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prof |
Noun
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someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university |
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profiteer |
Noun
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someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) |
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profiteer |
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make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods |
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ploughwright |
Noun
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a workman who makes and repairs plows |
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poster girl |
Noun
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a female poster child |
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prexy |
Noun
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the head administrative officer of a college or university |
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plumber |
Noun
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a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances |
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postmature infant |
Noun
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infant born after 42 weeks of gestation |
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profit taker |
Noun
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someone who sells stock shares at a profit |
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pipe fitter |
Noun
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a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances |
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postulator |
Noun
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someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument |
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postulator |
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(Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization |
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programmer |
Noun
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a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs |
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plunderer |
Noun
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someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
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posturer |
Noun
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someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others |
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pillager |
Noun
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someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
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private citizen |
Noun
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a citizen who does not hold any official or public position |
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problem solver |
Noun
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a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution |
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presiding officer |
Noun
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the leader of a group meeting |
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projectionist |
Noun
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the person who operates the projector in a movie house |
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press agent |
Noun
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someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure) |
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prole |
Noun
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a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) |
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publicity man |
Noun
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someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure) |
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pluralist |
Noun
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someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society |
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pluralist |
Noun
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a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature |
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pluralist |
Noun
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a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time |
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pro-lifer |
Noun
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an advocate of full legal protection for embryos and fetuses |
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promisee |
Noun
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a person to whom a promise is made |
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public relations man |
Noun
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someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure) |
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proprietress |
Noun
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a woman proprietor |
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promiser |
Noun
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a person who makes a promise |
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plutocrat |
Noun
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someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth |
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prosthetist |
Noun
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an expert in prosthetics |
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promisor |
Noun
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a person who makes a promise |
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poet |
Noun
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a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) |
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press lord |
Noun
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a powerful newspaper proprietor |
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prosthodontist |
Noun
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a dentist who is expert in prosthodontics |
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promoter |
Noun
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someone who is an active supporter and advocate |
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promoter |
Noun
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a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments |
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poetess |
Noun
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a woman poet |
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press photographer |
Noun
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a photographer who works for a newspaper |
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postal clerk |
Noun
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a clerk in a post office |
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poet laureate |
Noun
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the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain |
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poet laureate |
Noun
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a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region |
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plugger |
Noun
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someone who is an active supporter and advocate |
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preterist |
Noun
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a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled |
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postilion |
Noun
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someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) |
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point man |
Noun
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a soldier who goes ahead of a patrol |
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point man |
Noun
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someone who is the forefront of an important enterprise |
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prevailing party |
Noun
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the party in a lawsuit who obtains a judgment in their own favor |