Words in english starting with P

• parallel-veined leaf — Noun – English ～ a leaf whose veins run in parallel from the stem
• purple-veined — Adjective – English ～ (of flowers) showing purple markings that resemble veins
• posterior labial veins — Noun – English ～ veins that pass posterior from the labia majora to the internal pudendal vein
• peculiar velocity — Noun – English ～ velocity with respect to the local standard of rest
• Potamogale velox — Noun – English ～ amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter
• purple velvet plant — Noun – English ～ Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
• Physostigma venenosum — Noun – English ～ tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans
• posterior vein of the left ventricle — Noun – English ～ arises near the apex of the heart and empties into the coronary sinus
• premature ventricular contraction — Noun – English ～ irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation
• Pistacia vera — Noun – English ～ small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts
• phrasal verb — Noun – English ～ an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit; "`turn out' is a phrasal verb in the question `how many turned out to vote?'"
• pink sand verbena — Noun – English ～ prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California
• palo verde — Noun – English ～ densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium
• partial verdict — Noun – English ～ (criminal law) a finding that the defendant is guilty of some charges but innocent of others
• Publius Vergilius Maro — Noun – English ～ a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC)
• Primula veris — Noun – English ～ early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers
• Paul Verlaine — Noun – English ～ French symbolist poet (1844-1896)
• Paleacrita vernata — Noun – English ～ moth whose larvae are spring cankerworms
• Paul Vernier — Noun – English ～ French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
• Paolo Veronese — Noun – English ～ Italian painter of the Venetian school (1528-1588)

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