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Push-Down ListnounMWEa list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Push-Down QueuenounMWEa queue in which the last item to go in is the first item to come out (LIFO)verified
Push-Down StacknounMWEa list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Push-Down StoragenounMWEa storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Push-Down StorenounMWEa storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Pussleynounweedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisineverified
Pusslynounweedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisineverified
Pussy WillownounMWEsmall willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leavesverified
Pussy-Pawnounpink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feetverified
Pussytoesnounlow-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowersverified
Put OptionnounMWEthe option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given dateverified
Put-Onnouna composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous wayverified
Putrescinenouna colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is produced in decaying animal matterverified
Putting SurfacenounMWEan area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf courseverified
Pycnogonidnounany of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legsverified
Pyelographynounroentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye)verified
Pyloric SphincternounMWEthe sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenumverified
Pyloric StenosisnounMWEnarrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenumverified
Pyloric ValvenounMWEthe sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenumverified
Pyloric VeinnounMWEreceives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal veinverified
Pyracanthnounany of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berriesverified
Pyralid MothnounMWEusually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pestsverified
Pyramid SchemenounMWEa fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruitverified
Pyramidal BonenounMWEa wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bonesverified
Pyramidal Motor SystemnounMWEany of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cordverified
Pyramidal TractnounMWEany of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cordverified
Pyramidingnouna fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflatedverified