perversion: n. action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement; instance of abnormal activity | pervert: v. cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; corrupt; bring to a bad or worse condition |
pestilence: n. any epidemic disease with a high death rate | pestilential: a. Syn. destructive tending to produce infectious disease; destructive |
petrify: v. convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike | petulant: a. Syn. irritable easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered |
pharmacy: n. art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs | phenomenon: n. appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence |
philanthropist: n. person who loves mankind in general; very generous person or institution | philharmonic: n. devoted to or appreciative of music |
philology: n. Syn. linguistics; literature study of language; investigation of language and its literature | philosophy: n. body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning |
phlegmatic: a. Syn. calm calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion | phonetic: a. of or pertaining to the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language |
physiology: n. branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms | physique: n. natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person |
piecemeal: ad. Syn. gradually by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually | pillage: v. Syn. plunder rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils |
pinnacle: n. Syn. peak peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak | pioneer: n. originator; explorer |
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