| pasteurize | (verb) heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | Synonyms: pasteurise |
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| pasteurized | (adjective) having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation | Synonyms: pasteurised |
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| pasteurizer | (noun) an apparatus for pasteurizing substances (especially milk). | Synonyms: pasteuriser |
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| patinize | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinise |
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| patronize | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronise |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronise, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| patronized | (adjective) having patronage or clients | Synonyms: patronised |
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| patronizing | (adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | Synonyms: arch, condescending, patronising |
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| patronizingly | (adverb) with condescension; in a patronizing manner | Synonyms: condescendingly, patronisingly |
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| patzer | (noun) a poor chess player | - |
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| pauperization | (noun) the act of making someone poor | Synonyms: impoverishment, pauperisation |
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| (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: indigence, need, pauperism, penury |
| pauperize | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperise |
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| penalization | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalisation, penalty, punishment |
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| penalize | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalise, punish |
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| pentamethylenetetrazol | (noun) a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark | Synonyms: Metrazol, pentylenetetrazol |
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| pentazocine | (noun) analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine | Synonyms: Talwin |
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| pentylenetetrazol | (noun) a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark | Synonyms: Metrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol |
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| peptization | (noun) the process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution | Synonyms: peptisation |
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| peptize | (verb) disperse in a medium into a colloidal state | Synonyms: peptise |
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| perphenazine | (noun) tranquilizer and antidepressant (trade name Triavil) sometimes used as an antiemetic for adults | Synonyms: Triavil |
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| personalize | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalise |
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| personalized | (adjective) made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual | Synonyms: individualised, individualized, personalised |
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| (adjective) pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively | - |
| phenazopyridine | (noun) analgesic (trade name Pyridium) used to treat urinary tract infections | Synonyms: Pyridium |
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| phenelzine | (noun) monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression | Synonyms: Nardil |
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| phenothiazine | (noun) a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites | Synonyms: thiodiphenylamine |
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| phenylbutazone | (noun) anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin) | Synonyms: Butazolidin |
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| philosophize | (verb) reason philosophically | Synonyms: philosophise |
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| philosophizer | (noun) someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view | Synonyms: philosophiser |
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| philosophizing | (noun) the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy | - |
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| phiz | (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, kisser, mug, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
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| phlebotomize | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, leech, phlebotomise |
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| phlegmatizer | (noun) a material added to an explosive to make it less susceptible to detonation and thus more stable and safer to handle and transport. | - |
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| photosensitize | (verb) make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light | Synonyms: photosensitise |
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| piazza | (noun) a public square with room for pedestrians | Synonyms: place, plaza |
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| piezoelectric | (adjective) relating to or involving piezoelectricity | - |
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| piezoelectricity | (noun) electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal | Synonyms: piezo effect, piezoelectric effect |
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| piezometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring high pressures | - |
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| pimozide | (noun) the most commonly used diphenylbutyl piperidine | - |
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| piperazine | (noun) vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms | - |
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| pirozhki | (noun) small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried | Synonyms: pirogi, piroshki |
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| pizza | (noun) Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese | Synonyms: pizza pie |
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| pizzaz | (noun) the activeness of an energetic personality | Synonyms: dynamism, oomph, pizzazz, zing |
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| pizzazz | (noun) the activeness of an energetic personality | Synonyms: dynamism, oomph, pizzaz, zing |
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| pizzeria | (noun) a shop where pizzas are made and sold | Synonyms: pizza parlor, pizza shop |
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| pizzicato | (adjective) (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger | - |
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| (noun) a note or passage that is played pizzicato | - |
| (adverb) with a light plucking staccato sound | - |
| plagiarization | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarisation, plagiarism |
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| plagiarize | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarise |
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| plagiarized | (adjective) copied and passed off as your own | Synonyms: plagiarised, plagiaristic |
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| plagiarizer | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist |
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| plasticize | (verb) make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | Synonyms: plasticise |
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| (verb) become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added | Synonyms: plasticise |
| plasticizer | (noun) a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable | Synonyms: plasticiser |
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| platinize | (verb) coat with metallic platinum | - |
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| platitudinize | (verb) utter platitudes | - |
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| plaza | (noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: center, centre, mall, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
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| (noun) a public square with room for pedestrians | Synonyms: piazza, place |
| pluralization | (noun) the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to | Synonyms: pluralisation |
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| pluralize | (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | Synonyms: pluralise |
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| podzol | (noun) a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer | Synonyms: podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol soil |
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| poetize | (verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetise, verse, versify |
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| poetizer | (noun) a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) | Synonyms: poetiser, rhymer, rhymester, versifier |
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| polarization | (noun) the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration | Synonyms: polarisation |
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| (noun) the condition of having or giving polarity | Synonyms: polarisation |
| polarize | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarise |
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| (verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarise |
| (verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarise |
| polemicize | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemise, polemize |
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| polemize | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemise |
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| politicize | (verb) give a political character to | Synonyms: politicise |
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| polychromize | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromise |
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| polymerization | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerisation |
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| polymerize | (verb) undergo polymerization | Synonyms: polymerise |
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| (verb) cause (a compound) to polymerize | Synonyms: polymerise |
| polyzoa | (noun) marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids | Synonyms: Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa |
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| polyzoan | (noun) sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding | Synonyms: bryozoan, moss animal, sea mat, sea moss |
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| popularization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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| (noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularisation |
| popularize | (verb) make understandable to the general public | Synonyms: popularise |
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| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize |
| popularizer | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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| porcelainize | (verb) coat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surface | - |
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| powderize | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderise, pulverise, pulverize |
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| (verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderise, pulverise, pulverize |
| prazosin | (noun) antihypertensive drug (trade name Minipress) | Synonyms: Minipress |
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| pressurize | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurise |
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| (verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurise |
| (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, supercharge |
| pretzel | (noun) glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot | - |
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| prioritize | (verb) assign a priority to | Synonyms: prioritise |
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| privatization | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation |
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| privatize | (verb) change from governmental to private control or ownership | Synonyms: privatise |
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| prize | (adjective) of superior grade | Synonyms: choice, prime, quality, select |
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| (noun) something given as a token of victory | Synonyms: trophy |
| (noun) something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery | Synonyms: award |
| (noun) goods or money obtained illegally | Synonyms: booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, swag |
| (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prise, respect, value |
| (verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open | Synonyms: jimmy, lever, prise, pry |
| (verb) hold dear | Synonyms: appreciate, treasure, value |
| prizefight | (noun) a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize | Synonyms: prize fight |
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| (verb) box for a prize or money | - |
| prizefighter | (noun) a professional boxer | Synonyms: gladiator |
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| prizewinning | (adjective) holding first place in a contest | Synonyms: champion |
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| procarbazine | (noun) an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease | - |
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| prochlorperazine | (noun) antipsychotic and antiemetic drug used to treat schizophrenia and to combat nausea and vomiting | - |
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| proenzyme | (noun) any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active | Synonyms: zymogen |
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| professionalization | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalisation |
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| professionalize | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalise |
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| (verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalise |
| prologize | (verb) write or speak a prologue | Synonyms: prologise, prologuize |
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| prologuize | (verb) write or speak a prologue | Synonyms: prologise, prologize |
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| promethazine | (noun) antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Phenergan |
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| propagandize | (verb) spread by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandise |
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| (verb) subject to propaganda | Synonyms: propagandise |
| proselytize | (verb) convert to another faith or religion | Synonyms: proselytise |
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| proterozoic | (adjective) formed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era | - |
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| protozoal | (adjective) of or relating to the Protozoa | Synonyms: protozoan, protozoic |
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| protozoan | (adjective) of or relating to the Protozoa | Synonyms: protozoal, protozoic |
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| (noun) any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | Synonyms: protozoon |
| protozoic | (adjective) of or relating to the Protozoa | Synonyms: protozoal, protozoan |
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| protozoological | (adjective) concerning the branch of zoology that studies protozoans | - |
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| protozoologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies protozoans | - |
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| protozoology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies protozoans | - |
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