+
primevally
adv.
In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
+
passage
v.i.
A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.
+
perciformes
n.pl.
An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidae); the pondfishes (Centrarchidae); the sciaenoids (Sciaenidae); the sparoids (Sparidae); the serranoids (Serranidae), and some other related families.
+
preve
v.i.|i.
To prove.
+
propylene
n.
A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.
+
preconcert
n.
Something concerted or arranged beforehand; a previous agreement.
+
prootic
a.
In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule.
+
plunge
v.t.
To baptize by immersion.
+
pleasure
n.
The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.
+
pyrocitric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid, and called respectively citraconic, itaconic, and mesaconic acid.
+
profusion
n.
The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.
+
preliminarily
adv.
In a preliminary manner.
+
push
n.
A pustule; a pimple.
+
pismire
n.
An ant, or emmet.
+
plash
v.
A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
+
polt
a.
Distorted.
+
perhaps
adv.
By chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be.
+
philauty
n.
Self-love; selfishness.
+
potent
a.
Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince.
+
proclaiming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Proclaim
+
polythelism
n.
The condition of having more than two teats, or nipples.
+
putrescence
n.
The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.
+
pansies
pl.
of Pansy
+
postpone
v.t.
To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.
+
polymorphosis
n.
The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc.
+
phrase
v.i.
To use proper or fine phrases.
+
piecemeal
n.
A fragment; a scrap.
+
politicist
n.
A political writer.
+
paraphrastic
a.
Alt. of Paraphrastical
+
preterimperfect
a.|n.
Old name of the tense also called imperfect.
+
paradoxist
n.
One who proposes a paradox.
+
projection
n.
The act of throwing or shooting forward.
+
peritricha
n.pl.
A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of cilia around the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. It includes the vorticellas. See Vorticella.
+
portae
pl.
of Porta
+
portegue
n.
See Portague.
+
precogitation
n.
Previous cogitation.
+
pass
v.i.
In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.
+
presentment
n.
The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
+
provencial
a.
Of or pertaining to Provence in France.
+
peaky
a.
Having a peak or peaks.
+
puttying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Putty
+
phytographical
a.
Of or pertaining to phytography.
+
pucker
v.t.|i.
To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.
+
prudent
a.
Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior.
+
phyle
n.
A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a tribe.
+
plumae
pl.
of Pluma
+
purple
n.
Any shell of the genus Purpura.
+
preceptress
n.
A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.
+
parentticide
n.
The act of one who kills one's own parent.
+
planohorizontal
a.
Having a level horizontal surface or position.
+
prosaical
a.
Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition.
+
parentage
n.
Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage.
+
prize
n.
Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
+
prim
v.i.
To dress or act smartly.
+
pentabasic
a.
Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base; having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basic radical; -- said of certain acids.
+
parablastic
a.
Of or pertaining to the parablast; as, the parablastic cells.
+
pily
a.
Like pile or wool.
+
peruvian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Peru.
+
peen
n.
The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer.
+
pacifiable
a.
Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable.
+
pacific
a.
Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition.
+
profile
n.
A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like.
+
penknife
n.
A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens.
+
prinked
imp.|p.p.
of Prink
+
phosphori
pl.
of Phosphorus
+
photics
n.
The science of light; -- a general term sometimes employed when optics is restricted to light as a producing vision.
+
pacfier
n.
One who pacifies.
+
pontifical
n.
A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
+
pectize
v.i.
To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass.
+
proofless
a.
Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved.
+
pacinian
a.
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century.
+
predestinarianism
n.
The system or doctrine of the predestinarians.
+
pastime
n.
That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion.
+
primerole
n.
See Primrose.
+
planchette
n.
A circumferentor. See Circumferentor.
+
privateering
n.
Cruising in a privateer.
+
percussive
a.
Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force.
+
pineries
pl.
of Pinery
+
picker
n.
One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker.
+
poetizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Poetize
+
parfit
a.
Perfect.
+
pregnant
a.
Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth.
+
perspicacious
a.
Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.
+
pullen
n.
Poultry.
+
propitiatory
a.
Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice.
+
palped
a.
Having a palpus.
+
physique
n.
The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
+
perineal
a.
Of or pertaining to the perineum.
+
payment
n.
Punishment; chastisement.
+
polyphagy
n.
The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food.
+
polyphony
n.
Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.
+
preacher
n.
One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
+
polygastric
a.
Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.
+
phosphoryl
n.
The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.
+
perpetuity
n.
Something that is perpetual.
+
prepensely
adv.
In a premeditated manner.
+
palliatory
a.
Palliative; extenuating.
+
piece
v.t.
To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out.
+
panurgic
a.
Skilled in all kinds of work.
+
peraeopod
n.
One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of Crustacea.
+
paragrandine
n.
An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr/le.
+
pyrrhonean
a.
Alt. of Pyrrhonic
+
patellulae
pl.
of Patellula
+
paint
v.t.
To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.
+
percase
adv.
Perhaps; perchance.
+
pounding
n.
The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.
+
prefer
v.t.
To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above.
+
parentless
a.
Deprived of parents.
+
peptics
n.
The science of digestion.
+
politure
v.
Polish; gloss. [Obs.] Donne.
+
placentas
pl.
of Placenta
+
patera
n.
A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like.
+
pup
n.
a young seal.
+
pack herse

See under 2d Pack.
+
punchinello
n.
A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked.
+
preconization
n.
A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation.
+
prorhinal
a.
Situated in front of the nasal chambers.
+
plural
a.
Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word.
+
pictish
a.
Of or pertaining to Picts; resembling the Picts.
+
packing
n.
The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides.
+
push
n.
An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
+
peril
v.t.
To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
+
plateresque
a.
Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.
+
pampiniform
a.
In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.
+
pains
n.
Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.
+
postobit

Alt. of Post-obit bond
+
pingle
n.
A small piece of inclosed ground.
+
palliums
pl.
of Pallium
+
paternalism
n.
The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government, under Paternal.
+
principate
n.
Principality; supreme rule.
+
pray
v.t.
To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
+
presume
v.t.
To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose.
+
perissad
a.
Odd; not even; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a remainder. Contrasted with artiad.
+
pot
v.i.
To tipple; to drink.
+
puisne
n.
One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.
+
plaintiff
n.
One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.
+
puzzledom
n.
The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively.
+
parted
a.
Endowed with parts or abilities.
+
praecornu
n.
The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
+
particularism
n.
A minute description; a detailed statement.
+
pseudo

A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively.
+
peer
v.t.
To make equal in rank.
+
pompelmouses
pl.
of Pompelmous
+
prefixing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prefix
+
pyrula
n.
A genus of large marine gastropods. having a pear-shaped shell. It includes the fig-shells. See Illust. in Appendix.
+
pennant
n.
A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.
+
proceeding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Proceed
+
preclusion
n.
The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out.
+
piece
n.
A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces.
+
pycnaspidean
a.
Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.
+
president
n.
Precedent.
+
painture
v.t.
The art of painting.
+
pad
n.
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
+
prompter
n.
One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater.
+
propagate
v.t.
To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
+
prender
n.
The power or right of taking a thing before it is offered.
+
proleptical
a.
Previous; antecedent.
+
phenolate
n.
A compound of phenol analogous to a salt.
+
presbyopy
n.
See Presbyopia.
+
preoccupation
n.
Anticipation of objections.
+
promanation
n.
The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux.
+
prominency
n.
That which is prominent; a protuberance.
+
pirie
n.
See Pirry.
+
pee
n.
See 1st Pea.
+
polydipsia
n.
Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease.
+
phlorol
n.
A liquid metameric with xylenol, belonging to the class of phenols, and obtained by distilling certain salts of phloretic acid.
+
periclitation
n.
Trial; experiment.
+
punch
n.
One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
+
piping
n.
A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.
+
pride
n.
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
+
preatory
a.
Suppliant; beseeching.
+
pteranodontia
n.pl.
A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus Pteranodon.
+
proconsul
n.
An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.
+
patrimony
n.
Formerly, a church estate or endowment.
+
persuasion
n.
A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed.
+
playtime
n.
Time for play or diversion.
+
phalangides
pl.
of Phalangid
+
polyphone
n.
A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red.
+
preoccupied
imp.|p.p.
of Preoccupy
+
presentative
a.
Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative.
+
polyzoaria
pl.
of Polyzoarium
+
pretend
v.t.
To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
+
pipit
n.
Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillidae. They strongly resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They are, therefore, often called titlarks, and pipit larks.
+
pleasanttongued
a.
Of pleasing speech.
+
preinstruct
v.t.
To instruct previously or beforehand.
+
planorbis
n.
Any fresh-water air-breathing mollusk belonging to Planorbis and other allied genera, having shells of a discoidal form.
+
provisioned
imp.|p.p.
of Provision
+
peculiar
n.
That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
+
presidial
a.
Alt. of Presidiary
+
paddy
n.
A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
+
pull
n.
The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.
+
paunched
imp.|p.p.
of Paunch
+
pyromucate
n.
A salt of pyromucic acid.
+
peduncled
a.
Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate.
+
presto
a.
Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly.
+
preteritive
a.
Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.
+
polemicist
n.
A polemic.
+
pendicle
n.
An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant.
+
parotic
a.
On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear.
+
pterygoid
n.
A pterygoid bone.
+
plate
n.
A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.
+
permeate
v.t.
To enter and spread through; to pervade.
+
percurrent
a.
Running through the entire length.
+
pooled
imp.|p.p.
of Pool
+
praemunitory
a.
See Premunitory.
+
peart
a.
Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day.
+
person
n.
The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance; as, of comely person.
+
price
v.t.
To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
+
peloponnesian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.
+
plank
v.t.
To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
+
policate
a.
Same as Pollicate.
+
prevene
v.t.|i.
To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent.
+
pyrouric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called cyanuric acid. See Cyanuric.
+
pellicle
n.
A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution.
+
prestimony
n.
A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator.
+
placoid
a.
Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
+
pauline
a.
Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline epistles; Pauline doctrine.
+
proclaim
v.t.
To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
+
precognizable
a.
Cognizable beforehand.
+
propositional
a.
Pertaining to, or in the nature of, a proposition; considered as a proposition; as, a propositional sense.
+
pectinal
n.
A fish whose bone/ resemble comb teeth.
+
philotechnic
a.
Alt. of Philotechnical
+
parabolical
a.
Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid.
+
plumber block

A pillow block.
+
patch
v.t.
To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
+
purchase
v.t.
To buy for a price.
+
passion
n.
The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action.
+
pylon
n.
An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).
+
phenose
n.
A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose.
+
populating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Populate
+
plower
n.
Alt. of Plougher
+
proconsulary
a.
Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers.
+
pipe
n.
A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe.
+
perforate
v.
To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of.
+
paddock
n.
A small inclosure or park for sporting.
+
push
v.t.
To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
+
puckerer
n.
One who, or that which, puckers.
+
peer
n.
A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.
+
prove
v.t.
To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page.
+
pert
a.
Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
+
play
n.
Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
+
proctorship
n.
The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of his office.
+
pourlieu
n.
See Purlieu.
+
point
n.
A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point.
+
pulmocutaneous
a.
Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog.
+
pledging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pledge
+
pout
v.i.
To protrude.
+
piperidine
n.
An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.
+
prog
v.i.
To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks.
+
prog
v.i.
To prick; to goad; to progue.
+
protracting
p.pr.vb.n.
of Protract
+
pad
n.
A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
+
proficuous
a.
Profitable; advantageous; useful.
+
pinna
n.
A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.
+
peaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peak
+
pultise
n.
Poultry.
+
peajacket
n.
A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.
+
pot
v.t.
To preserve seasoned in pots.
+
patristics
n.
That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.
+
plasmodium
n.
A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
+
prodromus
n.
A prodrome.
+
premise
n.
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
+
provokement
n.
The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or other passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition.
+
preliminary
a.
Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.
+
putage
n.
Prostitution or fornication on the part of a woman.
+
primevous
a.
Primeval.
+
primmed
imp.|p.p.
of Prim
+
putting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Put
+
posthume
a.
Alt. of Posthumed
+
platinotype
n.
The process by which such pictures are produced.
+
psychophysics
n.
The science of the connection between nerve action and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul.
+
paideutics
n.
The science or art of teaching.
+
polish
n.
Anything used to produce a gloss.
+
pollinose
a.
Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.
+
polysynthesis
n.
The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.
+
privy
a.
Secret; clandestine.
+
playground
n.
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
+
photomagnetism
n.
The branch of science which treats of the relation of magnetism to light.
+
populosity
n.
Populousness.
+
prognosticator
n.
One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a future course or event by present signs.
+
prohibitory
a.
Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price.
+
picrolite
n.
A fibrous variety of serpentine.
+
principia
n.pl.
First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
+
pustulant
n.
A medicine that produces pustules, as croton oil.
+
pileous
a.
Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose.
+
paleothere
n.
Any species of Paleotherium.
+
piscine
a.
Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes; as, piscine remains.
+
preobtain
v.t.
To obtain beforehand.
+
preaching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preach
+
proposition
n.
The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
+
promenader
n.
One who promenades.
+
prosylogism
n.
A syllogism preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.
+
plowpoint
n.
Alt. of Ploughpoint
+
preferment
n.
The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.
+
parallel
v.t.
To produce or adduce as a parallel.
+
punish
v.t.
To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
+
potoroo
n.
Any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus, Bettongia, and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also kangaroo rat.
+
purificative
a.
Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
+
plutocrat
n.
One whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of the plutocracy.
+
patient
n.
A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.
+
pence
pl.
of Penny
+
pant
n.
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
+
pegging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peg
+
presume
v.i.
To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence.
+
pelargonic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also nonoic acid) found in the leaves of the geranium (Pelargonium) and allied plants.
+
paint
v.t.
Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
+
phytography
n.
The science of describing plants in a systematic manner; also, a description of plants.
+
phosphorated
imp.|p.p.
of Phosphorate
+
perfection
n.
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection.
+
peccant
a.
Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors.
+
peccant
a.
Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels.
+
precurse
n.
A forerunning.
+
possessor
n.
One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor.
+
perfumery
n.
The art of preparing perfumes.
+
parlous
a.
Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.
+
pinesap
n.
A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
+
productus
n.
An extinct genus of brachiopods, very characteristic of the Carboniferous rocks.
+
penurious
a.
Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.
+
plumb
adv.
In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
+
pericarpic
a.
Of or pertaining to a pericarp.
+
purflew
n.
A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work.
+
parorchis
n.
The part of the epididymis; or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffian body.
+
polished
imp.|p.p.
of Polish
+
peripatus
n.
A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda.
+
polyzoa
n.pl.
Same as Bryozoa. See Illust. under Bryozoa, and Phylactolaemata.
+
postdate
v.t.
To affix a date to after the event.
+
position
n.
The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
+
pneumatogarm
n.
A tracing of the respiratory movements, obtained by a pneumatograph or stethograph.
+
pardoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pardon
+
priestlike
a.
Priestly.
+
paregoric
a.
Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.
+
phlogosis
n.
Inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation.
+
pinnatilobate
a.
Having lobes arranged in a pinnate manner.
+
pyrexial
a.
Alt. of Pyrexical
+
philosophation
n.
Philosophical speculation and discussion.
+
pist
n.
See Piste.
+
parallel
n.
A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
+
pudicity
n.
Modesty; chastity.
+
prose
n.
A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
+
pioneer
n.
One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
+
paper
n.
A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
+
politic
a.
Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons.
+
primming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prim
+
precedence
n.
Alt. of Precedency
+
prospicience
n.
The act of looking forward.
+
posthumous
a.
Being or continuing after one's death; as, a posthumous reputation.
+
phenix
n.
A marvelous person or thing.
+
phylacteric
a.
Alt. of Phylacterical
+
peludo
n.
The South American hairy armadillo (Dasypus villosus).
+
plumous
a.
Having feathers or plumes.
+
prog
v.i.
To steal; to rob; to filch.
+
perspicuous
a.
Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous statements.
+
pseudonym
n.
A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name.
+
perimetry
n.
The art of using the perimeter; measurement of the field of vision.
+
postmeridian
a.
Coming after the sun has passed the meridian; being in, or belonging to, the afternoon. (Abbrev. P. M.)
+
pisophalt
n.
Pissasphalt.
+
prime
v.i.
To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler.
+
parental
a.
Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.
+
pompadour
n.
A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.
+
polytheistical
a.
Of or pertaining to polytheism; characterized by polytheism; professing or advocating polytheism; as, polytheistic worship; a polytheistic author, or nation.
+
petroline
n.
A paraffin obtained from petroleum from Rangoon in India, and practically identical with ordinary paraffin.
+
providence
n.
Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
+
placard
v.t.
To post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city.
+
peripterous
a.
Peripteral.
+
pin
n.
That which resembles a pin in its form or use
+
power
n.
The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface.
+
presentative
a.
Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a presentative parsonage.
+
prominence
n.
Alt. of Prominency
+
puppyish
a.
Like a puppy.
+
privado
n.
A private friend; a confidential friend; a confidant.
+
perityphlitis
n.
Inflammation of the connective tissue about the caecum.
+
profession
v.
That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry.
+
photophonic
a.
Of or pertaining to photophone.
+
prognathi
n.pl.
A comprehensive group of mankind, including those that have prognathous jaws.
+
parfourn
v.t.
To perform.
+
perioplic
a.
Of or pertaining to the periople; connected with the periople.
+
palp
v.t.
To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel.
+
prying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pry
+
paver
n.
One who paves; one who lays a pavement.
+
palatal
a.
Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.
+
paunchy
a.
Pot-bellied.
+
preponderancy
n.
The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
+
patency
n.
The state of being patent or evident.
+
processionary
a.
Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service.
+
pentadactyle
a.
Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes.
+
portmanteau
n.
A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.
+
proportionless
a.
Without proportion; unsymmetrical.
+
palustrine
a.
Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.
+
presentation
n.
The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman.
+
penstock
n.
The barrel of a wooden pump.
+
prophesier
n.
A prophet.
+
penitent
n.
One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
+
peripneumonia
n.
Alt. of Peripneumony
+
presbyterian
n.
One who maintains the validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the Presbyterian church.
+
phlox
n.
A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.
+
pulp
n.
The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape.
+
pedaneous
a.
Going on foot; pedestrian.
+
practice
n.
Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.
+
pliant
v.
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.  Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
+
pend
v.i.
To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.
+
predestination
n.
The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.
+
phosphoresce
v.i.
To shine as phosphorus; to be phosphorescent; to emit a phosphoric light.
+
plaintiff
a.
See Plaintive.
+
principal
a.
Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case.
+
prehend
v.t.
To lay hold of; to seize.
+
poll
n.
Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.
+
pterobranchia
n.pl.
An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type.  Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura.
+
postman
n.
One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman.
+
postoblongata
n.
The posterior part of the medulla oblongata.
+
porcelaneous
a.
Alt. of Porcellaneous
+
pactolian
a.
Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.
+
pyritohedron
n.
The pentagonal dodecahedron, a common form of pyrite.
+
play
n.
To act on the stage; to personate a character.
+
proctotomy
n.
An incision into the rectum, as for the division of a stricture.
+
preindesignate
a.
Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate.
+
pickleherring
n.
A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring.
+
praiseer
n.
An appraiser; a valuator.
+
paleologist
n.
One versed in paleology; a student of antiquity.
+
pragmatize
v.t.
To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize.
+
procambium
n.
The young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated.
+
poluria
n.
A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either albumin or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst.
+
plucked
a.
Having courage and spirit.
+
polygamian
a.
Polygamous.
+
pommel
v.t.
To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.
+
philologer
n.
A philologist.
+
pegmatite
n.
Graphic granite. See under Granite.
+
patter
n.
The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
+
ptilopaedes
n.pl.
Same as Dasypaedes.
+
panspermic
a.
Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis.
+
presidency
n.
One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.
+
philopolemical
a.
Fond of polemics or controversy.
+
plougher
n.
One who plows; a plowman; a cultivator.
+
preacquaintance
n.
Previous acquaintance or knowledge.
+
peise
v.t.
To poise or weight.
+
papism
n.
Popery; -- an offensive term.
+
passionate
a.
Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature.
+
procrusteanize
v.t.
To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.
+
paleae
pl.
of Palea
+
perdition
n.
Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death.
+
pley
a.
Full See Plein.
+
precation
n.
The act of praying; supplication; entreaty.
+
polyandric
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males.
+
polymathy
n.
The knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning.
+
paleobotany
n.
That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.
+
porphyraceous
a.
Porphyritic.
+
prodigal
n.
One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift.
+
prophesy
v.i.
To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come.
+
pisiform
n.
A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
+
presumingly
adv.
Confidently; arrogantly.
+
prosector
n.
One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.
+
parage
n.
Equality of condition between persons holding unequal portions of a fee.
+
polygynist
n.
One who practices or advocates polygyny.
+
paleographist
n.
One versed in paleography; a paleographer.
+
proselyte
n.
A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte.
+
planchet
n.
A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin.
+
pack
n.
A number or quantity of connected or similar things
+
pandarous
a.
Panderous.
+
pigsney
n.
A word of endearment for a girl or woman.
+
polysepalous
a.
Having the sepals separate from each other.
+
philomathematic
n.
A philomath.
+
papistic
a.
Alt. of Papistical
+
personality
n.
That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality.
+
proficiently
adv.
In a proficient manner.
+
paducahs
n.pl.
See Comanches.
+
prewarn
v.t.|i.
To warn beforehand; to forewarn.
+
polypori
pl.
of Polyporus
+
plucked
imp.|p.p.
of Pluck
+
preempt
v.t.|i.
To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by preemption.
+
pallet
n.
A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
+
publicspirited
a.
Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure.
+
psychagogic
a.
Attractive; persuasive.
+
pupillary
a.
Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye.
+
peaking
a.
Mean; sneaking.
+
paging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Page
+
pantler
n.
The servant or officer, in a great family, who has charge of the bread and the pantry.
+
pickedness
n.
The state of being sharpened; pointedness.
+
pronephros
n.
Alt. of Pronephron
+
pecten
n.
Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinidae); a scallop. See Scallop.
+
prebendaryship
n.
The office of a prebendary.
+
produce
v.t.
To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.
+
phenacite
n.
A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem.  It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.
+
parvoline
n.
A liquid base, C/H/N, of the pyridine group, found in coal tar; also, any one of the series of isometric substances of which it is the type.
+
puddening
n.
A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat.
+
pulpitry
n.
The teaching of the pulpit; preaching.
+
phonographist
n.
Phonographer.
+
pisasphaltum
n.
See Pissasphalt.
+
puoy
n.
Same as Poy, n., 3.
+
pollute
a.
Polluted.
+
pattern
v.t.
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
+
plunket
n.
A kind of blue color; also, anciently, a kind of cloth, generally blue.
+
palm
n.
Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.
+
peculiarity
n.
That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.
+
pedestrial
a.
Of or pertaining to the feet; employing the foot or feet.
+
paleontography
n.
The description of fossil remains.
+
pseudonavicula
n.
One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinae and some other Protozoa.
+
precursor
n.
One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.
+
posture
v.t.
To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.
+
pappy
a.
Like pap; soft; succulent; tender.
+
propretor
n.
A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province.
+
piccadilly
n.
A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century.
+
phosphorbronze
n.
A variety of bronze possessing great hardness, elasticity, and toughness, obtained by melting copper with tin phosphide. It contains one or two per cent of phosphorus and from five to fifteen per cent of tin.
+
proll
v.i.
To prowl about; to rob.
+
pompion
n.
See Pumpion.
+
pinnywinkles
n.pl.
An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs.
+
proctorical
a.
Proctorial.
+
polyconic
a.
Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones.
+
prevailingly
adv.
So as to prevail.
+
picker
n.
A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.
+
paugy
n.
The scup. See Porgy, and Scup.
+
pride
n.
The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
+
prepare
v.t.
To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment.
+
partialize
v.t.|i.
To make or be partial.
+
permissible
a.
That may be permitted; allowable; admissible.
+
pendulously
adv.
In a pendulous manner.
+
prefecundation
n.
A term collectively applied to the changes or conditions preceding fecundation, especially to the changes which the ovum undergoes before fecundation.
+
pachonta
n.
A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata.
+
preexisting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preexist
+
parabolical
a.
Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.
+
promontory
n.
A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
+
protonemata
pl.
of Protonema
+
perforative
a.
Having power to perforate or pierce.
+
precinct
n.
A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support.
+
pannary
a.
See Panary.
+
pommel
n.
The top (of the head).
+
planless
a.
Having no plan.
+
plethrum
n.
A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet.
+
predestiny
n.
Predestination.
+
pirouette
n.
The whirling about of a horse.
+
prowling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prowl
+
parvis
n.
Alt. of Parvise
+
preservative
a.
Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
+
petering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peter
+
pummace
n.
Same as Pomace.
+
phaenogam
n.
Any plant of the class Phaenogamia.
+
predicate
v.i.
To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
+
pendent
a.
Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf.
+
pneumatical
a.
Of or pertaining to air, or to elastic fluids or their properties; pertaining to pneumatics; as, pneumatic experiments.
+
prepubis
n.
A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.
+
papally
adv.
In a papal manner; popishly
+
pirrie
n.
A rough gale of wind.
+
pleomorphism
n.
The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.
+
poulticing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Poultice
+
propaganda
n.
A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions.
+
pass
v.i.
To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline to make the trump.
+
periodide
n.
An iodide containing a higher proportion of iodine than any other iodide of the same substance or series.
+
pedometer
n.
An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step.
+
parade
v.t.
To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.
+
pisciform
a.
Having the form of a fish; resembling a fish.
+
preparation
n.
The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign.
+
peninsulate
v.t.
To form into a peninsula.
+
prepossession
n.
Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood.
+
preappointment
n.
Previous appointment.
+
purfle
n.
Alt. of Purflew
+
penis
n.
The male member, or organ of generation.
+
poach
v.i.
To become soft or muddy.
+
palpebral
a.
Of or pertaining to the eyelids.
+
pink
n.
A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.
+
polygastrica
n.pl.
The Infusoria.
+
proratable
a.
Capable of being prorated, or divided proportionately.
+
pedagogics
n.
The science or art of teaching; the principles and rules of teaching; pedagogy.
+
periderm
n.
The hard outer covering of hydroids and other marine animals; the perisarc.
+
protopodite
n.
The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean.
+
publishment
n.
The act or process of making publicly known; publication.
+
pyritous
a.
Pyritic.
+
pilenta
pl.
of Pilentum
+
police
n.
The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws.
+
peterel
n.
See Petrel.
+
predominance
n.
The superior influence of a planet.
+
polynucleolar
a.
Having more than one nucleolus.
+
prestissimo
adv.
Very quickly; with great rapidity.
+
paraglossa
n.
One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.
+
pineweed
n.
A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.
+
padding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pad
+
pillaged
imp.|p.p.
of Pillage
+
papery
a.
Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of paper.
+
postured
imp.|p.p.
of Posture
+
parley
v.i.
To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.
+
praiseer
n.
One who praises.
+
pettifoggery
n.
The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.
+
participle
n.
A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles.
+
peak
n.
The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
+
polemic
a.
Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
+
perfusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perfuse
+
paterero
n.
See Pederero.
+
prochronize
v.t.
To antedate.
+
presidency
n.
The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.
+
praemunire
n.
The penalty ascribed for the offense of praemunire.
+
pansclavist

Alt. of Pansclavonian
+
priestly
a.
Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell.
+
phloramine
n.
A basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringent taste.
+
protestant
a.
Making a protest; protesting.
+
perpetuity
n.
Endless time.
+
petulant
a.
Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
+
punction
n.
A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture.
+
pall
n.
Same as Pawl.
+
pressing
a.
Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.
+
penologist
n.
One versed in, or a student of, penology.
+
provence rose

The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).
+
palpitate
v.i.
To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement.
+
paper
v.t.
To fold or inclose in paper.
+
pewet
n.
Same as Pewit.
+
perspired
imp.|p.p.
of Perspire
+
people
n.
One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English.
+
peorias
n.pl.
An Algonquin tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Illinois.
+
pneumatology
n.
The science of spiritual being or phenomena of any description.
+
pneumatics
n.
The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and men.
+
pumpage
n.
That which is raised by pumps, or the work done by pumps.
+
portage
n.
A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
+
podesta
n.
One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.
+
promiser
n.
One who promises.
+
paralleled
imp.|p.p.
of Parallel
+
procurable
a.
Capable of being procured; obtainable.
+
pointel
n.
See Pointal.
+
pinchbeck
n.
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.
+
popgun
n.
A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.
+
plenum
n.
That state in which every part of space is supposed to be full of matter; -- opposed to vacuum.
+
phalanx
n.
Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.
+
peregal
a.
Fully equal.
+
pretorian
a.
Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.
+
pickling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pickle
+
purset
n.
A purse or purse net.
+
prefloration
n.
Aestivation.
+
protomorphic
a.
Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form; as, a protomorphic layer of tissue.
+
piacularity
n.
The quality or state of being piacular; criminality; wickedness.
+
ponderer
n.
One who ponders.
+
posited
imp.|p.p.
of Posit
+
pacable
a.
Placable.
+
parasitism
n.
The state of being parasitic.
+
puttock
n.
See Futtock.
+
produce
v.t.
To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery.
+
plumped
imp.|p.p.
of Plump
+
parousia
n.
The nativity of our Lord.
+
polygastric
a.
Pertaining to the Polygastrica.
+
patchery
n.
Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy.
+
prede
v.i.
To prey; to plunder.
+
phalansterianism
n.
A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism.
+
peremptoriness
n.
The quality of being peremptory; positiveness.
+
plethra
pl.
of Plethrum
+
parenetioal
a.
Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive.
+
poller
n.
One who polls; specifically: (a) One who polls or lops trees. (b) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs.] Baex. (d) One who registplws votplws, or one who enters his name as a voter.
+
petalosticha
n.pl.
An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid.
+
pamphlet
n.
A writing; a book.
+
pleopod
n.
One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.
+
parochialism
n.
The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.
+
pannikel
n.
The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest.
+
propine
v.t.
Hence, to give in token of friendship.
+
paronym
n.
A paronymous word.
+
portioner
n.
One who portions.
+
parcity
n.
Sparingless.
+
perigone
n.
A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.
+
phrase
v.t.
To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.
+
poinsettia
n.
A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
+
proclitic
a.
Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.
+
post

A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
+
pectination
n.
Comblike toothing.
+
petrificate
v.t.
To petrify.
+
platyptera
n.pl.
A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies (Perla).
+
palestras
pl.
of Palestra
+
press
n.
An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.
+
prostrate
v.t.
To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.
+
prophecy
n.
A book of prophecies; a history; as, the prophecy of Ahijah.
+
popeling
n.
A petty or deputy pope.
+
piracy
n.
The act or crime of a pirate.
+
petromastoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone, periotic.
+
prejudgment
n.
The act of prejudging; decision before sufficient examination.
+
penman
n.
One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master.
+
perditionable
a.
Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition.
+
physiology
n.
A treatise on physiology.
+
platinizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Platinize
+
perispheric
a.
Alt. of Perispherical
+
pot
n.
A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
+
pectinibranch
n.
One of the Pectinibranchiata. Also used adjectively.
+
pinnace
n.
A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne.
+
papacy
n.
The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.
+
phantasm
n.
An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.
+
petechiae
n.pl.
Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.
+
pick
v.i.
To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
+
pride
n.
Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
+
perichaetium
n.
Same as Perichaeth.
+
prodigious
a.
Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.
+
plowable
a.
Alt. of Ploughable
+
push
v.i.
To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
+
present
a.
To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
+
pervert
v.t.
To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words.
+
pertuse
a.
Alt. of Pertused
+
portentive
a.
Presaging; foreshadowing.
+
polenta
n.
Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.
+
plumiped
n.
A plumiped bird.
+
pledgeless
a.
Having no pledge.
+
pavilion
n.
That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.
+
paronychia
n.
A whitlow, or felon.
+
polyglot
a.
Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
+
plate
v.t.
To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.
+
pentaconter
n.
See Penteconter.
+
poison
n.
To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.
+
penetrate
v.i.
To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.
+
power
n.
The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.
+
pigfish
n.
Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also hogfish.
+
portrayed
imp.|p.p.
of Portray
+
polariscopic
a.
Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations.
+
parasitism
n.
The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.
+
pertain
v.i.
To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant life.
+
penality
n.
The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.
+
paranaphthalene
n.
Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline.
+
present
a.
To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment.
+
pecking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peck
+
propulsation
n.
The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
+
parle
v.i.
To talk; to converse; to parley.
+
peripatetic
a.
Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers.
+
plotted
imp.|p.p.
of Plot
+
proctor
v.t.
To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
+
propodia
pl.
of Propodium
+
peddlery
n.
Trifling; trickery.
+
placodermal
a.
Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.
+
puppet
n.
A small image in the human form; a doll.
+
prohibition
n.
Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
+
papering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paper
+
pentoic
a.
Pertaining to, or desingating, an acid (called also valeric acid) derived from pentane.
+
palsy
v.t.
To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.
+
pegomancy
n.
Divination by fountains.
+
pyla
n.
The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain.
+
psalmist
n.
A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title particularly applied to David and the other authors of the Scriptural psalms.
+
polder
n.
A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.
+
present
a.
To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .
+
parboil
v.t.
To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
+
pancreas
n.
The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
+
press
v.
To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.
+
punter
n.
One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.
+
psychosis
n.
A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes.
+
peritropal
a.
Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.
+
proprietary
n.
A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right.
+
precedent
n.
A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
+
pebbling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pebble
+
peal
v.i.
To utter or give out loud sounds.
+
portuary
n.
A breviary.
+
pure
superl.
Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
+
panegyrical
a.
Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory.
+
pod
n.
A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.
+
potential
n.
Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.
+
parry
v.t.
To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.
+
perlite
n.
Same as Pearlite.
+
party
v.
Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.
+
protoplasta
n.pl.
A division of fresh-water rhizopods including those that have a soft body and delicate branched pseudopodia. The genus Gromia is one of the best-known.
+
philosopher
n.
An alchemist.
+
pockpitted
a.
Pockmarked; pitted.
+
pith
n.
The spongy interior substance of a feather.
+
pyrometric
a.
Alt. of Pyrometrical
+
platform
n.
Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.
+
phrasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Phrase
+
portgreve

Alt. of Portgrave
+
perbend
n.
See Perpender.
+
panel
n.
A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
+
pretend
v.i.
To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep.
+
plate
n.
A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates.
+
pecten
n.
The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b).
+
press
n.
Specifically, a printing press.
+
premiums
pl.
of Premium
+
pretentious
a.
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.
+
paulist
n.
A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of the members were formerly Protestants.
+
provisor
n.
The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house.
+
punchin
n.
See Puncheon.
+
pyrognostics
n.pl.
The characters of a mineral observed by the use of the blowpipe, as the degree of fusibility, flame coloration, etc.
+
pricasour
n.
A hard rider.
+
pseudonavicullae
pl.
of Pseudonavicella
+
persuade
v.t.
To try to influence.
+
panel
n.
A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
+
plating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plate
+
perchloride
n.
A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.
+
prosperity
n.
The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity.
+
pint
n.
A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.
+
phoronis
n.
A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.
+
plumper
n.
A vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him the advantage over the others. A person who gives his vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his vote.
+
pillery
n.
Plunder; pillage.
+
premediate
v.t.
To advocate.
+
payer
n.
One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
+
pouring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pour
+
primitive
n.
An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.
+
pteroceras
n.
A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also scorpion shell.
+
protasis
n.
The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; -- opposed to apodosis. See Apodosis.
+
pedestal
n.
A pillow block; a low housing.
+
physicist
n.
A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist.
+
postscript
n.
A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer.
+
periodically
adv.
In a periodical manner.
+
potency
n.
The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability; efficacy; influence.
+
purled
imp.|p.p.
of Purl
+
palmite
n.
A South African plant (Prionium Palmita) of the Rush family, having long serrated leaves. The stems have been used for making brushes.
+
proceed
v.i.
To have application or effect; to operate.
+
piatti
n.pl.
Cymbals.
+
pastille
n.
See Pastel, a crayon.
+
perambulate
v.i.
To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.
+
phylloxanthin
n.
A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.
+
protesting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Protest
+
potentiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Potentiate
+
premunitory
a.
Of or pertaining to a premunire; as, a premunitory process.
+
piazza
n.
An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.
+
pedi

