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Perigone
- noun - collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
Perigons
- noun - an angle of 360 degrees
Phalguna
- noun - the twelfth month of the Hindu calendar
Phosgene
- noun - a colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay; used in chemical warfare
Plangent
- adjective - loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority"
Pledging
- verb - bind or secure by a pledge; "I was pledged to silence"
- give as a guarantee; "I pledge my honor"
- pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals; "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station"
- promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that I will honor my wife"
- propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
Plugging
- verb - deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
- insert a plug into; "plug the wall"
- insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"
Plunging
- verb - begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
- cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"
- dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"
- devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
- drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
- fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
- thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
Polygene
- noun - a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations
Polygeny
- - The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.