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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
Pull-Upnounan arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the barverified
Pulleynouna simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the ropeverified
Pulley-Blocknouna simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the ropeverified
Pulling OutnounMWEa method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculationverified
Pullulationnounasexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individualverified
Pulmonary AnthraxnounMWEa form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracisverified
Pulmonary ArterynounMWEone of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungsverified
Pulmonary EmbolismnounMWEblockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clotverified
Pulmonary EmphysemanounMWEan abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory functionverified
Pulmonary ReservenounMWEthe additional volume of air that the lungs can inhale and exhale when breathing to the limit of capacity in times of stressverified
Pulmonary StenosisnounMWEabnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricleverified
Pulmonary TrunknounMWEthe artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteriesverified