PPLO
— Noun
– English
～ a mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans
ppp
— Noun
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～ surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)
PR
— Noun
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～ a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution
PR
— Noun
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～ a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico
Pr
— Noun
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～ a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process
PR man
— Noun
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～ someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)
practicability
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of being usable
practicable
— Adjective
– English
～ usable for a specific purpose; "an operable plan"; "a practicable solution"
practicable
— Adjective
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～ capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
practicableness
— Noun
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～ the quality of being usable
practicably
— Adverb
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～ in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible
practical joke
— Noun
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～ a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
practical application
— Noun
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～ the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis"
practical nurse
— Noun
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～ a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
practical joker
— Noun
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～ someone who plays practical jokes on others
practical politics
— Noun
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～ politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations
practical
— Adjective
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～ being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
practical
— Adjective
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～ concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"
practical
— Adjective
– English
～ having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"
practical
— Adjective
– English
～ guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"