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-phile ... PMS
PMT ... Pancake Day
Pandora's box ... Penobscot Bay
Pentecost ... Pisa
Pisces ... Popsicle
Port. ... Puerto Rico
Puget Sound ... pack rat
package ... paedophile
paella ... pair
pairing ... pally
palm ... pane
panegyric ... pap
papa ... par value
para- ... paramilitary
paramount ... parent–in–law
parentage ... parley
parliament ... partiality
partially ... pass
pass–fail ... past tense
pasta ... pathetic
pathfinder ... patroness
patronize ... pay–TV
pay–as–you–go ... peace pipe
peace sign ... peck
pecker ... pedigree
pediment ... pelican
pelican crossing ... pendulous
pendulum ... pensionable
pensioner ... peppy
peptic ulcer ... perfection
perfectionist ... periphery
periscope ... perpetual
perpetuate ... personal pronoun
personal space ... pervert
perverted ... petrified
petrify ... pharmaceutical
pharmacist ... philosophize
philosophy ... phosphorescent
phosphorus ... phrasing
phut ... pianoforte
piazza ... picture postcard
picture tube ... pig
pig Latin ... pilgrimage
pill ... pinch–hit
pinched ... pinup
pinwheel ... pistol–whip
piston ... pitta
pittance ... placebo
placekick ... plankton
planner ... platinum blonde
platinum record ... playgroup
playhouse ... plebiscite
plectrum ... ploy
pluck ... plus sign
plus size ... poet
poet laureate ... pointless
pointy ... police
police car ... polka
polka dot ... polyp
polysyllabic ... pooch
poodle ... popover
poppa ... porous
porpoise ... posh
posit ... postage stamp
postage–paid ... postmodernism
postmortem ... potbelly stove
potboiler ... pounce
pound ... power pack
power plant ... pragmatic
pragmatics ... preach
preacher ... precondition
precook ... preempt
preemptive ... prejudiced
prejudicial ... prepackage
prepaid ... prescription
prescriptive ... press gang
press kit ... pretentious
preternatural ... prickle
prickly ... prime rate
prime time ... prismatic
prison ... prizefight
prizewinner ... proceed
proceeding ... profession
professional ... program
programmatic ... prominence
prominent ... prop forward
propaganda ... proposal
propose ... prosthesis
prostitute ... proud
prove ... prude
prudence ... psychic
psycho ... public health
public house ... pueblo
puerile ... puma
pumice ... punk
punnet ... purist
puritan ... push
push button ... putting
putting green ... python
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pallid
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very pale in a way that suggests poor health
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