English to English Dictionary

Pneudraulic

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

Podalgia

Pain in the foot, often resulting from injury, inflammation, or neurological conditions.

Polygynous

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

Potassium cyanide

A highly toxic inorganic salt with the chemical formula KCN, appearing as a white crystalline powder that smells faintly of bitter almonds and is extremely lethal in small doses.

Pott's disease

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

Potter's rot

A chronic occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust, synonymous with silicosis.

Pottkrankheit

Tuberculosis of the spine, resulting in vertebral destruction and spinal deformity.

Predestined-affinity

A fateful, unavoidable spiritual connection or relationship between people that appears to have been determined by destiny or fate.

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.