PIC"TURESQUE, _a._ beautiful; magnificent
PI"LCHARD, _s._ a kind of fish
PI"LGRIMAGE, _s._ a long journey
PI"OUS, _a._ careful of the duties owed by created beings to G.o.d; G.o.dly; religious
PI"RATE, _s._ a sea robber
PISTA"CHIO, _s._ a dry fruit of an oblong figure
PI"TIABLE, _a._ that which deserves pity
PLA"CABLE, _a._ willing or able to be appeased
PLA"INTIVE, _a._ complaining; lamenting; expressive of sorrow
PLA"NETARY, _a._ pertaining to the planets; produced by the planets
PLANTATION, _s._ a place planted; a colony
PLAU"SIBLY, _ad._ with fair show
PLEA"SANT, _a._ delightful; cheerful; merry
PLEA"SANTRY, _s._ merriment; lively talk
PLEA"SURE, _s._ delight
PLE"NTIFUL, _a._ copious; fruitful; abundant
PLI"ABLE, _a._ flexible; easy to be bent; easy to be persuaded; capable of being plied
PLI"ANT, _a._ bending; flexible; easy to take a form
PLU"MAGE, _s._ feathers; suit of feathers
PNY"X, _s._ a place where a.s.semblies of the people were held
PO"ETRY, _s._ sublime thought expressed in sublime language
POI"GNANCY, _s._ power of irritation; sharpness
POI"SON, _s._ that which taken into the body destroys or injures life; anything infectious or malignant
POLI"TE, _a._ glossy; smooth; elegant of manners
POLITICAL, _a._ that which relates to politics; that which relates to public affairs; also cunning, skilful
PO"PULAR, _a._ vulgar; familiar; well known
POPULARITY, _a._ state of being favoured by the people; representation suited to vulgar conception
POPULA"TION, _s._ the state of a country with respect to numbers of people
PO"RTABLE, _a._ manageable by the hand; supportable
PO"RTION, _s._ a part; an allotment
PORTMA"NTEAU, _s._ a chest, or bag, in which clothes are carried
POSI"TION, _s._ state of being placed; situation
PO"SITIVE, _o._ absolute; particular; real; certain
POSSE"SS, _v.a._ have as an owner; be master of; seize; obtain
POSSESSION, _s._ property; the thing possessed
POSSIBLE, _a._ having the power to be or to be done; not contrary to the nature of things
POSTE"RITY, _s._ succeeding generations
PO"TENTATE, _s._ monarch; prince; sovereign
PO"WER, _s._ command; authority; ability; strength; faculty of the mind
PRACTICABLE, _a._ capable of being practised
PRA"CTICAL, _o._ relating to action; not merely speculative.
PRAE"TOR, _s._ a functionary among the ancient Romans
PRAI"RIE, _s._ a meadow
PRECAUTION, _s._ preservative caution; preventive measures
PRECE"PTOR, _s._ a teacher; an Instructor
PRE"CINCT, _s._ outward limit; boundary
PRECI"PITOUS, _a._ headlong; steep
PREDECE"SSOR, _s._ one who was in any state or place before another; ancestor
PREDOMINANCE, _s._ prevalence; ascendancy
PREDOMINANT, _a._ prevalent; ascendant; supreme influence