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poor speller |
Noun
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someone who spells words |
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party pooper |
Noun
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someone who spoils the pleasure of others |
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priest-doctor |
Noun
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in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds |
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picklepuss |
Noun
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someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression |
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pilferer |
Noun
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a thief who steals without using violence |
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prig |
Noun
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a person regarded as arrogant and annoying |
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phone tapper |
Noun
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someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire |
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practice teacher |
Noun
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a college student who is teaching under the supervision of a certified teacher in order to qualify for a degree in education |
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provisioner |
Noun
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a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army |
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palooka |
Noun
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a second-rate prize fighter |
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pudding head |
Noun
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a person who is not very bright |
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pudden-head |
Noun
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a person who is not very bright |
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poor fish |
Noun
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a person who is not very bright |
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pillock |
Noun
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a person who is not very bright |
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pigman |
Noun
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a herder or swine |
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persecutor |
Noun
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someone who torments |
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plug-ugly |
Noun
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someone who bullies weaker people |
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pillar of strength |
Noun
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a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort |
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professional tennis player |
Noun
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someone who earns a living playing or teaching tennis |
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Peeping Tom |
Noun
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a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others |
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piano tuner |
Noun
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someone who tunes pianos |
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pole vaulter |
Noun
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an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole |
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pole jumper |
Noun
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an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole |
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panjandrum |
Noun
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an important or influential (and often overbearing) person |
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philanderer |
Noun
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a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them |
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party whip |
Noun
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a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline |
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placebo effect |
Noun
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any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo |
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position effect |
Noun
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(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome |
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physical phenomenon |
Noun
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a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy |
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photoconductivity |
Noun
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change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation |
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photoconduction |
Noun
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change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation |
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photochemical exchange |
Noun
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an exchange produced by the chemical action of radiant energy (especially light) |
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photoemission |
Noun
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an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface) |
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pedesis |
Noun
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the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid |
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peeling |
Noun
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loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales |
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pyroelectricity |
Noun
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generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature |
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positive charge |
Noun
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having a deficiency of electrons |
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polar front |
Noun
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the front of an advancing mass of colder air |
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peptide bond |
Noun
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the primary linkage of all protein structures |
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peptide linkage |
Noun
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the primary linkage of all protein structures |
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pulmonary circulation |
Noun
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circulation of blood between the heart and the lungs |
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polarisation |
Noun
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the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration |
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polarisation |
Noun
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the condition of having or giving polarity |
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polymorphism |
Noun
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(biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) |
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polymorphism |
Noun
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(chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound |
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polymorphism |
Noun
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(genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on |
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potential difference |
Noun
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the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
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potential drop |
Noun
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the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
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pogonip |
Noun
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a dense winter fog containing ice particles |
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potential energy |
Noun
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the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position |