The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
pecksniffianism
persnicketiness
persnicketiness
noun
The state or condition of being persnickety.
phenakistoscope
phenakistoscope
noun
An early animation device consisting of a disc or drum which rotated, showing successive images through slits, often via a mirror, thus producing the illusion of motion.
plainspokenness
plainspokenness
noun
The quality of being plainspoken.
poikilothermism
poikilothermism
noun
poikilothermy
pseudoankylosis
rumpelstiltskin
rumpelstiltskin
Proper noun
A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.
The fictional dwarf who is the title character of that story.