Alt. of Pedo-
+
profaner
n.
One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language.
+
procrastinate
v.i.
To delay; to be dilatory.
+
photometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different lights, or their relative illuminating power.
+
plummet
n.
A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.
+
paradoxical
a.
Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions.
+
panned
imp.|p.p.
of Pan
+
pierce
v.t.
Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery.
+
provisorily
adv.
In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso; as, to admit a doctrine provisorily.
+
punch
n.
A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.
+
paternity
n.
The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.
+
parabronchia
pl.
of Parabronchium
+
promote
v.i.
To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.
+
pollen
n.
Fine bran or flour.
+
parchedness
n.
The state of being parched.
+
ptilopaedic
a.
Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with down; dasypaedic; -- said of the young of certain birds.
+
paste
n.
A kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper or other substances, as in bookbinding, etc., -- also used in calico printing as a vehicle for mordant or color.
+
portative
a.
Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of a magnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity.
+
phrenology
n.
The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain.
+
pelted
imp.|p.p.
of Pelt
+
pruniferous
a.
Bearing plums.
+
profane
a.
Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
+
pipe
n.
A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions.
+
profess
v.t.
To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.
+
pityroid
a.
Having the form of, or resembling, bran.
+
pedanticly
adv.
Pedantically.
+
parcae
n.pl.
The Fates. See Fate, 4.
+
proportion
n.
A part considered comparatively; a share.
+
platform
n.
A place laid out after a model.
+
permissibility
n.
The quality of being permissible; permissibleness; allowableness.
+
profile
n.
A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face.
+
paleotype
n.
See Palaeotype.
+
pitcher
n.
A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
+
popple
n.
The poplar.
+
provect
a.
Carried forward; advanced.
+
personally
adv.
With respect to an individual; as regards the person; individually; particularly.
+
prim
a.
Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.
+
pontific
a.
Relating to, or consisting of, pontiffs or priests.
+
portability
n.
The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried.
+
petitory
a.
Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.
+
prayer
n.
One who prays; a supplicant.
+
parse
n.
To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.
+
polish
n.
A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
+
pitched
imp.|p.p.
of Pitch
+
patronize
v.t.
To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.
+
prillion
n.
Tin extracted from the slag.
+
paean
n.
Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.
+
plesimorphism
n.
The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.
+
parliamentary
a.
According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion.
+
potentness
n.
The quality or state of being potent; powerfulness; potency; efficacy.
+
perceiver
n.
One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb).
+
pet
n.
Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child.
+
properation
n.
The act of hastening; haste.
+
persuaded
imp.|p.p.
of Persuade
+
propose
v.
To set forth.
+
pirate
n.
An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.
+
pounce
v.t.
A punch or stamp.
+
procerebrum
n.
The prosencephalon.
+
phrensy
n.
Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy.
+
phlogistian
n.
A believer in the existence of phlogiston.
+
pert
a.
Open; evident; apert.
+
placement
n.
Position; place.
+
phonomotor
n.
An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.
+
partridge
n.
The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).
+
pomeranian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
+
pipal tree

Same as Peepul tree.
+
paramatta
n.
A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino.
+
plain
superl.
Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
+
parsonish
a.
Appropriate to, or like, a parson; -- used in disparagement.
+
point
v.i.
To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at.
+
profanate
v.t.
To profane.
+
papulose
a.
Having papulae; papillose; as, a papulose leaf.
+
pavise
n.
A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.
+
poached
imp.|p.p.
of Poach
+
paramagnetic
a.
Magnetic, as opposed to diamagnetic.
+
photolithograph
n.
A lithographic picture or copy from a stone prepared by the aid of photography.
+
pabulum
n.
The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
+
parsimony
n.
Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
+
pirate
v.i.
To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
+
poignant
a.
Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.
+
palisadoes
pl.
of Palisado
+
pouched
a.
Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels.
+
pasteurism
n.
A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
+
palindromical
a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, a palindrome.
+
probationship
n.
A state of probation.
+
porphyre
n.
Porphyry.
+
poundbreach
n.
The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.
+
prompture
a.
Suggestion; incitement; prompting.
+
panegyry
n.
A panegyric.
+
plot
n.
A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
+
provision
n.
A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
+
philippize
v.i.
To support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon.
+
piastre
n.
See Piaster.
+
peltiform
a.
Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate.
+
protocol
n.
An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.
+
perceptibility
n.
The quality or state of being perceptible; as, the perceptibility of light or color.
+
pastorally
adv.
In a pastoral or rural manner.
+
planimetric
a.
Alt. of Planimetrical
+
plastidule
n.
One of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm.
+
prepositor
n.
A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor.
+
pledge
n.
To secure performance of, as by a pledge.
+
pyrenae
pl.
of Pyrena
+
personae
pl.
of Persona
+
pyroxenic
a.
Containing pyroxene; composed chiefly of pyroxene.
+
parepididymis
n.
A small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near the epididymis in man and some other animals, and supposed to be a remnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body.
+
plotful
a.
Abounding with plots.
+
persevered
imp.|p.p.
of Persevere
+
proboscidian
n.
One of the Proboscidea.
+
plating
n.
A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.
+
pace
n.
Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.
+
pass
v.i.
To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation.
+
phoronomics
n.
The science of motion; kinematics.
+
permissive
a.
Permitted; tolerated; suffered.
+
pronotary
n.
See Prothonotary.
+
purvey
v.i.
To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
+
policy
n.
Civil polity.
+
piraya
n.
A large voracious fresh-water fish (Serrasalmo piraya) of South America, having lancet-shaped teeth.
+
paymaster
n.
One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same.
+
priesthood
n.
The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.
+
pommeled
imp.|p.p.
of Pommel
+
peduncular
a.
Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a peduncular tendril.
+
paragraph
n.
A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin.
+
pickerel
n.
The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
+
paradigmatize
v.t.
To set forth as a model or example.
+
ponderability
n.
The quality or state of being ponderable.
+
piquet
n.
See Picket.
+
pelma
n.
The under surface of the foot.
+
privilege
v.t.
To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.
+
peece
n.|v.
See Piece.
+
patible
a.
Sufferable; tolerable; endurable.
+
puff
v.t.
To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
+
polliniferous
a.
Producing pollen; polleniferous.
+
prolific
a.
Proliferous.
+
poised
imp.|p.p.
of Poise
+
prematurity
n.
The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius.
+
plummet
n.
A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
+
prognosticating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prognosticate
+
petioled
a.
Petiolate.
+
pentahedron
n.
A solid figure having five sides.
+
proverb
v.i.
To write or utter proverbs.
+
put
v.t.
To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set; figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.
+
proper
a.
Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
+
prinpriddle
n.
The long-tailed titmouse.
+
pyroelectric
a.
Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving electric polarity when heated.
+
psychopomp
n.
A leader or guide of souls .
+
potation
n.
A draught.
+
pignoration
n.
The act of pledging or pawning.
+
presentative
a.
Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.
+
pannel
n.
A carriage for conveying a mortar and its bed, on a march.
+
preparing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prepare
+
push
v.t.
To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.
+
pair
v.t.
To impair.
+
pion
n.
See Monkey's puzzle.
+
prate
v.t.
To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.
+
procure
v.t.
To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
+
preached
imp.|p.p.
of Preach
+
perilous
a.
Daring; reckless; dangerous.
+
popular
a.
Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease.
+
pity
v.t.
To move to pity; -- used impersonally.
+
purvey
v.t.
To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.
+
prosemination
n.
Propagation by seed.
+
polypean
a.
Of or pertaining to a polyp, or polyps.
+
psilomelane
n.
A hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring in smooth, botryoidal forms, and massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray color.
+
polyschematist
a.
Having, or existing in, many different forms or fashions; multiform.
+
penniform
a.
Having the form of a feather or plume.
+
prefecture
n.
The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence.
+
plowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plough
+
prudishly
adv.
In a prudish manner.
+
part
n.
To leave; to quit.
+
pretemporal
a.
Situated in front of the temporal bone.
+
pawning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pawn
+
pedantize
v.i.
To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions.
+
pensionary
n.
One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.
+
puniness
n.
The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.
+
puddly
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul.
+
persuasion
n.
The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.
+
pendulosity
n.
The state or quality of being pendulous.
+
pain
n.
To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents.
+
paradigmatic
n.
A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence.
+
purging
a.
That purges; cleansing.
+
permanence
n.
Alt. of Permanency
+
panslavism
n.
A scheme or desire to unite all the Slavic races into one confederacy.
+
pythonist
n.
A conjurer; a diviner.
+
pale
n.
A cheese scoop.
+
pythagorizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pythagorize
+
perdie
adv.
See Parde.
+
pick
v.
To trim.
+
panto

See Pan-.
+
puffiness
n.
The quality or state of being puffy.
+
pseudonumity
n.
The using of fictitious names, as by authors.
+
procreate
v.t.
To generate and produce; to beget; to engender.
+
pessimist
a.
Alt. of Pessimistic
+
phase
n.
Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.
+
pickmire
n.
The pewit, or black-headed gull.
+
probation
n.
The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof.
+
pistacia
n.
The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus), and the species (P. Terebinthus) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine.
+
prelude
v.t.
An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture.
+
pierced
a.
Penetrated; entered; perforated.
+
phylacteries
pl.
of Phylactery
+
pilotage
n.
The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels.
+
polygraphy
n.
Much writing; writing of many books.
+
premier
a.
Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree.
+
pass
v.i.
A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.
+
parted
imp.|p.p.
of Part
+
pargeboard
n.
See Bargeboard.
+
pronaos
n.
The porch or vestibule of a temple.
+
presiding

a. & n. from Preside.
+
preaccusation
n.
Previous accusation.
+
participial
a.
Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun.
+
plexus
n.
The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
+
personable
a.
Enabled to maintain pleas in court.
+
putrefy
v.t.
To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
+
pierce
v.i.
To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.
+
proffer
n.
Essay; attempt.
+
patient
v.t.
To compose, to calm.
+
pontiff
n.
A high priest.
+
pannose
a.
Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth.
+
pleasure
v.t.
To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
+
plain
superl.
Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.
+
poise
v.
The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
+
partisan
a.
Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
+
panorama
n.
A complete view in every direction.
+
personify
v.t.
To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
+
platonical
a.
Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical.
+
parlor
n.
The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without.
+
pecten
n.
A vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds, and in many reptiles and fishes; -- also called marsupium.
+
proface
interj.
Much good may it do you! -- a familiar salutation or welcome.
+
phrenograph
n.
An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration.
+
pen
n.
The internal shell of a squid.
+
pharmacy
n.
A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.
+
potation
n.
The act of drinking.
+
ponder
v.t.
To weigh.
+
pickeerer
n.
One who pickeers.
+
prophecy
n.
A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.
+
pistic
a.
Pure; genuine.
+
perusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peruse
+
pestful
a.
Pestiferous.
+
pelting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pelt
+
phocodont
n.
One of the Phocodontia.
+
prick
n.
To render acid or pungent.
+
pseudoblepsis
n.
False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects.
+
piquing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pique
+
predestining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Predestine
+
palmidactyles
n.pl.
A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet.
+
palato

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to, or connection with, the palate; as in palatolingual.
+
potecary
n.
An apothecary.
+
presumption
n.
The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.
+
pantochronometer
n.
An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial.
+
passuses
pl.
of Passus
+
pestilently
adv.
In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively.
+
pantographic
a.
Alt. of Pantographical
+
plant
n.
To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.
+
poke
v.t.
To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
+
popinjay
n.
The green woodpecker.
+
purple
n.
A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
+
place
n.
To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
+
publish
v.t.
To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict.
+
pompous
a.
Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
+
penitentiary
n.
One who does penance.
+
phthor
n.
Fluorine.
+
pahi
n.
A large war canoe of the Society Islands.
+
plenty
a.
Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness.
+
pantographical
a.
Of or pertaining to a pantograph; relating to pantography.
+
procreant
a.
Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting in procreation.
+
predominate
v.t.
To rule over; to overpower.
+
pumiceous
a.
Of or pertaining to pumice; resembling pumice.
+
painted
imp.|p.p.
of Paint
+
prong
n.
The fang of a tooth.
+
professionalism
n.
The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; -- opposed to amateurism.
+
patness
n.
Fitness or appropriateness; striking suitableness; convenience.
+
pomp
n.
A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
+
provant
v.t.
To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for.
+
pitied
imp.|p.p.
of Pity
+
pantry
n.
An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.
+
profession
v.
That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.
+
proportion
n.
The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.
+
pen
n.
A wing.
+
pimpinel
n.
The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.
+
pentacrinin
n.
A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus.
+
pyrometry
n.
The art of measuring degrees of heat, or the expansion of bodies by heat.
+
polychoerany
n.
A government by many chiefs, princes, or rules.
+
praecipe
n.
A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.
+
palm
n.
The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
+
penny
n.
Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
+
praecornua
pl.
of Praecornu
+
playhouse
n.
A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.
+
popple
n.
Tares.
+
presidential
a.
Presiding or watching over.
+
philomel
n.
Same as Philomela, the nightingale.
+
provision
n.
That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
+
planetary
a.
Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system.
+
perfumer
n.
One who, oe that which, perfumes.
+
puritanizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Puritanize
+
plait
n.
A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
+
pat
v.t.
To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog.
+
promove
v.t.
To move forward; to advance; to promote.
+
projection
n.
The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan.
+
patent
a.
Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.
+
predictable
a.
That may be predicted.
+
peyers glands

Patches of lymphoid nodules, in the walls of the small intestiness; agminated glands; -- called also Peyer's patches. In typhoid fever they become the seat of ulcers which are regarded as the characteristic organic lesion of that disease.
+
peevish
a.
Silly; childish; trifling.
+
prospective
n.
A perspective glass.
+
penciled
imp.|p.p.
of Pencil
+
pitchdark
a.
Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.
+
proception
n.
Preoccupation.
+
patiently
adv.
In a patient manner.
+
pleuritic
a.
Alt. of Pleuritical
+
prunella
n.
Alt. of Prunello
+
personeity
n.
Personality.
+
parallelly
adv.
In a parallel manner; with parallelism.
+
presidence
n.
See Presidency.
+
pedireme
n.
A crustacean, some of whose feet serve as oars.
+
plaster
n.
Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.
+
passage
v.i.
Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.
+
partitively
adv.
In a partitive manner.
+
plasmic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or connected with, plasma; plasmatic.
+
probation
n.
Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation.
+
pasty
a.
Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness.
+
promoting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Promote
+
plumulaceous
a.
Downy; bearing down.
+
paramount
n.
The highest or chief.
+
patrician
n.
A person of high birth; a nobleman.
+
pallone
n.
An Italian game, played with a large leather ball.
+
phaseless
a.
Without a phase, or visible form.
+
pardon
v.t.
An official warrant of remission of penalty.
+
prebendate
v.t.
To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend.
+
pebble
n.
Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians.
+
piacular
a.
Expiatory; atoning.
+
procidence
n.
Alt. of Procidentia
+
platyelminthes
n.pl.
A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also flatworms.
+
postdisseizor
n.
A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor.
+
post office
n.
See under 4th Post.
+
prelatureship
n.
The state or dignity of a prelate; prelacy.
+
pigskin
n.
The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.
+
palinode
n.
An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
+
prostrate
v.t.
to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice.
+
panter
n.
A keeper of the pantry; a pantler.
+
photobiotic
a.
Requiring light to live; incapable of living without light; as, photobiotic plant cells.
+
patriarchship
n.
A patriarchate.
+
propounder
n.
One who propounds, proposes, or offers for consideration.
+
polygraphic
a.
Alt. of Polygraphical
+
priory
n.
A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.
+
polemic
n.
One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
+
ponderously
adv.
In a ponderous manner.
+
personable
a.
Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman.
+
perpensity
n.
Perpension.
+
proposal
n.
That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage.
+
panderage
n.
The act of pandering.
+
philoprogenitiveness
n.
The love of offspring; fondness for children.
+
peract
v.t.
To go through with; to perform.
+
perverse
a.
Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
+
philhellenism
n.
Love of Greece.
+
ptolemaic
a.
Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.
+
postorbital
n.
A postorbital bone or scale.
+
prutenic
a.
Prussian; -- applied to certain astronomical tables published in the sixteenth century, founded on the principles of Copernicus, a Prussian.
+
pan
n.
The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.
+
palm
v.t.
To handle.
+
paleontographical
a.
Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.
+
psychography
n.
Spirit writing.
+
pachak
n.
The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients.
+
pensive
a.
Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.
+
pappus
n.
The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.
+
papillae
pl.
of Papilla
+
pipe clay

A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.
+
paean
n.
See Paeon.
+
polymerize
v.i.
To change into another substance having the same atomic proportions, but a higher molecular weight; to undergo polymerization; thus, aldehyde polymerizes in forming paraldehyde.
+
periodate
n.
A salt of periodic acid.
+
p

the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phoenician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M.
+
pegasus
n.
A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration.
+
putrefaction
n.
The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied.
+
poristic
a.
Alt. of Poristical
+
proper
adv.
Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
+
plash
v.
A dash of water; a splash.
+
patch
n.
A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
+
progressive
a.
Improving; as, art is in a progressive state.
+
precontract
v.t.
To contract, engage, or stipulate previously.
+
pretermission
n.
See Preterition.
+
preparative
n.
That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares.
+
philosophistical
a.
Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry.
+
paw
v.t.
To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
+
praetorian
a.
See Pretorian.
+
prowess
a.
Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.
+
power
n.
Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
+
pass
v.i.
To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along.
+
police
n.
That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state.
+
packhouse
n.
Warehouse for storing goods.
+
pseudopupas
pl.
of Pseudopupa
+
pendentive
n.
The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.
+
pinnock
n.
The hedge sparrow.
+
pygarg

Alt. of Pygargus
+
particular
a.
Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation.
+
ply
v.
A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord.
+
predestinate
a.
Predestinated; foreordained; fated.
+
provisory
a.
Of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause.
+
pantophagy
n.
The habit or power of eating all kinds of food.
+
pseudostoma
n.
A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true aperture among them.
+
procuration
n.
The management of another's affairs.
+
phraseologist
n.
A collector or coiner of phrases.
+
punner
n.
A punster.
+
proud
superl.
Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country.
+
paradisiacal
a.
Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise.
+
poize
n.
See Poise.
+
pack
v.i.
To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.
+
pedestrially
adv.
In a pedestrial manner.
+
petulcity
n.
Wantonness; friskiness.
+
periodicalist
n.
One who publishes, or writes for, a periodical.
+
postponement
n.
The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.
+
pertused
a.
Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.
+
purl
v.i.
To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions.
+
pneumonophora
n.pl.
The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophorae.
+
prime
a.
To mark with a prime mark.
+
pennate
a.
Alt. of Pennated
+
predacean
n.
A carnivorous animal.
+
plesance
n.
Pleasance.
+
propagator
n.
One who propagates; one who continues or multiplies.
+
parachrose
a.
Changing color by exposure
+
parallel
v.t.
To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else.
+
potagro
n.
See Potargo.
+
plight
n.
To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods.
+
posture
v.i.
To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
+
procure
v.i.
To manage business for another in court.
+
pistol
n.
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.
+
prejudicing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prejudice
+
possessival
a.
Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination.
+
pterygiums
pl.
of Pterygium
+
podophthalmous
a.
Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels.
+
plectognathi
n.pl.
An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.
+
post
v.t.
To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
+
plank
n.
Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
+
pricking
n.
The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
+
print
v.i.
To publish a book or an article.
+
pounce
n.
A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
+
pampas
n.pl.
Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.
+
peregrinity
n.
Travel; wandering.
+
preknowledge
n.
Prior knowledge.
+
phytophagy
n.
The eating of plants.
+
point
n.
To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.
+
penetrance
n.
Alt. of Penetrancy
+
provident
a.
Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future.
+
pleuron
n.
One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
+
pertinent
a.
Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence.
+
perineum
n.
The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum.
+
postponed
imp.|p.p.
of Postpone
+
polleniferous
a.
Producing pollen; polliniferous.
+
pose
a.
Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
+
proxene
n.
An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to those who came from a friendly city or state.
+
patcher
n.
One who patches or botches.
+
phosphorescent
n.
A phosphorescent substance.
+
preconceived
imp.|p.p.
of Preconceive
+
pseudobulb
n.
An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants.
+
penury
n.
Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.
+
preparatively
adv.
By way of preparation.
+
pace
n.
The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces.
+
pregnant
a.
Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies.
+
policing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Police
+
pappous
a.
Pappose.
+
pontes
pl.
of Pons
+
police
v.t.
To make clean; as, to police a camp.
+
paramiographer
n.
A collector or writer of proverbs.
+
picking
n.
Rough sorting of ore.
+
pentacron
n.
A solid having five summits or angular points.
+
pneometer
n.
A spirometer.
+
poplar
n.
Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.
+
populate
a.
Populous.
+
pockpudding
n.
A bag pudding; a name of reproach or ridicule formerly applied by the Scotch to the English.
+
pasticcio
n.
A medley; an olio.
+
premise
n.
A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
+
postfixes
pl.
of Postfix
+
paradise
n.
The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.
+
pedal
a.
Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.
+
princesse
a.
A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one.
+
potamology
n.
A scientific account or discussion of rivers; a treatise on rivers; potamography.
+
plutonism
n.
The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth's crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposed to the Neptunian theory.
+
prospect
v.
The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state.
+
pollicate
a.
Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint; -- said of insects.
+
punctually
adv.
In a punctual manner; promptly; exactly.
+
prescribe
v.i.
To give directions; to dictate.
+
palmetto
n.
A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamaerops, / Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.
+
pounded
imp.|p.p.
of Pound
+
pinion
n.
The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
+
pucel
n.
See Pucelle.
+
protovertebra
n.
One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
+
parapophysis
n.
The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra.
+
physically
adv.
In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature or physics; by physical force; not morally.
+
provoke
v.t.
To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.
+
permeability
n.
The quality or state of being permeable.
+
phlogistic
a.
Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.
+
pretendant
n.
A pretender; a claimant.
+
pinking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pink
+
psalteria
pl.
of Psalterium
+
plastide
n.
One of the many minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.
+
preraphaelite
n.
One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism.
+
parting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Part
+
preceptorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a preceptor.
+
pinnately
adv.
In a pinnate manner.
+
poplitic
a.
Popliteal.
+
parallactical
a.
Of or pertaining to a parallax.
+
porpentine
n.
Porcupine.
+
pyrophone
n.
A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by flames of hydrogen, or illuminating gas, burning in tubes of different sizes and lengths.
+
precipitous
a.
Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
+
pliancy
n.
The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod.
+
phycoxanthine
n.
A yellowish coloring matter found in certain algae.
+
porrection
n.
The act of stretching forth.
+
prothalamium
n.
A song in celebration of a marriage.
+
piece
n.
Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series; a definite performance
+
prosecutable
a.
Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.
+
prop
n.
A shell, used as a die. See Props.
+
paleozoic
a.
Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.
+
posology
n.
The science or doctrine of doses; dosology.
+
paragnathus
n.
One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.
+
paragnathus
n.
One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids.
+
paragoge
n.
The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without.
+
proboscides
pl.
of Proboscis
+
placoid
n.
Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.
+
pleuronectoid
a.
Pertaining to the Pleuronectidae, or Flounder family.
+
pistillate
a.
Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.
+
porifera
n.pl.
A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiae, Keratosa or Fibrospongiae, and Silicea.
+
particularism
n.
The doctrine of particular election.
+
pro
adv.
For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with con.
+
prolongating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prolongate
+
pietism
n.
Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion.
+
polarity
n.
A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar, n.
+
public
a.
Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.
+
palladic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with palladious compounds.
+
pushed
imp.|p.p.
of Push
+
policy
n.
The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance.
+
predatorily
adv.
In a predatory manner.
+
postic
a.
Backward.
+
petitioner
n.
One who presents a petition.
+
pertusion
n.
A punched hole; a perforation.
+
pair
n.
A married couple; a man and wife.
+
press
v.i.
To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.
+
placebo
n.
A prescription intended to humor or satisfy.
+
phalangid
n.
One of the Phalangoidea.
+
passover
n.
The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the paschal lamb.
+
pharyngitis
n.
Inflammation of the pharynx.
+
paradactylum
n.
The side of a toe or finger.
+
propagate
v.t.
To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.
+
polyp
n.
Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid.
+
phocenic
a.
Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.
+
pillowy
a.
Like a pillow.
+
passant
v.i.
Surpassing; excelling.
+
pritch
n.
A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear.
+
pump
n.
A low shoe with a thin sole.
+
pied

imp. & p. p. of Pi, or Pie, v.
+
picking
n.
Overburned bricks.
+
padlock
v.t.
To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.
+
paunce
n.
The pansy.
+
picketing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Picket
+
pickfault
n.
One who seeks out faults.
+
party
v.
A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.
+
pyrrhic
n.
An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick.
+
pome
n.
A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear.
+
pythagoric
a.
Alt. of Pythagorical
+
plant
n.
An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.
+
pyrotechnician
n.
A pyrotechnist.
+
prentice
n.
An apprentice.
+
pubescence
n.
A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered.
+
panoramical
a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama.
+
plant
n.
To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest.
+
propodial
a.
Of or pertaining to the propodialia, or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
+
polygonaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonaceae), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera.
+
pungent
v.t.
Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
+
prytany
n.
The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.
+
patronage
n.
The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
+
pauciloquy
n.
Brevity in speech.
+
parachronism
n.
An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is set later than the time of its occurrence.
+
polemical
a.
Polemic; controversial; disputatious.
+
peg
v.t.
To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
+
prothyalosome
n.
Same as Prothyalosoma.
+
prejudice
n.
To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman.
+
paragenic
a.
Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure, character, etc.
+
pooling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pool
+
plastography
n.
Imitation of handwriting; forgery.
+
pentacrostic
n.
A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.
+
parting
n.
A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
+
phlebotomize
v.t.
To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed.
+
proboscis
n.
A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
+
pester
v.t.
To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest.
+
plain
superl.
Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
+
penninerved
a.
Pinnately veined or nerved.
+
pious
a.
Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
+
perforated
imp.|p.p.
of Perforate
+
prick
n.
To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
+
permutation
n.
The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation.  Cf. Combination, n., 4.
+
phosphate
n.
A salt of phosphoric acid.
+
parked
imp.|p.p.
of Park
+
pament
n.
A pavement.
+
prevaricator
n.
One who betrays or abuses a trust.
+
product
n.
The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.
+
phanerocarpae
n.pl.
Same as Acraspeda.
+
paralogical
a.
Containing paralogism; illogical.
+
penicillate
a.
Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses.
+
pour
v.i.
To pore.
+
penciling
n.
The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture.
+
pleased
imp.|p.p.
of Please
+
painted
a.
Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.
+
punch
n.
A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.
+
petrous
a.
Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone.
+
peeling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peel
+
pentile
n.
See Pantile.
+
pin
n.
A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
+
penner
n.
A case for holding pens.
+
phonometer
n.
An instrument for measuring sounds, as to their intensity, or the frequency of the vibrations.
+
propagate
v.t.
To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to propagate the Christian religion.
+
prickpunch
n.
A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal.
+
parliament
n.
In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts.
+
putter
n.
One who puts or plates.
+
player
n.
A dramatic actor.
+
pedomancy
n.
Divination by examining the soles of the feet.
+
peloria
n.
Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity.
+
prophetical
a.
Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold.
+
positional
a.
Of or pertaining to position.
+
plaster
n.
An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.
+
purana
n.
One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.
+
pressmen
pl.
of Pressman
+
preconcerted
imp.|p.p.
of Preconcert
+
polypoid
a.
Like a polyp; having the nature of a polyp, but lacking the tentacles or other parts.
+
point
n.
An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced.
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pentremite
n.
Any species of Pentremites.
+
pignus
n.
A pledge or pawn.
+
pseudology
n.
Falsehood of speech.
+
peris
pl.
of Peri
+
portlast
n.
The portoise. See Portoise.
+
patented
imp.|p.p.
of Patent
+
perspicience
n.
The act of looking sharply.
+
postremogeniture
n.
The right of the youngest born.
+
predetermination
n.
The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.
+
prophane
a.|v.t.
See Profane.
+
pickapack
adv.
Pickaback.
+
present
a.
Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance.
+
pawl
n.
A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel.
+
practically
adv.
In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look at things practically; practically worthless.
+
proglottides
pl.
of Proglottis
+
pneumatograph
n.
An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration; -- also called stethograph.
+
proboscidean
a.
Proboscidian.
+
proportion
v.
To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.
+
phainopepla
n.
A small crested passerine bird (Phainopepla nitens), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher.
+
purge
v.t.
To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.
+
plebiscite
n.
A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.
+
powdering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Powder
+
pilidium
n.
The free-swimming, hat-shaped larva of certain nemertean worms. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops in its interior.
+
pelican
n.
A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.
+
pipette
n.
A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.
+
patulous
a.
Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers.
+
promenading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Promenade
+
poisoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Poison
+
practice
n.
Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense.
+
piled
imp.|p.p.
of Pile
+
preindispose
v.t.
To render indisposed beforehand.
+
peachy
a.
Resembling a peach or peaches.
+
procuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Procure
+
pawn
n.
Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.
+
pallometa
n.
A pompano.
+
pervial
a.
Pervious.
+
parochial
a.
Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties.
+
phagedenical
n.
A phagedenic medicine.
+
phylactery
n.
Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed.
+
programma
n.
Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
+
pulpitish
a.
Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching.
+
pommeling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pommel
+
pageant
n.
A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
+
pyrosis
n.
See Water brash, under Brash.
+
piscatorial
a.
Alt. of Piscatory
+
prevailing
a.
Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive.
+
pleurodynia
n.
A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.
+
pentagonous
a.
Pentagonal.
+
pat
n.
A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.
+
palliobranchiata
n.pl.
Same as Brachiopoda.
+
pursing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Purse
+
prevented
imp.|p.p.
of Prevent
+
pity
v.t.
To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.
+
pelt
n.
A blow or stroke from something thrown.
+
pining
a.
Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing.
+
pacificatory
a.
Tending to make peace; conciliatory.
+
periostitis
n.
Inflammation of the periosteum.
+
pillau
n.
An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter.
+
pendice
n.
A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse.
+
phenomenon
n.
An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory.
+
podagrical
a.
Afflicted with gout.
+
periclase
n.
Alt. of Periclasite
+
papuars
n.pl.
The native black race of Papua or New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.
+
prepare
v.i.
To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion.
+
perpetrable
a.
Capable of being perpetrated.
+
panelwork
n.
Wainscoting.
+
propine
n.
A pledge.
+
lae
pl.
of Pseudostella
+
purl
n.
Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.
+
proscolex
n.
An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia.
+
paraquet
n.
Alt. of Paraquito
+
preceptive
a.
Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures.
+
photomicrograph
n.
An enlarged or macroscopic photograph of a microscopic object. See Microphotograph.
+
parascenia
pl.
of Parascenium
+
poke
n.
A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
+
proportionated
imp.|p.p.
of Proportionate
+
pointed
imp.|p.p.
of Point
+
prancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prance
+
penstock
n.
A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses.
+
polyscope
n.
A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass.
+
prima donnas
pl.
of Prima donna
+
purport
n.
To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.
+
pivot
n.
A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
+
pendulum
n.
A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.
+
precisian
n.
An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the English Puritans.
+
phraseology
n.
Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.
+
prolog
n.|v.
Prologue.
+
patrol
v.i.
Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.
+
pith
n.
The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue.
+
peak
v.i.
To pry; to peep slyly.
+
proviso
n.
An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso.
+
pyuria
n.
A morbid condition in which pus is discharged in the urine.
+
parasiticide
n.
Anything used to destroy parasites.
+
prowling
a.
Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey.
+
polyphony
n.
Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint.
+
prepossessing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prepossess
+
puerility
n.
The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness.
+
promise
v.t.
To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain.
+
perdition
n.
Loss of diminution.
+
phagedenical
a.
Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine.
+
pole
v.t.
To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
+
pedunculata
n.pl.
A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.
+
palmerworm
n.
In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers.
+
pellibranchiata
n.pl.
A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill.
+
perispomena
pl.
of Perispomenon
+
pleasantries
pl.
of Pleasantry
+
presphenoid
n.
The presphenoid bone.
+
prevision
n.
Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.
+
phytologist
n.
One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.
+
preamble
n.
A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law.
+
pynoun
n.
A pennant.
+
prunelle
n.
A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.
+
presumed
imp.|p.p.
of Presume
+
poacher
n.
The American widgeon.
+
pass
v.i.
To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed.
+
painim
n.
A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively.
+
proces verbal

