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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