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p ec tin A white amorphous compound contained in various fleshy fruits 



as apples or pears. 



Peptones Products of digestion which cannot be precipitated by ammonium 

 sulphate. 



Peptonized Converted into peptone. To digest or dissolve by a proteolytic 

 ferment. 



Percolation Seeping through. 



Perennial Continuing through the year or through many years. 



Perforation State of being pierced through. 



Peritonitis Inflammation of the peritoneum or lining of the abdomen. 



Pestle Instrument used to pound or pulverize. 



Pictorially Representing in or as if in pictures. 



Piquancy Cleverness; brightness; sauciness. 



Plethoric Full-blooded. 



Pliant Flexible, easily bent or twisted. 



Polled Dehorned. 



Porosity State of being porous or containing holes. 



Port Hole for passage of steam or water. 



Potency Mental, moral or physical power. 



Potential Endowed with power; existing in possibility, not in actuality. 



Poulard A fat pullet. 



Poult A young chicken. 



Predisposition Previous inclination ; tendency. 



Prepotency Superior, powerful. 



Progeny Offspring ; descendants. 



Prolific Fruitful. 



Prolificacy Producing or reproducing. The quality of being prolific. 



Promiscuously Indiscriminately. 



Propagated To be produced or multiplied. 



Prostration Extreme nervous exhaustion. 



Protein Nitrogenous material in vegetable or animal substances. 



Pupa The intermediate, usually quiescent, form assumed by metabolic in- 

 sects after the larval stage. 



Purulent Having the character of pus. 



Pustules Elevations resembling pimples or blisters. 



Putrefaction Decayed ; process of putrefying. 



Pyrethrum Plant good for medicine. 



Quarantine To compel to remain at a distance without intercourse, when 

 suspected of having contagious disease. 



