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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

psychology department
department of psychology noun the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology

psychometric
adjective of or relating to psychometrics; `psychometric journals`

psychometry
psychometrics noun any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements

psychomotor
adjective of or relating to or characterizing mental events that have motor consequences or vice versa

psychomotor development
noun progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities

psychomotor epilepsy
temporal lobe epilepsy noun epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations

psychopathic
psychopathologic adjective suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder

psychopharmacological
adjective of or relating to psychopharmacology

psychopharmacology
noun the study of drugs that affect the mind

psychophysicist
noun a psychologist trained in psychophysics

psychophysics
noun the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects

psychopomp
noun a conductor of souls to the afterworld; `Hermes was their psychopomp`

Psychopsis
genus Psychopsis noun epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium

Psychopsis krameriana
Oncidium papilio kramerianum noun orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium

Psychopsis papilio
Oncidium papilio noun orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium

psychosexual
adjective of or relating to the mental or emotional attitudes about sexuality

psychosexual development
noun (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage

psychosexuality
noun the mental representation of sexual activities

psychosis
noun any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

psychosomatic
adjective used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis

psychosomatic disorder
noun a mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms

psychosurgery
noun brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems

psychotherapeutic
adjective of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy; `psychotherapeutic sessions`

psychotherapeutic
adjective emotionally purging

psychotherapist
clinical psychologist noun a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders

psychotherapy
psychotherapeutics noun the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods

psychotherapy group
noun a meeting of people for psychotherapeutic purposes

psychotic
adjective characteristic of or suffering from psychosis

psychotic depression
noun a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments

Psychotria
genus Psychotria noun tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees

psychotropic agent
noun a chemical substance that can influence human consciousness

psychrometer
noun a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air

Psyllidae
family Psyllidae noun jumping plant lice

PT boat
mosquito boat noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(ropeller) T(orpedo) boat

Ptah
noun a major Egyptian god; shaper of the world; father of gods and men; worshipped especially at Memphis

ptarmigan
noun large arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage

Pteridaceae
family Pteridaceae noun one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided

Pteridium
genus Pteridium noun a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae

Pteridium esculentum
noun fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions

pteridological
adjective of or relating to the study of ferns

pteridologist
noun an expert in the study of ferns

pteridology
noun the branch of botany that studies ferns

Pteridophyta
division Pteridophyta noun containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta

pteridophyte
nonflowering plant noun plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores

Pteridospermae
group Pteridospermae noun used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales

Pteridospermopsida
class Pteridospermopsida noun extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic: seed ferns and allies

Pteriidae
family Pteriidae noun pearl oysters

pterion
noun the craniometric point in the region of the sphenoid fontanelle

Pteris
genus Pteris noun large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae

Pteris cretica
noun cultivated in many varieties as houseplants

Pternohyla
genus Pternohyla noun burrowing tree frogs

Pterocarpus
genus Pterocarpus noun genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods

Pterocarpus indicus
noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain

Pterocarpus marsupium
noun East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning

Pterocarya
genus Pterocarya noun Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts

Pterocles
genus Pterocles noun type genus of the Pteroclididae

Pteroclididae
family Pteroclididae noun sandgrouses

Pterocnemia
genus Pterocnemia noun a genus of birds of the family Rheidae

pterodactyl
noun extinct flying reptile

Pterodactylidae
family Pterodactylidae noun a reptile family in the order Pterosauria

Pterodactylus
genus Pterodactylus noun a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae

Pterois
genus Pterois noun lionfishes

pteropogon
Pteropogon humboltianum noun southern Australian plant having feathery hairs surrounding the fruit

Pteropsida
subdivision Pteropsida noun used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae

Pteropus
genus Pteropus noun a genus of Megachiroptera

Pteropus capestratus
noun a variety of fruit bat

Pteropus hypomelanus
noun a variety of fruit bat

pterosaur
flying reptile noun an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a birdlike beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb

Pterosauria
order Pterosauria noun extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs

Pterospermum
genus Pterospermum noun genus of tropical Asian trees and shrubs

Pterostylis
genus Pterostylis noun genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific

pterygium
noun either of two thickened triangular layers of conjunctiva extending from the nasal edge of the eye to the cornea; it arises from irritation of the pinguecula

pterygoid muscle
noun muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw

pterygoid plexus
noun a plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins

pterygoid process
noun two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone

Ptilocercus
genus Ptilocercus noun pentails

Ptilocrinus
genus Ptilocrinus noun sea lilies

Ptilonorhynchidae
family Ptilonorhynchidae noun bowerbirds

Ptilonorhynchus
genus Ptilonorhynchus noun type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae

Ptloris
genus Ptloris noun a genus of Paradisaeidae

Ptolemaic
adjective of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system; `in the Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as the center of the universe with the sun and moon and planets revolving around it`

Ptolemaic system
noun (astronomy) Ptolemy`s model of the universe with the Earth at the center

Ptolemy
Ptolemaic dynasty noun an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra

Ptolemy I
noun the king of Egypt who founded the Macedonian dynasty in Egypt; a close friend and general of Alexander the Great who took charge of Egypt after Alexander died (circa 367-285 BC)

Ptolemy II
noun son of Ptolemy I and king of Egypt who was said to be responsible for the Septuagint (circa 309-247 BC)

ptomaine
ptomaine poisoning noun a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines

ptosis
noun drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness

ptyalin
noun an amylase secreted in saliva

ptyalism
noun excessive flow of saliva

ptyalith
noun calculus in a salivary gland

Ptyas
genus Ptyas noun Asian rat snakes

Ptychozoon
genus Ptychozoon noun flying geckos

pub crawl
noun a tour of bars or public houses (usually taking one drink at each stop)

pubertal
adjective of or related to puberty

puberty
pubescence noun the time of life when sex glands become functional

pubes
pubic region noun the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs

pubescent
adjective (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature; `the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy`

pubic
adjective relating or near the pubis; `pubic bones`; `pubic hair`

pubic hair
bush noun hair growing in the pubic area

pubis
pubic bone noun one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis