pavonineOf or pertaining to the genus Pavo or its family Pavonidae, including the peafowl.
pavoniteA monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur.
Pax AmericanaThe period of relative peace in the Western world since the end of World War II in 1945, coinciding with the military and economic dominance of the United States.
paxillaAn ossicle in the endoderm of the aboral surface of some starfish
peculationThe wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
pedarianOne of a group of men eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote. Other authors suggest they could not even speak, but would stand on the side of the Senate with which they agreed most.
pemphigus vulgarisA rare chronic blistering skin disease and the most common form of pemphigus.
penannularForming an almost complete ring, but with a break or opening.
penatesThe household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome.
pene-Almost the thing or quality expressed by the root, as peneplain (almost a plain), peninsula (almost an island), penultimate (almost the last), penumbra (almost in shadow).
pennatulaAny of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a feather-like form; a sea pen.
pennibrachiumA forelimb, found on various species of extinct and extant coelurosaur, that is not used in flight or gliding but still bears long, typically pennaceous feathers which form a winglike surface.
per curiamAn opinion delivered by an entire court rather than a single judge.
percurrentRunning through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc.