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Papaianountropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruitverified
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
Paparazzonouna freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazinesverified
Papawnounsmall tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruitverified
Papaw TreenounMWEsmall tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruitverified
Papayanountropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow 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
Paper-Machenouna substance made from paper pulp that can be molded when wet and painted when dryverified
Paperbark BirchnounMWEsmall American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoesverified
Papier-Machenouna substance made from paper pulp that can be molded when wet and painted when dryverified
Papillonnounsmall slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coatverified
Papooserootnountall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinallyverified
Papovavirusnounany of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomasverified
Pappataci FevernounMWEa mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasiiverified
Pappusnouncalyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelionsverified
Papyrusnountall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic timesverified
Parabolanouna plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curveverified
Parabolic ReflectornounMWEa concave reflector used to produce a parallel beam when the source is placed at its focus or to focus an incoming parallel beamverified
Paraboloidnouna surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axisverified
Paraboloid ReflectornounMWEa concave reflector used to produce a parallel beam when the source is placed at its focus or to focus an incoming parallel beamverified
Paracervical BlocknounMWEregional anesthesia resulting from the injection of a local anesthetic on each side of the cervixverified