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