Palace of Versailles
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~ a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles
Pan troglodytes verus
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~ masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species
purple milk vetch
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~ perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers
pocket veto
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~ indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it
Pius VI
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~ Italian pope from 1775 to 1799 who served during the French Revolution; Napoleon attacked the Papal States and in 1797 Pius VI was taken to France where he died (1717-1799)
Pope Alexander VI
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~ Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)
Philip VI
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~ king of France who founded the Valois dynasty; his dispute with Edward III over his succession led to the Hundred Years' War (1293-1350)
Paul VI
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~ Italian pope from 1963 to 1978 who eased restrictions on fasting and on interfaith marriages (1897-1978)
Pyrrhic victory
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~ a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses
point of view
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~ a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
point of view
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~ the spatial property of the position from which something is observed
panoramic view
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~ a situation or topic as if viewed from an altitude or distance
Pius VII
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~ Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809; he concluded a concordat with Napoleon and crowned him emperor of France; he returned to Rome in 1814 (1740-1823)
Pancho Villa
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~ Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
Potemkin village
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~ something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance
Pennistum villosum
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~ northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
pumpkin vine
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~ a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
potato vine
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~ copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue
potato vine
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~ vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers