Words in english starting with P

• Pezophaps solitaria — Noun – English ～ extinct flightless bird related to the dodo
• primary solid solution — Noun – English ～ a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals; a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metal
• phosphate buffer solution — Noun – English ～ a solution containing a phosphate buffer
• problem solver — Noun – English ～ a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution
• problem solving — Noun – English ～ the thought processes involved in solving a problem
• problem solving — Noun – English ～ the area of cognitive psychology that studies the processes involved in solving problems
• pull someone's leg — Verb – English ～ subject to a playful hoax or joke
• Papaver somniferum — Noun – English ～ southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium
• piano sonata — Noun – English ～ a sonata for piano
• Petrarchan sonnet — Noun – English ～ a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
• pressure sore — Noun – English ～ a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)
• Puget Sound — Noun – English ～ an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State
• pea soup — Noun – English ～ a heavy thick yellow fog
• pea soup — Noun – English ～ a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree)
• pea-souper — Noun – English ～ a heavy thick yellow fog
• point source — Noun – English ～ a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted
• passive source — Noun – English ～ an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has
• pleural space — Noun – English ～ the small potential space between the parietal and visceral layers of the pleura
• phase space — Noun – English ～ (physics) an ideal space in which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables that are required to describe a system or substance; "a multidimensional phase space"
• pericardial space — Noun – English ～ the space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates the membrane surfaces and allows easy heart movement

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