the most favorable position at the start of a race
polls
Noun
the place where people vote
pride of place
Noun
the first or highest, most important, or most ostentatious place
plane section
Noun
(geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
piece of ground
Noun
an extended area of land
parcel of land
Noun
an extended area of land
plot of land
Noun
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
plot of ground
Noun
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
populated area
Noun
a geographical area constituting a city or town
provincial capital
Noun
the capital city of a province
planetary house
Noun
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
pampas
Noun
the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina
pueblo
Noun
a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States
piece of land
Noun
an extended area of land
positive muon
Noun
the antiparticle of a muon
potomania
Noun
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
phaneromania
Noun
an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
pyromania
Noun
an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
psychic energy
Noun
an actuating force or factor
peat bog
Noun
wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation
plowland
Noun
arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
ploughland
Noun
arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
psi particle
Noun
a neutral meson with a large mass
pion
Noun
a meson involved in holding the nucleus together
pi-meson
Noun
a meson involved in holding the nucleus together
planetoid
Noun
any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun
placer
Noun
an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
plage
Noun
the beach at a seaside resort
planet
Noun
(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light
planet
Noun
any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star
planet
Noun
a person who follows or serves another
planetary nebula
Noun
a nebula that was once thought to be a star with its planets but is now thought to be a very hot star surrounded by an expanding envelope of ionized gases that emit a fluorescent glow because of intense radiation from the star
planetesimal
Noun
one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system
plasmid
Noun
a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication
plasmid DNA
Noun
a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication
pack ice
Noun
a large expanse of floating ice
pallasite
Noun
a meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron