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pachyderm(informal) An elephant.paeonolumSynonym of paeonol (“when a plant extract”).paginatimHaving the pagination preserved identically.palmarium(zoology) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.palpiform(archaic, entomology) Having the form of a palpus.pandarismArchaic form of panderism.panderismpimping; proxenetismpanfandomOccurring throughout or encompassing all of fandom.panipenemA carbapenem antibiotic.panlogism(philosophy) The Hegelian doctrine that the universe is the act or realization of Logos, and therefore logic and ontology are the same study.panormiumAn early proposed name for the element technetiumpantheism(religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.panzooismAlternative form of panzoism.pappiform(botany) Resembling the pappus of composite plants.paranotumA lateral expansion of the dorsal part of the thorax of some insectsparaplasm(biology, obsolete) The outer part of the protoplasm, as opposed to the more granular and fibrillary inner part (the granuloplasm).parasperm(zoology) In species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile sperm.parentdomThe realm, world, sphere, influence, jurisdiction, or authority of a parent; parenthood.parentism(uncountable) Discrimination against parents.parheliumAlternative form of parhelion.pariahdomThe state of being a pariah or outcast.pariahismThe act or status of a pariah.paroecismThe quality of being paroecious.parrotismThe practice of repeating parrot fashion.parsondom(rare) parsons collectively; the world of parsons, i.e. the established churchpartogramA graphical record of key maternal and fetal data during labour, intended to provide a record of progress and highlight any delay or deviation from normal.passivismThe quality or principle of being passive.pastorium(US, Southern US) A parsonage, in some Baptist churches.pathetism(archaic) mesmerism; hypnosispatibulumThe crossbar of a cross used for crucifixion.patrondom(rare) The role or status of a patron.pauperdomThe state of being a pauper.pauperismThe state of being a pauper; poverty.pedantism(rare) Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant.pelmanismA system of training to improve the memory.peltidium(anatomy) A prodorsal shield in cheliceratespeltiformshield-like, with the outline nearly circular; peltatepennalism(historical) A system of hazing once practised in German universities.penniformFeather-shaped.pentagramThe shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.penthemimSynonym of penthemimeris.peopledomThe realm or sphere of people.perceptum(philosophy) Something that is perceived.periculum(law) accident or casus, as distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving one from the duty of performing an obligationperinaeumAlternative spelling of perineum.periplasm(cytology) The region between the plasma membrane and the outer membrane or cell wall.perisperm(biology) The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.personism(philosophy) An ethical philosophy of personhood according to which rights are conferred on a creature to the extent that it is a person.pertainym(computational linguistics) A word, usually an adjective, which can be defined as "of or pertaining to" another word.pessimismA general belief that bad things will happen.petersham(dated) A rough, knotted woollen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats.petrochemClipping of petrochemical.petroformA shape or pattern made by arranging large rocks and boulders over a relatively wide area.petrogram(archaeology) A painting on rock, especially one made in prehistoric times.petroleumA flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.petrolismPolitical corruption and exploitation financed by oil exports.phaenogamAlternative form of phenogam.phaeodiumThe dark mass surrounding the large pore in the central capsule of a phaeodarian radiolarianphantasimObsolete form of phantasm.phantonymA word that appears to mean one thing but actually means something else. Such terms are predisposed toward catachrestic use (including malapropisms) by speakers and writers.phasogram(genetics) A histogram of the distances between reads in a nucleic acid chainphelodermMisspelling of phelloderm.phenakism(dated) deception; trickery.phenogram(genetics) A phenetic diagram (or cladogram)phenonium(organic chemistry) Any of a class of arenium ions in which a cyclohexadienyl cation is spiro-annulated with a cyclopropane unit.pherogramA graphical representation of a phoresisphonetism(dated) The science dealing with vocal sounds; phonetics.phonogram(linguistics) A character or symbol (grapheme) that represents a sound, as opposed to logograms and determinatives.photobeamA beam of light whose interruption triggers a warning or a mechanism (such as a door).photogramA photograph made without using a camera; normally by placing an object in contact with photosensitive paper and exposing it to light.phyletism(Eastern Orthodoxy) The doctrine and practice of organizing churches along exclusive and nationalist lines, condemned as heretical by the Council of Constantinople in 1872.phylogram(genetics) A phylogenetic tree that has branch spans proportional to the amount of character change.physicismThe tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.phytoformResembling a plant.phytoherm(geology, biology) A calcareous 'freshwater reef', generally built up from autochthonous petrification of bryophytes, fungi, algae and cyanobacteria.phytonism(biology) The theory that plants are composed of phytonspictogramA picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.pigeondomThe world or sphere of pigeons.pileiformHaving the form of a pileus or cap; pileate.pilpulismAn instance of pilpul, sophism, Talmudic analysis.pinaculum(entomology) A chitin plate on the skin of a caterpillar.pinazepam(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.pinniformShaped like a fin or feather.pioloformAny of a family of polyvinyl acetalspipedreamAlternative form of pipe dream.piquerismSexual interest in penetrating another person's skin using sharp objects (e.g. knives, nails, pins, razors).piracetam(organic chemistry) A nootropic drug, 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine acetamide.piroplasmAlternative form of piroplasma.piroxicam(pharmacology) A certain oxicam drug.pisciformHaving the shape of a fish.pismirism(rare) Hoarding of money; frugality.pistillum(botany, obsolete) A pistil.placoderm(paleontology) Pertaining to the paraphyletic class †Placodermi.plagarismMisspelling of plagiarism.planariumAlternative form of planarian.planetdom(uncommon) Those things that are planets; the state of being a planet.planidiumThe first-instar larva of any species of parasitoidal insect in which the life cycle is an example of hypermetamorphosis; so called because the first instar wanders in search of the host, whereas the rest of the instars remain stationary while they feed until they pupate.planiformHaving a plane surface.planogramA predetermined computer-generated plan for displaying merchandise on the shelves of a supermarket; normally fine-tuned for each storeplasonium(physics) A form of small, relatively stable qubitplatonismAlternative letter-case form of Platonism.platyformSynonym of onisciform.plesionym(linguistics) Synonym of parasynonym.plexiform(medicine, pathology) Having the form of a plexuspluralismThe quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.plutonismThe old geological theory that the rocks forming the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again.plutonium(countable, historical) Alternative form of ploutonion.podosperm(botany) The stalk of a seed or ovule.poeticism(uncountable) Poetic style; lyricism.policedomThe police collectively; the system or practice of policing.policeismAn ideology or political practice that favors extensive, especially oppressive, policing.politonymA name referring to members of a political entity.pollinium(palynology) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.polydeismBelief in the existence of many gods who collectively set the universe in motion, then ceased to interact with it.polygonum(botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.polypidom(obsolete) polypariumpolyspermpolyspermouspolyzoismThe condition of being polyzoicpomoeriumAlternative form of pomerium.popstreamThe musical mainstream, as typified by pop music.poptimismThe belief that pop music (or pop culture in general) is worthy of professional critique and interest.populetumA wood or plantation of poplar trees.porciformhaving the qualities of a pigportogramAn image obtained through portography.possessum(linguistics) Something which is possessed.postnotumThe sclerite, posterior to a notum, that bears the phragmapotamonymA name for a river.potassiumA soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element with atomic number 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983.powerloomAlternative form of power loom.powerslam(wrestling) A bodyslam move in which the wrestler falls face-down on top of the opponent.practicum(US) A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.pragmatum(philosophy) A thing viewed through a pragmatic lens, i.e. a tool viewed as the sum of practical consequences for which it is responsible.preatriumThe region in front of the atrium (in gastropods)prebellumSynonym of antebellum.precariumA form of land tenure in which a petitioner receives a property for a specific amount of time without any change of ownership.precondom(of gay pornography) Before the use of condoms became standard in response to the HIV epidemic of the 1980s.predatismSynonym of predatorism.preinform(transitive) To inform in advance.prelatism(archaic) prelacy; episcopacypreludium(now rare) prelude, portentprementumThe distal part of an insect labiumprepartumBefore giving birth; prenatal.preputium(anatomy) Synonym of prepuce.prereformBefore a reform.preschismBefore a schism.prescutum(zoology) The first dorsal sclerite of a tergum of an insectpresidiumSuch an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.pressroom(US, politics) The room in a public building where press conferences are givenpretectum(neuroanatomy) A region of neurons between the thalamus and the midbrain.preterism(theology) A Christian eschatological view that interprets Biblical prophecies as events which happened in the first century C.E.pretorium(by extension) A council of war.prettyism(archaic) The affectation of a pretty style or manner.priestdom(rare) Political rule or sweeping social control exercised by a class of priests; a ruling class of priests.priestismThe influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the priesthood.princedomThe rule, rank, estate etc. of a prince.prisondomThe world or sphere of prisons.privatismConcern with issues only insofar as they affect one as an individual; self-interest.prolabiumThe exposed or outer part of the lip.proluvium(geology) A sediment at the foot of a slope, typically of fractured rock, carried by an occasional torrentpropidium(organic chemistry) A divalent organic cation having the chemical formula C₂₇H₃₄N₄²⁺propodeumThe first abdominal segment in wasps, bees and ants, fused with the thorax to form the mesosoma.propodium(zoology) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.proreformIn favour of reform.protocorm(botany) A tuberous mass of cells that is the embryonic form of orchids and club mossesprotoderm(botany) the primary meristem from which the epidermis developsprotoformSynonym of urform (“basic or original form”).protohaemAlternative form of protoheme.protonium(physics) An exotic atom consisting of a proton bound to an antiproton.prytaneum(historical) The town hall in an Ancient Greek city.pseudoismintellectual spuriousness or artificialitypseudonymA fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.pseudovum(zoology) An egg-like germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization.pteridium(botany) A fern of the genus Pteridium.pterygium(pathology) An abnormal mass of tissue in the corner of the eye that obstructs vision.puerilism(psychology, psychiatry) Childlike behavior by an adult, especially as indicating a mental disorder.pulpitismBehavior pertaining to the pulpit; preaching.puppetdomThe state or quality of being a puppet.puppetismThe quality of being controlled by another person, expressing their opinions, etc.purdoniumA coal scuttle.pushbroomAlternative form of push broom.putschismThe belief that a revolution should take place by means of a putsch.puzzledomThe domain of puzzles; puzzles collectively.pycnidiumIn certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.pyelogramAn image produced by means of pyelography.pylangium(anatomy) The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart.pyrethrumAny of several daisy-like perennial African plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum cinerariifolium.pyroceram(US) a form of pyrexpyrvinium(pharmacology) An anthelmintic used against pinworms.pythonismThe art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.