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- podiatrist
- doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics
- perish
- pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- popular
- (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
- pertinent
- suitable; to the point; relevant
- phloem
- (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed
- persuade
- To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection.
- plastic
- generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
- posture
- position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
- personnel
- the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for seting policies for personnel management
- plaque
- a memorial made of brass
- physical
- characterized by energetic bodily activity
- personal computer
- a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
- practise
- learn by repetition
- poultry
- flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
- practice
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- positive
- marked by excessive confidence
- pitfalls
- a trap in the form of a concealed hole
- possessive
- having or showing a desire to control or dominate
- pistachios
- nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel
- pier
- a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles
- poncho
- a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
- perpetuate
- cause to continue or prevail
- political
- involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
- phenomena
- fact, event, ior circumstance that can be observed, usually considered extraordinary or remarkable
- persuasion
- inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty
- policy
- a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
- petition
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- plateau
- a relatively flat highland
- persecute
- to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, esp. because of religion, race, or beliefs; harass persistently.
- picturesque
- like a picture; pleasing or charming to look at
- poplar
- any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
- physician
- skilled health-care professional trained and licensed to practice medicine
- pertain
- have to do with or be relevant to
- pleasure
- an activity that affords enjoyment
- photography
- art of taking pictures with a camers
- postage
- a token that postal fees have been paid
- personal
- concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
- plantations
- large farms that grow crops like coffe, rubber and cacao for export
- porcelain
- ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
- perspective
- point of view
- perseverance
- continued efforts in spite of difficulties
- politics
- the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
- perspiration
- salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
- perpetrate
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- pigeon
- wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
- postscript
- a note appended to a letter after the signature
- polygon
- a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
- perjury
- criminal offense of making false statements under oath
- phantom
- something apparently sensed but having no physical reality