pachyderm"thick-skinned animal" (typically, an elephant) /ˈpækɪdɜːm $ -dɜːrm/ 'derm' as in pHisoderm - A competing Tammany Hall exhibit several doors down boasted a live elephant—representing Republicans eating the city—but it looked to Bell like the anti-Tammany show was outdrawing the pachyderm four-to-one. (Clive Cussler and Justin Scott - The Gangster) - Even the most stubborn pachyderm can be motivated when asked to consider the worst-case scenarios of not completing an estate plan. (Maurer - Simple Money) |
phô'Vietnamese noodles, served in beef (or chicken) broth' Pronounced fuh. You can often see it in Asian menus, also in the US. Etymology: either from French feu 'fire' (the French had a large colonial influence in Vietnam at the end of the 19th century, beginning of the 20th), or from Chinese 粉 ('noodles'). The spelling in Vietnamese is phở, where the diacritic on the vowel indicate a tone: this is the hỏi tone: mid-dipping-rising (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language#Vowels). The second diacritic indicates the vowel is long (or: not short). See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho |
phonophobiafear of loud sounds |
psephology/sᵻˈfɒlədʒi/ (from Greek psephos ψῆφος, 'pebble', as the Greeks used pebbles as ballots) is a branch of political science which deals with the study and scientific analysis of elections - He delighted in vague concepts, things that could be made specific in several ways, but were often better left |
punctiliouspunc‧til‧i‧ous /pʌŋkˈtɪliəs/ adjective formal very careful to behave correctly and follow rules
- The old prince, like all fathers indeed, was exceedingly - ‘Cyril Arthur Frewin – Saint Cyril – is a highly |