Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)

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.

Predestination

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

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.

Psychotropic

Of or relating to substances that affect mental activity, perception, or behavior.

Pterygium

A growth of fleshy tissue on the conjunctiva that can extend over the cornea, often associated with exposure to sunlight.

Pulsion

A drive or instinctive urge that propels someone to action, particularly in psychoanalytic theory.

Purim

A joyous Jewish festival commemorating the deliverance of the Jews from Haman's plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Book of Esther.