+
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.
+
pygmies
pl.
of Pygmy
+
pawnbroker
n.
One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
+
postilling

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

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

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

See under Appui.
+
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.
+
peregrine
a.
Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.
+
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.
+
poise
n.
To weigh (down); to oppress.
+
practitioner
n.
One who does anything customarily or habitually.
+
pneumonic
a.
Of or pertaining to the lungs; pulmonic.
+
pleader
n.
One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.
+
pectose
n.
An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom, esp. in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and is converted into substances of the pectin group.
+
pseudovary
n.
The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called also pseudovarium.
+
programma
n.
An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
+
parbuckling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parbuckle
+
presbyterian
a.
Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.
+
pulicose
a.
Alt. of Pulicous
+
percale
n.
A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, -- used for women's and children's wear.
+
protuberation
n.
The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface.
+
polymerization
n.
The act or process of changing to a polymeric form; the condition resulting from such change.
+
paleograph
n.
An ancient manuscript.
+
pseudopupae
pl.
of Pseudopupa
+
piercer
n.
A piercel.
+
provincial
a.
Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
+
pomfret
n.
A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
+
parenesis
n.
Exhortation.
+
provincialism
n.
A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality.
+
preace
v.|n.
Press.
+
primitive
a.
Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.
+
purity
n.
Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
+
plain
a.
A field of battle.
+
practitioner
n.
One who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any art or profession, particularly that of law or medicine.
+
prothonotary
n.
Alt. of Protonotary
+
patterer
n.
One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler.
+
philadelphian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Philadelphia.
+
phalaena
n.
A linnaean genus which included the moths in general.
+
pyrophorous
a.
Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus.
+
polarimetry
n.
The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.
+
pronounce
v.t.
To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
+
pan
n.
A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.
+
plexiform
a.
Like network; complicated.
+
paleotherium
n.
An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama.
+
pentadecatoic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designating an acid related to it.
+
praxinoscope
n.
An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects.
+
playsome
a.
Playful; wanton; sportive.
+
prepuce
n.
The foreskin.
+
praemunire
n.
The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom.
+
pneumatologist
n.
One versed in pneumatology.
+
papized
a.
Conformed to popery.
+
parietic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.
+
portmantle
n.
A portmanteau.
+
preterition
n.
The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.
+
permissive
a.
Permitting; granting leave or liberty.
+
pseudogalena
n.
False galena, or blende. See Blende (a).
+
pasigraphic
a.
Alt. of Pasigraphical
+
pursuivant
v.t.
To pursue.
+
propagation
n.
The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel.
+
pilgrimage
n.
The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life.
+
puddler
n.
One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.
+
privative
a.
Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
+
pedality
n.
The act of measuring by paces.
+
parentele
n.
Kinship; parentage.
+
pnyx
n.
The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc.
+
piliferous
a.
Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair.
+
phonographically
adv.
In a phonographic manner; by means of phonograph.
+
precedential
a.
Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.
+
proroguing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prorogue
+
pulicous
a.
Abounding with fleas.
+
pan
n.
The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
+
putridness
n.
Putridity.
+
pheasantry
n.
A place for keeping and rearing pheasants.
+
presternum
n.
The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.
+
poltroon
a.
Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
+
pistole
n.
The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.
+
polarizable
a.
Susceptible of polarization.
+
pademelon
n.
See Wallaby.
+
periscii
n.pl.
Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass.
+
phaeton
n.
See Phaethon.
+
persecutrix
n.
A woman who persecutes.
+
progress
v.t.
To make progress in; to pass through.
+
periphrastical
a.
Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory.
+
pillory
v.t.
Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
+
puckered
imp.|p.p.
of Pucker
+
prologuing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prologue
+
parallax
n.
The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different stations, or points of view.
+
pentaglot
n.
A work in five different tongues.
+
polypterus
n.
An African genus of ganoid fishes including the bichir.
+
polemy
n.
Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition.
+
pillar
n.
A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
+
proplastics
n.
The art of making molds for castings.
+
pistoling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pistol
+
pedantism
n.
The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry.
+
philology
n.
A treatise on the science of language.
+
pollard
n.
A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.
+
potboiler
n.
A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living.
+
pedal
a.
A pedal curve or surface.
+
propice
a.
Fit; propitious.
+
pykar
n.
An ancient English fishing boat.
+
passing
adv.
Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange.
+
pentaspermous
a.
Containing five seeds.
+
protestantical
a.
Protestant.
+
pig
n.
An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
+
process
n.
A statement of events; a narrative.
+
presidency
n.
The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.
+
poke
n.
The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
+
pump
n.
An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston.
+
poisoned
imp.|p.p.
of Poison
+
priced
a.
Rated in price; valued; as, high-priced goods; low-priced labor.
+
panic
a.
A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.
+
philosophies
pl.
of Philosophy
+
piecer
n.
A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.
+
penetrate
v.t.
To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.
+
practice
v.t.
To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.
+
preeminence
n.
The quality or state of being preeminent; superiority in prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil; as, preeminence in honor.
+
probable
a.
Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating; as, probable evidence; probable presumption.
+
pern
v.t.
To take profit of; to make profitable.
+
preponderant
a.
Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance.
+
pillowed
a.
Provided with a pillow or pillows; having the head resting on, or as on, a pillow.
+
propose
v.
To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend.
+
pteranodon
n.
A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more.
+
perform
v.t.
To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
+
policies
pl.
of Policy
+
parallel
n.
Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.
+
pastil
n.
Alt. of Pastille
+
pall
n.
Same as Pallium.
+
palisaded
imp.|p.p.
of Palisade
+
perviousness
n.
The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass.
+
purl
n.
An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
+
polar
n.
The right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section. The given point is called the pole of the line. If the given point lies within the curve so that the two tangents become imaginary, there is still a real polar line which does not meet the curve, but which possesses other properties of the polar. Thus the focus and directrix are pole and polar. There are also poles and polar curves to curves of higher degree than the second, and poles and polar planes to surfaces of the second degree.
+
pliocene
a.
Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.
+
privative
n.
That of which the essence is the absence of something.
+
plumming
n.
The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.
+
pounce
v.t.
Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
+
pecten
n.
The pubic bone.
+
peperine
n.
Alt. of Peperino
+
preciously
adv.
In a precious manner; expensively; extremely; dearly. Also used ironically.
+
pindar
n.
The peanut (Arachis hypogaea); -- so called in the West Indies.
+
paddle
v.i.
The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle.
+
pipas
pl.
of Pipa
+
prated
imp.|p.p.
of Prate
+
prebendal
a.
Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, a prebendal priest or stall.
+
prolificacy
n.
Prolificness.
+
preengaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preengage
+
passant
v.i.
Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised.
+
perspicuity
n.
The quality of being perspicuous to the understanding; clearness of expression or thought.
+
primed
imp.|p.p.
of Prime
+
plaster
v.t.
Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.
+
picked
a.
Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.
+
piddling
a.
Trifling; trivial; frivolous; paltry; -- applied to persons and things.
+
phalli
pl.
of Phallus
+
preferableness
n.
The quality or state of being preferable.
+
particularized
imp.|p.p.
of Particularize
+
philosophism
n.
Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.
+
prank
n.
A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous trick; a caper; a frolic.
+
persist
v.i.
To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy.
+
profanity
n.
That which is profane; profane language or acts.
+
praisable
a.
Fit to be praised; praise-worthy; laudable; commendable.
+
pyroarsenate
n.
A salt of pyroarsenic acid.
+
passport
n.
Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water.
+
passionately
adv.
Angrily; irascibly.
+
passkey
n.
A key for opening more locks than one; a master key.
+
perpetuable
a.
Capable of being perpetuated or continued.
+
purpuric
a.
Of or pertaining to purpura.
+
princelike
a.
Princely.
+
perennial
a.
Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing.
+
pyx
n.
A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.
+
pyretic
a.
Of or pertaining to fever; febrile.
+
proventriulus
n.
The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
+
plainlaid
a.
Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.
+
picket
n.
A game at cards. See Piquet.
+
polygoneutic
a.
Having two or more broods in a season.
+
pericarpial
a.
Alt. of Pericarpic
+
pioneer
v.t.|i.
To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
+
peonies
pl.
of Peony
+
phonetization
n.
The act, art, or process of representing sounds by phonetic signs.
+
peucil
n.
A liquid resembling camphene, obtained by treating turpentine hydrochloride with lime.
+
pinfeather
n.
A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin.
+
pegasus
n.
A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus.
+
patronizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Patronize
+
periphery
n.
The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.
+
pin
n.
A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
+
parde
adv.interj.
Alt. of Pardie
+
pamphleteer
v.i.
To write or publish pamphlets.
+
peppermint
n.
An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery.
+
praeterist
n.
See Preterist.
+
purveyance
n.
The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
+
pedantically
adv.
In a pedantic manner.
+
problematical
a.
Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
+
pelecaniformes
n.pl.
Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.
+
priding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pride
+
pipsissewa
n.
A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine.
+
pancratist
n.
An athlete; a gymnast.
+
plesiosauri
pl.
of Plesiosaurus
+
packing
n.
The act or process of one who packs.
+
point
n.
Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote.
+
panting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pant
+
patera
n.
A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies.
+
picktooth
n.
A toothpick.
+
parhelic
a.
Of or pertaining to parhelia.
+
pilot
n.
An instrument for detecting the compass error.
+
precentor
n.
The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir.
+
phosphinic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, certain acids analogous to the phosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon radicals, and derived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation.
+
punk
n.
A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric.
+
problem
n.
A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt.
+
pull
v.t.
To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
+
prehnite
n.
A pale green mineral occurring in crystalline aggregates having a botryoidal or mammillary structure, and rarely in distinct crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
+
pusillanimity
n.
The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness.
+
pleached
imp.|p.p.
of Pleach
+
promethean
n.
A kind of lucifer match.
+
pattered
imp.|p.p.
of Patter
+
predation
n.
The act of pillaging.
+
parallelogrammical
a.
Having the properties of a parallelogram.
+
pavilion
v.t.
To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.
+
perruque
n.
See Peruke.
+
patine
n.
A plate. See Paten.
+
pound
v.t.
To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
+
praemnire
v.t.
The subject to the penalties of praemunire.
+
propionyl
n.
The hypothetical radical C3H5O, regarded as the essential residue of propionic acid and certain related compounds.
+
plat
n.
Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
+
pit
n.
The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.
+
prothonotaryship
n.
Office of a prothonotary.
+
promulgated
imp.|p.p.
of Promulgate
+
platen
n.
Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
+
pallet
n.
An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.
+
proprietaries
pl.
of Proprietary
+
prenote
v.t.
To note or designate beforehand.
+
phorone
n.
A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds.
+
puzzle
v.i.
To be bewildered, or perplexed.
+
pimento
n.
Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.
+
parsnip
n.
The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself.
+
pomace
n.
The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding.
+
pinguicula
n.
See Butterwort.
+
peacemaker
n.
One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance.
+
pasteurize
v.t.
To subject to pasteurization.
+
pharmacology
n.
A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.
+
placenta
n.
The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.
+
pinnatiped
n.
Any bird which has the toes bordered by membranes.
+
prenominate
a.
Forenamed; named beforehand.
+
physician
n.
Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.
+
priority
a.
Precedence; superior rank.
+
precursorship
n.
The position or condition of a precursor.
+
procacious
a.
Pert; petulant; forward; saucy.
+
pathetic
a.
Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
+
purser
n.
A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.
+
prove
v.i.
To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false.
+
pliant
v.
Favorable to pliancy.
+
pedicule
n.
A pedicel.
+
potsure
a.
Made confident by drink.
+
palmatisect
a.
Alt. of Palmatisected
+
peasantlike
a.
Rude; clownish; illiterate.
+
pyramidally
adv.
Like a pyramid.
+
photograph
v.t.
To take a picture or likeness of by means of photography; as, to photograph a view; to photograph a group.
+
pantisocracy
n.
A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days.
+
plegepoda
n.pl.
Same as Infusoria.
+
purple
n.
Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
+
polygamist
a.
One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness.
+
polygenesis
n.
Alt. of Polygeny
+
parching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parch
+
pivoted
imp.|p.p.
of Pivot
+
put
n.
A prostitute.
+
poetry
n.
Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry.
+
peascod
n.
The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.
+
pawnbroking
n.
The business of a pawnbroker.
+
protean
a.
Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms; as, an amoeba is a protean animalcule.
+
palatine
n.
The Palatine hill in Rome.
+
periwig
n.
A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig.
+
primate
a.
The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
+
piffero
n.
Alt. of Piffara
+
pugilist
n.
One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
+
pledge
n.
To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge one's self.
+
parliamentarian
a.
Of or pertaining to Parliament.
+
palmiped
a.
Web-footed, as a water fowl.
+
palliate
v.t.
To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease.
+
presential
a.
Implying actual presence; present, immediate.
+
peronate
a.
A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery.
+
paroxytone
a.
A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
+
ported
imp.|p.p.
of Port
+
preservation
n.
The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.
+
prepare
v.i.
To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.
+
print
n.
A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow.
+
pledge
n.
A promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to do, or to refrain from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in writing to refrain from using intoxicating liquors or the like; as, to sign the pledge; the mayor had made no pledges.
+
palfrey
n.
A small saddle horse for ladies.
+
pipemouth
n.
Any fish of the genus Fistularia; -- called also tobacco pipefish. See Fistularia.
+
porthole
n.
An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port.
+
papal
a.
Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction.
+
pining
a.
Wasting; consuming.
+
pyrexia
n.
The febrile condition.
+
perite
a.
Skilled.
+
palliation
n.
Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.
+
postcornua
pl.
of Postcornu
+
poling
n.
The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles; as, the poling of beans; the poling of a boat.
+
perorate
v.i.
To make a peroration; to harangue.
+
prima donna
a.
The first or chief female singer in an opera.
+
platonically
adv.
In a Platonic manner.
+
policeman
n.
A member of a body of police; a constable.
+
plaiding
n.
Plaid cloth.
+
pond
v.t.
To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
+
parallel
a.
Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with.
+
portioned
imp.|p.p.
of Portion
+
pecul
n.
See Picul.
+
preresolved
imp.|p.p.
of Preresolve
+
proletaire
n.
One of the common people; a low person; also, the common people as a class or estate in a country.
+
pew
n.
One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.
+
prophylaxis
n.
The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or preventive treatment.
+
phillygenin
n.
A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin.
+
petzite
n.
A telluride of silver and gold, related to hessite.
+
payment
n.
The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.
+
play
n.
To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes.
+
plutei
pl.
of Pluteus
+
private
n.
A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
+
palled
imp.|p.p.
of Pall
+
pokingstick
n.
A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs.
+
play
v.t.
To act or perform (a play); to represent in music action; as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman.
+
peshitto
n.
The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament.
+
parasita
n.pl.
A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata.
+
protracted
imp.|p.p.
of Protract
+
puny
n.
A youth; a novice.
+
primeness
n.
The quality or state of being first.
+
precomposed
imp.|p.p.
of Precompose
+
profaneness
n.
The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language.
+
proof
n.
That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
+
pounce
v.t.
To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.
+
pythoness
n.
Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch.
+
pile
n.
A funeral pile; a pyre.
+
proboscidifera
n.pl.
An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle.
+
plodding
a.
Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits.
+
prognosticated
imp.|p.p.
of Prognosticate
+
podetium
n.
A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss.
+
paring
v.t.
The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
+
plumpness
n.
The quality or state of being plump.
+
place
n.
Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
+
page
n.
The type set up for printing a page.
+
pronunciative
a.
Uttering confidently; dogmatical.
+
propitiation
n.
The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.
+
placentation
n.
The mode in which the placenta is arranged or composed; as, axile placentation; parietal placentation.
+
parkesine
n.
A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.
+
padrones
pl.
of Padrone
+
paradoxure
n.
Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). See Musang.
+
pudding
n.
Any food or victuals.
+
prop
v.t.
To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.)  to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state.
+
praezygapophysis
n.
Same as Prezygapophysis.
+
purely
adv.
In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective).
+
pithsome
a.
Pithy; robust.
+
prefigurative
a.
Showing by prefiguration.
+
place
n.
Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.
+
pomological
a.
Of or pertaining to pomology.
+
pen
n.
Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
+
poudre
n.
Dust; powder.
+
prial
n.
A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n.
+
purgatory
n.
A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven.
+
privy
n.
A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party.
+
pizzle
n.
The penis; -- so called in some animals, as the bull.
+
phosphoroscope
n.
An apparatus for observing the phosphorescence produced in different bodies by the action of light, and for measuring its duration.
+
poppet
n.
An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.
+
plagiary
n.
Plagiarism; literary thief.
+
pentaphyllous
a.
Having five leaves or leaflets.
+
phytogenesis
n.
Alt. of Phytogeny
+
pustulous
a.
Resembling, or covered with, pustules; pustulate; pustular.
+
prosodian
n.
A prosodist.
+
poisoner
n.
One who poisons.
+
prick
n.
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
+
polishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Polish
+
pensioner
n.
One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses.
+
puristic
a.
Alt. of Puristical
+
pinnigrade
n.
An animal of the seal tribe, moving by short feet that serve as paddles.
+
pad
v.i.
To travel heavily or slowly.
+
polyhedra
pl.
of Polyhedron
+
preeminently
adv.
In a preeminent degree.
+
palmary
a.
Palmar.
+
pyx
n.
The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.
+
pipeclay
v.t.
To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts.
+
polyiodide
n.
A iodide having more than one atom of iodine in the molecule.
+
paduasoy
n.
A rich and heavy silk stuff.
+
pythoness
n.
The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.
+
platina
n.
Platinum.
+
pianette
n.
A small piano; a pianino.
+
promulger
n.
One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown.
+
perplexing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perplex
+
pain
n.
Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish.
+
phenix
n.
A southern constellation.
+
professoriate
n.
The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college.
+
pseudopod
n.
Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process projecting from any unicellular organism, or from any animal or plant call.
+
pouch
n.
A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.
+
pewter
n.
A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.
+
prosdist
n.
One skilled in prosody.
+
palindrome
n.
A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.
+
penny
a.
Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
+
pull
n.
A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull.
+
prowl
v.i.
To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder.
+
protozoan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Protozoa.
+
pass
v.i.
To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.
+
polypodium
n.
A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.
+
phrased
imp.|p.p.
of Phrase
+
probing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Probe
+
polypoid
a.
Resembling a polypus in appearance; having a character like that of a polypus.
+
possibilities
pl.
of Possibility
+
probation
n.
Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in which he has the opportunity of proving his character, and becoming qualified for a happier state.
+
pinging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ping
+
plowtail
n.
Alt. of Ploughtail
+
pursued
imp.|p.p.
of Pursue
+
plunger
n.
A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
+
porism
n.
A corollary.
+
passado
v.i.
A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.
+
postboy
n.
A boy who carries letters from the post.
+
protestant
a.
Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.
+
presuppose
v.t.
To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.
+
picturesquish
a.
Somewhat picturesque.
+
precisianism
n.
The quality or state of being a precisian; the practice of a precisian.
+
piteous
a.
Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.
+
podder
n.
One who collects pods or pulse.
+
perdu
a.
One placed on watch, or in ambush.
+
position
v.t.
To indicate the position of; to place.
+
piepowder
n.
An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident to every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned or had the toll was the judge.
+
plant
n.
To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen.
+
pug
n.
Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
+
poy nette
n.
A bodkin.
+
pyebald
a.
See Piebald.
+
phacoid
a.
Resembling a lentil; lenticular.
+
primy
a.
Being in its prime.
+
poon
n.
A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, C. inophullum, and Sterculia foetida; -- called also peon.
+
pillwillet
n.
The willet.
+
precociously
adv.
In a precocious manner.
+
paraglobulin
n.
An albuminous body in blood serum, belonging to the group of globulins. See Fibrinoplastin.
+
pull
v.t.
To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
+
publication
n.
An act done in public.
+
profess
v.i.
To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.
+
pentamethylene
n.
A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues.  Cf. Trimethylene, and Tetramethylene.
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psylla
n.
Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae.
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pegroots
n.
Same as Setterwort.
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puranic
a.
Pertaining to the Puranas.
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pyrophorus
n.
Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead.
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plot
v.i.
To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
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prae

A prefix. See Pre-.
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pupelo
n.
Cider brandy.
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proceeding
n.
The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
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pluck
n.
The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
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pragmatic
n.
A solemn public ordinance or decree.
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pettywhin
n.
The needle furze. See under Needle.
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pipe
n.
A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains.
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pignerate
v.t.
to receive in pawn, as a pawnbroker does.
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postact
n.
An act done afterward.
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pommel
n.
A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
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presphenoidal
a.
Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid.
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praemolar
a.
See Premolar.
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polymnite
n.
A stone marked with dendrites and black lines, and so disposed as to represent rivers, marshes, etc.
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passe partout
n.
That by which one can pass anywhere; a safe-conduct.
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pedler
n.
See Peddler.
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pipe
v.t.
To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.
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public
a.
Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
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pinnulate
a.
Having each pinna subdivided; -- said of a leaf, or of its pinnae.
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peculiar
a.
Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance.
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pandermite
n.
A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite.
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pinnas
pl.
of Pinna
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pantisocratist
n.
One who favors or supports the theory of a pantisocracy.
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porousness
n.
The quality of being porous.
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pasture
v.i.
To feed on growing grass; to graze.
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pothering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pother
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possessioner
n.
An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars.
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phthalein
n.
One of a series of artificial organic dyes made as condensation products of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well represented by phenol phthalein. Their alkaline solutions are fluorescent.
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pleasurer
n.
A pleasure seeker.
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purity
n.
freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
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protest
v.t.
To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
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philatelist
n.
One versed in philately; one who collects postage stamps.
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porous
n.
Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood.
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peach
v.i.
To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
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pegasean
a.
Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry.
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plastron
n.
An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.
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patella
n.
The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
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parole
n.
Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like.
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puritanic
a.
Alt. of Puritanical
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practisant
n.
An agent or confederate in treachery.
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palterly
a.|adv.
Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily.
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petrologically
adv.
According to petrology.
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pattern
n.
Something made after a model; a copy.
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plenteous
a.
Having plenty; abounding; rich.
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predicting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Predict
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peremptory
a.
Firmly determined; unawed.
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padded
imp.|p.p.
of Pad
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prologizer
n.
One who prologizes.
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pip
v.i.
To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
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pascha
n.
The passover; the feast of Easter.
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parole
a.
See 2d Parol.
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practick
n.
Practice.
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perused
imp.|p.p.
of Peruse
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periosteal
a.
Situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum.
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peepul tree

A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree.
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pervicacy
n.
Pervicacity.
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patent
a.
A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party.
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pumicated
imp.|p.p.
of Pumicate
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pallidly
adv.
In a pallid manner.
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prearrange
v.t.
To arrange beforehand.
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phenicopter
n.
A flamingo.
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predicate
v.t.
To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
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pentagram
n.
A pentacle or a pentalpha.
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polyplastic
a.
Assuming, or having the power of assuming, many forms; as, a polyplastic element which does not preserve its original shape.
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posologic
a.
Alt. of Posological
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purling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Purl
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prest
v.t.
To give as a loan; to lend.
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piqueerer
n.
See Pickeerer.
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pygargus

The female of the hen harrier.
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plurilocular
a.
having several divisions containing seeds; as, the lemon and the orange are plurilocular fruits.
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press
v.
To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
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pinchers
n.pl.
An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc.
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palette
n.
A breastplate for a breast drill.
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plutonian
n.
A Plutonist.
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pelioma
n.
A livid ecchymosis.
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penalize
v.t.
To make penal.
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polyphonism
n.
Polyphony.
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pulverulent
a.
Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty.
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paramount
a.
Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preeminent; as, a paramount duty.
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pare
v.t.
To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies.
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preserve
v.i.
To make preserves.
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pulp
n.
The exterior part of a coffee berry.
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promiscuousness
n.
The quality or state of being promiscuous.
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prescript
n.
A medical prescription.
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perpetuate
a.
Made perpetual; perpetuated.
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penetralia
n.pl.
Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred penetralia of the home.
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proffer
n.
An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.
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pteridomania
n.
A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns.
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puppyism
n.
Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence.
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purchasable
a.
Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt.
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pimelic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids.
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prosecutor
n.
One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.
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playwriter
n.
A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright.
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placental
a.
Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.
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pursue
v.i.
To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
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periwinkle
n.
Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.
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poetized
imp.|p.p.
of Poetize
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pomade
n.
Cider.
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palliation
n.
The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.
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phane
n.
See Fane.
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planking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plank
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poachy
a.
Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of land
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practisour
n.
A practitioner.
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press
n.
The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse.
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portesse
n.
See Porteass.
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protocol
n.
The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
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puntil
n.
Alt. of Puntel
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parade
v.t.
To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.
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planch
n.
A plank.
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potent
a.
Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine.
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postmarking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Postmark
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pensionary
a.
Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance.
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postmortem
a.
After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
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poecilitic
a.
Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said of certain rocks.
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puddle
v.t.
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
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procurement
n.
The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
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portmote
n.
In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town.
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privilege
n.
See Call, Put, Spread, etc.
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print
v.i.
To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.
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pondweed
n.
Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers.
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pacos
n.
Same as Alpaca.
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pterodactyli
n.pl.
Same as Pterosauria.
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polyatomic
a.
Having a valence greater than one.
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patience
n.
The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.
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powder
n.
An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.
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persuaded
p.p.|a.
Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.
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passage
v.i.
In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
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preen
n.
A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
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presentable
a.
Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown.
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pit
n.
A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.
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plantal
a.
Belonging to plants; as, plantal life.
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process
n.
Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.
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pitcher
n.
A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
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preexistence
n.
Existence in a former state, or previous to something else.
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present
a.
To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.
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prosecuting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prosecute
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probepointed
a.
Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.
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pitapat
n.
A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain.
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possibility
n.
The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.
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partenope
n.
One of the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, descovered by M. de Gasparis in 1850.
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pounced
a.
Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle.
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pungent
v.t.
Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
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probabilities
pl.
of Probability
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potter
v.t.
To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.
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perception
n.
An idea; a notion.
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probative
a.
Serving for trial or proof; probationary; as, probative judgments; probative evidence.
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panorpian
n.
Same as Panorpid.
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parage
n.
Kindred; family; birth.
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part
n.
A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
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paradisic
a.
Paradisiacal.
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prater
n.
One who prates.
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passableness
n.
The quality of being passable.
+
periproct
n.
The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms.
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primary
n.
One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
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porotic
n.
A medicine supposed to promote the formation of callus.
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punching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Punch
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plebeiance
n.
Plebeians, collectively.
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philanthropinism
n.
A system of education on so-called natural principles, attempted in Germany in the last century by Basedow, of Dessau.
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palmitone
n.
The ketone of palmitic acid.
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polypharmacy
n.
The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines.
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peel
v.i.
To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin, bark, or rind does; -- often used with an adverb; as, the bark peels easily or readily.
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persuasion
n.
The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness.
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period
n.
A complete sentence, from one full stop to another; esp., a well-proportioned, harmonious sentence.
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prolonge
n.
A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes.
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pavese
n.
Alt. of Pavesse
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postmastership
n.
The office of postmaster.
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prepollent
n.
An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex.
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pinch
v.i.
To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
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peerless
a.
Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative.
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pecunious
a.
Abounding in money; wealthy; rich.
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protopine
n.
An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
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pawn
n.
State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
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peloric
a.
Abnormally regular or symmetrical.
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preambulous
n.
See Perambulatory.
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piston
n.
A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes.
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pinkeyed
a.
Having small eyes.
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piecing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Piece
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pervicacious
a.
Obstinate; willful; refractory.
+
prefatorily
adv.
In a prefatory manner; by way of preface.
+
paque
n.
See Pasch and Easter.
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pro thyalosoma
n.
The investing portion, or spherical envelope, surrounding the eccentric germinal spot of the germinal vesicle.
+
phoronomia
n.
See Phoronomics.
+
patriarchism
n.
Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.
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penk
n.
A minnow. See Pink, n., 4.
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perambulator
n.
A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing.
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part
n.
One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.
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practice
v.t.
To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
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proll
v.t.
To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder.
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practiced
imp.|p.p.
of Practice
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pish
v.i.
To express contempt.
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peculiarities
pl.
of Peculiarity
+
purlieu
n.
Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.
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phytomeron
n.
An organic element of a flowering plant; a phyton.
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pomfret
n.
One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
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prussic
a.
designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerly called prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or its compounds. See Hydrocyanic.
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put
v.t.
To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express; figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case.
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prevention
n.
The act of going, or state of being, before.
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piot
n.
The magpie.
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pyrrol
n.
A nitrogenous base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a deep red.
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pro

A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before; proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.
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pass
v.i.
An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass.
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poulter
n.
A poulterer.
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pink
v.t.
To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
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peeled
imp.|p.p.
of Peel
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polyphyllous
a.
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
+
precedented
a.
Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.
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prestige
v.
Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation of future achievements founded on those already accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged character or reputation.
+
pipe
v.t.
To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.
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puddling
n.
The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material.
+
parceling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parcel
+
plumb
v.t.
To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
+
profligacy
a.
The quality of state of being profligate; a profligate or very vicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice; dissoluteness.
+
price
n.|v.
Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry.
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pitch
v.i.
To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east.
+
pest
n.
Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance.
+
plastered
imp.|p.p.
of Plaster
+
pinnacle
n.
Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
+
prevailing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prevail
+
pulpit
n.
An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.
+
pentone
n.
Same as Valylene.
+
parrot
n.
In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.
+
posset
v.t.
To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood.
+
postpose
v.t.
To postpone.
+
presaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Presage
+
photospheric
a.
Of or pertaining to the photosphere.
+
pay
v.t.
To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
+
portance
n.
See Port, carriage, demeanor.
+
pretermitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pretermit
+
proconsular
a.
Alt. of Proconsulary
+
phenylamine
n.
Any one of certain class of organic bases regarded as formed from ammonia by the substitution of phenyl for hydrogen.
+
pycnodontini
n.pl.
An extinct order of ganoid fishes. They had a compressed body, covered with dermal ribs (pleurolepida) and with enameled rhomboidal scales.
+
physiognomy
n.
The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face.
+
praenasal
a.
Same as Prenasal.
+
platymeter
n.
An apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers, or the inductive capacity of dielectrics.
+
possessory
a.
Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord.
+
protozoonite
n.
One of the primary, or first-formed, segments of an embryonic arthropod.
+
pale
v.t.
To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
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proverbial
a.
Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
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poggy
n.
A small whale.
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printing
n.
The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints.
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philanthropic
a.
Alt. of Philanthropical
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preserve
v.i.
To protect game for purposes of sport.
+
physoclist
n.
One of the Physoclisti.
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pair
v.t.
To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
+
pulse
v.i.
To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.
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peccant
a.
Wrong; defective; faulty.
+
pongee
n.
A fabric of undyed silk from India and China.
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pung
n.
A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners.
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prove
v.t.
To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved.
+
producing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Produce
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pleasantness
n.
The state or quality of being pleasant.
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priestliness
n.
The quality or state of being priestly.
+
progne
n.
An American butterfly (Polygonia, / Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma.
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processive
a.
Proceeding; advancing.
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philippized
imp.|p.p.
of Philippize
+
pouparts ligament

A ligament, of fascia, extending, in most mammals, from the ventral side of the ilium to near the symphysis of the pubic bones.
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phantasmagoria
n.
Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images.
+
palsies
pl.
of Palsy
+
plume
v.
A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
+
pyral
a.
Of or pertaining to a pyre.
+
prevail
v.i.
To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day.
+
plantage
n.
A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted.
+
puffin
n.
An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot.
+
protonotary
n.
A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States.
+
pure
superl.
Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.
+
populous
a.
Popular; famous.
+
prone
a.
Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.
+
puncture
n.
A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.
+
perplexiveness
n.
The quality of being perplexing; tendency to perplex.
+
promptness
n.
Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.
+
puerilely
adv.
In a puerile manner; childishly.
+
province
n.
A region of country; a tract; a district.
+
permeably
adv.
In a permeable manner.
+
pannier
n.
A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.
+
photoglyphic
a.
Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light.
+
prothallus
n.
The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oophoric generation of ferns, etc.
+
ponder
v.t.
To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively.
+
prudently
adv.
In a prudent manner.
+
propitiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Propitiate
+
penurious
a.
Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
+
petitor
n.
One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant.
+
plectospondyli
n.pl.
An extensive suborder of fresh-water physostomous fishes having the anterior vertebrae united and much modified; the Eventognathi.
+
purge
v.i.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
+
palisado
n.
A palisade.
+
palsied
a.
Affected with palsy; paralyzed.
+
predecessive
a.
Going before; preceding.
+
perturbability
n.
The quality or state of being perturbable.
+
point
v.i.
To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
+
pressurage
n.
Pressure.
+
physicking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Physic
+
protocol
v.i.
To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.
+
pour
v.t.
To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or dust.
+
policy
n.
Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem.
+
pituite
n.
Mucus, phlegm.
+
pernicious
a.
Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.
+
podded
a.
Having pods.
+
pulu
n.
A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus Cibotium, chiefly C. Menziesii; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent.
+
pharmacosiderite
n.
A hydrous arsenate of iron occurring in green or yellowish green cubic crystals; cube ore.
+
patronage
n.
The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.
+
pairing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pair
+
pumpkin
n.
A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo)  and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.
+
punka
n.
A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord.
+
prestigiatory
a.
Consisting of impostures; juggling.
+
pity
v.i.
To be compassionate; to show pity.
+
possibility
n.
That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.
+
pityriasis
n.
A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles.
+
pavid
a.
Timid; fearful.
+
polyphagous
a.
Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals.
+
pharyngotome
n.
An instrument for incising or scarifying the tonsils, etc.
+
pallidness
n.
The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness.
+
psalmographer
n.
Alt. of Psalmographist
+
polytyped
imp.|p.p.
of Polytype
+
preceptor
n.
The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.
+
praying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pray
+
patriotical
a.
Patriotic; that pertains to a patriot.
+
preadamic
a.
Prior to Adam.
+
previous
a.
Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.
+
printery
n.
A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printing office.
+
paunch
v.t.
To stuff with food.
+
pluck
n.
The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
+
point
n.
An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
+
pondering
a.
Deliberating.
+
painter
n.
An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.
+
pinged
imp.|p.p.
of Ping
+
papula
n.
One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
+
placable
a.
Capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone.
+
protractor
n.
An adjustable pattern used by tailors.
+
prelacy
n.
The office or dignity of a prelate; church government by prelates.
+
peage
n.
See Paage.
+
profanation
v.t.
The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God.
+
pleasured
imp.|p.p.
of Pleasure
+
pinnace
n.
A procuress; a pimp.
+
physnomy
n.
Physiogmony.
+
poling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pole
+
pure
superl.
Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.
+
potsdam group

A subdivision of the Primordial or Cambrian period in American geology; -- so named from the sandstone of Potsdam, New York. See Chart of Geology.
+
papality
n.
The papacy.
+
professionally
adv.
In a professional manner or capacity; by profession or calling; in the exercise of one's profession; one employed professionally.
+
present
a.
A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
+
pelfray
n.
Alt. of Pelfry
+
purbeck stone

