🇬🇧English to English Lexicon

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Words Starting with "P"

Piercing gaze
C1noun
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Piercing gaze

An intense, penetrating look that seems to see deeply into someone's thoughts or feelings.

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Pillhead
C1noun
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Pillhead

A person who is heavily addicted to or habitually abuses prescription pills or other medicinal tablets.

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Pitch-perfect
C1adjective
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Pitch-perfect

Demonstrating flawless accuracy, appropriateness, or exactness in tone, style, or musical pitch.

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Play your cards close to your vest
C1verb phrase
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Play your cards close to your vest

To keep one's intentions, plans, or resources secret from others.

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Plummet
C1verb
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Plummet

To fall or drop straight down at high speed.

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Politically-charged
C1adjective
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Politically-charged

Causing strong emotional or ideological reactions because it relates to political issues, power dynamics, or government policies.

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Polyory
C1noun
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Polyory

The academic study, theoretical framework, or philosophical analysis of multi-partner romantic relationships.

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Polysyllable
C1noun
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Polysyllable

A word consisting of three or more syllables.

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Pompous
C1adjective
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Pompous

Affected and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important.

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Porous
C1adjective
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Porous

Having minute spaces or holes through which liquid or air may pass.

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Post-mortem release
C1noun
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Post-mortem release

The publication, distribution, or issuance of a creative work, product, or recording after the death of its creator, artist, or developer.

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Posterity
C1noun
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Posterity

All future generations of people.

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