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Perishing
- verb - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
- to rot
Phosphene
- - A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After-image.
Phosphine
- noun - a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a pesticide
Pickthank
- - One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.
Planching
- - The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks.
Plaything
- noun - an artifact designed to be played with
Pleaching
- verb - form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair"
- interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge"
Ploughing
- verb - move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
- tilling the land with a plow; "he hired someone to do the plowing for him"
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
Polishing
- verb - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
- make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
- the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing"
Polyphone
- noun - a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"