English to English Dictionary

Pleiad

A brilliant group of seven notable people or things associated with a specific field or era.

Pneudraulic

Relating to or operated by a combination of pneumatic (gas) and hydraulic (liquid) pressure mechanisms.

Polygynous

Having more than one wife or female mate at one time.

Potash

Various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form, primarily used as agricultural fertilizers.

Pott's disease

Tuberculous spondylitis; a form of tuberculosis that occurs outside the lungs, whereby the disease is localized in the vertebrae.

Prevaricate

To speak or act in an evasive way; to quibble or stray from the truth.

Profligacy

Reckless extravagance or wasteful use of resources.

Propene

A flammable, gaseous unsaturated hydrocarbon of the alkene series, obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used widely in the manufacture of plastics and other chemicals.

Pulk

A small, low-slung, boat-shaped sledge used in Scandinavia and polar regions for transporting goods, equipment, or children over snow.

Pulsion

A drive or instinctive urge that propels someone to action, particularly in psychoanalytic theory.

Pustulate

Having pustules or blister-like elevations; covered with small bumps or swellings.

paramour

A illicit lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.