsomeone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)verified
Postmodernismnoungenre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernismverified
Postmortem ExaminationnounMWEan examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by diseaseverified
Postnasal DripnounMWEchronic secretion of mucus from the rear of the nasal cavity into the nasopharynxverified
Postponernounsomeone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)verified
Postpositionnoun(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached)verified
Posttraumatic Stress DisordernounMWEan anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and imagesverified
Postulantnounone submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious orderverified
Postulatornoun(Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonizationverified
Pot FarmnounMWEa plot of ground where marijuana is grown and harvested (often hidden in a national forest)verified
Potage St. GermainnounMWEmade of fresh green peas and stock with shredded lettuce onion and celeryverified
Potash AlumnounMWEa white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminumverified
Potash MuriatenounMWEsalt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte)verified
Potassium Acid CarbonatenounMWEa crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacidverified
Potassium AlumnounMWEa white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminumverified
Potassium BicarbonatenounMWEa crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacidverified
Potassium BromidenounMWEa white crystalline salt (KBr) used as a sedative and in photographyverified
Potassium ChloratenounMWEa white salt used in matches, fireworks, and explosives with a chemical symbol of KClO3verified
Potassium FerrocyanidenounMWEa cyanide compound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous saltsverified
Potassium IodidenounMWEa crystalline salt in organic synthesis and in making photographic emulsions and in iodized table saltverified
Potassium MuriatenounMWEsalt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte)verified
Potassium PermanganatenounMWEa poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in waterverified
Potassium-Argon DatingnounMWEgeological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argonverified
Potatonounannual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubersverified
Potato BeetlenounMWEblack-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leavesverified
Potato BugnounMWEblack-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leavesverified
Potato FamilynounMWElarge and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonousverified
Potato FungusnounMWEfungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubersverified
Potato NosenounMWEenlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skinverified
Potato RacenounMWEa novelty race in which competitors move potatoes from one place to another one at a timeverified
Potato TreenounMWEhardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowersverified
Potato VinenounMWEcopiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blueverified
Potato WartnounMWEfungous disease causing dark warty spongy excrescences in the eyes of potato tubersverified