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PIC'TURESQUE, _a._ beautiful; magnificent
PI'LCHARD, _s._ a kind of fish
PI'LGRIMAGE, _s._ a long journey
PI'OUS, _a._ careful of the duties owed by created beings to G.o.d; G.o.dly; religious
PI'RATE, _s._ a sea robber
PISTA'CHIO, _s._ a dry fruit of an oblong figure
PI'TIABLE, _a._ that which deserves pity
PLA'CABLE, _a._ willing or able to be appeased
PLA'INTIVE, _a._ complaining; lamenting; expressive of sorrow
PLA'NETARY, _a._ pertaining to the planets; produced by the planets
PLANTATION, _s._ a place planted; a colony
PLAU'SIBLY, _ad._ with fair show
PLEA'SANT, _a._ delightful; cheerful; merry
PLEA'SANTRY, _s._ merriment; lively talk
PLEA'SURE, _s._ delight
PLE'NTIFUL, _a._ copious; fruitful; abundant
PLI'ABLE, _a._ flexible; easy to be bent; easy to be persuaded; capable of being plied
PLI'ANT, _a._ bending; flexible; easy to take a form
PLU'MAGE, _s._ feathers; suit of feathers
PNY'X, _s._ a place where a.s.semblies of the people were held
PO'ETRY, _s._ sublime thought expressed in sublime language
POI'GNANCY, _s._ power of irritation; sharpness
POI'SON, _s._ that which taken into the body destroys or injures life; anything infectious or malignant
POLI'TE, _a._ glossy; smooth; elegant of manners
POLITICAL, _a._ that which relates to politics; that which relates to public affairs; also cunning, skilful
PO'PULAR, _a._ vulgar; familiar; well known
POPULARITY, _a._ state of being favoured by the people; representation suited to vulgar conception
POPULA'TION, _s._ the state of a country with respect to numbers of people
PO'RTABLE, _a._ manageable by the hand; supportable
PO'RTION, _s._ a part; an allotment
PORTMA'NTEAU, _s._ a chest, or bag, in which clothes are carried
POSI'TION, _s._ state of being placed; situation
PO'SITIVE, _o._ absolute; particular; real; certain
POSSE'SS, _v.a._ have as an owner; be master of; seize; obtain
POSSESSION, _s._ property; the thing possessed
POSSIBLE, _a._ having the power to be or to be done; not contrary to the nature of things
POSTE'RITY, _s._ succeeding generations
PO'TENTATE, _s._ monarch; prince; sovereign
PO'WER, _s._ command; authority; ability; strength; faculty of the mind
PRACTICABLE, _a._ capable of being practised
PRA'CTICAL, _o._ relating to action; not merely speculative.
PRAE'TOR, _s._ a functionary among the ancient Romans
PRAI'RIE, _s._ a meadow
PRECAUTION, _s._ preservative caution; preventive measures
PRECE'PTOR, _s._ a teacher; an Instructor
PRE'CINCT, _s._ outward limit; boundary
PRECI'PITOUS, _a._ headlong; steep
PREDECE'SSOR, _s._ one who was in any state or place before another; ancestor
PREDOMINANCE, _s._ prevalence; ascendancy
PREDOMINANT, _a._ prevalent; ascendant; supreme influence
