pax peace, here meant as a call for a truce.
phosphorescence a continuing luminescence without noticeable heat.
pills [Vulgar Brit Slang] the testicles.
pinch [Slang] to steal.
pinnacles pointed formations; peaks, as at the tops of mountains.
plinth a course of brick or stone, often a projecting one, along the base of a wall.
polyp any of various cnidarians, as the sea anemone or hydra, having a mouth fringed with many small, slender tentacles bearing stinging cells at the top of a tubelike body.
precentor a person who directs a church choir or congregation in singing.
prefect in some private schools, esp. in England, an older student with disciplinary authority.
propititate win or regain the good will of; appease or conciliate.
queer differing from what is usual or ordinary; odd; singular; strange.
rating an enlisted man in the Navy.
rebuke to blame or scold in a sharp way; reprimand.
Reds [Slang] Communists.
round the bend [Brit. Informal] crazy; insane.
rugger [Brit. Informal] rugby.
