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preachment |
Noun
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a sermon on a moral or religious topic |
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pep talk |
Noun
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a speech of exhortation attempting to instill enthusiasm and determination in a team or staff |
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promotional material |
Noun
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a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution |
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public relations |
Noun
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a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution |
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point of reference |
Noun
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an indicator that orients you generally |
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PR |
Noun
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a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution |
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postmark |
Noun
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a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials |
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postmark |
Verb
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stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing |
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placeholder |
Noun
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a symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set |
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placeholder |
Noun
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a person authorized to act for another |
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portent |
Noun
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a sign of something about to happen |
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prang |
Noun
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a crash involving a car or plane |
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prang |
Verb
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crash |
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presage |
Noun
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a sign of something about to happen |
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presage |
Noun
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a foreboding about what is about to happen |
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presage |
Verb
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indicate by signs |
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pileup |
Noun
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multiple collisions of vehicles |
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prairie fire |
Noun
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an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area |
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posthumous birth |
Noun
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birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother |
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posthumous birth |
Noun
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birth of a child after the father has died |
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poetic justice |
Noun
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an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically) |
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payoff |
Noun
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a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing |
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payoff |
Noun
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the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property |
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payoff |
Noun
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payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment |
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payoff |
Noun
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the final payment of a debt |
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periodic event |
Noun
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an event that recurs at intervals |
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program music |
Noun
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musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events |
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programme music |
Noun
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musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events |
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peripeteia |
Noun
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a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances, especially in a literary work |
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peripetia |
Noun
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a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances, especially in a literary work |
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peripety |
Noun
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a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) |
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producer |
Noun
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something that produces |
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producer |
Noun
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someone who manufactures something |
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producer |
Noun
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someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work) |
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programming error |
Noun
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error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result |
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preindication |
Noun
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an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come |
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periodic motion |
Noun
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motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same |
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periodic movement |
Noun
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motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same |
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partial eclipse |
Noun
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an eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured |
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personnel casualty |
Noun
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military personnel lost by death or capture |
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photo finish |
Noun
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in general, any very close finish |
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population shift |
Noun
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a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population |
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pyrolysis |
Noun
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transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat |
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power outage |
Noun
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equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails |
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power failure |
Noun
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equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails |
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paradiddle |
Noun
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the sound of a drum, especially a snare drum, beaten rapidly and continuously |
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peal |
Noun
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a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) |
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peal |
Verb
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sound loudly and sonorously |
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peal |
Verb
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ring recurrently |
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pealing |
Noun
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a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) |