| 1. | the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. |
| 2. | any spoken sound represented by the letter P or p, as in pet, supper, top, etc. |
| 3. | something having the shape of a P. |
| 4. | a written or printed representation of the letter P or p. |
| 5. | a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter P or p. |
| 1. | Education. (as a rating of student performance) passing. |
| 2. | Chess. pawn. |
| 3. | Electronics. plate. |
| 4. | poor. |
| 5. | Grammar. predicate. |
| 6. | Protestant. |
| 1. | the 16th in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 15th. |
| 2. | (sometimes lowercase ) the medieval Roman numeral for 400. Compare Roman numerals. |
| 3. | Genetics. parental. |
| 4. | Chemistry. phosphorus. |
| 5. | Physics.
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| 6. | Biochemistry. proline. |
| (in designations of fighter aircraft) pursuit: P-38. |
| para- 1 (def. 2). |
| 1. | pastor. |
| 2. | father. Origin: < L Pater ![]() |
| 3. | peseta. |
| 4. | peso. |
| 5. | post. |
| 6. | president. |
| 7. | pressure. |
| 8. | priest. |
| 9. | prince. |
| 10. | progressive. |
| 1. | page. |
| 2. | part. |
| 3. | participle. |
| 4. | past. |
| 5. | father. Origin: < L pater ![]() |
| 6. | Chess. pawn. |
| 7. | penny; pence. |
| 8. | per. |
| 9. | Grammar. person. |
| 10. | peseta. |
| 11. | peso. |
| 12. | Music. softly. Origin: < It piano ![]() |
| 13. | pint. |
| 14. | pipe. |
| 15. | Baseball. pitcher. |
| 16. | pole. |
| 17. | population. |
| 18. | after. Origin: < L post ![]() |
| 19. | president. |
| 20. | pressure. |
| 21. | purl. |
| 1. | a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbal derivatives, with the meanings “at or to one side of, beside, side by side” (parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis), “beyond, past, by” (paradox; paragogue); by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activities auxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now common in modern scientific coinages (parageusia; paralexia). As an English prefix, para-1 may have any of these senses; it is also productive in the naming of occupational roles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of a higher status, on such models as paramedical and paraprofessional: paralegal; paralibrarian; parapolice. |
| 2. | Chemistry. a combining form designating the para (1, 4) position in the benzene ring. Abbreviation: p-. Compare meta- (def. 2c), ortho- (def. 2b). |

noun, plural pen⋅nies, (especially collectively for 2, 3) pence, adjective | 1. | a bronze coin, the 100th part of the dollars of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; one cent. |
| 2. | Also called new penny. a bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 100th part of a pound. Abbreviation: p |
| 3. | a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 12th part of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation: d. |
| 4. | a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned. |
| 5. | the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations from twopenny to sixtypenny. |
| 6. | Stock Exchange. of, pertaining to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market. |
| 7. | a bad penny, someone or something undesirable. |
| 8. | a pretty penny, Informal. a considerable sum of money: Their car must have cost them a pretty penny. |
| 9. | Chiefly British Slang. spend a penny, to urinate: from the former cost of using a public lavatory. |
| 10. | turn an honest penny, to earn one's living honestly; make money by fair means: He's never turned an honest penny in his life. |
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. | 1. | a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Spanish territories, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta. |
| 2. | a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two reals; pistareen. |
| 3. | a former monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea: replaced by the ekuele in 1973. |
noun, verb, plat⋅ed, plat⋅ing.| 1. | a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. |
| 2. | the contents of such a dish; plateful. |
| 3. | an entire course of a meal served on such a dish: I had the vegetable plate for lunch. |
| 4. | the food and service for one person, as at a banquet, fund-raising dinner, or the like: The wedding breakfast cost $20 a plate. |
| 5. | household dishes, utensils, etc., of metal plated with gold or silver. |
| 6. | household dishes, utensils, etc., made of gold or silver. |
| 7. | a dish, as of metal or wood, used for collecting offerings, as in a church. |
| 8. | a thin, flat sheet or piece of metal or other material, esp. of uniform thickness. |
| 9. | metal in such sheets. |
| 10. | a flat, polished piece of metal on which something may be or is engraved. |
| 11. | license plate. |
| 12. | a flat or curved sheet of metal, plastic, glass, or similar hard material, on which a picture or text has been engraved, etched, molded, photographically developed, or drawn, that is inked, as in a press, for printing impressions on other surfaces. |
| 13. | a printed impression from such a piece or from some similar piece, as a woodcut. |
| 14. | a full-page illustration in a book, esp. an insert on paper different from the text pages. |
| 15. | a piece of armor made from a thin, flat piece or several such pieces of tough material, esp. wrought iron or steel. |
| 16. | armor composed of thin, flat pieces; plate armor. |
| 17. | Dentistry.
