| {nonchalant} | non´cha-lant manner |
| {piercing} | pier´cing shriek |
| {pollination} | pol-li-na´tion of the flowers |
| {personification} | per-son-i-fi-ca´tion of the sun |
| {precipice} | prec´i-pice of rock |
| {primitive} | prim´i-tive man |
| {prestige} | pres-tige´ of high position |
| {possessor} | pos-sess´or of a large fortune |
| {punctuation} | punc-tu-a´tion of a sentence |
| {palette} | pal´ette for the artist's paints |
| {palate} | pal´ate back of the tongue |
| {practiced} | prac´ticed his lesson |
| {vinculum} | vin´cu-lum over the numbers |
| {veterinary} | vet´er-i-na-ry surgeon |
| {resonance} | res´o-nance of the organ |
| {revenue} | rev´e-nue stamps |
| {reverence} | rev´er-ence for old age |
| {reversible} | re-vers´i-ble cuffs |
| {rescind} | re-scind´ the order |
| {requirement} | re-quire´ment for entrance |
| {radiate} | ra´di-ate the heat |
| {relatively} | rel´a-tive-ly speaking |
| {relevant} | rel´e-vant to the subject |
| {pharynx} | phar´ynx, part of alimentary canal |
| {reinforced} | re-in-forced´ concrete |