pinhead
pinhead: n.
1 the flattened head of a pin.
2 a very small thing.
3 colloq. a stupid or foolish person.

please
please: v.
1 tr. (also absol.) be agreeable to; make glad; give pleasure to (the gift will please them; anxious to please).
2 tr. (in passive) a (foll. by to + infin.) be glad or willing to (am pleased to help). b (often foll. by about, at, with) derive pleasure or satisfaction (from).
3 tr. (with it as subject; usu. foll. by to + infin.) be the inclination or wish of (it did not please them to attend).
4 intr. think fit; have the will or desire (take as many as you please).
5 tr. (short for may it please you) used in polite requests (come in, please). øif you please if you are willing, esp. iron. to indicate unreasonableness (then, if you please, we had to pay). pleased as Punch see PUNCH(4) ). please oneself do as one likes. øøpleased adj. pleasing adj. pleasingly adv. [ME plaise f. OF plaisir f. L placere]

packman
pythoness
pythoness: n.
1 the Pythian priestess.
2 a witch. [ME f. OF phitonise f. med.L phitonissa f. LL pythonissa fem. of pytho f. Gk puthon soothsaying demon: cf. PYTHON]

palely
pamper
pamper: v.tr.
1 overindulge (a person, taste, etc.), cosset.
2 spoil (a person) with luxury. øøpamperer n. [ME, prob. of LG or Du. orig.]

puzzle
puzzle: n. & v. --n.
1 a difficult or confusing problem; an enigma.
2 a problem or toy designed to test knowledge or ingenuity. --v.
1 tr. confound or disconcert mentally.
2 intr. (usu. foll. by over etc.) be perplexed (about).
3 tr. (usu. as puzzling adj.) require much thought to comprehend (a puzzling situation).
4 tr. (foll. by out) solve or understand by hard thought. øøpuzzlement n. puzzlingly adv. [16th c.: orig. unkn.]

phylloquinone
phylloquinone: n. one of the K vitamins, found in cabbage, spinach, and other leafy green vegetables, and essential for the blood clotting process. Also called vitamin K[1].

polygon
polygon: n. a plane figure with many (usu. a minimum of three) sides and angles. øpolygon of forces a polygon that represents by the length and direction of its sides all the forces acting on a body or point. øøpolygonal adj. [LL polygonum f. Gk polugonon (neut. adj.) (as POLY-(1) + - gonos angled)]

photo
photo: n. & v. --n. (pl. -os) = PHOTOGRAPH n. --v.tr. (-oes, -oed) = PHOTOGRAPH v. øphoto-call an occasion on which theatrical performers, famous personalities, etc., pose for photographers by arrangement. photo finish a close finish of a race or contest, esp. one where the winner is only distinguishable on a photograph. [abbr.]

propane
propane: n. a gaseous hydrocarbon of the alkane series used as bottled fuel. °Chem. formula: C[3]H[8]. [PROPIONIC (ACID) + -ANE]

prudent
prudent: adj.
1 (of a person or conduct) careful to avoid undesired consequences; circumspect.
2 discreet. øøprudence n. prudently adv. [ME f. OF prudent or L prudens = providens PROVIDENT]

positive
positive: adj. & n. --adj.
1 formally or explicitly stated; definite, unquestionable (positive proof).
2 (of a person) convinced, confident, or overconfident in his or her opinion (positive that I was not there).
3 a absolute; not relative. b Gram. (of an adjective or adverb) expressing a simple quality without comparison (cf. COMPARATIVE, SUPERLATIVE).
4 colloq. downright; complete (it would be a positive miracle).
5 constructive; directional (positive criticism; positive thinking).
6 marked by the presence rather than absence of qualities or Med. symptoms (a positive reaction to the plan; the test was positive).
7 esp. Philos. dealing only with matters of fact; practical (cf. POSITIVISM 1).
8 tending in a direction naturally or arbitrarily taken as that of increase or progress (clockwise rotation is positive).
9 greater than zero (positive and negative integers) (opp. NEGATIVE). 10 Electr. of, containing, or producing the kind of electrical charge produced by rubbing glass with silk; an absence of electrons. 11 (of a photographic image) showing lights and shades or colours true to the original (opp. NEGATIVE). --n. a positive adjective, photograph, quantity, etc. øpositive discrimination the practice of making distinctions in favour of groups considered to be underprivileged. positive feedbac.
1 a constructive response to an experiment, questionnaire, etc.
2 Electronics the return of part of an output signal to the input, tending to increase the amplification etc. positive geotropism see GEOTROPISM . positive pole the north-seeking pole. positive ray Physics a canal ray. positive sign = plus sign. positive vetting Brit. an exhaustive inquiry into the background and character of a candidate for a post in the Civil Service that involves access to secret material. øøpositively adv. positiveness n. positivity n. [ME f. OF positif -ive or L positivus (as POSIT)]

psoriasis
psoriasis: n. a skin disease marked by red scaly patches. øøpsoriatic adj. [mod.L f. Gk psoriasis f. psoriao have an itch f. psora itch]

precision
precision: n.
1 the condition of being precise; accuracy.
2 the degree of refinement in measurement etc.
3 (attrib.) marked by or adapted for precision (precision instruments; precision timing). øøprecisionism n. precisionist n. [F pr÷cision or L praecisio (as PRECISE)]

predecessor
predecessor: n.
1 a former holder of an office or position with respect to a later holder (my immediate predecessor).
2 an ancestor.
3 a thing to which another has succeeded (the new plan will share the fate of its predecessor). [ME f. OF predecesseur f. LL praedecessor (as PRAE-, decessor retiring officer, as DECEASE)]

picking
patriotism
phone
patron
patron: n. (fem. patroness.
1 a person who gives financial or other support to a person, cause, work of art, etc., esp. one who buys works of art.
2 a usu. regular customer of a shop etc.
3 Rom. Antiq. a the former owner of a freed slave. b the protector of a client.
4 Brit. a person who has the right of presenting a member of the clergy to a benefice. øpatron saint the protecting or guiding saint of a person, place, etc. [ME f. OF f. L patronus protector of clients, defender f. pater patris father]

pampas
pampas: n.pl. large treeless plains in S. America. øpampas-grass a tall grass, Cortaderia selloana, from S. America, with silky flowering plumes. [Sp. f. Quechua pampa plain]