ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
personification
Noun
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
personification
Noun
representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
personification
Noun
a person who represents an abstract quality
petroglyph
Noun
a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people)
preparation fire
Noun
fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault
pacification
Noun
actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
pacification
Noun
the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
pacification
Noun
a treaty to cease hostilities
pillage
Noun
the act of stealing valuable things from a place
pillage
Noun
goods or money obtained illegally
pillage
Verb
steal goods
pillaging
Noun
the act of stealing valuable things from a place
preventive strike
Noun
a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces
preventive attack
Noun
a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces
passive air defense
Noun
air defense by the use of deception or dispersion or protective construction
push back
Noun
the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
push back
Verb
cause to move back by force or influence
peacekeeping mission
Noun
the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
peacekeeping operation
Noun
the activity of keeping the peace by military forces, especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations
psychological operation
Noun
military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments
psyop
Noun
military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments
protraction
Noun
the act of prolonging something
protraction
Noun
the consequence of being lengthened in duration
pelvimetry
Noun
measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)
perpetuation
Noun
the act of prolonging something
photometry
Noun
measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)
potassium-argon dating
Noun
geological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argon
phrasing
Noun
the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
phrasing
Noun
the manner in which something is expressed in words
psychometric test
Noun
any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
playback
Noun
the act of reproducing recorded sound
playback
Noun
electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material
personality test
Noun
any test that is intended to assess personality
projective test
Noun
any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations
projective device
Noun
any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations
projective technique
Noun
any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations
perseverance
Noun
the act of persisting or persevering
perseverance
Noun
persistent determination
persistence
Noun
the act of persisting or persevering
persistence
Noun
persistent determination
persistence
Noun
the property of a continuous and connected period of time
perseveration
Noun
the act of persisting or persevering
perseveration
Noun
the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it
pursuance
Noun
the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
pursuance
Noun
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
prosecution
Noun
the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
prosecution
Noun
the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
prosecution
Noun
the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant