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noun
- A heroic champion (especially a knightly one).
- A defender or advocate of a noble cause.
- Any of the 12 Companions of the court of Emperor Charlemagne.
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| Pallas |
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proper noun
- (Greek mythology) Several people in Greek mythology:
- An epithet for Athena; later Pallas Athena.
- One of the Titans.
- The father of Pallas Athena.
- A goatish giant.
- (astronomy) The second largest asteroid.
- (given name, female, , ) of mythological origin.
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| Panacea |
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proper noun
- Daughter of Asclepius and Salus (or Epione). She was the personification of healing through herbs.
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| pax |
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noun - (informal) passenger or passengers
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| Pegasus |
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proper noun
- (greekmyth) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon rode Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.
- (constellation) An autumn constellation of the northern sky, near the vernal equinoctial point, said to resemble the mythical horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus. It contains the stars Markab and Algenib.
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| Peleus |
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noun
- A Greek myth
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| Penelope |
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proper noun
- Wife of Odysseus in Greek mythology.
- (given name, female) of mainly British usage.
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| Percival |
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proper noun
- A male given name from Welsh and Arthurian mythology
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| Persephone |
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proper noun - (greekmyth) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter, wife of Hades. After being abducted by Hades, she lives in the Underworld for six months and with Demeter for the rest of the year.
- (given name, female, from Greek, ) a female given name.
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| Perseus |
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proper noun
- (greekmyth) The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitate, decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Jupiter and Danae.
- (constellation) An autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It includes the stars Algenib and Algol.
- The last Antigonid king of Macedonia, Perseus of Macedon.
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| phantasm |
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noun (plural phantasms, also phantsma plural phantasmata)
- Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition
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| Phantom |
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proper noun
- Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by Marines in Vietnam
- The comic w:The Phantom, The Phantom, and the character in it by the same name
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| Phobos |
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proper noun
- The innermost natural satellite of Mars.
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| Phoebe |
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proper noun - (given name, female, from Greek, ): A female given name
- (greekmyth): A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia. She became associated with Artemis, goddess of the moon.
- (astronomy): The 14th moon of Saturn
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| Phoenix |
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proper noun
- (mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology
- (constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
- (greekmyth) A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus
- The capital city of Arizona, United States.
- A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
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| Pleiad |
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proper noun
- any one of the Pleiades
- a group of 16th century French poets who sought to enrich the French language
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| Pleiades |
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proper noun
- (greekmyth): The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
- (astronomy): An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.
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| Pluto |
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proper noun
- (context, Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Greek and Roman god of the underworld.
- Originally known as the ninth planet but reclassified in 2006 as a dwarf planet, the brightest and first known Kuiper belt object, represented by the symbol (unicode, �) in astronomy and in astrology.
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| Pollux |
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proper noun - (greekmyth): One of the Dioscuri, son of Tyndarus and Leda, brother of Castor.
- (star): A star in the constellation Gemini; beta (β) Geminorum.
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| poltergeist |
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noun (s, pl2=poltergeister)
- A ghost which makes noises and causes disruption.
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| Polyhymnia |
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proper noun
- (Greek mythology) The Muse of sacred music.
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| Polyphemus |
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proper noun
- A cyclops in Greek mythology.
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| pooka |
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noun
- A fairy that appears in animal form, often large. It appears only to some people.
- The had befriended the kindly old man.
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| Poseidon |
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proper noun - (greekmyth) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses.
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| priapic |
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adjective
- phallic
- masculine or excessively concerned with masculinity
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| Priapus |
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proper noun
- (Greek mythology) The god of procreation, and guardian of gardens and vineyards; personification of the phallus
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| procrustean |
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adjective (wikipedia, Procrustes)
- producing or designed to produce strict conformity by ruthless or arbitrary means
- marked by arbitrary often ruthless disregard of individual differences or special circumstances
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| promethean |
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noun Promethean
- one who acts in a Promethean manner
adjective Promethean
- of or pertaining to Prometheus
- daringly original; boldly inventive or creative
- of a Romantic literary hero: one who is a rebel against a larger order, one who defies traditional moral categories, persecuted but dauntless
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| protean |
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adjective - Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus.
- Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.
- An amoeba is a animalcule.
- w:William A. Henry III, William A. Henry III:
- : He loved to show off his talent.
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| Proteus |
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proper noun
- (Greek mythology) A sea god who could change his shape at will.
- (astronomy) The sixth satellite of the planet Neptune
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| Psyche |
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noun
- In psychology and related fields, the psyche is the entirety of the non-physical aspects of a person
- Psychidae, or Bagworms, a family of Lepidoptera
proper noun
- 16 Psyche, an asteroid
- A Gothic band
- An album by British band Ant and Dec
- A code name for Red Hat Linux 8.0
- (Greek and Roman mythology) name of a girl loved by Cupid (or Eros)
- In late Greek art and literature, a goddess who is the personification of the soul; she is primarily known for her role in the story of Cupid and Psyche, best attested in Apuleius' novel The Golden Ass
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| puck |
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noun
- The disc/disk used in ice hockey and floor hockey.
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| pygmalion |
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noun
- One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he loved a great deal), as in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in which he sometimes refers to his main character (Henry Higgins) as Pygmalion Higgins.
adjective
- Bloody (only in 'not pygmalion likely'), from the sensational, and then scandalous, line 'not bloody likely' in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.
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| Python |
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proper noun
- (computing) A programming language invented by Guido van Rossum.
- (informal) The British comedy troupe w:Monty Python, Monty Python.
- A member of Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin; referred to collectively as The Pythons.
- John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons.
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