| AMPULLAR | • ampullar adj. Resembling an ampulla. • AMPULLAR adj. resembling an ampulla, also AMPULLARY. |
| BALLPARK | • ballpark n. (US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played. • ballpark n. (US, figuratively) The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation. • ballpark adj. Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude. |
| PAILLARD | • paillard n. A slice of meat pounded thin and grilled. • paillard n. Alternative form of palliard. • PAILLARD n. (French) a slice of meat pounded flat and grilled. |
| PALLIARD | • palliard n. (Archaic) A beggar or vagrant, especially a professional one; (earlier especially) a lecher. • PALLIARD n. (obsolete) a professional beggar; a vagabond. |
| PAPILLAR | • papillar adj. Having the properties or appearance of a papilla. • PAPILLAR adj. like, of the nature of, or having, papillae, also PAPILLARY. |
| PARALLAX | • parallax n. An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer… • parallax n. (Astronomy) The angle of seeing of the astronomical unit. • parallax v. (Transitive) To measure (a distance) based on parallax observations. |
| PARALLEL | • parallel adj. Equally distant from one another at all points. • parallel adj. Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to". • parallel adj. (Hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding. |
| PARELLAS | • PARELLA n. (French) a lichen which yields archil, a red dye, also PARELLE. |
| PATELLAR | • patellar adj. Near or relating to the patella or kneecap. • PATELLAR adj. pertaining to the patella. |
| PELLAGRA | • pellagra n. (Pathology) A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency. • PELLAGRA n. a niacin-deficiency disease. |
| PLANULAR | • planular adj. Of or pertaining to a plane. • planular adj. Flat, two-dimensional. • planular adj. Zoology: describing a planula or planulae. |
| PLASTRAL | • plastral adj. (Zoology) Relating to the plastron. • PLASTRAL adj. relating to a plastron, a fencer's padded breast-shield. |
| PRATFALL | • pratfall n. A fall onto the buttocks. • pratfall n. A humiliating mistake. • pratfall n. A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes. |
| TRAPBALL | • trapball n. (Obsolete) A game in which a batsman makes a ball hit a trap (device) that sends the ball into the air… • trap␣ball n. An old game played with a levered wooden trap by means of which a small ball is launched into the air… • TRAPBALL n. a type of ball game. |
| TRAPFALL | • TRAPFALL n. a trapdoor that gives way beneath the feet; a pitfall. |