Punic War
— Noun
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~ one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC
price war
— Noun
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~ intense competition in which competitors cut retail prices to gain business
prisoner of war censorship
— Noun
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~ military censorship of communication to and from prisoners of war and civilian internees held by the armed forces
prisoner of war
— Noun
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~ a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
Portuguese man-of-war
— Noun
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~ large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
Persian Gulf War
— Noun
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~ a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
Peloponnesian War
— Noun
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~ a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC
parula warbler
— Noun
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~ small grey-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast; of eastern North America
psychological warfare
— Noun
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~ the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' morale
perpetual warrant
— Noun
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~ a warrant with no expiration date
Philip Warren Anderson
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~ United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-)
plantar wart
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~ a wart occurring on the sole of the foot; "pressure causes plantar warts to develop a painful callus around the soft center"
potato wart fungus
— Noun
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~ fungus causing potato wart disease in potato tubers
potato wart
— Noun
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~ fungous disease causing dark warty spongy excrescences in the eyes of potato tubers
pressure-wash
— Verb
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~ wash before painting to remove old paint and mildew; "pressure-wash the house"
President Washington
— Noun
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~ 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
potter wasp
— Noun
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~ any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs
paper wasp
— Noun
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~ any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper
permissive waste
— Noun
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~ (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect