Nouns

pitilessness

noun

feelings of extreme heartlessness

pitot

noun

French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-177...

pitprop

noun

a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine

pitressin

noun

hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade nam...

pittidae

noun

pittas

pituophis

noun

bull snakes

pitymys

noun

pine mice

pityrogramma

noun

terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellow...

pizzaz

noun

the activeness of an energetic personality

pj's

noun

(usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleepin...

pkd

noun

kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing...

pku

noun

a genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed...

placation

noun

the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

placekicker

noun

(football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal

placeseeker

noun

a disparaging term for an appointee

placoderm

noun

fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body...

placodermi

noun

extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws

placuna

noun

windowpane oysters

plagianthus

noun

small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand

plagiarisation

noun

the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as...

plagiariser

noun

someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they...

plagiarist

noun

someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they...

plagiarization

noun

the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as...

plagiarizer

noun

someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they...

plaiter

noun

someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.)

planaria

noun

free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in labora...

planation

noun

the process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced

planeness

noun

the property of having two dimensions

planera

noun

a deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the so...

plangency

noun

having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of be...

planococcus

noun

a genus of Pseudococcidae

plantae

noun

(botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or exti...

plantaginaceae

noun

cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most ar...

plantaginales

noun

coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae

plantago

noun

type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan...

planthopper

noun

related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damage...

plantlet

noun

a young plant or a small plant

plantsman

noun

an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flo...

plaquenil

noun

anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the tr...

plasmablast

noun

the precursor of a plasma cell

plasmacytoma

noun

neoplasm of plasma cells (usually in bone marrow)

plasmid

noun

a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that...

plasmin

noun

an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots

plasmodiidae

noun

malaria parasites

plasmodiophora

noun

type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant par...

plasmodiophoraceae

noun

family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants

plasticiser

noun

a substance added to plastics or other materials to make the...

plastination

noun

a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impr...

plataea

noun

a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479...

platalea

noun

type genus of the Plataleidae