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Pentane
- - Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the molecule.
Pentine
- - An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, of the acetylene series. Same as Valerylene.
Peptone
- noun - any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids
Petting
- verb - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
- stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb"
- stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
Photons
- noun - a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle
Pistons
- noun - mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
- United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976)
Pitting
- verb - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
- remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
- set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
Platans
- noun - any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits