| Pd |
symbol of the chemical element palladium. |
| P.D. |
abbreviation of "police department." |
| pd. |
abbreviation of "paid." |
| PDF |
abbreviation of "portable document format," a file format (invented by Adobe Systems, Inc.) that represents documents created in a variety of word processing and desktop publishing programs as they were intended to appear, independently of the platform or hardware with which they are created or read. |
| PDQ |
(informal) abbreviation of "pretty damn quick." |
| PDT |
abbreviation of "Pacific Daylight Time." |
| P/E |
abbreviation of "price-earnings." (See "price-earnings ratio.") |
| P.E.1 |
abbreviation of "physical education." |
| P.E.2 |
an abbreviation of "physical education." |
| pe |
the name of the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. |
| pea |
a small, round, green seed borne in pods on a climbing plant of the legume family, and used as a vegetable. [3 definitions] |
| peace |
a state of freedom from war or hostility. [6 definitions] |
| peaceable |
disposed to maintaining harmony or tranquillity. |
| peacebuilding |
actions that promote peace between nations by supporting conditions that underlie peaceful social relations. Peacebuilding includes rebuilding the material and social institutions that are undermined or destroyed by violent conflict. Peacebuilding efforts offer non-violent alternatives for communication and conflict resolution. |
| peace conference |
a meeting held to seek an end to a war or to find a way to a lasting peace. |
| Peace Corps |
a U.S. agency that sends volunteers into developing countries to assist in education, health, agriculture, and the like. |
| peaceful |
tranquil; quiet. [2 definitions] |
| peacekeeping |
the enforcement of a truce or peace between nations, esp. by an international authority such as the United Nations. [2 definitions] |
| peacemaker |
a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace between adversaries. |
| peace pipe |
a ceremonial pipe for all to smoke during an American Indian peace conference; calumet. |
| peacetime |
a time or period when a country is not at war. |