Nouns starting with P

• plum tomato — Noun – English ～ a kind of cherry tomato that is frequently used in cooking rather than eaten raw
• plum tomato — Noun – English ～ an Italian variety of cherry tomato that is shaped like a plum
• portal tomb — Noun – English ～ a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
• positron emission tomography scanner — Noun – English ～ a tomograph that produces cross-sectional X-rays of metabolic processes in the body
• positron emission tomography — Noun – English ～ using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
• pure tone — Noun – English ～ a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
• passing tone — Noun – English ～ a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes
• partial tone — Noun – English ～ a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
• pair of tongs — Noun – English ～ any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
• painted tongue — Noun – English ～ Chilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat
• pharyngeal tonsil — Noun – English ～ a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx); "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"; "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children"
• palatine tonsil — Noun – English ～ either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
• power tool — Noun – English ～ a tool driven by a motor
• primary tooth — Noun – English ～ one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
• permanent tooth — Noun – English ～ any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age
• peg top — Noun – English ～ a pear-shaped top made of wood with a metal center pin
• physical topology — Noun – English ～ the appearance of the network; "the physical topologies of local area networks include the bus, the ring and the star"
• Pedionomus torquatus — Noun – English ～ small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains
• Pinus torreyana — Noun – English ～ medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
• painted tortoise — Noun – English ～ freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States

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