What follows below are a list of all the words beginning with the letter P. Click on the titles to read the entries in full.

Phlegmatic

published on Jan 12 09

Definition
(adjective) not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish; abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution

Pinchbeck

published on Jan 10 09

Definition
(adjective) Spurious; fraudulent; artificial (as a noun) a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc mixed in proportions so that it closely resembles gold in appearance. Invented in the 1700s by Christopher Pinchbeck, a London clockmaker. The inventor allegedly made pinchbeck jewellery clearly labelled as such. Pinchbeck jewellery was used in [...]

Pendent

published on Jan 10 09

Definition
(adjective) (1) Hanging down; dangling; suspended. (2) Projecting; overhanging. (3) Awaiting settlement; pending. (as a noun) Relating to the concave triangular segments composing the structure of a dome, something pendent may be viewed as any member of a support system (i.e: a section of a dome; or, organically, a parent/guardian in a nuclear family).

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