A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.
+
prunello
n.
A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.
+
polyzoon
n.
One of the individual zooids forming the compound organism of a polyzoan.
+
prescience
n.
Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
+
pollen
n.
The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament.
+
psilanthropic
a.
Pertaining to, or embodying, psilanthropy. "A psilanthropic explanation."
+
pipe
n.
Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.
+
pension
n.
A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
+
philosophy
n.
Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.
+
penology
n.
The science or art of punishment.
+
perilymphatic
a.
Perilymphangial.
+
porterhouse
n.
A house where porter is sold.
+
potatory
a.
Of or pertaining to drinking.
+
parasol
n.
A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.
+
pieta
n.
A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels.
+
palliating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Palliate
+
pendulate
v.i.
To swing as a pendulum.
+
pace
n.
A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.
+
procession
v.i.
To honor with a procession.
+
propagated
imp.|p.p.
of Propagate
+
purveyor
n.
One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.
+
plaister
n.
See Plaster.
+
polypuses
pl.
of Polypus
+
pharmacon
n.
A medicine or drug; also, a poison.
+
pintailed
a.
Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds.
+
plant
n.
A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
+
pomiferous
a.
Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits.
+
poach
v.t.
To begin and not complete.
+
plumigerous
a.
Feathered; having feathers.
+
plodder
n.
One who plods; a drudge.
+
protend
v.t.
To hold out; to stretch forth.
+
pig
n.
A piggin.
+
packing
n.
Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.
+
presided
imp.|p.p.
of Preside
+
parabolic
a.
Alt. of Parabolical
+
pope
n.
The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.
+
penary
a.
Penal.
+
prick
n.
To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.
+
protractor
n.
A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular.
+
peterwort
n.
See Saint Peter's-wort, under Saint.
+
planting
n.
That which is planted; a plantation.
+
petiole
n.
A stalk or peduncle.
+
psychometry
n.
The art of measuring the duration of mental processes, or of determining the time relations of mental phenomena.
+
platoon
n.
Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square.
+
pincoffin
n.
A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints.
+
prothoracic
a.
Of or pertaining to the prothorax.
+
parethmoid
a.
Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
+
prey
n.
To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.
+
polyarchist
n.
One who advocates polyarchy; -- opposed to monarchist.
+
privacies
pl.
of Privacy
+
preordinate
a.
Preordained.
+
phosphonic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, certain derivatives of phosphorous acid containing a hydrocarbon radical, and analogous to the sulphonic acid.
+
phytons
pl.
of Phyton
+
proseman
n.
A writer of prose.
+
permeation
n.
The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance.
+
paddle
v.i.
A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
+
pointing
n.
The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
+
prepositure
n.
The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship.
+
propitiated
imp.|p.p.
of Propitiate
+
planksheer
n.
The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame.
+
phallism
n.
The worship of the generative principle in nature, symbolized by the phallus.
+
phorminx
n.
A kind of lyre used by the Greeks.
+
promenade
n.
A place for walking; a public walk.
+
pease
pl.
of Pea
+
pretendership
n.
The character, right, or claim of a pretender.
+
prolegate
n.
The deputy or substitute for a legate.
+
placoid
n.
One of the Placoides.
+
proclaimer
n.
One who proclaims.
+
paddle
v.i.
A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing.
+
placophora
n.pl.
A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.
+
peak
v.i.
To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.
+
peace
v.
Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.
+
procedure
n.
That which results; issue; product.
+
philomathic
a.
Of or pertaining to philomathy.
+
physopoda
n.pl.
Same as Thysanoptera.
+
prefoliation
n.
Vernation.
+
paster
n.
A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot.
+
painting
n.
The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
+
pattering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Patter
+
professionalist
n.
professional person.
+
panel
n.
Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
+
proposition
n.
A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.
+
pineyed
a.
Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of thrum-eyed.
+
plica
v.
A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
+
peacher
n.
One who peaches.
+
perish
v.i.
To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
+
promoter
n.
Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like.
+
prorogation
n.
The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.
+
paxilli
pl.
of Paxillus
+
peba
n.
An armadillo (Tatusia novemcincta) which is found from Texas to Paraguay; -- called also tatouhou.
+
pace
v.t.
To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
+
pack
n.
To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
+
pearlite
n.
Alt. of Pearlstone
+
pantomimical
a.
Of or pertaining to the pantomime; representing by dumb show.
+
preexisted
imp.|p.p.
of Preexist
+
phrenosin
n.
A nitrogenous body, related to cerebrin, supposed to exist in the brain.
+
phonautograph
n.
An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate.
+
plaided
a.
Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan.
+
purity
n.
Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
+
petuntse
n.
Alt. of Petuntze
+
plug
n.
A worthless horse.
+
prostitute
n.
A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.
+
pirouetted
imp.|p.p.
of Pirouette
+
polygraph
n.
An instrument for detecting deceptive statements by a subject, by measuring several physiological states of the subject, such as pulse, heartbeat, and sweating.  The instrument records these parameters on a strip of paper while the subject is asked questions designed to elicit emotional responses when the subject tries to deceive the interrogator.   Also called lie detector
+
pedigerous
a.
Bearing or having feet or legs.
+
pitch
n.
Height; stature.
+
palpitated
imp.|p.p.
of Palpitate
+
predicate
v.t.
That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "Paper is white,"  "Ink is not white,"  whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.
+
partisan
n.
A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
+
prelateship
n.
The office of a prelate.
+
prolation
n.
The act of deferring; delay.
+
pleurothotonus
n.
A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally.
+
proembryo
n.
The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses.
+
partnership
n.
A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest.
+
protopapas
n.
A protopope.
+
paage
n.
A toll for passage over another person's grounds.
+
patache
n.
A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure.
+
phonotypy
n.
A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character.
+
prosthesis
n.
The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved.
+
private
a.
Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
+
parthenogenitive
a.
Parthenogenetic.
+
pietistical
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pietists; hence, in contempt, affectedly or demonstratively religious.
+
proleptic
a.
Alt. of Proleptical
+
prick
v.
The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
+
passed
imp.|p.p.
of Pass
+
psyche
n.
A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.
+
perjure
n.
A perjured person.
+
pubescence
n.
The quality or state of being pubescent, or of having arrived at puberty.
+
provider
n.
One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.
+
prize
n.
Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
+
psalteries
pl.
of Psaltery
+
paraph
v.t.
To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials.
+
percarbureted
a.
Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon.
+
pyramidal
a.
Of or pertaining to a pyramid; in the form of a a pyramid; pyramidical; as, pyramidal cleavage.
+
praecordial
a.
Same as Precordial.
+
passionateness
n.
The state or quality of being passionate.
+
pliability
n.
The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition.
+
promuscis
n.
The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.
+
pileus
n.
The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
+
parasite
n.
An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager.
+
pricking
n.
A sensation of being pricked.
+
primogenitive
a.
Of or pertaining to primogeniture.
+
pantagraph
n.
See Pantograph.
+
prodigiously
adv.
Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously great.
+
pleuritis
n.
Pleurisy.
+
parenthetical
a.
Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark.
+
patient
n.
ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
+
picus
n.
A genus of woodpeckers, including some of the common American and European species.
+
ponty
n.
See Pontee.
+
potpourri
n.
A jar or packet of flower leaves, perfumes, and spices, used to scent a room.
+
pyrogallol
n.
A phenol metameric with phloroglucin, obtained by the distillation of gallic acid as a poisonous white crystalline substance having acid properties, and hence called also pyrogallic acid. It is a strong reducer, and is used as a developer in photography and in the production of certain dyes.
+
provide
v.t.
To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
+
photometry
n.
That branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light.
+
plainsman
n.
One who lives in the plains.
+
pickaxe
n.
A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes.
+
perdure
v.i.
To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting.
+
powen
n.
A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or C. ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring.
+
paronymous
a.
Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning; -- said of certain words, as al/ and awl; hair and hare, etc.
+
proceed
v.i.
To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun.
+
perseverance
n.
Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism.
+
preventively
adv.
In a preventive manner.
+
primariness
n.
The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, in act, or in intention.
+
piddock
n.
Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas.
+
presupposition
n.
The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.
+
perfit
a.
Perfect.
+
popular
a.
Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.
+
perception
n.
The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.
+
pharmacist
n.
One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist.
+
practic
a.
Practical.
+
picryl
n.
The hypothetical radical of picric acid, analogous to phenyl.
+
poppied
a.
Mingled or interspersed with poppies.
+
protervity
n.
Peevishness; petulance.
+
pack
n.
A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
+
proprieties
pl.
of Propriety
+
plashed
imp.|p.p.
of Plash
+
patriarchy
n.
The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.
+
pachyderm
n.
One of the Pachydermata.
+
polypteroidei
n.pl.
A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossopterygian.
+
plot
n.
A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
+
pensived
a.
Made pensive.
+
parsonage
n.
Money paid for the support of a parson.
+
postulata
pl.
of Postulatum
+
plein
a.
Plan.
+
pot
n.
A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
+
protection
n.
A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.
+
poach
v.|n.
To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder.
+
polyonym
n.
An object which has a variety of names.
+
pinite
n.
Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family.
+
pagandom
n.
The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism.
+
phyllodineous
a.
Having phyllodia; relating to phyllodia.
+
phosphoric
a.
Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling, or containing, from us; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a higher valence as contrasted with the phosphorous compounds.
+
paleogaean
a.
Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere.
+
preemptive
a.
Of or pertaining to preemption; having power to preempt; preempting.
+
propeller
n.
One who, or that which, propels.
+
part
n.
A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense.
+
prefinite
a.
Prearranged.
+
preserve
n.
That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
+
plenipotency
n.
The quality or state of being plenipotent.
+
pertaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pertain
+
prevaricated
imp.|p.p.
of Prevaricate
+
pronation
n.
That motion of the forearm whereby the palm or palmar, surface is turned downward.
+
palm
n.
Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree.
+
penalty
n.
A handicap.
+
propose
v.
To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.
+
polyembryonic
a.
Polyembryonate.
+
pegmatitic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.
+
pencil
v.t.
To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.
+
produce
n.
That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors
+
provisioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Provision
+
petting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pet
+
productive
a.
Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products.
+
purchase
v.t.
Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.
+
planoconvex
a.
Plane or flat on one side, and convex on the other; as, a plano-convex lens. See Convex, and Lens.
+
parturient
a.
Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful.
+
purpose
n.
Instance; example.
+
penological
a.
Of or pertaining to penology.
+
pilocarpine
n.
An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.
+
pekan
n.
See Fisher, 2.
+
plumage
n.
The entire clothing of a bird.
+
peachcolored
a.
Of the color of a peach blossom.
+
pearlfish
n.
Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.
+
pointed
a.
Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing.
+
personal
a.
Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
+
perivitelline
a.
Situated around the vitellus, or between the vitellus and zona pellucida of an ovum.
+
predominance
n.
The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.
+
prizeman
n.
The winner of a prize.
+
plaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plain
+
puzzleheaded
a.
Having the head full of confused notions.
+
prestidigitator
n.
One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.
+
placement
n.
The act of placing, or the state of being placed.
+
parish
n.
An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
+
pump
v.t.
Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.
+
pycnogonida
n.pl.
A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda.
+
pash
v.t.
To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces.
+
petrosal
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the petrous, or petrosal, bone, or the corresponding part of the temporal bone.
+
pan
v.t.|i.
To join or fit together; to unite.
+
perfectively
adv.
In a perfective manner.
+
pier
n.
Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.
+
planing

a. & vb. n. fr. Plane, v. t.
+
plump
n.
A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.
+
peerage
n.
The rank or dignity of a peer.
+
parallelize
v.t.
To render parallel.
+
piloted
imp.|p.p.
of Pilot
+
programme
n.
That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch.
+
polyve
n.
A pulley.
+
peddle
v.i.
To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license.
+
people
n.
The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.
+
puffin
n.
The puffball.
+
parole
v.t.
To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
+
pennatulas
pl.
of Pennatula
+
primrose
a.
Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.
+
photogenic
a.
Of or pertaining to photogeny; producing or generating light.
+
palatinate
n.
The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine.
+
ploughfoot
n.
An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow.
+
profession
v.
The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.
+
polonaise
n.
A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca.
+
predal
a.
Of or pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory.
+
palliative
n.
That which palliates; a palliative agent.
+
pilulous
a.
Like a pill; small; insignificant.
+
phosphuret
n.
A phosphide.
+
plumbagineous
a.
Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which Plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.
+
pistillaceous
a.
Growing on, or having nature of, the pistil; of or pertaining to a pistil.
+
polysilicic
a.
Of or pertaining to compounds formed by the condensation of two or more molecules of silicic acid.
+
partial
n.
Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.
+
penumbrala

Of or pertaining to a penumbra; resembling a penumbra; partially illuminated.
+
pyrotartrate
n.
A salt of pyrotartaric acid.
+
prejudicative
a.
Forming a judgment without due examination; prejudging.
+
provincially
adv.
In a provincial manner.
+
principle
n.
A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an axiom; a postulate.
+
pickaninny
n.
A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant.
+
poise
v.
The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
+
pellile
n.
The redshank; -- so called from its note.
+
poisure
n.
Weight.
+
platonic
n.
A follower of Plato; a Platonist.
+
pitchstone
n.
An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
+
pestered
imp.|p.p.
of Pester
+
pyramid
n.
The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.
+
phylactolaematous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Phylactolaema.
+
paraxial
a.
On either side of the axis of the skeleton.
+
pike
n.|v.
A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target.
+
pledgor
n.
One who pledges, or delivers anything in pledge; a pledger; -- opposed to pledgee.
+
polyadelphous
a.
Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more bundles.
+
popularizer
n.
One who popularizes.
+
physiognomy
n.
The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features.
+
punishment
n.
A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention.
+
ploughhead
n.
The clevis or draught iron of a plow.
+
preerect
v.t.
To erect beforehand.
+
picromel
n.
A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste.
+
polygenism
n.
The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair.
+
plowgate
n.
Alt. of Ploughgate
+
pratique
n.
Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; hence, a certificate, given after compliance with quarantine regulations, permitting a ship to land passengers and crew; -- a term used particularly in the south of Europe.
+
pace
v.i.
To pass away; to die.
+
paletot
n.
An overcoat.
+
propagandism
n.
The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zeal in propagating one's opinions.
+
panel
n.
A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
+
precede
v.t.
To go before in place, rank, or importance.
+
posttragus
n.
A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
+
pinacoid
n.
A plane parallel to two of the crystalline axes.
+
parget
v.i.
To paint, as the face.
+
phosphor
n.
Phosphorus.
+
predigestion
n.
Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion.
+
parodist
n.
One who writes a parody; one who parodies.
+
porret
n.
A scallion; a leek or small onion.
+
phanerocrystalline
a.
Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to cryptocrystalline.
+
predestinator
n.
One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian.
+
pteropodous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pteropoda.
+
plashing
n.
The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.
+
patrolman
n.
One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city.
+
partage
n.
Part; portion; share.
+
plane
a.
To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.
+
pavonian
a.
Of or pertaining to a peacock.
+
plank
n.
One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
+
pragmatic
a.
Alt. of Pragmatical
+
prediscovery
n.
A previous discovery.
+
proselytism
n.
The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party.
+
pygmy
n.
One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.
+
planting
n.
The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.
+
positive
a.
Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
+
pompholyx
n.
Impure zinc oxide.
+
preparable
a.
Capable of being prepared.
+
pikestaff
n.
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
+
pulse
n.
Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement.
+
prognostic
a.
That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction.
+
psaltery
n.
A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known.
+
plaid
a.
Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.
+
praemunire
n.
The writ grounded on that offense.
+
partiality
n.
The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind.
+
pronounced
a.
Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. [A Gallicism]
+
preprovide
v.t.
To provide beforehand.
+
prime
a.
To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
+
preocular
a.
Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antennae of certain insects.
+
pulverous
a.
Consisting of dust or powder; like powder.
+
poison
n.
Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases.
+
pledge
n.
The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn.
+
pigeon
n.
Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
+
puppetman
n.
A master of a puppet show.
+
pass
v.t.
To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law.
+
personate
v.i.
To play or assume a character.
+
perinuclear
a.
Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus; as, the perinuclear protoplasm.
+
pavilion
n.
Same as Tent (Her.)
+
pronouncement
n.
The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement.
+
pahlevi
n.
Same as Pehlevi.
+
phenicious
a.
Of a red color with a slight mixture of gray.
+
pirouette
n.
A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
+
pyromagnetic
a.
Acting by the agency of heat and magnetism; as, a pyromagnetic machine for producing electric currents.
+
pelasgic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits.
+
plasma
n.
The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.
+
praise
v.
Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.
+
pension
n.
A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.
+
plasmatic
a.
Alt. of Plasmatical
+
philippize
v.i.
To write or speak in the style of a philippic.
+
presentive
a.
Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.
+
plead
v.t.
To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea.
+
prolix
a.
Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.
+
preparation
n.
That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain process or for a particular purpose; a combination. Specifically: (a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use. (b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a specimen. (c) Something prepared for use in cookery.
+
precipitious
a.
Precipitous.
+
pommel
n.
The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
+
punctualness
n.
Punctuality; exactness.
+
polled
imp.|p.p.
of Poll
+
piercel
n.
A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.
+
perwigged
imp.|p.p.
of Periwig
+
polo
n.
A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.
+
porite
n.
Any coral of the genus Porites, or family Poritidae.
+
pilot
n.
One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.
+
pluck
v.t.
Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.
+
posttemporal
a.
Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.
+
paddlewood
n.
The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.
+
plumassier
n.
One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.
+
preconcerted
a.
Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand.
+
panicstruck
a.
Struck with a panic, or sudden fear.
+
pise
n.
A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pise work.
+
parameter
n.
A term applied to some characteristic magnitude whose value, invariable as long as one and the same function, curve, surface, etc., is considered, serves to distinguish that function, curve, surface, etc., from others of the same kind or family.
+
phrasal
a.
Of the nature of a phrase; consisting of a phrase; as, a phrasal adverb.
+
point
n.
A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.
+
participated
imp.|p.p.
of Participate
+
prong
n.
A sharp projection, as of an antler.
+
pantography
n.
A general description; entire view of an object.
+
papaver
n.
A genus of plants, including the poppy.
+
pumice stone

Same as Pumice.
+
patron
v.t.
To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
+
pyrophanous
a.
Rendered transparent by heat.
+
prick
v.i.
To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.
+
persecuting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Persecute
+
proximious
a.
Proximate.
+
pumpion
n.
See Pumpkin.
+
peg
n.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
+
peg
v.t.
To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
+
purpose
n.
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
+
palatalize
v.t.
To palatize.
+
persistive
a.
See Persistent.
+
prepotency
n.
The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
+
penal
a.
Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense.
+
pentachenium
n.
A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.
+
piquantly
adv.
In a piquant manner.
+
pigweed
n.
A name of several annual weeds. See Goosefoot, and Lamb's-quarters.
+
perjure
v.t.
To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself.
+
proxy
n.
The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
+
penultimate
n.
The penult.
+
phytozoon
n.
A plantlike animal. The term is sometimes applied to zoophytes.
+
poetical
a.
Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose.
+
pistol
v.t.
To shoot with a pistol.
+
physics
n.
The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy.
+
priming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prime
+
philomela
n.
A genus of birds including the nightingales.
+
pronunciamento
n.
A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration.
+
preventability
n.
The quality or state of being preventable.
+
plantation
n.
An original settlement in a new country; a colony.
+
peptonuria
n.
The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine.
+
props
n.pl.
A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice.
+
puss
n.
A cat; -- a fondling appellation.
+
parallel
n.
Direction conformable to that of another line,
+
prothyalosomata
pl.
of Pro thyalosoma
+
proboscis
n.
The nose.
+
planisher
n.
One who, or that which, planishes.
+
parenthetically
adv.
In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses.
+
porter
n.
A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar.
+
phyllous
a.
Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs.
+
probacy
n.
Proof; trial.
+
poach
v.|n.
To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
+
protract
v.t.
To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war.
+
prejudical
a.
Of or pertaining to the determination of some matter not previously decided; as, a prejudical inquiry or action at law.
+
prociduous
a.
Falling from its proper place.
+
peruke
n.
A wig; a periwig.
+
purge
v.t.
To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
+
pory
a.
Porous; as, pory stone. [R.] Dryden.
+
panspermy
n.
The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation.
+
prismatoidal
a.
Having a prismlike form.
+
palule
n.
See Palulus or Palus.
+
proven
p.p.a.
Proved.
+
pinhold
n.
A place where a pin is fixed.
+
pauperizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pauperize
+
punto
n.
A point or hit.
+
plane
a.
Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.
+
pelvimeter
n.
An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis.
+
pastille
n.
An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche.
+
philippian
a.
Of or pertaining to Philippi, a city of ancient Macedonia.
+
perk
a.
Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.
+
petrology
n.
The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology.
+
penta

A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular; pentagon.
+
peroxidize
v.t.
To oxidize to the utmost degree, so as to form a peroxide.
+
prison
v.t.
To bind (together); to enchain.
+
preataxic
a.
Occurring before the symptom ataxia has developed; -- applied to the early symptoms of locomotor ataxia.
+
pawn
n.
A man or piece of the lowest rank.
+
polka
n.
A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time.
+
plateful
n.
Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.
+
prester
n.
One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.
+
poll
n.
One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.
+
poriferata
n.pl.
The Polifera.
+
party
v.
Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
+
parian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Paros.
+
planning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plan
+
patriarchal
a.
Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.
+
proving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prove
+
passus
pl.
of Passus
+
panto

Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous.
+
pathological
a.
Of or pertaining to pathology.
+
prosocoelia
n.
Same as Prosocoele.
+
patching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Patch
+
pommelling

of Pommel
+
potance
n.
The stud in which the bearing for the lower pivot of the verge is made.
+
platterfaced
a.
Having a broad, flat face.
+
prostitute
v.t.
To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.
+
predial
a.
Attached to land or farms; as, predial slaves.
+
prone
a.
Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.
+
pleadings
n.pl.
The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point.
+
pirouetting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pirouette
+
prize
n.
An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
+
picknick
n.
See Picnic.
+
prussiate
n.
A salt of prussic acid; a cyanide.
+
phonetically
adv.
In a phonetic manner.
+
podurid
n.
Any species of Podura or allied genera.
+
pseudostella
n.
Any starlike meteor or phenomenon.
+
pantomime
a.
Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.
+
purblind
a.
Wholly blind.
+
parapherna
n.pl.
The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.
+
patty
n.
A little pie.
+
prescuta
pl.
of Prescutum
+
press
n.
A multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of single things; a throng.
+
palmatilobed
a.
Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center.
+
primer
n.
A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica.
+
perisome
n.
The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument.
+
porphyry
n.
A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles.
+
percoid
n.
Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidae.
+
prestigiation
n.
Legerdemain; prestidigitation.
+
pope
n.
A fish; the ruff.
+
penitentiaryship
n.
The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
+
plica
v.
The bend of the wing of a bird.
+
pleurobrachia
n.
A genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two long plumose tentacles.
+
parochiality
n.
The state of being parochial.
+
puriform
a.
In the form of pus.
+
pittlepattle
v.i.
To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle.
+
ptarmigan
n.
Any grouse of the genus Lagopus, of which numerous species are known. The feet are completely feathered. Most of the species are brown in summer, but turn white, or nearly white, in winter.
+
prospective
n.
Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit.
+
puttock
n.
The buzzard.
+
paraplegia
n.
Alt. of Paraplegy
+
palmaria
pl.
of Palmarium
+
patricianism
n.
The rank or character of patricians.
+
prose
n.
Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
+
pontil
n.
Same as Pontee.
+
pietist
n.
One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.
+
prevalency
n.
See Prevalence.
+
prime
a.
To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
+
procuration
n.
A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy.
+
pyrrhonic
a.
Of or pertaining to pyrrhonism.
+
proximo

In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.
+
periscopic
a.
of or relating to a periscope{2}.
+
postposition
n.
The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.
+
penfish
n.
A squid.
+
purse
n.
A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
+
piedstall
n.
See Pedestal.
+
pink
a.
Half-shut; winking.
+
proser
n.
A writer of prose.
+
pyx
n.
Same as Pyxis.
+
poler
n.
An extortioner. See Poller.
+
postumous
a.
See Posthumous.
+
papillose
a.
Covered with, or bearing, papillae; resembling papillae; papillate; papillar; papillary.
+
pyr

Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically (Chem.), used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by the action of heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric, pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic, etc.
+
pulverize
v.i.
To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.
+
pita
n.
A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other related species, -- used for making cordage and paper. Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.
+
plenariness
n.
Quality or state of being plenary.
+
pentyl
n.
The hypothetical radical, C5H11, of pentane and certain of its derivatives. Same as Amyl.
+
pallia
pl.
of Pallium
+
professed
imp.|p.p.
of Profess
+
pycnidia
pl.
of Pycnidium
+
pensible
a.
Held aloft.
+
phytozoaria
n.pl.
Same as Infusoria.
+
porgy
n.
Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.
+
purchase
v.t.
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
+
plentiful
a.
Lavish; profuse; prodigal.
+
patrol
v.i.
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
+
pistil
n.
The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
+
perplex
a.
To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.
+
passerby
n.
One who goes by; a passer.
+
perthite
n.
A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors.
+
pantastomata
n.pl.
One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms.
+
poll
n.
The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.
+
prodding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prod
+
pick
n.
A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
+
pollack
n.
A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius virens). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack.
+
pop
v.i.
To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides.
+
pulsation
n.
A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.
+
pinnet
n.
A pinnacle.
+
prose
v.t.
To write in prose.
+
perforata
n.pl.
A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells.
+
power
n.
A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
+
protosomite
n.
One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal.
+
photograph
v.i.
To practice photography; to take photographs.
+
plausive
a.
Plausible, specious.
+
periphrases
pl.
of Periphrasis
+
postorbital
a.
Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles.
+
plat
v.t.
To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
+
preexamining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preexamine
+
picquet
n.
See Piquet.
+
putchuck
n.
Same as Pachak.
+
pompire
n.
A pearmain.
+
puppy
n.
The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp.
+
plicate
a.
Alt. of Plicated
+
ploughwright
n.
One who makes or repairs plows.
+
parade
v.t.
Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
+
panderism
n.
The employment, arts, or practices of a pander.
+
pad
n.
A footpath; a road.
+
play
v.t.
To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks.
+
pectoriloquism
n.
Pectoriloquy.
+
prompt
n.
A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
+
policy
n.
Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.
+
prick
v.
That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
+
puff
n.
a kind of light pastry.
+
plasmogen
n.
The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration.  Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen.
+
phalanstery
n.
An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism.
+
placer
n.
A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent.
+
polaris
n.
The polestar. See North star, under North.
+
purpuriparous
a.
Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.
+
pensionary
a.
Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies.
+
principle
n.
Beginning; commencement.
+
psychogenesis
n.
Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection.
+
puffed
imp.|p.p.
of Puff
+
pride
n.
A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.
+
pleurodont
a.
Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw, as in some lizards.
+
proke
v.i.
To poke; to thrust.
+
potch
v.i.
To thrust; to push.
+
punned
imp.|p.p.
of Pun
+
pricing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Price
+
panic
a.
By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
+
primarily
adv.
In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.
+
prostrated
imp.|p.p.
of Prostrate
+
protuberancy
n.
The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.
+
proverbialize
v.t.|i.
To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.
+
pontile
a.
Of or pertaining to the pons Varolii. See Pons.
+
progression
n.
Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic.
+
plashy
a.
Watery; abounding with puddles; splashy.
+
pseudonymous
a.
Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work.
+
pelioma
n.
See Peliom.
+
pagodite
n.
Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.
+
prepossession
n.
Preoccupation; prior possession.
+
paradigm
n.
An example; a model; a pattern.
+
pluteus
n.
The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.
+
pinchcock
n.
A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
+
protectress
n.
Alt. of Protectrix
+
parostosis
n.
Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.
+
please
v.t.
To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.
+
pegging
n.
The act or process of fastening with pegs.
+
parry
v.i.
To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc.
+
plastron
n.
A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.
+
parapetalous
a.
Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen.
+
parade
v.i.
To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.
+
prearm
v.t.
To forearm.
+
peckish
a.
Inclined to eat; hungry.
+
profound
a.
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
+
provable
a.
Capable of being proved; demonstrable.
+
pressurage
n.
The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
+
pash
v.t.
A crushing blow.
+
poorbox
n.
A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.
+
peak
n.
The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
+
provide
v.t.
To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
+
pyroxenite
n.
A rock consisting essentially of pyroxene.
+
preemploy
v.t.
To employ beforehand.
+
probational
a.
Probationary.
+
pentadactyloid
a.
Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb.
+
push
n.
Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
+
procurer
n.
One who procures the gratification of lust for another; a pimp; a pander.
+
puffer
n.
One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.
+
popularity
n.
Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
+
parostotic
a.
Pertaining to parostosis.
+
pacation
n.
The act of pacifying; a peacemaking.
+
pulsific
a.
Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation.
+
prickling
a.
Prickly.
+
pealed
imp.|p.p.
of Peal
+
portentous
a.
Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
+
press
v.
To embrace closely; to hug.
+
portress
n.
A female porter.
+
pane
n.
A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.
+
pelter
n.
One who pelts.
+
poynado
n.
A poniard.
+
pargetory
n.
Something made of, or covered with, parget, or plaster.
+
petrify
v.i.
To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
+
peninsula
n.
A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.
+
parasitical
a.
Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic.
+
primer
n.
One who, or that which, primes
+
persolve
v.t.
To pay wholly, or fully.
+
principalness
n.
The quality of being principal.
+
probang
n.
A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc.
+
prosecute
v.t.
To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.
+
pseudometallic
a.
Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster, as in minerals.
+
popper
n.
A dagger.
+
pupillary
a.
Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward.
+
pirated
imp.|p.p.
of Pirate
+
phylactocarp
n.
A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.
+
philanderer
n.
One who hangs about women; a male flirt.
+
period
v.t.
To put an end to.
+
probeagle
n.
See Porbeagle.
+
pique
v.t.
To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
+
primigenous
a.
First formed or generated; original; primigenial.
+
perry
n.
A suddent squall. See Pirry.
+
pythagorical
a.
See Pythagorean, a.
+
prophet
n.
One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc.
+
perisoma
n.
Same as Perisome.
+
pinnacling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pinnacle
+
potpourri
n.
A ragout composed of different sorts of meats, vegetables, etc., cooked together.
+
pitfalling
a.
Entrapping; insnaring.
+
pine
n.
The wood of the pine tree.
+
placid
a.
Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle.
+
podagrical
a.
Pertaining to the gout; gouty; caused by gout.
+
pile
n.
A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
+
plebe
n.
A member of the lowest class in the military academy at West Point.
+
premaxillae
pl.
of Premaxilla
+
phonotypical
a.
Of or pertaining to phonotypy; as, a phonotypic alphabet.
+
palissander
n.
Rosewood.
+
plaid
n.
Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
+
pointer
n.
Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
+
portfolio
n.
Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of war; to resign the portfolio.
+
postdisseizin
n.
A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished.
+
puff
v.t.
To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
+
perpotation
n.
The act of drinking excessively; a drinking bout.
+
plastidozoa
n.pl.
Same as Protoza.
+
portion
v.t.
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
+
paining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pain
+
pickpack
adv.
Pickaback.
+
plebiscitary
a.
Of or pertaining to plebiscite.
+
precipitate
v.i.
To dash or fall headlong.
+
plat
n.
Plain; flat; level.
+
plat
adv.
Flatly; smoothly; evenly.
+
pinefinch
n.
A small American bird (Spinus, / Chrysomitris, spinus); -- called also pine siskin, and American siskin.
+
palmar
a.
Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds.
+
paschal
a.
Of or pertaining to the passover, or to Easter; as, a paschal lamb; paschal eggs.
+
platonize
v.i.
To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers.
+
provincialized
imp.|p.p.
of Provincialize
+
pocket
v.t.
To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
+
peasantry
n.
Rusticity; coarseness.
+
polemic
n.
A polemic argument or controversy.
+
pricklouse
n.
A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
+
pugilism
n.
The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.
+
perversity
n.
The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.
+
profession
v.
The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.
+
principal
n.
A heirloom; a mortuary.
+
permiss
n.
A permitted choice; a rhetorical figure in which a thing is committed to the decision of one's opponent.
+
pathway
n.
A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively.
+
penicil
n.
A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
+
puckering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pucker
+
prefectorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a prefect.
+
prelude
v.t.
To introduce with a previous performance; to play or perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air.
+
push
v.i.
To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
+
petrean
a.
Of or pertaining to to rock.
+
pallet
n.
A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. It is oval, round, and of other forms.
+
pubis
n.
The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.
+
pewee
n.
The woodcock.
+
puckfist
n.
A puffball.
+
positive
n.
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
+
patrocinate
v.t.
To support; to patronize.
+
pygopod
n.
Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidae, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack fore legs.
+
protozoon
n.
One of the Protozoa.
+
phalangian
a.
Phalangeal.
+
phlegmatic
a.
Generating or causing phlegm.
+
pack
v.i.
To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
+
penetrated
imp.|p.p.
of Penetrate
+
posit
v.t.
To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.
+
pore
v.i.
To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usually with over.
+
placated
imp.|p.p.
of Placate
+
perturbate
a.
Perturbed; agitated.
+
phoenix
n.
Same as Phenix.
+
proverbialist
n.
One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
+
plunder
n.
The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage.
+
perianth
n.
A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.
+
prefrontal
a.
Situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region of the skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of many animals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes.
+
parrakeet
n.
Alt. of Parakeet
+
protestation
n.
Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.
+
pesky
a.
Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.
+
pantheism
n.
The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined force and laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism.
+
penal
a.
Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.
+
prod
n.
A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.
+
plenary
a.
Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority.
+
platitudinarian
n.
One addicted to uttering platitudes, or stale and insipid truisms.
+
pertinacy
n.
Pertinacity.
+
prime
a.
Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
+
pit
n.
An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
+
pagehood
n.
The state of being a page.
+
participializing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Participialize
+
peevishly
adv.
In a peevish manner.
+
pelmata
pl.
of Pelma
+
phrenomagnetism
n.
The power of exciting the organs of the brain by magnetic or mesmeric influence.
+
parade
v.i.
To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review.
+
pome
n.
To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.
+
precontract
n.
A contract preceding another
+
pomatum
v.t.
To dress with pomatum.
+
plenishing
n.
Household furniture; stock.
+
pauperization
n.
The act or process of reducing to pauperism.
+
popery
n.
The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.
+
paragnath
n.
Same as Paragnathus.
+
penock
n.
See Pend.
+
perennibranchiate
a.
Belonging to the Perennibranchiata.
+
pillion
n.
A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride.
+
perforce
v.t.
To force; to compel.
+
pace
n.
A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
+
preaching
n.
The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice.
+
powldron
n.
Same as Pauldron.
+
pill
n.
The peel or skin.
+
piliform
a.
Resembling hairs or down.
+
paspy
n.
A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; -- called also passing measure, and passymeasure.
+
paijama
n.
Pyjama.
+
pantomimic
a.
Alt. of Pantomimical
+
prince
a.
A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family.
+
punishment
n.
Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense.
+
priest
n.
A presbyter elder; a minister
+
pelvis
n.
The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.
+
pavan
n.
A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.
+
procyon
n.
A genus of mammals including the raccoon.
+
percolating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Percolate
+
plausible
a.
Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker.
+
patter
v.i.
To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.
+
petrology
n.
A treatise on petrology.
+
pyromalic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called maleic acid.
+
police
v.t.
To keep in order by police.
+
pseudhaemal
a.
Pertaining to the vascular system of annelids.
+
personalty
n.
The state of being a person; personality.
+
pulpitical
a.
Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit.
+
pulled
imp.|p.p.
of Pull
+
prostitute
a.
Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.
+
provisional
a.
Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.
+
pendulous
a.
Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.
+
pitiless
a.
Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.
+
parisian
a.
Of or pertaining to Paris.
+
product
v.t.
To produce; to bring forward.
+
participant
n.
A participator; a partaker.
+
pervade
v.t.
To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be diffused throughout.
+
patroon
n.
One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
+
peduncle
n.
A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland.
+
pick
v.
To throw; to pitch.
+
prospectus
n.
A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work.
+
planter
n.
One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.
+
pin
n.
Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
+
prosperous
a.
Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.
+
perpetuity
n.
A perpetual annuity.
+
parching
a.
Scorching; burning; drying.
+
phenomena
pl.
of Phenomenon
+
photoepinasty
n.
A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light.
+
pieced
imp.|p.p.
of Piece
+
pygmean
a.
Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very small.
+
polytungstate
n.
A salt of polytungstic acid.
+
phase
n.
A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon.
+
proitor
n.
A traitor.
+
perculaced
a.
Latticed. See Lattice, n., 2.
+
persistency
n.
The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.
+
presentaneous
a.
Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison.
+
pinky
n.
See 1st Pink.
+
potassamide
n.
A yellowish brown substance obtained by heating potassium in ammonia.
+
penible
a.
Painstaking; assidous.
+
paralbumin
n.
A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance related to, if not identical with, glycogen.
+
philander
v.i.
To make love to women; to play the male flirt.
+
polygamous
a.
Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.
+
parian
n.
A ceramic ware, resembling unglazed porcelain biscuit, of which are made statuettes, ornaments, etc.
+
push
n.
A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
+
pleurapophyses
pl.
of Pleurapophysis
+
poker
n.
One who pokes.
+
publican
n.
A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation.
+
pregravitate
v.i.
To descend by gravity; to sink.
+
polyhedron
n.
A body or solid contained by many sides or planes.
+
pamphlet
v.i.
To write a pamphlet or pamphlets.
+
pygopod
n.
One of the Pygopodes.
+
purgatory
a.
Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.
+
pivot
v.t.
To place on a pivot.
+
prey
n.
The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
+
pretexture
n.
A pretext.
+
private
n.
Personal interest; particular business.
+
parasital
a.
Of or pertaining to parasites; parasitic.
+
pterygopodia
pl.
of Pterygopodium
+
persecution
n.
The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship.
+
propagation
n.
The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants.
+
perturbable
a.
Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted.
+
pennoncel
n.
Alt. of Pennoncelle
+
plain
superl.
Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
+
proconsulate
n.
The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of his office.
+
posterior
a.
Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.
+
plunge
n.
The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
+
promptitude
a.
The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.
+
poll
v.t.
To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
+
prelatial
a.
Prelatical.
+
pocketing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pocket
+
presumably
adv.
In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption.
+
playday
n.
A day given to play or diversion; a holiday.
+
papular
a.
Covered with papules.
+
putridity
n.
The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.
+
presumptuous
a.
Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea.
+
persuadable
a.
That may be persuaded.
+
purloining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Purloin
+
pinioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pinion
+
proverb
n.
An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
+
pointed
a.
Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.
+
poverty
n.
Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.
+
pleurosteon
n.
The antero-lateral piece which articulates the sternum of birds.
+
porteress
n.
See Portress.
+
proditory
a.
Treacherous.
+
paint
v.t.
Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
+
perdicine
a.
Of or pertaining to the family Perdicidae, or partridges.
+
pecuniary
a.
Relating to money; monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a pecuniary reward.
+
psora
n.
A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.
+
pulsation
n.
Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
+
precontracting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Precontract
+
pettifogging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pettifog
+
preconsign
v.t.
To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
+
peroxidized
imp.|p.p.
of Peroxidize
+
piscinal
a.
Belonging to a fishpond or a piscina.
+
penitent
a.
Doing penance.
+
powwow
v.i.
To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
+
pardoner
n.
One who pardons.
+
proscriptionist
n.
One who proscribes.
+
plausible
a.
Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion.
+
persecutor
n.
One who persecutes, or harasses.
+
permanganic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, one of the higher acids of manganese, HMnO4, which forms salts called permanganates.
+
prance
v.i.
To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade.
+
pythonomorpha
n.pl.
Same as Mosasauria.
+
phrenology
n.
In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology.
+
period
n.
One of the great divisions of geological time; as, the Tertiary period; the Glacial period.  See the Chart of Geology.
+
palus
n.
One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.
+
practice
n.
Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness.
+
penciled
a.
Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil.
+
podley
n.
A young coalfish.
+
pickpocket
n.
One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
+
pony
n.
Twenty-five pounds sterling.
+
pimple
n.
Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not.
+
pleuralgia
n.
Pain in the side or region of the ribs.
+
pavidity
n.
Timidity.
+
planked
imp.|p.p.
of Plank
+
physiology
n.
The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
+
philostorgy
n.
Natural affection, as of parents for their children.
+
pry
v.t.
To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize.
+
precordial
a.
Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the praecordia.
+
podo

A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology.
+
prorenal
a.
Pronephric.
+
pairment
n.
Impairment.
+
pensionary
n.
One who receives a pension; a pensioner.
+
polytomy
n.
A division into many members.
+
preexistimation
n.
Previous esteem or estimation.
+
platinode
n.
A cathode.
+
penance
v.t.
To impose penance; to punish.
+
persevering
a.
Characterized by perseverance; persistent.
+
pyramid
n.
A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base.
+
pediculate
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pediculati.
+
plastering
n.
The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
+
packing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pack
+
placitum
n.
A plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit.
+
pliable
v.
Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.
+
phakoscope
n.
An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.
+
princely
adv.
In a princely manner.
+
pronunciation
n.
The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery.
+
pouch
n.
A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting.
+
pleasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Please
+
polymnia
n.
See Polyhymnia.
+
pituitous
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, pituite or mucus; full of mucus; discharging mucus.
+
pickleherring
n.
A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
+
phosphoresced
imp.|p.p.
of Phosphoresce
+
pyritic
a.
Alt. of Pyritical
+
polyphonous
a.
Same as Polyphonic.
+
polarized
imp.|p.p.
of Polarize
+
protonotary
n.
Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications.
+
pearl
a.
Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
+
profound
n.
An abyss.
+
periastral
a.
Among or around the stars.
+
painter
n.
One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint.
+
piaculous
a.
Same as Piacular.
+
praise
v.
The object, ground, or reason of praise.
+
prone
a.
Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
+
plumbage
n.
Leadwork
+
paragonite
n.
A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.
+
peanism
n.
The song or shout of praise, of battle, or of triumph.
+
paused
imp.|p.p.
of Pause
+
philanthropinist
n.
An advocate of, or believer in, philanthropinism.
+
penetrant
a.
Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold.
+
plied

imp. & p. p. of Ply.
+
pointing
n.
The act of sharpening.
+
plateau
n.
An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
+
purulency
n.
The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself.
+
play
n.
A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.
+
paraphrasian
n.
A paraphraser.
+
puffy
a.
Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
+
pasteurism
n.
Pasteurization.
+
pyrothonide
n.
A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly used as a remedial agent.
+
pendant
n.
The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
+
pentice
n.
A penthouse.
+
pylorus
n.
The opening from the stomach into the intestine.
+
pursiness
n.
State of being pursy.
+
phylloxera
n.
A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe.
+
prolapse
n.
The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum.
+
pseudonavicella
n.
Same as Pseudonavicula.
+
passager
n.
A passenger; a bird or boat of passage.
+
perdy
adv.
Truly. See Parde.
+
penitential
n.
A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book.
+
pretzel
n.
A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted ring, salted on the outside.
+
paragraphic
a.
Alt. of Paragraphical
+
probationer
n.
One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice.
+
palingenetic
a.
Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process.
+
pulsatilla
n.
A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally.
+
penitentiary
n.
An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc.  Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope.
+
playte
n.
See Pleyt.
+
perbreak
n.
See Parbreak.
+
pitpat
n.|adv.
See Pitapat.
+
plunge
v.i.
To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.
+
plagiocephalic
a.
Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.
+
pettish
a.
Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
+
peculiarly
adv.
In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.
+
pricksong
v.t.
Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down.
+
personize
v.t.
To personify.
+
podagric
a.
Alt. of Podagrical
+
pentecost
n.
A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt.
+
pocketfuls
pl.
of Pocketful
+
pull
v.t.
To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
+
pouldron
n.
See Pauldron.
+
phytopathology
n.
The science of diseases to which plants are liable.
+
palisade
n.
A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense.
+
pandora
n.
A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.
+
phosphoreous
a.
Phosphorescent.
+
put
v.t.
To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; -- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out).
+
perseus
n.
A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danae, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.
+
pronubial
a.
Presiding over marriage.
+
psalmography
n.
The act or practice of writing psalms, or sacred songs.
+
podiceps
n.
See Grebe.
+
parelle
n.
A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum).
+
phantasmatical
a.
Phantasmal.
+
pearl
n.
A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether.
+
perfect
a.
Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.
+
progression
n.
Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
+
princeliness
n.
The quality of being princely; the state, manner, or dignity of a prince.
+
patties
pl.
of Patty
+
passiflora
n.
A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreae, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.
+
paper
n.
A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.
+
prelibation
n.
A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.
+
persistent
a.
Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous.
+
parasitic
a.
Alt. of Parasitical
+
potboy
n.
A boy who carries pots of ale, beer, etc.; a menial in a public house.
+
pardoned
imp.|p.p.
of Pardon
+
prohibitionist
n.
One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.
+
pikestaff
n.
The staff, or shaft, of a pike.
+
pennyworth
n.
A small quantity; a trifle.
+
plasticity
n.
The quality or state of being plastic.
+
penetrating
a.
Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor.
+
peal
n.
A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
+
pichey
n.
A Brazilian armadillo (Dasypus minutus); the little armadillo.
+
papaverous
a.
Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy.
+
pluck
v.i.
To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
+
pinching
a.
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony.
+
portingal
n.
A Portuguese.
+
penny
n.
Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
+
pack
n.
To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).
+
prick
v.
A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.
+
paleotechnic
a.
Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art.
+
prickly
a.
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
+
physiologies
pl.
of Physiology
+
patience
n.
A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.
+
pressing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Press
+
palisading
n.
A row of palisades set in the ground.
+
pulmonic
a.
Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
+
perfidy
n.
The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
+
precinct
n.
The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state.
+
predicable
n.
One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.
+
parish
a.
Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.
+
piled
a.
Having a pile or nap.
+
parallel
a.
Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.
+
palisado
v.t.
To palisade.
+
plumery
n.
Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage.
+
pinchfist
n.
A closefisted person; a miser.
+
ply
v.i.
To bend; to yield.
+
par
prep.
By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.
+
predicted
imp.|p.p.
of Predict
+
parricidal
a.
Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide.
+
parricide
n.
Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.
+
parthenogeny
n.
Same as Parthenogenesis.
+
pettifogged
imp.|p.p.
of Pettifog
+
prorogued
imp.|p.p.
of Prorogue
+
passioned
imp.|p.p.
of Passion
+
palaver
v.t.|i.
To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.
+
pasturage
n.
Grass growing for feed; grazing.
+
pyroelectric
n.
A substance which becomes electrically polar when heated, exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two separate parts, especially the two extremities.
+
play
n.
To move gayly; to wanton; to disport.
+
privity
a.
A connection, or bond of union, between parties, as to some particular transaction; mutual or successive relationship to the same rights of property.
+
postulatum
n.
A postulate.
+
perfectibilist
n.
A perfectionist. See also Illuminati, 2.
+
perturbate
v.t.
To perturb.
+
put
v.t.
To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression.
+
peccaries
pl.
of Peccary
+
plashy
a.
Specked, as if plashed with color.
+
pinguitude
n.
Fatness; a growing fat; obesity.
+
panegyric
a.
An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.
+
pleximeter
n.
A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.
+
polymerous
a.
Having many parts or members in each set.
+
procrastinator
n.
One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything.
+
plebicolist
n.
One who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; a demagogue.
+
parries
pl.
of Parry
+
propelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Propel
+
paragraph
v.t.
To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character /.
+
postillate
v.t.
To explain by marginal notes; to postil.
+
proof
a.
Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.
+
purslain
n.
Same as Purslane.
+
pollute
v.t.
To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.
+
phonorganon
n.
A speaking machine.
+
perclose
n.
Conclusion; end.
+
presage
v.t.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
+
prattle
n.
Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.
+
piscivorous
a.
Feeding or subsisting on fish.
+
priggism
n.
The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig.
+
perish
v.t.
To cause perish.
+
perceptibility
n.
Perception.
+
pagan
n.
One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.
+
piddle
v.i.
To be squeamishly nice about one's food.
+
polychromic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, any one of several acids (known only in their salts) which contain more than one atom of chromium.
+
puissantness
n.
The state or quality of being puissant; puissance; power.
+
pilous
a.
See Pilose.
+
perennity
n.
The quality of being perennial.
+
poundage
v.t.
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
+
pose
v.i.
To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude.
+
plastic
a.
Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.
+
predictory
a.
Predictive.
+
plain
superl.
Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
+
prate
n.
Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
+
passiveness
n.
The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.
+
perfectional
a.
Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection.
+
predecay
n.
Premature decay.
+
promissory
a.
Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.
+
photic
a.
Relating to the production of light by the lower animals.
+
provender
n.
Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed.
+
pursuit
v.t.
The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy.
+
pangothic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or including, all the Gothic races.
+
psilanthropy
n.
The doctrine of the merely human existence of Christ.
+
pasture
n.
Food; nourishment.
+
preacquaint
v.t.
To acquaint previously or beforehand.
+
panelled

of Panel
+
popularity
n.
The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity.
+
pterocletes
n.pl.
A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse.  Called also Pteroclomorphae.
+
petalody
n.
The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
+
pose
v.t.
The attitude or position of a person; the position of the body or of any member of the body; especially, a position formally assumed for the sake of effect; an artificial position; as, the pose of an actor; the pose of an artist's model or of a statue.
+
panhellenism
n.
A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body.
+
preadvertise
v.t.
To advertise beforehand; to preannounce publicly.
+
pharisaical
a.
Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous.
+
perivertebral
a.
Surrounding the vertebrae.
+
panpresbyterian
a.
Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council.
+
page
n.
A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
+
paving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pave
+
potash
n.
The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).
+
playmaker
n.
A playwright.
+
preinstructing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preinstruct
+
placental
n.
One of the Placentalia.
+
phlegmatic
a.
Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution.
+
paucity
n.
Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood.
+
pyrolatry
n.
The worship of fire.
+
phototypy
n.
The art or process of producing phototypes.
+
physicotheology
n.
Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.
+
poynder
n.
See Poind, Poinder.
+
potion
v.t.
To drug.
+
plinth
n.
In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column.
+
pyriform
a.
Having the form of a pear; pear-shaped.
+
proscribe
v.t.
To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters.
+
plumularlae
pl.
of Plumularia
+
pale
n.
A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
+
pneumatocyst
n.
A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia.
+
pulverate
v.t.
To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize.
+
pectination
n.
The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated.
+
pindarism
n.
Imitation of Pindar.
+
phyllody
n.
A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the condition of leaves.
+
periergy
n.
A bombastic or labored style.
+
phlogiston
n.
The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.
+
punitory
a.
Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
+
push
v.i.
To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
+
proximal
a.
Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.
+
portfolio
n.
A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.
+
probe
v.t.
Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly.
+
pulsation
n.
A single beat or throb of a series.
+
polwig
n.
A polliwig. Holland.
+
plunder
n.
Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage.
+
picrite
n.
A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc.
+
priser
n.
See 1st Prizer.
+
prosencephalon
n.
The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain.
+
poster
n.
One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.
+
pellet
v..
To form into small balls.
+
percipiency
n.
The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.
+
preaxial
a.
Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb.
+
provide
v.i.
To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
+
psyche
n.
A cheval glass.
+
puerilities
pl.
of Puerility
+
pined
imp.|p.p.
of Pine
+
pilau
n.
See Pillau.
+
pottery
n.
The vessels or ware made by potters; earthenware, glazed and baked.
+
peak
n.
The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
+
peeping hole

See Peephole.
+
pilifera
n.pl.
Same as Mammalia.
+
paraboloidal
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.
+
philharmonic
a.
Loving harmony or music.
+
prophetic
a.
Alt. of Prophetical
+
physiogony
n.
The birth of nature.
+
prostatic
a.
Of or pertaining to the prostate gland.
+
pyrene
n.
Same as Pyrena.
+
pennywort
n.
A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets.
+
perichaeth
n.
The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichaetium; perichete.
+
polytocous
a.
Producing many or young.
+
pontifices
pl.
of Pontifex
+
perichaetial
a.
Of or pertaining to the perichaeth.
+
paralyse
v.t.
Same as Paralyze.
+
plaguing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plague
+
parergy
n.
Something unimportant, incidental, or superfluous.
+
posttemporal
n.
A post-temporal bone.
+
persistence
n.
Alt. of Persistency
+
preceding
a.
Going before; -- opposed to following.
+
petaline
a.
Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal.
+
primer
n.
A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
+
prostitution
n.
The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press.
+
play
n.
To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain plays.
+
pleuric
a.
Pleural.
+
point
n.
To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.
+
pursed
imp.|p.p.
of Purse
+
pruning
n.
The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.
+
portamento
n.
In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone.
+
pilfer
v.i.
To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.
+
precipitantly
adv.
With rash or foolish haste; in headlong manner.
+
postpositional
a.
Of or pertaining to postposition.
+
pargeting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parget
+
people
n.
The mass of comunity as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people.
+
prorating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prorate
+
pulmonate
a.
Pertaining to the Pulmonata.
+
pinery
n.
A hothouse in which pineapples are grown.
+
plowwright
n.
Alt. of Ploughwright
+
parasceve
n.
Among the Jews, the evening before the Sabbath.
+
polygamous
a.
Pairing with more than one female.
+
puzzlingly
adv.
In a puzzling manner.
+
pomology
n.
The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.
+
plow
n.
Alt. of Plough
+
peabody bird

An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also White-throated sparrow.
+
pluteal
a.
Of or pertaining to a pluteus.
+
purse
v.i.
To steal purses; to rob.
+
pluteuses
pl.
of Pluteus
+
prompter
n.
One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action.
+
pollinctor
n.
One who prepared corpses for the funeral.
+
prettyish
a.
Somewhat pretty.
+
perverting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pervert
+
poltroonery
n.
Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.
+
propriety
n.
That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity.
+
prebendship
n.
A prebendaryship.
+
pulse
v.t.
To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate.
+
productile
a.
Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile.
+
plutonist
n.
One who adopts the geological theory of igneous fusion; a Plutonian. See Plutonism.
+
proteles
n.
A South Africa genus of Carnivora, allied to the hyenas, but smaller and having weaker jaws and teeth. It includes the aard-wolf.
+
pound
n.
A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.
+
plain
superl.
Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.
+
pointdevice
a.
Alt. of Point-devise
+
poorwillie
n.
The bar-tailed godwit.
+
pulpit
a.
Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.
+
platoon
n.
Now, in the United States service, half of a company.
+
prying
a.
Inspecting closely or impertinently.
+
pseudoscope
n.
An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope.
+
pedanty
n.
An assembly or clique of pedants.
+
pointingstock
n.
An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock.
+
plashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plash
+
phlebotomizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Phlebotomize
+
predominated
imp.|p.p.
of Predominate
+
pledget
n.
A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged.
+
peek
v.i.
To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
+
paled
a.
Inclosed with a paling.
+
perfusion
n.
The act of perfusing.
+
ply
v.t.
To practice or perform with diligence; to work at.
+
passion
n.
Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
+
pagoda
n.
A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.
+
play
n.
Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit.
+
pane
n.
In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
+
percarburet
n.
A percarbide.
+
peculium
n.
The saving of a son or a slave with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own; any exclusive personal or separate property.
+
princeless
a.
Without a prince.
+
pygmy
n.
Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.
+
pentecostal
a.
Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.
+
phelloplastics
n.
Art of modeling in cork.
+
perpetuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perpetuate
+
purgation
n.
The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal.
+
proportion
v.
To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
+
political
a.
Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.
+
prestigiator
n.
A juggler; prestidigitator.
+
pig
v.t.|i.
To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
+
petrosal
n.
A petrosal bone.
+
prattle
v.t.
To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason.
+
pillorize
v.t.
To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory.
+
pricket
n.
A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
+
pewfellow
n.
An intimate associate; a companion.
+
phlegmaticly
a.
Phlegmatically.
+
proposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Propose
+
prime
a.
Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
+
padar
n.
Groats; coarse flour or meal.
+
parting
n.
The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
+
phytoid
a.
Resembling a plant; plantlike.
+
parting
v.
Departing.
+
pentadecane
n.
A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
+
puff
n.
A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
+
pauperism
n.
The state of being a pauper; the state of indigent persons requiring support from the community.
+
pensile
a.
Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous.
+
primitively
adv.
Originally; at first.
+
pancy
n.
See Pansy.
+
pugging
a.
Thieving.
+
peragration
n.
The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution.
+
pelicoid
n.
See Pelecoid.
+
peribranchial
a.
Surrounding the branchiae; as, a peribranchial cavity.
+
pneumology
n.
The science which treats of the lungs.
+
ptomaine
n.
One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be distinguished from the leucomaines.
+
proximately
adv.
In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.
+
polythalamia
n.pl.
A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.
+
ploy
v.i.
To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy.
+
proportion
n.
The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.
+
piercer
n.
An insect provided with an ovipositor.
+
proud
superl.
Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
+
paravant
adv.
Alt. of Paravant
+
proposed
imp.|p.p.
of Propose
+
ploughbote
n.
Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.
+
pelotage
n.
Packs or bales of Spanish wool.
+
paraldehyde
n.
A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance.
+
pontifician
n.
One who adheres to the pope or papacy; a papist.
+
paxillose
a.
Resembling a little stake.
+
preserve
v.t.
To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
+
pipra
n.
Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridae. The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.
+
periphrase
v.i.
To use circumlocution.
+
prisoner
n.
One who is confined in a prison.
+
piewipe
n.
The lapwing, or pewit.
+
putrescent
a.
Becoming putrid or rotten.
+
portman
n.
An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports.
+
platycnemism
n.
Lateral flattening of the tibia.
+
physiognomy
n.
The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance, as denoting character.
+
pearch
n.
See Perch.
+
psychiatry
n.
The application of the healing art to mental diseases.
+
perished
imp.|p.p.
of Perish
+
poach
v.t.
To make soft or muddy by trampling
+
puzzolana
n.
See Pozzuolana.
+
prise
n.
An enterprise.
+
pull
n.
Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull.
+
plenty
a.
Plentiful; abundant.
+
pastor
n.
A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.  Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.
+
prophragmata
pl.
of Prophragma
+
ploce
n.
A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's a wife indeed."
+
point
v.t.|i.
To appoint.
+
paleness
n.
The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness.
+
pluvial
a.
Of or pertaining to rain; rainy.
+
predy
a.
Cleared and ready for engagement, as a ship.
+
porcelain
n.
Purslain.
+
piebald
a.
Fig.: Mixed.
+
pencilled

of Pencil
+
pulpit
n.
The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching.
+
principling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Principle
+
partake
v.i.
To have something of the properties, character, or office; -- usually followed by of.
+
petrific
a.
Petrifying; petrifactive.
+
punt
n.
Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
+
parasphenoid
a.
Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.
+
pining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pine
+
phosgenite
n.
A rare mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of a white, yellow, or grayish color and adamantine luster. It is a chlorocarbonate of lead.
+
photopsy
n.
Same as Photopsia.
+
pediculus
n.
A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse.
+
pit
n.
A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body
+
proceed
v.i.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.
+
pole
v.t.
To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops.
+
perspicacity
n.
The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.
+
preapprehension
n.
An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.
+
plowland
n.
Alt. of Plougland
+
passionate
a.
Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship.
+
pathopoela
n.
A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion.
+
poco
adv.
A little; -- used chiefly in phrases indicating the time or movement; as, poco piu allegro, a little faster; poco largo, rather slow.
+
part
n.
One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.
+
proscript
n.
A proscription; a prohibition; an interdict.
+
pleurite
n.
Same as Pleuron.
+
pilot
n.
Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.
+
player
n.
A gamester; a gambler.
+
potentize
v.t.
To render the latent power of (anything) available.
+
prick
v.
A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
+
praseo

A combining form signifying green; as, praseocobalt, a green variety of cobalt.
+
phase
n.
Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases.
+
pandiculated
a.
Extended; spread out; stretched.
+
perceivable
a.
Capable of being perceived; perceptible.
+
pin
n.
To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.
+
pride
n.
Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
+
precentor
n.
A leader of a choir; a directing singer.
+
porgy
n.
The margate fish.
+
padrone
n.
A patron; a protector.
+
petrified
imp.|p.p.
of Petrify
+
pelage
n.
The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.
+
pomey
n.
A figure supposed to resemble an apple; a roundel, -- always of a green color.
+
parqueted
a.
Formed in parquetry; inlaid with wood in small and differently colored figures.
+
pleura
n.fem.
Same as Pleuron.
+
preter

A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter- mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond or more than is natural.
+
puffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Puff
+
physa
n.
A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond.
+
preexistentism
n.
The theory of a preexistence of souls before their association with human bodies.
+
pouchong
n.
A superior kind of souchong tea.
+
papillulate
a.
Having a minute papilla in the center of a larger elevation or depression.
+
persecution
n.
The state or condition of being persecuted.
+
pancake
n.
A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.
+
popple
v.i.
To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble.
+
potentiate
v.t.
To render active or potent.
+
paned
a.
Having panes; provided with panes; also, having openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash.
+
palette
n.
One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
+
proctor
n.
One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
+
punster
n.
One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit.
+
plucker
n.
A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
+
promont
n.
Promontory.
+
pique
n.
A feeling of hurt, vexation, or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; irritation of the feelings, as through wounded pride; stinging vexation.
+
perilymphatic
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, perilymph.
+
pad
v.t.
To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
+
phrenetic
n.
One who is phrenetic.
+
pneumatics
n.
That branch of science which treats of the mechanical properties of air and other elastic fluids, as of their weight, pressure, elasticity, etc. See Mechanics.
+
paling
n.
The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves.
+
pubescency
n.
Pubescence.
+
painting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paint
+
pash
v.t.
The head; the poll.
+
presphenoid
a.
Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone).
+
pit
n.
See Pit of the stomach (below).
+
prolegomenon
n.
A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise.
+
pheasant
n.
The ruffed grouse.
+
plenipotent
a.
Possessing full power.
+
plushy
a.
Like plush; soft and shaggy.
+
preaction
n.
Previous action.
+
protest
v.i.
To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.
+
pica
n.
A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.
+
put
v.i.
To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
+
puling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pule
+
phonolite
n.
A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone.
+
philohellenian
n.
A philhellenist.
+
pretence
n.
Intention; design.
+
pepper
n.
A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
+
power
n.
The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.
+
piquet
n.
A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside.
+
pollinia
pl.
of Pollinium
+
patellae
pl.
of Patella
+
picturizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Picturize
+
potato
n.
A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico.
+
pygidia
pl.
of Pygidium
+
polynesian
a.
Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians.
+
proper
a.
Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress.
+
purchase
v.t.
The act of seeking and acquiring property.
+
paleola
n.
A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule.
+
parser
n.
One who parses.
+
pencil
n.
Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc.
+
piles
n.pl.
The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]
+
pocket
n.
One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.
+
pseudodipteral
n.
A pseudo-dipteral temple.
+
pity
n.
Piety.
+
pour
n.
A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.
+
pentandrous
a.
Of or pertaining to the class Pentadria; having five stamens.
+
pterylae
pl.
of Pteryla
+
phallus
n.
The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.
+
prame
n.
See Praam.
+
pneumatology
n.
The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids. See Pneumatics, 1.
+
pedicellaria
n.
A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
podurid
a.
Pertaining to the poduras.
+
potman
n.
A servant in a public house; a potboy.
+
praetextas
pl.
of Praetexta
+
parson
n.
Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher.
+
pneumatological
a.
Of or pertaining to pneumatology.
+
pentacoccous
a.
Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits.
+
prophet
n.
One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller.
+
predominant
a.
Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence.
+
phalanges
n.
pl. of Phalanx.
+
palmed
imp.|p.p.
of Palm
+
planned
imp.|p.p.
of Plan
+
panacea
n.
The herb allheal.
+
paraptera
pl.
of Parapterum
+
practice
v.i.
To try artifices or stratagems.
+
physic
v.t.
To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
+
purgatorian
n.
One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.
+
platinic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with the platinous compounds; as, platinic chloride (PtCl4).
+
palatability
n.
Palatableness.
+
pyromorphous
a.
Having the property of crystallizing by the agency of fire.
+
perform
v.t.
To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.
+
plentiful
a.
Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water.
+
penitent
a.
Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
+
puff
n.
To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
+
plumassary
n.
A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.
+
pagod
n.
An idol.
+
purplish
a.
Somewhat purple.
+
pirie
n.
A pear tree.
+
petard
n.
A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc.  It has been superseded.
+
palkee
n.
A palanquin.
+
pardo
n.
A money of account in Goa, India, equivalent to about 2s. 6d. sterling. or 60 cts.
+
perbromate
n.
A salt of perbromic acid.
+
pled

imp. & p. p. of Plead
+
paterfamilias
n.
The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master.
+
platycnemic
a.
Of, relating to, or characterized by, platycnemism.
+
pharo
n.
A pharos; a lighthouse.
+
plump
v.t.
To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
+
plaindealing
a.
Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing.
+
proselytize
v.i.
To make converts or proselytes.
+
pale
n.
A stripe or band, as on a garment.
+
polonaise
n.
An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece.
+
pound
v.t.
To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
+
postel
n.
Apostle.
+
pluckiness
n.
The quality or state of being plucky.
+
procuratorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a procurator, or proctor; made by a proctor.
+
plessimeter
n.
See Pleximeter.
+
pleurotoma
n.
Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether allied genera of the family Pleurotmidae. The species are very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit.
+
put
n.
The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball.
+
psoric
a.
Of or pertaining to psora.
+
profiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Profit
+
party
v.
The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
+
proficient
a.
Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept,
+
platband
n.
A list or fillet between the flutings of a column.
+
plumbago
n.
A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.
+
plicated
a.
Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf.
+
politicaster
n.
A petty politician; a pretender in politics.
+
paraphernalia
n.pl.
Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
+
pie
n.
See Camp, n., 5.
+
positivity
n.
Positiveness.
+
pendulous
a.
Wavering; unstable; doubtful.
+
petroleum
n.
Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.
+
pibcorn
n.
A wind instrument or pipe, with a horn at each end, -- used in Wales.
+
pleurae
pl.
of Pleura
+
pandemonium
n.
An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage.
+
prudentially
adv.
In a prudential manner; prudently.
+
palmiferous
a.
Bearing palms.
+
peewit
n.
See Pewit.
+
plumbiferous
a.
Producing or containing lead.
+
potting
n.
The act of placing in a pot; as, the potting of plants; the potting of meats for preservation.
+
proof
n.
The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
+
purling
n.
The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing.
+
perturbational
a.
Of or pertaining to perturbation, esp. to the perturbations of the planets.
+
podostomata
n.pl.
An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura.
+
punctated
a.
Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits.
+
puppyhood
n.
The time or state of being a puppy; the time of being young and undisciplined.
+
pythocenic
a.
Producing decomposition, as diseases which are supposed to be accompanied or caused by decomposition.
+
prick
n.
To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
+
painting
n.
The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.
+
plane tree

Same as 1st Plane.
+
puritanical
a.
Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
+
profulgent
a.
Shining forth; brilliant; effulgent.
+
polecat
n.
The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.
+
peristomial
a.
Of or pertaining to a peristome.
+
petrologic
a.
Alt. of Petrological
+
prefrontal
n.
A prefrontal bone or scale.
+
palladium
n.
Hence: That which affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights.
+
pounder
n.
One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
+
pronounce
v.i.
To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.
+
pleiad
n.
One of the Pleiades.
+
palladium
n.
Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.
+
paleography
n.
An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.
+
poe
n.
Same as Poi.
+
pledge
n.
To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor.
+
phrensy
v.t.
To render frantic.
+
prophesy
v.t.
To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
+
pointblank
n.
With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory.
+
phylactery
n.
A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer.
+
polyommatous
a.
Having many eyes.
+
phaenogamian
a.
Alt. of Phaenogamic
+
porcelanous
a.
Alt. of Porcellanous
+
progging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prog
+
poke
n.
A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
+
pococurante
n.
A careless person; a trifler.
+
print
n.
That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter.
+
proprietary
n.
A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
+
pituitary
a.
Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.
+
pretender
n.
One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.
+
procrastinate
v.t.
To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.
+
pharyngeal
a.
Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx.
+
patter
v.t.
To spatter; to sprinkle.
+
pickle
n.
See Picle.
+
pet
v.t.
To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.
+
phototypography
n.
Same as Phototypy.
+
pith
n.
Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith.
+
platinum
n.
A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its resistance to strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles, for stills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight 194.3. Symbol Pt. Formerly called platina.
+
picotine
n.
A variety of carnation having petals of a light color variously dotted and spotted at the edges.
+
pass
v.i.
A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
+
proteolysis
n.
The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolytic ferments.
+
pellitory
n.
The common name of the several species of the genus Parietaria, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called wall pellitory, and lichwort.
+
polygala
n.
A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.
+
post
v.t.
To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
+
periodical
a.
Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.
+
pileorhiza
n.
A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.
+
pronunciation
n.
The mode of uttering words or sentences.
+
paragraphistical
a.
Of or relating to a paragraphist.
+
prepaying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prepay
+
paramagnetism
n.
Magnetism, as opposed to diamagnetism.
+
pipkin
n.
A small earthen boiler.
+
petiolate
a.
Alt. of Petiolated
+
pieman
n.
A man who makes or sells pies.
+
perpetuated
imp.|p.p.
of Perpetuate
+
political
a.
Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer.
+
priapulacea
n.pl.
A suborder of Gephyraea, having a cylindrical body with a terminal anal opening, and usually with one or two caudal gills.
+
phragmosiphon
n.
The siphon of a phragmocone.
+
pharmaceutical
a.
Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations.
+
prefacing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preface
+
palinode
n.
A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.
+
paginae
pl.
of Pagina
+
parallelogrammic
a.
Alt. of Parallelogrammical
+
propylaea
pl.
of Propylaeum
+
platinous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a lower valence, as contrasted with the platinic compounds; as, platinous chloride (PtCl2).
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pleonasm
n.
Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.
+
plasmator
n.
A former; a fashioner.
+
poison
n.
To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink.
+
panel
n.
One of the faces of a hewn stone.
+
philippium
n.
A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.
+
pillwort
n.
Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass.
+
potpourri
n.
A medley or mixture.
+
parr
n.
A young leveret.
+
paralogism
n.
A reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which is contrary to logical rules or formulae; a formal fallacy, or pseudo-syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises.
+
putrefy
v.i.
To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
+
peregrine
n.
The peregrine falcon.
+
pleurotomas
pl.
of Pleurotoma
+
protogynous
a.
Same as Proterogynous.
+
procuration
n.
The act of procuring; procurement.
+
packing
n.
A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
+
purge
v.t.
To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
+
poke
n.
A bag; a sack; a pocket.
+
plunge
n.
The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge.
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passable
a.
Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats.
+
paddy
n.
Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
+
parbuckle
v.t.
To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
+
premise
n.
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
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passingly
adv.
Exceedingly.
+
pipe
n.
A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ.
+
prosily
adv.
In a prosy manner.
+
pretence
n.
The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
+
peptotoxine
n.
A toxic alkaloid found occasionally associated with the peptones formed from fibrin by pepsinhydrochloric acid.
+
parbreak
v.i.|t.
To throw out; to vomit.
+
partitive
n.
A word expressing partition, or denoting a part.
+
proxy
n.
The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
+
predatory
a.
Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.
+
pinnulae
pl.
of Pinnula
+
punt
n.
The act of punting the ball.
+
peacock
n.
In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.
+
porphyrogenitism
n.
The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born.
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pyrolusite
n.
Manganese dioxide, a mineral of an iron-black or dark steel-gray color and metallic luster, usually soft.  Pyrolusite parts with its oxygen at a red heat, and is extensively used in discharging the brown and green tints of glass (whence its name).
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priming
n.
The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.
+
pillage
v.i.
To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
+
proceeder
n.
One who proceeds.
+
page
n.
Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
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pungled
a.
Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium).
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poky
a.
Confined; cramped.
+
pacifical
a.
Of or pertaining to peace; pacific.
+
parturition
n.
That which is brought forth; a birth.
+
presentimental
a.
Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding.
+
partition
v.t.
To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs.
+
pedipalpous
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.
+
preventer
n.
One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.
+
prophesied
imp.|p.p.
of Prophesy
+
polar
a.
Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed.
+
polite
v.
Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
+
pistacite
n.
Epidote.
+
psoriasis
n.
A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin.
+
philtered
imp.|p.p.
of Philter
+
postcavae
pl.
of Postcava
+
prophylactic
n.
A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
+
parallelogram
n.
A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which is longer than it is broad, and with right angles.
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patient
a.
Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering.
+
potable
a.
Fit to be drunk; drinkable.
+
predicate
v.t.
To found; to base.
+
physaliae
n.pl.
An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia.
+
platonism
n.
An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions.
+
planteating
a.
Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.
+
perigraph
n.
A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything.
+
plumber
n.
One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.
+
parched
imp.|p.p.
of Parch
+
prosimiae
n.pl.
Same as Lemuroidea.
+
phosphonium
n.
The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.
+
ping
v.i.
To make the sound called ping.
+
prototype
n.
An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.
+
pixie
n.
A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring.
+
palmer
v.t.
One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
+
press
v.i.
To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.
+
pent
v.t.
Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.
+
preamble
v.t.|i.
To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble.
+
parlante
a.|adv.
Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.
+
perspiration
n.
That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.
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penned
a.
Written with a pen; composed.
+
plausibility
n.
Anything plausible or specious.
+
pyramidia
pl.
of Pyramidion
+
perjenet
n.
A kind of pear.
+
poleax
n.
Alt. of Poleaxe
+
painstaking
n.
The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance.
+
perbromide
n.
A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series.
+
pie
n.
An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie.
+
primogeniture
a.
The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family.
+
plowgang
n.
Alt. of Ploughgang
+
professorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair; professional interest.
+
podophyllum
n.
A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi.
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pell
v.t.
To pelt; to knock about.
+
portreeve
n.
A port warden.
+
palstave
n.
A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age.
+
pennipotent
a.
Strong of wing; strong on the wing.
+
plant
n.
To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony.
+
pollinate
v.t.
To apply pollen to (a stigma).
+
pirry
n.
Alt. of Pirrie
+
planeparallel
a.
Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.
+
pneumatophore
n.
One of the Pneumonophora.
+
penultima
n.
Same as Penult.
+
prunus
n.
A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening.
+
pholad
n.
Any species of Pholas.
+
pulled
a.
Plucked; pilled; moulting.
+
plater
n.
A machine for calendering paper.
+
polyanthuses
pl.
of Polyanthus
+
provoked
imp.|p.p.
of Provoke
+
punchy
a.
Short and thick, or fat.
+
pretendingly
adv.
As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously.
+
point
n.
A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type.
+
paratonnerre
n.
A conductor of lightning; a lightning rod.
+
proteolytic
a.
Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.
+
potamography
n.
An account or description of rivers; potamology.
+
paraguayan
n.
A native or inhabitant of Paraguay.
+
phalangist
n.
Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.
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precedency
n.
The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
+
peristerion
n.
The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis).
+
preliminaries
pl.
of Preliminary
+
platan
n.
The plane tree.
+
paraphraser
n.
One who paraphrases.
+
perradial
a.
Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate.
+
plant
n.
The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.
+
plasma
n.
A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
+
potential
a.
Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.
+
paludament
n.
See Paludamentum.
+
phylarch
n.
The chief of a phyle, or tribe.
+
picotee
n.
Alt. of Picotine
+
punch
n.
A thrust or blow.
+
pseudosphere
n.
The surface of constant negative curvature generated by the revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in non-Euclidian space to the sphere in ordinary space. An important property of the surface is that any figure drawn upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or altering in size any of its elements.
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prognosis
n.
The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad.
+
presageful
a.
Full of presages; ominous.
+
precinct
n.
A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct.
+
pug
v.t.
To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.
+
paraphagma
n.
One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea.
+
peritrochium
n.
The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio, which see under Axis.
+
personnel
n.
The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from materiel.
+
pregnantly
adv.
Unresistingly; openly; hence, clearly; evidently.
+
plundered
imp.|p.p.
of Plunder
+
pectinibranchiate
a.
Having pectinated gills.
+
particle
n.
A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.
+
preaudience
n.
Precedence of rank at the bar among lawyers.
+
peak
n.
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
+
putrefied
imp.|p.p.
of Putrefy
+
predication
n.
The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.
+
pileated
a.
Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head.
+
print
v.t.
To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
+
preceding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Precede
+
puberal
a.
Of or pertaining to puberty.
+
pris
n.
See Price, and 1st Prize.
+
planetary
a.
Caused by planets.
+
papion
n.
A West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.
+
paphian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Paphos.
+
plenilunary
a.
Of or pertaining to the full moon.
+
pool
n.
Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
+
pur
v.t.
To signify or express by purring.
+
pledgeor
n.
Alt. of Pledgor
+
prudence
n.
The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.
+
prosecute
v.t.
To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
+
photochemistry
n.
The branch of chemistry which relates to the effect of light in producing chemical changes, as in photography.
+
pontiff
n.
The pope.
+
passible
a.
Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impressions from external agents.
+
pillager
n.
One who pillages.
+
pulsated
imp.|p.p.
of Pulsate
+
polished
a.
Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
+
persuade
v.i.
To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.
+
perimetrical
a.
Of or pertaining to the perimeter, or to perimetry; as, a perimetric chart of the eye.
+
philosopher
n.
One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.
+
pilotism
n.
Alt. of Pilotry
+
pinweed
n.
Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.
+
periderm
n.
The outer layer of bark.
+
polecat
n.
A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.
+
peasant
n.
A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries.
+
potargo
n.
A kind of sauce or pickle.
+
probably
adv.
In a probable manner; in likelihood.
+
pause
n.
A break or paragraph in writing.
+
productive
a.
Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements.
+
pedestrianize
v.i.
To practice walking; to travel on foot.
+
pasquin
v.t.
To lampoon; to satiraze.
+
perch
n.
A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
+
phaenomenon
n.
See Phenomenon.
+
physiography
n.
The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.
+
pilement
n.
An accumulation; a heap.
+
priceless
a.
Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable.
+
picador
n.
A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him.
+
pacated
a.
Pacified; pacate.
+
poecile
n.
The frescoed porch or gallery in Athens where Zeno taught.
+
pentecostals
n.pl.
Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.
+
pseudoheart
n.
Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.
+
potting
n.
The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining.
+
partition
v.
A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
+
pedestal
n.
A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
+
pleasure
n.
That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.
+
pussy
a.
See Pursy.
+
pastorly
a.
Appropriate to a pastor.
+
paviin
n.
A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the Horse-chestnut family.
+
pliable
v.
Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
+
place
n.
A definite position or passage of a document.
+
pavian
n.
See Pavan.
+
pregnance
n.
Pregnancy.
+
phrenetical
a.
Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic.
+
promptbook
n.
The book used by a prompter of a theater.
+
petiolulate
a.
Supported by its own petiolule.
+
polygram
n.
A figure consisting of many lines.
+
pricking
n.
Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
+
proliferation
n.
The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.
+
pulverine
n.
Ashes of barilla.
+
peristalsis
n.
Peristaltic contraction or action.
+
plying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ply
+
paralactic
a.
Designating an acid called paralactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.
+
plugged
imp.|p.p.
of Plug
+
postfactum
n.
Same as Postfact.
+
portage
n.
The act of carrying or transporting.
+
paramos
pl.
of Paramo
+
putrefactive
a.
Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process.
+
paramere
n.
One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish.
+
plausibility
n.
Something worthy of praise.
+
packer
n.
A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.
+
preconsolidated
a.
Consolidated beforehand.
+
possessionary
a.
Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
+
politeness
n.
The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions.
+
palatonares
n.pl.
The posterior nares. See Nares.
+
proof
v.t.
Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof.
+
pervious
a.
Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.
+
plutarchy
n.
Plutocracy; the rule of wealth.
+
pseudobranchiae
pl.
of Pseudobranchia
+
pearlwort
n.
A name given to several species of Sagina, low and inconspicuous herbs of the Chickweed family.
+
perspective
a.
A drawing in linear perspective.
+
parboiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parboil
+
pick
v.
To open (a lock) as by a wire.
+
pontic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pontus, Euxine, or Black Sea.
+
progged
imp.|p.p.
of Prog
+
piracies
pl.
of Piracy
+
penta

