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Passive Voice
- noun - the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy'' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown'' is an abbreviated passive"
Passivenesses
- noun - submission to others or to outside influences
- the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
Pastor Roseus
- noun - glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian
Pasture Brake
- noun - large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
Patent Office
- noun - the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
Patent System
- noun - a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors
Paterfamilias
- noun - the male head of family or tribe
Paternalistic
- adjective - benevolent but sometimes intrusive
Pathognomonic
- - Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom.
Patriarchates
- noun - a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
- the jurisdiction of a patriarch