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PAPaternal Ancestor Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Family
PACERPrecursive Athlete Can Enliven Runner Tony McCoy O'Grady
Sports & Recreation
PACIFICPalms, Atolls, Castaways, Inspiration For Imaginative Children Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Waterways
PACKAGINGProperly, A Carton Keeps All Goods Inside Neatly Grouped Angela Brett
Assorted Nouns
PACKRATITISPerson Accumulating Crap; Keeps Really Ancient Things Indefinitely, Taking Infinite Storage. Gavin Lambert, explaining why he has so many old computers.
Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
PACMANPositively A Classic Macversion Available Now Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Games:Game Characters
Computers:Games
PACTProsper And Collect Taxes Rico Leffanta
Politics
PADDLEPropel A Dugout During Liquid Escapade Tony McCanoe O'Grady
Transport
PADDYParticularly Angry , Don't Destroy Yourself Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
PAGANSPray - And Get Afterlife's Necessities Secured Tony McCoy O'Grady (see SHOVE OFF)
Religion
Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans
PAIGEPart Angel, In Godless Episodes Angela Brett (Paige is a part-angel, part-witch character in the TV series 'Charmed'. I expect that the show would be labelled 'Godless' by some religious zealots because of the witches and other supernatural creatures in it, so it's interesting that it should have angels.)
Names:First names:Female
Art & Literature:Fictional Characters
PAINPrescribe Anaesthetic, It'll Numb. Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
PAINTPalate Assaulted, It's Not Tasty Steve Keate
Food & Drink
PAISLEYPerfect, Although It's Small... Like Embryo / Young Angela Brett, who went to Paisley, Ontario, to meet the Rixes.
Places:Towns & Cities:Canada
PAKISTANPopulous As Karachi Is, Still Truly Agricultural Nation. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
PALPeace At Last unknown origin - actually stands for Phase Alteration Line. Referring to the US/Europe TV standards war.
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
PALAMONPally Allegiance Lumbered After Maiden's Openly Noted Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's (and/or John Fletcher's) The Two Noble Kinsmen
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Two Noble Kinsmen
PALESTINEPlease, All... Let's End Schismatic Terrorism (Israel's No Exception!) Angela Brett
Religion
Places:Countries
Military:War & Terrorism
PALINDROMEPut All Letters In New Direction Reverse Or Mirror Effect Apronymous Anonymous
Words & Wordplay
PALMPeople Analyse Lines Mystically Angela Brett
Religion
PALMSPredict A Life, Mystics Say Angela Brett
Religion
PALOMINOPlanning Another Launch, One Manufacturer Is Now Online Sean Lamb (Palomino was AMD's code name for their Athlon line of processors)
Computers:Generic Hardware
Names:Code Names
PALSPersonable And Likeable Soulmates Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
PALTRYPathetic Amount, Likely To Revolt You Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Adjectives
PANAMAPlease Attack Noriega And Make Amends joybutton (not his real name *grin*)
Places:Countries
PANDAParticular About Native Diet, Apparently Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Animals
PANGAMYPromiscuity Amongst No-Good Adults Made You! Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
PANICPeople Act Nonsensically In Crisis Angela Brett, 35 minutes before the deadline of a group PROJECT.
People & Relationships:Emotions
PANTHERProwls Around Nature Trails, Heartily Enjoying Raccoons Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Animals
PANTIESPair Always Neatly Threaded Into Equivocal Single Rico Leffanta
Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear
PANZERProbably Australia-New Zealand Emergency Refreshment Rico Leffanta
Food & Drink:Drinks
PAPABEARPauses Aren't Particularly Annoying Because Exponential Assignment's Rough. Angela Brett, while typing to someone called PapaBear on IRC, not minding his long pauses because she was also working on an assignment involving infinite exponentials.
Names
PAPERPrecious And Passionate Emerging Romance Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the paper (1st) wedding anniversary.
Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries
PARACHUTEPersons Abandoning Rushing Aircraft Can Hurtle Uncomfortably To Earth Tony McCoy O'Grady
Sports & Recreation:Parachuting
PARADESPublic's Annual Routine Anticipates Day, Event Strolling Jan Morgan
Time:Special Occasions
PARAGUAYPolitically A Republic After Government Under Army Yoke. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
PARAMEDICPatients At Roadside Are Medicated, Eventually Doctors Intervene Clinically Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations
PARASCENDINGPerson (And Rope And Speedboat) Can Elevate Nicely, Drifting If Not Gliding Tony McCoy O'Grady
Sports & Recreation:Parachuting
PARISPeople Always Remember Iron Structure Eric Bridgstock
Places:Towns & Cities
PARKPut Away Resting Kart Angela Brett
Transport
PARLIAMENTPoliticians Are Rogues Living In A Mendacious Environment, Never Trustworthy! Tony McCoy O'Grady
Politics
PAROLLESPromises Are Regularly Overturned - Little Loyalty Ever Shown Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:All's Well That Ends Well
PARSERProgrammed Algorithm Reading Sentences, Expressions, Runes Gavin Lambert
Computers
PASCALPressure And Stress Calculations Are Lengthy Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Mathematics:Measurement
PASSIONPerhaps A Shabby Sensation Indicating Onerous Needs Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships:Emotions
People & Relationships:Personality Traits
PASSWORDPick Alphanumeric Symbols, Sans Words Of Reputable Dictionaries. Angela Brett
Computers
PASTAParboil, Add Sauce - That's All! Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink
PASTEPictures And Simple Text Entered Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers
PASTRYPick Another Strudel To Rejuvinate Yourself Rico Leffanta
Food & Drink
PATCHESPretty Active Tabby Cat Hums Ever Sweetly Jan Morgan
Names:Pet Names
PATENTPrior Art Treated Egregiously, Not Trusted Sean Lamb (the patent office is called to terms by the W3C with prior art on Eolas's web embedding patent)
People & Relationships:Law & Order
PATHETICPeople Against The Hypothesis Earth Travels In Circles Rico Leffanta
Assorted Adjectives
Science:Astronomy
PATHOLOGYPerusing A Tissue'e Health (Or Lack) Of Geriatrics & Youths Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology
PATRICIAParenting All Those Rixes Ideally, Caused Inopportune Ageing? Tony McCoy O'Grady (At times all parents feel prematurely aged!)
Names:Acronymists
PATRICKPicked A Trefoil, Religiously Instructing Celtic King Tony McCoy O'Grady - Saint Patrick is reputed to have used a shamrock to show the three-in-one nature of the Holy Trinity to an Irish king
Religion:Saints
PATRIOTPerson Acclaiming Territorial 'Romance' Is Often Terrorist Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
Military:War & Terrorism
PATTIPotatoes And Turnips Taste Incredible Tony McCoy O'Grady
Names:You Are What You Eat
PATTONPicture About Truly Terrifying Officer - No? Tony McCoy O'Grady
Entertainment:Movies
PAULProbably An Undersized Lad Angela Brett, because according to http://www.surebaby.com/page67.html, the name Paul means 'small'.
Names:First names:Male
PAULAPlease Act Ultimately Like Adult Jan Morgan
Names:First names:Female
PAUPERPoor And Unfortunate Person - Evidently Ravenous Angela Brett
People & Relationships
PAUSEPlainly A Uniquely Short Easement Tony McCoy O'Grady
Time
PAYCHEQUEPlease Accept You Can't Have Everything - Quite Unstable Economy. Angela Brett
Commerce:Money
PAYDAYPerfect, As Your Debts Arrived Yesterday! Angela Brett
Time
Commerce:Money
PAYROLLPlease Accept Your Raise (Or Lowering) Lief. Angela Brett
People & Relationships:The Workforce
PCPlastic Crap Tony McCoy O'Grady
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers:Windows
PCI-EPurchasing Computers In Excess Sean Lamb (PCI-E is an acronym for a new graphics bus, the PCI Express; it may launch a wave of new computer purchases)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers:Generic Hardware
PCMCIAPeople Can't Memorise Conputer Industry Acronyms. Acronymious Anonymous. (PCMCIA actually stands for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, but nobody can ever remember that!)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
PDAPointer Directs Actions Tony McCoy O'Grady (PDA usually stands for Personal Digital Assistant)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers
PDQPerform - Don't Question! Angela Brett (PDQ usually stands for Pretty Darn Quick)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational
PEACEPerhaps Enmity's At Complete End Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
Military
PEANUTPaste's Edible And Nutritious Upon Toast Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink
PEARPreferably Eaten All Runny Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink
PEARLPassion Exhibits A Rare Longevity Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the pearl (30th) wedding anniversary.
Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries
PEBBLEPedestrian Evidently Bashed Boot, Limping Erratically Tony McCoy O'Graaaaaady
People & Relationships:Disaster
PEDANTProfessional Exhibit Displaying Angela's Natural Talent Rico Leffanta, when Angela pointed out that Maori and wahine shouldn't be pluralised with the letter s.
People & Relationships:Personality Traits
PEDANTRYPlumbum Est. Don't Alter Nixages/Notation, That's Rather Yucky. Jeff Anonymous, in response to PENCIL (5) If anyone can think of a better N word for an ending, let me know.
Words & Wordplay
PEDESTRIANSPeople Evading Drivers - Eventually Squashed! They're Regularly Included As Newspaper Statistics Tony McCoy O'Grady
Transport
PEGASUSPony (Enchanted) Galloping Around Starlit Unicorn Stallions Rico Leffanta
Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures
PEGGYPretty Easy Girl Gets You! Rico Leffanta
Names:First names:Female
PELICANPeculiarly Enlarged 'Lip' Is Convenient As Net Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Animals:Birds
PENPaper-Embellishing Nib Angela Brett
Household Objects
Communication
PENCILPlease Erase Non-Correct Illustrations/ Letters Angela Brett
Household Objects
Communication
PENGUINPending Extinction - Not Going Up In Numbers Angela Brett, thinking of the Yellow-Eyed Penguin, although I don't know whether the numbers are going up or not.
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
Science:Biology:Animals:Birds
PENISPinkish, Erectile Needle Injects Semen. Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Body Parts
PENNILESSPenury's Evident Now, Nincompoop Is Lamenting Every Shilling Spent Tony McCoy O'Grady
Commerce:Money
PENNSYLVANIAPenned Enterprising Necessities, Noteworthy State, Yankees Liberty Victorious, A Nation's Independence Awarded Jan Morgan - this is where the declaration of independence was penned
Places:States & Regions
PENTAGONPoor Economic Numbers? Target Arabian Gulf Oil Nation! Chris Kjelgaard
Military:War & Terrorism
PENTAQUARKPhysics Experimenters Noticed That Assumed Quintets Unquestionably Are Real. Kudos! Angela Brett
Science:Physics:Particles
PENTAQUARKSPositively Extending 'Normal' Tetrads, Anti-Quark Units Are Really Kinda Strange Angela Brett (according to http://www.phy.ohiou.edu/~hicks/thplus/pentaquark.html For the exotic pentaquark under study here, the valence quarks consist of two up quarks, two down quarks, and one strange antiquark)
Science:Physics:Particles
PENTHOUSEPublished Erotic Nudes That Hadn't Obviously Used Spraybrush Experts TMcCO'G
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
Communication:Periodicals
PEPCIDPill Eliminates Perilous Common Indigestion Daily Jeff Anonymous (see TACO BELL)
Drugs
PEPPERPiquant Exotic Powder Promises Enjoyable Repast Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink:Condiments
PEPPERYParticularly Explosive & Pungent - Paprika Effectively Reddens You Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink:Condiments
PEPSICOPeople Employed Peddling Sugar In Carbonated Offerings Tony McCoke O'Grady
Commerce:Companies
Food & Drink:Drinks
PERCIVALPerhaps Espied Renowned Chalice In Venerable Arthurian Legend Tony McCoy O'Grady
Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend
PERDITAPerilously Exposed. Restored Daughter Is Then Affianced Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Winter's Tale
PERFECTPicky Evaluators Rarely Find Everything's Completely Tiptop Angela Brett
Assorted Adjectives
PERICLESPathos Endured Results In Complex Life's Eventual Solution Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Pericles
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Pericles
PERKSPeople Employed Regularly Keep 'Souvenirs' Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:The Workforce
PERSEIDSParticles Entering Remote Stratosphere Emit Illuminations During Summertime. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Astronomy
PERSIANPokemon Evolution Refines Scratchcat Into Aesthetic Nuisance Angela Brett (Persian is Pokemon #53)
Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon
PERSISTENTPersonal Energy Resolved Somehow Into Something Terminally Enhancing, Not Temporary. Ray Piper
People & Relationships:Personality Traits
PERSONALITYProperty Expressing Real Self Often Not Altogether Liked - Is That You! Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
PERSPIRATIONPeople's Exudations Ret Skin's Pores In Rivulets, Although This Is Often Nasty Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology
PERUPopulation's Expansion Rises Uphill. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
PERVERTSPeople Each Requiring Vasectomies, Enjoy Raping The Susceptible. Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
PESOPlease Empty Sack Out Rico Leffanta
Commerce:Money
PETERPontiff Eventually To Evangelise Rome Tony McCoy O'Grady
Religion:Bible books
Religion:Saints
PETROLPrehistoric Extinction! This Revolutionised Our Locomotion. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Transport
PETRUCHIOPerversity Effects Taming - Resolution Unfolds Complete Harmony In Opposites Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Taming of the Shrew
PETTERPerson Enamoured Tries Touching Erogenous Regions Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Love & Lust

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