| pentimento | (noun) the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age) | - |
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| pernio | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblain, chilblains |
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| peso | (noun) the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Colombian peso |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Cuban peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Dominican peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Mexican peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Philippine peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos | Synonyms: Uruguayan peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos | Synonyms: Chilean peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Guinea-Bissau peso |
| pesto | (noun) a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil | - |
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| petitio | (noun) the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question | Synonyms: petitio principii |
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| photo | (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photograph, pic, picture |
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| phyllo | (noun) tissue thin sheets of pastry used especially in Greek dishes | - |
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| pianissimo | (noun) (music) low loudness | Synonyms: piano |
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| piano | (noun) a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds | Synonyms: forte-piano, pianoforte |
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| (noun) (music) low loudness | Synonyms: pianissimo |
| piccolo | (noun) a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute | - |
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| pichiciago | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciego |
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| pichiciego | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago |
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| pimento | (noun) fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked | Synonyms: pimiento |
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| (noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
| pimiento | (noun) fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked | Synonyms: pimento |
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| (noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
| pinko | (noun) a person with mildly leftist political views | Synonyms: pink |
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| pintado | (noun) large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters | Synonyms: cero, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis |
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| pinto | (noun) a spotted or calico horse or pony | - |
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| pistachio | (noun) nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel | Synonyms: pistachio nut |
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| (noun) small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts | Synonyms: pistachio tree, Pistacia vera |
| pizzicato | (noun) a note or passage that is played pizzicato | - |
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| placebo | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead | - |
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| (noun) an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug | - |
| plumbago | (noun) any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago | - |
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| (noun) used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | Synonyms: black lead, graphite |
| polio | (noun) an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord | Synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis |
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| politburo | (noun) the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party | - |
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| politico | (noun) a person active in party politics | Synonyms: pol, political leader, politician |
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| polo | (noun) a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball | - |
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| pomelo | (noun) large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp | Synonyms: shaddock |
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| (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock |
| pompano | (noun) any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico | - |
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| (noun) flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish | - |
| poncho | (noun) a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head | - |
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| porno | (noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | Synonyms: erotica, porn, pornography, smut |
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| poroporo | (noun) Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit | Synonyms: kangaroo apple, Solanum aviculare |
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| portfolio | (noun) the role of the head of a government department | - |
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| (noun) a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather | - |
| (noun) a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution | - |
| (noun) a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers | - |
| portico | (noun) a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area | - |
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| potato | (noun) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | Synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater, white potato |
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| (noun) annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous | Synonyms: Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine |
| potoroo | (noun) Australian rat kangaroos | - |
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| potto | (noun) a kind of gray-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto) | Synonyms: kinkajou, Perodicticus potto |
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| (noun) arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail | Synonyms: honey bear, kinkajou, Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus |
| presidio | (noun) a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings | - |
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| primo | (noun) the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet) | - |
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| pro | (noun) an argument in favor of a proposal | - |
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| (noun) an athlete who plays for pay | Synonyms: professional |
| promo | (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity |
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| pronunciamento | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | Synonyms: manifesto |
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| prosciutto | (noun) Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin | - |
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| proviso | (noun) a stipulated condition | Synonyms: provision |
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| pruno | (noun) a liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol; made by prison inmates | - |
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| prurigo | (noun) chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching | - |
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| pseudo | (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, role player, sham, shammer |
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| psycho | (noun) a person afflicted with psychosis | Synonyms: psychotic, psychotic person |
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| pueblo | (noun) a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States | - |
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| pummelo | (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, shaddock |
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| punctilio | (noun) strict observance of formalities | - |
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| (noun) a fine point of etiquette or petty formality | - |
| purloo | (noun) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. | Synonyms: chicken purloo, poilu |
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| quango | (noun) a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government | Synonyms: quasi-NGO |
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| quarto | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves | Synonyms: 4to |
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| quattrocento | (noun) the 15th century in Italian art and literature | - |
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| rabato | (noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century | Synonyms: rebato |
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| radicchio | (noun) prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves | - |
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| radio | (noun) a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves | Synonyms: wireless |
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| (noun) an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | Synonyms: radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, tuner, wireless |
| (noun) medium for communication | Synonyms: radiocommunication, wireless |
| radiophoto | (noun) a photograph transmitted by radio waves | Synonyms: radiophotograph |
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| ratio | (noun) the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree | Synonyms: proportion |
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| (noun) the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | - |
| razbliuto | (noun) the sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do | - |
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| rebato | (noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century | Synonyms: rabato |
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| rebozo | (noun) a long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders (also used as a sling for holding a baby); traditionally worn by Latin-American women | - |
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| recco | (noun) reconnaissance (by shortening) | Synonyms: recce, reccy |
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| recto | (noun) right-hand page | - |
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| reductio | (noun) (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction | Synonyms: reductio ad absurdum |
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| relievo | (noun) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background | Synonyms: embossment, relief, rilievo, sculptural relief |
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| retro | (noun) a fashion reminiscent of the past | - |
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| rhino | (noun) massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout | Synonyms: rhinoceros |
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| rho | (noun) the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| rilievo | (noun) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background | Synonyms: embossment, relief, relievo, sculptural relief |
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| risotto | (noun) rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese | Synonyms: Italian rice |
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| robalo | (noun) a kind of percoid fish | - |
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| rococo | (noun) fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century | - |
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| rodeo | (noun) an exhibition of cowboy skills | - |
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| (noun) an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up | - |
| rondo | (noun) a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata | Synonyms: rondeau |
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| rubato | (noun) a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat | - |
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| sago | (noun) powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener | - |
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| saguaro | (noun) extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit | Synonyms: Carnegiea gigantea, sahuaro |
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| sahuaro | (noun) extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit | Synonyms: Carnegiea gigantea, saguaro |
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| salvo | (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: burst, fusillade, volley |
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| (noun) a sudden outburst of cheers | - |
| (noun) an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs | - |
| sapsago | (noun) a hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover | - |
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| sargasso | (noun) brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea | Synonyms: gulfweed, sargassum, Sargassum bacciferum |
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| scampo | (noun) caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster | Synonyms: langoustine, Norwegian lobster |
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| scenario | (noun) an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work) | - |
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| (noun) a postulated sequence of possible events | - |
| (noun) a setting for a work of art or literature | - |
| scherzo | (noun) a fast movement (usually in triple time) | - |
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| schmo | (noun) (Yiddish) a jerk | Synonyms: schmuck, shmo, shmuck |
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| secondo | (noun) the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet) | - |
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| segno | (noun) (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated | - |
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| semipro | (noun) an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis | Synonyms: semiprofessional |
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| seraglio | (noun) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | Synonyms: hareem, harem, serail |
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| servo | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servomechanism, servosystem |
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| sforzando | (noun) (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack | - |
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| (noun) an accented chord | - |
| sgraffito | (noun) a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground | - |
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| shako | (noun) tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions | Synonyms: bearskin, busby |
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| shampoo | (noun) the act of washing your hair with shampoo | - |
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| (noun) cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair | - |
| shmo | (noun) (Yiddish) a jerk | Synonyms: schmo, schmuck, shmuck |
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| silo | (noun) a cylindrical tower used for storing silage | - |
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| (noun) military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired | - |
| sirocco | (noun) a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | Synonyms: dust storm, duster, sandstorm |
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| sissoo | (noun) East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties | Synonyms: Dalbergia sissoo, sisham, sissu |
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| smilo | (noun) perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America | Synonyms: Oryzopsis miliacea, smilo grass |
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| so | (noun) the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization | Synonyms: soh, sol |
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