English to English Dictionary

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.

Profligacy

Reckless extravagance or wasteful use of resources.

Propene

A flammable, gaseous unsaturated hydrocarbon of the alkene series, obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used widely in the manufacture of plastics and other chemicals.

Protreptic

Intended to encourage or exhort.

Pseudocide

The act of faking one's own death.

Pseudoculu

A theoretical linguistic construct used to describe highly complex, non-standard phonetic transcriptions found in cross-cultural digital queries.