An authentic minute of an official act, or statement of facts.
+
paragogical
a.
Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word.
+
pugging
v.t.
The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.
+
pictorical
a.
Pictorial.
+
pace
v.i.
To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
+
parrot
v.i.
To chatter like a parrot.
+
pillworm
n.
Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.
+
pierce
v.t.
To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.
+
pome
n.
A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.
+
progressing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Progress
+
perfunctory
a.
Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions.
+
podogynium
n.
Same as Basigynium
+
parbuckle
n.
A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.
+
parallel
n.
A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
+
paronomastical
a.
Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.
+
puerile
a.
Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
+
pneumatic
a.
Alt. of Pneumatical
+
poulaine
n.
A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.
+
prootic
n.
A prootic bone.
+
powdered
imp.|p.p.
of Powder
+
parcel
n.
A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
+
polish
n.
The language of the Poles.
+
pairs royal
pl.
of Pair
+
pyopneumothorax
n.
Accumulation of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the pleural cavity.
+
pluvian
n.
The crocodile bird.
+
poky
a.
Dull; tedious; uninteresting.
+
panshon
n.
An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes.
+
prie
v.i.
To pry.
+
polymorphism
n.
The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form.
+
phenomenology
n.
A description, history, or explanation of phenomena.
+
plumbum
n.
The technical name of lead. See Lead.
+
pullback
n.
The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point.
+
privilege
n.
A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise.
+
presumptuously
adv.
In a presumptuous manner; arrogantly.
+
pandarize
v.i.
To pander.
+
pearl
v.t.
To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.
+
prostate
a.
Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra.
+
prostate
n.
The prostate gland.
+
phlogisticating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Phlogisticate
+
pectinibranchiata
n.pl.
A division of Gastropoda, including those that have a comblike gill upon the neck.
+
ponderous
a.
Important; momentous; forcible.
+
phosphorous
a.
Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3.
+
pay
v.t.
To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).
+
pay
n.
An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.
+
pyxidate
a.
Having a pyxidium.
+
prod
v.t.
To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student.
+
perversion
n.
The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use.
+
passionate
v.i.
To affect with passion; to impassion.
+
pattern
n.
Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
+
plete
v.t.|i.
To plead.
+
prescind
v.t.
To cut off; to abstract.
+
pear
n.
The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below.
+
protoplasmic
a.
Of or pertaining to protoplasm; consisting of, or resembling, protoplasm.
+
praise
v.
To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.
+
proud
superl.
Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.
+
picking
n.
That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
+
probed
imp.|p.p.
of Probe
+
profane
a.
Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place.
+
pneumatothorax
n.
See Pneumothorax.
+
patristical
a.
Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church.
+
pair
n.
In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.
+
planer
n.
One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals.
+
periphery
n.
The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.
+
prostration
n.
A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
+
precipitation
n.
The act or process of precipitating from a solution.
+
picoid
a.
Like or pertaining to the Pici.
+
propeller
n.
A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel.
+
prickle
n.
A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds.
+
pricked
imp.|p.p.
of Prick
+
pectorally
adv.
As connected with the breast.
+
petalism
n.
A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.
+
present
a.
To bring an indictment against .
+
pronoun
n.
A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they.
+
preserve
v.t.
To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
+
priapism
n.
More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis, with or without sexual desire.
+
proctucha
n.pl.
The Nemertina.
+
patient
a.
Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.
+
pozzolana
n.
Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water.
+
phalanx
n.
A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
+
pulvinated
a.
Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze.
+
proximal
a.
Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb.
+
phototype
n.
A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in relief) obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods of processes by which such a printing surface is obtained.
+
plowed
imp.|p.p.
of Plough
+
pulvil
n.
A sweet-scented powder; pulvillio.
+
pensioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pension
+
petiolule
n.
A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.
+
portion
n.
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
+
puet
n.
The pewit.
+
play
n.
Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
+
preference
n.
The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference.
+
pang
n.
A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.
+
pued
imp.|p.p.
of Pue
+
periculous
a.
Dangerous; full of peril.
+
practitioner
n.
A sly or artful person.
+
pleurocarpous
a.
Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; -- opposed to acrocarpous.
+
plan
a.
A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.
+
pulmogasteropoda
n.pl.
Same as Pulmonata.
+
possession
n.
The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
+
pray
n.|v.
See Pry.
+
parchesi
n.
A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.
+
pupate
v.i.
To become a pupa.
+
pleyt
n.
An old term for a river boat.
+
porcelanite
n.
A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper.
+
pasturage
n.
Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.
+
pacane
n.
A species of hickory. See Pecan.
+
padding
n.
The material with which anything is padded.
+
polonese
a.|n.
See Polonaise.
+
polverine
n.
Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine glass.
+
pick
n.
Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
+
pardoner
n.
A seller of indulgences.
+
patelliform
a.
Having the form of a patella.
+
pileworn
a.
Having the pile worn off; threadbare.
+
philoprogenitive
a.
Having the love of offspring; fond of children.
+
phocal
a.
Pertaining to seals.
+
piper
n.
A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
+
purpurogenous
a.
Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye. See Visual purple, under Visual.
+
piling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pile
+
pressman
n.
One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
+
preceptories
pl.
of Preceptory
+
proterandrous
a.
Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; -- opposed to proterogynous.
+
potestate
n.
A chief ruler; a potentate. [Obs.] Wyclif.
+
polybromide
n.
A bromide containing more than one atom of bromine in the molecule.
+
physicological
a.
Of or pertaining to physicologic.
+
plack
n.
A small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, worth less than a cent.
+
psalterial
a.
Of or pertaining to the psalterium.
+
proceleusmatic
n.
A foot consisting of four short syllables.
+
presently
adv.
At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by.
+
puncture
n.
The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.
+
profanity
n.
The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.
+
parceled
imp.|p.p.
of Parcel
+
prime
a.
To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
+
postmarked
imp.|p.p.
of Postmark
+
pasture
n.
Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage.
+
palmitic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62° C.
+
pall
n.
A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.
+
planeted
a.
Belonging to planets.
+
proteaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Proteaceae, an order of apetalous evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or of Australia.
+
punishable
a.
Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.
+
plategilled
a.
Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks.
+
prasoid
a.
Resembling prase.
+
phaenogamia
n.pl.
The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.
+
palmated
a.
Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.
+
pleonast
n.
One who is addicted to pleonasm.
+
pentremites
n.
A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.
+
poked
imp.|p.p.
of Poke
+
prick
v.
The footprint of a hare.
+
physiognomy
n.
The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor.
+
persisting
a.
Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.
+
palmitolic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric with linoleic acid.
+
pygropodes
n.pl.
A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back.
+
projectile
a.
Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion.
+
philologic
a.
Of or pertaining to philology.
+
purpling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Purple
+
parietes
pl.
of Paries
+
presuming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Presume
+
pali
n.
A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc.
+
parter
n.
One who, or which, parts or separates.
+
pentagynian
a.
Alt. of Pentagynous
+
percipience
n.
Alt. of Percipiency
+
procure
v.t.
To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.
+
paganical
a.
Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish.
+
perpend
v.t.
To weight carefully in the mind.
+
plant
v.i.
To perform the act of planting.
+
ploughshare
n.
The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow.
+
pertinent
a.
Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining.
+
precipitate
v.t.
To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
+
pestalozzian
n.
An advocate or follower of the system of Pestalozzi.
+
phthalin
n.
A colorless crystalline substance obtained by reduction from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation; hence, any one of the series of which phthalin proper is the type.
+
parachordal
n.
A parachordal cartilage.
+
petrine
a.
Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles.
+
patronate
n.
The right or duty of a patron; patronage.
+
procephalic
a.
Pertaining to, or forming, the front of the head.
+
pivot
n.
Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
+
plastical
a.
See Plastic.
+
principial
a.
Elementary.
+
putup
a.
Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.
+
primary
n.
A primary meeting; a caucus.
+
pollarding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pollard
+
polyandria
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
+
phosphorating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Phosphorate
+
patagium
n.
In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body.
+
phallus
n.
A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.
+
palate
n.
Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste.
+
pungy
n.
A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails.
+
prayed
imp.|p.p.
of Pray
+
prad
n.
A horse.
+
penalties
pl.
of Penalty
+
philomusical
a.
Loving music. [R.]Busby.
+
phryganeides
n.pl.
A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes the caddice flies; -- called also Trichoptera. See Trichoptera.
+
planulae
pl.
of Planula
+
polychord
a.
Having many strings.
+
passing
a.
Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.
+
privileged
imp.|p.p.
of Privilege
+
pirai
n.
Same as Piraya.
+
patience
n.
Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.
+
polacca
n.
See Polonaise.
+
pipe layer

One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, etc.
+
prosecution
n.
The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense.
+
prier
n.
One who pries; one who inquires narrowly and searches, or is inquisitive.
+
palinurus
n.
An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass
+
poorly
a.
Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.
+
purification
n.
A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
+
plasma
n.
A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.
+
peel
n.
A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar.
+
pomel
n.
A pommel.
+
proper
a.
Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
+
parasite
n.
An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc.
+
pyrites
n.
A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color.
+
podocarp
n.
A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit.
+
posed
a.
Firm; determined; fixed.
+
praetextae
pl.
of Praetexta
+
postdate
v.t.
To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made.
+
pique
v.t.
To pride or value; -- used reflexively.
+
precessional
a.
Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.
+
periagua
n.
See Pirogue.
+
peg
n.
A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
+
polyhedrical
a.
Having many sides, as a solid body.
+
pedimental
a.
Of or pertaining to a pediment.
+
peep
v.i.
To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.
+
pervading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pervade
+
plectognathic
a.
Alt. of Plec-tognathous
+
polypi
pl.
of Polypus
+
perdue
a.
Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close.
+
procession
n.
The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course.
+
playing

a. & vb. n. of Play.
+
pisces
n.pl.
A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point; the Fish.
+
palace
n.
The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception.
+
petromyzont
n.
A lamprey.
+
parlor
n.
A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.
+
pellicular
a.
Of or pertaining to a pellicle.
+
poundage
n.
Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
+
polysyndeton
n.
A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton.
+
praenomina
pl.
of Praenomen
+
pocky
superl.
Full of pocks; affected with smallpox or other eruptive disease.
+
puttering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Putter
+
pale
v.i.
Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
+
particular
a.
Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
+
planticle
n.
A young plant, or plant in embryo.
+
porism
n.
A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.
+
platonized
imp.|p.p.
of Platonize
+
phytogeographical
a.
Of or pertaining to phytogeography.
+
profession
v.
The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.
+
poudrette
n.
A manure made from night soil, dried and mixed with charcoal, gypsum, etc.
+
physiognomist
n.
One who tells fortunes by physiognomy.
+
pinch
v.t.
To plait.
+
propose
n.
Talk; discourse.
+
paul
n.
An Italian silver coin. See Paolo.
+
pfennig
n.
A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency.
+
pectoral
a.
Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
+
pities
pl.
of Pity
+
pickthank
n.
One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.
+
pulvinate
a.
Alt. of Pulvinated
+
procuratorship
n.
The office or term of a procurator.
+
pneumatical
a.
Moved or worked by pressure or flow of air; as, a pneumatic instrument; a pneumatic engine.
+
pimping
a.
Little; petty; pitiful.
+
phlegm
a.
A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor.
+
plesh
n.
A pool; a plash.
+
plutocratic
a.
Of or pertaining to plutocracy; as, plutocratic ideas.
+
plagiotremata
n.pl.
Same as Lepidosauria.
+
periotic
n.
A periotic bone.
+
pannier
n.
A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.
+
pedagogical
a.
Of or pertaining to a pedagogue; suited to, or characteristic of, a pedagogue.
+
puke
a.
Of a color supposed to be between black and russet.
+
postdated
imp.|p.p.
of Postdate
+
preexpectation
n.
Previous expectation.
+
pass
v.i.
To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc.
+
purple
v.t.
To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.
+
pie
n.
Any other species of the genus Pica, and of several allied genera.
+
powerful
a.
Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel.
+
pteroglossal
a.
Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans.
+
potation
n.
Drink; beverage.
+
praisement
n.
Appraisement.
+
polycystid
n.
One of the Polycystina.
+
parachordal
a.
Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord.
+
parleys
pl.
of Parley
+
pulmobranchiata
a.|n.
Alt. of Pulmobranchiate
+
pinnule
n.
One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.
+
pumiced
a.
Affected with a kind of chronic laminitis in which there is a growth of soft spongy horn between the coffin bone and the hoof wall. The disease is called pumiced foot, or pumice foot.
+
prenominate
v.t.
To forename; to name beforehand; to tell by name beforehand.
+
patela
n.
A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges; -- called also puteli.
+
pleomorphic
a.
Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria.
+
pasquiler
n.
A lampooner.
+
periople
n.
The external smooth horny layer of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
+
paleocrinoidea
n.pl.
A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks.
+
phonograph
n.
A character or symbol used to represent a sound, esp. one used in phonography.
+
poker
n.
That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
+
puff
n.
Anything light and filled with air.
+
paresis
n.
Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation.
+
pallium
n.
The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle.
+
phaeton
n.
A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses.
+
papistical
a.
Of or pertaining to the Church of Rome and its doctrines and ceremonies; pertaining to popery; popish; -- used disparagingly.
+
paneling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Panel
+
profectitious
a.
Proceeding from, as from a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.
+
protest
v.
A solemn declaration in writing, in due form, made by a notary public, usually under his notarial seal, on behalf of the holder of a bill or note, protesting against all parties liable for any loss or damage by the nonacceptance or nonpayment of the bill, or by the nonpayment of the note, as the case may be.
+
pluviametrical
a.
See Pluviometrical.
+
plum
n.
The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
+
phacelli
pl.
of Phacellus
+
panification
n.
The act or process of making bread.
+
providential
a.
Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape.
+
procreation
n.
The act of begetting; generation and production of young.
+
peep
v.i.
To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.
+
path
n.
A trodden way; a footway.
+
parquetry
n.
A species of joinery or cabinet-work consisting of an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colors, -- used especially for floors.
+
pooh
interj.
Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.
+
pulp
n.
The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.
+
postponence
n.
The act of postponing, in sense 2.
+
poy
n.
A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream.
+
paleontologist
n.
One versed in paleontology.
+
parral
n.
Alt. of Parrel
+
protracter
n.
A protractor.
+
potbellied
a.
Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.
+
provisionally
adv.
By way of provision for the time being; temporarily.
+
plaque
n.
Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.
+
paste
n.
A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.
+
pinnothere
n.
A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster.
+
process
n.
A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.
+
phosphorate
v.t.
To impregnate, or combine, with phosphorus or its compounds; as, phosphorated oil.
+
punk
n.
Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.
+
propertied
a.
Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money.
+
particular
a.
Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular.
+
phlegmasia
n.
An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs.
+
picts
n.pl.
A race of people of uncertain origin, who inhabited Scotland in early times.
+
progress
n.
In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.
+
propargyl
n.
Same as Propinyl.
+
postnuptial
a.
Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife.
+
pane
n.
A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes.
+
pharmacognosy
n.
Pharmacognosis.
+
pirameter
n.
A dynamometer for ascertaining the power required to draw carriages over roads.
+
preserver
n.
One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another.
+
peel
n.
A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
+
peremptory
a.
Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final.
+
phylacter
n.
A phylactery.
+
pinioned
a.
Having wings or pinions.
+
poodle
n.
A breed of dogs having curly hair, and often showing remarkable intelligence in the performance of tricks.
+
protester
n.
One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.
+
parasita
n.pl.
An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc.
+
point
n.
A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time
+
pincushion
n.
A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.
+
prelumbar
a.
Situated immediately in front of the loins; -- applied to the dorsal part of the abdomen.
+
purline
n.
In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.
+
porticoed
a.
Furnished with a portico.
+
power
n.
Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.
+
propheticalness
n.
The quality or state of being prophetical; power or capacity to foretell.
+
presentment
n.
The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself.
+
pharyngotomy
n.
The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage.
+
physiognomist
n.
One skilled in physiognomy.
+
princess
n.
The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.
+
physoclisti
n.pl.
An order of teleost in which the air bladder has no opening.
+
porraceous
a.
Resembling the leek in color; greenish.
+
park
n.
A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York.
+
pair
n.
A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
+
pompano
n.
Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa.
+
pulvinuli
pl.
of Pulvinulus
+
pike
n.|v.
A turnpike; a toll bar.
+
piano
a.|adv.
Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)
+
poignancy
n.
The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.
+
pedata
n.pl.
An order of holothurians, including those that have ambulacral suckers, or feet, and an internal gill.
+
parting
n.
Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
+
pointblank
a.
Hence, direct; plain; unqualified; -- said of language; as, a point-blank assertion.
+
pretext
n.
Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.
+
part
n.
A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act.
+
paroccipital
a.
Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
+
paratheses
pl.
of Parathesis
+
porpus
n.
A porpoise.
+
paucispiral
a.
Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell.
+
piracy
n.
Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land.
+
presently
adv.
With actual presence; actually .
+
phasma
n.
An apparition; a phantom; an appearance.
+
plate
n.
A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
+
primordially
adv.
At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
+
polygalic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin.
+
pull
n.
The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river.
+
pulmoniferous
a.
Having lungs; pulmonate.
+
packet
v.t.
To make up into a packet or bundle.
+
piningly
adv.
In a pining manner; droopingly.
+
pilfering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pilfer
+
pictorial
a.
Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination.
+
protrude
v.i.
To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
+
pecked
imp.|p.p.
of Peck
+
parelle
n.
A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus.
+
prongbuck
n.
The springbuck.
+
pilwe
n.
A pillow.
+
pounder
n.
An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
+
posttertiary
a.
Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary.
+
podophthalmite
n.
The eyestalk of a crustacean.
+
patee
n.
See Pattee.
+
preremote
a.
More remote in previous time or prior order.
+
plagiarizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plagiarize
+
pyrogenic
a.
Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever.
+
pillar
a.
Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.
+
planter
n.
One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.
+
platitude
n.
The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.
+
pansclavic

Alt. of Pansclavonian
+
practice
n.
The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.
+
pyrotic
a.
Caustic. See Caustic.
+
profess
v.t.
To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's self a physician.
+
preative
a.
Alt. of Preatory
+
pseudoscopic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image.
+
polymorphous
a.
Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic.
+
poor
superl.
So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
+
postilion
n.
One who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach or post chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pair only is used.
+
peplus
n.
An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.
+
parthenon
n.
A celebrated marble temple of Athene, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art.
+
physical
a.
Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.
+
posted
imp.|p.p.
of Post
+
parole
n.
A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.
+
propine
v.t.
To pledge; to offer as a toast or a health in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup.
+
pyrexical
a.
Of or pertaining to fever; feverish.
+
panta

See Pan-.
+
predetermine
v.t.
To determine (something) beforehand.
+
partial
n.
Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole.
+
pengolin
n.
The pangolin.
+
pluralize
v.t.
To multiply; to make manifold.
+
pas
n.
Right of going foremost; precedence.
+
prose
n.
The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
+
prosaicism
n.
The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style.
+
plica
v.
A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait.
+
produce
v.t.
To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit.
+
proscenia
pl.
of Proscenium
+
palladian
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a variety of the revived classic style of architecture, founded on the works of Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century.
+
putty
n.
A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes.
+
placard
n.
An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate.
+
palming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Palm
+
precoce
a.
Precocious.
+
pastorate
n.
The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor.
+
perverter
n.
One who perverts (a person or thing).
+
planisphere
n.
The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour.
+
propiolic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also propargylic acid) of the acetylene or tetrolic series, analogous to propionic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance.
+
pity
n.
A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.
+
pursuant
adv.
Alt. of Pursuantly
+
psilopaedes
n.pl.
birds whose young at first have down on the pterylae only; -- called also Gymnopaedes.
+
pain
n.
Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.
+
patena
n.
A paten.
+
pixie
n.
An old English name for a fairy; an elf.
+
passively
adv.
As a passive verb; in the passive voice.
+
plashoot
n.
A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed.
+
ponderal
a.
Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma.
+
predecease
n.
The death of one person or thing before another.
+
papboat
n.
A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.
+
periodical
n.
A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or regular intervals.
+
pointal
n.
The pistil of a plant.
+
placentation
n.
The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.
+
pothook
n.
An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.
+
palatableness
n.
The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.
+
pentecosty
n.
A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.
+
pepperer
n.
A grocer; -- formerly so called because he sold pepper.
+
procurator
n.
One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor.
+
perihelium
n.
That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.
+
poriform
a.
Resembling a pore, or small puncture.
+
precedent
n.
A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
+
plead

of Plead
+
presultor
n.
A leader in the dance.
+
poorly
adv.
Meanly; without spirit.
+
plumbery
n.
The business of a plumber.
+
perusal
n.
The act of reading, especially of reading through or with care.
+
parget
n.
Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
+
personalities
pl.
of Personality
+
proteus
n.
A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak.
+
potpie
n.
A meat pie which is boiled instead of being baked.
+
pack
n.
An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
+
potassa
n.
Potassium hydroxide, commonly called caustic potash.
+
proteiform
a.
Changeable in form; resembling a Proteus, or an amoeba.
+
pellmell
n.
See Pall-mall.
+
prehallux
n.
An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux.
+
pedipalpi
pl.
of Pedipalpus
+
plesiosauria
n.pl.
An extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles including the genera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also Sauropterygia.
+
postfrontal
a.
Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals.
+
pronounce
v.t.
To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
+
piping
v.
Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
+
progress
n.
Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress.
+
propitiation
n.
That which propitiates; atonement or atoning sacrifice; specifically, the influence or effects of the death of Christ in appeasing the divine justice, and conciliating the divine favor.
+
putrefy
v.t.
To corrupt; to make foul.
+
phyllobranciae
pl.
of Phyllobranchia
+
porterage
n.
The work of a porter; the occupation of a carrier or of a doorkeeper.
+
picamar
n.
An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.
+
poll
v.t.
To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
+
prudentiality
n.
The quality or state of being prudential.
+
penitentiaries
pl.
of Penitentiary
+
passing
a.
Exceeding; surpassing, eminent.
+
predella
n.
The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.
+
particulate
a.
Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc.
+
past
prep.
Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
+
pad
v.i.
To rob on foot.
+
preconsigned
imp.|p.p.
of Preconsign
+
parachute
n.
A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.
+
probabilist
n.
One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions.
+
philistine
n.
A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.
+
peevish
a.
Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
+
phonetism
n.
The science which treats of vocal sounds.
+
ponderousness
n.
The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.
+
polytechnics
n.
The science of the mechanic arts.
+
pancreatic
a.
Of or pertaining to the pancreas; as, the pancreatic secretion, digestion, ferments.
+
personate
v.t.
To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion.
+
prolongable
a.
Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care.
+
proterandry
n.
The condition of being proterandrous.
+
peroxidizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peroxidize
+
parabola
n.
One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = /. See under Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes.
+
picric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (called picric acid), intensely bitter.
+
pile
n.
A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
+
promenaded
imp.|p.p.
of Promenade
+
prothalamion
n.
Alt. of Prothalamium
+
pahoehoe
n.
A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a.
+
portioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Portion
+
problematist
n.
One who proposes problems.
+
proglottis
n.
One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence.
+
protist
n.
One of the Protista.
+
pursuance
n.
The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.
+
pataca
n.
The Spanish dollar; -- called also patacoon.
+
patronless
a.
Destitute of a patron.
+
paracymene
n.
Same as Cymene.
+
people
n.
Persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women; folks; population, or part of population; as, country people; -- sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and man in German; as, people in adversity.
+
popularly
adv.
In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported.
+
pernicious
a.
Quick; swift (to burn).
+
pyruric
a.
Same as Pyrouric.
+
perisperm
n.
The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac.
+
ponvolant
n.
A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge.
+
pavilioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pavilion
+
playgoing
a.
Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public.
+
partner
n.
One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.
+
perch
n.
A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.
+
proverb
n.
A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
+
partner
v.t.
To associate, to join.
+
pin
n.
A clothespin.
+
paddle
v.i.
An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
+
ponder
v.i.
To think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by on or over.
+
partnership
n.
A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure.
+
poor
superl.
Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
+
papillate
a.
Same as Papillose.
+
pyridyl
n.
A hypothetical radical, C5H4N, regarded as the essential residue of pyridine, and analogous to phenyl.
+
pantometer
n.
An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.
+
pyet
n.
A magpie; a piet.
+
predigestion
n.
Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.
+
pant
v.t.
To long for; to be eager after.
+
plutonic
a.
Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.
+
percolated
imp.|p.p.
of Percolate
+
proprietorship
n.
The state of being proprietor; ownership.
+
parting
n.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
+
pound
n.
An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.
+
potshard
n.
Alt. of Potshare
+
praiseless
a.
Without praise or approbation.
+
prohibition
n.
The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
+
principle
n.
An original faculty or endowment.
+
pyrrhicist
n.
One two danced the pyrrhic.
+
primer
n.
Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.
+
prohibiter
n.
One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an interdicter.
+
plagionite
n.
A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster.
+
pyramidal
a.
Same as Tetragonal.
+
pop
v.i.
To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in, out, upon, off, etc.
+
plight
v.t.
To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
+
pyracanth
n.
The evergreen thorn (Crataegus Pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe.
+
palatic
a.
Palatal; palatine.
+
proliferate
v.t.
To produce zooids by budding.
+
physianthropy
n.
The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.
+
psilanthropism
n.
Psilanthropy.
+
purse
v.t.
To put into a purse.
+
prince
v.i.
To play the prince.
+
postliminiary
a.
Pertaining to, or involving, the right of postliminium.
+
providence
n.
Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.
+
passport
n.
Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
+
precondition
n.
A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.
+
parturifacient
n.
A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing.
+
pishu
n.
The Canada lynx.
+
paludinal
a.
Inhabiting ponds or swamps.
+
parotid
n.
The parotid gland.
+
philistine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
+
pyrophyllite
n.
A mineral, usually of a white or greenish color and pearly luster, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina.
+
prompt
v.t.
To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
+
plea
n.
That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.
+
polybasite
n.
An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.
+
prevaricate
v.i.
To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
+
privation
n.
The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
+
proconsulary
a.
Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province.
+
phrenitis
n.
See Frenzy.
+
paradigmatized
imp.|p.p.
of Paradigmatize
+
polyorama
n.
A view of many objects; also, a sort of panorama with dissolving views.
+
pickpurse
n.
One who steals purses, or money from purses.
+
paunch
n.
The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
+
putrefying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Putrefy
+
plate
n.
Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold.
+
purification
n.
The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
+
pleuritical
a.
Suffering from pleurisy.
+
predication
n.
Preaching.
+
prognostic
v.t.
To prognosticate.
+
printshop
n.
A shop where prints are sold.
+
puppet
n.
One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt.
+
pilfered
imp.|p.p.
of Pilfer
+
pneumato

A combining form from Gr. pney^ma, pney`matos, wind, air, breath, respiration; as, pneumatograph, pneumatology.
+
pasque
n.
See Pasch.
+
phaeton
n.
A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore.
+
pried
imp.|p.p.
of Pry
+
pseudonaviculae
pl.
of Pseudonavicula
+
poenology
n.
See Penology.
+
pravity
n.
Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature.
+
paradoxy
n.
A paradoxical statement; a paradox.
+
particular
a.
Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise.
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phosphoritic
a.
Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of, phosphorite.
+
pandowdy
n.
A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.
+
patriarch
n.
A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.
+
pharo
n.
See Faro.
+
ias
pl.
of Pathopoela
+
periodicalness
n.
Periodicity.
+
pseudopodium
n.
Same as Pseudopod.
+
project
v.i.
To form a project; to scheme.
+
poultice
n.
A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm.
+
property
a.
The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title.
+
plumbic
a.
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide.
+
praecordia
n.
The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.
+
parturious
a.
Parturient.
+
pass
v.i.
To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
+
paid
imp.p.p.|a.
Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
+
purl
n.
A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
+
panzoism
n.
A term used to denote all of the elements or factors which constitute vitality or vital energy.
+
pend
n.
Oil cake; penock.
+
pappose
a.
Furnished with a pappus; downy.
+
preassurance
n.
Previous assurance.
+
patter
v.i.
To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
+
pomade
n.
Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.
+
pedalian
a.
Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal.
+
proof
n.
Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
+
palet
n.
Same as Palea.
+
pontooning
n.
The act, art, or process of constructing pontoon bridges.
+
perform
v.t.
To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
+
pubes
n.
The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.
+
photology
n.
The doctrine or science of light, explaining its nature and phenomena; optics.
+
pinacotheca
n.
A picture gallery.
+
predicatory
a.
Affirmative; positive.
+
poll
n.
The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).
+
principiant
a.
Relating to principles or beginnings.
+
puseyistic
a.
Alt. of Puseyite
+
prevail
v.i.
To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait.
+
pare
v.t.
Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
+
phryganeid
n.
Any insect belonging to the Phryganeides.
+
postposit
v.t.
To postpone.
+
polite
v.t.
To polish; to refine; to render polite.
+
pluralize
v.i.
To hold more than one benefice at the same time.
+
purveyance
n.
A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.
+
prig
n.
A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
+
paragrapher
n.
A writer of paragraphs; a paragraphist.
+
purism
n.
Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity.
+
prerogative
n.
An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise.
+
purification
n.
The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.
+
prothallium
n.
Same as Prothallus.
+
polyacid
a.
Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monobasic acid; having more than one hydrogen atom capable of being replaced by acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; as, calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid bases.
+
poltfooted
a.
Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet.
+
palace
n.
Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house.
+
passado
v.i.
A pass or thrust.
+
pachydermatous
a.
Of or pertaining to the pachyderms.
+
posthaste
n.
Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier.
+
paddy
a.
Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
+
poor
superl.
Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
+
plant
n.
A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule.
+
patella
n.
A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.
+
pygobranchia
n.pl.
A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiae in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris.
+
pick
v.
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.
+
puzzel
n.
A harlot; a drab; a hussy.
+
pinched
imp.|p.p.
of Pinch
+
palatine
a.
Of or pertaining to the palate.
+
pugged
imp.|p.p.
of Pug
+
protoplast
n.
A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species.
+
polycracy
n.
Government by many rulers; polyarchy.
+
preluded
imp.|p.p.
of Prelude
+
plumiliform
a.
Having the of a plume or feather.
+
pay
v.t.
To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.
+
peep
n.
First outlook or appearance.
+
protonotary
n.
Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master.
+
prisoned
imp.|p.p.
of Prison
+
putrefy
v.t.
To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
+
petrescence
n.
The process of changing into stone; petrification.
+
phyllocyanin
n.
A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.
+
plash
v.t.
To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge.
+
pink
v.t.
The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.
+
prenasal
a.
Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers.
+
penna
n.
A perfect, or normal, feather.
+
playgame
n.
Play of children.
+
ponderosities
pl.
of Ponderosity
+
prostatitis
n.
Inflammation of the prostate.
+
primity
n.
Quality of being first; primitiveness.
+
percussed
imp.|p.p.
of Percuss
+
protracted
a.
Prolonged; continued.
+
phototropic
a.
Same as Heliotropic.
+
polysyllabicity
n.
Polysyllabism.
+
parable
v.t.
To represent by parable.
+
pyrene
n.
One of the less volatile hydrocarbons of coal tar, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C16H10.
+
philter
v.t.
To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
+
puppy
v.i.
To bring forth whelps; to pup.
+
plurilocular
a.
Having several cells or loculi
+
pinion
n.
A feather; a quill.
+
pseudosymmetric
a.
Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.
+
phanerogamian
a.
Phanerogamous.
+
platinoid
n.
An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.
+
prerequire
v.t.
To require beforehand.
+
pippin
n.
An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple.
+
pici
n.pl.
A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks.
+
proffering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Proffer
+
pile
v.t.
To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
+
pragmatism
n.
The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.
+
postpone
v.t.
To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.
+
pact
v.
An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant.
+
perineoplasty
n.
The act or process of restoring an injured perineum.
+
proverb
v.t.
To provide with a proverb.
+
pronounceable
a.
Capable of being pronounced.
+
pure
superl.
Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
+
perversedly
adv.
Perversely.
+
palestra
n.
A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.
+
ptenoglossa
n.pl.
A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather.
+
puddling
n.
The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities.
+
prodded
imp.|p.p.
of Prod
+
pitchy
a.
Partaking of the qualities of pitch; resembling pitch.
+
papejay
n.
A popinjay.
+
portray
v.t.
To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.
+
prorector
n.
An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university.
+
potent
n.
A prince; a potentate.
+
proficient
n.
One who has made considerable advances in any business, art, science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as, proficient in a trade; a proficient in mathematics, music, etc.
+
pseudobacteria
n.pl.
Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria.
+
planispheric
a.
Of or pertaining to a planisphere.
+
pernor
v.
One who receives the profits, as of an estate.
+
phosphorus
n.
A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for many other purposes. The molecule contains four atoms. Symbol P. Atomic weight 31.0.
+
phonetist
n.
One who advocates a phonetic spelling.
+
pad
v.t.
To travel upon foot; to tread.
+
planet
n.
A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system.
+
pycnometer
n.
A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids.
+
proselytism
n.
Conversion to a religion, system, or party.
+
protecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Protect
+
politeness
n.
High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance.
+
perverseness
n.
The quality or state of being perverse.
+
penfold
n.
See Pinfold.
+
plash
v.i.
To dabble in water; to splash.
+
profusive
a.
Profuse; lavish; prodigal.
+
perfidiously
adv.
In a perfidious manner.
+
prolepsis
n.
An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.
+
phrase
n.
A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
+
polygony
n.
Any plant of the genus Polygonum.
+
plunge
v.i.
To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt.
+
partaker
n.
An accomplice; an associate; a partner.
+
pronuncial
a.
Of or pertaining to pronunciation; pronunciative.
+
pansied
a.
Covered or adorned with pansies.
+
pyrosome
n.
Any compound ascidian of the genus Pyrosoma. The pyrosomes form large hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet long, which swim at the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent.
+
putamen
n.
The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See Endocarp.
+
pentahedrical
a.
Pentahedral.
+
potential
n.
The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force.
+
partook

imp. of Partake.
+
parlous
a.
Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough. 
+
protocol
v.t.
To make a protocol of.
+
pentecosties
pl.
of Pentecosty
+
prudish
a.
Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.
+
pincenez
n.
Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring.
+
putrifacted
a.
Putrefied.
+
patronize
v.t.
To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.
+
purr
v.i.|t.
To murmur as a cat. See Pur.
+
protector
n.
A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
+
package
n.
A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens.
+
petalite
n.
A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia.
+
palamedeae
n.pl.
An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.
+
plumbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plumb
+
portage
n.
A sailor's wages when in port.
+
portemonnaie
n.
A small pocketbook or wallet for carrying money.
+
proplasm
n.
A mold; a matrix.
+
ploc
n.
A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.
+
preventive
a.
Going before; preceding.
+
pony
n.
A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib.
+
puncto
n.
A term applied to the point in fencing.
+
plainant
n.
One who makes complaint; the plaintiff.
+
preemption
n.
The act or right of purchasing before others.
+
passionless
a.
Void of passion; without anger or emotion; not easily excited; calm.
+
peseta
n.
A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.
+
pensive
a.
Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers.
+
poonga oil

A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra).
+
punctuative
a.
Of or belonging to points of division; relating to punctuation.
+
pinnacle
n.
An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.
+
parisyllabical
a.
Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
+
planished
imp.|p.p.
of Planish
+
pericope
n.
A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon.
+
postillate
v.i.
To write postils; to comment.
+
pestalozzianism
n.
The system of education introduced by Pestalozzi.
+
partnership
n.
An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership.
+
plucker
n.
One who, or that which, plucks.
+
pickeer
v.i.
To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon.
+
prurigo
n.
A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy cuticle in color.
+
patin
n.
Alt. of Patine
+
pollywog
n.
A polliwig.
+
prinking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prink
+
parade
v.t.
That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen.
+
protopterus
n.
See Komtok.
+
prink
v.t.
To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.
+
piffara
n.
A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir.
+
postulate
n.
The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.
+
parting
n.
A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
+
popper
n.
A utensil for popping corn, usually a wire basket with a long handle.
+
pin
n.
Caligo. See Caligo.
+
party
v.
A person; as, he is a queer party.
+
prepossessing
a.
Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner.
+
pod
n.
A bag; a pouch.
+
pearly
a.
Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
+
pigwidgeon
n.
A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.
+
pedregal
n.
A lava field.
+
powdery
a.
Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery bloom on plums.
+
praseolite
n.
A variety of altered iolite of a green color and greasy luster.
+
plowboy
n.
Alt. of Ploughboy
+
poetics
n.
The principles and rules of the art of poetry.
+
prelatized
imp.|p.p.
of Prelatize
+
plangency
n.
The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound.
+
palmy
a.
Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore.
+
postfact
a.
Relating to a fact that occurs after another.
+
pentacrons
pl.
of Pentacron
+
posterior
a.
On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower.
+
paraphrastical
a.
Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free.
+
pitiless
a.
Exciting no pity; as, a pitiless condition.
+
promerit
v.t.
To deserve; to procure by merit.
+
plan
a.
A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
+
perplex
a.
To plague; to vex; to tormen.
+
presbytery
n.
The Presbyterian religion of polity.
+
podesta
n.
A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
+
poundkeeper
n.
The keeper of a pound.
+
pikeman
n.
A keeper of a turnpike gate.
+
piercer
n.
An instrument used in forming eyelets; a stiletto.
+
provender
n.
Food or provisions.
+
pantophagist
n.
A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds of food.
+
plastide
n.
A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon.
+
plateau
n.
A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.
+
parthenogenesis
n.
The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.
+
pick
n.
A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
+
phlogistical
a.
Phlogistic.
+
person
n.
A parson; the parish priest.
+
pageant
v.t.
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
+
phytogeography
n.
The geographical distribution of plants.
+
pricker
n.
A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking.
+
pavilioned
imp.|p.p.
of Pavilion
+
priestcap
n.
A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail.
+
physiologer
n.
A physiologist.
+
preceptor
n.
One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.
+
provincialist
n.
One who lives in a province; a provincial.
+
play
v.t.
To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump.
+
pendulums
pl.
of Pendulum
+
presention
n.
See Presension.
+
planimeter
n.
An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.
+
postcaptain
n.
A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse.
+
price
n.|v.
The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost.
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principle
n.
A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle.
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picnicking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Picnic
+
prelatess
n.
A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate.
+
perchlorate
n.
A salt of perchloric acid.
+
proposer
n.
One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption.
+
pretence
n.
That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.
+
protuberance
n.
That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.
+
pairer
n.
One who impairs.
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polite
v.
Smooth; polished.
+
pat
a.
Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely.
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polishment
n.
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
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pamper
v.t.
To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.
+
pug nose

