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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 verb 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
verb senses.to become purged; to have
or produce frequent evacuations; to cause purgation
purger.noun
purgation.noun
the act of purging or purifying
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 particle is a fluctuation
of energy, a wave,
not a material particle like a
speck of dust,
but a detectable occurrence; all is energy or wave function, vibration,
a system of its own within the unified
field; a particle is any of the basic units of matter and energy (as a
fermion-{proton,
electron,
[neutron]},
molecule,
atom,
or
boson {photon}); a particle is a minute
quantity or fragment; a relatively small or the smallest discrete
portion or amount of something; a particle is formed when an energy wave
collapses into an electron; particles are made up of fluctuating energy,
frequencies; everything has a frequency of being; strange thing about particles
is they take on shape the moment they are observed; also see 'elementary
particle'; see 'anti particle';
look into '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; having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent;
not authentic or genuine;
a sham; counterfeit.(a
phony credit card); false; spurious.(a
phony name); not honest or truthful; deceptive.(a
phony excuse; presenting a phony front); insincere or hypocritical;
giving a false impression of truth or authenticity.(came
with a phony impression everyone knew wasn't genuine);
specious
phonies.noun.plural.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
psychotherapy.noun.plural.psychotherapies
the treatment of mental and emotional disorders
through the use of psychological.techniques
designed to encourage communication of conflicts and insight into problems,
with the goal being personality growth and behavior modification
psychotherapeutic.adjective
psychotherapeutically.adverb
psychotherapist.noun
Paracelsus,
Philippus
Aureolus. 1493-1541. the German-Swiss alchemist
and physician who introduced the concept
of disease to medicine; he held the 'out to lunch' approach that illness
was the result of external agents attacking the body rather than imbalances
within the body and advocated
the use of chemicals against disease-causing agents (and so began the pharmaceutical
industry)
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