Definition of p

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P () the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phoenician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M..

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Weaponry :: Weaponry (n.) Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry..
Irp :: Irp (n.) Alt. of Irp.
Travel :: Travel (v. i.) To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California..
Disfavor :: Disfavor (v. t.) To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.
Answer :: Answer (n.) Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action..
Clerk :: Clerk (n.) One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk..
Umber :: Umber (n.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below..
Spermatophore :: Spermatophore (n.) Same as Spermospore.
Alterable :: Alterable (a.) Capable of being altered.
Coherent :: Coherent (a.) Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker..
Sketchily :: Sketchily (adv.) In a sketchy or incomplete manner.
Furbelow :: Furbelow (n.) A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
Prescript :: Prescript (a.) Directed; prescribed.
Carcel Lamp :: Carcel lamp () A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork..
Glass-sponge :: Glass-sponge (n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella..
Kirked :: Kirked (a.) Turned upward; bent.
Disbud :: Disbud (v.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree..
Blade :: Blade (n.) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell..
Spathulate :: Spathulate (a.) See Spatulate.
Grant :: Grant (v. t.) The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
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