Words containing p

achras zapota means: large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras

acid precipitation means: rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water

acidophil means: an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

acidophile means: an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

acidophilic means: especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium

acidophilous means: especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium

acidophilus means: a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics

acidophilus milk means: milk fermented by bacteria; used to treat gastrointestinal disorders

acipenser means: type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons

acipenser huso means: valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas

chest cavity means: the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart

cystic means: of or relating to or resembling a cyst

cystic means: of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder)

decentralizing means: tending away from a central point

dicot family means: family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

dolichonyx means: bobolinks

genus parkinsonia means: small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees

get on with means: have smooth relations

helwingia means: deciduous dioecious shrubs native to woodland thickets in low mountains in Japan

multiphase means: of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle

neuromarketing means: marketing based on studies of consumers' sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective responses

neutron means: an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus

octosyllable means: a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines

plunderage means: the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)

second-stringer means: an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

sickle-shaped means: curved like a sickle

stonewort means: any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits

toluic acid means: an isomeric acid derived from toluene

vannevar bush means: United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)

virginia woolf means: English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)