Words starting with P that are validated

• point man — Noun – English ～ someone who is the forefront of an important enterprise; "he is the president's point man on economic issues"
• point mutation — Noun – English ～ (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
• point — Noun – English ～ a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
• point of accumulation — Noun – English ～ the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
• point of periapsis — Noun – English ～ (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited
• point — Noun – English ～ the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
• point — Noun – English ～ the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"
• point — Noun – English ～ sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
• point after — Noun – English ～ in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown
• point — Noun – English ～ a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point"
• point — Noun – English ～ the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
• point duty — Noun – English ～ the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection
• point — Noun – English ～ a wall socket
• point — Noun – English ～ a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
• point — Noun – English ～ a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
• point of apoapsis — Noun – English ～ (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
• point of order — Noun – English ～ a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure
• point — Noun – English ～ a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"
• point — Noun – English ～ one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
• point of entry — Noun – English ～ a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise

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