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 assemblies 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 PREDOMINATE, _v.n._ prevail; be supreme in influence PREFI'X, _v.a._ appoint beforehand; settle; establish; put before another thing PRELI'MINARY, _a._ previous; introductory PREJUDICE, _s._ prepossession; judgment formed beforehand; mischief; injury PREPARATION, _s._ anything made by process of operation; previous measures PREROGATIVE, _s._ an exclusive or peculiar privilege PRE'SCIENT, _a._ foreknowing; prophetic