plica vocalis
— Noun
– English
~ either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx
passive voice
— Noun
– English
~ the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
prairie vole
— Noun
– English
~ typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
pine vole
— Noun
– English
~ short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
packed cell volume
— Noun
– English
~ the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
Prince Otto von Bismarck
— Noun
– English
~ German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)
Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg
— Noun
– English
~ German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)
Paul von Hindenburg
— Noun
– English
~ German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)
P. P. von Mauser
— Noun
– English
~ German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
Polypodium vulgare
— Noun
– English
~ mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
Prunella vulgaris
— Noun
– English
~ decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America
Pulsatilla vulgaris
— Noun
– English
~ European perennial having usually violet or white spring flowers
Primula vulgaris
— Noun
– English
~ plant of western and southern Europe widely cultivated for its pale yellow flowers
Polygala vulgaris
— Noun
– English
~ small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation
Petasites vulgaris
— Noun
– English
~ small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas
Phaseolus vulgaris
— Noun
– English
~ the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods