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Polymath
- noun - a person of great and varied learning
Polymers
- noun - a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers
Portmote
- - In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town.
Postmark
- noun - a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing
- stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
Potamian
- - A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx.
Potemkin
- noun - a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
Preamble
- noun - a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
- make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document
Preemies
- noun - an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
Preempts
- noun - a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
- acquire for oneself before others can do so
- gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
- make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
- take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"