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Public RelationsnounMWEThe professional maintenance of a favorable public image by a company or other organization or a famous person.Organization
Public Relations MannounMWEsomeone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)verified
Public Relations PersonnounMWEa person employed to establish and promote a favorable relationship with the publicverified
Public SchoolnounMWEa tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school boardverified
Public SeednounMWEA starting value for a pseudorandom number generator. The value produced by the random number generator may be made public. The public seed is often called a “salt.”DataPublic
Public ServantnounMWEsomeone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)verified
Public ServicenounMWEa service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutionsverified
Public switched telephone networknounMWEA communications system that sets up a dedicated channel (or circuit) between two points for the duration of the transmission.Network
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.Control
Public-Relations CampaignnounMWEan advertising campaign intended to improve public relationsverified
Publicitynouna message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institutionverified
Pubococcygeus ExercisesnounMWEexercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urineverified
Puccoonnounperennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic propertiesverified
Pucknouna vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockeyverified
Puckerbushnounevergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candlesverified
Puddingnounany of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamedverified
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
Puerperiumnountime period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolvedverified
Puffballnounany of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when matureverified
Puffernounany of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globeverified
Pufferfishnounany of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globeverified
Puffinnounany of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed billsverified
Pugnounsmall compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzleverified
Pug-Dognounsmall compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzleverified
PukanounSouth American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowersverified
PulasannounEast Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutanverified
Pulasan TreenounMWEEast Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutanverified
PulassannounEast 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