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Parent or caretaker: Person responsible for the care of the child.

Pacinian Corpuscles: Sensory receptors located deep in the epidermis that detect pressure and vibration.

Pace or Pacer: A pacer bowls as part of a team only for the purpose of keeping the pace of the game more even; pacer scores do not count towards the team total. Also, the rhythm of your footwork as you app . . . View Full Definition

Package Mortgage: A mortgage on a house and property in the house.

Palynomorph: Generic term for any object a palynologist studies.

Panorama: Picture presenting a continuous view of the landscape, produced either by using a panoramic camera or from a composite of several images.

Panic Buying Or Selling: Rapid trading of stocks or bonds in high volume in anticipation of sharply rising or falling prices, usually after unexpected news is released.

Palpal Organs: The more or less complex structures fs)und in the terminal part of the adult male palp. They comprise groups of sclerites separated from each other and the cymbium by up to three haematodoch . . . View Full Definition

P.L. 480 (Or Public Law 480): P.L. 83-480 (July 10, 1954), also called Food for Peace, is the common name for food aid programs established by the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, which seeks to . . . View Full Definition

Overbought-Oversold Indicator: An indicator that attempts to define when prices have moved too far and too fast in either direction and thus are vulnerable to reaction.