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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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