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Panoplies
- noun - a complete and impressive array
- a complete suit of armor.
Panspermy
- - The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. (b) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation. (c) The theory that life on earth originated from spores or germs that evolved elsewhere in the uiniverse; -- in contradistinction to the theory that life evolved on earth from inanimate matter. This theory, originally suggested by S. Arrhenius in 1907, is sometimes advanced by those who feel that the time required for evolution of life is too long for life to have evolved on Earth from inanimate matter.
Paraplegy
- - Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord.
Parapodia
- noun - one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing
Parophrys
- noun - a genus of Soleidae
Passports
- noun - a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
- any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission; "her pleasant personality is already a recommendation"; "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society"
Pay-Phone
- noun - a coin-operated telephone
Pea Plant
- noun - a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds