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parkway
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noun
  1. a road, a thoroughfare
    1. a scenic freeway
    2. a surface road with a landscaped median
pedicab
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noun
  1. A tricycle having a hooded cab to seat paying passengers
perch
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noun (perch or perches)
  1. A freshwater bony fish of the family Percidae, or similar fish such as the grouper.
verb (perch, es)
  1. (intransitive) To rest on a perch; to roost.
  2. (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
  3. (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
Phaeton
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proper noun (or Phí¦ton)
  1. (Greek mythology) the son of the sun god Helios who was killed by Zeus while trying to drive his father's chariot across the sky
pickup
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noun
  1. Alternative spelling of pick up.
  2. A shortened form of pick up truck.
pike
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noun (plural pikes for the weapon and for the fish)
  1. A weapon similar to a spear with a hooked barb near the tip.
  2. Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
  3. A turnpike.
verb
  1. (context, AU, slang) to quit or back out of a promise.
pillion
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noun
  1. a pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.
  2. a similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger.
  3. the person riding in the pillion.
pneumatic
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noun
  1. (gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).
adjective
  1. Of, or related to air or other gases
  2. Of, or related to pneumatics
  3. Powered by, or filled with compressed air
  4. (zoology) Having cavities filled with air
  5. Spiritual; Of, or related to the pneuma
  6. (context, of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy (especially during sex)
"Every one says I'm awfully pneumatic," said Lenina reflectively, patting her own legs. - Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (chapter 6)
portage
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noun
  1. An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways
  2. The route used for such carrying
  3. A charge made for carrying something
verb to portage
  1. (nautical) To carry a boat overland
post chaise
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noun
  1. A horse-drawn carriage, closed and with four-wheels. Historically, used to transport mail and passengers.
pound
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noun
  1. A unit of weight: of 16 ounces in the avoirdupois system (= 453.592 g) or of 12 troy ounces in the troy weight, troy system (= 373.242 g). Its symbol is lb.
  2. pound-force, Pound-force.
  3. The symbol
  4. A unit of currency used in Cyprus; Egypt; Lebanon; the United Kingdom and its dependency, dependencies; and formerly in the Republic of Ireland (which now uses the euro) and Israel (which now uses the sheqel). Its symbol is <big>£</big>.
verb
  1. (transitive) To strike (something or someone) hard repeatedly.
  2. (transitive) to crush to pieces; to pulverize
  3. (transitive) (slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
You really pounded that beer!
PRT
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initialism
  1. Person Requiring Treatment
  2. Personal Rapid Transit

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