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Paeans
- noun - (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
- a formal expression of praise
Peeves
- noun - an annoyed or irritated mood
- cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
Pieces
- noun -
- a distance; "it is down the road a piece"
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
- a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
- a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
- a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread"
- a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"
- a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"
- an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
- an instance of some kind; "i
Pieris
- noun - decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines
- type genus of the Pieridae
Pleads
- verb - appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
- enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"
- make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
- offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
Pleats
- noun - any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
- fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"
- pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
Plebes
- noun - a military trainee (as at a military academy)
Plexus
- noun - a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
Precis
- noun - a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- make a summary (of)
Preens
- verb - clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"
- dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
- pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement