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Purplish PinknounMWEa pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferinoverified
Purpura HemorrhagicanounMWEpurpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factorsverified
Purse SeinenounMWEa seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a lineverified
Purse-String OperationnounMWEa surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant womanverified
Pursernounan officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfareverified
Purslanenouna plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herbverified
Purslane SpeedwellnounMWENorth American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europeverified
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