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Penitence
- noun - remorse for your past conduct
Penitents
- noun - (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
Penstemon
- noun - large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
Penstocks
- noun - conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
- regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
Peritonea
- noun - a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera
Peritrate
- noun - a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris
Peritreme
- - That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles. (b) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.
Petit Mal
- noun - a seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching
- a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching; "the girl was frightened by her first petit mal"
- epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities); "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood"
Petitions
- noun - a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- reverent petition to a deity
- write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing