plaque stands for a memorial made of brass, (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body

phylum Acanthocephala stands for phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms

pas de quatre stands for (ballet) a dance for four people

phenobarbitone stands for a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative

pour cold water on stands for be discouraging or negative about

Pterosauria stands for extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs

plane seat stands for a seat on a commercial airliner

percussor stands for (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes

present progressive tense stands for a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance

pour stands for move in large numbers, flow in a spurt, cause to run, pour out, supply in large amounts or quantities, rain heavily

padre stands for `Father” is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church) ,`Padre” is frequently used in the military, a chaplain in one of the military services

property owner stands for a holder or proprietor of land

pen-tail stands for brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third

philhellenic stands for characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things

prince’s-feather stands for tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple ,seeds often used as cereal, annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers ,southeastern Asia and Australia ,naturalized in North America

pricker stands for an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws, a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf

probationer stands for someone released on probation or on parole, a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period

pattypan squash stands for round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge, squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge ,usually greenish white

POB stands for a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for

plump stands for the sound of a sudden heavy fall, give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number, make fat or plump, set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise, drop sharply, euphemisms for slightly fat, straight down especially heavily or abruptly

postmark stands for a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials ,indicates the post office and date of mailing, stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

Pedilanthus stands for tropical American succulent shrubs

Pamelor stands for a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Pamelor) used along with psychotherapy to treat dysthymic depression

Psidium cattleianum stands for small tropical shrubby tree bearing deep red oval fruit

polytonality stands for music that uses two or more different keys at the same time

porcupine fish stands for spines become erect when the body is inflated

peanuts stands for an insignificant sum of money

plasticity stands for the property of being physically malleable

professional person stands for a person engaged in one of the learned professions

praline stands for cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans

perambulation stands for a leisurely walk (usually in some public place), a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forrest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries

Popular Struggle Front stands for a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah

plains pocket gopher stands for gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America

primaeval stands for having existed from the beginning

papovavirus stands for any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas

Pinus radiata stands for tall California pine with long needles in bunches of 3, a dense crown, and dark brown deeply fissured bark

personable stands for (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality

Piperaceae stands for tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets

ploce stands for (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning

psychologically stands for with regard to psychology, in terms of psychology

paleoanthropology stands for the scientific study of human fossils

play out stands for become spent or exhausted, play to a finish, perform or be performed to the end, deplete

Packera aurea stands for weedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having golden-yellow flowers

pseudovariola stands for a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus

poverty trap stands for a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off

platysma stands for either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve

Punic stands for the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage, tending to betray ,especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans, of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language

poaching stands for cooking in simmering liquid

polychrome stands for color with many colors ,make polychrome, having or exhibiting many colors

peacekeeping mission stands for the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)