Denoting the degree of five, either as regards quality, property, or composition; as, pentasulphide; pentoxide, etc.  Also used adjectively.
+
plot
v.i.
To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
+
polystomata
n.pl.
A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Called also Polystomea and Polystoma.
+
palatize
v.t.
To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound.
+
pluckless
a.
Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
+
pedestal
n.
The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column.
+
precipitately
adv.
In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly.
+
potence
n.
Potency; capacity.
+
pretervection
n.
The act of carrying past or beyond.
+
problematic
a.
Alt. of Problematical
+
pilose
a.
Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.
+
pur
n.
The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure.
+
plunger
n.
A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
+
palette
n.
A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments.
+
promoted
imp.|p.p.
of Promote
+
properties
pl.
of Property
+
pope
n.
Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.
+
prosiphon
n.
A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon.
+
plenipotence
n.
Alt. of Plenipotency
+
potter
v.i.
To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
+
pictoric
a.
Alt. of Pictorical
+
patch
n.
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.
+
partly
adv.
In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly.
+
peonism
n.
Same as Peonage.
+
pax
n.
The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.
+
prescriptively
adv.
By prescription.
+
parting
v.
Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.
+
park
v.t.
To inclose in a park, or as in a park.
+
perfume
v.
A substance that emits an agreeable odor.
+
pleadingly
adv.
In a pleading manner.
+
placodermata
n.pl.
Same as Placodermi.
+
parage
n.
Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance.
+
paludal
a.
Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy.
+
parathesis
n.
The matter contained within brackets.
+
pullulate
v.i.
To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.
+
proseminary
n.
A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution.
+
portal
n.
By analogy with the French portail, used by recent writers for the whole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church.
+
passibleness
n.
Passibility.
+
pool
n.
An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
+
protrusion
n.
The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.
+
punctist
n.
A punctator.
+
palatal
a.
Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.
+
paraphrased
imp.|p.p.
of Paraphrase
+
punisher
n.
One who inflicts punishment.
+
presswork
n.
The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
+
phrase
v.i.
To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4.
+
pseudodipteral
a.
Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column.
+
pinder
n.
One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
+
prepositive
a.
Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle.
+
pervestigation
n.
Thorough investigation.
+
pianist
n.
A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano.
+
presbyter
n.
One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.
+
pug
n.
Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.
+
pamperos
n.pl.
A tribe of Indians inhabiting the pampas of South America.
+
pocket
n.
A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
+
preconstitute
v.t.
To constitute or establish beforehand.
+
prolixly
adv.
In a prolix manner.
+
pali
n.
pl. of Palus.
+
parelectronomic
a.
Of or relating to parelectronomy; as, the parelectronomic part of a muscle.
+
predicrotic
a.
A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.
+
pectous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, pectose.
+
podalgia
n.
pain in the foot, due to gout, rheumatism, etc.
+
purify
v.t.
To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.
+
pulmonarian
n.
Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.
+
promise
a.
That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise.
+
propitiate
v.i.
To make propitiation; to atone.
+
pteropappi
n.pl.
Same as Odontotormae.
+
personator
n.
One who personates.
+
polarizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Polarize
+
pholas
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.
+
putry
n.
Putage.
+
past
adv.
By; beyond; as, he ran past.
+
precoracoid
n.
The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.
+
planching
n.
The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks.
+
procoelous
a.
Same as Procoelian.
+
presidency
n.
The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
+
puffing

a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
+
prominent
a.
Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.
+
presbytery
n.
That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest.
+
phanerodactyla
n.pl.
Same as Saururae.
+
prank
v.i.
To make ostentatious show.
+
polyadelphia
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.
+
petitioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Petition
+
poisonable
a.
Capable of being poisoned.
+
panchway
n.
A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers.
+
precocious
a.
Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents.
+
psittacid
a.
Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci.
+
pan
n.
A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
+
pyrolator
n.
A fire worshiper.
+
preoblongata
n.
The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.
+
paniculated
a.
Same as Panicled.
+
paravail
a.
At the bottom; lowest.
+
peddling
a.
Hawking; acting as a peddler.
+
poker
n.
The poachard.
+
pyrometrical
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained by, the pyrometer; as, pyrometrical instruments; pyrometrical measurements.
+
particular
a.
Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party.
+
perambulation
n.
An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.
+
polymastism
n.
The condition of having more than two mammae, or breasts.
+
polybranchia
n.pl.
A division of Nudibranchiata including those which have numerous branchiae on the back.
+
pintail
n.
The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocaetes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.
+
paramour
adv.
Alt. of Paramours
+
postmastergeneral
n.
The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
+
pylagore
n.
a deputy of a State at the Amphictyonic council.
+
pansclavonian

See Panslavic, Panslavism, etc.
+
polyacoustic
a.
Multiplying or magnifying sound.
+
precedency
n.
The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners.
+
preedy
adv.
With ease.
+
predisposition
n.
The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.
+
perceiving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perceive
+
puzzle
v.i.
To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
+
paralysis
n.
Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively.
+
pleach
v.t.
To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.
+
postern
n.
A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
+
pawn
n.
A stake hazarded in a wager.
+
primacy
a.
The office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England.
+
patly
adv.
Fitly; seasonably.
+
proceeded
imp.|p.p.
of Proceed
+
perusal
n.
The act of carefully viewing or examining.
+
pustulate
a.
Alt. of Pustulated
+
pass
v.t.
To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
+
pilgrim
n.
One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer.
+
preopinion
n.
Opinion previously formed; prepossession; prejudice.
+
platinize
v.t.
To cover or combine with platinum.
+
piscary
n.
The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.
+
postdiluvian
n.
One who lived after the flood.
+
perpension
n.
Careful consideration; pondering.
+
parget
n.
Gypsum or plaster stone.
+
post
v.t.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
+
peel
v.t.
To plunder; to pillage; to rob.
+
poise
v.
Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.
+
pardonable
a.
Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit.
+
persian
n.
A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings.
+
polycystid
a.
Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina.
+
proostraca
pl.
of Proostracum
+
percentage
n.
A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.
+
polycystine
a.
Pertaining to the Polycystina.
+
pikeman
pl.
of Pikeman
+
poundal
n.
A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.
+
project
v.t.
To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.
+
plait
v.t.
To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
+
phialed
imp.|p.p.
of Phial
+
pleonastic
a.
Alt. of Pleonastical
+
piping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pipe
+
pall
n.
A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb.
+
placet
n.
The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
+
phrygian
n.
A Montanist.
+
paraphragmata
pl.
of Paraphagma
+
pimenta
n.
Same as Pimento.
+
planetstricken
a.
Alt. of Planet-struck
+
prune
n.
A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes.
+
pockmark
n.
A mark or pit made by smallpox.
+
planarioid
a.
Like the planarians.
+
productivity
n.
The quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
+
pulex
n.
A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. See Flea.
+
ptolemaist
n.
One who accepts the astronomical system of Ptolemy.
+
promiscuous
a.
Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass.
+
plagiostome
n.
One of the Plagiostomi.
+
pintle
n.
An upright pivot pin
+
plugging
n.
The act of stopping with a plug.
+
porously
adv.
In a porous manner.
+
polarity
n.
That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc.
+
persian
n.
The language spoken in Persia.
+
polygraph
n.
An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.
+
player
n.
One who plays on an instrument of music.
+
pallet
n.
A potter's wheel.
+
pass
v.i.
To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.
+
pyrrhic
a.
Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
+
presbyopic
a.
Affected by presbyopia; also, remedying presbyopia; farsighted.
+
pery
n.
A pear tree. See Pirie.
+
picturize
v.t.
To adorn with pictures.
+
pierceable
a.
That may be pierced.
+
porting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Port
+
pertly
adv.
In a pert manner.
+
piecener
n.
Same as Piecer, 2.
+
prognostic
a.
Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.
+
pimlico
n.
The friar bird.
+
preconizate
v.t.
To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call.
+
paragraphical
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, a paragraph or paragraphs.
+
peterman
n.
A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter.
+
polypharmacy
n.
A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients.
+
pers
a.
Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods.
+
pretensed
a.
Pretended; feigned.
+
promontories
pl.
of Promontory
+
penthouse
n.
A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively.
+
possessively
adv.
In a possessive manner.
+
polygonous
a.
Polygonal.
+
phyllite
n.
A mineral related to ottrelite.
+
pique
v.i.
To cause annoyance or irritation.
+
petrify
v.t.
To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.
+
paste
n.
A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.
+
purposive
a.
Having or indicating purpose or design.
+
premaxillary
n.
A premaxilla.
+
plenitude
n.
Animal fullness; repletion; plethora.
+
philosophaster
n.
A pretender to philosophy.
+
parasitical
a.
Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3.
+
polynomial
a.
Consisting of two or more words; having names consisting of two or more words; as, a polynomial name; polynomial nomenclature.
+
poor
superl.
Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
+
partaken
p.p.
of Partake
+
poetastry
n.
The works of a poetaster.
+
procreativeness
n.
The power of generating.
+
people
v.t.
To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
+
pitchfork
n.
A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
+
polygyny
n.
The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.
+
picksy
n.
See Pixy.
+
purgation
n.
The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels.
+
priorly
adv.
Previously.
+
polyhalite
n.
A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda.
+
pantelegraph
n.
See under Telegraph.
+
psilosopher
n.
A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.
+
pedicel
n.
The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.
+
poise
n.
To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.
+
perspire
v.i.
To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
+
prenuncious
a.
Announcing beforehand; presaging.
+
profess
v.i.
To declare friendship.
+
pun
n.
A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
+
pish
interj.
An exclamation of contempt.
+
penciled
a.
Radiated; having pencils of rays.
+
plain
superl.
Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
+
privileging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Privilege
+
podophyllum
n.
The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug.
+
packet
n.
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.
+
pronounging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pronounce
+
preengagement
n.
Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection.
+
parthenogenetic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or produced by, parthenogenesis; as, parthenogenetic forms.
+
pore
v.
A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones.
+
polymeric
a.
Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but different molecular weights; -- often used with with; thus, cyanic acid (CNOH), fulminic acid (C2N2O2H2), and cyanuric acid (C3N3O3H3), are polymeric with each other.
+
pyrometer
n.
An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.
+
psychal
a.
Of or pertaining to the soul; psychical.
+
prostrate
a.
Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.
+
puffin
n.
A sort of apple.
+
pegasus
n.
A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.
+
pickle
v.t.
Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar.
+
part
v.i.
To have a part or share; to partake.
+
phlegmatically
adv.
In a phlegmatic manner.
+
prolocutor
n.
The presiding officer of a convocation.
+
plea
n.
An urgent prayer or entreaty.
+
psarolite
n.
A silicified stem of tree fern, found in abundance in the Triassic sandstone.
+
puerperous
a.
Bearing children.
+
purposed
imp.|p.p.
of Purpose
+
primigenial
a.
First born, or first of all; original; primary. See Primogenial.
+
pelerine
n.
A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.
+
pterygium
n.
A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye.
+
pinnigrada
n.pl.
Same as Pinnipedia.
+
parting
n.
The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
+
plausible
a.
Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
+
pedobaptist
n.
One who advocates or practices infant baptism.
+
publishment
n.
A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some States.
+
pride
n.
A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.
+
portly
a.
Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance; imposing.
+
projection
n.
Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane.
+
planoconcave
a.
Plane or flat on one side, and concave on the other; as, a plano-concave lens. See Lens.
+
proportional
a.
Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter.
+
preternatural
a.
Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor.
+
pampre
n.
An ornament, composed of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, used for decorating spiral columns.
+
presbyter
n.
A Presbyterian.
+
perspicable
a.
Discernible.
+
penning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pen
+
plaid
n.
A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.
+
pupil
n.
The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.
+
pigmentous
a.
Pigmental.
+
prophoric
a.
Enunciative.
+
paradisiac
a.
Alt. of Paradisiacal
+
participator
n.
One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker.
+
patriotism
n.
Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
+
placet
n.
A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc.
+
phrenic
a.
Of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic; as, the phrenic nerve.
+
pendant
n.
One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.
+
pool
n.
A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
+
prebendary
n.
A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3.
+
protozoa
pl.
of Protozoon
+
present
a.
Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
+
profuse
v.t.
To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
+
purples
pl.
of Purple
+
postzygapophysis
n.
A posterior zygapophysis.
+
plastering
n.
A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
+
potassa
n.
Potassium oxide.
+
paleechinoidea
n.pl.
An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Palaeechini.
+
polyperythrin
n.
A coloring matter found in many simple Anthozoa and some hydroids.
+
pinpatch
n.
The common English periwinkle.
+
pomme blanche

The prairie turnip. See under Prairie.
+
paragogic
a.
Alt. of Paragogical
+
physostomous
a.
Having a duct to the air bladder.
+
pronunciation
n.
The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.
+
punctulate
a.
Alt. of Punctulated
+
pigheaded
a.
Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn.
+
profiting
n.
Gain; advantage; profit.
+
publish
v.t.
To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper.
+
photoxylography
n.
The process of producing a representation of an object on wood, by photography, for the use of the wood engraver.
+
pistilliferous
a.
Pistillate.
+
patavinity
n.
The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; -- so called from Patavium, now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity.
+
pique
n.
Keenly felt desire; a longing.
+
pallet
n.
A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.
+
prolegomena
pl.
of Prolegomenon
+
post
n.
A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.
+
persona
n.
Same as Person, n., 8.
+
paper
n.
A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
+
paraplegy
n.
Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord.
+
pioneering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pioneer
+
pirouette
v.i.
To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.
+
powdry
a.
See Powdery.
+
percuss
v.i.
To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3.
+
pennyworth
n.
Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain.
+
piqueer
v.i.
See Pickeer.
+
patibulary
a.
Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution.
+
peakish
a.
Having features thin or sharp, as from sickness; hence, sickly.
+
pithful
a.
Full of pith.
+
phytogeny
n.
The doctrine of the generation of plants.
+
portulacaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceae), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera.
+
pistillida
pl.
of Pistillidium
+
par
n.
Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
+
pean
n.
One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or.
+
poster
n.
One who posts bills; a billposter.
+
penetration
n.
The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.
+
presage
v.t.
To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.
+
paternity
n.
Origin; authorship.
+
perianthium
n.
The perianth.
+
phaeospore
n.
A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (Phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-colored algae.
+
picketee
n.
See Picotee.
+
postsphenoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.
+
pictured
a.
Furnished with pictures; represented by a picture or pictures; as, a pictured scene.
+
providently
adv.
In a provident manner.
+
porcupine
n.
Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
+
pretence
n.
The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death.
+
practical
a.
Of or pertaining to practice or action.
+
petroglyphic
a.
Of or pertaining to petroglyphy.
+
pileiform
a.
Having the form of a pileus or cap; pileate.
+
polytheize
v.i.
To adhere to, advocate, or inculcate, the doctrine of polytheism.
+
poulticed
imp.|p.p.
of Poultice
+
pterostigma
n.
A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects.
+
palatial
n.
A palatal letter.
+
polychromous
a.
Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic.
+
peculiarize
v.t.
To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession.
+
premised
imp.|p.p.
of Premise
+
privy
a.
Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.
+
peep
n.
The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
+
putoff
n.
A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.
+
prolata
pl.
of Prolatum
+
phosphor
n.
The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer.
+
psalm
n.
Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
+
put
v.t.
To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
+
perduration
n.
Long continuance.
+
pyramoid
n.
See Pyramidoid.
+
punctilios
pl.
of Punctilio
+
papular
a.
Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of papules; as, a papular eruption.
+
prow
n.
See Proa.
+
powder
v.i.
To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.
+
polonaise
n.
The Polish language.
+
pie
n.
The service book.
+
piste
n.
The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.
+
plausibly
adv.
In a plausible manner.
+
poda

A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. /, /, foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod.
+
preventer
n.
One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another.
+
poppet
n.
One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.
+
pronation
n.
The position of the limb resulting from the act of pronation. Opposed to supination.
+
pipistrelle
n.
A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called also flittermouse.
+
polysyndetic
a.
Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication of conjunctions.
+
prospect
v.
A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
+
purpled
imp.|p.p.
of Purple
+
pathogenic
a.
Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium.
+
passivity
n.
Passiveness; -- opposed to activity.
+
pearly
a.
Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells.
+
pack
v.i.
To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
+
pylori
pl.
of Pylorus
+
prerogative
n.
Precedence; preeminence; first rank.
+
planing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plane
+
penitencer
n.
A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
+
possession
v.t.
To invest with property.
+
plumbeous
a.
Dull; heavy; stupid.
+
preponderatingly
adv.
In a preponderating manner; preponderantly.
+
pack
n.
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
+
procris
n.
Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvae of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.
+
polype
n.
See Polyp.
+
plague
n.
That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
+
ptilopteri
n.pl.
An order of birds including only the penguins.
+
pursual
n.
The act of pursuit.
+
perilous
a.
Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
+
pyruvic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also pyroracemic acid) obtained, as a liquid having a pungent odor, by the distillation of racemic acid.
+
play
n.
Performance on an instrument of music.
+
pointdevice
adv.
Alt. of Point-devise
+
pigmented
a.
Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules.
+
phytolacca
n.
A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.
+
platt
n.
See Lodge, n.
+
panda
n.
A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.
+
psephism
n.
A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute.
+
palmer
n.
Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
+
palestra
n.
A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general.
+
policied
imp.|p.p.
of Policy
+
portcluse
n.
A portcullis.
+
portrait
v.t.
To portray; to draw.
+
possess
v.t.
To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.
+
physophorae
n.pl.
An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air sac, or float, and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.
+
perichete
n.
Same as Perichaeth.
+
predict
v.t.
To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.
+
pectate
n.
A salt of pectic acid.
+
pogy
n.
The menhaden.
+
plied
imp.|p.p.
of Ply
+
percutient
a.
Striking; having the power of striking.
+
penciling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pencil
+
pontiff
n.
One of the sacred college, in ancient Rome, which had the supreme jurisdiction over all matters of religion, at the head of which was the Pontifex Maximus.
+
pipe
v.i.
To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
+
peelhouse
n.
See 1st Peel.
+
pingster
n.
See Pinkster.
+
permeated
imp.|p.p.
of Permeate
+
profligately
adv.
In a profligate manner.
+
princely
a.
Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc.
+
parethmoid
n.
A parethmoid bone.
+
paleolithic
a.
Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the "Stone Age;" the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.
+
parergon
n.
See Parergy.
+
phanerogamic
a.
Alt. of Phanerogamous
+
prakritic
a.
Pertaining to Prakrit.
+
pousse
n.
Pulse; pease.
+
pneumophora
n.pl.
A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree.
+
presenter
n.
One who presents.
+
pessimism
n.
A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.
+
psammite
n.
A species of micaceous sandstone.
+
polychromic
a.
Polychromatic.
+
picturized
imp.|p.p.
of Picturize
+
prejudicate
v.i.
To prejudge.
+
philhellenic
a.
Of or pertaining to philhellenism.
+
picking
n.
Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.
+
plumule
n.
The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.
+
paring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pare
+
plevin
n.
A warrant or assurance.
+
pieceless
a.
Not made of pieces; whole; entire.
+
poussette
n.
A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance.
+
planipetalous
a.
Having flat petals.
+
polypous
a.
Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like the polypus; affected with polypus.
+
pointblank
a.
Directed in a line toward the object aimed at; aimed directly toward the mark.
+
pomegranate
n.
The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp.
+
prosecute
v.i.
To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.
+
pouching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pouch
+
polish
v.t.
Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.
+
poke
v.t.
To thrust with the horns; to gore.
+
pestilence
n.
Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.
+
plough
n.
Same as Charles's Wain.
+
poss
v.t.
To push; to dash; to throw.
+
petrous
a.
Same as Petrosal.
+
pipeclay
v.t.
To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments.
+
place
n.
Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.
+
paraphysis
n.
A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
+
personage
n.
Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person.
+
patience
n.
The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.
+
photograph
n.
A picture or likeness obtained by photography.
+
port
n.
A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal.
+
profiling
n.
In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points.
+
promulged
imp.|p.p.
of Promulge
+
protocol
n.
A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
+
powder
v.t.
To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
+
polt
n.
A blow or thump.
+
plethory
n.
Plethora.
+
practive
a.
Doing; active.
+
paralogize
v.i.
To reason falsely; to draw conclusions not warranted by the premises.
+
polymyodae
n.pl.
Same as Oscines.
+
paralipomenon
n.pl.
A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.
+
primary
a.
First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
+
position
n.
Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
+
popedom
n.
The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity.
+
plume
v.t.
To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill.
+
phantastical
a.
See Fantastic.
+
perflate
v.t.
To blow through.
+
prickmadam
n.
A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop.
+
peddler
n.
One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker.
+
petulantly
adv.
In a petulant manner.
+
power
n.
Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.
+
paltock
n.
A kind of doublet; a jacket.
+
paien
n.|a.
Pagan.
+
paraphernalia
n.pl.
Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.
+
pomwater
n.
Same as Pomewater.
+
plutus
n.
The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without discrimination of merit.
+
pinkster
n.
Whitsuntide.
+
pop
n.
The European redwing.
+
pentapetalous
a.
Having five petals, or flower leaves.
+
prosecution
n.
The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.
+
palmatisected
a.
Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted.
+
patellar
a.
Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneepan.
+
province
n.
A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital.
+
pamperize
v.t.
To pamper.
+
preventing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prevent
+
purple
a.
Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
+
pimp
n.
One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander.
+
professional
n.
A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.
+
palma christi

A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant.
+
present
a.
To present; to personate.
+
preparation
n.
An army or fleet.
+
polysyllabism
n.
The quality or state of being polysyllabic.
+
pastureless
a.
Destitute of pasture.
+
pequots
n.pl.
A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern Connecticut.
+
putrescible
a.
Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.
+
pin
v.t.
To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
+
post
n.
A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.
+
pinedrops
n.
A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.
+
protozoic
a.
Containing remains of the earliest discovered life of the globe, which included mollusks, radiates and protozoans.
+
putrid
a.
Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.
+
protocolist
n.
One who draughts protocols.
+
pianissimo
a.
Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp.)
+
posseted
imp.|p.p.
of Posset
+
perfunctory
a.
Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless.
+
partite
a.
Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base.
+
plasmodium
n.
A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.
+
knives
pl.
of Pocketknife
+
polygrooved
a.
Having many grooves; as, a polygrooved rifle or gun (referring to the rifling).
+
pentagynous
a.
Of or pertaining to plants of the order Pentagyna; having five styles.
+
palification
n.
The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm.
+
poniard
n.
A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or square blade.
+
presence
n.
Port, mien; air; personal appearence.
+
partible
a.
Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible.
+
pluperfect
n.
The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.
+
papilla
n.
Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue.
+
pistillation
n.
The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation.
+
pyrenoid
n.
A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain Infusoria.
+
puritanized
imp.|p.p.
of Puritanize
+
pretended
a.
Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.
+
preeminent
a.
Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preeminent in guilt.
+
pilose
a.
Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.
+
provincial
n.
A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
+
pettiness
n.
The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.
+
person
v.t.
To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
+
pinnulated
a.
Having pinnules.
+
pyronomics
n.
The science of heat.
+
profile
n.
To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it.
+
penetrating
a.
Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind.
+
phthalyl
n.
The hypothetical radical of phthalic acid.
+
prepossessed
imp.|p.p.
of Prepossess
+
pepper
v.t.
To sprinkle or season with pepper.
+
palatably
adv.
In a palatable manner.
+
polyphemus
n.
A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm.
+
pugger
v.t.
To pucker.
+
pur
v.i.
To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased.
+
pseudopodia
pl.
of Pseudopodium
+
perspectively
adv.
Optically; as through a glass.
+
pontifice
n.
Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.
+
potassium
n.
An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).
+
purverable
a.
Capable of being reduced to fine powder.
+
polack
n.
A Polander.
+
plumb
a.
Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
+
petong
n.
See Packfong.
+
postliminy
n.
The right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
+
playgoer
n.
One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.
+
polystome
a.
Having many mouths.
+
punctual
a.
Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment.
+
paddle
v.t.
To pad; to tread upon; to trample.
+
profusely
adv.
In a profuse manner.
+
pentacid
a.
Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; -- said of certain complex bases.
+
prolong
a.
To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
+
perfume
v.t.
To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
+
presently
adv.
At present; at this time; now.
+
plane
n.
Any tree of the genus Platanus.
+
prevenancy
n.
The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness.
+
pumpet
n.
A pompet.
+
patio
n.
A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation.
+
patrimonies
pl.
of Patrimony
+
phagedenic
a.
Alt. of PhagedenicAL
+
peitrel
n.
See Peytrel.
+
photomicrography
n.
The art of producing photomicrographs.
+
psittacofulvine
n.
A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.
+
phyllomorphosis
n.
The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons.
+
peristome
n.
The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
+
percutient
n.
That which strikes, or has power to strike.
+
pusil
a.
Very small; little; petty.
+
precondemn
v.t.
To condemn beforehand.
+
paradisical
a.
Paradisiacal.
+
probator
n.
One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state's evidence.
+
paper
n.
A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.
+
padow
n.
A paddock, or toad.
+
preened
imp.|p.p.
of Preen
+
proser
n.
One who talks or writes tediously.
+
paganity
n.
The state of being a pagan; paganism.
+
pretermit
v.t.
To pass by; to omit; to disregard.
+
python
n.
A diviner by spirits.
+
pick
v.
To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out.
+
postboy
n.
One who rides post horses; a position; a courier.
+
peen
n.
A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation.
+
propitious
a.
Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity.
+
polymorphism
n.
Same as Pleomorphism.
+
propagable
a.
Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production.
+
peritonitis
n.
Inflammation of the peritoneum.
+
pathos
n.
That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry.
+
poetic
a.
Alt. of Poetical
+
pinenchyma
n.
Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.
+
positiveness
n.
The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.
+
prime
a.
A prime number. See under Prime, a.
+
pinnipedia
n.pl.
A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; -- opposed to Fissipedia.
+
proclivous
a.
Having the incisor teeth directed forward.
+
prosingly
adv.
Prosily.
+
phlogopite
n.
A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica.
+
propolis
n.
Same as Bee glue, under Bee.
+
publicspirited
a.
Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men.
+
plancher
v.t.
To form of planks.
+
photochromatic
a.
Of or pertaining to photochromy; produced by photochromy.
+
pinion
n.
A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis.
+
peppercorn
n.
Anything insignificant; a particle.
+
pontificate
n.
The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.
+
pointdevise
adv.
Exactly.
+
pastoral
a.
Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.
+
portsale
n.
Public or open sale; auction.
+
pronounce
v.t.
To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.
+
prickle
n.
A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.
+
parterre
n.
An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.
+
primitively
adv.
Primarily; not derivatively.
+
periscopic
a.
Viewing all around, or on all sides.
+
ponderous
a.
Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.
+
poll
v.t.
To impose a tax upon.
+
palter
v.i.
To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
+
pavior
n.
One who paves; a paver.
+
pyrites
pl.
of Pyrite
+
portal
n.
Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
+
potentially
adv.
In a potential manner; possibly, not positively.
+
pretty
superl.
Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
+
prevent
v.t.
To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.
+
pop
n.
An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc.
+
prostomium
n.
That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.
+
princock
n.
Alt. of Princox
+
preparatory
a.
Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.
+
policy
n.
A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.
+
patronymic
a.
Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
+
promt
superl.
Easy; unobstructed.
+
presspack
v.t.
To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.
+
pentaptote
n.
A noun having five cases.
+
plow
v.i.
Alt. of Plough
+
poinciana
n.
A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.
+
prepense
v.t.
To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate.
+
peculating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peculate
+
possession
n.
The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
+
principiate
v.t.
To begin; to initiate.
+
pheasant
n.
Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianidae, found chiefly in Asia.
+
philologist
n.
One versed in philology.
+
propone
v.t.
To propose; to bring forward.
+
phalangoidea
n.pl.
A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheae. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.
+
poulterer
n.
One who deals in poultry.
+
procedure
n.
A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
+
pretend
v.t.
To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.
+
patient
a.
Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.
+
preraphaelism
n.
Alt. of Preraphaelitism
+
processioner
n.
One who takes part in a procession.
+
popinjay
n.
A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb.
+
phalansterism
n.
Alt. of Phalansterianism
+
pansclavism

Alt. of Pansclavonian
+
pall
a.
To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.
+
phonologer
n.
A phonologist.
+
previse
v.t.
To foresee.
+
peculiar
a.
One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation.
+
porphyrite
n.
A rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite.
+
primigenious
a.
Alt. of Primigenous
+
prolepsis
n.
The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb.
+
pulmonate
n.
One of the Pulmonata.
+
person
n.
One of three relations or conditions (that of speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence also to the verb of which it may be the subject.
+
piscator
n.
A fisherman; an angler.
+
punitive
a.
Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.
+
pratincole
n.
Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidae, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail.
+
pompoleon
n.
See Pompelmous.
+
pomaceous
a.
Like an apple or pear; producing pomes.
+
posture
v.i.
Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
+
peachick
n.
The chicken of the peacock.
+
parclose
n.
A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church.
+
ponderable
a.
Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight.
+
poppy
n.
Alt. of Poppyhead
+
plebeianism
n.
The quality or state of being plebeian.
+
populicide
n.
Slaughter of the people.
+
puncturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Puncture
+
pox
n.
Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, -- the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases.
+
prefatorial
a.
Prefatory.
+
pierced
imp.|p.p.
of Pierce
+
puke
v.t.
To eject from the stomach; to vomit up.
+
parliament
n.
A parleying; a discussion; a conference.
+
plating
n.
A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
+
papeterie
n.
A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.
+
pity
n.
A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
+
prestidigitation
n.
Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.
+
plagiocephaly
n.
Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.
+
paraphrase
v.i.
To make a paraphrase.
+
pupiparous
a.
Bearing, or containing, a pupa; -- said of the matured larvae, or larval skins, of certain Diptera.
+
populator
n.
One who populates.
+
pass
v.t.
To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.
+
perfect
n.
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
+
publish
v.t.
To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to print, and issue from the press.
+
pacification
n.
The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.
+
plano

See Plani-.
+
planet
n.
A star, as influencing the fate of a men.
+
parvitude
n.
Alt. of Parvity
+
pouchmouthed
a.
Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped.
+
preopercular
n.
The preoperculum.
+
parasite
n.
A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia.
+
provocative
a.
Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.
+
perseid
n.
One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.
+
peso
n.
A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight.
+
presbyte
n.
Same as Presbyope.
+
pikelet
n.
Alt. of Pikelin
+
prone
a.
Headlong; running downward or headlong.
+
pill
n.
A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.
+
pouched
imp.|p.p.
of Pouch
+
parquetage
n.
See Parquetry.
+
pilgrim
v.i.
To journey; to wander; to ramble.
+
polylogy
n.
Talkativeness.
+
pouch
n.
A cyst or sac containing fluid.
+
petto
n.
The breast.
+
paritory
n.
Pellitory.
+
prodromal
a.
Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease.
+
perihelion
n.
Alt. of Perihelium
+
point
n.
A switch.
+
privately
adv.
In a manner affecting an individual; personally not officially; as, he is not privately benefited.
+
post
v.i.
To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
+
petrary
n.
An ancient war engine for hurling stones.
+
parapegm
n.
An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place.
+
pauser
n.
One who pauses.
+
pathologic
a.
Alt. of Pathological
+
proletary
n.
A citizen of the lowest class, who served the state, not with property, but only by having children; hence, a common person.
+
polynomial
n.
An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2.
+
punctuality
n.
The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.
+
pickle
v.t.
A troublesome child; as, a little pickle.
+
pulling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pull
+
prejudice
n.
To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause.
+
precipitability
n.
The quality or state of being precipitable.
+
payment
n.
That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return.
+
pourpoint
n.
A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries; also, a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians.
+
podophthalmia
n.pl.
The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda.
+
present
a.
To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior.
+
particularly
adv.
In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly.
+
puzzle
v.
Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
+
put
v.t.
To convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway.
+
porgy
n.
The scup.
+
pancarte
n.
A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions.
+
paper
n.
A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.
+
pax
n.
A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc.
+
properate
v.t.|i.
To hasten, or press forward.
+
platinotype
n.
A permanent photographic picture or print in platinum black.
+
period
n.
A stated and recurring interval of time; more generally, an interval of time specified or left indefinite; a certain series of years, months, days, or the like; a time; a cycle; an age; an epoch; as, the period of the Roman republic.
+
presume
v.i.
To suppose or assume something to be, or to be true, on grounds deemed valid, though not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; to infer; as, we may presume too far.
+
papalist
n.
A papist.
+
prating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prate
+
pathogenesis
n.
Pathogeny.
+
prescriptive
a.
Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom.
+
postentry
n.
A second or subsequent, at the customhouse, of goods which had been omitted by mistake.
+
platinochloric
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid consisting of platinous chloride and hydrochloric acid, called platinochloric, / chloroplatinous, acid.
+
psychism
n.
The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.
+
plectognath
n.
One of the Plectognathi.
+
paradisian
a.
Paradisiacal.
+
philosophistic
a.
Alt. of Philosophistical
+
phosgene
a.
Producing, or produced by, the action of light; -- formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl chloride. See Carbonyl.
+
pleurosigma
n.
A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S.  Pleurosigma angulatum has very fine striations, and is a favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes.
+
poebird
n.
The parson bird.
+
plain
superl.
Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
+
phenogamian
a.
Alt. of Phenogamous
+
poniarded
imp.|p.p.
of Poniard
+
private
n.
Privacy; retirement.
+
pornographic
a.
Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing.
+
pernio
n.
A chilblain.
+
patten
n.
A stilt.
+
pouch
v.t.
To pocket; to put up with.
+
plenipotentiary
n.
A person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business.
+
purge
v.t.
To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
+
poynd
n.
Alt. of Poynder
+
plano
a.
Combining forms signifying flat, level, plane; as planifolious, planimetry, plano-concave.
+
postiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Postil
+
paving
n.
The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement.
+
purposeless
a.
Having no purpose or result; objectless.
+
proportionably
adv.
Proportionally.
+
pothole
n.
A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
+
pitchiness
n.
Blackness, as of pitch; darkness.
+
polo
n.
A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
+
poison
n.
To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.
+
population
n.
The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.
+
portland stone

A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in building.
+
pervertible
a.
Capable of being perverted.
+
puddle
v.t.
To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
+
paltry
superl.
Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.
+
payee
n.
The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or directed to be paid. See Bill of exchange, under Bill.
+
pfennigs
pl.
of Pfennig
+
plainspoken
a.
Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words.
+
postscribe
v.t.
To make a postscript.
+
pericardium
n.
The double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses the heart.
+
power
n.
A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
+
phantastic
a.
Alt. of Phantastical
+
positive
a.
Electro-positive.
+
physico

A combining form, denoting relation to, or dependence upon, natural causes, or the science of physics.
+
ponchos
pl.
of Poncho
+
purposer
n.
One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer.
+
peon
n.
See 2d Pawn.
+
pole
n.
A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch.
+
paw
n.
The hand.
+
pinic
a.
Of or pertaining to the pine; obtained from the pine; formerly, designating an acid which is the chief constituent of common resin, -- now called abietic, or sylvic, acid.
+
pycnostyle
n.
A pycnostyle colonnade.
+
polycarpellary
a.
Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange.
+
prolification
n.
Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmae.
+
pinner
n.
A pin maker.
+
port
n.
The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port.
+
physostigmine
n.
An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.
+
polyoptrum
n.
A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size.
+
pervasion
n.
The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole extent of a thing.
+
plectile
a.
Woven; plaited.
+
propterygium
n.
The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of some fishes.
+
prandial
a.
Of or pertaining to a repast, especially to dinner.
+
patchouly
n.
The perfume made from this plant.
+
parallelogrammatic
a.
Of or pertaining to a parallelogram; parallelogrammic.
+
paternally
adv.
In a paternal manner.
+
phalanstery
n.
The dwelling house of a Fourierite community.
+
procedendo
n.
In English practice, a writ issuing out of chancery in cases where the judges of subordinate courts delay giving judgment, commanding them to proceed to judgment.
+
perspective
a.
That which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista.
+
podurae
pl.
of Podura
+
papyrean
a.
Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous.
+
plebeianized
imp.|p.p.
of Plebeianize
+
proletarian
n.
A proletary.
+
prepossess
v.t.
To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
+
proof
n.
A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet.
+
provocation
n.
Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress.
+
patriarchal
a.
Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church.
+
potcher
n.
One who, or that which, potches.
+
precious
a.
Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.
+
pyrena
n.
A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe.
+
pitted
imp.|p.p.
of Pit
+
pounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pound
+
pithy
superl.
Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
+
pertinately
adv.
Pertinaciously.
+
presbytery
n.
A body of elders in the early Christian church.
+
probation
n.
The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor.
+
persicot
n.
A cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit.
+
philomela
n.
The nightingale; philomel.
+
periphrased
imp.|p.p.
of Periphrase
+
papula
n.
A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.
+
popelote
n.
A word variously explained as "a little puppet," "a little doll," or "a young butterfly." Cf. Popet.
+
parosteal

Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification.
+
precept
v.t.
To teach by precepts.
+
perennial
n.
A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
+
principal
n.
One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.
+
pot
n.
The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.
+
persuade
v.t.
To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
+
patter
v.i.
To mutter; as prayers.
+
primely
adv.
In a prime manner; excellently.
+
pseudepigraphic
a.
Of or pertaining to pseudepigraphy.
+
pitcherful
n.
The quantity a pitcher will hold.
+
pollenize
v.t.
To supply with pollen; to impregnate with pollen.
+
purl
v.|n.
To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
+
prise
n.|v.
See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t.
+
pitta
n.
Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittidae. Most of the species are varied with three or more colors, such as blue, green, crimson, yellow, purple, and black. They are called also ground thrushes, and Old World ant thrushes; but they are not related to the true thrushes.
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portraiture
n.
A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
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peppered
imp.|p.p.
of Pepper
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peasant
a.
Rustic, rural.
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prized
imp.|p.p.
of Prize
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physeter
n.
A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
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proleptical
a.
Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
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praecoces
n.pl.
A division of birds including those whose young are able to run about when first hatched.
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paunch
n.
The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.
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premious
a.
Rich in gifts.
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peripatetic
n.
One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
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parapophyses
pl.
of Parapophysis
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pancratian
a.
Pancratic; athletic.
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ploughtail
n.
The hind part or handle of a plow.
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psychological
a.
Of or pertaining to psychology. See Note under Psychic.
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prohibiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prohibit
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privatively
adv.
In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.
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picayune
n.
A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit.
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psilology
n.
Love of empty of empty talk or noise.
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prescutum
n.
The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous.
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prismatically
adv.
In the form or manner of a prism; by means of a prism.
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prince
a.
The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players.
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petaled
a.
Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled, etc.
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prepollices
pl.
of Prepollent
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pattemar
n.
See Patamar.
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pack
n.
To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
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protraction
n.
The act or process of making a plot on paper.
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pythian
a.
Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi.
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phenician
a.|n.
See Phoenician.
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patroness
n.
A female patron or helper.
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pink
n.
A stab.
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produce
n.
agricultural products.
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parnassus
n.
A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
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pottery
n.
The place where earthen vessels are made.
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pleiades
n.pl.
The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.
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pruriginous
a.
Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of, prurigo.
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pennyweight
n.
A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name.
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planted
imp.|p.p.
of Plant
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portion
n.
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
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patronymic
n.
A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name.
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potvaliant
a.
Having the courage given by drink.
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pomander
n.
A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball.
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pawpaw
n.
See Papaw.
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postposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Postpose
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purrock
n.
See Puddock, and Parrock.
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pickeered
imp.|p.p.
of Pickeer
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pour
v.t.
To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
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prisage
n.
The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
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partage
n.
Division; the act of dividing or sharing.
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penetrative
a.
Having the power to affect or impress the mind or heart; impressive; as, penetrative shame.
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persis
n.
A kind of coloring matter obtained from lichens.
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polytomous
a.
Subdivided into many distinct subordinate parts, which, however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; -- said of leaves.
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partake
v.t.
To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to.
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patrolled
imp.|p.p.
of Patrol
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peribolos
n.
In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple.
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predicate
a.
Predicated.
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perpendicular
a.
Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
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prognathism
n.
Projection of the jaws.
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purring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pur
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parabolical
a.
Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve.
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procurement
n.
Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
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prejudication
n.
A previous treatment and decision of a point; a precedent.
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preambulatory
a.
Preceding; going before; introductory.
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prenticehood
n.
Apprenticehood.
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pantheress
n.
A female panther.
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paltriness
n.
The state or quality of being paltry.
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peripteral
a.
Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See Apteral.
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portrait
n.
The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life.
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pickpennies
pl.
of Pickpenny
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panta

Alt. of Panto-
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partisan
a.
Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
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pudenda
n.pl.
The external organs of generation.
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penetration
n.
Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.
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panderous
a.
Of or relating to a pander; characterizing a pander.
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publication
n.
The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.
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pinery
n.
A pine forest; a grove of pines.
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purposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Purpose
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peaking
a.
Pining; sickly; peakish.
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profuse
a.
Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality.
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positure
n.
See Posture.
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plashing
n.
The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.
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prolate
v.t.
To utter; to pronounce.
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pitter
n.
A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit.
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panter
n.
One who pants.
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pumy
a.
Large and rounded.
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pharaoh
n.
See Faro.
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proleptical
a.
Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
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pearl
n.
A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
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paragon
v.t.
To serve as a model for; to surpass.
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provand
n.
Alt. of Proant
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palingenesy
n.
A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form.
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paly
a.
Pale; wanting color; dim.
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pederastic
a.
Of or pertaining to pederasty.
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probatory
a.
Pertaining to, or serving for, proof.
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pique
v.t.
To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity.
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pursuivant
n.
A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively.
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purpose
v.t.
To set forth; to bring forward.
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plaint
n.
Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.
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punctated
a.
Alt. of Punctated
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pauhaugen
n.
The menhaden; -- called also poghaden.
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playing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Play
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poecile
n.
Same as Poicile.
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priorate
n.
The dignity, office, or government, of a prior.
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pudding
n.
A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
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pudency
n.
Modesty; shamefacedness.
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paper
v.t.
To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.
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pestiferously
adv.
In a pestiferuos manner.
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pollution
n.
The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.
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prededication
n.
A dedication made previously or beforehand.
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preachment
n.
A religious harangue; a sermon; -- used derogatively.
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paronymy
n.
The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymous words.
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pastern
n.
The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.
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purse
n.
A specific sum of money
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plunder
v.t.
To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.
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plougland
n.
the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide.
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predial
a.
Issuing or derived from land; as, predial tithes.
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pink stern

See Chebacco, and 1st Pink.
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prosopalgia
n.
Facial neuralgia.
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passless
a.
Having no pass; impassable.
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protraction
n.
A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate.
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preominate
v.t.
To ominate beforehand; to portend.
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pleurobranch
n.
Any one of the gills of a crustacean that is attached to the side of the thorax.
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prescapular
a.
Of or pertaining to the prescapula; supraspinous.
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privative
n.
A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.
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plagiarized
imp.|p.p.
of Plagiarize
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plurifarious
a.
Of many kinds or fashions; multifarious.
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pulsometer
n.
A pulsimeter.
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pollicitation
n.
A promise without mutuality; a promise which has not been accepted by the person to whom it is made.
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pavior
n.
A brick or slab used for paving.
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plantership
n.
The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies.
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pedagogue
n.
A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster.
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patent
a.
Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines.
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puh
interj.
The same as Pugh.
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piping
v.
Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.
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pritchel
n.
A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe.
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parieto

A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.
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podothecae
pl.
of Podotheca
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philadelphian
a.
Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of the cities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania.
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platform
v.t.
To place on a platform.
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partitionment
n.
The act of partitioning.
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plodding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plod
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parliamentarian
n.
One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I.
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pulpit
n.
A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.
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postulation
n.
The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.
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phalanges
pl.
of Phalanx
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plunge
v.i.
To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
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potentiated
imp.|p.p.
of Potentiate
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praecoracoid
n.
See Precoracoid.
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pillage
v.i.
To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.
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phantasmagoria
n.
An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.
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prong
n.
The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs.
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possess
v.t.
To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book.
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propension
n.
The quality or state of being propense; propensity.
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phoenician
a.
Of or pertaining to Phoenica.
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palmar
a.
Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand.
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perfect
a.
Well informed; certain; sure.
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pyrolithic
a.
Same as Pyrouric, or Cyanuric.
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presupposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Presuppose
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promottion
n.
The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment.
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plucking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pluck
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publicly
adv.
In the name of the community.
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pupil
n.
A person under a guardian; a ward.
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perform
v.i.
To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ.
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plug
n.
A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
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peritonaeum
n.
Same as Peritoneum.
+
plough
n.
Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
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placation
n.
The act of placating.
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pledge
n.
Anything given or considered as a security for the performance of an act; a guarantee; as, mutual interest is the best pledge for the performance of treaties.
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pulmonary
a.
Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.
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preconscious
a.
Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.
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pseudobranchia
n.
A rudimentary branchia, or gill.
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pivotal
a.
Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle.
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posseting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Posset
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positivist
a.
Relating to positivism.
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positive
a.
Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof.
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parish
n.
The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.
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presbytery
n.
A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority.
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prefect
n.
In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.
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paving
n.
A pavement.
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polygenetic
a.
Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.
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photophony
n.
The art or practice of using the photophone.
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pane
n.
One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.
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provisory
a.
Making temporary provision; provisional.
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prankish
a.
Full of pranks; frolicsome.
+
paraphing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paraph
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post
n.
The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
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procellous
a.
Stormy.
+
pounce
n.
Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
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prunella
n.
Thrush.
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purser
n.
Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier.
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priesting
n.
The office of a priest.
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pignoration
n.
The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made.
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paradigmatic
a.
Alt. of Paradigmatical
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pendant
n.
A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features.
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pergamenous
a.
Alt. of Pergamentaceous
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pinchpenny
n.
A miserly person.
+
preach
v.t.
To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
+
ponghee
n.
A Buddhist priest of the higher orders in Burmah.
+
protomerite
n.
The second segment of one of the Gregarinae.
+
plume
v.
An ornamental tuft of feathers.
+
poster
n.
A post horse.
+
peristoma
n.
Same as Peristome.
+
pun
v.t.
To pound.
+
parturition
n.
The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.
+
preregnant
n.
One who reigns before another; a sovereign predecessor.
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paradise
n.
A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.
+
pteron
n.
The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other.
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premolar
a.
Situated in front of the molar teeth.
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postable
a.
Capable of being carried by, or as by, post.
+
provoking
a.
Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment.
+
poleaxe
n.
Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.
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palmacite
n.
A fossil palm.
+
poor
n.
A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
+
prochordal
a.
Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.
+
pedestrianism
n.
The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot.
+
praecognita
n.pl.
This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else.
+
popinjay
n.
A parrot.
+
pleiocene
a.
See Pliocene.
+
pentane
n.
Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the molecule.
+
personal
a.
Done in person; without the intervention of another.
+
pinkness
n.
Quality or state of being pink.
+
pretenseless
a.
Not having or making pretenses.
+
prevailment
n.
Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy.
+
playmate
n.
A companion in diversions; a playfellow.
+
proliferous
a.
Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmae.
+
palimpsest
n.
A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.
+
postdating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Postdate
+
point
n.
A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress.
+
paddies
pl.
of Paddy
+
posse comitatus

The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed.
+
pending
a.
Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.
+
pushpin
n.
A child's game played with pins.
+
postdiluvian
a.
Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.
+
poecilopoda
n.pl.
Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea).
+
punctured
imp.|p.p.
of Puncture
+
piccolo
n.
A small upright piano.
+
piacaba
n.
See Piassava.
+
purist
n.
One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.
+
platycephalous
a.
Broad-headed.
+
phragmocone
n.
The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite.
+
pourveyance
n.
See Purveyance.
+
patent
a.
A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands.
+
ployment
n.
The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment.
+
palm
v.t.
To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.
+
prospect
v.
Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
+
pneumography
n.
A description of the lungs.
+
positive
n.
That which settles by absolute appointment.
+
psychiatria
n.
Alt. of Psychiatry
+
paum
v.t.|i.
To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards.
+
prostituting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prostitute
+
posteriorly
adv.
Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.
+
pindaric
n.
A Pindaric ode.
+
posterity
n.
The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham.
+
postil
v.t.
To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss.
+
pike
n.|v.
A large haycock.
+
pulveraceous
a.
Having a finely powdered surface; pulverulent.
+
playhouse
n.
A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.
+
postscutellum
n.
The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.
+
pozzuolana
n.
Alt. of Pozzolana
+
photogeny
n.
See Photography.
+
parallel
n.
Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.
+
pound
n.
A level stretch in a canal between locks.
+
polypody
n.
Any plant of the genus Polypodium.
+
postdate
n.
A date put to a bill of exchange or other paper, later than that when it was actually made.
+
peon
n.
See Poon.
+
purge
v.t.
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
+
passion
v.i.
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
+
postfix
v.t.
To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word; to suffix.
+
passe partout
n.
A master key; a latchkey.
+
progress
v.i.
To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing.
+
porismatic
a.
Alt. of Porismatical
+
postfurca
n.
One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect.
+
pinkroot
n.
An annual South American and West Indian plant (Spigelia Anthelmia).
+
prolixness
n.
Prolixity.
+
puzzle
v.t.
To make intricate; to entangle.
+
pestalozzian
a.
Belonging to, or characteristic of, a system of elementary education which combined manual training with other instruction, advocated and practiced by Jean Henri Pestalozzi (1746-1827), a Swiss teacher.
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plenarty
n.
The state of a benefice when occupied.
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pouncet box

A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes.
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posthouse
n.
A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
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paas
n.
Pace
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presence
n.
The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence.
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phantasm
n.
A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.
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pettychaps
n.
Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
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parusia
n.
A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.
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philosophy
n.
The course of sciences read in the schools.
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post
n.
Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
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psychrometry
n.
Hygrometry.
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peroneal
a.
Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula.
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polymathic
a.
Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning.
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pungency
n.
The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.
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poteen
n.
Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry.
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preterlapsed
a.
Past; as, preterlapsed ages.
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pelfry
n.
Pelf; also, figuratively, rubbish; trash.
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polynemoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the polynemes, or the family Polynemidae.
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protohippus
n.
A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small.
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primordiate
a.
Primordial.
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pasigraphical
a.
Of or pertaining to pasigraphy.
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pawed
imp.|p.p.
of Paw
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pursue
v.t.
To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
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pyxis
n.
The acetabulum. See Acetabulum, 2.
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polled
a.
Deprived of a poll, or of something belonging to the poll. Specifically: (a) Lopped; -- said of trees having their tops cut off. (b) Cropped; hence, bald; -- said of a person. "The polled bachelor." Beau. & Fl. (c) Having cast the antlers; -- said of a stag. (d) Without horns; as, polled cattle; polled sheep.
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planer tree

A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.
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postillator
n.
One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse.
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pout
n.
The European whiting pout or bib.
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preterhuman
a.
More than human.
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policed
a.
Regulated by laws for the maintenance of peace and order, enforced by organized administration.
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polyhedral
a.
Alt. of Polyhedrical
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phonographical
a.
Of or pertaining to phonography; based upon phonography.
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plebiscitum
n.
A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate.
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pregustation
n.
The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste.
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palaeo

See Paleo-.
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pleopoda
pl.
of Pleopod
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postmen
pl.
of Postman
+
pyrotartaric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of tartaric acid.
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pedagogue
v.t.
To play the pedagogue toward.
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philippic
n.
Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.
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petted
imp.|p.p.
of Pet
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prolong
a.
To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
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polycystina
n.pl.
A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state.
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plaintive
n.
Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.
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pensioner
n.
In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford.
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presentiality
n.
State of being actually present.
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patted
imp.|p.p.
of Pat
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porpoise
n.
Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer.
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presentable
a.
Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable.
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phonology
n.
The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.
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pearl
v.i.
To resemble pearl or pearls.
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petrify
v.i.
Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
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plausive
a.
Applauding; manifesting praise.
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purified
imp.|p.p.
of Purify
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platin
n.
See Platen.
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potter
v.i.
To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.
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polypode
n.
An animal having many feet; a myriapod.
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provent
n.
See Provand.
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paraphrase
n.
A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase.
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pyramidic
a.
Alt. of Pyramidical
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peptonize
v.t.
To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.
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pyrgom
n.
A variety of pyroxene; -- called also fassaite.
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papulous
a.
Covered with, or characterized by, papulae; papulose.
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purl
n.
An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
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polyloquent
a.
Garrulous; loquacious.
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postpalatine
a.
Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones.
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protozoic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Protozoa.
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proliferous
a.
Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.
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primum mobile

In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens, under Crystalline.
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polyspermy
n.
Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than one spermatozoon into the vitellus in the impregnation of the ovum.
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popping

a. & n. from Pop.
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par
n.
See Parr.
+
rias
pl.
of Planaria
+
puddock
n.
A small inclosure.
+
postposed
imp.|p.p.
of Postpose
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pursuable
a.
Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted.
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polychrome
n.
Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions.
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polygamy
n.
The state or habit of having more than one mate.
+
protractor
n.
One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
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perlid
n.
Any insect of the genus Perla, or family Perlidae. See Stone fly, under Stone.
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paint
v.t.
To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
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productibility
n.
The state of being productible; producibility.
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prunella
n.
Angina, or angina pectoris.
+
preoccupy
v.t.
To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.
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pertinence
n.
Alt. of Pertinency
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persian
n.
See Persian columns, under Persian, a.
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periauger
n.
See Pirogue.
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potator
n.
A drinker.
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produce
v.t.
To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore.
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porter
n.
A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.
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prostrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prostrate
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phenomenist
n.
One who believes in the theory of phenomenalism.
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perineurium
n.
The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma.
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palesy
n.
Palsy.
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projectile
n.
A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.
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pedestrianizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pedestrianize
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placitum
n.
A court, or cause in court.
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precis
n.
A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a summary.
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preadmonition
n.
Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.
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psalmographist
n.
A writer of psalms, or sacred songs and hymns.
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postulate
n.
Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.
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prepotent
a.
Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant.
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postulate
a.
Postulated.
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profitless
a.
Without profit; unprofitable.
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pate
a.
See Patte.
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pallet
n.
One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.
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prog
n.
A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
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pertained
imp.|p.p.
of Pertain
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proportionment
n.
The act or process of dividing out proportionally.
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park
n.
A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery.
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plexuses
pl.
of Plexus
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predecessor
n.
One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
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procedendo
n.
A writ by which the commission of the justice of the peace is revived, after having been suspended.
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pseudohyperthophic
a.
Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.
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principled
imp.|p.p.
of Principle
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pleochroic
a.
Having the property of pleochroism.
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promontory
n.
A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
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passegarde
n.
A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.
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pneumonitic
a.
Of or pertaining to pneumonitis.
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prosaic
a.
Alt. of Prosaical
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pit
n.
A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation
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punctuist
n.
A punctator.
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postfix
n.
A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix.
+
patronage
v.t.
To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
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pedagogy
n.
Pedagogics; pedagogism.
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patently
adv.
Openly; evidently.
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pretex
v.t.
To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely.
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person
n.
Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis.
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prodigate
v.t.
To squander.
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plumed
imp.|p.p.
of Plume
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pronucleus
n.
One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and female pronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an impregnated ovum.
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persulphocyanogen
n.
An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also pseudosulphocyanogen, perthiocyanogen, and formerly sulphocyanogen.
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posterity
n.
Succeeding generations; future times.
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pawn
n.
See Pan, the masticatory.
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pyrophoric
a.
Alt. of Pyrophorous
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parade
v.t.
Posture of defense; guard.
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pearl
n.
Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
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possess
v.t.
To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively.
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pachalic
a.|n.
See Pashalic.
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perennial
a.
Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant.
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priest
v.t.
To ordain as priest.
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pull
v.i.
To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.
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pachydermal
a.
Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition.
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pin
n.
A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
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pardon
v.t.
The state of being forgiven.
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plasmature
n.
Form; mold.
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physic
v.t.
To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
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pigeonhearted
a.
Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.
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pleura
n.fem.
The closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall.
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polyedron
n.
See Polyhedron.
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physiologic
a.
Physiological.
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porcellanous
a.
Porcelaneous.
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panabase
n.
Same as Tetrahedrite.
+
purificator
n.
One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier.
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pass
v.t.
To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc.
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perpetualty
n.
The state or condition of being perpetual.
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purveyor
n.
An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household.
+
predestine
v.t.
To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
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prefatory
a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks.
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pernot furnace

A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, -- used in making steel.
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prelatism
n.
Prelacy; episcopacy.
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pursue
v.i.
To go in pursuit; to follow.
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pillow
n.
A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
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palapteryx
n.
A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.
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pregnancy
n.
Figuratively: The quality of being heavy with important contents, issue, significance, etc.; unusual consequence or capacity; fertility.
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pineaster
n.
See Pinaster.
+
polygynous
a.
Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia.
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porbeagle
n.
A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark.
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piperidge
n.
Same as Pepperidge.
+
parading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parade
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partaker
n.
One who partakes; a sharer; a participator.
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pooping
n.
The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.
+
paganizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paganize
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peg
n.
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
+
proctor
n.
A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar.
+
planking
n.
The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel.
+
postocular
a.|n.
Same as Postorbital.
+
phthongal
n.
A vocalized element or letter.
+
perry
n.
A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider.
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pectinal
a.
Of or pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb.
+
prostituted
imp.|p.p.
of Prostitute
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plausibleness
n.
Quality of being plausible.
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pallbearer
n.
One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
+
podetia
pl.
of Podetium
+
procedure
n.
The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.
+
pallid
a.
Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.
+
perversive
a.
Tending to pervert.
+
parallactic
a.
Alt. of Parallactical
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pleurocarp
n.
Any pleurocarpic moss.
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peaceable
a.
Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.
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pledgee
n.
The one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered.
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pyromantic
n.
One who pretends to divine by fire.
+
pop
n.
A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.
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poppy
n.
Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule.
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pulverulence
n.
The state of being pulverulent; abundance of dust or powder; dustiness.
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patagium
n.
One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.
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palter
v.i.
To babble; to chatter.
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performance
n.
That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; esp., an action of an elaborate or public character.
+
perked
imp.|p.p.
of Perk
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planking
n.
The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4.
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parental
a.
Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
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pubble
a.
Puffed out, pursy; pudgy; fat.
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pargeting
n.
Plasterwork; esp.: (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.
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patch
v.t.
To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
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prest
a.
Ready; prompt; prepared.
+
puddered
imp.|p.p.
of Pudder
+
prohibitionist
n.
One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
+
pial
a.
Pertaining to the pia mater.
+
peahen
n.
The hen or female peafowl.
+
porringer
n.
A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer.
+
pine
n.
A pineapple.
+
pincpinc
n.
An African wren warbler. (Drymoica textrix).
+
purchase
v.t.
To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
+
progress
n.
In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.
+
pulsion
n.
The act of driving forward; propulsion; -- opposed to suction or traction.
+
puissance
n.
Power; strength; might; force; potency.
+
phenol
n.
Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type.
+
plyght
v.|n.
See Plight.
+
purse
n.
A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.
+
pantophagous
a.
Eating all kinds of food.
+
palliament
n.
A dress; a robe.
+
pigmentary
a.
Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments.
+
pearl
v.t.
To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively.
+
postulate
v.t.
To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.
+
prevalent
a.
Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious.
+
pasties
pl.
of Pasty
+
polyandrian
a.
Polyandrous.
+
purchase
v.t.
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
+
pin
n.
A linchpin.
+
praefoliation
n.
Same as Prefoliation.
+
psalm
v.t.
To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises.
+
parol
n.
Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal.
+
prefix
v.t.
To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.
+
projection
n.
The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each.
+
protosulphide
n.
That one of a series of sulphides of any element which has the lowest proportion of sulphur; a sulphide with but one atom of sulphur in the molecule.
+
penman
n.
An author; a composer.
+
payable
a.
That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value.
+
professor
n.
One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church.
+
philatelic
a.
Of or pertaining to philately.
+
probate
n.
The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
+
protracheata
n.pl.
Same as Malacopoda.
+
phosphorus
n.
Hence, any substance which shines in the dark like phosphorus, as certain phosphorescent bodies.
+
pod
v.i.
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
+
perchant
n.
A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering.
+
pampered
imp.|p.p.
of Pamper
+
procuration
n.
The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
+
polygalaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polygalaceae) of which Polygala is the type.
+
piled
a.
Having a pile or point; pointed.
+
potted
imp.|p.p.
of Pot
+
penult
n.
The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.
+
pain
n.
To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
+
pull
v.t.
To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.
+
poureliche
adv.
Poorly.
+
plush
n.
A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
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purslane
n.
An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
+
protactic
a.
Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or personages of a play; introductory.
+
phytoglyphy
n.
See Nature printing, under Nature.
+
pen
n.|v.
To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.
+
puissant
a.
Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or empire.
+
prostitution
n.
The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.
+
pearlings
n.pl.
A kind of lace of silk or thread.
+
protectorship
n.
The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.
+
pair
v.i.
To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.
+
pentacrinoid
n.
An immature comatula when it is still attached by a stem, and thus resembles a Pentacrinus.
+
prosper
v.i.
To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
+
piciform
a.
Of or pertaining to Piciformes.
+
procumbent
a.
Lying down, or on the face; prone.
+
parliamentarian
n.
One versed in the rules and usages of Parliament or similar deliberative assemblies; as, an accomplished parliamentarian.
+
pregnant
n.
A pregnant woman.
+
presidential
a.
Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.
+
proper
a.
Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
+
pixies
pl.
of Pixie
+
posthumous
a.
Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a posthumous edition.
+
pressure
n.
Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
+
puzzlement
n.
The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
+
prohibit
v.t.
To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
+
pendant
n.
Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book.
+
pathognomy
n.
Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.
+
polygamous
a.
Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous.
+
precipitated
imp.|p.p.
of Precipitate
+
pasteboard
n.
A board on which pastry dough is rolled; a molding board.
+
parasynaxis
n.
An unlawful meeting.
+
pyroboric
a.
Pertaining to derived from, or designating, an acid, H2B4O7 (called also tetraboric acid), which is the acid ingredient of ordinary borax, and is obtained by heating boric acid.
+
panted
imp.|p.p.
of Pant
+
pooling
n.
The act of uniting, or an agreement to unite, an aggregation of properties belonging to different persons, with a view to common liabilities or profits.
+
proctor
n.
A representative of the clergy in convocation.
+
perfusive
a.
Of a nature to flow over, or to spread through.
+
punctated
a.
Pointed; ending in a point or points.
+
philander
n.
An Australian bandicoot (Perameles lagotis).
+
phthongal
a.
Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; -- said of all the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or sonant consonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc.
+
phrenologist
n.
One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.
+
perdue
a.
Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless.
+
patelliform
a.
Resembling a limpet of the genus Patella.
+
perdurance
n.
Alt. of Perduration
+
pegador
n.
A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.
+
paced
imp.|p.p.
of Pace
+
prejudication
n.
The act of prejudicating, or of judging without due examination of facts and evidence; prejudgment.
+
pigsty
n.
A pigpen.
+
propel
v.t.
To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.
+
proscenium
n.
The part where the actors performed; the stage.
+
promptuary
a.
That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository.
+
pomegranate
n.
A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate.
+
philotechnical
a.
Fond of the arts.
+
performed
imp.|p.p.
of Perform
+
propionic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is produced in the distillation of wood, in the fermentation of various organic substances, as glycerin, calcium lactate, etc., and is obtained as a colorless liquid having a sharp, pungent odor. Propionic acid is so called because it is the first or lowest member of the fatty acid series whose salts have a fatty feel.
+
presagement
n.
The act or art of presaging; a foreboding.
+
personate
v.t.
To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
+
pessimism
n.
The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to optimism.
+
pounce
v.t.
To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
+
pugging
v.t.
Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening.
+
punishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Punish
+
pith
n.
The spinal cord; the marrow.
+
peasen
pl.
of Pease
+
present
n.
The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.
+
polyneme
n.
Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemidae. They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish.
+
past
n.
A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
+
purpre
n.|a.
Purple.
+
perpendicular
n.
A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
+
poltroon
n.
An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.
+
pendant
n.
A pendulum.
+
pilentum
n.
An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried.
+
pilfering
a.
Thieving in a small way.
+
prick
n.
To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.
+
palacious
a.
Palatial.
+
phrenological
a.
Of or pertaining to phrenology.
+
pseudofilaria
n.
One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinae.
+
pleuropneumonia
n.
Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle.
+
prelate
v.i.
To act as a prelate.
+
pomposities
pl.
of Pomposity
+
pray
v.i.
To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving.
+
preconcerting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preconcert
+
pretended
imp.|p.p.
of Pretend
+
pistoled
imp.|p.p.
of Pistol
+
proletariat
n.
The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.
+
proceed
v.i.
To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
+
pygmy
a.
Alt. of Pygmean
+
pulvinar
n.
A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
+
phlogisticated
imp.|p.p.
of Phlogisticate
+
puling
n.
A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.
+
palmed
a.
Having or bearing a palm or palms.
+
pluripartite
a.
Deeply divided into several portions.
+
pentrough
n.
A penstock.
+
paphian
a.
Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites.
+
peppergrass
n.
The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera). See Pillwort.
+
perforce
adv.
By force; of necessary; at any rate.
+
photosculpture
n.
A process in which, by means of a number of photographs simultaneously taken from different points of view on the same level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal may be made with great expedition.
+
pinus
n.
A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine.
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profound
a.
Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
+
point
n.
A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef.
+
permute
v.t.
To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
+
phylactolaema
n.pl.
Alt. of Phylactolaemata
+
psychopannychism
n.
The doctrine that the soul falls asleep at death, and does not wake until the resurrection of the body.
+
pamperer
n.
One who, or that which, pampers.
+
penetrativeness
n.
The quality of being penetrative.
+
passionist
n.
A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross.
+
pellage
n.
A customs duty on skins of leather.
+
prime
a.
The first of the chief guards.
+
pursuit
v.t.
Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.
+
pycnogonid
n.
One of the Pycnogonida.
+
perspiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perspire
+
piped
a.
Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular.
+
practise
v.t.|i.
See Practice.
+
pyemia
n.
See PyAemia.
+
pikedevant
n.
A pointed beard.
+
principality
n.
Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station.
+
penitentiary
n.
One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
+
penitentiary
n.
That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.
+
parrot
n.
Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
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pseusoperipteral
a.
Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end.
+
prudent
a.
Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of money.
+
piquant
a.
Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.
+
poach
v.i.
To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.
+
placidity
n.
The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity.
+
participation
n.
The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows.
+
pour
v.t.
To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
+
parasite
n.
A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; -- sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte.
+
panniered
a.
Bearing panniers.
+
primordial
n.
A first principle or element.
+
pileate
a.
Alt. of Pileated
+
physic
n.
A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
+
pontificate
v.i.
To perform the duty of a pontiff.
+
pourparties
pl.
of Pourparty
+
photometric
a.
Alt. of Photometrical
+
phthisipneumonia
n.
Alt. of Phthisipneumony
+
palsywort
n.
The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.
+
probity
n.
Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty; rectitude; uprightness.
+
precalculate
v.t.
To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange.
+
pleaser
n.
One who pleases or gratifies.
+
pressiroster
n.
One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.
+
parcelled

of Parcel
+
pretypified
imp.|p.p.
of Pretypify
+
punning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pun
+
potential
n.
In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center.
+
postnares
n.pl.
The posterior nares. See Nares.
+
phylactery
n.
Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease.
+
parallelism
n.
The quality or state of being parallel.
+
punch
n.
An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
+
pons
n.
A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain.
+
preventional
a.
Tending to prevent.
+
penelope
n.
A genus of curassows, including the guans.
+
plyer
n.
A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.
+
pupe
n.
A pupa.
+
pseudohalteres
pl.
of Pseudohalter
+
pedestrious
a.
Going on foot; not winged.
+
petiolar
a.
Alt. of Petiolary
+
pubic
a.
Of or pertaining to the pubis.
+
particular
n.
One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises.
+
pericardic
a.
Pericardiac.
+
probate
n.
Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved.
+
penumbra
n.
An incomplete or partial shadow.
+
pack
n.
Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.
+
porticos
pl.
of Portico
+
peregrinate
v.i.
To travel from place to place, or from one country to another; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.
+
pound
v.t.
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
+
preraphaelite
a.
Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape.
+
poundage
n.
A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
+
palliate
v.t.
To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.
+
peroxide
n.
An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of the same element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides.  Cf. Per-, 2.
+
practice
v.i.
To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law.
+
pipe
v.i.
To become hollow in the process of solodifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel.
+
pinocle
n.
A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs.
+
pern
n.
The honey buzzard.
+
pourparler
n.
A consultation preliminary to a treaty.
+
perfidious
a.
Involving, or characterized by, perfidy.
+
powwow
v.i.
Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting.
+
psalmodist
n.
One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist.
+
pryingly
adv.
In a prying manner.
+
polyphonist
n.
A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.
+
propagate
v.i.
To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
+
pernoctalian
n.
One who watches or keeps awake all night.
+
perseverant
a.
Persevering.
+
phrenologer
n.
A phrenologist.
+
prevarication
n.
A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
+
precipitator
n.
One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness.
+
passport
n.
A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
+
piscicapture
n.
Capture of fishes, as by angling.
+
printed
imp.|p.p.
of Print
+
privily
adv.
In a privy manner; privately; secretly.
+
permeable
a.
Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances which allow the passage of fluids; as, wood is permeable to oil; glass is permeable to light.
+
propriety
n.
Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.
+
parietal
a.
Of pertaining to the parietes.
+
poop
v.t.
To strike in the stern, as by collision.
+
ploughman
n.
A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.
+
piculet
n.
Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.
+
plantcane
n.
A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.
+
possession
n.
The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
+
perspicuity
n.
The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.
+
pleading
n.
The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments.
+
properness
n.
The quality of being proper.
+
promenade
n.
A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.
+
prorogue
v.t.
To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business.
+
powerless
a.
Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.
+
paroophoron
n.
A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.
+
pneumonic
n.
A medicine for affections of the lungs.
+
pedicellate
a.
Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.
+
praise
v.
To value; to appraise.
+
patience
n.
Solitaire.
+
paroling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parole
+
paleobotanist
n.
One versed in paleobotany.
+
pollex
n.
The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.
+
pocket
n.
A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
+
polyparies
pl.
of Polypary
+
protoxide
n.
That one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion of oxygen. See Proto-, 2 (b).
+
pink
a.
Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
+
pentadecylic
a.
Same as Quindecylic.
+
presagement
n.
That which is presaged, or foretold.
+
power
n.
Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
+
pooler
n.
A stick for stirring a tan vat.
+
porgy
n.
The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
+
prolapsion
n.
Prolapse.
+
polish
a.
Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
+
prophasis
n.
Foreknowledge of a disease; prognosis.
+
pregage
v.t.
To preengage.
+
paneling
n.
A forming in panels; panelwork.
+
periculum
n.
Danger; risk.
+
palliasse
n.
See Paillasse.
+
parasceve
n.
A preparation.
+
penmen
pl.
of Penman
+
plethysmograph
n.
An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence the variations in the amount of blood in the limb.
+
polypary
n.
Same as Polypidom.
+
provexity
n.
Great advance in age.
+
paleontological
a.
Of or pertaining to paleontology.
+
plantain
n.
A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.
+
prudentialist
n.
One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives.
+
pierid
n.
Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
+
plumpy
a.
Plump; fat; sleek.
+
parataxis
n.
The mere ranging of propositions one after another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; -- opposed to syntax.
+
punch
n.
A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
+
peal
v.t.
To assail with noise or loud sounds.
+
plug
n.
A high, tapering silk hat.
+
petulcous
a.
Wanton; frisky; lustful.
+
pernyi moth

A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi) which feeds upon the oak. It has been introduced into Europe and America from China.
+
prenominal
a.
Serving as a prefix in a compound name.
+
prief
n.
Proof.
+
paled
imp.|p.p.
of Pale
+
precontrive
v.t.|i.
To contrive or plan beforehand.
+
parisian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France.
+
para

A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.
+
placoidian
n.
One of the placoids.
+
premium
n.
A sum in advance of, or in addition to, the nominal or par value of anything; as, gold was at a premium; he sold his stock at a premium.
+
prizer
n.
One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser.
+
phlorizin
n.
A bitter white crystalline glucoside extracted from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, plum, etc.
+
poy
n.
A support; -- used in composition; as, teapoy.
+
plunder
n.
That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud.
+
perpetuance
n.
Perpetuity.
+
prismy
a.
Pertaining to a prism.
+
pained
imp.|p.p.
of Pain
+
positively
adv.
In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
+
palter
v.t.
To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.
+
practice
v.t.
To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
+
piazzas
pl.
of Piazza
+
plastron
n.
A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.
+
plein
v.i.|t.
To complain. See Plain.
+
pedicle
n.
Same as Pedicel.
+
prelation
n.
The setting of one above another; preference.
+
predorsal
a.
Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column.
+
prison
v.t.
To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.
+
pontine
a.
Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples.
+
partialism
n.
Partiality; specifically (Theol.), the doctrine of the Partialists.
+
pulse
n.
The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.
+
product
v.t.
To produce; to make.
+
petala
pl.
of Petalum
+
perienteron
n.
The primitive perivisceral cavity.
+
petaloideous
a.
Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline.
+
plant
n.
To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.
+
plunder
v.t.
To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.
+
pentateuchal
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch.
+
parthenic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Spartan Partheniae, or sons of unmarried women.
+
perfunctorily
adv.
In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly.
+
permanable
a.
Permanent; durable.
+
paravant
adv.
In front; publicly.
+
piece
n.
A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary.
+
pealing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peal
+
protagonist
n.
One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like.
+
personal
a.
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
+
platonist
n.
One who adheres to the philosophy of Plato; a follower of Plato.
+
pronunciator
n.
One who pronounces; a pronouncer.
+
probationer
n.
A student in divinity, who, having received certificates of good morals and qualifications from his university, is admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach.
+
pelt
v.i.
To throw out words.
+
pressitant
a.
Gravitating; heavy.
+
pfennige
pl.
of Pfennig
+
pout
n.
A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness.
+
punk
n.
An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
+
princewood
n.
The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color.
+
pot
n.
A perforated cask for draining sugar.
+
palisade
n.
Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.
+
palpitation
n.
A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.
+
privateersmen
pl.
of Privateersman
+
plaguily
adv.
In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely.
+
prance
v.i.
To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner.
+
pairing
v.i.
The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.
+
pantology
n.
A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.
+
pen
v.t.
To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.
+
praenares
n.pl.
The anterior nares. See Nares.
+
popular
a.
Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
+
prick
n.
To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
+
plunge
n.
Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
+
premium
n.
Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital.
+
peerage
n.
The body of peers; the nobility, collectively.
+
priest
n.
A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation.
+
praeter

A prefix. See Preter-.
+
participial
n.
A participial word.
+
presbyope
n.
One who has presbyopia; a farsighted person.
+
poor
superl.
Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
+
potts disease

Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon.
+
puddle
n.
A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.
+
pestilential
a.
Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence.
+
proprietary
n.
A body proprietors, taken collectively.
+
plagueful
a.
Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations.
+
puteli
n.
Same as Patela.
+
play
n.
To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute.
+
peccancy
n.
A sin; an offense.
+
panidiomorphic
a.
Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks.
+
platitudinous
a.
Abounding in platitudes; of the nature of platitudes; uttering platitudes.
+
potent
a.
Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument.
+
postzygapophyses
pl.
of Postzygapophysis
+
preconsent
n.
A previous consent.
+
paganized
imp.|p.p.
of Paganize
+
parrot
v.t.
To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
+
pupil
n.
A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor.
+
pondered
imp.|p.p.
of Ponder
+
prefiguring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prefigure
+
plough
n.
A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
+
photochemical
a.
Of or pertaining to chemical action of light, or produced by it; as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of the retina.
+
pampered
a.
Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant.
+
pick
v.
To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.
+
perulae
pl.
of Perula
+
peroration
n.
The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument.
+
preterit
n.
The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.
+
peristeria
n.
A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.
+
polatouche
n.
A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene.
+
pandoor
n.
Same as Pandour.
+
protection
n.
The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.
+
plunge
v.t.
To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
+
pseudoturbinal
a.
See under Turbinal.
+
parabanic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which is obtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystalline substance (C3N2H2O3); -- also called oxalyl urea.
+
poacher
n.
One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish contrary to law.
+
piggish
a.
Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy.
+
percolator
n.
One who, or that which, filters.
+
prosal
a.
Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic.
+
pyrenean
n.
The Pyrenees.
+
perceive
v.t.
To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord.
+
podotheca
n.
The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.
+
put
imp.|p.p.
of Put
+
practicer
n.
One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts.
+
planifolious
a.
Flat-leaved.
+
polychrest
n.
A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
+
paedogenesis
n.
Reproduction by young or larval animals.
+
purging
n.
The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.
+
phonological
a.
Of or pertaining to phonology.
+
protrusively
adv.
In a protrusive manner.
+
pseudofilari
pl.
of Pseudofilaria
+
pussy
n.
A catkin of the pussy willow.
+
peaceless
a.
Without peace; disturbed.
+
piliferous
a.
Beset with hairs.
+
pendently
adv.
In a pendent manner.
+
park
n.
A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.
+
pull
v.t.
To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
+
program
n.
Same as Programme.
+
papillomata
pl.
of Papilloma
+
patricidal
a.
Of or pertaining to patricide; parricidal.
+
premeditate
a.
Premeditated; deliberate.
+
porime
n.
A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to be almost self-evident.
+
pinax
n.
A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.
+
perkinism
n.
A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, -- first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich, Conn. See Metallotherapy.
+
putrescent
a.
Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.
+
pacu
n.
A South American freah-water fish (Myleies pacu), of the family Characinidae. It is highly esteemed as food.
+
psittaceous
a.
Alt. of Psittacid
+
projectment
n.
Design; contrivance; projection.
+
putrification
n.
Putrefaction.
+
platinochloride
n.
A double chloride of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinochloric acid.
+
point
n.
A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune.
+
protest
v.
A declaration made by a party, before or while paying a tax, duty, or the like, demanded of him, which he deems illegal, denying the justice of the demand, and asserting his rights and claims, in order to show that the payment was not voluntary.
+
patent
a.
The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent.
+
pondfish
n.
Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae; -- called also pond perch, and sunfish.
+
perfoliate
a.
Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.
+
patristic
a.
Alt. of Patristical
+
priorship
n.
The state or office of prior; priorate.
+
perpender
n.
A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone.
+
pile
n.
One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
+
part
v.i.
To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from.
+
phono

A combining form from Gr. / sound, tone; as, phonograph, phonology.
+
patron
n.
One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
+
permanent
a.
Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent impression.
+
patriotic
a.
Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.
+
peytrel
n.
The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel.
+
patripassian
n.
One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preexistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian.
+
phaseomannite
n.
Same as Inosite.
+
precoetanean
n.
One contemporary with, but older than, another.
+
polling
n.
Plunder, or extortion.
+
palatopterygoid
a.
Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.
+
piedmont
a.
Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.
+
parget
v.i.
To lay on plaster.
+
plumbago
n.
Same as Graphite.
+
philippizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Philippize
+
pentaspast
n.
A purchase with five pulleys.
+
pallet
n.
In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.
+
piezometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids.
+
prismatical
a.
Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage.
+
peltry
n.
Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
+
point
n.
One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.
+
provocativeness
n.
Quality of being provocative.
+
pretertiary
a.
Earlier than Tertiary.
+
pedage
n.
A toll or tax paid by passengers, entitling them to safe-conduct and protection.
+
prejudicate
a.
Formed before due examination.
+
polychroite
n.
The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
+
peplus
n.
A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen.
+
placit
n.
A decree or determination; a dictum.
+
priest
n.
One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.
+
preludious
a.
Preludial.
+
pin
n.
An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
+
perversed
a.
Turned aside.
+
pentagonal
a.
Having five corners or angles.
+
philanthrope
n.
A philanthropist.
+
plunderage
n.
The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.
+
preantenultimate
a.
Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a word, or that before the antepenult.
+
presaged
imp.|p.p.
of Presage
+
pupillometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of the pupil of the eye.
+
prangos
n.
A genus of umbelliferous plants, one species of which (P. pabularia), found in Thibet, Cashmere, Afghanistan, etc., has been used as fodder for cattle. It has decompound leaves with very long narrow divisions, and a highly fragrant smell resembling that of new clover hay.
+
prodrome
n.
A forerunner; a precursor.
+
proceed
n.
See Proceeds.
+
piller
n.
One who pills or plunders.
+
pranced
imp.|p.p.
of Prance
+
phyllostome
n.
Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma, or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.
+
prig
v.t.
To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.
+
psychophysical
a.
Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man.
+
precontract
n.
a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it.
+
podosperm
n.
The stalk of a seed or ovule.
+
polynomial
a.
Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem.
+
pargeter
n.
A plasterer.
+
picklock
n.
An instrument for picking locks.
+
preach
v.i.
To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.
+
pedotrophy
n.
The art of nourishing children properly.
+
pasquilant
n.
A lampooner; a pasquiler.
+
paracrostic
n.
A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.
+
pectinated
a.
Having very narrow, close divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike; as, a pectinate leaf; pectinated muscles.  See Illust. (e) of Antennae.
+
pavilion
n.
A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.
+
pavonine
a.
Like, or pertaining to, the genus Pavo.
+
proditorious
a.
Apt to make unexpected revelations.
+
prostration
n.
The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits.
+
prosaical
a.
Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person.
+
pemmican
n.
Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun.
+
playful
a.
Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.
+
pouncing
n.
The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.
+
pared
imp.|p.p.
of Pare
+
pyritiferous
a.
Containing or producing pyrites.
+
purre
n.
The dunlin.
+
planipennia
n.pl.
A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also Planipennes.
+
prevent
v.i.
To come before the usual time.
+
photographometer
n.
An instrument for determining the sensibility of the plates employed in photographic processes to luminous rays.
+
plumb
v.t.
To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
+
pedicel
n.
A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower.
+
pack
v.i.
To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
+
propose
v.i.
To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.
+
punctuator
n.
One who punctuates, as in writing; specifically, a punctator.
+
polygyn
n.
A plant of the order Polygynia.
+
prevertebral
a.
Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.
+
passee
a.
Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle.
+
plebeiance
n.
Plebeianism.
+
pepperwort
n.
See Peppergrass.
+
prolongation
n.
That which forms an additional length.
+
prefer
v.t.
To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general.
+
pulseless
a.
Having no pulsation; lifeless.
+
pseudospore
n.
A peculiar reproductive cell found in some fungi.
+
perlustration
n.
The act of viewing all over.
+
potassoxyl
n.
The radical KO, derived from, and supposed to exist in, potassium hydroxide and other compounds.
+
palewise
adv.
In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise.
+
penitentiary
n.
A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.
+
piend
n.
See Peen.
+
patch
n.
A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
+
paltering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Palter
+
pipelayer

Alt. of Pipe layer
+
persuading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Persuade
+
procyon
n.
A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.
+
paralyze
v.t.
Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts.
+
physic
n.
Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
+
polyedrous
a.
See Polyhedral.
+
polypide
n.
One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa.
+
prime
a.
First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
+
pursue
v.t.
To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
+
preceptory
a.
Preceptive.
+
placemen
pl.
of Placeman
+
pirate
n.
One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
+
perula
n.
A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.
+
popularized
imp.|p.p.
of Popularize
+
pustular
a.
Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustulate.
+
procured
imp.|p.p.
of Procure
+
pretend
v.i.
To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to.
+
petralogy
n.
See Petrology.
+
proctor
n.
An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
+
predermining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Predetermine
+
punt
v.i.
To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.
+
prominent
a.
Hence; Distinctly manifest; likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous; as, a prominent feature of the face; a prominent building.
+
promotive
a.
Tending to advance, promote, or encourage.
+
punctilio
n.
A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony.
+
piercer
n.
The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.
+
prepayment
n.
Payment in advance.
+
peloponnesian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece.
+
pale
n.
Paleness; pallor.
+
praefloration
n.
Same as Prefloration.
+
possessed
imp.|p.p.
of Possess
+
page
v.t.
To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.
+
party
v.
A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.
+
propiolate
n.
A salt of propiolic acid.
+
petaliform
a.
Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped.
+
pleiosaurus
n.
Same as Pliosaurus.
+
plantation
n.
The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.
+
pericardian
a.
Pericardiac.
+
paludose
a.
Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.
+
polishing

a. & n. from Polish.
+
picnic
v.i.
To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.
+
period
n.
The time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission.
+
powpow
n.
Hence: Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering.
+
pup
v.i.
To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.
+
polypiparous
a.
Producing polyps.
+
parallel
v.t.
To equal; to match; to correspond to.
+
paradisaic
a.
Alt. of Paradisaical
+
pervious
a.
Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
+
pyroarsenic
a.
Pertaining to or designating, an acid of arsenic analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.
+
procreative
a.
Having the power to beget; generative.
+
polyhedron
n.
A polyscope, or multiplying glass.
+
puff
n.
To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
+
pecunial
a.
Pecuniary.
+
provision
n.
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
+
papabote
n.
The upland plover.
+
propitiatorily
adv.
By way of propitiation.
+
pandemonium
n.
The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits.
+
pauperized
imp.|p.p.
of Pauperize
+
perfecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perfect
+
pharyngopneusta
n.pl.
A group of invertebrates including the Tunicata and Enteropneusta.
+
pup
n.
A young dog; a puppy.
+
pedometric
a.
Alt. of Pedometrical
+
placitory
a.
Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law.
+
piracy
n.

+
physiological
a.
Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the functions of living organism; as, physiological botany or chemistry.
+
put
n.
A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.
+
pinned
imp.|p.p.
of Pin
+
preambulate
v.i.
To walk before.
+
picapare
n.
The finfoot.
+
prolled
imp.|p.p.
of Proll
+
preciousness
n.
The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness.
+
pustulated
a.
Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral.
+
pignerate
v.t.
To pledge or pawn.
+
progeny
n.
Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.
+
paramountly
adv.
In a paramount manner.
+
powder
v.t.
To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
+
prevention
n.
Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought.
+
protocatechuic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance from catechin, asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation itself yields pyrocatechin.
+
proliferation
n.
The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.
+
perfected
imp.|p.p.
of Perfect
+
philomot
a.
Of the color of a dead leaf.
+
penchant
n.
Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
+
plasterly
a.
Resembling plaster of Paris.
+
packing
n.
A trick; collusion.
+
physiophyly
n.
The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological development of vital activities, -- being a branch of phylogeny. See Morphophyly.
+
page
n.
A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
+
philistine
a.
Uncultured; commonplace.
+
possible
a.
Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong.
+
psoas
n.
An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebrae and inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas.
+
piggery
n.
A place where swine are kept.
+
pell
n.
A skin or hide; a pelt.
+
predestinarian
n.
One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination.
+
piled
a.
Formed from a pile or fagot; as, piled iron.
+
permiscible
a.
Capable of being mixed.
+
predetermined
imp.|p.p.
of Predetermine
+
putanism
n.
Habitual lewdness or prostitution of a woman; harlotry.
+
purple
n.
A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
+
phototypic
a.
Of or pertaining to a phototype or phototypy.
+
prolation
n.
A mediaeval method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims.
+
praam
n.
A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, -- used in Holland and the Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war.
+
periwig
v.t.
To dress with a periwig, or with false hair.
+
petasus
n.
The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.
+
propene
n.
Same as Propylene.
+
pip
n.
A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
+
pacificable
a.
Placable.
+
provoking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Provoke
+
pilotage
n.
The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
+
pugilistic
a.
Of or pertaining to pugillism.
+
polymountain
n.
The closely related Teucrium montanum, formerly called Polium montanum, a plant of Southern Europe.
+
precise
a.
Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious.
+
put
n.
A certain game at cards.
+
plaintive
n.
Repining; complaining; lamenting.
+
passibility
n.
The quality or state of being passible; aptness to feel or suffer; sensibility.
+
palesie
n.
Alt. of Palesy
+
portrait
n.
Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words.
+
period
n.
A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a division of time, as a series of years, months, or days, in which something is completed, and ready to recommence and go on in the same order; as, the period of the sun, or the earth, or a comet.
+
paranoia
n.
Mental derangement; insanity.
+
pop
adv.
Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly.
+
preclude
v.
To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.
+
pastries
pl.
of Pastry
+
prelect
v.t.
To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.
+
petunia
n.
A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.
+
preterite
a.|n.
Same as Preterit.
+
precoces
n.pl.
Same as Praecoces.
+
priming
n.
The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
+
pastille
n.
A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.
+
prattled
imp.|p.p.
of Prattle
+
particularities
pl.
of Particularity
+
polygenous
a.
Consisting of, or containing, many kinds; as, a polygenous mountain.
+
pocket
n.
Same as Pouch.
+
pandora
n.
A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.
+
pretty
superl.
Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.
+
persulphocyanate
n.
A salt of persulphocyanic acid.
+
painable
a.
Causing pain; painful.
+
perilla
n.
A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.
+
particularity
n.
Special circumstance; minute detail; particular.
+
presurmise
n.
A surmise previously formed.
+
pseudoromantic
a.
Falsely romantic.
+
presence
n.
The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse.
+
pended
imp.|p.p.
of Pend
+
physiographical
a.
Of or pertaining to physiography.
+
proliferous
a.
Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals.
+
pylae
pl.
of Pyla
+
polluting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pollute
+
paradoxides
n.
A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations.
+
pouch
n.
A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.
+
pycnodont
n.
Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing.
+
pike
n.|v.
A pointed or peaked hill.
+
prescribing
p.pr|vb.n.
of Prescribe
+
pisolitic
a.
Composed of, containing, or resembling, pisolite.
+
pediceled
a.
Pedicellate.
+
platting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plat
+
pair
v.i.
To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
+
paralyzing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paralyze
+
preconformity
n.
Anticipative or antecedent conformity.
+
panfuls
pl.
of Panful
+
pepastic
a.|n.
Same as Maturative.
+
phlogogenous
a.
Causing inflammation.
+
preconize
v.t.
To approve by preconization.
+
postern
n.
Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate.
+
palestinean
a.
Of or pertaining to Palestine.
+
presentific
a.
Making present.
+
poley
n.
See Poly.
+
pitmen
pl.
of Pitman
+
patrimonial
a.
Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate.
+
pragmaticalness
n.
The quality or state of being pragmatical.
+
perimetric
a.
Alt. of Perimetrical
+
podium
n.
A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
+
postposition
n.
A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, another word; -- distinguished from preposition.
+
passeres
n.pl.
An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.
+
pufflegged
a.
Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
+
purchase
v.t.
To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
+
pulmograde
a.
Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae.
+
poop
v.i.
To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind.
+
puttied
imp.|p.p.
of Putty
+
physiologize
v.i.
To speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations.
+
punch
v.t.
To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.
+
pyrotechny
n.
The use and application of fire in science and the arts.
+
peasweep
n.
The pewit, or lapwing.
+
prosper
v.t.
To favor; to render successful.
+
preformative
n.
A formative letter at the beginning of a word.
+
path
n.
A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action.
+
pererration
n.
A wandering, or rambling, through various places.
+
panopticon
n.
A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen.
+
phonetic
a.
Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
+
purpleheart
n.
A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.
+
pailful
n.
The quantity that a pail will hold.
+
pistazite
n.
Same as Pistacite.
+
petered
imp.|p.p.
of Peter
+
prevent
v.t.
To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
+
predatory
a.
Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.
+
pightel
n.
A small inclosure.
+
putrify
v.t.|i.
To putrefy.
+
prox
n.
"The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes."
+
plus
a.
Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual.
+
percomorphi
n.pl.
A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds.
+
portal
a.
Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery.
+
phoebe
n.
The pewee, or pewit.
+
presentifical
a.
Presentific.
+
pointer
n.
One who, or that which, points.
+
preinstructed
imp.|p.p.
of Preinstruct
+
pinion
v.t.
To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
+
prance
v.i.
To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.
+
partlet
n.
A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.
+
pegger
n.
One who fastens with pegs.
+
pontifex
n.
A high priest; a pontiff.
+
psyche
n.
The soul; the vital principle; the mind.
+
pseudoscorpiones
n.pl.
An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.
+
promise
v.t.
To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money.
+
pompon
n.
A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather.
+
parried
imp.|p.p.
of Parry
+
phonetician
n.
One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
+
pabulation
n.
The act of feeding, or providing food.
+
principal
n.
The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
+
phenylene
n.
A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine.
+
philibeg
n.
See Filibeg.
+
precession
n.
The act of going before, or forward.
+
puncheon
n.
A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
+
peep
n.
A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.
+
paxywaxy
n.
See Paxwax.
+
poulder
n.|v.
Powder.
+
plurally
adv.
In a plural manner or sense.
+
pela
n.
See Wax insect, under Wax.
+
perimorph
n.
A crystal of one species inclosing one of another species. See Endomorph.
+
paramitome
n.
The fluid portion of the protoplasm of a cell.
+
party
v.
A part or portion.
+
pinnock
n.
The tomtit.
+
pump
v.t.
To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
+
pleasurist
n.
A person devoted to worldly pleasure.
+
piragua
n.
See Pirogue.
+
pyridic
a.
Related to, or formed from, pyridin or its homologues; as, the pyridic bases.
+
peppergrass
n.
Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; -- called also pepperwort. All the species have a pungent flavor.
+
pound
n.
A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86.  There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.
+
posturer
n.
One who postures.
+
pitch
n.
That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
+
pyrogallate
n.
A salt of pyrogallic acid; an ether of pyrogallol.
+
puzzier
n.
One who, or that which, puzzles or perplexes.
+
predicability
n.
The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something.
+
picnicker
n.
One who takes part in a picnic.
+
predial
a.
Consisting of land or farms; landed; as, predial estate; that is, real estate.
+
plagueless
a.
Free from plagues or the plague.
+
persuade
v.t.
To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
+
postdate
a.
Made or done after the date assigned.
+
poignantly
adv.
In a poignant manner.
+
purchase
v.t.
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
+
pitchblack
a.
Black as pitch or tar.
+
print
v.t.
To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book.
+
porcupine
n.
Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species.
+
poenamu
n.
A variety of jade or nephrite, -- used in New Zealand for the manufacture of axes and weapons.
+
paralogized
imp.|p.p.
of Paralogize
+
penang nut

The betel nut.
+
politics
n.
The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals.
+
perceptive
a.
Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
+
post
n.
One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
+
publichearted
a.
Public-spirited.
+
perturbative
a.
Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing.
+
phylae
pl.
of Phyle
+
pin
n.
A rolling-pin.
+
pulsation
n.
A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
+
punctualist
n.
One who is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies.
+
passively
adv.
In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.
+
potableness
n.
The quality of being drinkable.
+
parrotry
n.
Servile imitation or repetition.
+
persuasion
n.
That which persuades; a persuasive.
+
provocative
n.
Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.
+
put
v.t.
To throw or cast with a pushing motion "overhand," the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.
+
property
a.
Propriety; correctness.
+
persimmon
n.
An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious.
+
pulsating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pulsate
+
pontifical
n.
The dress and ornaments of a pontiff.
+
perigastric
a.
Surrounding the stomach; -- applied to the body cavity of Bryozoa and various other Invertebrata.
+
polypragmatic
a.
Alt. of Polypragmatical
+
plait
n.
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.
+
prolocutor
n.
One who speaks for another.
+
prediscover
v.t.
To discover beforehand.
+
peal
v.t.
To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.
+
perfuncturate
v.t.
To perform in a perfunctory manner; to do negligently.
+
paragoge
n.
Coaptation.
+
pterotic
n.
The pterotic bone.
+
proportional
a.
Relating to, or securing, proportion.
+
paramylum
n.
A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water.
+
picard
n.
One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- so called from one Picard of Flanders. See Adamite.
+
polyzonal
a.
Consisting of many zones or rings.
+
point
n.
The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick.
+
preach
v.t.
To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.
+
papyrograph
n.
An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold.
+
proscriptive
a.
Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing.
+
pattern
n.
Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
+
pistoleer
n.
One who uses a pistol.
+
poignant
a.
Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
+
perissodactyla
n.pl.
A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.
+
pointing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Point
+
paronymous
a.
Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc.
+
paradoxes
pl.
of Paradox
+
panorpian
a.
Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa.
+
patron
n.
A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.
+
preelection
n.
Election beforehand.
+
primateship
n.
The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.
+
philately
n.
The collection of postage stamps of various issues.
+
pseudodox
n.
A false opinion or doctrine.
+
pyot
n.
The magpie. See Piet.
+
plagiary
a.
Kidnaping.
+
pitter
v.i.
To make a pattering sound; to murmur; as, pittering streams.
+
psalmist
n.
A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of music, in the church.
+
pocketbook
n.
A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.
+
pledged
imp.|p.p.
of Pledge
+
plumule
n.
One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
+
patrician
a.
Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.
+
peritropous
a.
Peritropal.
+
pycnostyle
a.
See under Intercolumniation.
+
prospector
n.
One who prospects; especially, one who explores a region for minerals and precious metals.
+
patellula
n.
A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.
+
pneumo

A combining form from Gr. pney`mwn, pney`monos, a lung; as, pneumogastric, pneumology.
+
pachydermata
n.pl.
A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group.
+
plasmatical
a.
Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma.
+
pineclad
a.
Alt. of Pine-crowned
+
pithiness
n.
The quality or state of being pithy.
+
pheer
n.
See 1st Fere.
+
provincializing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Provincialize
+
pitch
v.i.
To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
+
pyro
n.
Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid.
+
press
v.
To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.
+
polymorphy
n.
Existence in many forms; polymorphism.
+
purl
v.t.
To decorate with fringe or embroidery.
+
pomona
n.
The goddess of fruits and fruit trees.
+
placard
n.
A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.
+
paralytic
a.
Inclined or tending to paralysis.
+
platonizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Platonize
+
pentadelphous
a.
Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden.
+
pterylosis
n.
The arrangement of feathers in definite areas.
+
post
n.
A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
+
polygraph
n.
In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors.
+
propping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prop
+
preexamine
v.t.
To examine beforehand.
+
politicalism
n.
Zeal or party spirit in politics.
+
pad
n.
A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.
+
proterosaurus
n.
An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called also Protosaurus.
+
pantomimist
n.
An actor in pantomime; also, a composer of pantomimes.
+
plough
n.|v.
See Plow.
+
propagate
v.t.
To generate; to produce.
+
pastorale
n.
A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.
+
plant
n.
To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
+
paddle
v.t.
To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.
+
perspectography
n.
The science or art of delineating objects according to the laws of perspective; the theory of perspective.
+
poor
superl.
Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
+
pustulant
v.t.
Producing pustules.
+
pedarian
n.
One of a class eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote; -- so called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favored when a vote was taken.
+
primness
n.
The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.
+
preface
v.t.
To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.
+
peritreme
n.
The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.
+
phlegmatic
a.
Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person.
+
prolonged
imp.|p.p.
of Prolong
+
picking
n.
The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.
+
pulmobranchiate
a.|n.
Same as Pulmonibranchiata, -ate.
+
put

3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth.
+
pananglican
a.
Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England; used less strictly, to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States; as, the Pan-Anglican Conference at Lambeth, in 1888.
+
ploughpoint
n.
A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.
+
presentoir
n.
An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver.
+
palaeographic
a.
See Paleographer, Paleographic, etc.
+
protending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Protend
+
presbytership
n.
The office or station of a presbyter; presbyterate.
+
prosobranch
n.
One of the Prosobranchiata.
+
parcase
adv.
Perchance; by chance.
+
packway
n.
A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.
+
peace
v.
A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose
+
pseudomorph
n.
A pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution.
+
plagiarism
n.
That which plagiarized.
+
pac
n.
A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper.
+
prodigiousness
n.
The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness.
+
preyed
imp.|p.p.
of Prey
+
pallet
n.
One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.
+
plastid
n.
Alt. of Plastide
+
proposition
n.
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.
+
perisystole
n.
The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying.
+
pressor
a.
Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor.
+
purocoll
n.
A yellow crystalline substance allied to pyrrol, obtained by the distillation of gelatin.
+
phlegmatical
a.
Phlegmatic.
+
puseyite
n.
One who holds the principles of Puseyism; -- often used opprobriously.
+
pagan
n.
Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions.
+
perplexed
a.
Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious.
+
polynuclear
a.
Containing many nuclei.
+
pillow
n.
A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
+
precipitancy
n.
The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth.
+
phylactolemata
n.pl.
Same as Phylactolaema.
+
preserve
n.
A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
+
potteen
n.
See Poteen.
+
pneumootoka
n.pl.
Same as Sauropsida.
+
paradactyla
pl.
of Paradactylum
+
pesanted
a.
Made heavy or dull; debased.
+
plathelminth
n.
One of the Platyelminthes.
+
pantechnicon
n.
A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.
+
purport
n.
Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
+
premier
a.
First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister.
+
pangless
a.
Without a pang; painless.
+
passerine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Passeres.
+
pacing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pace
+
phycophaeine
n.
A brown coloring matter found in certain algae.
+
prosencephalon
n.
The cerebrum.
+
petersham
n.
A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material.
+
pickerel
n.
Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
+
plash
n.
The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.
+
photolithographic
n.
Of or pertaining to photolithography; produced by photolithography.
+
polyptoton
n.
A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell."
+
preferential
a.
Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares.
+
pumicate
v.t.
To make smooth with pumice.
+
pyroxanthin
n.
A yellow crystalline hydrocardon extracted from crude wood spirit; -- called also eblanin.
+
pneumonitis
n.
Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.
+
pontiff
n.
The chief priest.
+
processioner
n.
An officer appointed to procession lands.
+
pluriliteral
a.
Consisting of more letters than three.
+
potamospongiae
n.pl.
The fresh-water sponges. See Spongilla.
+
pachydermoid
a.
Related to the pachyderms.
+
pulsatile
a.
Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.
+
poker
n.
A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.
+
prospective
n.
Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.
+
predominate
v.i.
To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, love predominated in her heart.
+
powerful
a.
Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
+
proant
n.
Provender or food.
+
protophyte
n.
Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division.
+
pony
n.
A small glass of beer.
+
property
a.
That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.
+
phthisical
a.
Of or pertaining to phthisis; affected with phthisis; wasting; consumptive.
+
picking
n.
The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.
+
pulpiteer
n.
One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt.
+
pounced
a.
Ornamented with perforations or dots.
+
psychian
n.
Any small moth of the genus Psyche and allied genera (family Psychidae). The larvae are called basket worms. See Basket worm, under Basket.
+
padelion
n.
A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.
+
persevere
v.i.
To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken.
+
pulmonata
n.pl.
An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis.
+
pregnancy
n.
The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young.
+
pedunculate
a.
Alt. of Pedunculated
+
pattypan
n.
A patty.
+
paddle
v.i.
A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough.
+
plongee
n.
A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course.
+
presumptuous
a.
Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct.
+
peritracheal
a.
Surrounding the tracheae.
+
perpetrated
imp.|p.p.
of Perpetrate
+
purpura
n.
A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.
+
pipestone
n.
A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes.  Cf. Catlinite.
+
pig
n.
Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
+
perigonia
pl.
of Perigonium
+
pebrine
n.
An epidemic disease of the silkworm, characterized by the presence of minute vibratory corpuscles in the blood.
+
podophthalmic
a.
Alt. of Podophthalmous
+
postpliocene
a.
Of or pertaining to the period immediately following the Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary.
+
punice
n.
See Punese.
+
preemption
n.
The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.
+
prospered
imp.|p.p.
of Prosper
+
proctor
n.
An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
+
powdering

a. & n. from Powder, v. t.
+
picked
a.
Pointed; sharp.
+
probality
n.
Probability.
+
parapectin
n.
A gelatinous modification of pectin.
+
pored
imp.|p.p.
of Pore
+
production
n.
That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius.
+
ptilosis
n.
Same as Pterylosis.
+
pressure
n.
A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
+
phonics
n.
See Phonetics.
+
poplin
n.
A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted, -- used especially for women's dresses.
+
pusher
n.
One who, or that which, pushes.
+
pilot
v.t.
To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
+
pencil
n.
A small medicated bougie.
+
prejudicacy
n.
Prejudice; prepossession.
+
pug
n.
An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck.
+
picketed
imp.|p.p.
of Picket
+
pistolade
n.
A pistol shot.
+
paraph
n.
A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery.
+
pinch
n.
Pian; pang.
+
parable
n.
A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ.
+
potoo
n.
A large South American goatsucker (Nyctibius grandis).
+
preponderated
imp.|p.p.
of Preponderate
+
policying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Policy
+
please
v.t.
To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally.
+
procure
v.i.
To pimp.
+
pseudodox
a.
Not true in opinion or doctrine; false.
+
pursue
v.t.
To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
+
perturbed
a.
Agitated; disturbed; troubled.
+
persulphate
n.
A sulphate of the peroxide of any base.
+
preterition
n.
A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just."  Called also paraleipsis.
+
prosiliency
n.
The act of leaping forth or forward; projection.
+
prelecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prelect
+
presstriction
n.
Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight.
+
prelatical
a.
Of or pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as, prelatical authority.
+
philologue
n.
A philologist.
+
peaked
a.
Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.
+
pointdevise
a.
Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.
+
peccadillo
n.
A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault.
+
plein
a.
Full; complete.
+
patriarchal
a.
Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
+
putting
n.
The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game.
+
patron
n.
An advocate or pleader.
+
partitive
a.
Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.
+
patriarchate
n.
The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
+
parish
n.
In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.
+
possessive
n.
A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case.
+
parcel
v.t.
To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
+
palestric
a.
Alt. of Palestrical
+
polyhedrons
pl.
of Polyhedron
+
propaganda
n.
Hence, any organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles.
+
promethean
n.
An apparatus for automatic ignition.
+
pontlevis
n.
The action of a horse in rearing repeatedly and dangerously.
+
property
a.
An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.
+
probator
n.
An examiner; an approver.
+
pottage
n.
A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge.
+
phosphureted
a.
Impregnated, or combined, with phosphorus.
+
principle
v.t.
To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill.
+
palm
n.
A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
+
pleurobranchia
n.
Same as Pleurobranch.
+
progressed
imp.|p.p.
of Progress
+
pall
n.
A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages.
+
parabolism
n.
The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term.
+
publishable
a.
Capable of being published; suitable for publication.
+
potting
n.
Tippling.
+
pellucid
a.
Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque.
+
platonism
n.
The doctrines or philosophy by Plato or of his followers.
+
pandect
n.
A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science.
+
proselytized
imp.|p.p.
of Proselytize
+
placoides
n.pl.
A group of fishes including the sharks and rays; the Elasmobranchii; -- called also Placoidei.
+
planoorbicular
a.
Plane or flat on one side, and spherical on the other.
+
pigmean
a.
See Pygmean.
+
pyramid
n.
A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape.
+
porkling
n.
A pig; a porket.
+
proofproof
a.
Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong.
+
papilliform
a.
Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.
+
polysyllable
n.
A word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables than three; -- words of less than four syllables being called monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables.
+
pulque
n.
An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave.
+
perofskite
n.
A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals.
+
primitiae
pl.
of Primitia
+
parsee
n.
One of the adherents of the Zoroastrian or ancient Persian religion, descended from Persian refugees settled in India; a fire worshiper; a Gheber.
+
pollard
n.
A hornless animal (cow or sheep).
+
pomelo
n.
A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit.
+
psychrometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer.
+
potash
n.
The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash.
+
pritch
n.
Pique; offense.
+
propitiable
a.
Capable of being propitiated.
+
pawnable
a.
Capable of being pawned.
+
phoenicopterus
n.
A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.
+
passacaglia
n.
Alt. of Passacaglio
+
philomathic
a.
Having love of learning or letters.
+
pleonaste
n.
A black variety of spinel.
+
promoter
n.
One who excites; as, a promoter of sedition.
+
pastoral
a.
Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
+
palet
n.
A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale.
+
pedant
n.
A schoolmaster; a pedagogue.
+
premises
pl.
of Premise
+
prismoid
n.
A body that approaches to the form of a prism.
+
poeticule
n.
A poetaster.
+
pathogeny
n.
The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled.
+
perfervid
a.
Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent.
+
palaetiologist
n.
One versed in palaetiology.
+
pink
v.t.
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
+
pulvilli
pl.
of Pulvillus
+
paranymph
n.
A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride.
+
palola
n.
An annelid (Palola viridis) which, at certain seasons of the year, swarms at the surface of the sea about some of the Pacific Islands, where it is collected for food.
+
premiss
n.
Premise.
+
parliament
n.
The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws.
+
pinnated
a.
Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
+
pelt
n.
The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.
+
presume
v.t.
To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.
+
pause
n.
To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.
+
palindromist
n.
A writer of palindromes.
+
pharyngobranchial
a.
Of or pertaining to the pharynx and the branchiae; -- applied especially to the dorsal elements in the branchial arches of fishes. See Pharyngeal.
+
papa
n.
A child's word for father.
+
pointblank
n.
The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed.
+
payn
n.
Bread. Having
+
puff
v.t.
To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
+
pharisean
a.
Following the practice of Pharisees; Pharisaic.
+
pare
v.t.
To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.
+
parole
n.
Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.
+
portpane
n.
A cloth for carrying bread, so as not to touch it with the hands.
+
personable
a.
Having capacity to take anything granted.
+
praisably
adv.
In a praisable manner.
+
prevarication
n.
A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
+
pike
sing.|pl.
A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack.
+
prepense
v.i.
To deliberate beforehand.
+
pleasureful
a.
Affording pleasure.
+
promt
superl.
Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons.
+
prickle
n.
A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.
+
pickeering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pickeer
+
pomeranian
a.
Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea.
+
premunition
n.
The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.
+
palamme
pl.
of Palama
+
pledge
n.
A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage.
+
parascenium
n.
One of two apartments adjoining the stage, probably used as robing rooms.
+
pass
v.i.
To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily.
+
pusillanimous
a.
Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince.
+
pock
n.
A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases.
+
peripterous
a.
Feathered all around.
+
proprietress
n.
A female proprietor.
+
pastime
v.i.
To sport; to amuse one's self.
+
plagae
pl.
of Plaga
+
point
n.
An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge.
+
psychography
n.
A description of the phenomena of mind.
+
pinniped
n.
One of the Pinnipedia; a seal.
+
proteidea
n.pl.
An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus (Necturus). Called also Proteoidea, and Proteida.
+
prestation
n.
A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service.
+
pelvis
n.
The calyx of a crinoid.
+
praeoperculum
n.
Same as Preoperculum.
+
persalt
n.
A term formerly given to the salts supposed to be formed respectively by neutralizing acids with certain peroxides.
+
pumpernickel
n.
A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.
+
precentorship
n.
The office of a precentor.
+
pyromancy
n.
Divination by means of fire.
+
perchance
adv.
By chance; perhaps; peradventure.
+
postponing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Postpone
+
papules
pl.
of Papule
+
pioned
a.
A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds."
+
plesiomorphous
a.
Nearly alike in form.
+
processionalist
n.
One who goes or marches in a procession.
+
peltate
a.
Alt. of Peltated
+
personalize
v.t.
To make personal.
+
pride
n.
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
+
pericranium
n.
The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.
+
pulmonibranchiata
n.pl.
Same as Pulmonata.
+
preopercular
a.
Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum.
+
postulated
a.
Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference.
+
philosophizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Philosophize
+
portcullis
n.
An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.
+
palpitant
a.
Palpitating; throbbing; trembling.
+
primly
adv.
In a prim or precise manner.
+
pulley
b.t.
To raise or lift by means of a pulley.
+
pyrologist
n.
One who is versed in, or makes a study of, pyrology.
+
peristrephic
a.
Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama).
+
pharmacognosis
n.
That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- called also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy.
+
planimetry
n.
The mensuration of plane surfaces; -- distinguished from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes.
+
prolonging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prolong
+
prebend
n.
A prebendary.
+
panslavist
n.
One who favors Panslavism.
+
penchute
n.
See Penstock.
+
photoelectric
a.
Acting by the operation of both light and electricity; -- said of apparatus for producing pictures by electric light.
+
palmatifid
a.
Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.
+
plumply
adv.
Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve.
+
paste
n.
The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.
+
penitentially
adv.
In a penitential manner.
+
pass
v.t.
To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money.
+
para grass

A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.
+
pentad
a.
Having the valence of a pentad.
+
petrogale
n.
Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rock wallaby (P. penicillata).
+
pilei
pl.
of Pileus
+
platanus
n.
A genus of trees; the plane tree.
+
premerit
v.t.
To merit or deserve beforehand.
+
petalous
a.
Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to apetalous.
+
piecemeal
a.
Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate.
+
proofarm
v.t.
To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself.
+
posteriors
n.pl.
The hinder parts, as of an animal's body.
+
potwalloper
n.
One who cleans pots; a scullion.
+
perplexing
a.
Embarrassing; puzzling; troublesome.
+
permanently
adv.
In a permanent manner.
+
predisponent
n.
That which predisposes.
+
perfectness
n.
The quality or state of being perfect; perfection.
+
perigone
n.
In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.
+
pedobaptism
n.
The baptism of infants or of small children.
+
palm
n.
A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.
+
proventricle
n.
Proventriculus.
+
plaguy
a.
Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse. [Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud."
+
phyllopod
n.
One of the Phyllopoda. [Also used adjectively.]
+
prolapse
v.i.
To fall down or out; to protrude.
+
papa
n.
A parish priest in the Greek Church.
+
perfuse
v.t.
To suffuse; to fill full or to excess.
+
provisorship
n.
The office or position of a provisor.
+
platband
n.
A flat molding, or group of moldings, the width of which much exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave.
+
pedatifid
a.
Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; -- said of a leaf.
+
pastern
n.
A patten.
+
puma
n.
A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.
+
powder
n.
The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.
+
progne
n.
A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin.
+
propagate
v.t.
To multiply; to increase.
+
pretender
n.
One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
+
piecework
n.
Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.
+
perpetrate
v.t.
To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed.
+
preponderate
v.t.
To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.
+
pummel
n.|v.t.
Same as Pommel.
+
pyogenic
a.
Producing or generating pus.
+
pharisaical
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees.
+
presage
v.t.
Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment.
+
paintless
a.
Not capable of being painted or described.
+
profligate
a.
Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.
+
proverbial
a.
Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.
+
palea
n.
One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.
+
prelal
a.
Of or pertaining to printing; typographical.
+
pressure
n.
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
+
paise
n.
See Poise.
+
pathologies
pl.
of Pathology
+
pliocene
n.
The Pliocene period or deposits.
+
pika
n.
Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys, resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare. See Chief hare.
+
parallax
n.
The apparent difference in position of a body (as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional point, as the earth's center or the sun.
+
pisciculturist
n.
One who breeds fish.
+
puffingly
adv.
In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of breath; with exaggerated praise.
+
purfling
n.
Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the inlaid border of a musical instrument, as a violin.
+
phrenetic
a.
Alt. of Phrenetical
+
perfection
n.
A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
+
papyrus
n.
A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.
+
port
v.t.
To carry; to bear; to transport.
+
phloretin
n.
A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.
+
paisano
n.
The chaparral cock.
+
prisoner
n.
A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court.
+
prejudge
v.t.
To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand.
+
predestinate
v.t.
To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preelect.
+
pool
n.
In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
+
poor
superl.
Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
+
palmcrist
n.
The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.)
+
peck
n.
A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
+
prefixed
imp.|p.p.
of Prefix
+
preputial
a.
Of or pertaining to the prepuce.
+
pilloried
imp.|p.p.
of Pillory
+
phyto

A combining form from Gr. fyto`n a plant; as, phytochemistry, phytography.
+
paliform
a.
Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.
+
philippic
n.
Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.
+
paludinous
a.
Of or pertaining to a marsh or fen.
+
puncture
v.t.
To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.
+
paco
n.
Alt. of Pacos
+
papain
n.
A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America.
+
panel
v.t.
To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.
+
painstaker
n.
One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work.
+
piercing
a.
Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust.
+
pipe
n.
A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it.
+
phasmid
n.
Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidae, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.
+
pulchritude
n.
Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.
+
peptonoid
n.
A substance related to peptone.
+
prolepsis
n.
A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
+
papillote
n.
a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper.
+
pentarchy
n.
A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.
+
perel
n.
Apparel.
+
penetrate
v.t.
To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand.
+
plead
v.t.
To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.
+
pebbly
a.
Full of pebbles; pebbled.
+
pointing
n.
The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
+
pea
n.
A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod.
+
practiced
a.
Used habitually; learned by practice.
+
prima facie

At first view; on the first appearance.
+
poak
n.
Alt. of Poake
+
polyp
n.
One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
+
postmeridian
a.
Fig., belonging to the after portion of life; late.
+
physicophilosophy
n.
The philosophy of nature.
+
prigged
imp.|p.p.
of Prig
+
pruning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prune
+
packeted
imp.|p.p.
of Packet
+
provend
n.
See Provand.
+
pharmaceutic
a.
Alt. of Pharmaceutical
+
panacean
a.
Having the properties of a panacea.
+
potting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pot
+
piapec
n.
A West African pie (Ptilostomus Senegalensis).
+
proselytizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Proselytize
+
palestrae
pl.
of Palestra
+
pegged
imp.|p.p.
of Peg
+
pantaloonery
n.
The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery.
+
play
v.t.
To perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to play a waltz on the violin.
+
plumbery
n.
A place where plumbing is carried on; lead works.
+
part
n.
To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.
+
pactitious
a.
Setted by a pact, or agreement.
+
pollack
n.
The American pollock; the coalfish.
+
purge
v.t.
The act of purging.
+
prescribe
v.i.
To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
+
palatic
n.
A palatal.
+
prefect
n.
A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation.
+
petroleur
n.f.
Alt. of Petroleuse
+
partition
v.
A score.
+
potion
n.
A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine.
+
predicable
n.
Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.
+
perspective
a.
A glass through which objects are viewed.
+
pap
v.t.
To feed with pap.
+
prosocoele
n.
The entire cavity of the prosencephalon.
+
poler
n.
One who poles.
+
poet
n.
One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.
+
pam
n.
The knave of clubs.
+
pauropoda
n.pl.
An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheae.
+
presciendent
a.
Foreknowing; having foreknowledge; as, prescious of ills.
+
paramour
n.
Love; gallantry.
+
pesterous
a.
Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome.
+
pluto
n.
The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World.
+
periphrastically
adv.
With circumlocution.
+
perwigging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Periwig
+
pinaces
pl.
of Pinax
+
patter
v.i.
To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.
+
pall
v.t.
To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.
+
parsed
imp.|p.p.
of Parse
+
pyrophosphoric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, H4P2O7, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are obtained by heating the phosphates.
+
prescript
n.
Direction; precept; model prescribed.
+
peripatetic
a.
Walking about; itinerant.
+
pavilion
n.
The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
+
procumbent
a.
Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.
+
pore
v.
One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
+
packed
imp.|p.p.
of Pack
+
pais
n.
The country; the people of the neighborhood.
+
prodigies
pl.
of Prodigy
+
philter
n.
A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love.
+
ploughgang
n.
Same as Plowgate.
+
paragraphist
n.
A paragrapher.
+
preseance
n.
Priority of place in sitting.
+
pantamorphic
a.
Taking all forms.
+
pentangle
n.
A pentagon.
+
pollices
pl.
of Pollex
+
physiolatry
n.
The worship of the powers or agencies of nature; materialism in religion; nature worship.
+
pickle
v.t.
Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc.
+
phaeacian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Phaeacians, a fabulous seafaring people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer.
+
peracute
a.
Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever.
+
pantheon
n.
A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome.
+
pantomime
n.
A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.
+
praiseworthy
a.
Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy.
+
pouch
v.t.
To swallow; -- said of fowls.
+
pamper
v.t.
To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination.
+
plattdeutsch
n.
The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany, taken collectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German.
+
polymerize
v.t.
To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde.
+
plastery
a.
Of the nature of plaster.
+
protagon
n.
A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies.
+
philander
n.
A lover.
+
percuss
v.t.
To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination.
+
presumption
n.
Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.
+
published
imp.|p.p.
of Publish
+
pouncing
n.
Decorative perforation of cloth.
+
plantigrade
a.
Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.
+
pied
imp.|p.p.
of Pi
+
platinichloric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid consisting of platinic chloride and hydrochloric acid, and obtained as a brownish red crystalline substance, called platinichloric, or chloroplatinic, acid.
+
pig
n.
The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
+
patenthammered
a.
Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.
+
plume
v.t.
To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
+
pupil
n.
A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.
+
phalansterian
n.
One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier.
+
pardoning
a.
Relating to pardon; having or exercising the right to pardon; willing to pardon; merciful; as, the pardoning power; a pardoning God.
+
piscina
n.
A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
+
present
v.i.
To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.
+
planaria
n.
Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial.
+
professing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Profess
+
palaetiology
n.
The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth.
+
pluriliteral
n.
A pluriliteral word.
+
protocol
n.
The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
+
pedestrian
n.
A walker; one who journeys on foot; a foot traveler; specif., a professional walker or runner.
+
pungence
n.
Pungency.
+
plaiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plait
+
pectin
n.
One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.
+
petal
n.
One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower.
+
propaganda
n.
The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623-1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world.
+
percolate
v.i.
To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.
+
pathed
imp.|p.p.
of Path
+
porphyrize
v.t.
To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted in composition, like porphyry.
+
personate
a.
Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.
+
profaned
imp.|p.p.
of Profane
+
paronomasy
n.
Paronomasia.
+
project
n.
That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
+
prowler
n.
One that prowls.
+
plantigrade
n.
A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears.
+
photographical
a.
Of or pertaining to photography; obtained by photography; used ib photography; as a photographic picture; a photographic camera.
+
personification
n.
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands.
+
pshaw
interj.
Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc.
+
pice
n.
A small copper coin of the East Indies, worth less than a cent.
+
perturbation
n.
A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion; as, the perturbations of the planets are caused by their attraction on each other.
+
prospectiveness
n.
Quality of being prospective.
+
phanerocodonic
a.
Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.
+
pettitoes
n.pl.
The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet.
+
punctulated
a.
Marked with small spots.
+
perihelia
pl.
of Perihelium
+
post
n.
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
+
pia mater

The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord.
+
pointless
a.
Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.
+
princified
a.
Imitative of a prince.
+
perseverance
n.
The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.
+
plashet
n.
A small pond or pool; a puddle.
+
principle
n.
Any original inherent constituent which characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; -- applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc.
+
parigenin
n.
A curdy white substance, obtained by the decomposition of parillin.
+
privity
a.
A private matter or business; a secret.
+
presider
n.
One who presides.
+
prime
n.
The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection.
+
philhellene
n.
A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist.
+
periodicities
pl.
of Periodicity
+
phillipsite
n.
A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite.
+
prose
v.i.
To write prose.
+
politzerization
n.
The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it.
+
proudish
a.
Somewhat proud.
+
plot
v.t.
To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
+
propodium
n.
The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect.
+
perceptivity
n.
The quality or state of being perceptive; power of perception.
+
pah
interj.
An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah.
+
procoele
n.
A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain.
+
portfire
n.
A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and mealed powder, -- used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells.
+
preshow
v.t.
To foreshow.
+
parallel
v.i.
To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.
+
perfectionate
v.t.
To perfect.
+
panhellenic
a.
Of or pertaining to all Greece, or to Panhellenism; including all Greece, or all the Greeks.
+
pokebag
n.
The European long-tailed titmouse; -- called also poke-pudding.
+
punch
n.
A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
+
phalanx
n.
A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
+
proponent
n.
The propounder of a thing.
+
pinnated
a.
Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.
+
pall
v.t.
To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite.
+
prophetize
v.i.
To give predictions; to foreshow events; to prophesy.
+
pilaster
n.
An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less.
+
pens
n.
pl. of Penny.
+
poecilopod
n.
One of the Poecilopoda. Also used adjectively.
+
piercing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pierce
+
paseng
n.
The wild or bezoar goat. See Goat.
+
perpent stone

See Perpender.
+
polysynthetic
a.
Characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative.
+
potamian
n.
A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx.
+
planarida
n.pl.
A division of Turbellaria; the Dendrocoela.
+
polyeidism
n.
The quality or state of being polyeidic.
+
penetrate
v.t.
To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity.
+
pant
n.
A violent palpitation of the heart.
+
punctured
a.
Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
+
pay
v.i.
Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.
+
peterero
n.
See Pederero.
+
prophylactic
a.
Alt. of Prophylactical
+
precent
n.
A command in writing; a species of writ or process.
+
panel
n.
One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
+
pastel
n.
A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.
+
palprbrate
a.
Having eyelids.
+
prie
n.
The plant privet.
+
paraboloid
n.
The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas.
+
porphyritic
a.
Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, or augite, in a relatively fine-grained base, often aphanitic or cryptocrystalline.
+
petunse
n.
Alt. of Petuntze
+
programmata
pl.
of Programma
+
phosphorescence
n.
A phosphoric light.
+
phasel
n.
The French bean, or kidney bean.
+
paviage
n.
A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways.
+
pronephron
n.
The head kidney. See under Head.
+
propendency
n.
Propensity.
+
pother
n.
Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother.
+
piepoudre
n.
Alt. of Piepowder
+
persistency
n.
The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed
+
petroglyphy
n.
The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone.
+
pitch
n.
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits.
+
preposition
n.
A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
+
press
v.
To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.
+
pothecary
n.
An apothecary.
+
ping
n.
The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
+
psalmograph
n.
A writer of psalms; a psalmographer.
+
parbreak
n.
Vomit.
+
pandered
imp.|p.p.
of Pander
+
phrenitis
n.
Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis.
+
purchase
v.t.
The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
+
papillate
v.t.|i.
To cover with papillae; to take the form of a papilla, or of papillae.
+
polish
n.
Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
+
passant
v.i.
Curs/ry, careless.
+
prorogate
v.t.
To prorogue.
+
protoplasmatic
a.
Protoplasmic.
+
propose
v.i.
To offer one's self in marriage.
+
pitiable
a.
Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
+
protophytology
n.
Paleobotany.
+
possessive
n.
The possessive case.
+
purloined
imp.|p.p.
of Purloin
+
panurgy
n.
Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft.
+
portage
n.
Capacity for carrying; tonnage.
+
probatory
a.
Serving for trial; probationary.
+
pap
n.
A nipple; a mammilla; a teat.
+
pleasure
n.
What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.
+
pintail
n.
A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon.
+
poachard
n.
The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard.
+
prosaist
n.
A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer.
+
potter
n.
The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
+
pelt
v.t.
To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
+
propheticality
n.
Propheticalness.
+
premiant
a.
Serving to reward; rewarding.
+
permute
v.t.
To exchange; to barter; to traffic.
+
pullus
n.
A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.
+
preocular
n.
One of the scales just in front of the eye of a reptile or fish.
+
pseusoperipteral
n.
A pseudo-peripteral temple.
+
partook
imp.
of Partake
+
pah
n.
A kind of stockaded intrenchment.
+
premillennial
a.
Previous to the millennium.
+
preraphaelitism
n.
The doctrine or practice of a school of modern painters who profess to be followers of the painters before Raphael. Its adherents advocate careful study from nature, delicacy and minuteness of workmanship, and an exalted and delicate conception of the subject.
+
pittance
n.
A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation.
+
pulverizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pulverize
+
photolithography
n.
The art or process of producing photolithographs.
+
povert
n.
Poverty.
+
paganize
v.t.
To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism.
+
plagued
imp.|p.p.
of Plague
+
prester
n.
A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
+
perturbation
n.
The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind.
+
peace
v.
Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience.
+
perverted
imp.|p.p.
of Pervert
+
pitapat
adv.
In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.
+
plain
superl.
Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
+
permit
v.t.
To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
+
phrygian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
+
paddock
n.
A toad or frog.
+
perissology
n.
Superfluity of words.
+
prosenchyma
n.
A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
+
post
v.t.
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
+
pet
v.i.
To be a pet.
+
pean
n.
A song of praise and triumph. See Paean.
+
principal
n.
One who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent.
+
pumper
n.
One who pumps; the instrument or machine used in pumping.
+
paved
imp.|p.p.
of Pave
+
pierian
a.
Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses.
+
private
a.
Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
+
pichurim bean

The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut.
+
protruded
imp.|p.p.
of Protrude
+
play
n.
To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
+
pass
v.i.
Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass.
+
pitheci
n.pl.
A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates.
+
prick
n.
To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
+
polycotyledonary
a.
Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.
+
planetical
a.
Of or pertaining to planets.
+
parathesis
n.
A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.
+
pseudotinea
n.
The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria).
+
parallelism
n.
Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.
+
peery
a.
Inquisitive; suspicious; sharp.
+
paracorolla
n.
A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.
+
procoelian
a.
Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebrae, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex.
+
prelusive
a.
Of the nature of a prelude; introductory; indicating that something of a like kind is to follow.
+
phenix
n.
A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes.  Hence, an emblem of immortality.
+
parish
n.
That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.
+
persic
n.
The Persian language.
+
petrifaction
n.
Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.
+
pluri

A combining form from L. plus, pluris, more, many; as pluriliteral.
+
premunire
n.
See Praemunire.
+
particle
n.
A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
+
palissy
a.
Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry.
+
pellagra
n.
An erythematous affection of the skin, with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy.
+
panacea
n.
A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.
+
pestilentially
adv.
Pestilently.
+
peekaboo
n.
A child's game; bopeep.
+
pitfall
n.
A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind.
+
passable
a.
Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.
+
primage
n.
A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain.
+
proemial
a.
Introductory; prefatory; preliminary.
+
perinaeum
n.
See Perineum.
+
powdered
a.
Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder.
+
poppyhead
n.
A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.
+
pretenceless
a.
See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless.
+
ploughed

of Plough
+
paralyzed
imp.|p.p.
of Paralyze
+
persifleur
n.
One who indulges in persiflage; a banterer; a quiz.
+
parbuckled
imp.|p.p.
of Parbuckle
+
pseudomorphous
a.
Not having the true form.
+
puntel
n.
See Pontee.
+
prosing
n.
Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.
+
postea
n.
The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record.
+
paleface
n.
A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians.
+
pucker
n.
A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
+
pianino
n.
A pianette, or small piano.
+
pinning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pin
+
posture
n.
Place; position; situation.
+
prayer
v.i.
The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body.
+
prophesy
v.i.
To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound.
+
proceeding
n.
The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.
+
papered
imp.|p.p.
of Paper
+
pretense
n.
Alt. of Pretence
+
penitently
adv.
In a penitent manner.
+
phrasing
n.
Method of expression; association of words.
+
pygostyle
n.
The plate of bone which forms the posterior end of the vertebral column in most birds; the plowshare bone; the vomer. It is formed by the union of a number of the last caudal vertebrae, and supports the uropigium.
+
primp
a.
To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.
+
polyphonic
a.
Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.
+
phocacean
n.
Any species of Phoca; a seal.
+
pelt
n.
The human skin.
+
paraguayan
a.
Of or pertaining to Paraguay.
+
penuchle
n.
Alt. of Pinocle
+
plumbing
n.
The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.
+
partake
v.i.
To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with others.
+
penetrative
a.
Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun.
+
passivity
n.
The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia.
+
project
v.i.
To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.
+
phenylic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, phenyl.
+
pagoda
n.
A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.
+
partition
v.t.
To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, etc.; as, to partition a house.
+
paillasse
n.
An under bed or mattress of straw.
+
persecute
v.t.
To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
+
plaster
v.t.
To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.
+
paragon
v.t.
To compare with; to equal; to rival.
+
preteriteness
n.
Same as Preteritness.
+
palfrey
n.
A saddle horse for the road, or for state occasions, as distinguished from a war horse.
+
particular
n.
A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story.
+
polygynia
n.pl.
A Linnaean order of plants having many styles.
+
productive
a.
Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable.
+
percesoces
n.pl.
An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.
+
pageant
a.
Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.
+
pharmacomathy
n.
See Pharmacognosis.
+
paradoxology
n.
The use of paradoxes.
+
pillared
a.
Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars.
+
policy
n.
A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.
+
point
n.
To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition.
+
proctodaeum
n.
See Mesenteron.
+
puerileness
n.
The quality of being puerile; puerility.
+
pursuer
n.
A plaintiff; a prosecutor.
+
pudu
n.
A very small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long.
+
pasteurization
n.
A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140° F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments.
+
pollock
n.
A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc.
+
passion
n.
A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross.
+
pivot
n.
The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
+
plicature
n.
A fold; a doubling; a plication.
+
piquancy
n.
The quality or state of being piquant.
+
panislamism
n.
A desire or plan for the union of all Mohammedan nations for the conquest of the world.
+
pun
v.i.
To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble.
+
pruned
imp.|p.p.
of Prune
+
picturable
a.
Capable of being pictured, or represented by a picture.
+
protonotary
n.
The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.
+
push
v.t.
To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
+
prolling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Proll
+
pyromalate
n.
A salt of pyromalic acid.
+
propithecus
n.
A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris.
+
puck
n.
The goatsucker.
+
plight

imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
+
phonographic
a.
Alt. of Phonographical
+
prurient
a.
Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful.
+
phosphorogenic
a.
Generating phosphorescence; as, phosphorogenic rays.
+
partake
v.t.
To distribute; to communicate.
+
prosy
superl.
Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.
+
performance
n.
The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.
+
plurality
n.
The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority.
+
perplexed
imp.|p.p.
of Perplex
+
planchette
n.
A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.
+
pemphigus
n.
A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body.
+
pyxidium
n.
The theca of mosses.
+
property
v.t.
To make a property of; to appropriate.
+
pewfellow
n.
One who occupies the same pew with another.
+
pin
n.
Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
+
purse
v.t.
To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
+
porphyrization
n.
The act of porphyrizing, or the state of being porphyrized.
+
pile
v.t.
To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
+
pellmell
adv.
In utter confusion; with confused violence.
+
pietism
n.
The principle or practice of the Pietists.
+
peechi
n.
The dauw.
+
palulus
n.
Same as Palus.
+
pinkroot
n.
A perennial North American herb (Spigelia Marilandica), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass.
+
pampero
n.
A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage.
+
princehood
n.
Princeliness.
+
prime
a.
The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.
+
paradised
a.
Placed in paradise; enjoying delights as of paradise.
+
pranker
n.
One who dresses showily; a prinker.
+
peritoneal
a.
Of or pertaining to the peritoneum.
+
packet
v.t.
To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
+
pyrrhonism
n.
Skepticism; universal doubt.
+
paper
a.
Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.
+
pace
n.
A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
+
placing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Place
+
phlebotomized
imp.|p.p.
of Phlebotomize
+
prevaricate
v.i.
To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
+
pollard
n.
A stag that has cast its antlers.
+
pulmonibranchiate
a.|n.
Same as Pulmonate.
+
pseudepigraphous
a.
Inscribed with a false name.
+
pigment
n.
Wine flavored with species and honey.
+
profound
a.
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
+
pedicellariae
pl.
of Pedicellaria
+
plaited
imp.|p.p.
of Plait
+
panhellenium
n.
An assembly or association of Greeks from all the states of Greece.
+
paramagnetic
n.
A paramagnetic substance.
+
pacifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pacify
+
perspective
a.
The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects.
+
paralepsis
n.
See Paraleipsis.
+
peeress
n.
The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or by right of marriage.
+
perduellion
n.
Treason.
+
protreptical
a.
Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.
+
proletariate
n.
The lower classes; beggars.
+
pinna
n.
Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity.
+
pompano
n.
A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish.
+
privacy
n.
A private matter; a secret.
+
platycephalic
a.
Alt. of Platycephalous
+
practice
n.
Customary or constant use; state of being used.
+
plantlet
n.
A little plant.
+
proctorage
n.
Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt.
+
pneumometry
n.
Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air.
+
polygenic
a.
Of or relating to polygeny; polygenetic.
+
patriarchate
n.
The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.
+
perception
n.
The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguished from conception.
+
polytype
n.
A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief.
+
patronage
n.
Business custom.
+
peon
n.
A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt.
+
propulsive
a.
Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging.
+
paste
n.
Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.
+
picturesque
a.
Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language.
+
penrack
n.
A rack for pens not in use.
+
prehensible
a.
Capable of being seized.
+
polyzoan
n.
Any species of Polyzoa; one of the Polyzoa.
+
periphrasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Periphrase
+
purchase
v.t.
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
+
polygonal
a.
Having many angles.
+
paracentesis
n.
The perforation of a cavity of the body with a trocar, aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation of effused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping.
+
panpharmacon
n.
A medicine for all diseases; a panacea.
+
preorbital
a.
Situated in front or the orbit.
+
pre

A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as, precede, to go before; precursor, a forerunner; prefix, to fix or place before; preeminent eminent before or above others. Pre- is sometimes used intensively, as in prepotent, very potent.
+
prosternum
n.
The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.
+
planer
n.
A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.
+
pendentive
n.
The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel.
+
preparer
n.
One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready.
+
pad
n.
A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.
+
picket
v.t.
To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
+
plectognathous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.
+
poplar
n.
The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar.
+
poinder
n.
One who distrains property.
+
plainhearted
a.
Frank; sincere; artless.
+
pubes
n.
The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty.
+
placita
pl.
of Placitum
+
poise
n.
To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
+
pectoral
a.
Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.
+
pitch
n.
The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
+
pitch
n.
See Pitchstone.
+
pitcherfuls
pl.
of Pitcherful
+
pallial
a.
Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve.
+
paramorph
n.
A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite.
+
pull
n.
The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.
+
perflation
n.
The act of perflating.
+
pillowcase
n.
A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth.
+
plastic

A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.
+
polariscopy
n.
The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope.
+
perfective
a.
Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of.
+
pulsimeter
n.
A sphygmograph.
+
puncturation
n.
The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture.
+
penitence
n.
The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.
+
poonac
n.
A kind of oil cake prepared from the cocoanut. See Oil cake, under Cake.
+
parting
v.
Admitting of being parted; partible.
+
prominency
n.
The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.
+
pythagorize
v.i.
To speculate after the manner of Pythagoras.
+
pancratical
a.
Of or pertaining to the pancratium; athletic.
+
pharmacy
n.
The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist.
+
pouting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pout
+
prorate
v.t.
To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata.
+
punctator
n.
One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite.
+
polycystine
n.
One of the Polycystina.
+
photometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to photometry, or to a photometer.
+
preparative
n.
That which is done in the way of preparation.
+
padder
n.
One who, or that which, paddles.
+
perspirability
n.
The quality or state of being perspirable.
+
peptone
n.
Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case, however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed albuminose.
+
paradoses
pl.
of Parados
+
picaroon
n.
One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper.
+
parasite
n.
An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.
+
potential
a.
Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
+
piece
n.
A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece.
+
piketail
n.
See Pintail, 1.
+
procession
v.i.
To march in procession.
+
purify
v.t.
To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
+
pronouncing
a.
Pertaining to, or indicating, pronunciation; as, a pronouncing dictionary.
+
phyllo

A combining form from Gr. / a leaf; as, phyllopod, phyllotaxy.
+
pepper
n.
The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.
+
pinked
a.
Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped on the edge.
+
photolithograph
v.t.
To produce (a picture, a copy) by the process of photolithography.
+
pleurapophysis
n.
One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib.
+
palate
v.t.
To perceive by the taste.
+
plutonian
a.
Plutonic.
+
plastically
adv.
In a plastic manner.
+
perspicacious
a.
Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.
+
parasol
v.t.
To shade as with a parasol.
+
pride
v.t.
To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.
+
prism
n.
A form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See Form, n., 13.
+
pitcher
n.
A sort of crowbar for digging.
+
polity
n.
Hence: The form or constitution by which any institution is organized; the recognized principles which lie at the foundation of any human institution.
+
pumping

a. & n. from pump.
+
preponderancy
n.
The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
+
posterior
a.
At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.
+
preach
v.t.
To advise or recommend earnestly.
+
poll
n.
The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
+
precociousness
n.
Alt. of Precocity
+
pard
n.
A leopard; a panther.
+
partycolored
a.
Alt. of Parti-colored
+
pterygia
pl.
of Pterygium
+
pensioned
imp.|p.p.
of Pension
+
piping
n.
Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.
+
pass
v.i.
To take heed; to care.
+
pad
v.i.
To wear a path by walking.
+
paraboliform
a.
Resembling a parabola in form.
+
polonaise
a.
Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland.
+
paltered
imp.|p.p.
of Palter
+
palatine
n.
One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
+
puff
v.t.
To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
+
praetorium
n.
See Pretorium.
+
precipitation
n.
A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity.
+
pyramidical
a.
Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid; pyramidal.
+
pinacone
n.
A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type.
+
pleasureless
a.
Devoid of pleasure.
+
permeating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Permeate
+
plunging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plunge
+
papaw
n.
A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself.
+
planner
n.
One who plans; a projector.
+
paedobaptism
n.
Pedobaptism.
+
pileworm
n.
The teredo.
+
pasteboard
n.
A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc.
+
phelloderm
n.
A layer of green parenchimatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen.
+
prosaism
n.
That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner.
+
prisage
n.
A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this.
+
pericardial
a.
Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart.
+
pith
v.t.
To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.
+
perimysial
a.
Surrounding a muscle or muscles.
+
proctucha
n.pl.
A division of Turbellaria including those that have an intestine terminating posteriorly.
+
prudential
a.
Exercising prudence; discretionary; advisory; superintending or executive; as, a prudential committee.
+
prevail
v.i.
To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against.
+
prismatical
a.
Same as Orthorhombic.
+
parsley
n.
An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish.
+
palliard
n.
A lecher; a lewd person.
+
period
v.i.
To come to a period; to conclude. [Obs.] "You may period upon this, that," etc.
+
periscians
n.pl.
Alt. of Periscii
+
parakeet
n.
Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet.
+
pipestem
n.
The hollow stem or tube of a pipe used for smoking tobacco, etc.
+
pedestrianized
imp.|p.p.
of Pedestrianize
+
paravant
adv.
Beforehand; first.
+
penates
n.pl.
The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.
+
proplastic
a.
Forming a mold.
+
phycochrome
n.
A bluish green coloring matter of certain algae.
+
purbeck beds

The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oolitic group. See the Chart of Geology.
+
preexist
v.i.
To exist previously; to exist before something else.
+
puttyroot
n.
An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-Eve.
+
purge
v.t.
To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.
+
polymerous
a.
Polymeric.
+
particulate
v.t.|i.
To particularize.
+
parallel
n.
A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
+
prudery
n.
The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness.
+
plagihedral
a.
Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals.
+
paraconic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as a deliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids.
+
puddering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pudder
+
puplican
n.
Publican.
+
pale
n.
A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
+
perforating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perforate
+
parenchymatous
a.
Alt. of Parenchymous
+
presbyteress
n.
A female presbyter.
+
powderflask
n.
A flask in which gunpowder is carried, having a charging tube at the end.
+
pedate
a.
Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf.
+
poundcake
n.
A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.
+
pilcrow
n.
a paragraph mark, /.
+
parados
n.
An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse.
+
pull
v.t.
To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
+
profane
a.
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
+
plenicorn
n.
A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer.
+
portension
n.
The act of foreshowing; foreboding.
+
pinch
v.t.
Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
+
proceed
v.i.
To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.
+
prighte

imp. of Prick.
+
purr
n.
The low murmuring sound made by a cat; pur. See Pur.
+
parlance
n.
Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance.
+
prill
n.
A stream.
+
prettyism
n.
Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc.
+
promptly
adv.
In a prompt manner.
+
prattlement
n.
Prattle.
+
prideful
a.
Full of pride; haughty.
+
plangent
a.
Beating; dashing, as a wave.
+
policy
n.
Motive; object; inducement.
+
prodromous
a.
Precursory.
+
purseful
n.
All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill a purse.
+
preexistent
a.
Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preexistent state.
+
pin
n.
The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
+
petiolated
a.
Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.
+
pane
n.
The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.
+
poking
a.
Drudging; servile.
+
pry
v.i.
To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach.
+
pinetum
n.
A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes.
+
pile
n.
A large building, or mass of buildings.
+
pry
n.
A lever; also, leverage.
+
preacher
n.
One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects.
+
perroquet
n.
See Paroquet, Parakeet.
+
panel
n.
A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
+
pentylic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, pentyl; as, pentylic alcohol
+
pinxter
n.
See Pinkster.
+
plowhead
n.
Alt. of Ploughhead
+
preparative
a.
Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.
+
prim
v.t.
To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.
+
platform
n.
A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.
+
phyllotaxis
n.
The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.
+
picturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Picture
+
pantomime
n.
A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.
+
pinner
n.
One who, or that which, pins or fastens, as with pins.
+
poriferan
n.
One of the Polifera.
+
play
v.t.
To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
+
primate
a.
One of the Primates.
+
pan
n.
The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel.
+
passionate
v.i.
To express feelingly or sorrowfully.
+
premiership
n.
The office of the premier.
+
pagurian
n.
Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit.
+
palsying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Palsy
+
press
v.
To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.
+
personation
n.
The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.
+
paladumenta
pl.
of Paludamentum
+
precocious
a.
Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.
+
pharynges
pl.
of Pharynx
+
parcel
n.
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
+
pleomorphism
n.
The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.
+
polar
a.
Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar coordinates.
+
pennach
n.
A bunch of feathers; a plume.
+
purpose
v.i.
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
+
purkinjes cells

Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.
+
philopolemic
a.
Alt. of Philopolemical
+
placating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Placate
+
pine
v.
To grieve or mourn for.
+
pitiful
a.
Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
+
polychromate
n.
A compound which exhibits, or from which may be prepared, a variety of colors, as certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by fluorescence.
+
pinnate
a.
Alt. of Pinnated
+
palindromic
a.
Alt. of Palindromical
+
plain
v.i.
To lament; to bewail; to complain.
+
particle
n.
The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.
+
pin
v.t.
To peen.
+
proportionate
a.
Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
+
practicable
a.
That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good.
+
prerogatively
adv.
By prerogative.
+
presensation
n.
Previous sensation, notion, or idea.
+
phylacterical
a.
Of or pertaining to phylacteries.
+
perceptible
a.
Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable.
+
polyglot
n.
One who speaks several languages.
+
poundage
n.
A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
+
piperonal
n.
A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde.
+
parent
n.
One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.
+
pontificial
a.
Papal; pontifical.
+
password
n.
A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
+
pterostigmata
pl.
of Pterostigma
+
pietra dura

Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble.
+
primeval
a.
Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
+
penetrable
a.
Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.
+
pelisse
n.
An outer garment for men or women, originally of fur, or lined with fur; a lady's outer garment, made of silk or other fabric.
+
puller
n.
One who, or that which, pulls.
+
pelusiac
a.
Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.
+
pout
n.
The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.
+
postclavicle
n.
A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.
+
portly
a.
Bulky; corpulent.
+
priming
n.
The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.
+
plumule
n.
The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle.
+
pyrethrin
n.
A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor.
+
pervious
a.
Capable of penetrating or pervading.
+
prepotency
n.
The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
+
pass
v.t.
To make, as a thrust, punto, etc.
+
peristeropodous
a.
Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.
+
pharmacolite
n.
A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color.
+
philosophizer
n.
One who philosophizes.
+
polyzoa
pl.
of Polyzoon
+
phlegm
a.
Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
+
primitive
a.
Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.
+
poa
n.
A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see).
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prog
n.
Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.
+
patch
v.t.
To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
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puerperal
a.
Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.
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pansy
n.
A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.
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polypragmaty
n.
The state of being overbusy.
+
perfectibilian
n.
A perfectionist.
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protandric
a.
Having male sexual organs while young, and female organs later in life.
+
pluralist
n.
A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.
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passable
a.
Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.
+
pin
n.
The tenon of a dovetail joint.
+
paroquet
n.
Same as Parrakeet.
+
palampore
n.
See Palempore.
+
positivism
n.
A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useless and unprofitable.
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profound
n.
The deep; the sea; the ocean.
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plagiary
n.
A manstealer; a kidnaper.
+
penny
n.
See Denarius.
+
pasturable
a.
Fit for pasture.
+
pylorus
n.
A posterior division of the stomach in some invertebrates.
+
perimeter
n.
An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
+
pontoon
n.
A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops.
+
podarthrum
n.
The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes.
+
pursership
n.
The office of purser.
+
prime
v.i.
To be renewed, or as at first.
+
palliate
a.
Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
+
peregrinator
n.
One who peregrinates; one who travels about.
+
peer
n.
One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.
+
poor
superl.
Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected
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pintle
n.
A little pin.
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primulaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceae), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples.
+
plumosite
n.
Same as Jamesonite.
+
patch
n.
A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
+
pubes
n.
Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the hypogastric region; the pubic region.
+
pickler
n.
One who makes pickles.
+
pietistic
a.
Alt. of Pietistical
+
perversely
adv.
In a perverse manner.
+
penthouse
a.
Leaning; overhanging.
+
practic
a.
Artful; deceitful; skillful.
+
plot
n.
A plantation laid out.
+
pygargus

The sea eagle.
+
pansophy
n.
Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator.
+
porte
n.
The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.
+
pinner
n.
A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
+
paste
n.
A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.
+
purlieu
n.
Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.
+
princeling
n.
A petty prince; a young prince.
+
pythagoreanism
n.
The doctrines of Pythagoras or the Pythagoreans.
+
piedouche
n.
A pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, as busts, vases, and the like.
+
parroter
n.
One who simply repeats what he has heard.
+
print
n.
A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper.
+
principality
n.
A prince; one invested with sovereignty.
+
pleasant
n.
A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.
+
poake
n.
Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc.
+
permittee
n.
One to whom a permission or permit is given.
+
prestige
v.
Delusion; illusion; trick.
+
perineorrhaphy
n.
The operation of sewing up a ruptured perineum.
+
phosphoric
a.
Phosphorescent.
+
polemarch
n.
In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.
+
poly
a.
A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as, polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many atoms; polychord, polyconic.
+
parathetic
a.
Of or pertaining to parathesis.
+
potsherd
n.
A piece or fragment of a broken pot.
+
punctuation
n.
The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning.
+
parol
a.
Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence.
+
palinody
n.
See Palinode.
+
paragon
v.t.
To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
+
piccalilli
n.
A pickle of various vegetables with pungent species, -- originally made in the East Indies.
+
pabular
a.
Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food.
+
plainly
adv.
In a plain manner; clearly.
+
petrifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Petrify
+
pledger
n.
One who pledges.
+
preestablish
v.t.
To establish beforehand.
+
punctual
a.
Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.
+
plead
v.t.
To contend; to struggle.
+
paganize
v.i.
To behave like pagans.
+
plotproof
a.
Secure against harm by plots.
+
pendragon
n.
A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.
+
proverb
v.t.
To name in, or as, a proverb.
+
precipitous
a.
Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
+
perivascular
a.
Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics.
+
pyoxanthose
n.
A greenish yellow crystalline coloring matter found with pyocyanin in pus.
+
pettifogulize
v.i.
To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks.
+
pulli
pl.
of Pullus
+
plant
n.
The sole of the foot.
+
perambulate
v.t.
To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.
+
prize
v.t.
To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem.
+
preen
n.
To trim up, as trees.
+
pestling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pestle
+
progress
n.
In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school.
+
prologue
v.t.
To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.
+
plummet
n.
A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
+
prosperous
a.
Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful; as, a prosperous voyage; a prosperous undertaking; a prosperous man or nation.
+
putredinous
a.
Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.
+
page
n.
A boy child.
+
pouter
n.
A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which it is able to dilate its throat and breast.
+
platonical
a.
Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions.
+
polyautography
n.
The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography.
+
pool
n.
A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
+
psellism
n.
Indistinct pronunciation; stammering.
+
prewarning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prewarn
+
prepositional
a.
Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition.
+
prostration
n.
The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.
+
pitted
a.
Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See Pit, v. t., 2.
+
pleasing
n.
An object of pleasure.
+
pronounce
v.t.
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
+
polliwig
n.
Alt. of Polliwog
+
putative
a.
Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child.
+
phalangial
a.
Alt. of Phalangian
+
pan

