Words in english starting with P

• psychoneurotic — Adjective – English ～ affected with emotional disorder
• psychonomics — Noun – English ～ the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues
• psychopath — Noun – English ～ someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
• psychopathic personality — Noun – English ～ a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)
• psychopathic — Adjective – English ～ suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
• psychopathologic — Adjective – English ～ suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
• psychopathological — Adjective – English ～ suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
• psychopathology — Noun – English ～ the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
• psychopathology — Noun – English ～ the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
• psychopathy — Noun – English ～ any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
• psychopharmacological — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to psychopharmacology
• psychopharmacology — Noun – English ～ the study of drugs that affect the mind
• psychophysicist — Noun – English ～ a psychologist trained in psychophysics
• psychophysics — Noun – English ～ the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects
• psychophysiology — Noun – English ～ the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes
• psychopomp — Noun – English ～ a conductor of souls to the afterworld; "Hermes was their psychopomp"
• Psychopsis krameriana — Noun – English ～ orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium
• Psychopsis papilio — Noun – English ～ orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium
• Psychopsis — Noun – English ～ epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium
• psychosexual development — Noun – English ～ (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage

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