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preceptor.noun
a teacher; an instructor; an expert or a specialist,
who gives practical experience and training to a student
preceptorial.adjective
preceptorially.adverb
panacea.noun
a remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties;
a cure-all
panacean.adjective
phagocyte.noun
a cell, such as a white blood cell, that engulfs
and absorbs waste material, harmful microorganisms, or other foreign bodies
in the bloodstream and tissues
phagocytic.adjective
patient.adjective
bearing or enduring,
difficulty, provocation, or annoyance
with calmness; marked by or exhibiting calm endurance, difficulty, provocation,
or annoyance; tolerant; understanding;
persevering;
constant; capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or a result; not hasty
or impulsive
patience.noun
the capacity, quality, or fact of being patient
pandemic.adjective
widespread; general;
Medicine.-.epidemic
over a wide geographic area (pandemic influenza) pandemic.as
noun
a pandemic disease
pectoral.adjective
relating to or situated in the breast or chest:
a pectoral muscle; the pectoral cavity; useful in relieving disorders of
the chest or respiratory tract; worn on the chest or breast (a pectoral
cross)
pectoral.noun
a muscle or an organ of the chest; a pectoral
fin; a medicine for relieving disorders of the chest or respiratory tract;
an ornament or a decoration worn on the chest
pompous.adjective
characterized by excessive self esteem or exaggerated
dignity; pretentious (pompous
officials who enjoy giving orders); full of high sounding phrases; bombastic
(a pompous proclamation); characterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious
(a pompous occasion)
pomposity or pompousness
pompously.adverb
preoccupied.adjective
absorbed in thought; engrossed; excessively concerned
with something; distracted; formerly or already occupied; already used
and therefore unavailable for further use
preoccupy, preoccupied,
preoccupying,
preoccupies.transitive
verbs
to occupy completely the mind or attention of;
engross;
monopolize; to occupy or take possession of in advance or before another
preoccupation.noun
the state of being preoccupied;
absorption of the attention or intellect; something that preoccupies or
engrosses
the mind (money was their chief preoccupation; all they thought about was
what exemplified
their greediness) occupation of a place in advance; preoccupancy
potency.noun,
plural.potencies
the quality or condition of being potent; inherent
capacity for growth and development; potentiality
potent.adjective
possessing inner or physical strength; powerful;
exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects
(potent liquor; a potent toxin); exerting or capable of exerting strong
influence; cogent (potent arguments)
potently.adverb
potentness.noun
progeny.noun,
plural.progeny
or progenies
one born of, begotten by, or derived from another;
an offspring or a descendant; offspring or descendants considered as a
group
progenitor.noun
a direct ancestor; ancestor; an originator of
a line of descent; a precursor; an originator; a founder (progenitors of
the new music)
paranoia.noun
a psychotic
disorder characterized by
delusions
of persecution or grandeur, often strenuously
defended with apparent.logic
and reason; extreme, irrational
distrust of others [Greek, madness, from paranoos, demented (insane) –
para-, beyond; + nous, noos, mind]
paranoid.adjective
relating to, characteristic
of, or affected with
paranoia; exhibiting or characterized
by extreme fear or distrust of others (a paranoid suspicion that everyone
who knows someone you dislike is against you)
paranoid.noun
one affected with paranoia
precocious.adjective
manifesting
or characterized by unusually
early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude
precociously.adverb
precocity or precociousness.noun
pester, pestered,
pestering,
pesters.transitive
verbs
to harass
with petty.annoyances;
bother
pesterer.noun
precaution.noun
caution practiced in advance; forethought
or circumspection; an action
taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure; a safeguard
prestige.noun
the level of respect at which one is regarded
by others; standing
prestigious.adjective
having prestige; esteemed
prestigiously.adverb
prestigiousness.noun
pamphlet.noun
an unbound printed work, usually with a paper
cover; a short essay or treatise,
usually on a current topic, published without a binding
pamphletary.adjective
percussion.noun
the striking together of two bodies, especially
when noise is produced; the sound, vibration, or shock caused by the striking
together of two bodies
Music.-.the
section of a band or an orchestra composed of percussion instruments; percussion
instruments or their players considered as a group
percussive.adverb
of, relating to, or characterized
by percussion
percussively.adverb
percussiveness.noun
proficient.adjective
having or marked by an advanced degree of competence,
as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning; skilled
proficient.noun
an expert; an adept
proficiently.adverb
proficiency.noun,
plural.proficiencies
the state
or quality of being proficient;
competence
prior.adjective
preceding
in time or order (prior approval necessary in the form of a license)
priorly.adverb
prior.noun
a monastic officer in charge of a priory or ranking
next below the abbot of an abbey; one of the ruling magistrates of the
medieval Italian republic of Florence
priorate.or.priorship.noun
priority.noun,
plural.priorities
precedence,
especially established by order of importance or urgency;
something afforded or deserving prior attention
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