(materials science) A substance added in small amounts to a pure material, such as semiconductor, to alter its original electrical or optical properties; a doping agent
dupont
pandit
pandit
noun
(India, Nepal) An honorary title for a learned man or scholar.
panted
panted
adj
Synonym of trousered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pant
pantod
patand
pedant
pedant
adj
Pedantic.
noun
(archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
pentad
pentad
noun
(chemistry) A pentavalent element or group: an atom or molecule with a valence of five, comparable with five atoms of hydrogen.
(climatology) A five-day period, especially a temperature average taken every five days.
Synonym of quinquennium: a five-year period, especially in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.
pintid
pintid
noun
One of the lesions in the skin disease pinta.
ptinid
ptinid
noun
(zoology) Any beetle in the family Ptinidae.
pudent
pundit
pundit
noun
(historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.
A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar.
An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic.
