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protract, protracted,
protracting,
protracts.transitive
verbs
to draw out or lengthen in time; prolong (their
lovemaking time was protracted as the kids were at grandma's)
Mathematics.-.to
draw to scale by means of a scale and protractor (which is a semicircular
instrument for measuring and constructing angles); plot
Anatomy.-.to
extend or protrude.(of
say a body part)
protractedly.adverb
protractedness.noun
protractive.adjective
preamble.noun
a preliminary statement, especially the introduction
to a formal document that serves
to explain its purpose; an introductory occurrence or fact; a preliminary
preambulary.adjective
purge.verb
inflected
form(s)-purged,
purging
to purify
transitive senses-to
clear of guilt; to free from moral or ceremonial defilement;
to cause evacuation from (as the bowels); to make
free of something unwanted (purge a manhole of gas) (purge yourself of
fear)
intransitive
senses-to become purged; to have or
produce frequent evacuations; to cause purgation
purger.noun
pyromania,
pyromaniac.nouns
an irresistible impulse to start fires
pyromaniacal.adjective
pigeonhole.noun
a small compartment or recess, as in a desk, for
holding papers; a cubbyhole; the small hole or holes in a pigeon loft for
nesting
pigeonholed,
pigeonholing,
pigeonhole,
pigeonholes.transitive
verbs
to put aside and ignore; shelve; to place or file
in a small compartment or recess; to classify mentally; categorize
pall.noun
an overspreading element that produces an effect,
especially of gloom; something that covers or conceals; a heavy cloth draped
over a coffin; a coffin especially when holding a body (a pall of thick
black smoke)
verb-– to
lose strength or effectiveness; to lose in interest or attraction (his
humor began to pall on us); to become tired of something
transitive senses-to
cause to become insipid; to deprive of pleasure in something by satiating
preferential.adjective
of, relating to, or giving advantage or preference
(preferential treatment); manifesting or originating from partiality or
preference (preferential tariff rates) preferentialism,
preferentialist.nouns
preferentially.adverb
particle.noun
a minute
quantity or fragment; a relatively small or the smallest discrete
portion or amount of something; any of the basic units of matter and energy
(as a fermion-{proton,
electron,
[neutron]}, molecule,
atom,
or
boson {photon})
See 'elementary particle'.
See 'anti particle'; behavior
of particles
Grammar-–-a
clause or article of a composition or document
particle physics.noun
A branch of physics dealing with the constitution,
properties, and interactions of elementary
particles especially as revealed in experiments using particle accelerators
– called also high energy physics. The purpose of particle physics is to
discover the ultimate blocks of the Universe by breaking matter into the
smallest pieces possible. Physicists smash particles into one another in
particle accelerators, and analyse what's left.
particle physicist.noun
pernicious.adjective
highly injurious or destructive; deadly; wicked
perniciousness.noun
perniciously.adverb
pernicious implies
irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corrupting or undermining
(the claim that pornography has a pernicious effect on society)
baneful
implies injury through poisoning or destroying (the baneful notion that
discipline destroys creativity)
synonyms-baneful,
noxious, deleterious,
detrimental
noxious applies to
what is both offensive and injurious to the health of a body or mind (noxious
chemical fumes)
deleterious applies
to what has an often unsuspected harmful effect (a diet found to have
deleterious effects)
pederasty.noun
sex as practiced by a man with a boy
postulate.transitive
verb
inflected form(s)-postulated;
postulating
to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary;
depend upon or start from the postulate of; to assume as a postulate or
axiom-(as
in logic or mathematics); demand, claim
postulation.noun
postulational.adjective
phony also phoney,
phonier,
phoniest.adjectives
not genuine
or real; counterfeit.(a
phony credit card; false; spurious.(a
phony name); not honest or truthful; deceptive.(a
phony excuse); insincere or hypocritical;
giving a false impression of truth or authenticity;specious
noun.plural-phonies
also phoneys
something not genuine; a fake; one who is insincere;
an impostor; a hypocrite
phonily.adverb
phoniness.noun
passion.noun
intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or
conviction; strong emotion; an
object of desire or deep interest; a strong liking or desire for or devotion
to some activity, object, or concept; ardent
affection; love; sexual desire; often
capitalized – the sufferings of Christ between the night of the Last Supper
and his death; suffering; the state or capacity of being acted on by external
agents or forces; emotion (his ruling passion is greed)
passion applies to
an emotion that is deeply stirring or ungovernable (was a slave to his
passions)
fervor
passionless.adjective
synonyms-fervor,
ardor, enthusiasm, zeal
ardor suggests warm
and excited feeling likely to be fitful or short lived (the ardor of their
honeymoon soon faded); enthusiasm;
zeal
synonym-feeling
prime minister.noun
a chief minister appointed by a ruler; the head
of the cabinet and often also the chief executive of a parliamentary democracy
prime ministerial.adjective
prime ministership
or prime ministry.noun
pittance.noun
a very small amount (not a pittance of care);
a meager monetary allowance, wage,
or remuneration
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