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paccanAlternative form of pecan (tree).pacsin(biochemistry) Any of a family of cytoplasmic phosphoproteins that play a role in vesicle formation and transportpaibanA clapper made from several flat pieces of hardwood or bamboo, used in Chinese music.paigon(MLE) An untrustworthy person; a person who deliberately acts against one's interests.paisanAlternative form of paisano or paisana.pajeonA Korean pancake made with green onions.palmin(organic chemistry) Triglyceride of palmitic acidpalpon(zoology) A dactylozooid.pandan(countable) A screw pine, screw palms (Pandanus spp.).panmanA man who plays steelpan.pantinA jumping jack (toy)panton(obsolete) A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel.pantunSynonym of pantoum.papain(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat.papern(rare, chiefly UK dialectal) Made of paper.papionThe mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)parcen(law, rare) To divide among parcenerspardonForgiveness for an offence.parkinA traditional soft cake of Northern England, usually made with oatmeal and treacle.parpenAlternative form of perpend.parsonAn Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.parten(transitive, obsolete) To involve; impart, give out, bestow; share.parton(physics, dated or historical) Any of the constituent particles making up a compound particle, e.g. the quarks and gluons which make up hadrons.parvin(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins involved in actin binding.pasken(Judaism) To rule, decide, opine.patrinAlternative form of patteran.patronOne who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.pattenAny of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.paulin(US, nautical) A tarpaulin.pavianAlternative form of pavane.payrun(accounting) The periodic calculation of a payroll.paytanThe writer of a piyyut.peacen(ambitransitive, rare, nonstandard) To make peaceful; calm; quietenpeahenA female peafowl.peakon(physics, mathematics) A soliton whose first derivative is discontinuous.peccanAlternative form of pecan (tree).pecten(anatomy, obsolete) The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.pectin(biochemistry) A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting).pedion(crystallography) An asymmetric triclinic crystal form that only has one face.pekaunObsolete spelling of pecan.penmanA scribe, or a person who copies texts.penmenplural of penmanpennonAny banner or flag.pentonA pentagonal capsomere of an adenovirus capsid.peoninArchaic form of paeonine.peppinArchaic form of pippin (“type of apple”).pepsin(biochemistry) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.pequinA small, hot, citrusy and nutty chili pepper cultivar.pereonAlternative form of pereion.perfin(philately) A stamp marked with perforated initials.perken(ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become perked or perky.perkin(archaic) A kind of weak perry.perlin(falconry) A cross breed of a peregrine falcon and a merlin.perron(architecture) A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform. US: stoop.persinA fungicidal toxin present in the avocado.personAn individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.petkinA little pet or darling.phasin(biochemistry) Any of a family of surface proteins associated with bacterial granules.phason(physics) A quasiparticle existing in quasicrystals due to their specific, quasiperiodic lattice structurepheranAlternative form of phiran.phiranA long cloak or robe worn by women and men in Kashmir.phonon(physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave.photon(particle physics) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.phylon(biology, obsolete) All of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade.phyton(botany) One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves.picein(organic chemistry) The glucoside of piceol.pidgin(linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.piecen(transitive) To join; piece (together); fay.piemanA man who sells pies.piemenplural of piemanpigdan(obsolete) A spittoon.pigeon(countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.piggin(dialect) A small pail, can, or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.pigmanA farm worker who looks after pigs.pigpenSynonym of pigsty.pindanThe vegetation community and red soil associated with the south-western Kimberley region of Western Australia.pinion(ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.pinken(intransitive) To become pink.pinmanOne whose job involves working with pins (any sense).pinyonAlternative spelling of piñon.pipkinA small earthen pot.pippinAny of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red.piston(music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitchpitman(plural "pitmen") One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.pitmenplural of pitmanpitpanA type of dugout canoe used in Central Americaplakin(biochemistry) Any protein that associates with junctional complexes and the cytoskeletonplatan(now rare, literary) A planetree.platen(printing) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.platin(engineering) Alternative form of platen.pleionA region of positive departure from a norm.plevin(obsolete, law) A warrant or assurance.plexinAny of a group of transmembrane proteins which act to form receptors for semaphorinplocinA particular steroid glycoside.pluginAlternative spelling of plug-in.pluton(mineralogy) A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magmapoisonA substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.poleynRare form of poulaine (“(shoe with a) pointed toe”).pollanA freshwater fish, Coregonus pollan, resembling a herringpollenA fine, granular substance produced in flowers.polronObsolete form of pauldron.pomponA hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.ponkanA sweet, round citrus fruit which is a hybrid of a mandarin and a pomelo (Citrus poonensis).pontin(biochemistry) An ATPase that is a component of telomerasepontonArchaic form of pontoon.popgunAlternative form of pop gun.poplinA fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses.porion(anatomy) The point on the human skull located at the upper margin of each ear canal, and underlying the tragus.porronA glass container for wine for table use, with a long neck at the top for filling and holding and a long thin spout at the side to enable pouring into the mouth from a distanceposhen(ambitransitive, UK) To make or become posh, to posh upposken(Judaism) To make an official ruling or decision.postinAlternative form of posteen.poteen(Ireland, countable, uncountable) Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine.potgun(obsolete) A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar.potionA small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.potman(British) A man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment.poysonObsolete spelling of poison.prebanBefore the enacting of a ban.premanA member of an organized criminal gang in Indonesia.preransimple past of prerunprerunThe act of running something in advance.pretan(transitive) To tan lightly or partially, in preparation for full tanning.pretinAlternative form of pre-tin.prison(uncountable) Confinement in prison.prizenEye dialect spelling of prison.progunSupportive of guns, especially widespread firearm training.prominsodium glucosulfone, a sulfone drug, broken down in the body to dapsone, that was investigated for the treatment of malaria, tuberculosis, and leprosyprotanA person who has protanomalyproton(particle physics) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.provenHaving been proved; having proved its value or truth.prunin(organic chemistry) A glucoside of naringenin found in dormant buds of citrus plants.pterin(organic chemistry) A ketonic amide derivative of pteridine responsible for some of the colouring in nature. It is also a component of folic acid.pteron(architecture) A peristyle raised on a podium, differing from an ordinary peristyle raised only on a stylobate.ptisanAlternative spelling of tisane.pudden(dialect) puddingpuffin(now obsolete) The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.pullen(obsolete) domestic fowl; poultrypullin(obsolete) poultrypultanAlternative form of puttun (“Indian regiment”).pultonAlternative form of puttun (“Indian regiment”).pultunAlternative form of puttun (“Indian regiment”).punkin(dialectal) Nonstandard form of pumpkin.puptonAlternative form of pulpatoon.purgen(proprietary name, obsolete) A preparation of phenolphthalein, employed as a laxative.purlinA longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof.putten(Yorkshire, Lancashire, West Country dialect) past participle of putputtun(India, archaic) A regiment.pycnonAlternative spelling of pyknon.pyelon(anatomy) Synonym of renal pelvis.pygian(rare) Pertaining to or resembling buttocks.pyknonCondensation, density.pyocinAny of a class of bacteriocins produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.python(zoology) Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.