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Parathion
- noun - a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide
Parhelion
- noun - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"
Parkinson
- noun - British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)
- English surgeon (1755-1824)
Parthenon
- noun - the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture
Partition
- noun - (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
- (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
- a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"
- separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"
- the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
Peachblow
- - Of the delicate purplish pink color likened to that of peach blooms; -- applied esp. to a Chinese porcelain, small specimens of which bring great prices in the Western countries.
Peachwood
- noun - tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
Peculator
- noun - someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
Peekaboos
- noun - a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!
Pelecypod
- adjective - bivalve
- marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together