English to English Dictionary

Polygynous

Having more than one wife or female mate at one time.

Post-nationalism

The process or trend by which nation-states and national identities lose their importance or influence relative to supranational and global entities.

Potassium cyanide

A highly toxic inorganic salt with the chemical formula KCN, appearing as a white crystalline powder that smells faintly of bitter almonds and is extremely lethal in small doses.

Pott's disease

Tuberculous spondylitis; a form of tuberculosis that occurs outside the lungs, whereby the disease is localized in the vertebrae.

Potter's rot

A chronic occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust, synonymous with silicosis.

Pottkrankheit

Tuberculosis of the spine, resulting in vertebral destruction and spinal deformity.

Predestination

The doctrine that God has eternally chosen those whom he intends to save.

Predestined-affinity

A fateful, unavoidable spiritual connection or relationship between people that appears to have been determined by destiny or fate.

Pregnable

Capable of being taken or captured.

Pretermit

To pass over, omit, or disregard intentionally; to fail to mention or do something.

Prevaricate

To speak or act in an evasive way; to quibble or stray from the truth.

Procaine

A synthetic local anesthetic drug administered chiefly by injection to block pain sensation during dental and minor surgical procedures.