A short, thick nose; a snubnose.
+
pharisaism
n.
The notions, doctrines, and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect.
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pinguid
a.
Fat; unctuous; greasy.
+
property
a.
All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.
+
perisomata
pl.
of Perisoma
+
pelecypoda
n.pl.
Same as Lamellibranchia.
+
prove
v.t.
To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.
+
poll
v.i.
To vote at an election.
+
paripinnate
a.
Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.
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prime
a.
An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.
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phlebolith
n.
A small calcareous concretion formed in a vein; a vein stone.
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polianite
n.
Manganese dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly as hard as quartz.
+
polyonomy
n.
The use of a variety of names for the same object.
+
paulianist
n.
A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ.
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pew
v.t.
To furnish with pews.
+
participant
a.
Sharing; participating; having a share of part.
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population
n.
The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.
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propulse
v.t.
To repel; to drive off or away.
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powdery
a.
Resembling powder; consisting of powder.
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poll
v.t.
To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
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purchase
v.t.
That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
+
pointing
n.
The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.
+
phycography
n.
A description of seaweeds.
+
provenal
n.
The Provencal language. See Langue d'oc.
+
phenixes
pl.
of Phenix
+
pyrotechny
n.
Same as Pyrotechnics.
+
phoneidoscope
n.
An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.
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pastry
n.
Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc.
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provincial
n.
A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
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pigsties
pl.
of Pigsty
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precipient
a.
Commanding; directing.
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proselytizer
n.
One who proselytes.
+
proped
n.
Same as Proleg.
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paynim
n.|a.
See Painim.
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phonal
a.
Of or relating to the voice; as, phonal structure.
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phonetics
n.
The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.
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peasantly
a.
Peasantlike.
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pervasive
a.
Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality.
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plashed
imp.|p.p.
of Plash
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premonishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Premonish
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paragon
n.
A companion; a match; an equal.
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patent
v.t.
To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands.
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perpetuity
n.
The quality or state of being perpetual; as, the perpetuity of laws.
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pigeyed
a.
Having small, deep-set eyes.
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patella
n.
A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
+
piper
n.
A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.
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pouting
n.
Childish sullenness.
+
phlebitis
n.
Inflammation of a vein.
+
pause
n.
To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
+
posied
a.
Inscribed with a posy.
+
plant
n.
To set up; to install; to instate.
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pedagogism
n.
The system, occupation, character, or manner of pedagogues.
+
poy
n.
A ropedancer's balancing pole.
+
parisology
n.
The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
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prize
n.
Estimation; valuation.
+
photoglyphy
n.
Photoglyphic engraving. See under Photoglyphic.
+
phonotypist
n.
One versed in phonotypy.
+
polka
n.
A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented.
+
provincialize
v.t.
To render provincial.
+
pectoral
n.
A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.
+
parablast
n.
A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, the cells of which are especially concerned in forming the first blood and blood vessels.
+
pale
v.i.
Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
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play
n.
The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy; as, he attends ever play.
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partheniad
n.
A poem in honor of a virgin.
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pounce
v.i.
To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.
+
picturize
v.t.
To picture.
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protuberous
a.
Protuberant.
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passing
n.
The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away.
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pomme
a.
Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; -- said of a cross.
+
pathematic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering.
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precipitate
n.
An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface.
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putidity
n.
Alt. of Putidness
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polybasic
a.
Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monacid base; having several hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced by basic radicals; -- said of certain acids; as, sulphuric acid is polybasic.
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pryan
n.
See Prian.
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possessive
a.
Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.
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prick
n.
To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
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poicile
n.
Alt. of Poecile
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precipice
n.
A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff.
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pompous
a.
Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style.
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pace
n.
Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
+
pentandria
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of plants having five separate stamens.
+
pyritaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to pyrites. See Pyritic.
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puff
n.
An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
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prescribe
v.i.
To influence by long use
+
privacy
n.
See Privity, 2.
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politician
n.
One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public office, or to the success of a political party; -- used in a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an intriguer; as, a mere politician.
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pearlins
n.pl.
Alt. of Pearlings
+
paling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pale
+
pretor
n.
Hence, a mayor or magistrate.
+
prison
n.
Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.
+
parsimonious
a.
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
+
posturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Posture
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postcommissure
n.
A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure.
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phalaenid
n.
Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.
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photoscope
n.
Anything employed for the observation of light or luminous effects.
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perch
n.
In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.
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prithee
interj.
A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I.
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pointlessly
adv.
Without point.
+
proteanly
adv.
In a protean manner.
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portraiture
n.
The art or practice of making portraits.
+
portraiture
n.
Pictures, collectively; painting.
+
polychloride
n.
A chloride containing more than one atom of chlorine in the molecule.
+
ptosis
n.
Drooping of the upper eyelid, produced by paralysis of its levator muscle.
+
phacops
n.
A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian formations. Phacops bufo is one of the most common species.
+
perpetrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perpetrate
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predicate
v.t.
The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
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piaster
n.
A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.
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practicality
n.
The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.
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prognathic
a.
Prognathous.
+
pretypify
v.t.
To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type.
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playfellow
n.
A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate.
+
pintado
n.
Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea.
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picklock
n.
One who picks locks; a thief.
+
pestilence
n.
Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.
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planetoidal
a.
Pertaining to a planetoid.
+
podding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pod
+
periphrastic
a.
Alt. of Periphrastical
+
purgament
n.
That which is excreted; excretion.
+
perigonium
n.
Same as Perigone.
+
persulphocyanic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline substance (called also perthiocyanic acid), analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur.
+
pluviometer
n.
An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.
+
perfricate
v.t.
To rub over.
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penetrability
n.
The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.
+
pyramidion
n.
The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.
+
politize
v.i.
To play the politician; to dispute as politicians do.
+
postabdomen
n.
That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen.
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polewig
n.
The European spotted goby (Gobius minutus); -- called also pollybait.
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pole
n.
A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.
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pleurotomae
pl.
of Pleurotoma
+
podophthalmous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.
+
prevoyant
a.
Foreseeing; prescient.
+
propeptone
n.
A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.
+
patronized
imp.|p.p.
of Patronize
+
proletarian
a.
Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar.
+
piemen
pl.
of Pieman
+
paltrily
adv.
In a paltry manner.
+
patrizate
v.i.
To imitate one's father.
+
punctual
a.
Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.
+
prospect
v.t.
To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.
+
perpendicularity
n.
The quality or state of being perpendicular.
+
phonologic
a.
Alt. of Phonological
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pistolet
n.
A small pistol.
+
palmately
adv.
In a palmate manner.
+
provokable
a.
That may be provoked.
+
puffer
n.
One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.
+
pruritus
n.
Itching.
+
pancratium
n.
An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
+
paracelsian
n.
A follower of Paracelsus or his practice or teachings.
+
poled
imp.|p.p.
of Pole
+
preyful
a.
Disposed to take prey.
+
polemoscope
n.
An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal, / side, opera glass.
+
populace
n.
The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.
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proxyship
n.
The office or agency of a proxy.
+
purpose
n.
Proposal to another; discourse.
+
particularly
adv.
In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure.
+
pericambium
n.
A layer of thin-walled young cells in a growing stem, in which layer certain new vessels originate.
+
portiere
n.
A curtain hanging across a doorway.
+
praiseworthily
adv.
In a praiseworthy manner.
+
purifier
n.
One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner.
+
pudgy
a.
Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand.
+
process
n.
The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.
+
pulkha
n.
A Laplander's traveling sledge. See Sledge.
+
puddening
n.
A bunch of soft material to prevent chafing between spars, or the like.
+
peckled
a.
Speckled; spotted.
+
phylum
n.
One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.
+
pectoral
n.
A covering or protecting for the breast.
+
placeless
a.
Having no place or office.
+
puree
n.
A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated.
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prodigal
a.
Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses.
+
phytelephas
n.
A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.
+
proboscidate
a.
Having a proboscis; proboscidial.
+
prettiness
n.
The quality or state of being pretty; -- used sometimes in a disparaging sense.
+
pectolite
n.
A whitish mineral occurring in radiated or fibrous crystalline masses. It is a hydrous silicate of lime and soda.
+
parotoid
a.
Resembling the parotid gland; -- applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.
+
patrol
v.i.
A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
+
petitioning
n.
The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
+
price
v.t.
To ask the price of; as, to price eggs.
+
patrole
n.|v.
See Patrol, n. & v.
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pipefish
n.
Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place.
+
phyla
pl.
of Phylon
+
perisarc
n.
The outer, hardened integument which covers most hydroids.
+
panical
a.
See Panic, a.
+
presentment
n.
Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
+
pointsman
n.
A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.
+
pestle
n.
The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.
+
pad
n.
A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
+
parnassian
a.
Of or pertaining to Parnassus.
+
paroxysmal
a.
Of the nature of a paroxysm; characterized or accompanied by paroxysms; as, a paroxysmal pain; paroxysmal temper.
+
politely
adv.
In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy.
+
plainness
n.
The quality or state of being plain.
+
piteous
a.
Pious; devout.
+
palate
n.
The roof of the mouth.
+
patronage
n.
Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
+
pitchy
a.
Black; pitch-dark; dismal.
+
parathesis
n.
A commendatory prayer.
+
praxis
n.
An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
+
ply
v.i.
To work to windward; to beat.
+
plowbote
n.
Alt. of Ploughbote
+
pompet
n.
The ball formerly used to ink the type.
+
parodied
imp.|p.p.
of Parody
+
proneness
n.
The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man.
+
prior
a.
The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
+
precipe
n.
See Praecipe, and Precept.
+
piously
adv.
In a pious manner.
+
proliferate
v.t.
To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.
+
pezizoid
a.
Resembling a fungus of the genus Peziza; having a cuplike form.
+
phosphorized
a.
Containing, or impregnated with, phosphorus.
+
pass
v.i.
To go through the intestines.
+
patronomayology
n.
That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.
+
portise
n.
See Portass.
+
purprise
n.
A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor.
+
polyvalent
a.
Multivalent.
+
pole
n.
See Polarity, and Polar, n.
+
periclitation
n.
The state of being in peril.
+
preconsigning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preconsign
+
ply
v.i.
To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports.
+
pimaric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in galipot, and isomeric with abietic acid.
+
proglottid
n.
Proglottis.
+
ploy
n.
Sport; frolic.
+
punish
v.t.
To injure, as by beating; to pommel.
+
pampering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pamper
+
populacy
n.
Populace.
+
prattle
v.i.
To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.
+
ploughing

of Plough
+
portingal
a.
Of or pertaining to Portugal; Portuguese.
+
parenthetic
a.
Alt. of Parenthetical
+
polarization
n.
The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.
+
pillory
n.
A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.
+
procerite
n.
The segment next to the flagellum of the antennae of Crustacea.
+
prussian
a.
Of or pertaining to Prussia.
+
pourtray
v.t.
See Portray.
+
picking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pick
+
protestantly
adv.
Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism.
+
peruser
n.
One who peruses.
+
poured
imp.|p.p.
of Pour
+
perthiocyanogen
n.
Same as Persulphocyanogen.
+
pterotic
a.
Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the prootic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic capsule of many fishes.
+
plump
a.
To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
+
predomination
n.
The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance.
+
priedieu
n.
A kneeling desk for prayers.
+
peptic
a.
Able to digest.
+
pennon
n.
A pennant; a flag or streamer.
+
protestation
n.
The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent.
+
popped
imp.|p.p.
of Pop
+
paleolith
n.
A relic of the Paleolithic era.
+
precel
v.t.|i.
To surpass; to excel; to exceed.
+
papyrography
n.
The process of multiplying copies of writings, etc., by means of the papyrograph.
+
procreated
imp.|p.p.
of Procreate
+
puzzle
v.
The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
+
phlogistication
n.
The act or process of combining with phlogiston.
+
prosy
superl.
Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.
+
prowled
imp.|p.p.
of Prowl
+
preadjustment
n.
Previous adjustment.
+
pot
v.t.
To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.
+
plump
a.|v.
Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
+
persulphuret
n.
A persulphide.
+
parotid
a.
Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear. 
+
perstringe
v.t.
To criticise; to touch upon.
+
pile
v.t.
To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to pile up wood.
+
palatinate
v.t.
To make a palatinate of.
+
pyrochlore
n.
A niobate of calcium, cerium, and other bases, occurring usually in octahedrons of a yellowish or brownish color and resinous luster; -- so called from its becoming grass-green on being subjected to heat under the blowpipe.
+
pilferer
n.
One who pilfers; a petty thief.
+
patch
n.
A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
+
postanal
a.
Situated behind, or posterior to, the anus.
+
prescient
a.
Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious beforehand.
+
pupillarity
n.
The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females.
+
profit
n.
To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.
+
pebbled
a.
Abounding in pebbles.
+
pettifog
v.t.
To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.
+
plaything
n.
A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.
+
proximally
adv.
On or toward a proximal part; proximad.
+
postmaster
n.
One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails.
+
puff
n.
A puffball.
+
passionary
n.
A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs.
+
pollinate
a.
Pollinose.
+
picarian
a.
Of or pertaining to Picariae.
+
parent
n.
That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.
+
periodical
a.
Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics.
+
pathic
n.
A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite.
+
pailmall
n.|a.
See Pall-mall.
+
preside
v.i.
To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate.
+
pepper
v.t.
Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds.
+
predicant
a.
Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching.
+
pot
n.
A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.
+
polygon
n.
A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; any figure having many angles.
+
paddle
v.i.
To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.
+
proclamation
n.
The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
+
phonograph
n.
An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration, and reproduce the sound.
+
pause
n.
In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
+
phonetics
n.
The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters.
+
poise
n.
To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
+
pinnae
pl.
of Pinna
+
positive
a.
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals.
+
pause
n.
To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
+
papal
a.
Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.
+
plan
v.t.
To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
+
persuasible
a.
Persuasive.
+
procoelian
n.
A reptile having procoelian vertebrae; one of the Procoelia.
+
prize
n.
That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
+
professorship
n.
The office or position of a professor, or public teacher.
+
pickery
n.
Petty theft.
+
palisading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Palisade
+
pencil
n.
A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.
+
practice
v.i.
To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano.
+
pick
v.i.
To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
+
picrate
n.
A salt of picric acid.
+
pastorling
n.
An insignificant pastor.
+
papule
n.
Same as Papula.
+
physically
adv.
According to the rules of medicine.
+
persisted
imp.|p.p.
of Persist
+
pluralize
v.t.
To make plural by using the plural termination; to attribute plurality to; to express in the plural form.
+
plough
v.t.
To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.
+
potager
n.
A porringer.
+
preception
n.
A precept.
+
panade
n.
A dagger.
+
pipage
n.
Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.
+
phalangeal
a.
Alt. of Phalangal
+
prescriptible
a.
Depending on, or derived from, prescription; proper to be prescribed.
+
prefaced
imp.|p.p.
of Preface
+
plaudit
n.
A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
+
prate
v.i.
To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
+
pyrophane
n.
A mineral which is opaque in its natural state, but is said to change its color and become transparent by heat.
+
pileated
a.
Having the form of a cap for the head.
+
probation
n.
The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule.
+
pomaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pomeae) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc.
+
pavo
n.
A genus of birds, including the peacocks.
+
pneumococcus
n.
A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease.
+
precipitating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Precipitate
+
part
v.i.
To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from.
+
peaked
a.
Sickly; not robust.
+
parliamentarily
adv.
In a parliamentary manner.
+
perpetuation
n.
The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time; continuance.
+
primogenial
a.
First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light.
+
peppery
a.
Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.
+
pantheon
n.
The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.
+
pulp
v.t.
To deprive of the pulp, or integument.
+
pessary
n.
A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.
+
piling
n.
The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.
+
pitman
n.
The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery.
+
pagination
n.
The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number.
+
pirogue
n.
A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat.
+
praetores
n.pl.
A division of butterflies including the satyrs.
+
philosopheme
n.
A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle of reasoning.
+
pant
v.i.
To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
+
preadamite
n.
One who holds that men existed before Adam.
+
pight
imp.|p.p.
Pitched; fixed; determined.
+
person
n.
A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any person present.
+
prepossessor
n.
One who possesses, or occupies, previously.
+
politics
n.
The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery.
+
propendency
n.
Attentive deliberation.
+
postern
a.
Back; being behind; private.
+
pule
v.i.
To cry like a chicken.
+
prime
n.
The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.
+
progenerate
v.t.
To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, to progenerate a race.
+
porwigle
n.
See Polliwig.
+
pompatic
a.
Pompous.
+
perfumatory
a.
Emitting perfume; perfuming.
+
planarian
n.
One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.
+
patency
n.
The condition of being open, enlarged, or spread.
+
punish
v.t.
To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.
+
pang
v.t.
To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.
+
puniceous
a.
Alt. of Punicial
+
proctitis
n.
Inflammation of the rectum.
+
prest
n.
A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
+
prick
v.
The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.
+
petal
n.
One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
+
poikilocyte
n.
An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle.
+
ptyalin
n.
An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals.
+
pharmaceutics
n.
The science of preparing medicines.
+
perissodactyl
n.
One of the Perissodactyla.
+
preexistence
n.
Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine held by certain philosophers.
+
prill
v.i.
To flow.
+
puddled
imp.|p.p.
of Puddle
+
perpetually
adv.
In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually.
+
palling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pall
+
paraclose
n.
See Parclose.
+
presciently
adv.
With prescience or foresight.
+
pokerish
a.
Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear; as, a pokerish place.
+
paludicole
a.
Marsh-inhabiting; belonging to the Paludicolae
+
promise
v.i.
To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration.
+
partisanship
n.
The state of being a partisan, or adherent to a party; feelings or conduct appropriate to a partisan.
+
paniculate
a.
Alt. of Paniculated
+
polyacra
pl.
of Polyacron
+
pressgang
n.
See Press gang, under Press.
+
patena
n.
A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon.
+
peritropal
a.
Rotatory; circuitous.
+
plot
n.
Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
+
pelagian
a.
Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian shells.
+
pea
n.
See Peak, n., 3.
+
panorama
n.
A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point.
+
pectineal
a.
Of or pertaining to the pecten.
+
portion
n.
A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
+
men
pl.
of Pointsman
+
prattling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prattle
+
parallelism
n.
Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.
+
prosternation
n.
Dejection; depression.
+
patacoon
n.
See Pataca.
+
pack
n.
To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
+
plentevous
a.
Plenteous.
+
pearlstone
n.
A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.
+
pnigalion
n.
Nightmare.
+
pigeonfoot
n.
The dove's-foot geranium (Geranium molle).
+
phytology
n.
The science of plants; a description of the kinds and properties of plants; botany.
+
pisciculture
n.
Fish culture. See under Fish.
+
preterlegal
a.
Exceeding the limits of law.
+
partition
v.
The servance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
+
precedaneous
a.
Preceding; antecedent; previous.
+
plagiarism
n.
The act or practice of plagiarizing.
+
pteridologist
n.
One who is versed in pteridology.
+
power
n.
Same as Poor, the fish.
+
power
n.
Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.
+
palliative
a.
Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
+
peas
pl.
of Pea
+
pericula
pl.
of Periculum
+
prosecutor
n.
The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.
+
procinct
n.
A state of complete readiness for action.
+
prevalently
adv.
In a prevalent manner.
+
polyp
n.
One of the Anthozoa.
+
pan
n.
A leaf of gold or silver.
+
ply
v.t.
To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink.
+
men
pl.
of Plainsman
+
pane
n.
One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
+
puritan
n.
One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.
+
plenish
v.t.
To replenish.
+
polish
v.i.
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
+
perilling

of Peril
+
pasturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pasture
+
pretentative
a.
Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.
+
personify
v.t.
To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.
+
prelibation
n.
A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.
+
paint
n.
A pigment or coloring substance.
+
phaseolus
n.
A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean.
+
parrel
n.
A chimney-piece.
+
polaric
a.
See Polar.
+
piping
n.
A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.
+
perficient
a.
Making or doing throughly; efficient; effectual.
+
phonocamptic
a.
Reflecting sound.
+
pyrope
n.
A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gem. See the Note under Garnet.
+
painstaking
a.
Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive.
+
publicness
n.
The quality or state of belonging to the community; as, the publicness of property.
+
pinocle
n.
See Penuchle.
+
pulsator
n.
A beater; a striker.
+
plastic
n.
a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905]
+
preying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prey
+
platypus
n.
The duck mole. See under Duck.
+
pygargus

A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope having a white rump.
+
praemorse
a.
Same as Premorse.
+
pockfretten
a.
See Pockmarked.
+
privy
n.
A necessary house or place; a backhouse.
+
perdu
a.
A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.
+
peastone
n.
Pisolite.
+
planishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Planish
+
pelter
n.
A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
+
perspiratory
a.
Of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, the perspiratory ducts.
+
perigord pie

A pie made of truffles, much esteemed by epicures.
+
persian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Persia.
+
pabulous
a.
Affording pabulum, or food; alimental.
+
prongbuck
n.
The pronghorn.
+
pass
v.t.
To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
+
privative
a.
Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less.
+
press
n.
To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.
+
pantisocratic
a.
Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy.
+
parenthood
n.
The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent.
+
preceptory
n.
A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2.
+
pterygopalatine
a.
Of or pertaining to the pterygoid processes and the palatine bones.
+
patron
n.
One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
+
predeterminate
a.
Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God.
+
piece
n.
A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.
+
puppies
pl.
of Puppy
+
perfectionism
n.
The doctrine of the Perfectionists.
+
placket
n.
The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole.
+
producer
n.
One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use.
+
pour
a.
Poor.
+
preengaged
imp.|p.p.
of Preengage
+
procrustes
n.
A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.
+
parcel
v.t.
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
+
men
pl.
of Ploughman
+
promenade
v.i.
To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.
+
pennatulacea
n.pl.
A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria.
+
physicochemical
a.
Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies.
+
phospham
n.
An inert amorphous white powder, PN2H, obtained by passing ammonia over heated phosphorus.
+
ptenoglossate
a.
Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.
+
prythee
interj.
See Prithee.
+
pseudoneuropterous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera.
+
paragraphed
imp.|p.p.
of Paragraph
+
prolepsis
n.
A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.
+
pedomotive
a.
Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
+
playa
n.
A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation.
+
plot
n.
Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
+
palissander
n.
Violet wood.
+
puncheon
n.
A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
+
picket
n.
A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
+
private
n.
A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
+
plough
n.
An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
+
padnag
n.
An ambling nag.
+
prevailed
imp.|p.p.
of Prevail
+
persuasory
a.
Persuasive.
+
phantasmagory
n.
See Phantasmagoria.
+
pack
n.
A shook of cask staves.
+
prologued
imp.|p.p.
of Prologue
+
pudder
v.i.
To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle.
+
privately
adv.
In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others.
+
princekin
n.
A petty prince; a princeling.
+
prosed
imp.|p.p.
of Prose
+
postulant
n.
One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate.
+
paw
v.t.
To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
+
plaining
n.
Complaint.
+
perpetual
a.
Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous.
+
pearmain
n.
The name of several kinds of apples; as, the blue pearmain, winter pearmain, and red pearmain.
+
parentation
n.
Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies.
+
portion
n.
The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.
+
philatory
n.
A kind of transparent reliquary with an ornamental top.
+
prolific
a.
Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.
+
prevenance
n.
A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.
+
poldway
n.
A kind of coarse bagging, -- used for coal sacks.
+
peptohydrochloric
a.
Designating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid) which is supposed to be formed when pepsin and dilute (0.1-0.4 per cent) hydrochloric acid are mixed together.
+
perambulation
n.
The act of perambulating; traversing.
+
position
n.
The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
+
purported
imp.|p.p.
of Purport
+
patina
n.
The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.
+
poser
n.
One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact.
+
principal
n.
A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.
+
presumption
n.
That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive.
+
please
v.t.
To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.
+
proposition
n.
That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.
+
plumbean
a.
Alt. of Plumbeous
+
pusillanimously
adv.
With pusillanimity.
+
polluting
a.
Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
+
pilotage
n.
Guidance, as by a pilot.
+
perjured
imp.|p.p.
of Perjure
+
plant
n.
A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
+
premeditating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Premeditate
+
polygordius
n.
A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva.
+
parament
n.
Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural.
+
placentae
pl.
of Placenta
+
pelagic
a.
Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.
+
prologize
v.i.
To deliver a Prologue.
+
passion
v.t.
To give a passionate character to.
+
paroxysm
n.
The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.
+
plene
ae.
Full; complete; plenary.
+
poor
superl.
Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
+
pockwood
n.
Lignum-vitae.
+
passement
n.
Lace, gimp, braid etc., sewed on a garment.
+
provided
conj.
On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; -- usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever.
+
package
n.
A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.
+
plimsolls mark

A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured.
+
platy

A combining form from Gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as, platypus, platycephalous.
+
private
a.
Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
+
packwax
n.
Same as Paxwax.
+
plymouth brethren

The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren.
+
pussy
n.
The game of tipcat; -- also called pussy cat.
+
pentagraphic
a.
Alt. of Pentagraphical
+
peccary
n.
A pachyderm of the genus Dicotyles.
+
prejudice
n.
A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment.
+
perk
v.t.
To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head.
+
peck
n.
The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
+
platness
n.
Flatness.
+
petro

A combining form from Gr. / a rock, / a stone; as, petrology, petroglyphic.
+
phlyctenular
a.
Characterized by the presence of small pustules, or whitish elevations resembling pustules; as, phlyctenular ophthalmia.
+
phallicism
n.
See Phallism.
+
politician
n.
One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.
+
protandrous
a.
Proterandrous.
+
prosopocephala
n.pl.
Same as Scaphopoda.
+
presidentship
n.
The office and dignity of president; presidency.
+
post
n.
A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
+
pinch
n.
A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.
+
prepollent
a.
Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.
+
precomposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Precompose
+
parr
n.
A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling.
+
payndemain
n.
The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman.
+
pholades
pl.
of Pholas
+
press
v.
To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience.
+
puppy
n.
A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person.
+
pers
n.
A cloth of sky-blue color.
+
palmate
n.
A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate.
+
petitionee
n.
A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
+
pleochromatic
a.
Pleochroic.
+
paritor
n.
An apparitor.
+
propane
n.
A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.
+
pluviameter
n.
See Pluviometer.
+
pyruvil
n.
A complex nitrogenous compound obtained by heating together pyruvic acid and urea.
+
passage
v.i.
The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body.
+
pension
v.t.
To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.
+
pad
n.
A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
+
plough
v.t.
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
+
petrological
a.
Of or pertaining to petrology.
+
pretibial
a.
Situated in front of the tibia.
+
peevit
n.
Alt. of Peewit
+
pleuroptera
n.pl
A group of Isectivora, including the colugo.
+
presbytery
n.
The residence of a priest or clergyman.
+
pollinium
n.
A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids.
+
pignut
n.
The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra, / porcina); also, the tree itself.
+
plaster
n.
A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.
+
puttock
n.
The European kite.
+
perameles
n.
Any marsupial of the genus Perameles, which includes numerous species found in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot.
+
phyllotaxy
n.
Alt. of Phyllotaxis
+
pita
n.
The plant which yields the fiber.
+
parian
a.
Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the Aegean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble.
+
patchingly
adv.
Knavishy; deceitfully.
+
pander
v.i.
To act the part of a pander.
+
pyelitis
n.
Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney.
+
pleuras
pl.
of Pleura
+
polychord
n.
An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument.
+
plentiful
a.
Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful.
+
pitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pit
+
profile
n.
A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
+
peeper
n.
A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.
+
pleistocene
n.
The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits.
+
postilled

of Postil
+
presented
imp.|p.p.
of Present
+
planoblast
n.
Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.
+
pannikin
n.
A small pan or cup.
+
platinocyanic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid compound of platinous cyanide and hydrocyanic acid. It is obtained as a cinnaber-red crystalline substance.
+
phalanstere
n.
A phalanstery.
+
phloroglucin
n.
A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [Called also phloroglucinol.]
+
principal
n.
A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant.
+
press
v.
To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.
+
peal
v.i.
To appeal.
+
prospect
v.
Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
+
punctured
a.
Produced by puncture; having the characteristics of a puncture; as, a punctured wound.
+
present
a.
To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
+
para
n.
A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.
+
precognosce
v.t.
To examine beforehand, as witnesses or evidence.
+
performing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perform
+
perfidious
a.
Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend.
+
prophesying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prophesy
+
porousness
n.
The open parts; the interstices of anything.
+
parade
v.t.
The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.
+
philomathy
n.
The love of learning or letters.
+
plough
v.t.
To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.
+
prefect
n.
A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person.
+
porticoes
pl.
of Portico
+
predecease
v.t.
To die sooner than.
+
propound
v.t.
To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument.
+
plate
v.t.
To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.
+
pontificate
n.
The term of office of a pontiff.
+
piked
a.
Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed.
+
parthenogenesis
n.
The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation.  Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.
+
percher
v.i.
One who, or that which, perches.
+
pee
n.
Bill of an anchor. See Peak, 3 (c).
+
port
n.
A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.
+
prognostication
n.
That which foreshows; a foretoken.
+
particolored
a.
Same as Party-colored.
+
pinion
n.
A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
+
plane
a.
To efface or remove.
+
park
n.
A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
+
postencephalon
n.
The metencephalon.
+
phenomenalism
n.
That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual.
+
proteroglypha
n.pl.
A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also Proteroglyphia.
+
polytype
v.t.
To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.
+
prelateity
n.
Prelacy.
+
pedagogue
n.
One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a schoolmaster; a pedant.
+
precluded
imp.|p.p.
of Preclude
+
pervert
n.
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert.
+
philosophy
n.
A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.
+
puing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pue
+
privities
pl.
of Privity
+
patrial
a.
Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun.
+
psalter
n.
Specifically, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of Common Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the Breviary which contains the Psalms arranged for each day of the week.
+
pristinate
a.
Pristine; primitive.
+
polyglot
a.
Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a polyglot lexicon, Bible.
+
promethean
a.
Of or pertaining to Prometheus. See Prometheus.
+
protovertebral
a.
Of or pertaining to the protovertebrae.
+
persicaria
n.
See Lady's thumb.
+
pitch
n.
A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.
+
parsonical
a.
Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical.
+
polymerism
n.
The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances.
+
parasolette
n.
A small parasol.
+
perilled

of Peril
+
partibility
n.
The quality or state of being partible; divisibility; separability; as, the partibility of an inherttance.
+
puff
v.t.
To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
+
premonstrate
v.t.
To show beforehand; to foreshow.
+
pruning
n.
That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings.
+
psychagogue
n.
A necromancer.
+
poltfoot
a.
Alt. of Polt-footed
+
predefine
v.t.
To define beforehand.
+
prefigurement
n.
The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured.
+
prominently
adv.
In a prominent manner.
+
poach
v.t.
To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish.
+
premeditated
imp.|p.p.
of Premeditate
+
perambulation
n.
A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection.
+
pignorative
a.
Pledging, pawning.
+
pastry
n.
The place where pastry is made.
+
pant
v.i.
To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
+
protatic
a.
Of or pertaining to the protasis of an ancient play; introductory.
+
pseudopod
n.
A rhizopod.
+
primates
n.pl.
The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys.  Cf. Pitheci.
+
precisian
n.
One who limits, or restrains.
+
photopsia
n.
An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene.
+
procession
n.
An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without.
+
plea
n.
A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.
+
preresolving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preresolve
+
preferably
adv.
In preference; by choice.
+
primer
n.
an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder.
+
parisienne
n.
A female native or resident of Paris.
+
parovarium
n.
A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoophoron.
+
photographer
n.
One who practices, or is skilled in, photography.
+
presentment
n.
The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation.
+
perjury
v.
At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations.
+
pilcher
n.
A scabbard, as of a sword.
+
profanely
adv.
In a profane manner.
+
pension
n.
A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like.
+
poker
n.
Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
+
peripheric
a.
Alt. of Peripherical
+
perspiration
n.
The act or process of perspiring.
+
polyglot
n.
A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages.
+
precipitate
v.i.
To hasten without preparation.
+
premeditately
adv.
With premeditation.
+
proportionateness
n.
The quality or state of being proportionate.
+
preventative
n.
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
+
pici
pl.
of Picus
+
politically
adv.
In a political manner.
+
perturb
v.t.
To disorder; to confuse.
+
part
n.
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
+
pool
n.
A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.
+
psychrometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to the psychrometer or psychrometry.
+
panderly
a.
Having the quality of a pander.
+
pibroch
n.
A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle.
+
plump
v.t.
To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
+
pulverization
n.
The action of reducing to dust or powder.
+
physiognomic
a.
Alt. of Physiognomical
+
personal
n.
A movable; a chattel.
+
pruner
n.
One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
+
phlogistic
a.
Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.
+
poesy
n.
The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy.
+
partialist
n.
One who is partial.
+
phyllodium
n.
A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.
+
peppermint
n.
A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.
+
professedly
adv.
By profession.
+
potent
n.
One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned.
+
practice
n.
Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice.
+
philosophize
v.i.
To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence.
+
placitum
n.
A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of state.
+
pulpiter
n.
A preacher.
+
praecocial
a.
Of or pertaining to the Praecoces.
+
parodies
pl.
of Parody
+
planter
n.
A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia.
+
priced
imp.|p.p.
of Price
+
property
v.t.
To invest which properties, or qualities.
+
paraclete
n.
An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; -- a term applied to the Holy Spirit.
+
pontoon
n.
A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.
+
presupposition
n.
That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.
+
pedipalpi
npl.
A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions.
+
paperweight
n.
See under Paper, n.
+
puddle
v.t.
To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron.
+
potent
n.
A staff or crutch.
+
porcelain
n.
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware.
+
publicly
adv.
With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made.
+
perjury
v.
False swearing.
+
purpose
v.t.
To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.
+
purportless
a.
Without purport or meaning.
+
postcava
n.
The inferior vena cava.
+
phytonomy
n.
The science of the origin and growth of plants.
+
panel
n.
A heap of dressed ore.
+
physicking