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| 18. | Baseball.
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| 19. | plate glass. |
| 20. | Photography. a sheet of glass, metal, etc., coated with a sensitized emulsion, used for taking a photograph. |
| 21. | Anatomy, Zoology. a platelike part, structure, or organ. |
| 22. | a thin piece or cut of beef from the lower end of the ribs. |
| 23. | Geology. crustal plate. |
| 24. | Electronics. one of the interior elements of a vacuum tube, toward which electrons are attracted by virtue of its positive charge; anode. Abbreviation: P |
| 25. | Carpentry. any of various horizontal timbers or boards laid flat across the heads of studding, upon floors, etc., to support joists, rafters, or studs at or near their ends. |
| 26. | a gold or silver cup or the like awarded as the prize in a horse race or some other contest. |
| 27. | a horse race or some other contest for such a prize. |
| 28. | Heraldry. a rounded argent. |
| 29. | to coat (metal) with a thin film of gold, silver, nickel, etc., by mechanical or chemical means. |
| 30. | to cover or overlay with metal plates for protection. |
| 31. | Metalworking.
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| 32. | Printing. to make a stereotype or electrotype plate from (type). |
| 33. | Papermaking. to give a high gloss to (paper), as on supercalendered paper. |
| 34. | have on one's plate, Informal. to have as an immediate task, obligation, or prospect: I had too much on my plate already to take on another task. |

| p 2 Physics The symbol for momentum. |
| p 3 abbr.
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| P 1 The symbol for the element phosphorus. |
| P 2 abbr.
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Pe·ter (pē'tər) n. Bible Abbr. Pet. or Pt or P See Table at Bible. |
phos·pho·rus (fŏs'fər-əs) n.
[Latin Phōsphorus, morning star, from Greek phōsphoros, bringing light, morning star : phōs, light; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots + -phoros, -phorous.] |
pro·ton (prō'tŏn') n. Abbr. p A stable, positively charged subatomic particle in the baryon family having a mass 1,836 times that of the electron. See Table at subatomic particle. [From Greek prōton, neuter of prōtos, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots.] pro·ton'ic adj. |
A musical direction meaning “to be performed softly”; the opposite of forte. As the name of a musical instrument, it is short for pianoforte.
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A Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that it is the company's first class of preferred shares.
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Used in the dividend column of stock transaction tables in newspapers to indicate an initial dividend: .50p.
Used in mutual fund transaction tables in newspapers to indicate that a distribution cost is charged.
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The symbol for the element phosphorus.
p- abbr.
para- (often italic)
para- or par-
pref.
Beside; near; alongside: paranucleus.
Beyond: parapsychology.
Incorrect; abnormal: paradipsia.
Similar to; resembling: paratyphoid.
Subsidiary; assistant: paramedical.
Isomeric; polymeric: paraldehyde.
A diatomic molecule in which the nuclei have opposite spin directions: parahydrogen.
Abbr. p- Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by two unsubstituted carbon atoms. Usually in italic: para-bromoiodobenzene.
plate (plāt)
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A smooth, flat, relatively thin, rigid body of uniform thickness.
A thin flat layer, part, or structure.
A thin metallic or plastic support fitted to the gums to anchor artificial teeth.
A metal bar applied to a fractured bone in order to maintain the ends in apposition.
The agar layer within a Petri dish or similar vessel.
A sheet of glass or metal that is light-sensitive and on which a photographic image can be recorded.
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| phosphorus (fŏs'fər-əs) Pronunciation Key
Symbol P A highly reactive, poisonous nonmetallic element occurring naturally in phosphates, especially in the mineral apatite. It exists in white (or sometimes yellow), red, and black forms, and is an essential component of protoplasm. Phosphorus is used to make matches, fireworks, and fertilizers and to protect metal surfaces from corrosion. Atomic number 15; atomic weight 30.9738; melting point (white) 44.1°C; boiling point 280°C; specific gravity (white) 1.82; valence 3, 5. See Periodic Table. |
| plate (plāt) Pronunciation Key
Noun
Verb To coat or cover with a thin layer of metal. |
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