As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife"s voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there"s a car going the wrong way on 280. Please be careful!"
"Heck," said Herman, "It"s not just one car. It"s hundreds of them!"
adj. Showing no pity (pitiless heat). pitilessly adv.
PITTANCE
n. Very small allowance or remuneration. [romanic: related to *pity]
PIZZERIA
n. Pizza restaurant.
PLACABLE
adj. Easily placated; mild; forgiving. placability n. [latin placo appease]
PLACEMAT
n. Small table-mat for a person's plate.
PLACENTA
n. (pl. -tae or -s) organ in the uterus of pregnant mammals nourishing the foetus through the umbilical cord and expelled after birth. placental adj. [greek, = flat cake]
PLANGENT
adj. Literary 1 loud and reverberating.
- plaintive. [latin: related to *plaint]
PLANKING
n. Planks as flooring etc.
PLANKTON
n. Chiefly microscopic organisms drifting in the sea or fresh water. [greek, = wandering]
PLANNING
permission n. Formal permission for building etc., esp. From a local authority.
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