p. pr. & vb. n. fr. Physic, v. t.
+
postiled
imp.|p.p.
of Postil
+
plowshare
n.
Alt. of Ploughshare
+
pupa
n.
A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
+
prespinal
a.
Prevertebral.
+
procoelia
n.
Same as Procoele.
+
polarization
n.
An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell.
+
ploughboy
n.
A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic.
+
pole
v.t.
To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
+
pasty
n.
A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie.
+
profit
n.
Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
+
prosopulmonata
n.pl.
A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail.
+
paluli
pl.
of Palulus
+
pollenizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pollenize
+
petuntze
n.
Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain.
+
priceite
n.
A hydrous borate of lime, from Oregon.
+
pickaninnies
pl.
of Pickaninny
+
portal
n.
The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
+
pole
n.
Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.
+
paguma
n.
Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form.
+
palmer
n.
A palmerworm.
+
phantasmatography
n.
A description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc.
+
pottle
n.
A liquid measure of four pints.
+
purvey
v.i.
To pander; -- with to.
+
packing
n.
Same as Filling.
+
palustral
a.
Of or pertaining to a bog or marsh; boggy.
+
presentness
n.
The quality or state of being present; presence.
+
pusillanimous
a.
Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels.
+
percussion
n.
The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report.
+
pornography
n.
Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.
+
pyretology
n.
A discourse or treatise on fevers; the doctrine of fevers.
+
pain
n.
Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart.
+
pharos
n.
A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.
+
portionist
n.
A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster.
+
peen
v.t.
To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.
+
play
n.
To act; to behave; to practice deception.
+
pugh
interj.
Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain.
+
personalized
imp.|p.p.
of Personalize
+
preemptioner
n.
One who holds a prior to purchase certain public land.
+
penciling
n.
Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall.
+
pyramidoid
n.
A solid resembling a pyramid; -- called also pyramoid.
+
paint
v.t.
To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
+
plane
a.
A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc.
+
palmaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms.
+
perpendicularly
adv.
In a perpendicular manner; vertically.
+
practice
v.t.
To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.
+
posting
n.
The act of traveling post.
+
pollened
a.
Covered with pollen.
+
perdix
n.
A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.
+
pinch
v.i.
To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
+
premise
n.
Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
+
police
n.
A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.
+
pancratic
a.
Alt. of Pancratical
+
paronomasia
n.
A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.
+
positive
a.
Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.
+
plum
n.
A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
+
plover
n.
Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.
+
plaster
v.t.
To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.
+
president
n.
The chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States.
+
platter
n.
One who plats or braids.
+
press
n.
Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.
+
piation
n.
The act of making atonement; expiation.
+
pique
n.
In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
+
pleasure
v.i.
To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
+
primula
n.
The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).
+
pillow
v.t.
To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.
+
pissabed
n.
A name locally applied to various wild plants, as dandelion, bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.
+
poke
n.
A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.
+
plumbed
imp.|p.p.
of Plumb
+
phillyrea
n.
A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
+
polling
n.
The act of voting, or of registering a vote.
+
pattee
a.
Narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See Illust. (8) of Cross.
+
petaloid
a.
Petaline.
+
peristome
n.
The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.
+
plump
a.
To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
+
pustulation
n.
The act of producing pustules; the state of being pustulated.
+
paterae
pl.
of Patera
+
prevention
n.
Prejudice; prepossession.
+
pierce
v.t.
To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship.
+
philological
a.
Alt. of Philologic
+
peritoneum
n.
The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac.
+
portended
imp.|p.p.
of Portend
+
pokerish
a.
Stiff like a poker.
+
piedmontite
n.
A manganesian kind of epidote, from Piedmont. See Epidote.
+
prohibitive
a.
That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive.
+
pontifical
a.
Of or pertaining to the building of bridges.
+
postmark
n.
The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.
+
pouched
a.
Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat.
+
prosopolepsy
n.
Respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from his external appearance.
+
pretermission
n.
The act of passing by or omitting; omission.
+
postulate
v.t.
To take without express consent; to assume.
+
provection
n.
A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.
+
pedimana
n.pl.
A division of marsupials, including the opossums.
+
pilage
n.
See Pelage.
+
pine
v.i.
To suffer; to be afflicted.
+
punter
v.t.
One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.
+
pedicel
n.
A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algae, or a sporangium in ferns.
+
pleading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plead
+
panade
n.
Bread boiled in water to the consistence of pulp, and sweetened or flavored.
+
position
n.
A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
+
promoter
n.
One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy.
+
plagose
a.
Fond of flogging; as, a plagose master.
+
parallelistic
a.
Of the nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism.
+
pythagorized
imp.|p.p.
of Pythagorize
+
preferring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prefer
+
pharyngal
a.
Pharyngeal.
+
pirate
n.
A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.
+
proscriptional
a.
Proscriptive.
+
picnic
v.
Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).
+
pasticcio
n.
A work of art imitating directly the work of another artist, or of more artists than one.
+
palp
n.
Same as Palpus.
+
pourer
n.
One who pours.
+
polyclinic
n.
A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.
+
ptilocerque
n.
The pentail.
+
pimpillo
n.
A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.
+
practically
adv.
Almost.
+
prodigy
n.
Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
+
plot
n.
A plan; a purpose.
+
parabronchium
n.
One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium.
+
parapeted
a.
Having a parapet.
+
palm
n.
The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
+
polyhedrous
a.
Polyhedral.
+
purchasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Purchase
+
peucedanin
n.
A tasteless white crystalline substance, extracted from the roots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria), and other related plants; -- called also imperatorin.
+
pelecan
n.
See Pelican.
+
propyl
n.
The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds.
+
pewit
n.
The lapwing.
+
produce
v.i.
To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results.
+
paternoster
n.
A beadlike ornament in moldings.
+
pockbroken
a.
Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten.
+
penwiper
n.
A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.
+
pelfish
a.
Of or pertaining to pelf.
+
precarious
a.
Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes.
+
puseyite
a.
Of or pertaining to Puseyism.
+
pilledgarlic
n.
See Pilgarlic.
+
pointal
n.
See Poyntel.
+
petitioned
imp.|p.p.
of Petition
+
penned
a.
Winged; having plumes.
+
pentastich
n.
A composition consisting of five verses.
+
pluff
v.t.
To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs.
+
postulate
v.t.
To invite earnestly; to solicit.
+
progressist
n.
One who makes, or holds to, progress; a progressionist.
+
persuasible
a.
Capable of being persuaded; persuadable.
+
presbyteral
a.
Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial.
+
paleotheroid

Resembling Paleotherium.
+
psychiatric
a.
Of or pertaining to psychiatria.
+
pericellular
a.
Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells.
+
patent
a.
A writing securing to an invention.
+
photogene
n.
A more or less continued impression or image on the retina.
+
patrocination
n.
The act of patrocinating or patronizing.
+
pit
n.
Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.
+
paradisial
a.
Alt. of Paradisian
+
pike
n.|v.
A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.
+
prow
a.
Benefit; profit; good; advantage.
+
polymyoid
a.
Having numerous vocal muscles; of or pertaining to the Polymyodae.
+
phytolithology
n.
The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology.
+
pia cloth

A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.
+
propylic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, propyl; as, propylic alcohol.
+
philter
v.t.
To impregnate or mix with a love potion; as, to philter a draught.
+
pastorless
a.
Having no pastor.
+
plague
v.t.
To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.
+
pad
n.
A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
+
practical
a.
Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry.
+
pinioned
imp.|p.p.
of Pinion
+
pluries
n.
A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded.
+
plumularia
n.
Any hydroid belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumularidae. They generally grow in plumelike forms.
+
philosophy
n.
A treatise on philosophy.
+
prytanes
pl.
of Prytanis
+
phytological
a.
Of or pertaining to phytology; botanical.
+
presidencies
pl.
of Presidency
+
penanced
imp.|p.p.
of Penance
+
prorectorate
n.
The office of prorector.
+
podge
n.
Porridge.
+
prescribe
v.i.
To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law.
+
prinker
n.
One who prinks.
+
panicle
n.
A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.
+
pentecoster
n.
An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.
+
paranymph
n.
An ally; a supporter or abettor.
+
procatarxis
n.
The kindling of a disease into action; also, the procatarctic cause.
+
proscription
n.
The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription.
+
primatial
a.
Primatical.
+
pesterer
n.
One who pesters or harasses.
+
phthisicky
a.
Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.
+
plastography
n.
The art of forming figures in any plastic material.
+
periphrase
v.t.
To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
+
positive
a.
Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.
+
protista
pl.
of Protiston
+
paradisal
a.
Paradisiacal.
+
pedimanous
a.
Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys.
+
plexus
pl.
of Plexus
+
page
v.t.
To attend (one) as a page.
+
pleurodont
n.
Any lizard having pleurodont teeth.
+
pantheistical
a.
Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism.
+
practical
a.
Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.
+
plate
n.
A piece of money, usually silver money.
+
polling
n.
The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.
+
phonoscope
n.
An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies.
+
perspective
n.
Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.
+
phebe
n.
See Phoebe.
+
protract
v.t.
To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.
+
prostrate
a.
Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
+
poise
v.
That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
+
patas
n.
A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber); the red monkey.
+
passe partout
n.
A light picture frame or mat of cardboard, wood, or the like, usually put between the picture and the glass, and sometimes serving for several pictures.
+
primordian
n.
A name given to several kinds of plums; as, red primordian, amber primordian, etc.
+
positing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Posit
+
pursy
a.
Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence.
+
peter
n.
A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,
+
periled
imp.|p.p.
of Peril
+
power
n.
The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
+
prince
a.
The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female.
+
providence
n.
A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
+
phellogen
n.
The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells.
+
penanceless
a.
Free from penance.
+
practice
v.t.
To make use of; to employ.
+
philtering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Philter
+
pseudocoelia
n.
The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle.
+
portion
v.t.
To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
+
powderhorn
n.
A horn in which gunpowder is carried.
+
pen
n.
A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.
+
paludicolae
n.pl.
A division of birds, including the cranes, rails, etc.
+
pterophore
n.
Any moth of the genus Pterophorus and allied genera; a plume moth. See Plume moth, under Plume.
+
predicament
n.
See Category.
+
peonage
n.
The condition of a peon.
+
pindal
n.
Alt. of Pindar
+
pathognomonic
a.
Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom.
+
pavement
n.
That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks.
+
puerco
n.
A hog.
+
profiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Profile
+
porporino
n.
A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediaeval artists, for the sake of economy, instead of gold.
+
pronity
n.
Proneness; propensity.
+
pathetical
a.
Pathetic.
+
plyer
n.
See Pliers.
+
poecilopoda
n.pl.
By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata.
+
preform
v.t.
To form beforehand, or for special ends.
+
purplewood
n.
Same as Purpleheart.
+
pod

A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
+
phalangite
n.
A soldier belonging to a phalanx.
+
preconcert
v.t.
To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.
+
purview
n.
The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions.
+
pluvial
a.
Produced by the action of rain.
+
place
n.
Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).
+
pale
v.t.
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
+
phyllocladia
pl.
of Phyllocladium
+
passymeasure
n.
See Paspy.
+
prenticeship
n.
Apprenticeship.
+
puke
v.i.
To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.
+
permutation
n.
The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.
+
pinch
n.
As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.
+
promover
n.
A promoter.
+
pot
v.t.
To place or inclose in pots
+
proscription
n.
The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.
+
perjurous
a.
Guilty of perjury; containing perjury.
+
peak
v.i.
To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
+
portass
n.
A breviary; a prayer book.
+
presser
n.
One who, or that which, presses.
+
pole
n.
A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
+
pharynx
n.
The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.
+
petrel
n.
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.
+
publicminded
a.
Public-spirited.
+
polyspermous
a.
Containing many seeds; as, a polyspermous capsule or berry.
+
pie
v.t.
See Pi.
+
pellet
n.
A bullet; a ball for firearms.
+
phasm
n.
Alt. of Phasma
+
preconceit
n.
An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception.
+
penally
adv.
In a penal manner.
+
phytivorous
a.
Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous animals.
+
pluralized
imp.|p.p.
of Pluralize
+
plate
v.t.
To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.
+
perception
n.
The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility.
+
palavering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Palaver
+
planetary
a.
Under the dominion or influence of a planet.
+
plough
v.i.
To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.
+
pallium
n.
A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall.
+
pipe
n.
The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.
+
piped
imp.|p.p.
of Pipe
+
paraquito
n.
See Parrakeet.
+
privileged
a.
Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity.
+
propidene
n.
The unsymmetrical hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, CH3.CH2.CH, analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also propylidene.
+
phantascope
n.
An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also phantasmascope.
+
presentiment
n.
Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding.
+
profound
v.t.
To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
+
parley
n.
Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.
+
prove
v.t.
To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
+
prevaricating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prevaricate
+
peirastic
a.
Fitted for trail or test; experimental; tentative; treating of attempts.
+
peep
n.
Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).
+
philistine
n.
A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.
+
photo
n.
A contraction of Photograph.
+
provostship
n.
The office of a provost.
+
par
n.
Equality of condition or circumstances.
+
pavier
n.
A paver.
+
palpation
n.
Act of touching or feeling.
+
pseudostomata
pl.
of Pseudostoma
+
proteinaceous
a.
Of or related to protein; albuminous; proteid.
+
proprietary
a.
Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine.
+
pearl
n.
Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious.
+
plantain
n.
Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.
+
public
n.
The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.
+
pool
n.
A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.
+
phantasmascope
n.
See Phantascope.
+
paroled
imp.|p.p.
of Parole
+
personage
n.
A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall.
+
palavered
imp.|p.p.
of Palaver
+
parnassia
n.
A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.
+
pregustant
a.
Tasting beforehand; having a foretaste.
+
pucker
n.
A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
+
papuan
a.
Of or pertaining to Papua.
+
peered
imp.|p.p.
of Peer
+
precellent
a.
Excellent; surpassing.
+
profoundness
n.
The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth.
+
personalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Personalize
+
paxwax
n.
The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax.
+
principle
n.
A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
+
penetrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Penetrate
+
patron
n.
A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
+
pledget
n.
A string of oakum used in calking.
+
purlin
n.
Alt. of Purline
+
proterogynous
a.
Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous; -- opposed to proterandrous.
+
preserve
v.t.
To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.
+
panicled
a.
Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles; paniculate.
+
pensel
n.
A pencel.
+
posset
v.t.
To treat with possets; to pamper.
+
psychomancy
n.
Necromancy.
+
peasantry
n.
Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics.
+
pretence
a.
Alt. of Pretenceless
+
plenary
n.
Decisive procedure.
+
progue
v.t.
To prick; to goad.
+
penetrail
n.
Penetralia.
+
project
v.t.
To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
+
place
n.
A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country.
+
prognathous
a.
Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; -- opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.
+
prizer
n.
One who contends for a prize; a prize fighter; a challenger.
+
prerequisite
n.
Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.
+
purgative
n.
A purging medicine; a cathartic.
+
pomely
a.
Dappled.
+
polynia
n.
The open sea supposed to surround the north pole.
+
perspicuous
a.
Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque.
+
parvity
n.
Littleness.
+
practically
adv.
By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment; as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted with a subject.
+
picrotoxin
n.
A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.
+
padishah
n.
Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia.
+
pale
n.
One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
+
pargasite
n.
A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende.
+
phenomenon
n.
That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.
+
pentastyle
n.
A portico having five columns.
+
palpebrae
pl.
of Palpebra
+
paraglossae
pl.
of Paraglossa
+
penitency
n.
Penitence.
+
polychronious
a.
Enduring through a long time; chronic.
+
power
n.
A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
+
pulicene
a.
Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose.
+
propagable
a.
Capable of being spread or extended by any means; -- said of tenets, doctrines, or principles.
+
post
n.
The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
+
periodical
a.
Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun.
+
primary
a.
First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
+
pultaceous
a.
Macerated; softened; nearly fluid.
+
pommel
n.
The knob on the hilt of a sword.
+
president
a.
Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
+
plaint
n.
An accusation or protest on account of an injury.
+
piteous
a.
Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.
+
physalia
n.
A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.
+
presumptuous
a.
Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful.
+
predilection
n.
A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.
+
prenunciation
n.
The act of announcing or proclaiming beforehand.
+
partridge
n.
Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird.
+
posture
n.
The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.
+
paten
n.
A plate.
+
paedogenetic
a.
Producing young while in the immature or larval state; -- said of certain insects, etc.
+
panyard
n.
See Pannier.
+
philander
n.
A South American opossum (Didelphys philander).
+
patronage
n.
Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.
+
predicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Predicate
+
parcel
n.
A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
+
premature
a.
Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.
+
palmarium
n.
One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.
+
phonation
n.
The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.
+
pennae
pl.
of Penna
+
popularity
n.
The act of courting the favor of the people.
+
pterygoid
a.
Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone.
+
privy
a.
Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing.
+
priestless
a.
Without a priest.
+
plight
n.
Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
+
puncheon
n.
A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.
+
principalities
pl.
of Principality
+
professoriat
n.
See Professoriate.
+
passport
n.
A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
+
popinjay
n.
A target in the form of a parrot.
+
puisne
a.
Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent.
+
public
a.
Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.
+
perficient
n.
One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who endows a charity.
+
palpi
pl.
of Palpus
+
pyre
n.
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.
+
pend
v.i.
To hang; to depend.
+
peculate
v.i.
To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.
+
photophobia
n.
A dread or intolerance of light.
+
piney
a.
A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeae, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products.
+
pitman
n.
One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.
+
prideless
a.
Without pride.
+
pyrovanadic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of vanadium, analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.
+
puppetish
a.
Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of a puppet.
+
parer
v.t.
One who, or that which, pares; an instrument for paring.
+
proffer
v.t.
To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.
+
plat
n.
The flat or broad side of a sword.
+
phyllocladium
n.
A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation.
+
prenomen
n.
See Praenomen.
+
pedagogue
n.
A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.
+
pile
n.
A covering of hair or fur.
+
piping
v.
Playing on a musical pipe.
+
prodigious
a.
Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder.
+
plebification
n.
A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing.
+
post note

A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand.
+
peridia
pl.
of Peridium
+
pimpship
n.
The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp.
+
pin
n.
Mood; humor.
+
plank
v.t.
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
+
peeler
n.
A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel.
+
pruce
n.
Prussian leather.
+
pioner
n.
A pioneer.
+
poring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pore
+
presignified
imp.|p.p.
of Presignify
+
panym
n.|a.
See Panim.
+
procurator
n.
A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province; as, the procurator of Judea.
+
pickax
n.
Alt. of Pickaxe
+
polyzoan
n.
A polyzoon.
+
plectra
pl.
of Plectrum
+
pharmacopoeia
n.
A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard.
+
pine
n.
Woe; torment; pain.
+
parle
n.
Conversation; talk; parley.
+
pectinately
adv.
In a pectinate manner.
+
politician
a.
Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.
+
preappoint
v.t.
To appoint previously, or beforehand.
+
phycoerythrin
n.
Alt. of Phycoerythrine
+
pentecost
n.
A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.
+
posies
pl.
of Posy
+
palaeotype
n.
A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use.
+
plough
n.
A carucate of land; a plowland.
+
palsy
n.
Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.
+
prescribe
v.t.
To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
+
portoir
n.
One who, or that which, bears; hence, one who, or that which, produces.
+
protoxidize
v.t.
To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.
+
piggeries
pl.
of Piggery
+
prototracheata
n.pl.
Same as Malacopoda.
+
preadmonish
v.t.
To admonish previously.
+
paraxanthin
n.
A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present in small quantity in urine.
+
prolong
a.
To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days.
+
pluralizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pluralize
+
prorogation
n.
The act of counting in duration; prolongation.
+
pouter
n.
One who, or that which, pouts.
+
plead
v.t.
To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.
+
paneled
imp.|p.p.
of Panel
+
practically
adv.
In practice or use; as, a medicine practically safe; theoretically wrong, but practically right.
+
poltroonish
a.
Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.
+
pandour
n.
One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came.
+
peripneumonic
a.
Of or pertaining to peripneumonia.
+
polling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Poll
+
prohibited
imp.|p.p.
of Prohibit
+
proveditor
n.
One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
+
parapterum
n.
A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and metathorax of certain insects.
+
prayingly
adv.
With supplication to God.
+
pentachord
n.
An ancient instrument of music with five strings.
+
postexist
v.i.
To exist after; to live subsequently.
+
precant
n.
One who prays.
+
passover
n.
A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb.
+
pyrethrine
n.
An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).
+
promethea
n.
A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band.
+
palliobranchiate
a.
Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods.
+
pentacrinite
n.
Any species of Pentacrinus.
+
potentially
adv.
With power; potently.
+
pehlevi
n.
An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings.
+
publishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Publish
+
preoral
a.
Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth; as, preoral bands.
+
periodic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine.
+
poachard
n.
A common European duck (Aythya ferina); -- called also goldhead, poker, and fresh-water, / red-headed, widgeon.
+
prick
v.i.
To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
+
pass
v.i.
Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.
+
pseudocarp
n.
That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.
+
polychromate
n.
A salt of a polychromic acid.
+
processional
a.
Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession.
+
publication
n.
The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.
+
pharyngolaryngeal
a.
Of or pertaining both to pharynx and the larynx.
+
pannel
n.
The stomach of a hawk.
+
prees
n.
Press; throng.
+
preside
v.i.
To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
+
pertinacy
n.
The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence.
+
pyrus
n.
A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash.
+
phial
n.
A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.
+
platen
n.
The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
+
preening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preen
+
pachydermatous
a.
Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.
+
proudling
n.
A proud or haughty person.
+
pinnacled
imp.|p.p.
of Pinnacle
+
placeful
a.
In the appointed place.
+
posting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Post
+
pronounced
imp.|p.p.
of Pronounce
+
perichordal
a.
Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal.
+
picket
v.t.
To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
+
polygastrian
n.
One of the Polygastrica.
+
pommelled

of Pommel
+
peabird
n.
The wryneck; -- so called from its note.
+
polymeniscous
a.
Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
+
procoeliae
pl.
of Procoelia
+
port
v.t.
To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.
+
paragon
n.
A model or pattern; a pattern of excellence or perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence.
+
plenitudinary
a.
Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough.
+
polypifera
n.pl.
The Anthozoa.
+
pentamerus
n.
A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant in the Upper Silurian.
+
pronephric
a.
Of or pertaining to the pronephros.
+
phlebolite
n.
Alt. of Phlebolith
+
personate
v.t.
To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.
+
probationership
n.
The state of being a probationer; novitiate.
+
projectile
n.
A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time of flight, etc., of bodies thrown or driven through the air by an impelling force.
+
phrentic
n.|a.
See Phrenetic.
+
pirarucu
n.
Same as Arapaima.
+
plumous
a.
Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles.
+
period
n.
One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in circulating decimals.
+
promising
a.
Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day.
+
placentalia
n.pl.
A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.
+
pulverize
v.t.
To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued.
+
portague
n.
A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling.
+
proruption
n.
The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.
+
pneumony
n.
See Pneumonia.
+
papacy
n.
The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.
+
parted
a.
Separated; devided.
+
perambulated
imp.|p.p.
of Perambulate
+
pusley
n.
Purslane.
+
pantomime
n.
A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally.
+
projecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Project
+
pasquin
n.
A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade.
+
point
n.
An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer.
+
protensive
a.
Drawn out; extended.
+
pandect
n.
The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law.
+
potatoes
pl.
of Potato
+
permutation
n.
Any one of such possible arrangements.
+
pewit
n.
The pewee.
+
prick
v.
A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
+
prescriber
n.
One who prescribes.
+
prescript
a.
Directed; prescribed.
+
pinnula
n.
Same as Pinnule.
+
pardon
v.t.
The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.
+
plumular
a.
Relating to a plumule.
+
precipitate
a.
Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease.
+
pahutes
n.pl.
See Utes.
+
particolored
a.
Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower.
+
paternoster
n.
The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.
+
pitch
n.
To cover over or smear with pitch.
+
perch
n.
Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
+
parrhesia
n.
Boldness or freedom of speech.
+
peccadillos
pl.
of Peccadillo
+
payen
n.|a.
Pagan.
+
panegyrist
n.
One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking.
+
privity
a.
Privacy; secrecy; confidence.
+
phitoness
n.
Pythoness; witch.
+
passman
n.
One who passes for a degree, without honors. See Classman, 2.
+
pursue
v.t.
To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
+
puberty
n.
The period when a plant first bears flowers.
+
philosophy
n.
Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.
+
photorelief
n.
A printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic means and subsequent manipulations.
+
photoheliograph
n.
A modified kind of telescope adapted to taking photographs of the sun.
+
pyritoid
n.
Pyritohedron.
+
polyfoil
n.
Same as Multifoil.
+
priggism
n.
Roguery; thievery.
+
peeper
n.
The eye; as, to close the peepers.
+
physeter
n.
The genus that includes the sperm whale.
+
port
v.
In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages.
+
percher
v.i.
A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar.
+
petrescent
a.
Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water.
+
predatory
a.
Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits.
+
planting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plant
+
prepossess
v.t.
To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.
+
pluriparous
a.
Producing several young at a birth; as, a pluriparous animal.
+
photogen
n.
A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene. It is obtained by distilling coal, paraffin, etc., and is used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc.
+
pointing
n.
The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
+
picture
n.
An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief.
+
preachify
v.i.
To discourse in the manner of a preacher.
+
point
n.
The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer.
+
preluder
n.
One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude.
+
prolatum
n.
A prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
+
prosecute
v.i.
To follow after.
+
procession
n.
That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession.
+
plowfoot
n.
Alt. of Ploughfoot
+
preconform
v.t.|i.
To conform by way anticipation.
+
papalty
n.
The papacy.
+
pubic
a.
Of or pertaining to the pubes; in the region of the pubes; as, the pubic bone; the pubic region, or the lower part of the hypogastric region. See Pubes.
+
peephole
n.
A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.
+
plethora
n.
Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia.
+
proportionate
v.
To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.
+
prompt
v.t.
To suggest; to dictate.
+
phosphide
n.
A binary compound of phosphorus.
+
pass
v.i.
Estimation; character.
+
peculation
n.
The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement.
+
policial
a.
Relating to the police.
+
polyrhizous
a.
Having numerous roots, or rootlets.
+
plenilune
n.
The full moon.
+
pass
v.i.
State of things; condition; predicament.
+
postman
n.
A post or courier; a letter carrier.
+
pilewort
n.
A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnaeus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles.
+
panama hat

A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata).
+
patrol
v.i.
The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
+
preempted
imp.|p.p.
of Preempt
+
paven
n.
See Pavan.
+
postticous
a.
Posterior.
+
panegyrized
imp.|p.p.
of Panegyrize
+
palpation
n.
Examination of a patient by touch.
+
pencilling

of Pencil
+
plougland
n.
Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
+
poniarding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Poniard
+
partisan
n.
An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
+
pursive
a.
Pursy.
+
piciformes
n.pl.
A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups.
+
prestable
a.
Payable.
+
printable
a.
Worthy to be published.
+
papalize
v.i.
To conform to popery.
+
post
n.
An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.
+
pronuclei
pl.
of Pronucleus
+
pheese
n.
Fretful excitement.
+
prank
a.
Full of gambols or tricks.
+
positive
a.
Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
+
pipped
imp.|p.p.
of Pip
+
paring
v.t.
That which is pared off.
+
pisiform
a.
Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape; as, a pisiform iron ore.
+
photogene
n.
A photograph.
+
pepperidge
n.
A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo.
+
pleuroperipneumony
n.
Pleuropneumonia.
+
powan
n.
Alt. of Powen
+
pressly
adv.
Closely; concisely.
+
physiognomical
a.
Of or pertaining to physiognomy; according with the principles of physiognomy.
+
partycoated
a.
Having a motley coat, or coat of divers colors.
+
praemaxilla
n.
See Premaxilla.
+
peevish
a.
Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
+
per

Originally, denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed in the respective compounds exercised its highest valence; now, only that the element has a higher valence than in other similar compounds; thus, barium peroxide is the highest oxide of barium; while nitrogen and manganese peroxides, so-called, are not the highest oxides of those elements.
+
poll
n.
A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.
+
pulvillio
n.
Alt. of Pulvillo
+
paregoric
n.
A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.
+
phialing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Phial
+
psalmodical
a.
Relating to psalmody.
+
pussy
n.
A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.
+
ptyalogogue
n.
A ptysmagogue.
+
police
n.
The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state / a camp as to cleanliness.
+
plastering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plaster
+
pyrogen
n.
Electricity.
+
praetor
n.
See Pretor.
+
phalansterian
a.
Of or pertaining to phalansterianism.
+
putry
a.
Putrid.
+
pateresfamilias
pl.
of Paterfamilias
+
pike
n.|v.
A hayfork.
+
puccoon
n.
Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.
+
plagiarist
n.
One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.
+
persuader
n.
One who, or that which, persuades or influences.
+
poisonable
a.
Capable of poisoning; poisonous.
+
polishable
a.
Capable of being polished.
+
pulped
imp.|p.p.
of Pulp
+
pest
n.
A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.
+
peptone
n.
The soluble and diffusible substance or substances into which albuminous portions of the food are transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from albuminous matter by the action of boiling water and boiling dilute acids.
+
paracelsist
n.
A Paracelsian.
+
patina
n.
A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
+
protosilicate
n.
A silicate formed with the lowest proportion of silicic acid, or having but one atom of silicon in the molecule.
+
porpoise
n.
A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.
+
policied
a.
Policed.
+
pay
v.t.
To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
+
penultimate
a.
Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.
+
plead
v.t.
To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.
+
proportional
n.
The combining weight or equivalent of an element.
+
prosopopia
n.
A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification.
+
papaphobia
n.
Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
+
prenatal
a.
Being or happening before birth.
+
prismatical
a.
Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors.
+
pitchfaced
a.
Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.
+
pilgrim
a.
Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages.
+
pried

imp. & p. p. of Pry.
+
paard
n.
The zebra.
+
pier
n.
Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.
+
prorogue
v.t.
To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage.
+
protectorate
n.
Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
+
panary
a.
Of or pertaining to bread or to breadmaking.
+
palinodial
a.
Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction.
+
pastorale
n.
A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.
+
paracentrical
a.
Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center.
+
pretorship
n.
The office or dignity of a pretor.
+
pooping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Poop
+
presumptively
adv.
By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably.
+
photogalvanography
n.
The art or process of making photo-electrotypes.
+
pattern
n.
A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.
+
periblem
n.
Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark.
+
papyraceous
a.
Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.
+
petitionarily
adv.
By way of begging the question; by an assumption.
+
phonographer
n.
One versed or skilled in phonography.
+
prolificate
v.t.
To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.
+
provenal
a.
Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.
+
prefiguration
n.
The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.
+
parforn
v.t.
Alt. of Parfourn
+
palpiger
n.
That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in insects.
+
polygonometry
n.
The doctrine of polygons; an extension of some of the principles of trigonometry to the case of polygons.
+
point
n.
To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.
+
pigeonry
n.
A place for pigeons; a dovecote.
+
positive
a.
Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons.
+
parillin
n.
A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.
+
pica
n.
A service-book. See Pie.
+
persuade
n.
Persuasion.
+
protest
v.t.
To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty.
+
pistachio
n.
The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceae, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; -- called also pistachio nut. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily.
+
provenal
n.
A native or inhabitant of Provence in France.
+
pitots tube

A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter.
+
pectiniform
a.
Comblike in form.
+
physiocrat
n.
One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order.
+
perseus
n.
A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.
+
profusion
n.
Abundance; exuberant plenty; lavish supply; as, a profusion of commodities.
+
polliwog
n.
A tadpole; -- called also purwiggy and porwigle.
+
prefix
n.
That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.
+
puttered
imp.|p.p.
of Putter
+
pursuing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pursue
+
plating
n.
The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition.
+
plantigrade
a.
Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades.
+
placodermi
n.pl.
An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus.
+
photolithographer
n.
One who practices, or one who employs, photolithography.
+
pavin
n.
See Pavan.
+
prowl
v.t.
To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.
+
pediform
a.
Shaped like a foot.
+
pettifogging
n.
Pettifoggery.
+
peel
n.
The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.
+
prepense
v.t.
Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense.
+
persuasive
n.
That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation.
+
propination
n.
The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another.
+
prejudication
n.
A preliminary inquiry and determination about something which belongs to a matter in dispute.
+
pennated
a.
Winged; plume-shaped.
+
plantigrada
n.pl.
A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.
+
pilfery
n.
Petty theft.
+
philabeg
n.
See Filibeg.
+
pericranial
a.
Of or pertaining to the pericranium.
+
profanation
v.t.
The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy.
+
pyrogen
n.
A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria.
+
planosubulate
a.
Smooth and awl-shaped. See Subulate.
+
percipient
n.
One who, or that which, is percipient.
+
passive
a.
Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission.
+
pectinated
a.
Resembling the teeth of a comb.
+
profluence
n.
Quality of being profluent; course.
+
periwinkle
n.
A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.
+
pleomorphous
a.
Having the property of pleomorphism.
+
plumping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plump
+
parsonage
n.
A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.
+
pew
n.
Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.
+
portmen
pl.
of Portman
+
pauperize
v.t.
To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry.
+
potlid
n.
The lid or cover of a pot.
+
petrify
v.t.
To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young.
+
pentamera
n.pl.
An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those that normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all the known species of the Coleoptera.
+
pricky
a.
Stiff and sharp; prickly.
+
pile
n.
A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.
+
primer
a.
First; original; primary.
+
pippin
n.
A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin.
+
poor
superl.
Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
+
point
n.
A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio.
+
possum
n.
An opossum.
+
phrenologic
a.
Phrenological.
+
premonition
n.
Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.
+
passparole
n.
An order passed from front to rear by word of mouth.
+
pathogenetic
a.
Pathogenic.
+
poind
v.t.
To distrain.
+
place
n.
Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.
+
preponderate
v.t.
To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
+
pyrite
n.
A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites; iron disulphide.
+
procure
v.t.
To solicit; to entreat.
+
policy
v.t.
To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
+
precipitant
a.
Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.
+
paradoxal
a.
Paradoxical.
+
philomene
n.
The nightingale.
+
picking
a.
Nice; careful.
+
perch
v.t.
To occupy as a perch.
+
pontifician
a.
Of or pertaining to the pontiff or pope.
+
paleographer
n.
One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.
+
penal
a.
Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code.
+
plastic
a.
Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.
+
pantisocrat
n.
A pantisocratist.
+
peanut
n.
The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.
+
postnate
a.
Subsequent.
+
parkeria
n.
A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.
+
pangenesis
n.
An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity.
+
picra
n.
The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
+
pachymeningitis
n.
Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.
+
pleasance
n.
A secluded part of a garden.
+
prononce
a.
Strongly marked; decided, as in manners, etc.
+
pedicular
a.
Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.
+
phytotomist
n.
One versed in phytotomy.
+
privy
a.
Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.
+
permitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Permit
+
punese
n.
A bedbug.
+
plea
n.
That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology.
+
palsical
a.
Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic.
+
pinionist
n.
Any winged creature.
+
procrusteanizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Procrusteanize
+
parseeism
n.
The religion and customs of the Parsees.
+
parotitis
n.
Inflammation of the parotid glands.
+
productible
a.
Capable of being produced; producible.
+
preternaturalness
n.
The quality or state of being preternatural.
+
publisher
n.
One who publishes; as, a publisher of a book or magazine.
+
paraphernal
a.
Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property.
+
propulsory
a.
Propulsive.
+
prick
v.
A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
+
parcel
a.|adv.
Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.]
+
paraschematic
a.
Of or pertaining to a change from the right form, as in the formation of a word from another by a change of termination, gender, etc.
+
pocket
n.
A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
+
pertinency
n.
The quality or state of being pertinent; justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; relevancy; suitableness.
+
peppering
a.
Hot; pungent; peppery.
+
pyrocatechin
n.
A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, of the phenol series, found in various plants; -- so called because first obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also catechol, oxyphenol. etc.
+
precellency
n.
Excellence; superiority.
+
pictura
n.
Pattern of coloration.
+
pernel
n.
See Pimpernel.
+
paper
n.
Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.
+
pigeonhole
n.
A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.
+
pannage
n.
The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns.
+
postaxial
a.
Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb.
+
preservatory
n.
A preservative.
+
polytungstic
a.
Containing several tungsten atoms or radicals; as, polytungstic acid.
+
perspectively
adv.
According to the rules of perspective.
+
polycystidea
n.pl.
A division of Gregarinae including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body.
+
pictural
n.
A picture.
+
payse
v.t.
To poise.
+
penannular
a.
Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring.
+
protestingly
adv.
By way of protesting.
+
pantable
n.
See Pantofle.
+
protester
n.
One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration.
+
pyaemic
a.
Of or pertaining to pyaemia; of the nature of pyaemia.
+
press
n.
An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.
+
platypoda
n.pl.
Same as Prosobranchiata.
+
proselyting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Proselyte
+
pleuroperitoneum
n.
The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.
+
precede
v.t.
To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.
+
pottle
n.
A pot or tankard.
+
patronizer
n.
One who patronizes.
+
positive
n.
The positive degree or form.
+
point
n.
A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes.
+
platinoid
a.
Resembling platinum.
+
portecochere
n.
A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochere. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.
+
pyne
n.|v.
See Pine.
+
percarbide
n.
A compound containing a relatively large amount of carbon.
+
pajock
n.
A peacock.
+
praecommissure
n.
A transverse commissure in the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain; the anterior cerebral commissure.
+
pantagruelism
n.
The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.
+
perdurable
n.
Very durable; lasting; continuing long.
+
parricidious
a.
Parricidal.
+
postpaid
a.
Having the postage prepaid, as a letter.
+
part
n.
An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.
+
pomologist
n.
One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees.
+
pontage
n.
A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.
+
prude
a.
A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech.
+
podophyllous
a.
Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminae, beneath a horse's hoof.
+
pole
n.
The firmament; the sky.
+
proteranthous
a.
Having flowers appearing before the leaves; -- said of certain plants.
+
prest
n.
Ready money; a loan of money.
+
pushing
a.
Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive.
+
pheon
n.
A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.
+
panache
n.
A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.
+
praetexta
n.
A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
+
perpendicular
n.
A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.
+
piririgua
n.
A South American bird (Guira guira) allied to the cuckoos.
+
postfine
n.
A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; -- called also the king's silver.
+
part
n.
To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
+
pocket
n.
A hole containing water.
+
parody
n.
A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
+
perfecter
n.
One who, or that which, makes perfect.
+
precautional
a.
Precautionary.
+
piling
n.
A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.
+
poise
v.i.
To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
+
patrimony
n.
A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor.
+
philip
n.
The European hedge sparrow.
+
promisor
n.
One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.
+
pyritology
n.
The science of blowpipe analysis.
+
penwoman
n.
A female writer; an authoress.
+
perishable
a.
Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.
+
pernicion
n.
Destruction; perdition.
+
petaurist
n.
Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister.
+
palmister
n.
One who practices palmistry
+
phlorone
n.
A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar unpleasant odor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine; -- called also xyloquinone.
+
plebeianize
v.t.
To render plebeian, common, or vulgar.
+
paw
n.
The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
+
presumptive
a.
Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.
+
purple
a.
Blood-red; bloody.
+
proof
n.
Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
+
peculiarity
n.
Exclusive possession or right.
+
pediculous
a.
Pedicular.
+
pollenarious
a.
Consisting of meal or pollen.
+
preposterous
a.
Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted.
+
paretic
a.
Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis.
+
pardie
adv.interj.
Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath.
+
paunch
v.t.
To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
+
poke
v.i.
To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.
+
protocercal
a.
Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal.
+
pureness
n.
The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).
+
privativeness
n.
The state of being privative.
+
prepared
a.
Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions.
+
peering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peer
+
pass
v.i.
A part; a division.
+
phonogram
n.
A record of sounds made by a phonograph.
+
platyrhini
n.pl.
A division of monkeys, including the American species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. See Monkey.
+
pedary
n.
A sandal.
+
print
n.
An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate.
+
penumbra
n.
The part of a picture where the shade imperceptibly blends with the light.
+
portage
v.t.|i.
To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.
+
procacity
n.
Forwardness; pertness; petulance.
+
probable
a.
Capable of being proved.
+
pleuroperitoneal
a.
Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.
+
primrose
a.
Any plant of the genus Primula.
+
parhelium
n.
See Parhelion.
+
potentiometer
n.
An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentials or electro-motive forces.
+
plasm
n.
Same as Plasma.
+
patronymical
a.
Same as Patronymic.
+
passage
v.i.
A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
+
peremptory
a.
Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical.
+
peplis
n.
A genus of plants including water purslane.
+
pleasure
n.
Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.
+
puked
imp.|p.p.
of Puke
+
pestiduct
n.
That which conveys contagion or infection.
+
peltae
pl.
of Pelta
+
press
n.
A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
+
prosthesis
n.
The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also prothesis.
+
plate
v.t.
To calender; as, to plate paper.
+
pepper
n.
Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.
+
palatable
a.
Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice.
+
pedetentous
a.
Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.
+
prefinition
n.
Previous limitation.
+
prester
n.
A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John.
+
pseudomorph
n.
An irregular or deceptive form.
+
pack
n.
A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
+
partlet
n.
A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff.
+
peptic
a.
Pertaining to pepsin; resembling pepsin in its power of digesting or dissolving albuminous matter; containing or yielding pepsin, or a body of like properties; as, the peptic glands.
+
provinciality
n.
The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province.
+
pup
pl.
of Pupa
+
paginal
a.
Consisting of pages.
+
permutable
a.
Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.
+
precompose
v.t.
To compose beforehand.
+
phraseless
a.
Indescribable.
+
permitter
n.
One who permits.
+
paramo
n.
A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America.
+
periclinium
n.
The involucre which surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.
+
plater
n.
One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater.
+
petition
n.
A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.
+
perfumed
imp.|p.p.
of Perfume
+
plasm
n.
A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.
+
propagative
a.
Producing by propagation, or by a process of growth.
+
peddling
a.
Petty; insignificant.
+
polypode
n.
A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody.
+
punishment
n.
The act of punishing.
+
premeditate
v.t.
To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery.
+
plasty

A combining form denoting the act or process of forming, development, growth; as, autoplasty, perineoplasty.
+
paludamentum
n.
A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.
+
pursue
v.t.
To follow as an example; to imitate.
+
peshito
n.
Alt. of Peshitto
+
porosity
n.
The quality or state of being porous; -- opposed to density.
+
peridium
n.
The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars.
+
protozoon
n.
A single zooid of a compound protozoan.
+
perceived
imp.|p.p.
of Perceive
+
peirameter
n.
A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.
+
pyrrhotine
n.
Alt. of Pyrrhotite
+
pollenized
imp.|p.p.
of Pollenize
+
pennatulae
pl.
of Pennatula
+
plectrum
n.
A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.
+
podobranch
n.
One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea.
+
pornography
n.
A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution.
+
painter
n.
A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.
+
pooped
imp.|p.p.
of Poop
+
pulvinated
a.
Having the form of a cushion.
+
panful
n.
Enough to fill a pan.
+
privateered
imp.|p.p.
of Privateer
+
phycite
n.
See Erythrite, 1.
+
plant
n.
To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots.
+
pulsative
a.
Beating; throbbing.
+
preventer
n.
An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
+
peak
v.t.
To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular.
+
prelature
n.
Alt. of Prelatureship
+
postentry
n.
An additional or subsequent entry.
+
pluff
n.
A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it.
+
pectic
a.
Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist.
+
pipe
n.
A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.
+
present
a.
To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries.
+
phrasing
n.
The act or method of grouping the notes so as to form distinct musical phrases.
+
pulsate
v.
To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.
+
paramastoid
a.
Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
+
penetralia
n.pl.
The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace.
+
pitying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pity
+
pupigerous
a.
Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous larvae which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them.
+
pure
superl.
Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
+
preoccupation
n.
The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.
+
patriarchdom
n.
The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate.
+
perula
n.
One of the scales of a leaf bud.
+
pause
n.
A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
+
paper
n.
A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.
+
pond
v.t.
To ponder.
+
pollute
v.t.
To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse.
+
prevaricator
n.
One who prevaricates.
+
proceeds
n.pl.
That which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue; product; sum accruing from a sale, etc.
+
parauque
n.
A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South America. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker.
+
pick
n.
A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
+
pilgarlic
n.
One who has lost his hair by disease; a sneaking fellow, or one who is hardly used.
+
papyri
pl.
of Papyrus
+
pasquinade
v.t.
To lampoon, to satirize.
+
pyrexiae
pl.
of Pyrexia
+
ptisan
n.
A decoction of barley with other ingredients; a farinaceous drink.
+
pain
n.
Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.
+
protege
n.f.
Alt. of Protegee
+
ties
pl.
of Profundity
+
proceleusmatic
a.
Inciting; animating; encouraging.
+
protocanonical
a.
Of or pertaining to the first canon, or that which contains the authorized collection of the books of Scripture; -- opposed to deutero-canonical.
+
probabiliorist
n.
One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right.
+
prolongate
v.t.
To prolong; to extend in space or in time.
+
playwright
n.
A maker or adapter of plays.
+
penitentiary
n.
An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
+
parbuckle
n.
A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
+
pyrosulphate
n.
A salt of pyrosulphuric acid.
+
pance
n.
The pansy.
+
presentiate
v.t.
To make present.
+
pecora
n.pl.
An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes, deer, and cattle.
+
pillar
n.
The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
+
policemen
pl.
of Policeman
+
prostrate
a.
Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
+
prioress
n.
A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.
+
procrastinating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Procrastinate
+
provine
v.t.
To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.
+
palpless
a.
Without a palpus.
+
present
a.
To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.
+
periling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peril
+
pasture
n.
Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing.
+
paraphrasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paraphrase
+
patrolling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Patrol
+
panegyric
a.
Alt. of Panegyrical
+
pray
v.t.
To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
+
periodical
a.
Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence.
+
precaution
v.t.
To take precaution against.
+
patibulated
a.
Hanged on a gallows.
+
poultice
v.t.
To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.
+
polities
pl.
of Polity
+
package
n.
Act or process of packing.
+
purpura
n.
A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.
+
phratry
n.
A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.
+
pharisaic
a.
Alt. of Pharisaical
+
palaver
n.
In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate.
+
philosophate
v.i.
To play the philosopher; to moralize.
+
petrifaction
n.
That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
+
pokeweed
n.
See Poke, the plant.
+
primitia
n.
The first fruit; the first year's whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment.
+
physiognomer
n.
Physiognomist.
+
pentad
n.
Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.
+
parsonic
a.
Alt. of Parsonical
+
pillowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pillow
+
pein
n.
See Peen.
+
pictured
imp.|p.p.
of Picture
+
produced
imp.|p.p.
of Produce
+
principal
n.
In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason.
+
pine
v.i.
To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away.
+
place
n.
Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.
+
pasquil
n.
See Pasquin.
+
postcornu
n.
The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
+
pockmarked
a.
Marked by smallpox; pitted.
+
pilleries
pl.
of Pillery
+
paraxylene
n.
A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series obtained as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene.  Cf. Metamer, and Xylene.
+
pipe laying

The act or method of making combinations for personal advantage secretly or slyly; -- in this sense, usually written as one word.
+
playbook
n.
A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.
+
puff
n.
To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
+
precedent
n.
Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
+
posterior
a.
Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.
+
perspicuity
n.
Sagacity; perspicacity.
+
pizzicato

A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)
+
pterygoquadrate
a.
Of, pertaining to, or representing the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages.
+
pediculina
n.pl.
A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix.
+
perjurer
n.
One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense.
+
parraqua
n.
A curassow of the genus Ortalida, allied to the guan.
+
prepostor
n.
See Prepositor.
+
pass
v.t.
To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand.
+
phycoerythrine
n.
A red coloring matter found in algae of the subclass Florideae.
+
participating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Participate
+
plenitudinarian
n.
A plenist.
+
picker
n.
The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.
+
predicated
imp.|p.p.
of Predicate
+
propyla
pl.
of Propylon
+
pennigerous
a.
Bearing feathers or quills.
+
putidness
n.
The quality or state of being putrid.
+
polyphonic
a.
Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic.
+
praise
v.
To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.
+
panoply
n.
Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.
+
pimped
imp.|p.p.
of Pimp
+
plication
n.
A folding or fold; a plait.
+
plus
a.
More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to minus.
+
protectiveness
n.
The quality or state of being protective.
+
promerops
n.
Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging to Promerops, Epimarchus, and allied genera, closely related to the paradise birds, and mostly native of New Guinea. They have a long curved beak and a long graduated tail.
+
persever
v.i.
To persevere.
+
poundage
n.
The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound.
+
prizing
n.
The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5.
+
protense
n.
Extension.
+
providing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Provide
+
pomptine
a.
See Pontine.
+
protrusion
n.
The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.
+
ponderate
v.t.
To consider; to ponder.
+
portcullised
imp.|p.p.
of Portcullis
+
predetermine
v.t.
To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
+
pittacal
n.
A dark blue substance obtained from wood tar. It consists of hydrocarbons which when oxidized form the orange-yellow eupittonic compounds, the salts of which are dark blue.
+
philology
n.
The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.
+
poll
n.
The head; the back part of the head.
+
packing
n.
A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious
+
phenyl
n.
A hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) regarded as the essential residue of benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives.
+
prill
n.
The brill.
+
pholadean
n.
Pholad.
+
pit
n.
The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
+
pridian
a.
Of or pertaining to the day before, or yesterday.
+
prosoma
n.
The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod.
+
placidness
n.
The quality or state of being placid.
+
physostomi
n.pl.
An order of fishes in which the air bladder is provided with a duct, and the ventral fins, when present, are abdominal. It includes the salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and others.
+
peridrome
n.
The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple.
+
pitcher
n.
One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.
+
polytyping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Polytype
+
piedness
n.
The state of being pied.
+
palama
n.
A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.
+
parget
v.t.
To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses.
+
prosper
v.i.
To grow; to increase.
+
pyrotungstic
a.
Polytungstic. See Metatungstic.
+
pressman
n.
One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.
+
pulmonary
a.
Lungwort.
+
pled

of Plead
+
perfect
a.
To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.
+
pinole
n.
An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture of chocolate.
+
planula
n.
In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula.
+
poesy
n.
Poetry; metrical composition; poems.
+
pharyngeal
n.
A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches.
+
pineapple
n.
A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.
+
pepsin
n.
An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals.
+
preengage
v.t.
To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.
+
paralipsis
n.
See Paraleipsis.
+
penteconter
n.
A Grecian vessel with fifty oars.
+
phymata
pl.
of Phyma
+
pretor
n.
A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans.
+
parella
n.
Alt. of Parelle
+
prayer
v.i.
The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers.
+
pneumothorax
n.
A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax.
+
primitive
a.
Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.
+
pictograph
n.
A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.
+
pension
n.
A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.
+
polypidom
n.
A coral, or corallum; also, one of the coral-like structure made by bryozoans and hydroids.
+
propine
n.
Same as Allylene.
+
pulpiness
n.
the quality or state of being pulpy.
+
puttyfaced
a.
White-faced; -- used contemptuously.
+
polarization
n.
A peculiar affection or condition of the rays of light or heat, in consequence of which they exhibit different properties in different directions.
+
podgy
a.
Fat and short; pudgy.
+
pelleted
a.
Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets.
+
portable
a.
Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine.
+
pinch
v.i.
To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.
+
presidiary
a.
Of or pertaining to a garrison; having a garrison.
+
presentation
n.
The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation.
+
plain
v.
To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
+
properly
adv.
Individually; after one's own manner.
+
potestative
a.
Authoritative.
+
privacy
n.
The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
+
pitch
n.
Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
+
peal
v.t.
To pour out.
+
pickle
v.t.
To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.
+
polydactylism
n.
The possession of more that the normal number of digits.
+
proach
v.i.
See Approach.
+
poyou
n.
A South American armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus). Called also sixbanded armadillo.
+
philhellenist
n.
A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene.
+
parody
n.
A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
+
prior
a.
Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage.
+
peculiarness
n.
The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity.
+
procrastinated
imp.|p.p.
of Procrastinate
+
portrayer
n.
One who portrays.
+
plausibly
adv.
Contentedly, readily.
+
preface
n.
The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.
+
porta
n.
The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.
+
propterygia
pl.
of Propterygium
+
punnet
n.
A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.
+
prevenience
n.
The act of going before; anticipation.
+
presidio
n.
A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.
+
perjuries
pl.
of Perjury
+
persistently
adv.
In a persistent manner.
+
postfact
n.
A fact that occurs after another.
+
pinguidinous
a.
Containing fat; fatty.
+
perimysium
n.
The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers.
+
paragon
n.
A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.
+
pissasphalt
n.
Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
+
part
n.
Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.
+
pedantical
a.
Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation.
+
pass
v.i.
To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.
+
panoistic
a.
Producing ova only; -- said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.
+
patched
imp.|p.p.
of Patch
+
pedestaled
a.
Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted.
+
poll
v.t.
To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass.
+
profit
v.i.
To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.
+
pyrroline
n.
A nitrogenous base, C4H7N, obtained as a colorless liquid by the reduction of pyrrol.
+
particularment
n.
A particular; a detail.
+
parsoned
a.
Furnished with a parson.
+
proselyted
imp.|p.p.
of Proselyte
+
personifier
n.
One who personifies.
+
pratic
n.
See Pratique.
+
pisay
n.
See Pise.
+
pause
n.
To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
+
pander
n.
A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.
+
platyrhine
n.
One of the Platyrhini.
+
permansion
n.
Continuance.
+
pensionaries
pl.
of Pensionary
+
pretension
n.
The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.
+
pipping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pip
+
progue
v.i.
To prog.
+
porpesse
n.
A porpoise.
+
punt
n.
A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.
+
pouch
n.
A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials.
+
perch
n.
In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
+
panada
n.
Alt. of Panade
+
pessulus
n.
A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.
+
portion
n.
A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
+
portray
v.t.
To adorn with pictures.
+
pace
v.i.
To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.
+
puseyism
n.
The principles of Dr. Pusey and others at Oxford, England, as exhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which appeared from 1833 to 1841, designated " Tracts for the Times;" tractarianism. See Tractarianism.
+
plitt
n.
An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia.
+
polygraphical
a.
Pertaining to, or employed in, polygraphy; as, a polygraphic instrument.
+
pan
v.i.
To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.
+
polar
a.
Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds.
+
pseudomonocotyledonous
a.
Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut.
+
preparation
n.
The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.
+
paraded
imp.|p.p.
of Parade
+
parallel
n.
One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map.
+
please
v.i.
To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.
+
predicative
a.
Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.
+
paraventure
adv.
Peradventure; perchance.
+
parallelless
a.
Matchless.
+
pierage
n.
Same as Wharfage.
+
pumped
imp.|p.p.
of Pump
+
permittance
n.
The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.
+
peripneumony
n.
Pneumonia.
+
provisor
n.
One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5.
+
prepositive
n.
A prepositive word.
+
programma
n.
See Programme.
+
pocock
n.
Peacock.
+
polony
n.
A kind of sausage made of meat partly cooked.
+
patter
n.
Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
+
pass
v.t.
To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
+
potter
n.
One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.
+
paleophytologist
n.
A paleobotanist.
+
psycho

A combining form from Gr. psychh` the soul, the mind, the understanding; as, psychology.
+
pennatula
n.
Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches.
+
polsyntheticism
n.
Polysynthesis.
+
prehistoric
a.
Of or pertaining to a period before written history begins; as, the prehistoric ages; prehistoric man.
+
pantascope
n.
A pantascopic camera.
+
pipe laying

The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc.
+
periscope
n.
A general or comprehensive view.
+
pterichthys
n.
A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See Placodermi.
+
pecularizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peculiarize
+
psalmodic
a.
Alt. of Psalmodical
+
pentastomida
n.pl.
Same as Linguatulina.
+
pronation
n.
The act of turning the palm or palmar surface of the forefoot downward.
+
plan
a.
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
+
poster
n.
A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.
+
palaver
n.
Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.
+
polishedness
n.
The quality of being polished.
+
pau
n.
See Pah.
+
park
n.
A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
+
penholder
n.
A handle for a pen.
+
polyandrous
a.
Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
+
palster
n.
A pilgrim's staff.
+
perambulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perambulate
+
pieplant
n.
A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.
+
puisne
a.
Puny; petty; unskilled.
+
pontific
a.
Of or pertaining to the pope; papal.
+
pud
n.
Same as Pood.
+
pontifically
adv.
In a pontifical manner.
+
pannier
n.
A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass
+
phrenics
n.
That branch of science which relates to the mind; mental philosophy.
+
propepsin
n.
See Persinogen.
+
promulgate
v.t.
To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.
+
pulp
v.t.
To reduce to pulp.
+
persiflage
n.
Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery.
+
poke
n.
A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
+
pythagorean
a.
Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy.
+
placentiform
a.
Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle.
+
pasture
v.t.
To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows.
+
possessioner
n.
A possessor; a property holder.
+
piccage
n.
Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths.
+
pudical
a.
Pudic.
+
percolate
v.t.
To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.
+
phalanx
n.
One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
+
proclivity
n.
Readiness; facility; aptitude.
+
protista
n.pl.
A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals.
+
proteus
n.
A changeable protozoan; an amoeba.
+
part
n.
Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure.
+
pate
n.
A pie. See Patty.
+
plash
v.t.
To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.
+
pseudocone
n.
One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.
+
packman
n.
One who bears a pack; a peddler.
+
predictor
n.
One who predicts; a foreteller.
+
pencil
n.
A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite.
+
pomarine
a.
Having the nostril covered with a scale.
+
perch
v.t.
To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
+
prompted
imp.|p.p.
of Prompt
+
progress
n.
In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art.
+
prospering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prosper
+
private
n.
One not invested with a public office.
+
plateaus
pl.
of Plateau
+
purgatively
adv.
In a purgative manner.
+
pamphleteer
n.
A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler.
+
pegasoid
a.
Like or pertaining to Pegasus.
+
perpetuity
n.
The number of years in which the simple interest of any sum becomes equal to the principal.
+
parapodium
n.
One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.
+
phylactolaemata
n.pl.
An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians.
+
politicly
adv.
In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully.
+
pounder
n.
A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.
+
pollax
n.
A poleax.
+
protectorial
a.
Same as Protectoral.
+
poising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Poise
+
phanerogamia
n.pl.
That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.
+
pip
n.
One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
+
piece
n.
An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt.
+
pretty
superl.
Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.
+
pregnant
a.
Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.
+
progressionist
n.
One who holds to a belief in the progression of society toward perfection.
+
patronization
n.
The act of patronizing; patronage; support.
+
prejudicate
a.
Biased by opinions formed prematurely; prejudiced.
+
polychroism
n.
Same as Pleochroism.
+
paddled
imp.|p.p.
of Paddle
+
peregrinate
a.
Having traveled; foreign.
+
polysulphuret
n.
A polysulphide.
+
paint
n.
A cosmetic; rouge.
+
pouch
v.t.
To pout.
+
preterient
a.
Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states.
+
phanerite
a.
Evident; visible.
+
personal
a.
Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
+
postiler
n.
One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the text of a book by notes in the margin.
+
parodying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parody
+
proto

A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan.
+
pohagen
n.
See Pauhaugen.
+
presager
n.
One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder.
+
peep
n.
The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
+
preemption
n.
The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.
+
propugner
n.
A defender; a vindicator.
+
petar
n.
See Petard.
+
predicant
n.
One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican.
+
pentavalent
a.
Having a valence of five; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
+
passmen
pl.
of Passman
+
proeguminal
a.
Serving to predispose; predisposing; as, a proeguminal cause of disease.
+
presbytia
n.
Presbyopia.
+
parfay
interj.
By my faith; verily.
+
prelected
imp.|p.p.
of Prelect
+
panel
n.
A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
+
paleocrystic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a former glacial formation.
+
pseudepigraphy
n.
The ascription of false names of authors to works.
+
prolixity
n.
The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings.
+
probability
n.
That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth.
+
plenarily
adv.
In a plenary manner.
+
patient
a.
Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor.
+
photological
a.
Pertaining to photology, or the doctrine of light.
+
princelet
n.
A petty prince.
+
presto
a.
Quickly; rapidly; -- a direction for a quick, lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time except prestissimo.
+
picket
v.t.
To fortify with pointed stakes.
+
plebe
n.
The common people; the mob.
+
pane
n.
One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
+
persevering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Persevere
+
paled
a.
Striped.
+
place
n.
A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.
+
pied
a.
Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald.
+
pelt
n.
The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
+
peninsulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peninsulate
+
paucity
n.
Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity.
+
pneumaticity
n.
The state of being pneumatic, or of having a cavity or cavities filled with air; as, the pneumaticity of the bones of birds.
+
partial
n.
Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial.
+
padella
n.
A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle.
+
pickaback
adv.
On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback.
+
perforation
n.
A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture.
+
peril
v.i.
To be in danger.
+
pie
n.
A magpie.
+
polymathist
n.
One versed in many sciences; a person of various learning.
+
plasticity
n.
Plastic force.
+
picked
imp.|p.p.
of Pick
+
periodontal
a.
Surrounding the teeth.
+
prolonger
n.
One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.
+
photoelectrotype
n.
An electrotype plate formed in a mold made by photographing on prepared gelatine, etc.
+
port
n.
An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening.
+
pouchet box

See Pouncet box.
+
physiographic
a.
Alt. of Physiographical
+
planipennate
a.
Of or pertaining to Planipennia.
+
planishing

a. & vb. n. from Planish, v. t.
+
precedently
adv.
Beforehand; antecedently.
+
pridingly
adv.
Proudly.
+
pickpenny
n.
A miser; also, a sharper.
+
plugging
n.
The material of which a plug or stopple is made.
+
palmipedes
n.pl.
Same as Natatores.
+
plerome
n.
The central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root.
+
pusane
n.
A piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, or reenforcement of. the breastplate; -- called also pesane.
+
playbill
n.
A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors.
+
panorpid
n.
Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice.
+
point
n.
A tyne or snag of an antler.
+
pentagonally
adv.
In the form of a pentagon; with five angles.
+
patrician
n.
One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore.
+
provost
n.
The keeper of a prison.
+
prawn
n.
Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennae. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palaemon, Palaemonetes, and Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is Palaemon serratus.
+
python
n.
Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the family Pythonidae. They are nearly allied to the boas. Called also rock snake.
+
prosencephalic
a.
Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.
+
protoplastic
a.
First-formed.
+
phyla
pl.
of Phylum
+
plate
n.
A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.
+
pair
n.
Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
+
polarchy
n.
See Polyarchy.
+
palmitin
n.
A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryl tripalmitate.
+
parapet
n.
A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.
+
painter
n.
One whose occupation is to paint
+
pentameter
a.
Having five metrical feet.
+
piney
a.
See Piny.
+
poikilothermic
a.
Having a varying body temperature. See Homoiothermal.
+
phacellus
n.
One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.
+
peptogenic
a.
Same as Peptogenous.
+
presumptuousness
n.
The quality or state of being presumptuous.
+
pipelaying

Alt. of Pipe laying
+
perce
v.t.
To pierce.
+
partisan
n.
Any member of such a corps.
+
perterebration
n.
The act of boring through.
+
parfitly
adv.
Perfectly.
+
pantherine
a.
Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.
+
pianet
n.
The lesser woodpecker.
+
prurience
n.
Alt. of Pruriency
+
preyful
a.
Rich in prey.
+
parturitive
a.
Pertaining to parturition; obstetric.
+
patriarch
n.
A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.
+
phillyrin
n.
A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
+
party
adv.
Partly.
+
las
pl.
of Plumula
+
phonoscope
n.
An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by Konig for testing the quality of musical strings.
+
peopled
imp.|p.p.
of People
+
presbytism
n.
Presbyopia.
+
plaise
n.
See Plaice.
+
phonotypr
n.
A type or character used in phonotypy.
+
phassachate
n.
The lead-colored agate; -- so called in reference to its color.
+
passion
n.
The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill.
+
party
v.
One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.
+
prayer
v.i.
The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer.
+
polluted
a.
Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.
+
prebend
n.
A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice.
+
piecener
n.
One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woolen mills.
+
pearl
v.t.
To fringe; to border.
+
pavilion
n.
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
+
pullet
n.
A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.
+
purporting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Purport
+
peduncle
n.
A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle.
+
pygal
a.
Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the backbone; -- applied especially to the posterior median plates in the carapace of chelonians.
+
pop
v.t.
To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.
+
plumb
v.t.
To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
+
peripateticism
n.
The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2.
+
potluck
n.
Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for a meal.
+
procession
v.t.
To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands.
+
patch
n.
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
+
parietine
n.
A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin.
+
pomp
n.
Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
+
puckery
a.
Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.
+
pyrogallic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid called pyrogallol. See Pyrogallol.
+
puzzled
imp.|p.p.
of Puzzle
+
pipe
v.t.
To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.
+
prize
v.t.
To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
+
physiologist
n.
One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.
+
pelt
v.t.
To throw; to use as a missile.
+
premonstratensian
n.
One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Premontre, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants.
+
pectoral
n.
A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person.
+
plugging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plug
+
petronel
n.
A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century.
+
private
n.
The private parts; the genitals.
+
pigg
n.
A piggin. See 1st Pig.
+
portionless
a.
Having no portion.
+
pontificality
n.
The state and government of the pope; the papacy.
+
penner
n.
One who pens; a writer.
+
pillory
v.t.
To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
+
purl
n.
A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook.
+
pale
v.i.
To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
+
pouchshell
n.
A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).
+
plumula
n.
A down feather.
+
perspirative
a.
Performing the act of perspiration; perspiratory.
+
puy
n.
See Poy.
+
profferer
n.
One who proffers something.
+
pharaoh
n.
A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt were designated.
+
pashalic
n.
The jurisdiction of a pasha.
+
proportional
n.
Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional.
+
pommel
n.
A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form
+
pertussis
n.
The whooping cough.
+
polygenist
n.
One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; -- opposed to monogenist.
+
paremptosis
n.
Same as Parembole.
+
palmate
a.
Alt. of Palmated
+
particularist
n.
One who holds to particularism.
+
pugnacious
a.
Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.
+
panch
n.
See Paunch.
+
philosophical
a.
Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool.
+
pallet
n.
A board on which a newly molded brick is conveyed to the hack.
+
persuade
v.t.
To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
+
picked
a.
Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty.
+
padding
n.
The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.
+
prayerful
a.
Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional.
+
prologue
n.
The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;"  esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance
+
plague
v.t.
Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
+
purfled
a.
Ornamented; decorated; esp., embroidered on the edges.
+
pack
n.
A pact.
+
ponderate
v.i.
To have weight or influence.
+
photographing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Photograph
+
perennibranchiata
n.pl.
Those Batrachia which retain their gills through life, as the menobranchus.
+
plani
a.
Alt. of Plano-
+
polyphonist
n.
A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
+
pression
n.
An endeavor to move.
+
parliament
n.
A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws.
+
pet
a.
Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.
+
premature
a.
Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay.
+
potato
n.
The sweet potato (see below).
+
perivisceral
a.
Around the viscera; as, the perivisceral cavity.
+
psychologic
a.
Alt. of Psychological
+
polytheistic
a.
Alt. of Polytheistical
+
pile
n.
A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot.
+
pyroxylin
n.
A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; -- called also pyroxyle.
+
perambulator
n.
A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer.
+
palter
v.i.
To haggle.
+
pert
v.i.
To behave with pertness.
+
paly
a.
Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.
+
palmic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid.
+
pot
v.t.
To pocket.
+
pteryla
n.
One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which feathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria.
+
polestar
n.
A guide or director.
+
passably
adv.
Tolerably; moderately.
+
palpocil
n.
A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.
+
pastorally
adv.
In the manner of a pastor.
+
punched
imp.|p.p.
of Punch
+
primary
n.
A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.
+
pudic
a.
Of or pertaining to the external organs of generation.
+
prelaty
n.
Prelacy.
+
portace
n.
See Portass.
+
puit
n.
A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring.
+
proportioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Proportion
+
phloretic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, an organic acid obtained by the decomposition of phloretin.
+
pectoral
n.
A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.
+
phenogamous
a.
Same as Phaenogamian, Phaenogamic, etc.
+
pass
v.i.
To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die.
+
pawn
v.t.
To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.
+
primary
a.
First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
+
poverty
n.
The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
+
pedipalp
n.
One of the Pedipalpi.
+
presbyterium
n.
Same as Presbytery, 4.
+
pueblo
n.
A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region.
+
perturbance
n.
Disturbance; perturbation.
+
plethron
n.
Alt. of Plethrum
+
pockarred
a.
See Pockmarked.
+
portuguese
n.sing.|pl.
A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.
+
pinching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pinch
+
point
n.
To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
+
pit
n.
The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.
+
pigmentation
n.
A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.
+
perfix
v.t.
To fix surely; to appoint.
+
peck
n.
A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
+
pennyroyal
n.
An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor.
+
pilosity
n.
The quality or state of being pilose; hairiness.
+
pick
v.i.
To steal; to pilfer.
+
plurality
n.
The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.
+
promethean
a.
Having a life-giving quality; inspiring.
+
proller
n.
Prowler; thief.
+
purging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Purge
+
potshare
n.
A potsherd.
+
puppet
n.
The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
+
papilionides
n.pl.
The typical butterflies.
+
plained
imp.|p.p.
of Plain
+
preconcertion
n.
The act of preconcerting; preconcert.
+
poison
v.i.
To act as, or convey, a poison.
+
perigee
n.
Alt. of Perigeum
+
pedestrian
a.
Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.
+
pyrometer
n.
An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.
+
phlegmagogue
n.
A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
+
psychologist
n.
One who is versed in, devoted to, psychology.
+
polystome
n.
An animal having many mouths; -- applied to Protozoa.
+
pouch
v.t.
To put or take into a pouch.
+
person
n.
A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character.
+
puncticular
a.
Comprised in, or like, a point; exact.
+
pellicle
n.
A thin skin or film.
+
propinquity
n.
Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity.
+
pendency
n.
The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense; as, the pendency of a suit.
+
parentally
adv.
In a parental manner.
+
personality
n.
That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
+
palea
n.
A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
+
portraying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Portray
+
pilser
n.
An insect that flies into a flame.
+
pawned
imp.|p.p.
of Pawn
+
parties
pl.
of Party
+
perpetuity
n.
The quality or condition of an estate by which it becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period; also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated.
+
pad
v.t.
To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.
+
proin
v.i.
To employed in pruning.
+
puristical
a.
Of or pertaining to purists or purism.
+
plume
v.t.
To adorn with feathers or plumes.
+
parietes
n.pl.
The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
+
pervert
v.t.
To turnanother way; to divert.
+
pebblestone

A pebble; also, pebbles collectively.
+
plundering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plunder
+
personifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Personify
+
pupa
n.
Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage.
+
pistel
n.
Alt. of Pistil
+
pedial
a.
Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal.
+
polyparous
a.
Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.
+
parboiled
imp.|p.p.
of Parboil
+
postero

- (/). A combining form meaning posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side.
+
proboscis
n.
By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.
+
profane
a.
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
+
purulent
a.
Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
+
platy
a.
Like a plate; consisting of plates.
+
parail
n.
See Apparel.
+
plat
adv.
Plainly; flatly; downright.
+
plenitude
n.
The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power.
+
polyphyletic
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic.
+
port
v.
A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively.
+
pricker
n.
A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery.
+
panelation
n.
The act of impaneling a jury.
+
paradisean
a.
Paradisiacal.
+
parabolist
n.
A narrator of parables.
+
paulician
n.
One of a sect of Christian dualists originating in Armenia in the seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part of the New.
+
periodoscope
n.
A table or other means for calculating the periodical functions of women.
+
pappiform
a.
Resembling the pappus of composite plants.
+
pickled
imp.|p.p.
of Pickle
+
pentail
n.
A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.
+
pinna
n.
One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.
+
plumbism
n.
A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist.
+
pas
n.
A pace; a step, as in a dance.
+
phyllotactic
a.
Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.
+
predestinative
a.
Determining beforehand; predestinating.
+
pathless
a.
Having no beaten path or way; untrodden; impenetrable; as, pathless woods.
+
pectosic
a.
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, pectose; specifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute largely ordinary pectin or vegetable jelly.
+
postulatory
a.
Of the nature of a postulate.
+
phycology
n.
The science of algae, or seaweeds; algology.
+
pillar
n.
Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.
+
paramalic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid metameric with malic acid.
+
pry
n.
Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
+
polluter
n.
One who pollutes.
+
palate
n.
A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
+
provocation
n.
That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment; as, to give provocation.
+
propleg
n.
Same as Proleg.
+
pessuli
pl.
of Pessulus
+
persism
n.
A Persian idiom.
+
payable
a.
That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due.
+
pan
v.i.
To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.
+
promt
superl.
Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance.
+
pensioner
n.
One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
+
pasch
n.
Alt. of Pascha
+
papiliones
n.pl.
The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.
+
proscenium
n.
The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework.
+
philanthropist
n.
One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others.
+
parvolin
n.
A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel.
+
phiz
n.
The face or visage.
+
poussette
v.i.
To perform a certain movement in a dance.
+
physic
n.
The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.
+
purged
imp.|p.p.
of Purge
+
plural
n.
The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.
+
porer
n.
One who pores.
+
pulsometer
n.
A device, with valves, for raising water by steam, partly by atmospheric pressure, and partly by the direct action of the steam on the water, without the intervention of a piston; -- also called vacuum pump.
+
palladium
n.
A rare metallic element of the light platinum group, found native, and also alloyed with platinum and gold. It is a silver-white metal resembling platinum, and like it permanent and untarnished in the air, but is more easily fusible. It is unique in its power of occluding hydrogen, which it does to the extent of nearly a thousand volumes, forming the alloy Pd2H. It is used for graduated circles and verniers, for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry. It was so named in 1804 by Wollaston from the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered in 1802. Symbol Pd. Atomic weight, 106.2.
+
papyrine
n.
Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.
+
pervade
v.t.
To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate.
+
pipe layer

A politician who works in secret; -- in this sense, usually written as one word.
+
pretendence
n.
The act of pretending; pretense.
+
puker
n.
One who pukes, vomits.
+
paracyanogen
n.
A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide.
+
pleochromatism
n.
Pleochroism.
+
portableness
n.
The quality or state of being portable; portability.
+
preconceiving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preconceive
+
pteridology
n.
That department of botany which treats of ferns.
+
powdike
n.
A dike a marsh or fen.
+
propodialia
pl.
of Propodiale
+
passional
a.
Of or pertaining to passion or the passions; exciting, influenced by, or ministering to, the passions.
+
prediction
n.
The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.
+
purple
n.
See Purpura.
+
phenetol
n.
The ethyl ether of phenol, obtained as an aromatic liquid, C6H5.O.C2H5.
+
peert
a.
Same as Peart.
+
party
v.
Cause; side; interest.
+
protonema
n.
The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consisting of branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leaf buds may be developed.
+
polygraphy
n.
The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same.
+
potstone
n.
A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.
+
prospect
v.
That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
+
parity
n.
The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.
+
phenanthroline
n.
Either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases, C12H8N2, analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly nitrogenized.
+
prefer
v.t.
To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass.
+
photomagnetic
a.
Of or pertaining to photomagnetism.
+
pseudotineae
pl.
of Pseudotinea
+
parabolas
pl.
of Parabola
+
preexistency
n.
Preexistence.
+
pease
n.
A plural form of Pea. See the Note under Pea.
+
picene
n.
A hydrocarbon (C/H/) extracted from the pitchy residue of coal tar and petroleum as a bluish fluorescent crystalline substance.
+
parcel
n.
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
+
palpifer
n.
Same as Palpiger.
+
promerphological
a.
Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception.
+
placate
n.
Same as Placard, 4 & 5.
+
pass
v.i.
A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.
+
prosecutrix
n.
A female prosecutor.
+
prophesy
v.t.
To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
+
phrase
n.
A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.
+
practicer
n.
One who uses art or stratagem.
+
patron
n.
One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
+
predaceous
a.
Living by prey; predatory.
+
panhellenist
n.
An advocate of Panhellenism.
+
prefecundatory
a.
Of or pertaining to prefecundation.
+
point
n.
That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin.
+
pound
pl.
of Pound
+
papboat
n.
A kind of sauce boat or dish.
+
parapeptone
n.
An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.
+
pedigree
n.
A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
+
photoscopic
a.
Of or pertaining to the photoscope or its uses.
+
patte
a.
Alt. of Pattee
+
peter
v.i.
To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.
+
pachometer
n.
An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter.
+
paleotherian
a.
Of or pertaining to Paleotherium.
+
palliate
a.
Covered with a mant/e; cloaked; disguised.
+
pretty
superl.
Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
+
plenist
n.
One who holds that all space is full of matter.
+
polyporus
n.
A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus.
+
peccability
n.
The state or quality of being peccable; lability to sin.
+
palmin
n.
Ricinolein.
+
psalter
n.
The Book of Psalms; -- often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed.
+
pleasant
a.
Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather.
+
pluralism
n.
The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
+
pornerastic
a.
Lascivious; licentious.
+
phlogotic
n.
Of or pertaining to phlogisis.
+
predeclare
v.t.
To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce.
+
poiser
n.
The balancer of dipterous insects.
+
plumb
n.
A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.
+
plagiostomatous
a.
Same as Plagiostomous.
+
poi
n.
A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
+
polander
n.
A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole.
+
put
v.i.
To go or move; as, when the air first puts up.
+
pantheology
n.
A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.
+
plethorical
a.
Plethoric.
+
pallor
a.
Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion.
+
piet
n.
The dipper, or water ouzel.
+
pocket
n.
A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
+
profited
imp.|p.p.
of Profit
+
phytopathologist
n.
One skilled in diseases of plants.
+
polyonomous
a.
Having many names or titles; polyonymous.
+
prepenial
a.
Situated in front of, or anterior to, the penis.
+
peperino
n.
A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc.
+
path
v.i.
To walk or go.
+
paxillus
n.
One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
phono
n.
A South American butterfly (Ithonia phono) having nearly transparent wings.
+
phonetic
a.
Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
+
provinciate
v.t.
To convert into a province or provinces.
+
publish
v.t.
To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage.
+
purchase
v.i.
To acquire wealth or property.
+
panic
a.
Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm.
+
petrifaction
n.
The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
+
periuterine
a.
Surrounding the uterus.
+
polyadelphian
a.
Alt. of Polyadelphous
+
precaution
n.
Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
+
patriot
n.
One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authority and interests.
+
promulge
v.t.
To promulgate; to publish or teach.
+
prickshaft
n.
An arrow.
+
piccadil
n.
Alt. of Piccadilly
+
pull
n.
A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.
+
peppering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pepper
+
parochially
adv.
In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes.
+
probabilism
n.
The doctrine of the probabilists.
+
proof
n.
A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed.  Cf. Prove, v. t., 5.
+
professoriate
n.
A professorship.
+
pulpited
a.
Placed in a pulpit.
+
perogue
n.
See Pirogue.
+
proxy
n.
A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
+
porch
n.
A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia.
+
phonography
n.
The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
+
ponderous
a.
Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.
+
persulphide
n.
A sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; -- formerly called persulphuret.
+
primacy
a.
The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy.
+
postil
v.i.
To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.
+
pal
n.
A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate.
+
pile
n.
A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.
+
phosphene
n.
A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed.  Cf. After-image.
+
psittacid
n.
One of the Psittaci.
+
payor
n.
See Payer.
+
prore
n.
The prow or fore part of a ship.
+
perspective
a.
The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; -- called also linear perspective.
+
pad
n.
The act of robbing on the highway.
+
pilgrimize
v.i.
To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage.
+
particular
n.
Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc.
+
planetstruck
a.
Affected by the influence of planets; blasted.
+
proctorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a proctor, esp. an academic proctor; magisterial.
+
peafowl
n.
The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo.
+
princedom
n.
The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince.
+
pycnite
n.
A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.
+
prudhomme
n.
A trustworthy citizen; a skilled workman. See Citation under 3d Commune, 1.
+
place
n.
To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed.
+
peroxidation
n.
Act, process, or result of peroxidizing; oxidation to a peroxide.
+
pepper
v.i.
To fire numerous shots (at).
+
paranymphal
a.
Bridal; nuptial.
+
pommage
n.
See Pomage.
+
predestinating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Predestinate
+
plot
v.t.
To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
+
pasigraphy
n.
A system of universal writing, or a manner of writing that may be understood and used by all nations.
+
pustular
a.
Of or pertaining to pustules; as, pustular prominences; pustular eruptions.
+
pick
n.
A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.
+
para nut

The Brazil nut.
+
plate
n.
Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.
+
puerility
n.
That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is flat, insipid, or silly.
+
palladious
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds.
+
place
n.
To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.
+
pullman car

A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman.
+
protract
v.t.
To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
+
prelate
n.
A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.
+
play
v.t.
To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ.
+
placoderm
n.
One of the Placodermi.
+
porcellaneous
a.
Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera.
+
precipitous
a.
Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
+
pixyled
a.
Led by pixies; bewildered.
+
pederasty
n.
The crime against nature; sodomy.
+
polly
n.
A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot.
+
poor
superl.
Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
+
precessor
n.
A predecessor.
+
papiermache
n.
A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds.
+
pretorture
v.t.
To torture beforehand.
+
proocutorship
n.
The office of a prolocutor.
+
piperylene
n.
A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidine derivatives.
+
practicability
n.
The quality or state of being practicable; practicableness; feasibility.
+
plunger
n.
The firing pin of a breechloader.
+
prenostic
n.
A prognostic; an omen.
+
periscope
n.
an optical instrument of tubular shape containing an arrangement of lenses and mirrors (or prisms), allowing a person to observe a field of view otherwise obstructed, as beyond an obstructing object or (as in submarines) above the surface of the water.
+
phylloltomid
n.
A phyllostome.
+
promote
v.t.
To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture.
+
placard
n.
Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something.
+
paeonine
n.
An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also red coralline.
+
primal
a.
First; primary; original; chief.
+
pneumatical
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, air; having the properties of an elastic fluid; gaseous; opposed to dense or solid.
+
pruinous
a.
Frosty; pruinose.
+
precaution
n.
A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident.
+
presumable
a.
Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.
+
predisposition
n.
Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease.
+
princess
n.
The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family.
+
pothook
n.
A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing.
+
peaked
imp.|p.p.
of Peak
+
passage
v.i.
Reception; currency.
+
purse
n.
In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
+
phosphaturia
n.
The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.
+
promisee
n.
The person to whom a promise is made.
+
primeness
n.
The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.
+
pyramidal
n.
One of the carpal bones. See Cuneiform, n., 2 (b).
+
prothalli
pl.
of Prothallus
+
prelacy
n.
The order of prelates, taken collectively; the body of ecclesiastical dignitaries.
+
prayerless
a.
Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer.
+
penumbra
n.
The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light.
+
primogenitive
n.
Primogeniture.
+
paradise
n.
A churchyard or cemetery.
+
phlegmatic
a.
Watery.
+
pungent
v.t.
Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
+
polyonym
n.
A polynomial name or term.
+
plat
v.t.
To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.
+
pseudohalter
n.
One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.
+
project
n.
An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects.
+
political
a.
Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
+
pathetism
n.
See Mesmerism.
+
pensative
a.
Pensive.
+
prehensory
a.
Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
+
petrography
n.
The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.
+
point
n.
To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.
+
pace
n.
A slow gait; a footpace.
+
pack
n.
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.
+
percely
n.
Parsley.
+
probate
a.
Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.
+
panton
n.
A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel.
+
pat
adv.
In a pat manner.
+
penetratingly
adv.
In a penetrating manner.
+
partaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Partake
+
preconquer
v.t.
To conquer in anticipation.
+
pathic
a.
Passive; suffering.
+
pound
v.i.
To strike heavy blows; to beat.
+
phaethon
n.
The son of Helios (Phoebus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po.
+
pergamentaceous
a.
Like parchment.
+
precent
n.
Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.
+
pentine
n.
An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, of the acetylene series. Same as Valerylene.
+
parenchymal
a.
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma.
+
perinephritis
n.
Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney.
+
prune
v.i.
To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.
+
potman
n.
A pot companion.
+
piety
n.
Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
+
pi
v.t.
To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to mix and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form.
+
promptuary
a.
Of or pertaining to preparation.
+
pause
n.
In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
+
protrudable
a.
That may be protruded; protrusile.
+
presbyterianism
n.
That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
+
patron
n.
See Padrone, 2.
+
provisor
n.
One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.
+
portage
n.
The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
+
podobranchiae
pl.
of Podobranchia
+
paradoxer
n.
Alt. of Paradoxist
+
protuberate
v.i.
To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.
+
plasmid
n.
A piece of DNA, usually circular, functioning as part of the genetic material of a cell, not integrated with the chromosome and replicating independently of the chromosome, but transferred, like the chromosome, to subsequent generations.  In bacteria, plasmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell.  The cells thus altered may produce desirable proteins which are extracted and used; in the case of genetically altered plant cells, the altered cells may grow into complete plants with changed properties, as for example, increased resistance to disease.
+
pug
v.t.
To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.
+
perpession
n.
Suffering; endurance.
+
pomatum
n.
A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade.
+
piecemeal
adv.
In pieces; in parts or fragments.
+
polynesians
n.pl.
The race of men native in Polynesia.
+
parenthetical
a.
Using or containing parentheses.
+
phalangistine
n.
Same as Phalangist.
+
professional
a.
Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.
+
petulant
a.
Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
+
prize
n.
That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
+
perfunctoriness
n.
The quality or state of being perfunctory.
+
palmary
a.
Worthy of the palm; palmy; preeminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work.
+
pisolite
n.
A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit.
+
prune
v.t.
To preen; to prepare; to dress.
+
petrification
n.
See Petrifaction.
+
pollard
v.t.
To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows.
+
princess
n.
A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince.
+
phalanxes
pl.
of Phalanx
+
prejudiced
imp.|p.p.
of Prejudice
+
pie
n.
Type confusedly mixed. See Pi.
+
pinch
v.t.
o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
+
pellagrin
n.
One who is afficted with pellagra.
+
pentatomic
a.
Having five atoms in the molecule.
+
palatine
n.
A palatine bone.
+
purity
n.
The condition of being pure.
+
patrimonially
adv.
By inheritance.
+
pineal
a.
Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
+
perquisition
n.
A thorough inquiry of search.
+
protodoric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, architecture, in which the beginnings of the Doric style are supposed to be found.
+
progress
v.i.
To make improvement; to advance.
+
poisonsome
a.
Poisonous.[Obs.] Holland.
+
partner
n.
A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.
+
prolapsus
n.
Prolapse.
+
perjuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perjure
+
predestinator
n.
One who predestinates, or foreordains.
+
precocity
n.
The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness.
+
peep
v.i.
To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
+
pickedness
n.
Fineness; spruceness; smartness.
+
prospection
n.
The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight.
+
praseodymium
n.
An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; -- so called from the green color of its salts.  Symbol Ps.  Atomic weight 143.6.
+
pentahedrous
a.
Pentahedral.
+
planching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Planch
+
pranking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prank
+
promissive
a.
Making a promise; implying a promise; promising.
+
parietary
n.
Any one of several species of Parietaria. See 1st Pellitory.
+
pinniform
a.
Shaped like a fin or feather.
+
pernoctation
n.
The act or state of passing the whole night; a remaining all night.
+
pinion
v.t.
To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
+
prickeared
a.
Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs.
+
pinfish
n.
The sailor's choice (Diplodus, / Lagodon, rhomboides).
+
parametritis
n.
Inflammation of the cellular tissue in the vicinity of the uterus.
+
precede
v.t.
To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.
+
pencel
n.
A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; -- called also pennoncel.
+
pedometrical
a.
Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer.
+
plain
a.
Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.
+
pertusion
n.
The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein.
+
perigynium
n.
Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceae.
+
peg
n.
A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
+
pill
v.t.
To deprive of hair; to make bald.
+
payable
a.
Matured; now due.
+
poplexy
n.
Apoplexy.
+
predispose
v.t.
To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
+
perimeter
n.
The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides.
+
potpourri
n.
A piece of music made up of different airs strung together; a medley.
+
pelt
v.i.
To throw missiles.
+
presupposal
n.
Presupposition.
+
pinksterned
a.
Having a very narrow stern; -- said of a vessel.
+
perbromic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid, HBrO4, of bromine.
+
postoral
a.
Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.
+
podetiums
pl.
of Podetium
+
pyrophosphate
n.
A salt of pyrophosphoric acid.
+
promise
a.
An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing.  The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made.
+
patriot
a.
Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.
+
polyphore
n.
A receptacle which bears many ovaries.
+
paraselenae
pl.
of Paraselene
+
phthalide
n.
A lactone obtained by reduction of phthalyl chloride, as a white crystalline substance; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which phthalide proper is the type.
+
papalize
v.t.
To make papal.
+
play
n.
Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action.
+
padrone
n.
The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
+
paroxysm
n.
Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
+
pollucite
n.
A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurring with castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a silicate of alumina and caesia. Called also pollux.
+
partita
n.
A suite; a set of variations.
+
phocodontia
n.pl.
A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera.
+
premeditation
n.
The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.
+
philalethist
n.
A lover of the truth.
+
protection
n.
A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade.
+
pye
n.
See 2d Pie (b).
+
pinniped
n.
One of the Pinnipedes.
+
pillar
n.
The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.
+
plain
v.t.
To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
+
pallet
n.
A small and mean bed; a bed of straw.
+
pencraft
n.
Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.
+
profection
n.
A setting out; a going forward; advance; progression.
+
proportional
a.
Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.
+
placate
v.t.
To appease; to pacify; to concilate.
+
pay
v.t.
To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
+
past
prep.
Above; exceeding; more than.
+
potteries
pl.
of Pottery
+
parietes
n.pl.
The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
+
purgament
n.
A cathartic; a purgative.
+
practice
v.i.
To learn by practice; to form a habit.
+
proneness
n.
Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill.
+
portglave
n.
A sword bearer.
+
pleura
n.
pl. of Pleuron.
+
propendent
a.
Inclining forward or toward.
+
palmitate
n.
A salt of palmitic acid.
+
phenakistoscope
n.
A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen.
+
pit
n.
Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.
+
profound
a.
Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
+
produce
v.t.
To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares.
+
phimosis
n.
A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis.
+
photomicrograph
n.
A microscopically small photograph of an object.
+
pessimistical
a.
Pessimistic.
+
percolation
n.
The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.
+
pentathlon
n.
A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear.
+
piece
n.
A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of knowledge.
+
perplexities
pl.
of Perplexity
+
pretending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pretend
+
pesade
n.
The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing.
+
pestilent
a.
Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.
+
post
a.
Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
+
pyxidia
pl.
of Pyxidium
+
pleased
a.
Experiencing pleasure.
+
patriarchate
n.
A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.
+
pinion
v.t.
To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
+
promulgating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Promulgate
+
port
n.
A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face.
+
promerit
v.t.
To oblige; to confer a favor on.
+
pseudosymmetry
n.
A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite.
+
polytechnical
a.
Polytechnic.
+
plagiotropic
a.
Having the longer axis inclined away from the vertical line.
+
parable
a.
Procurable.
+
parol
n.
A word; an oral utterance.
+
perissological
a.
Redundant or excessive in words.
+
pica
n.
The genus that includes the magpies.
+
physicist
n.
One versed in physics.
+
puttock
n.
The marsh harrier.
+
preve
n.
Proof.
+
psalmodize
v.i.
To practice psalmody.
+
predeliberation
n.
Previous deliberation.
+
prig
n.
A thief; a filcher.
+
pluck
v.t.
To reject at an examination for degrees.
+
posy
n.
A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay.
+
photophone
n.
An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of rays of light.
+
pursuantly
adv.
Agreeably; conformably.
+
premium
n.
A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premium for good behavior or scholarship, for discoveries, etc.
+
platiniferous
a.
Yielding platinum; as, platiniferous sand.
+
prefer
v.t.
To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc.
+
paced
a.
Having, or trained in, [such] a pace or gait; trained; -- used in composition; as, slow-paced; a thorough-paced villain.
+
proliferous
a.
Producing young by budding.
+
punch
n.
The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
+
precision
n.
The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness.
+
procrustesian
a.
See Procrustean.
+
predominantly
adv.
In a predominant manner.
+
phonotypic
a.
Alt. of Phonotypical
+
pestilential
a.
Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
+
ponton
n.
See Pontoon.
+
posit
v.t.
To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle.
+
pistillidium
n.
Same as Archegonium.
+
proteid
n.
One of a class of amorphous nitrogenous principles, containing, as a rule, a small amount of sulphur; an albuminoid, as blood fibrin, casein of milk, etc.  Proteids are present in nearly all animal fluids and make up the greater part of animal tissues and organs. They are also important constituents of vegetable tissues.  See 2d Note under Food.
+
polypragmatical
a.
Overbusy; officious.
+
penned
imp.|p.p.
of Pen
+
producible
a.
Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth, generated, made, or extended.
+
portal
n.
A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing.
+
pivoting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pivot
+
predigest
v.t.
To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.
+
philogynist
n.
A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to misogynist.
+
pestle
n.
A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.
+
proembryo
n.
The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo.
+
paratactic
a.
Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis.
+
patrol
v.
t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.
+
pediluvy
n.
The bathing of the feet, a bath for the feet.
+
paragon
n.
Emulation; rivalry; competition.
+
plasmodial
a.
Of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle.
+
paradigmatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paradigmatize
+
popet
n.
A puppet.
+
pericarditus
n.
Inflammation of the pericardium.
+
potulent
a.
Nearly drunk; tipsy.
+
paternity
n.
Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.
+
pretenceful
a.
Alt. of Pretenceless
+
palsgrave
n.
A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.
+
paralyzation
n.
The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of being paralyzed.
+
profligation
n.
Defeat; rout; overthrow.
+
pothouse
n.
An alehouse.
+
peg
v.i.
To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
+
pluvial
n.
A priest's cope.
+
progressionist
n.
One who maintains the doctrine of progression in organic forms; -- opposed to uniformitarian.
+
palestinian
a.
Alt. of Palestinean
+
physiognomies
pl.
of Physiognomy
+
primitiveness
n.
The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.
+
pan
n.
The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented.
+
purge
v.i.
To become pure, as by clarification.
+
penduline
n.
A European titmouse (Parus, / Aegithalus, pendulinus). It is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with feathers.
+
protosulphuret
n.
A protosulphide.
+
pro rata

In proportion; proportionately; according to the share, interest, or liability of each.
+
processioning
n.
A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession.
+
pavage
n.
See Pavage.
+
pasticcio
n.
A falsified work of art, as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.
+
pottern
a.
Of or pertaining to potters.
+
partnership
n.
See Fellowship, n., 6.
+
proximate
a.
Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.
+
polarimeter
n.
An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.
+
peon
n.
A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.
+
pick
n.
The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.
+
precisive
a.
Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure; precisive abstraction.
+
pavon
n.
A small triangular flag, esp. one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.
+
pneumotherapy
n.
The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air.
+
parceling
n.
The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.
+
pardonably
adv.
In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably.
+
punctiform
a.
Having the form of a point.
+
plaiter
n.
One who, or that which, plaits.
+
periostraca
pl.
of Periostracum
+
pleopods
pl.
of Pleopod
+
padder
n.
One who, or that which, pads.
+
pate
n.
A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place.
+
phraseology
n.
A collection of phrases; a phrase book.
+
posttympanic
a.
Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.
+
popeling
n.
An adherent of the pope.
+
pentacra
pl.
of Pentacron
+
pluck
n.
Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
+
plenteous
a.
Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply.
+
planish
v.
To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer.
+
pelecoid
n.
A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants.
+
parochian
n.
A parishioner.
+
purse
n.
In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
+
point
n.
A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman.
+
picul
n.
A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135/ lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 133/ lbs.; in Japan, 133/ lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan.
+
pilchard
n.
A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England.
+
pucelle
n.
A maid; a virgin.
+
pannier
n.
A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.
+
pedicellina
n.
A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta.
+
peruvian
a.
Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America.
+
parodical
a.
Having the character of parody.
+
propense
a.
Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness.
+
presystolic
a.
Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound.
+
phreatic
a.
Subterranean; -- applied to sources supplying wells.
+
prede
n.
Prey; plunder; booty.
+
pervicacity
n.
Obstinacy; pervicaciousness.
+
paction
n.
An agreement; a compact; a bargain.
+
prig
v.t.
To cheapen.
+
philologian
n.
A philologist.
+
pause
n.
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
+
puisne
a.
Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer.
+
postcomminion
n.
The concluding portion of the communion service.
+
philologize
v.i.
To study, or make critical comments on, language.
+
philosopher
n.
One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness.
+
preact
v.t.
To act beforehand; to perform previously.
+
pyramis
n.
A pyramid.
+
peptic
n.
The digestive organs.
+
pashaw
n.
See Pasha.
+
perturb
v.t.
To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
+
pewee
n.
A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.
+
pastoral
n.
A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.
+
plaided
a.
Wearing a plaid.
+
pap
n.
The pulp of fruit.
+
pendular
a.
Pendulous.
+
phyllome
n.
A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf.
+
poultry
n.
Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.
+
pecker
n.
One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.
+
prensation
n.
The act of seizing with violence.
+
prey
n.
That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
+
passive
a.
Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.
+
pectination
n.
The act of combing; the combing of the head.
+
paralytic
a.
Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
+
perstringe
v.t.
To touch; to graze; to glance on.
+
prejudice
n.
An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge.
+
phaenogamous
a.
Having true flowers with with distinct floral organs; flowering.
+
pandurate
a.
Alt. of Panduriform
+
paddle
v.i.
To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc.
+
principal
a.
Of or pertaining to a prince; princely.
+
porta
n.
The foramen of Monro.
+
plighter
n.
One who, or that which, plights.
+
petardeer
n.
Alt. of Petardier
+
potter
n.
One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
+
purpure
n.
Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).
+
postural
a.
Of or pertaining to posture.
+
palate
n.
Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.
+
profligate
v.t.
To drive away; to overcome.
+
poorliness
n.
The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
+
pian
n.
The yaws. See Yaws.
+
patchouli
n.
Alt. of Patchouly
+
powdermill
n.
A mill in which gunpowder is made.
+
peristeromorphous
a.
Like or pertaining to the pigeons or Columbae.
+
poise
n.
To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
+
provocation
n.
The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger.
+
podophyllous
a.
Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs.
+
promise
v.t.
To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward.
+
puddling
n.
Puddle. See Puddle, n., 2.
+
pap
n.
A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon.
+
pennyworth
n.
A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny.
+
poll
n.
A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
+
previousness
n.
The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.
+
pleiades
n.pl.
A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus.
+
piss
v.t.|i.
To discharge urine, to urinate.
+
polluted
imp.|p.p.
of Pollute
+
predominating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Predominate
+
piece
n.
One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.
+
pleadable
a.
Capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law.
+
pomewater
n.
A kind of sweet, juicy apple.
+
poculent
a.
Fit for drink.
+
provincial
a.
Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal.
+
profound
v.i.
To dive deeply; to penetrate.
+
paludina
n.
Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.
+
phlebogram
n.
A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse.
+
poh
interj.
An exclamation expressing contempt or disgust; bah !
+
planetarium
n.
An orrery. See Orrery.
+
phlebology
n.
A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins.
+
pyroantimonate
n.
A salt of pyroantimonic acid.
+
philology
n.
Criticism; grammatical learning.
+
pearl
n.
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones.
+
properispomenon
n.
A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.
+
phlebotomy
n.
The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
+
presentation
n.
That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation.
+
pierides
n.pl.
The Muses.
+
perispomenon
n.
A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable.
+
polymorphic
a.
Polymorphous.
+
pollicitation
n.
A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise.
+
plurifoliolate
a.
Having several or many leaflets.
+
probabilist
n.
One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable.
+
peerdom
n.
Peerage; also, a lordship.
+
precursory
a.
Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.
+
piperine
n.
A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.
+
philopena
n.
A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself.
+
parker
n.
The keeper of a park.
+
profilist
n.
One who takes profiles.
+
pregravate
v.t.
To bear down; to depress.
+
pauciloquent
a.
Uttering few words; brief in speech.
+
proctocele
n.
Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani.
+
pelta
n.
A flat apothecium having no rim.
+
prelector
n.
A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer.
+
pyrognostic
a.
Of or pertaining to characters developed by the use of heat; pertaining to the characters of minerals when examined before the blowpipe; as, the pyrognostic characters of galena.
+
painful
a.
Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
+
polariscope
n.
An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties.
+
plate
n.
A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
+
perky
a.
Perk; pert; jaunty; trim.
+
plighted
imp.|p.p.
of Plight
+
plain
v.
To make plain or manifest; to explain.
+
platel
n.
A small dish.
+
paraselene
n.
A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos.  Cf. Parhelion.
+
plumula
n.
A plumule.
+
puce
a.
Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.
+
piecemealed
a.
Divided into pieces.
+
plumiped
a.
Having feet covered with feathers.
+
paroket
n.
See Paroquet.
+
perturbator
n.
A perturber.
+
plugger
n.
One who, or that which, plugs.
+
physicianed
a.
Licensed as a physician.
+
prophet
n.
An interpreter; a spokesman.
+
proletaries
pl.
of Proletary
+
promiscuous
a.
Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.
+
perichaetia
pl.
of Perichaetium
+
politic
a.
Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty.
+
pharmacopoeia
n.
A chemical laboratory.
+
posting
n.
The act of transferring an account, as from the journal to the ledger.
+
powerable
a.
Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible.
+
precipitate
v.t.
To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol.
+
placental
a.
Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.
+
pitch
v.t.
To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp.
+
phycocyanine
n.
A blue coloring matter found in certain algae.
+
peele
n.
A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, and rehboc.
+
prolix
a.
Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon.
+
phthisic
n.
Same as Phthisis.
+
preponderation
n.
The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons.
+
parallel
n.
One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
+
pericarp
n.
The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.
+
patella
n.
A small dish, pan, or vase.
+
pad
n.
A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
+
printer
n.
One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman.
+
pendulousness
n.
The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hanging loosely; pendulosity.
+
peppery
a.
Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.
+
panelling

of Panel
+
protrude
v.t.
To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
+
pourparty
n.
A division; a divided share.
+
positivist
n.
A believer in positivism.
+
pathogeny
n.
That branch of pathology which treats of the generation and development of disease.
+
prepaid
imp.|p.p.
of Prepay
+
psychical
a.
Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man.
+
pretorium
n.
The general's tent in a Roman camp; hence, a council of war, because held in the general's tent.
+
passiontide
n.
The last fortnight of Lent.
+
protectionist
n.
One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.
+
pip
n.
A seed, as of an apple or orange.
+
polish
v.t.
To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.
+
pathetic
a.
Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.
+
piano
a.
Alt. of Pianoforte
+
potentacy
n.
Sovereignty.
+
proto

Sometimes used as equivalent to mono-, as indicating that the compound has but one atom of the element to the name of which it is prefixed. Also used adjectively.
+
pesterment
n.
The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry.
+
preceded
imp.|p.p.
of Precede
+
peribranchial
a.
Around the bronchi or bronchial tubes; as, the peribronchial lymphatics.
+
peculiarity
n.
The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.
+
prefulgency
n.
Superior brightness or effulgency.
+
pell
n.
A roll of parchment; a parchment record.
+
pyrolignous
a.
Same as Pyroligneous.
+
pandemic
n.
A pandemic disease.
+
perrie
n.
Precious stones; jewels.
+
pertransient
a.
Passing through or over.
+
purify
v.t.
To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
+
pharmacologist
n.
One skilled in pharmacology.
+
pseudography
n.
False writing; forgery.
+
panegyrize
v.t.
To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.
+
pit
n.
A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.
+
pardonableness
n.
The quality or state of being pardonable; as, the pardonableness of sin.
+
parabola
n.
A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus.
+
propodiale
n.
The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the propodialia being the humerus and femur.
+
prelusory
a.
Introductory; prelusive.
+
personated
imp.|p.p.
of Personate
+
preconceive
v.t.
To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of.
+
pyroacetic
a.
Pertaining to, and designating, a substance (acetone) obtained by the distillation of the acetates. It is now called also pyroacetic ether, and formerly was called pyroacetic spirit.
+
parcenary
n.
The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.
+
pneumogastric
n.
The pneumogastric nerve.
+
parial
n.
See Pair royal, under Pair, n.
+
psychozoic
a.
Designating, or applied to the Era of man; as, the psychozoic era.
+
perdulous
a.
Lost; thrown away.
+
placebo
n.
The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
+
purflew
n.
A border of any heraldic fur.
+
padding
n.
Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc.
+
panduriform
a.
Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.
+
proustite
n.
A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver.
+
pulvinulus
n.
Same as Pulvillus.
+
potto
n.
A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog.
+
profile
n.
An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.
+
postliminium
n.
Alt. of Postliminy
+
pirl
v.t.
To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines.
+
power
n.
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
+
presentation
n.
The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.
+
passage
v.i.
Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.
+
prancer
n.
A horse which prances.
+
pancratium
n.
A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus Hymenocallis.
+
phleme
n.
See Fleam.
+
postliminy
n.
The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy.
+
prussian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Prussia.
+
pseudova
pl.
of Pseudovum
+
purse
n.
Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
+
palpus
n.
A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.
+
phosphorescence
n.
The quality or state of being phosphorescent; or the act of phosphorescing.
+
procuress
n.
A female procurer, or pander.
+
politic
n.
A politician.
+
pharmacodynamics
n.
That branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action, and the effects, of medicines.
+
prothorax
n.
The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera.
+
puffer
n.
Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish.
+
pithless
a.
Destitute of pith, or of strength; feeble.
+
penicilliform
a.
Penicillate.
+
pimply
a.
Pimpled.
+
priapean
n.
A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each.
+
polymountain
n.
The Bartsia alpina, a low purple-flowered herb of Europe.
+
producer
n.
A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel.
+
pudendal
a.
Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum.
+
pointblank
adv.
In a point-blank manner.
+
preconception
n.
The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed.
+
permians
n.pl.
A tribe belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a portion of Russia.
+
prelacies
pl.
of Prelacy
+
peristaltic
a.
Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement.
+
picine
a.
Of or pertaining to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the Piciformes.
+
purseproud
a.
Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
+
pickle
v.t.
A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color.
+
papillous
a.
Papillary; papillose.
+
preface
n.
Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
+
piddled
imp.|p.p.
of Piddle
+
puritanize
v.i.
To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans.
+
perpetuity
n.
Duration without limitations as to time.
+
physostomous
a.
Pertaining to the Physostomi.
+
prateful
a.
Talkative.
+
promulgator
n.
One who promulgates or publishes.
+
prefacer
n.
The writer of a preface.
+
polyandry
n.
The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with monandry.
+
podrida
n.
A miscellaneous dish of meats. See Olla-podrida.
+
perceive
v.t.
To be affected of influented by.
+
participate
a.
Acting in common; participating.
+
prevalent
a.
Most generally received or current; most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease.
+
phalanger
n.
Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidae. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.
+
perfumery
n.
Perfumes, in general.
+
pleuroeranchiae
pl.
of Pleurobranchia
+
prime
a.
Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
+
pavonine
a.
Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent.
+
play
n.
To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
+
preannounce
v.t.
To announce beforehand.
+
pulverizer
n.
One who, or that which, pulverizes.
+
peat
n.
A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
+
profit
v.i.
To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
+
polyplacophora
n.pl.
See Placophora.
+
patchouly
n.
A mintlike plant (Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.
+
print
n.
That which is produced by printing.
+
plunger
n.
One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.
+
perpendicular
a.
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
+
pharyngotomy
n.
Scarification or incision of the tonsils.
+
poxed
imp.|p.p.
of Pox
+
proof
a.
Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.
+
popularization
n.
The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.
+
paunch
n.
A paunch mat; -- called also panch.
+
privateering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Privateer
+
pricker
n.
One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
+
producer
n.
One who produces, brings forth, or generates.
+
pluck
v.t.
To pull; to draw.
+
platly
a.
Flatly. See Plat, a.
+
phthisis
n.
A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption.
+
phytophagous
a.
Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal.
+
premorse
a.
Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off.
+
pulvillus
n.
One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects.
+
photoglyptic
a.
Same as Photoglyphic.
+
photogram
n.
A photograph.
+
placket
n.
A woman's pocket.
+
power
n.
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
+
placability
n.
The quality or state of being placable or appeasable; placable disposition.
+
preferment
n.
The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion.
+
protrusive
a.
Capable of being protruded; protrusile.
+
periostracum
n.
A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis.
+
pronely
adv.
In a prone manner or position.
+
preparation
n.
The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.
+
pronghoe
n.
A hoe with prongs to break the earth.
+
purge
v.t.
To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
+
plume
v.
A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
+
punctuate
v.t.
To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.
+
palmin
n.
A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.
+
perdu
a.
Alt. of Perdue
+
paris
n.
The chief city of France.
+
preventingly
adv.
So as to prevent or hinder.
+
pestiferous
a.
Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.
+
publicness
n.
The quality or state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as, the publicness of a sale.
+
pacify
v.t.
To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity.
+
proposition
n.
A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.
+
procrustean
a.
Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.
+
plumule
pl.
of Plumula
+
purposer
n.
One who forms a purpose; one who intends.
+
proceed
v.i.
To begin and carry on a legal process.
+
potentized
imp.|p.p.
of Potentize
+
photomechanical
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving.
+
preterit
a.
Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
+
pathfinder
n.
One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
+
phosphorize
v.t.
To phosphorate.
+
pantaloon
n.
In recent times, same as Trousers.
+
pawl
v.t.
To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
+
poison
n.
That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.
+
pectostraca
n.pl.
A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the Rhizocephala and Cirripedia.
+
parietal
n.
One of the parietal bones.
+
print
v.t.
To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico.
+
preoccupying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preoccupy
+
peeped
imp.|p.p.
of Peep
+
pseudologist
n.
One who utters falsehoods; a liar.
+
puncto
n.
A nice point of form or ceremony.
+
pooped
p.p.|a.
Struck on the poop.
+
pose
v.t.
To interrogate; to question.
+
perimysial
a.
Of or pertaining to the perimysium.
+
perjured
a.
Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn.
+
postprandial
a.
Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as, postprandial speeches.
+
plain
superl.
Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.
+
prophylactical
a.
Defending or preserving from disease; preventive.
+
protonotary
n.
Same as Prothonotary.
+
potelot
n.
Molybdenum sulphide.
+
proscolices
pl.
of Proscolex
+
provide
v.t.
To supply; to afford; to contribute.
+
perennially
adv.
In a perennial manner.
+
purview
n.
The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble.
+
prezygapophyses
pl.
of Prezygapophysis
+
phraseologic
a.
Alt. of Phraseological
+
pitch
v.t.
To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.
+
pitching
n.
The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
+
pressure
n.
Affliction; distress; grievance.
+
pterygomaxillary
a.
Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw.
+
patrolmen
pl.
of Patrolman
+
pluralizer
n.
A pluralist.
+
passageway
n.
A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.
+
phantasy
n.
See Fantasy, and Fancy.
+
pet
n.
A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
+
pleuron
n.
One of the sides of an animal.
+
palladiumizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paladiumize
+
polysyllabical
a.
Pertaining to a polysyllable; containing, or characterized by, polysyllables; consisting of more than three syllables.
+
propulsion
n.
The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.
+
purposely
adv.
With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly.
+
pilled
imp.|p.p.
of Pill
+
proleg
n.
One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg.
+
prickwood
n.
A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.
+
preordination
n.
The act of foreordaining: previous determination.
+
pygopodous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pygopodes.
+
productress
n.
A female producer.
+
plagiary
n.
One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist.
+
pronghorn
n.
An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabree, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.
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pronominally
adv.
In a pronominal manner/ with the nature or office of a pronoun; as a pronoun.
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photographist
n.
A photographer.
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purity
n.
Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
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pompillion
n.
An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds.
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planometry
n.
The art or process of producing or gauging a plane surface.
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point
n.
Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line.
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phonography
n.
A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters.
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prune
v.t.
To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
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prelimit
v.t.
To limit previously.
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pocketed
imp.|p.p.
of Pocket
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prevalence
n.
The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor.
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play
n.
Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game.
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product
v.t.
To lengthen out; to extend.
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pouched
a.
Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher.
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paigle
n.
A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose.
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platetrope
n.
One of a pair of a paired organs.
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piecely
adv.
In pieces; piecemeal.
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prune
v.t.
To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay.
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palearctic
a.
Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia.
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pigeon
v.t.
To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.
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padder
n.
A highwayman; a footpad.
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precedent
n.
A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
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phocine
a.
Of or pertaining to the seal tribe; phocal.
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peremption
n.
A quashing; a defeating.
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previously
adv.
Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.
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polemic
a.
Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
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politically
adv.
Politicly; artfully.
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punk
n.
A prostitute; a strumpet.
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petrologist
n.
One who is versed in petrology.
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phthalate
n.
A salt of phthalic acid.
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plug
n.
A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
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puny
superl.
Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.
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prism
n.
A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc.
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phthalimide
n.
An imido derivative of phthalic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C6H4.(CO)2NH, which has itself (like succinimide) acid properties, and forms a series of salts.  Cf. Imido acid, under Imido.
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propelled
imp.|p.p.
of Propel
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pentadactyle
a.
Having five digits to the hand or foot.
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peaty
a.
Composed of peat; abounding in peat; resembling peat.
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physiognommonic
a.
Physiognomic.
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peck
v.i.
To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
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perspirable
a.
Emitting perspiration; perspiring.
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pulmonic
n.
A pulmonic medicine.
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pooped
p.p.|a.
Having a poop; furnished with a poop.
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preoccupate
v.t.
To prepossess; to prejudice.
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pellack
n.
A porpoise.
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pseudopodial
a.
Of or pertaining to a pseudopod, or to pseudopodia. See Illust. of Heliozoa.
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papistry
n.
The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery.
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police
n.
Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.
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preparation
n.
That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.
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plashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plash
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proneness
n.
The state of lying with the face down; -- opposed to supineness.
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pellitory
n.
A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain.
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precipitantness
n.
The quality or state of being precipitant; precipitation.
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philosophist
n.
A pretender in philosophy.
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photogravure
n.
A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced.
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postfurcae
pl.
of Postfurca
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phyma
n.
A tubercle on any external part of the body.
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pincher
n.
One who, or that which, pinches.
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polemist
n.
A polemic.
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perfidies
pl.
of Perfidy
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perioecians
n.pl.
Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it is midnight in the other. Compare Antoeci.
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phoenix
n.
A genus of palms including the date tree.
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plasson
n.
The albuminous material composing the body of a cytode.
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pipe
v.i.
To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain.
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pug
n.
A pug mill.
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patrociny
n.
See Patrocination.
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plesiosaurus
n.
A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age.
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pucras
n.
See Koklass.
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paddock
n.
A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable.
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pilgrimage
n.
A tedious and wearisome time.
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pyritohedral
a.
Like pyrites in hemihedral form.
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precogitate
v.t.
To cogitate beforehand.
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pitching
n.
The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball.
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poker
n.
A poking-stick.
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pair
n.
Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote.
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premonishment
n.
Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.
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phylarchy
n.
The office of a phylarch; government of a class or tribe.
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piqued
imp.|p.p.
of Pique
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prime
n.
That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
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passion
n.
Passion week. See Passion week, below.
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prolusion
n.
A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise.
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pulverizable
a.
Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable.
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professor
n.
One who professed, or publicly teaches, any science or branch of learning; especially, an officer in a university, college, or other seminary, whose business it is to read lectures, or instruct students, in a particular branch of learning; as a professor of theology, of botany, of mathematics, or of political economy.
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psychical
a.
Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical.
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polyacoustic
n.
A polyacoustic instrument.
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presidary
n.
A guard.
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potentiality
n.
The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.
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phyllocyst
n.
The cavity of a hydrophyllium.
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peculium
n.
A special fund for private and personal uses.
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plaintful
a.
Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice.
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protopope
n.
One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy; an archpriest; -- called also protopapas.
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pit
v.t.
To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
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perdurability
n.
Durability; lastingness.
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polestar
n.
Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North.
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perspire
v.t.
To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.
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prosecute
v.t.
To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.
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passerine
n.
One of the Passeres.
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poket
n.
A pocket.
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pastel
n.
A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.
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post
v.t.
To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
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phyllophorous
a.
Leaf-bearing; producing leaves.
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pue
v.i.
To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
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polyeidic
a.
Passing through several distinct larval forms; -- having several distinct kinds of young.
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pregnantly
adv.
In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly.
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protasis
n.
The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis.
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phrase
n.
A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.
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portigue
n.
See Portague.
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passage
v.i.
A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
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ponies
pl.
of Pony
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pint
n.
The laughing gull.
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percursory
a.
Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.
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prescribe
v.t.
To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
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pachyote
n.
One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears.
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potto
n.
The kinkajou.
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paramours
adv.
By or with love, esp. the love of the sexes; -- sometimes written as two words.
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producement
n.
Production.
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pachy

A combining form meaning thick; as, pachyderm, pachydactyl.
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pentacrinus
n.
A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere.
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punty
n.
See Pontee.
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purtenance
n.
That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal.
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presentient
a.
Feeling or perceiving beforehand.
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puppetry
n.
Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.
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premise
n.
Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
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paddlefish
n.
A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon.
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pocketknife
n.
A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.
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ponderance
n.
Weight; gravity.
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pepo
n.
Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See Gourd.
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protective
a.
Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.
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pan
n.
A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing.
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pieno
a.
Full; having all the instruments.
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pertness
n.
The quality or state of being pert.
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plaud
v.t.
To applaud.
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poem
n.
A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.
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portionist
n.
One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.
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preexamination
n.
Previous examination.
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portraiture
v.t.
To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray.
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plaintless
a.
Without complaint; unrepining.
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paracmastic
a.
Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper.
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print
n.
A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth.
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precedent
a.
Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
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peddled
imp.|p.p.
of Peddle
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pennon
n.
A wing; a pinion.
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present
a.
Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.
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prisoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prison
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pack saddle

Alt. of Pack thread
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prolification
n.
The generation of young.
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permutation
n.
Barter; exchange.
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pyoid
a.
Of or pertaining to pus; of the nature of, or like, pus.
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preferability
n.
The quality or state of being preferable; preferableness.
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paneless
a.
Without panes.
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pessimist
n.
One who advocates the doctrine of pessimism; -- opposed to optimist.
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plump
a.
To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
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pimelic
a.
Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2/H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.
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paytine
n.
An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru.
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particularizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Particularize
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prolongated
imp.|p.p.
of Prolongate
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prejudicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prejudicate
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presumptive
a.
Presumptuous; arrogant.
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paralian
n.
A dweller by the sea.
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pantaloonery
n.
Materials for pantaloons.
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plunge
v.t.
To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast.  Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war.
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proreption
n.
A creeping on.
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platten
a.
To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass.
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persic
a.
Of or relating to Persia.
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plebeian
n.
One of the common people, or lower rank of men.
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poppies
pl.
of Poppy
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planetule
n.
A little planet.
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passionate
a.
Suffering; sorrowful.
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pedestal
n.
An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
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pantomime
n.
One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist.
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pylon
n.
A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway.
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procure
v.t.
To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
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permanganate
n.
A salt of permanganic acid.
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prescription
n.
The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed.
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portraitist
n.
A portrait painter.
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prease
v.t.|i.
To press; to crowd.
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planetary
a.
Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering.
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penny
n.
An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).
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polyacrons
pl.
of Polyacron
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palmated
a.
Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.
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protamin
n.
An amorphous nitrogenous substance found in the spermatic fluid of salmon. It is soluble in water, which an alkaline reaction, and unites with acids and metallic bases.
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pebble
n.
A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone.
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pumice
n.
A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone.
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pluralities
pl.
of Plurality
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physiologically
adv.
In a physiological manner.
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prod
n.
A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.
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profuseness
n.
Extravagance; profusion.
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provocation
n.
An appeal to a court. [A Latinism]
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pentagynia
n.pl.
A Linnaean order of plants, having five styles or pistils.
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polysyllabicism
n.
Polysyllabism.
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punic
a.
Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith.
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prehensile
n.
Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.
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prairie
n.
A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow.
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parturiency
n.
Parturition.
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parliamentary
a.
Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act.
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plenipotentiary
a.
Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers.
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ptyalism
n.
Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva.
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postlude
n.
A voluntary at the end of a service.
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predesignate
a.
A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.
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pall
n.
An outer garment; a cloak mantle.
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physiognomize
v.t.
To observe and study the physiognomy of.
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pearl
n.
A whitish speck or film on the eye.
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postulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Postulate
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polyembryony
n.
The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.
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periclinia
pl.
of Periclinium
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papaw
n.
A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.
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pedipalpus
n.
One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw.
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pastor
n.
A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.
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protestancy
n.
Protestantism.
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pildia
pl.
of Pilidium
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precipice
n.
A sudden or headlong fall.
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polychrome
a.
Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing.
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phaethon
n.
A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.
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phytoglyphic
a.
Relating to phytoglyphy.
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pass
v.t.
To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad.
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protruding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Protrude
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precipitate
v.t.
To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict.
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prover
n.
One who, or that which, proves.
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postdiluvial
a.
Alt. of Postdiluvian
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purfile
n.
A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.
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pennoncelle
n.
See Pencel.
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pattened
a.
Wearing pattens.
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palpi
n.
pl. of Palpus. (Zool.) See Palpus.
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phleum
n.
A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass.
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plagal
a.
Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave.
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partially
adv.
In a partial manner; with undue bias of mind; with unjust favor or dislike; as, to judge partially.
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peck
v.
To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.
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pachymeter
n.
Same as Pachometer.
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pinnacle
v.t.
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
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porcellaneous
a.
Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells.
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pass
v.i.
To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.
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pyroacid
n.
An acid obtained by sybjecting another acid to the action of heat.  Cf. Pyro-.
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protogine
n.
A kind of granite or gneiss containing a silvery talcose mineral.
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pa
n.
A shortened form of Papa.
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pressman
n.
One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.
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purpurate
a.
Of or pertaining to purpura.
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praise
v.
Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.
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pianograph
n.
A form of melodiograph applied to a piano.
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panoplied
a.
Dressed in panoply.
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pond
n.
A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake.
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presbyopia

A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision, so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly without the use of convex glasses. Called also presbytia.
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param
n.
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C2H4N4); -- called also dicyandiamide.
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pound
v.i.
To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.
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propugnacle
n.
A fortress.
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pere
n.
A peer.
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polacca
n.
A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees.
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peeler
n.
A pillager.
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prostration
n.
The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship.
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passenger
n.
A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer.
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purloin
v.i.
To practice theft; to steal.
+
puddling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Puddle
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persecuted
imp.|p.p.
of Persecute
+
parakeet
n.
Same as Parrakeet.
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probate
v.t.
To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will.
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profiled
imp.|p.p.
of Profile
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poleless
a.
Without a pole; as, a poleless chariot.
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pardale
n.
A leopard.
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proceleusmatic
a.
Consisting of four short syllables; composed of feet of four short syllables each.
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palempore
n.
A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bed coverings.
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perlous
a.
Perilous.
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porgy
n.
The spadefish.
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patent
a.
Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.
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pomander
n.
A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box.
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plagiarize
v.t.
To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).
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pain
n.
See Pains, labor, effort.
+
paleornithology
n.
The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.
+
paling
n.
Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure.
+
piarist
n.
One of a religious order who are the regular clerks of the Scuole Pie (religious schools), an institute of secondary education, founded at Rome in the last years of the 16th century.
+
prelatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prelatize
+
preface
v.i.
To make a preface.
+
phosphatic
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus, phosphoric acid, or phosphates; as, phosphatic nodules.
+
perlitic
a.
Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, the perlitic structure of certain rocks. See Pearlite.
+
perfidiousness
n.
The quality of being perfidious; perfidy.
+
pardon
v.t.
To give leave (of departure) to.
+
parasite
n.
One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.
+
papess
n.
A female pope; i. e., the fictitious pope Joan.
+
primaries
pl.
of Primary
+
pyrenean
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain.
+
pleuritical
a.
Of or pertaining to pleurisy; as, pleuritic symptoms.
+
popularities
pl.
of Popularity
+
pattypan
n.
A pan for baking patties.
+
pedunculated
a.
Having a peduncle; growing on a peduncle; as, a pedunculate flower; a pedunculate eye, as in a lobster.
+
plough
n.
A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
+
presupposed
imp.|p.p.
of Presuppose
+
preluding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prelude
+
pasturage
n.
The business of feeding or grazing cattle.
+
profert
n.
The exhibition or production of a record or paper in open court, or an allegation that it is in court.
+
practicalize
v.t.
To render practical.
+
parapleurae
pl.
of Parapleura
+
premonstrant
n.
A Premonstratensian.
+
passer
n.
One who passes; a passenger.
+
poikilothermous
a.
Poikilothermal.
+
pasan
n.
The gemsbok.
+
porker
n.
A hog.
+
panspermatist
n.
Alt. of Panspermist
+
polyspast
n.
A machine consisting of many pulleys; specifically, an apparatus formerly used for reducing luxations.
+
petre
n.
See Saltpeter.
+
perlaceous
a.
Pearly; resembling pearl.
+
propped
imp.|p.p.
of Prop
+
parameter
n.
Specifically (Conic Sections), in the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.
+
put
v.i.
To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
+
posse
n.
See Posse comitatus.
+
pression
n.
The act of pressing; pressure.
+
primordialism
n.
Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state.
+
praxis
n.
Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object.
+
philomath
n.
A lover of learning; a scholar.
+
pantograph
n.
An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale.
+
passage
v.i.
A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.
+
protureter
n.
The duct of a pronephros.
+
projection
n.
A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else.
+
profaning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Profane
+
parboil
v.t.
To boil or cook thoroughly.
+
poncho
n.
A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds.
+
puisny
a.
Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled.
+
plodded
imp.|p.p.
of Plod
+
prime
a.
To trim or prune, as trees.
+
putrescible
n.
A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures.
+
pseudovum
n.
An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of Paedogenesis.
+
polycarpous
a.
Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year.
+
powdered
a.
Same as Seme.
+
pious
a.
Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.
+
planoconical
a.
Plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other.
+
peasweep
n.
The greenfinch.
+
patch
v.t.
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
+
puffball
n.
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin.
+
pyrargyrite
n.
Ruby silver; dark red silver ore. It is a sulphide of antimony and silver, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive, and is of a dark red or black color with a metallic adamantine luster.
+
plutocracy
n.
A form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, a controlling or influential class of rich men.
+
pointer
n.
The hand of a timepiece.
+
phantasmagorial
a.
Of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric.
+
pes
n.
The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot.
+
paddlecock
n.
The lumpfish.
+
perforata
n.pl.
A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa.
+
prologue
n.
One who delivers a prologue.
+
pinaster
n.
A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe.
+
purfle
v.t.
To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings.
+
paraphrase
v.t.
To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.
+
plantocracy
n.
Government by planters; planters, collectively.
+
pledge
n.
A hypothecation without transfer of possession.
+
puff
a.
Puffed up; vain.
+
pudendum
n.
The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva.
+
pyrography
n.
A process of printing, ornamenting, or carving, by burning with heated instruments.
+
perstreperous
a.
Noisy; obstreperous.
+
puddleball
n.
The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled.
+
plant
n.
A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
+
ply
v.
Bent; turn; direction; bias.
+
podoscaph
n.
A canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, for walking on water.
+
packing
n.
A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint.
+
paleosaurus
n.
A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.
+
protegee
n.f.
One under the care and protection of another.
+
pseudobranch
n.
Same as Pseudobranchia.
+
pentagraphical
a.
Pantographic. See Pantograph.
+
plumper
n.
A downright, unqualified lie.
+
particular
a.
Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
+
panicstricken
a.
Alt. of Panic-struck
+
parcener
n.
A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate.
+
potichomanie
n.
The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware.
+
pseudocoele
n.
Same as Pseudocoelia.
+
pantacosm
n.
See Cosmolabe.
+
peck
v.
To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
+
paune
n.
A kind of bread. See Pone.
+
phallus
n.
The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.
+
paganism
n.
The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.
+
pronotum
n.
The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.
+
proficiency
n.
The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency in music.
+
papaveraceous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.
+
parry
n.
A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.
+
prick
n.
To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged.
+
postticous
a.
Situated on the outer side of a filament; -- said of an extrorse anther.
+
penitent
n.
One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
+
palace
n.
The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.
+
pivot
n.
The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
+
prehension
n.
The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.
+
parietal
a.
Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
+
piece
n.
A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings.
+
paneulogism
n.
Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise.
+
preoccupancy
n.
The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.
+
polytype
a.
Of or pertaining to polytypes; obtained by polytyping; as, a polytype plate.
+
piligerous
a.
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
+
putrid
a.
Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
+
plerophory
n.
Fullness; full persuasion.
+
performer
n.
One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.
+
prose
a.
Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
+
prickleback
n.
Alt. of Pricklefish
+
peach
v.t.
To accuse of crime; to inform against.
+
pickle
v.t.
A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.
+
participative
a.
Capable of participating.
+
peddle
v.t.
To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.
+
promptnote
n.
A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods.
+
pack
n.
A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.
+
peripheral
a.
External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.
+
perennial
a.
ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.
+
percheron
n.
One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman.
+
poyntel
n.
Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally.
+
pepperbrand
n.
See 1st Bunt.
+
pupation
n.
the act of becoming a pupa.
+
premise
n.
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.
+
pentacapsular
a.
Having five capsules.
+
preserved
imp.|p.p.
of Preserve
+
phial
v.t.
To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.
+
parenetic
a.
Alt. of Parenetioal
+
prairial
n.
The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire.
+
pop
v.i.
To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well.
+
personating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Personate
+
pemmican
n.
Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.
+
president
n.
The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like.
+
punicial
a.
Of a bright red or purple color.
+
puff
n.
To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
+
patricide
n.
The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide.
+
pease
n.
A pea.
+
plethoretic
a.
Plethoric.
+
preventable
a.
Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
+
pseudaesthesia
n.
False or imaginary feeling or sense perception such as occurs in hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that has been removed, as an amputated foot.
+
pileus
n.
A kind of skull cap of felt.
+
point
n.
One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.
+
practice
n.
A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
+
peaceful
a.
Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.
+
progenitor
n.
An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.
+
plaice
n.
A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species.
+
piony
n.
See Peony.
+
pestering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pester
+
pluck
v.t.
The lyrie.
+
plastron
n.
The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.
+
parousia
n.
The last day.
+
peculiar
n.
A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
+
punition
n.
Punishment.
+
peer
v.i.
To come in sight; to appear.
+
plasmatical
a.
Forming; shaping; molding.
+
psychics
n.
Psychology.
+
pulchritude
n.
That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.
+
pakfong
n.
See Packfong.
+
phenicine
n.
A coloring matter produced by the action of a mixture of strong nitric and sulphuric acids on phenylic alcohol.
+
phylogeny
n.
The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.
+
piscicultural
a.
Relating to pisciculture.
+
platted
imp.|p.p.
of Plat
+
personalty
n.
Personal property, as distinguished from realty or real property.
+
protocol
n.
A convention not formally ratified.
+
pictural
a.
Pictorial.
+
passade
v.i.
Alt. of Passado
+
perforate
a.
Alt. of Perforated
+
preoccupate
v.t.
To anticipate; to take before.
+
parallel
a.
Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
+
pinole
n.
Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage.
+
plagioclase
n.
A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar.
+
polygamy
n.
The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry.
+
profane
a.
Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
+
pintados
pl.
of Pintado
+
padesoy
n.
See Paduasoy.
+
pretender
n.
The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law.
+
poikilitic
a.
See Poecilitic.
+
pastorage
n.
The office, jurisdiction, or duty, of a pastor; pastorate.
+
parochialize
v.t.
To render parochial; to form into parishes.
+
paddle
v.i.
One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
+
paraphosphoric
a.
Pyrophosphoric.
+
passenger
n.
A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc.
+
posse comitatus

A collection of people; a throng; a rabble.
+
penguin
n.
The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges.
+
privative
n.
A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.
+
proslavery
a.
Favoring slavery.
+
pacate
a.
Appeased; pacified; tranquil.
+
polymer
n.
Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.
+
pronate
a.
Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees.
+
platometer
n.
See Planimeter.
+
pendule
n.
A pendulum.
+
pencil
n.
A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.
+
pupivorous
a.
Feeding on the pupae of insects.
+
pithy
superl.
Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.
+
pair
v.t.
To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.
+
pursuit
v.t.
Prosecution.
+
prevent
v.t.
To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
+
pin
n.
The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.
+
periphrasis
n.
See Periphrase.
+
pluck
v.t.
To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
+
pulvillo
n.
A kind of perfume in the form of a powder, formerly much used, -- often in little bags.
+
panoramic
a.
Alt. of Panoramical
+
penal
a.
Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence
+
pan
n.
The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
+
postil
n.
Originally, an explanatory note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text; hence, a marginal note; a comment.
+
paleophytology
n.
Paleobotany.
+
pustule
n.
A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus.
+
pudding
n.
An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage.
+
producent
n.
One who produces, or offers to notice.
+
preach
v.t.
To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
+
parson
n.
A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.
+
patriarch
n.
The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses.
+
plumb
v.t.
To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
+
pack
n.
To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
+
passioning
p.pr|vb.n.
of Passion
+
prothesis
n.
See Prosthesis.
+
primary
a.
Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
+
plebeianizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plebeianize
+
pace
v.i.
To proceed; to pass on.
+
pyrrhotite
n.
A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet. Called also magnetic pyrites.
+
pull
n.
A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
+
penning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pen
+
paraphrast
n.
A paraphraser.
+
peripherical
a.
See Peripheral.
+
polypi
n.pl.
The Anthozoa.
+
passage
v.i.
Removal from life; decease; departure; death.
+
predictional
a.
Prophetic; prognostic.
+
pronunciamiento
n.
See Pronunciamento.
+
planxty
n.
An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.
+
point
n.
To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
+
proportion
n.
The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.
+
perfoliate
a.
Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind.
+
pask
n.
See Pasch.
+
purger
n.
One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.
+
pretypifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pretypify
+
patentable
a.
Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.
+
parameter
n.
The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane; also, the fundamental axial ratio for a given species.
+
polyanthus
n.
The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus.
+
portable
a.
Possible to be endured; supportable.
+
pack
n.
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
+
praenomen
n.
The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name, as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.
+
placentious
a.
Pleasing; amiable.
+
picked
a.
Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.
+
pitpan
n.
A long, flat-bottomed canoe, used for the navigation of rivers and lagoons in Central America.
+
pretend
v.t.
To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
+
pawnee
n.
One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
+
peritreme
n.
That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.
+
prosomata
pl.
of Prosoma
+
pillarblock
n.
See under Pillow.
+
pair
n.
Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
+
photoengraving
n.
The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the photographic image, to be used in printing; also, a picture produced by such a process.
+
pitch
n.
The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates.
+
predicamental
a.
Of or pertaining to a predicament.
+
pali
pl.
of Palus
+
pilgrim
n.
A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.
+
physical
a.
Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
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pygmies
pl.
of Pygmy
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pawnbroker
n.
One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
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postilling

of Postil
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perplex
a.
Intricate; difficult.
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power
n.
An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.
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pewterer
n.
One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; a pewtersmith.
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parcelmele
adv.
By parcels or parts.
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peace
v.
Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.
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pantopoda
n.pl.
Same as Pycnogonida.
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parting
v.
Serving to part; dividing; separating.
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provence rose

A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and R. Gallica.
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privity
a.
Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence.
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parrel
n.
The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.
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polymorph
n.
A substance capable of crystallizing in several distinct forms; also, any one of these forms.  Cf. Allomorph.
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parleyed
imp.|p.p.
of Parley
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philister
n.
A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities.
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prosecuted
imp.|p.p.
of Prosecute
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pi
n.
A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted.
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penitentiary
n.
A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor.
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prostomia
pl.
of Prostomium
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punnology
n.
The art or practice of punning; paronomasia.
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piezometer
n.
A gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point.
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prizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prize
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parting
n.
The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.
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pithily
adv.
In a pithy manner.
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peerweet
n.
Same as Pewit (a & b).
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paraunter
adv.
Peradventure. See Paraventure.
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pannel
n.
A kind of rustic saddle.
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pensiveness
n.
The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness.
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pindarist
n.
One who imitates Pindar.
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perichondrium
n.
The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces.
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parentheses
pl.
of Parenthesis
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prolation
n.
The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation.
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perichaetous
a.
Surrounded by setae; -- said of certain earthworms (genus Perichaetus).
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puffery
n.
The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.
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pate
n.
The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head.
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prelatic
a.
Alt. of Prelatical
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persistency
n.
The persistence of motion.
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pronunciatory
a.
Of or pertaining to pronunciation; that pronounces.
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pentameter
n.
A verse of five feet.
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paraguay tea

See Mate, the leaf of the Brazilian holly.
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peopled
a.
Stocked with, or as with, people; inhabited.
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puffy
a.
Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor.
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pilcher
n.
The pilchard.
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patentee
n.
One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.
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postscenium
n.
The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater.
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primitias
pl.
of Primitia
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piggin
n.
A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper.
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paradoxy
n.
The quality or state of being paradoxical.
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plod
v.i.
To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
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propione
n.
The ketone of propionic acid, obtained as a colorless fragrant liquid.
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pack
n.
To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
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proteus
n.
A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles.
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presbyteries
pl.
of Presbytery
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painless
a.
Free from pain; without pain.
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primary
a.
Earliest formed; fundamental.
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puddle
v.t.
To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.
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panegyrize
v.i.
To indulge in panegyrics.
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peace
v.
Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord.
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pigment
n.
Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.
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parlor
n.
Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained.
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placoganoidei
n.pl.
A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.
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pudding
n.
Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.
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pentastyle
a.
Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture.
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platonize
v.t.
To explain by, or accomodate to, the Platonic philosophy.
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plenteous
a.
Yielding abundance; productive; fruitful.
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pouch
n.
A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
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pachydactyl
n.
A bird or other animal having thick toes.
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perennibranchiate
a.
Having branchae, or gills, through life; -- said especially of certain Amphibia, like the menobranchus. Opposed to caducibranchiate.
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parathesis
n.
The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.
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praiseworthiness
n.
The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
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paean
n.
An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.
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pinite
n.
A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus Lambertina). It is isomeric with, and resembles, quercite.
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paragraph
v.t.
To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs
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pinfish
n.
The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki).
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plane
a.
An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator.
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pacificator
n.
One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker.
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pavo
n.
The Peacock, a constellation of the southern hemisphere.
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pactional
a.
Of the nature of, or by means of, a paction.
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podagra
n.
Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout in other parts of body.
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periosteum
n.
The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.
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parotid
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland.
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public
n.
A public house; an inn.
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pondering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ponder
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premunite
v.t.
To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection.
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paronomastic
a.
Alt. of Paronomastical
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probal
a.
Approved; probable.
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pottering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Potter
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powder
v.i.
To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
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platitudinize
v.i.
To utter platitudes or truisms.
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pocan
n.
The poke (Phytolacca decandra); -- called also pocan bush.
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prostyle
n.
A prostyle portico or building.
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pervious
a.
Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
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peach
n.
A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it (Prunus, / Amygdalus Persica). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
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panther
n.
In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar.
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petitionary
a.
Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle.
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partake
v.t.
To partake of; to have a part or share in; to share.
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punice
v.t.
To punish.
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purcelane
n.
Purslane.
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pearshaped
a.
Of the form of a pear.
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pikelin
n.
A light, thin cake or muffin.
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propaedeutical
a.
Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand.
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patagia
pl.
of Patagium
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ped
n.
A basket; a hammer; a pannier.
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pretermitted
imp.|p.p.
of Pretermit
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phenicine
n.
A purple powder precipitated when a sulphuric solution of indigo is diluted with water.
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purrulence
n.
Alt. of Purulency
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pinnule
n.
Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid.
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prolate
a.
Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.
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pursuance
n.
The state of being pursuant; consequence.
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piece
v.i.
To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.
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puking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Puke
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parchment
n.
The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
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privateness
n.
Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.
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princesslike
a.
Like a princess.
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penury
n.
Penuriousness; miserliness.
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point dappui

See under Appui.
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pus
a.
The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
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peregrine
a.
Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.
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prohibit
v.t.
To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing.
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poise
n.
To weigh (down); to oppress.
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practitioner
n.
One who does anything customarily or habitually.
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pneumonic
a.
Of or pertaining to the lungs; pulmonic.
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pleader
n.
One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.
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pectose
n.
An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom, esp. in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and is c