Alt. of Panto-
+
painting
n.
Color laid on; paint.
+
proem
v.t.
To preface.
+
pearlaceous
a.
Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.
+
preparator
n.
One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc.
+
planary
a.
Of or pertaining to a plane.
+
pinna
n.
One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ.
+
pluviose
n.
The fifth month of the French republican calendar adopted in 1793. It began January 20, and ended February 18. See Vendemiaire.
+
pumping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pump
+
proscribe
v.t.
To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.
+
penitent
n.
One under the direction of a confessor.
+
philosophe
n.
A philosophaster; a philosopher.
+
pennached
a.
Variegated; striped.
+
pray
v.t.
To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.
+
praiseful
a.
Praiseworthy.
+
paragraphing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paragraph
+
printless
a.
Making no imprint.
+
passim
adv.
Here and there; everywhere; as, this word occurs passim in the poem.
+
protrusive
a.
Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion.
+
percher
v.i.
One of the Insessores.
+
peerie
a.
Alt. of Peery
+
picayunish
a.
Petty; paltry; mean; as, a picayunish business.
+
priority
a.
The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
+
pricking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prick
+
predestination
n.
The act of predestinating.
+
punch
n.
To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.
+
priories
pl.
of Priory
+
pleuropericardial
a.
Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium.
+
perfectionist
n.
One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life.
+
polygamy
n.
The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
+
postcomminion
n.
A prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions.
+
pressure
n.
Impression; stamp; character impressed.
+
postglenoid
a.
Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.
+
psalmody
n.
The act, practice, or art of singing psalms or sacred songs; also, psalms collectively, or a collection of psalms.
+
pese
n.
A pea.
+
pyrosulphuric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also disulphuric acid) obtained by distillation of certain sulphates, as a colorless, thick, oily liquid, H2S2O7 resembling sulphuric acid. It is used in the solution of indigo, in the manufacture of alizarin, and in dehydration.
+
pectinated
a.
Interlaced, like two combs.
+
puker
n.
That which causes vomiting.
+
poll
n.
The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.
+
proportionately
adv.
In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
+
politesse
n.
Politeness.
+
parting
n.
A separation; a leave-taking.
+
putour
n.
A keeper of a brothel; a procurer.
+
pedagogic
a.
See Pedagogics.
+
puddlebar
n.
An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling.
+
prismoidal
a.
Having the form of a prismoid; as, prismoidal solids.
+
pulmonate
a.
Having breathing organs that act as lungs.
+
pack
n.
To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
+
preservative
n.
That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.
+
parietal
a.
Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
+
penance
n.
A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.
+
pretorial
a.
Pretorian.
+
perambulator
n.
One who perambulates.
+
paralleling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parallel
+
postmastersgeneral
pl.
of Postmaster-general
+
pope
n.
A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
+
page
n.
A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
+
plaga
n.
A stripe of color.
+
potch
v.t.
See Poach, to cook.
+
pitching
n.
A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
+
poristical
a.
Of or pertaining to a porism; of the nature of a porism.
+
placentary
a.
Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
+
platform
v.t.
To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
+
plantless
a.
Without plants; barren of vegetation.
+
prig
v.i.
To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
+
pume
n.
A stint.
+
palea
n.
The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
+
pinchem
n.
The European blue titmouse.
+
primipara
n.
A woman who bears a child for the first time.
+
palsgravine
n.
The consort or widow of a palsgrave.
+
pretorium
n.
The official residence of a governor of a province; hence, a place; a splendid country seat.
+
pasteurize
v.t.
To treat by pasteurism.
+
private
a.
Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
+
panslavic
a.
Pertaining to all the Slavic races.
+
prepare
imp.|p.p.
of Prepare
+
pounce
v.t.
The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
+
peppermint
n.
A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.
+
portent
n.
That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.
+
puling
a.
Whimpering; whining; childish.
+
parumbilical
a.
Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen.
+
parking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Park
+
pitahaya
n.
A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.
+
porterage
n.
Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.
+
plenal
a.
Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act.
+
pharyngobranchii
n.pl.
Same as Leptocardia.
+
platycoelian
a.
Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- said of the centra of the vertebrae of some extinct dinouaurs.
+
pot
n.
An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
+
plasterwork
n.
Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments.
+
palmyra
n.
A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.
+
print
n.
A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical.
+
polycyttaria
n.pl.
A division of Radiolaria. It includes those having one more central capsules.
+
plot
n.
In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
+
pittance
n.
An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole.
+
pomp
v.i.
To make a pompons display; to conduct.
+
proneness
n.
Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.
+
pluperfect
a.
More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event.
+
purim
n.
A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman.
+
paying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pay
+
plow
v.t.
Alt. of Plough
+
provide
v.i.
To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child.
+
parget
v.t.
To paint; to cover over.
+
particularity
n.
That which is particular
+
paleography
n.
The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.
+
pick
n.
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.
+
pit
n.
A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit.
+
posthumously
adv.
In a posthumous manner; after one's decease.
+
peschito
n.
See Peshito.
+
palpable
a.
Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form.
+
physograde
n.
Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia.
+
polyphonic
a.
Having a multiplicity of sounds.
+
pipy
a.
Like a pipe; hollow-stemmed.
+
pentathionic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained by leading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; -- so called because it contains five atoms of sulphur.
+
pimple
n.
Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.
+
piping
v.
Emitting a high, shrill sound.
+
president
n.
A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.
+
peel
v.t.
To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
+
physical
a.
Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy; treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws.
+
pneumoskeleton
n.
A chitinous structure which supports the gill in some invertebrates.
+
plaining
a.
Complaining.
+
primely
adv.
At first; primarily.
+
peristome
n.
The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.
+
plebeianism
n.
The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity.
+
piassava
n.
A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piacaba and piasaba.
+
perking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perk
+
panomphean
a.
Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining.
+
prop
v.
That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building.
+
partridge
n.
Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera.
+
pamphlet
n.
A small book consisting of a few sheets of printed paper, stitched together, often with a paper cover, but not bound; a short essay or written discussion, usually on a subject of current interest.
+
physicology
n.
Physics.
+
pouldavis
n.
Same as Poledavy.
+
pantheistic
a.
Alt. of Pantheistical
+
palaeographer
a.
Alt. of Palaeographic
+
pallmall
n.
A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall.
+
penalty
n.
The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine.
+
pocketful
n.
As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket; as, pocketfuls of chestnuts.
+
pavesade
n.
A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.
+
piscatory
a.
Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing.
+
pounding
n.
A pounded or pulverized substance.
+
pteropod
n.
One of the Pteropoda.
+
piebald
a.
Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied.
+
pesage
n.
A fee, or toll, paid for the weighing of merchandise.
+
predeterminable
a.
Capable of being determined beforehand.
+
preconization
n.
A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity.
+
prejudging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prejudge
+
potwalloper
n.
A voter in certain boroughs of England, where, before the passage of the reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months.
+
pall
v.t.
To cloak.
+
pupiparous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pupipara.
+
pectus
n.
The breast of a bird.
+
proa
n.
A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known.
+
prelatize
v.i.
To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.
+
pitiful
a.
Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
+
premonstration
n.
A showing beforehand; foreshowing.
+
provincial
a.
Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.
+
pharmacopolist
n.
One who sells medicines; an apothecary.
+
paranthracene
n.
An inert isomeric modification of anthracene.
+
precontract
v.i.
To make a previous contract or agreement.
+
parthian
n.
A native Parthia.
+
panstereorama
n.
A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like.
+
palish
a.
Somewhat pale or wan.
+
philosophized
imp.|p.p.
of Philosophize
+
patent
a.
Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.
+
purifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Purify
+
paleontology
n.
The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.
+
postillate
v.i.
To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order.
+
preglacial
a.
Prior to the glacial or drift period.
+
parrotsbill
n.
The glory pea. See under Glory.
+
patricide
n.
The murderer of his father.
+
pokal
n.
A tall drinking cup.
+
pari

A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate.
+
providence
n.
The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
+
phylactered
a.
Wearing a phylactery.
+
peregrination
n.
A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojourn in foreign countries.
+
potgun
n.
A popgun.
+
picket
n.
By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.
+
posed
imp.|p.p.
of Pose
+
purgery
n.
The part of a sugarhouse where the molasses is drained off from the sugar.
+
peaky
a.
Sickly; peaked.
+
purport
n.
Disguise; covering.
+
prunello
n.
A species of dried plum; prunelle.
+
paramour
n.
A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; -- used of a man or a woman.
+
petrohyoid
a.
Pertaining to petrous, oe periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog.
+
polychaeta
n.pl.
One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia.
+
pledget
n.
A small plug.
+
personal
a.
Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms.
+
pervestigate
v.t.
To investigate thoroughly.
+
precipitate
v.i.
To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n.
+
participate
v.t.
To impart, or give, or share of.
+
pessimize
v.i.
To hold or advocate the doctrine of pessimism.
+
pruinate
a.
Same as Pruinose.
+
politic
a.
Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.
+
probability
n.
The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood.
+
plebeian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
+
predict
n.
A prediction.
+
preformation
n.
An old theory of the preexistence of germs.  Cf. Embo/tement.
+
plagiostomi
n.pl.
An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called also Plagiostomata.
+
primitial
a.
Being of the first production; primitive; original.
+
parenchymous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration.
+
pleat
n.|v.t.
See Plait.
+
pentahedral
a.
Having five sides; as, a pentahedral figure.
+
polycrotic
a.
Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism; as, a polycrotic pulse; a polycrotic pulse curve.
+
poop
n.
A deck raised above the after part of a vessel; the hindmost or after part of a vessel's hull; also, a cabin covered by such a deck. See Poop deck, under Deck. See also Roundhouse.
+
phantom
n.
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
+
percept
n.
That which is perceived.
+
psychic
a.
Alt. of Psychical
+
perverse
a.
Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
+
preyer
n.
One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer.
+
pretenseful
a.
Abounding in pretenses.
+
perspicil
n.
An optical glass; a telescope.
+
phycoxanthin
n.
Alt. of Phycoxanthine
+
pokey
a.
See Poky.
+
proboscidifera
n.pl.
A subdivision of the taenioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera.
+
practician
n.
One who is acquainted with, or skilled in, anything by practice; a practitioner.
+
pedagog
n.
Pedagogue.
+
plain
adv.
In a plain manner; plainly.
+
pretorian
n.
A soldier of the pretorian guard.
+
pyridine
n.
A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaines, may be mentioned. See Lutidine.
+
pellucidness
n.
The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air.
+
panier
n.
See Pannier, 3.
+
prigging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prig
+
panel
n.
A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury.
+
potentizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Potentize
+
procedendo
n.
A writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there.
+
promising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Promise
+
pterosaurian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pterosauria.
+
pink
v.t.
Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
+
prime
a.
First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
+
punished
imp.|p.p.
of Punish
+
peg
n.
One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
+
pliers
n.pl.
A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.
+
paragon
v.i.
To be equal; to hold comparison.
+
pultesse
n.
Alt. of Pultise
+
putrilage
n.
That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.
+
penalize
v.t.
To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3.
+
predetermine
v.i.
To determine beforehand.
+
protraction
n.
A plot on paper.
+
peripatetic
n.
A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
+
plague
n.
An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague.
+
performable
a.
Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.
+
pyxis
n.
A box; a pyx.
+
pinule
n.
One of the sights of an astrolabe.
+
prytanis
n.
A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year.
+
portmanteaus
pl.
of Portmanteau
+
prominent
a.
Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent character.
+
place
n.
To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.
+
procuracy
n.
Authority to act for another; a proxy.
+
petrifactive
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
+
proclamation
n.
That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.
+
portulaca
n.
A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.
+
procere
a.
Of high stature; tall.
+
peptogenous
a.
Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone.
+
pseudocumene
n.
A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid.
+
proem
n.
Preface; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude.
+
prest
a.
Neat; tidy; proper.
+
periplast
n.
Same as Periblast.
+
postrider
n.
One who rides over a post road to carry the mails.
+
pluviometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to a pluviometer; determined by a pluviometer.
+
pyxis
n.
A pyxidium.
+
pompelmous
n.
A shaddock, esp. one of large size.
+
particularity
n.
Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity.
+
pieing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pi
+
pinner
n.
An apron with a bib; a pinafore.
+
praesternum
n.
Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.
+
perfectible
a.
Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.
+
phlegmonous
a.
Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia.
+
prejudicately
adv.
With prejudice.
+
predate
v.t.
To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.
+
paradisaical
a.
Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal.
+
professory
a.
Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial.
+
parietal
n.
One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
+
plover
n.
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds.
+
prometheus
n.
The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver.
+
picke
n.
A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; a close.
+
poxing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pox
+
pindaric
a.
Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes.
+
pontifical
a.
Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.
+
pill
v.t.|i.
To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder.
+
pave
v.t.
To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court.
+
preserver
n.
One who makes preserves of fruit.
+
percipient
a.
Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being.
+
purchase
v.i.
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
+
penance
n.
Pain; sorrow; suffering.
+
pile
n.
The reverse of a coin. See Reverse.
+
proboscidial
a.
Proboscidate.
+
pandit
n.
See Pundit.
+
piercer
n.
One who, or that which, pierces or perforates
+
plumosity
n.
The quality or state of being plumose.
+
paragrammatist
n.
A punster.
+
perishability
n.
Perishableness.
+
pranked
imp.|p.p.
of Prank
+
palliate
v.t.
To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.
+
pace
v.t.
To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.
+
pig
n.
One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
+
purity
n.
Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
+
prize
n.
A contest for a reward; competition.
+
peeler
n.
One who peels or strips.
+
paludine
a.
Of or pertaining to a marsh.
+
panslavonian
a.
See Panslavic.
+
peck
v.i.
To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
+
paintership
n.
The state or position of being a painter.
+
photography
n.
The art or process of producing pictures by this action of light.
+
peruke
v.t.
To dress with a peruke.
+
pistillody
n.
The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.
+
proxy
v.i.
To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.
+
phytolithologist
n.
One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.
+
perceive
v.t.
To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand.
+
pediment
n.
Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.
+
portuguese
a.
Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants.
+
platefuls
pl.
of Plateful
+
pixy
n.
Alt. of Pixie
+
partner
n.
An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.
+
procure
v.t.
To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan.
+
pink
v.t.
To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
+
phlegm
a.
One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.
+
pounds
pl.
of Pound
+
proposition
n.
The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.
+
pulping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pulp
+
pyocyanin
n.
A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores, supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium (Bacillus pyocyaneus).
+
plagiary
a.
Practicing plagiarism.
+
park
v.t.
To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc.
+
procreant
n.
One who, or that which, procreates.
+
puri
n.
See Euxanthin.
+
pungently
adv.
In a pungent manner; sharply.
+
pristine
a.
Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor.
+
pantingly
adv.
With palpitation or rapid breathing.
+
polycotyledon
n.
A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed.
+
preelect
v.t.
To elect beforehand.
+
petrification
n.
Fig.: Obduracy; callousness.
+
pipa
n.
The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.
+
posture
n.
State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
+
pent

of Pen
+
preemptory
a.
Pertaining to preemption.
+
penaunt
n.
A penitent.
+
pica
n.
A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English.
+
preambulation
n.
A walking or going before; precedence.
+
pantaloon
n.
A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one.
+
particularity
n.
The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.
+
paas
n.
The Easter festival.
+
pyrogenous
a.
Produced by fire; igneous.
+
picture
v.t.
To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind.
+
proffered
imp.|p.p.
of Proffer
+
permit
v.i.
To grant permission; to allow.
+
plagiostomous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Plagiostomi.
+
powter
n.
See Pouter.
+
protovertebrae
pl.
of Protovertebra
+
predestined
imp.|p.p.
of Predestine
+
piecemeal
adv.
Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
+
prizemen
pl.
of Prizeman
+
panorama
n.
A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator.
+
pinnatiped
a.
Having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certain birds.
+
precipitation
n.
Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity.
+
podia
pl.
of Podium
+
portcullising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Portcullis
+
port
v.t.
To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; -- said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command; as, port your helm.
+
procuracies
pl.
of Procuracy
+
pelicosauria
n.pl.
A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation.
+
plantain
n.
The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked.
+
pikeman
n.
A miner who works with a pick.
+
precellence
n.
Alt. of Precellency
+
plagiaries
pl.
of Plagiary
+
press
v.i.
To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.
+
pundit
n.
A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official.
+
pall
n.
A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y.
+
phare
n.
Hence, a harbor.
+
pinfold
n.
A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.
+
panel
n.
A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.
+
pronunciative
a.
Of or pertaining to pronunciation.
+
pleurenchyma
n.
A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.
+
prognosticable
a.
Capable of being prognosticated or foretold.
+
pendulous
a.
Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.
+
pine
v.i.
To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.
+
paleographical
a.
Of or pertaining to paleography.
+
penitentiary
a.
Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.
+
pediculi
pl.
of Pediculus
+
peninsulated
imp.|p.p.
of Peninsulate
+
plaisance
n.
See Pleasance.
+
parjdigitate
a.
Having an evennumber of digits on the hands or the feet.
+
protestantism
n.
The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants.
+
propylaeum
n.
Any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure.
+
phalangister
n.
Alt. of Phalangistine
+
paraffin
n.
Alt. of Paraffine
+
precluding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preclude
+
paragnathi
pl.
of Paragnathus
+
perilymphangial
a.
Around, or at the side of, a lymphatic vessel.
+
plonge
v.t.
To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.
+
pardon
v.t.
To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
+
pecopteris
n.
An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.
+
pepsinhydrochloric
a.
Same as Peptohydrochloric.
+
pseudembryo
n.
An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.
+
pert
a.
Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.
+
pompholyx
n.
A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullae, without inflammation or fever.
+
palpable
a.
Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors.
+
prodigalize
v.i.
To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally.
+
patriarchic
a.
Patriarchal.
+
polary
a.
Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole.
+
petulance
n.
Alt. of Petulancy
+
podocephalous
a.
Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk.
+
passional
n.
A passionary.
+
protococcus
n.
A genus of minute unicellular algae including the red snow plant (Protococcus nivalis).
+
presension
n.
Previous perception.
+
purveyed
imp.|p.p.
of Purvey
+
pearleyed
a.
Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
+
project
n.
The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.
+
pullail
n.
Poultry.
+
pelagian
a.
Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.
+
portage group

A subdivision of the Chemung period in American geology. See Chart of Geology.
+
per

A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial, that lasts throughout the year; perforce, through or by force; perfoliate, perforate; perspicuous, evident throughout or very evident; perplex, literally, to entangle very much.
+
perjurious
a.
Alt. of Perjurous
+
prevailing
a.
Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion.
+
pentacle
n.
A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages.
+
perishableness
n.
The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction.
+
permian
a.
Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the formation, next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era.
+
pessary
n.
An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.
+
preintimation
n.
Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand.
+
pedlar
n.
Alt. of Pedler
+
pandiculation
n.
A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.
+
plotinist
n.
A disciple of Plotinus, a celebrated Platonic philosopher of the third century, who taught that the human soul emanates from the divine Being, to whom it reunited at death.
+
pouted
imp.|p.p.
of Pout
+
produce
v.t.
To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.
+
plumicorn
n.
An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.
+
pluming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plume
+
prove
v.t.
To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure.
+
propine
v.t.
To give, or deliver; to subject.
+
pillow
n.
A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
+
picking
n.
The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.
+
pinworm
n.
A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons.
+
plausibility
n.
The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
+
pithecoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the genus Pithecia, or subfamily Pithecinae, which includes the saki, ouakari, and other allied South American monkeys.
+
pulselessness
n.
The state of being pulseless.
+
privateer
n.
An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque.
+
pestiferous
a.
Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.
+
pentachord
n.
An order or system of five sounds.
+
prescription
n.
A direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy.
+
peal
n.
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.
+
processional
n.
A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions.
+
pack
n.
A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
+
paralytical
a.
See Paralytic.
+
permit
v.t.
To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; -- followed by an infinitive.
+
philosophy
n.
Reasoning; argumentation.
+
platform
n.
A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.
+
profundity
n.
The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc.
+
pterosauria
n.pl.
An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria.
+
perspirable
a.
Capable of being perspired.
+
pitying
a.
Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word.
+
prytaneum
n.
A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.
+
preservatories
pl.
of Preservatory
+
pesane
n.
See Pusane.
+
perispore
n.
The outer covering of a spore.
+
phyllopodous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Phyllopoda.
+
postscapula
n.
The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.
+
pyroantimonic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of antimony analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.
+
proxime
a.
Next; immediately preceding or following.
+
potichomania
n.
Alt. of Potichomanie
+
pentene
n.
Same as Amylene.
+
perplex
a.
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.
+
pecary
n.
See Peccary.
+
pin
n.
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
+
patron
n.
A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
+
papist
n.
A Roman catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope; -- an offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.
+
puckery
a.
Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste.
+
parricide
n.
The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
+
popularize
v.t.
To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.
+
packfong
n.
A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.
+
palaestra
n.
See Palestra.
+
pinkroot
n.
The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of S. Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below).
+
panter
n.
A net; a noose.
+
pot
n.
A size of paper. See Pott.
+
pinion
n.
A fetter for the arm.
+
parabolically
adv.
In the form of a parabola.
+
pyrotechnist
n.
One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks.
+
perspire
v.i.
To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
+
ply
v.t.
To bend.
+
plurality
n.
See Plurality of benefices, below.
+
pimpernel
n.
A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather.
+
paramorphism
n.
The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involve a change in physical characters without alteration of chemical composition.
+
pubescent
a.
Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants.
+
phytozoa
pl.
of Phytozoon
+
peer
v.t.
To be, or to assume to be, equal.
+
picaresque
a.
Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.
+
parachute
n.
A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.
+
photometrician
n.
One engaged in the scientific measurement of light.
+
proclaim
v.t.
To outlaw by public proclamation.
+
permeant
a.
Passing through; permeating.
+
parmesan
a.
Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy.
+
perichondrial
a.
Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage.
+
phytophagic
a.
Phytophagous.
+
provessel
a.
Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian.
+
path
v.t.
To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).
+
positive
n.
A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative.
+
personality
n.
Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities.
+
poetaster
n.
An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art.
+
peakish
a.
Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a mountainous region.
+
period
n.
The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word.
+
pasilaly
n.
A form of speech adapted to be used by all mankind; universal language.
+
periotic
a.
Surrounding, or pertaining to the region surrounding, the internal ear; as, the periotic capsule.
+
pool
n.
A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon.
+
prick
v.i.
To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
+
paries
n.
The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.
+
partialist
n.
One who holds that the atonement was made only for a part of mankind, that is, for the elect.
+
propagating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Propagate
+
peripatecian
n.
A peripatetic.
+
prettyspoken
a.
Spoken or speaking prettily.
+
profess
v.t.
To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of.
+
postgeniture
n.
The condition of being born after another in the same family; -- distinguished from primogeniture.
+
parabolically
adv.
By way of parable; in a parabolic manner.
+
procreating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Procreate
+
peevishness
n.
The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.
+
played
imp.|p.p.
of Play
+
paw
v.i.
To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
+
plane
a.
A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.
+
paragraph
v.t.
To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article.
+
purchase
v.t.
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
+
photodrome
n.
An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk.  By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.
+
put
n.
A privilege which one party buys of another to "put" (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date.
+
picture
n.
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model.
+
pentafid
a.
Divided or cleft into five parts.
+
pilot
v.t.
Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.
+
pantological
a.
Of or pertaining to pantology.
+
predilect
v.t.
To elect or choose beforehand.
+
peripheral
a.
Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.
+
patamar
n.
A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon.
+
peltryware
n.
Peltry.
+
post
adv.
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
+
planted
a.
Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.
+
pathology
n.
The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.
+
persuasibility
n.
Capability of being persuaded.
+
peptic
a.
Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces.
+
popularizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Popularize
+
plumbing
n.
The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.
+
polyprotodonta
n.pl.
A division of marsupials in which there are more fore incisor teeth in each jaw.
+
power
n.
The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
+
prewarned
imp.|p.p.
of Prewarn
+
panning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pan
+
phagocyte
n.
A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.
+
profligateness
n.
The quality of being profligate; an abandoned course of life; profligacy.
+
poohpooh
v.t.
To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!
+
pyroelectricity
n.
Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which treats of electricity thus developed.
+
polypetalous
a.
Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant.
+
profitable
a.
Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.
+
pletinian
a.
Of pertaining to the Plotinists or their doctrines.
+
platform
n.
A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.
+
pack
n.
To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
+
penned
imp.|p.p.
of Pen
+
postremote
a.
More remote in subsequent time or order.
+
pretty
adv.
In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
+
pyromucic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of mucic acid, or by the oxidation of furfurol.
+
pigeon
n.
An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
+
peoplish
a.
Vulgar.
+
primality
n.
The quality or state of being primal.
+
pentadactyl
a.
Alt. of Pentadactyle
+
precipitate
a.
Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.
+
primordial
a.
Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also Cambrian, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian.
+
painterly
a.
Like a painter's work.
+
photologist
n.
One who studies or expounds the laws of light.
+
porpita
n.
A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst.
+
polysporous
a.
Containing many spores.
+
phantasmagoria
n.
The apparatus by which such an effect is produced.
+
precise
a.
Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.
+
phene
n.
Benzene.
+
perquisite
n.
Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.
+
purple
n.
Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.
+
pigtail
n.
The tail of a pig.
+
patroonship
n.
The office of a patroon.
+
printless
a.
Making no imprint.
+
pillories
pl.
of Pillory
+
putrefaction
n.
The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.
+
piccolo
n.
An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone.
+
proheme
n.
Proem.
+
phosphorus
n.
The morning star; Phosphor.
+
phrygian
a.
Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.
+
poorly
adv.
With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.
+
pleaseman
n.
An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank.
+
persisting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Persist
+
pile
n.
Same as Fagot, n., 2.
+
probability
n.
Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the doctrine of chances, or the ratio of the number of favorable chances to the whole number of chances, favorable and unfavorable. See 1st Chance, n., 5.
+
pant
v.i.
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
+
primiparous
a.
Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time.
+
paridigitata
n.pl.
Same as Artiodactyla.
+
pregnable
a.
Capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable; as, a pregnable fort.
+
pastoral
n.
A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.
+
phallic
a.
Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism.
+
point
n.
Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below.
+
prorated
imp.|p.p.
of Prorate
+
puncheon
n.
A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons.
+
point
n.
Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints.
+
progeniture
n.
A begetting, or birth.
+
primo
a.
First; chief.
+
perspicacy
n.
Perspicacity.
+
pastor
n.
A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.
+
peptic
n.
An agent that promotes digestion.
+
pharmacology
n.
Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.
+
postmark
v.t.
To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a letter or parcel.
+
percoid
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae.
+
parietal
a.
Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.
+
progne
n.
A swallow.
+
poinder
n.
The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
+
physician
n.
A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.
+
polygamia
n.pl.
A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.
+
puffer
n.
The common, or harbor, porpoise.
+
plump
v.t.
To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
+
propaedeutics
n.
The preliminary learning connected with any art or science; preparatory instruction.
+
peony
n.
A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Paeonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation.
+
parallelable
a.
Capable of being paralleled, or equaled.
+
pinion
n.
A wing, literal or figurative.
+
polysulphide
n.
A sulphide having more than one atom of sulphur in the molecule; -- contrasted with monosulphide.
+
pythagorism
n.
The doctrines taught by Pythagoras.
+
pistil
n.
An epistle.
+
ponent
a.
Western; occidental.
+
parhelion
n.
A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time.  Cf. Paraselene.
+
phormium
n.
A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species (Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant.
+
pinacolin
n.
A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.
+
protector
n.
One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.
+
pampano
n.
Same as Pompano.
+
padding
n.
The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant.
+
proxy
n.
See Procuration.
+
psalter
n.
A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms.
+
prophetess
n.
A female prophet.
+
premial
a.
Alt. of Premiant
+
pad
n.
An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
+
perigone
n.
Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth.
+
predoom
v.t.
To foredoom.
+
pentamerous
a.
Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils.
+
progress
n.
A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.
+
perigynia
pl.
of Perigynium
+
pulvinic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the decomposition of vulpinic acid, as a white crystalline substance.
+
prosiness
n.
The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness.
+
province
n.
Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada.
+
periblast
a.
The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation.
+
plenipotentiaries
pl.
of Plenipotentiary
+
put
v.t.
To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
+
pride
v.i.
To be proud; to glory.
+
personification
n.
The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment.
+
progressional
a.
Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of, progress.
+
pollarded
imp.|p.p.
of Pollard
+
phyllite
n.
Clay slate; argillaceous schist.
+
priestism
n.
The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the priesthood.
+
pad
n.
A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
+
patrician
a.
Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
+
possess
v.t.
To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.
+
pleurocentrum
n.
One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.
+
prompting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prompt
+
pigtailed
a.
Having a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon.
+
precipitate
a.
Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.
+
peliom
n.
A variety of iolite, of a smoky blue color; pelioma.
+
palmer
n.
A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places.
+
plagiary
v.i.
To commit plagiarism.
+
pipewort
n.
Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.
+
pindarical
a.
Pindaric.
+
ponderosity
n.
The quality or state of being ponderous; weight; gravity; heaviness, ponderousness; as, the ponderosity of gold.
+
pragmatic
n.
One skilled in affairs.
+
perseverance
n.
Discrimination.
+
pix
n.|v.
See Pyx.
+
phylogenesis
n.
Alt. of Phylogeny
+
piprine
a.
Of or pertaining to the pipras, or the family Pipridae.
+
pilot
n.
Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.
+
pug
n.
Chaff; the refuse of grain.
+
peristyle
n.
A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.
+
perigynous
a.
Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach.
+
papillary
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillae; bearing, or covered with, papillae; papillose.
+
petechial
a.
Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiae; spotted.
+
palmerworm
n.
Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects.
+
periganglionic
a.
Surrounding a ganglion; as, the periganglionic glands of the frog.
+
promulging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Promulge
+
play
v.t.
To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball.
+
petition
n.
A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.
+
paragrele
n.
A lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms.
+
pekoe
n.
A kind of black tea.
+
piddle
v.i.
To urinate; -- child's word.
+
past
v.
Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
+
pyrheliometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the direct heating effect of the sun's rays.
+
pardon
v.t.
A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses.
+
poetship
n.
The state or personality of a poet.
+
protractive
a.
Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.
+
preposition
n.
A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.
+
polyonymous
a.
Polyonomous.
+
projector
n.
One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes.
+
principal
n.
The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
+
pointing
n.
The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
+
plasterer
n.
One who applies plaster or mortar.
+
prison
n.
A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody.
+
portgrave

In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve.
+
punt
v.t.
To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion.
+
predicable
a.
Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.
+
perfect
a.
Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.
+
plumularias
pl.
of Plumularia
+
pulmonifera
n.pl.
Same as Pulmonata.
+
paradigm
n.
An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection.
+
peal
v.i.
To resound; to echo.
+
parture
n.
Departure.
+
profoundly
adv.
In a profound manner.
+
pronouncer
n.
One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book.
+
pay
n.
Satisfaction; content.
+
prolegomenary
a.
Of the nature of a prolegomenon; preliminary; introductory; prefatory.
+
purview
n.
Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
+
ponderation
n.
The act of weighing.
+
primipilar
a.
Of or pertaining to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army.
+
party
v.
Partial; favoring one party.
+
phylloxera
n.
The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described.
+
pennaceous
a.
Like or pertaining to a normal feather.
+
pachydactylous
a.
Having thick toes.
+
philadelphian
n.
One of a society of mystics of the seventeenth century, -- called also the Family of Love.
+
portage
n.
The price of carriage; porterage.
+
pleasurable
a.
Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry.
+
pyrrhic
a.
Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance.
+
point
n.
That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc.
+
plate
v.t.
To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae.
+
prezygapophysis
n.
An anterior zygapophysis.
+
physicism
n.
The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.
+
paste
v.t.
To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.
+
palanquin
n.
An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place.
+
pilfering
n.
Petty theft.
+
porrect
a.
Extended horizontally; stretched out.
+
parade
v.t.
A public walk; a promenade.
+
pleonastically
adv.
In a pleonastic manner.
+
pen
n.
An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.
+
percussion
n.
Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear.
+
pipe
v.i.
To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.
+
putrefactive
a.
Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.
+
prosodiacal
a.
Prosodical.
+
preestablishment
n.
Settlement beforehand.
+
proponent
a.
Making proposals; proposing.
+
pedicel
n.
An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.
+
prolific
a.
Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.
+
plectospondylous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Plectospondyli.
+
pituitary
a.
Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa.
+
prospecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prospect
+
pleurostea
pl.
of Pleurosteon
+
parasang
n.
A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles.
+
premosaic
a.
Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history.
+
prestidigital
a.
Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling.
+
picket
n.
A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
+
praecava
n.
The superior vena cava.
+
pinchingly
adv.
In a pinching way.
+
plaguer
n.
One who plagues or annoys.
+
prenotion
n.
A notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion or thought; foreknowledge.
+
paleotheroid
n.
An animal resembling, or allied to, the paleothere.
+
permixtion
n.
See Permission.
+
pick
v.
To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.
+
palpicorn
n.
One of a group of aquatic beetles (Palpicornia) having short club-shaped antennae, and long maxillary palpi.
+
purveyor
n.
a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.
+
pigsticking
n.
Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians.
+
pumiciform
a.
Resembling, or having the structure of, pumice.
+
pessimistic
a.
Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding.
+
plumose
a.
Alt. of Plumous
+
patrist
n.
One versed in patristics.
+
pedantocracy
n.
The sway of pedants.
+
prejudicated
imp.|p.p.
of Prejudicate
+
physicomathematics
n.
Mixed mathematics.
+
paynize
v.t.
To treat or preserve, as wood, by a process resembling kyanizing.
+
platen
n.
The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table.
+
pawnor
n.
One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.
+
perquisite
n.
Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service.
+
parchment
n.
The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum.
+
precrural
a.
Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse.
+
pinchbeck
a.
Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
+
progeneration
n.
The act of begetting; propagation.
+
paint
n.
The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
+
patterned
imp.|p.p.
of Pattern
+
prosody
n.
That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.
+
pricker
n.
One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.
+
paleographic
a.
Alt. of Paleographical
+
puddingheaded
a.
Stupid.
+
piceous
a.
Of or pertaining to pitch; resembling pitch in color or quality; pitchy.
+
puffleg
n.
Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
+
pneumonia
n.
Inflammation of the lungs.
+
pennyaliner
n.
One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer.
+
pigtail
n.
A cue, or queue.
+
peacebreaker
n.
One who disturbs the public peace.
+
planula
n.
The very young, free-swimming larva of the coelenterates. It usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered with cilia.
+
prolifical
a.
Producing young or fruit abundantly; fruitful; prolific.
+
polytocous
a.
Bearing fruit repeatedly, as most perennial plants; polycarpic.
+
pestilentness
n.
The quality of being pestilent.
+
participate
v.i.
To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate.
+
protection
n.
That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.
+
proof
a.
Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.
+
polarily
adv.
In a polary manner; with polarity.
+
perfectibility
n.
The quality or state of being perfectible.
+
pancratiast
n.
One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium.
+
proficience
n.
Alt. of Proficiency
+
pencillate
a.
Alt. of Pencillated
+
plim
v.i.
To swell, as grain or wood with water.
+
perchromic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highly oxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and is produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide.
+
pitch
v.i.
To fix one's choise; -- with on or upon.
+
phytolite
n.
An old name for a fossil plant.
+
present
a.
Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
+
plethysmography
n.
The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply.
+
polemics
n.
The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy.
+
pinner
n.
A cloth band for a gown.
+
polyscope
n.
An apparatus for affording a view of the different cavities of the body.
+
perpetuity
n.
The number of years' purchase to be given for an annuity to continue forever.
+
polygamia
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.
+
picea
n.
A genus of coniferous trees of the northen hemisphere, including the Norway spruce and the American black and white spruces. These trees have pendent cones, which do not readily fall to pieces, in this and other respects differing from the firs.
+
pyrotechnian
n.
A pyrotechnist.
+
pubescent
a.
Arrived at puberty.
+
pug
n.
A prostitute.
+
perispherical
a.
Exactly spherical; globular.
+
periergy
n.
Excessive care or diligence.
+
protended
imp.|p.p.
of Protend
+
phraseological
a.
Of or pertaining to phraseology; consisting of a peculiar form of words.
+
personally
adv.
With respect to one's individuality; as regards one's self; as, personally I have no feeling in the matter.
+
pyrology
n.
That branch of physical science which treats of the properties, phenomena, or effects of heat; also, a treatise on heat.
+
prelook
v.i.
To look forward.
+
paradigm
n.
An illustration, as by a parable or fable.
+
punctuated
imp.|p.p.
of Punctuate
+
pyrrhic
n.
A foot consisting of two short syllables.
+
protosalt
n.
A salt derived from a protoxide base.
+
purely
adv.
Nicely; prettily.
+
perdifoil
n.
A deciduous plant; -- opposed to evergreen.
+
psilopaedic
a.
Having down upon the pterylae only; -- said of the young of certain birds.
+
polarize
v.t.
To communicate polarity to.
+
prickingup
n.
The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.
+
propugn
v.t.
To contend for; to defend; to vindicate.
+
peregrinity
n.
Foreignness; strangeness.
+
palaverer
n.
One who palavers; a flatterer.
+
printing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Print
+
piper
n.
See Pepper.
+
propriety
n.
The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc.
+
photos
pl.
of Photo
+
picturer
n.
One who makes pictures; a painter.
+
phycomater
n.
A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.
+
passive
a.
Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.
+
phagedena
n.
A canine appetite; bulimia.
+
prostitute
n.
A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.
+
permitted
imp.|p.p.
of Permit
+
prudential
n.
That which relates to or demands the exercise of, discretion or prudence; -- usually in the pl.
+
paracentric
a.
Alt. of Paracentrical
+
pion
n.
The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America.
+
pandore
n.
An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore.
+
prophet
n.
A mantis.
+
proto

Denoting the first or lowest of a series, or the one having the smallest amount of the element to the name of which it is prefixed; as protoxide, protochloride, etc.
+
portioner
n.
See Portionist, 2.
+
pram
n.
Alt. of Prame
+
pustulate
v.t.
To form into pustules, or blisters.
+
pericardiac
a.
Alt. of Pericardial
+
pigfish
n.
A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes.
+
preachmen
pl.
of Preachman
+
parvise
n.
a court of entrance to, or an inclosed space before, a church; hence, a church porch; -- sometimes formerly used as place of meeting, as for lawyers.
+
peltated
a.
Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ.
+
perichondritis
n.
Inflammation of the perichondrium.
+
petardier
n.
One who managed a petard.
+
peridiastole
n.
The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.
+
pollution
n.
The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in sexual intercourse.
+
podarthra
pl.
of Podarthrum
+
phonetize
v.t.
To represent by phonetic signs.
+
pistareen
n.
An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents.
+
placer
n.
One who places or sets.
+
phthalic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid obtained by the oxidation of naphthalene and allied substances.
+
pressirostral
a.
Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
+
proximad
adv.
Toward a proximal part; on the proximal side of; proximally.
+
prime
v.i.
To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
+
propensity
n.
The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
+
praedial
a.
See Predial.
+
pertain
v.i.
To have relation or reference to something.
+
psychomotor
a.
Of or pertaining to movement produced by action of the mind or will.
+
perfectionment
n.
The act of bringing to perfection, or the state of having attained to perfection.
+
papilionaceous
a.
Resembling the butterfly.
+
paludinas
pl.
of Paludina
+
prosthetic
a.
Of or pertaining to prosthesis; prefixed, as a letter or letters to a word.
+
palm
n.
A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
+
phototonus
n.
A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to light.
+
poach
v.t.
To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
+
penetrancy
n.
The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia.
+
pigeonbreasted
a.
Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.
+
polymorphism
n.
Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.
+
pettifogger
n.
A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
+
pack
n.
A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
+
polarizer
n.
That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.
+
pattern
v.t.
To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
+
padge
n.
The barn owl; -- called also pudge, and pudge owl.
+
pronator
n.
A muscle which produces pronation.
+
pult
v.t.
To put.
+
prone
a.
Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.
+
papyrus
n.
A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.
+
porcine
a.
Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog.
+
palmiped
n.
A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet.
+
postscripted
a.
Having a postscript; added in a postscript.
+
perch
n.
Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
+
pyritize
v.t.
To convert into pyrites.
+
phosphorite
n.
A massive variety of apatite.
+
preambulation
n.
A preamble.
+
poind
v.t.
To impound, as cattle.
+
prerequisite
a.
Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.
+
pretend
v.t.
To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
+
perciform
a.
Pertaining to the Perciformes.
+
proselyte
v.t.
To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over.
+
paugie
n.
Alt. of Paugy
+
perfectly
adv.
In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely; wholly; throughly; faultlessly.
+
papilionaceous
a.
Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceae) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust.
+
puff
n.
To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
+
prism
n.
A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.
+
puberty
n.
The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females.
+
primine
n.
The outermost of the two integuments of an ovule.
+
prosecution
n.
The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war.
+
photographed
imp.|p.p.
of Photograph
+
puritanism
n.
The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.
+
pleaded
imp.|p.p.
of Plead
+
prospectively
adv.
In a prospective manner.
+
psilanthropist
n.
One who believes that Christ was a mere man.
+
prelatist
n.
One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman.
+
piety
n.
Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service.
+
puke
n.
A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit.
+
pseudograph
n.
A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
+
petiole
n.
A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.
+
parapleura
n.
A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects.
+
proved
imp.|p.p.
of Prove
+
poupeton
n.
A puppet, or little baby.
+
prognostic
a.
A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease.
+
portal
n.
The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
+
prehnitic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a tetrabasic acid of benzene obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- probably so called from the resemblance of the wartlike crystals to the mammillae on the surface of prehnite.
+
precarious
a.
Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges.
+
pallet
n.
A cup containing three ounces, -- /ormerly used by surgeons.
+
paraffine
n.
A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.
+
prestigious
a.
Practicing tricks; juggling.
+
pack
n.
To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.
+
pattern
n.
Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
+
perpetuate
v.t.
To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize.
+
plexus
n.
A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers.
+
paged
imp.|p.p.
of Page
+
panteutonic
a.
Of or pertaining to all the Teutonic races.
+
premier
n.
The first minister of state; the prime minister.
+
plumbous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds.
+
ptyxis
n.
The way in which a leaf is sometimes folded in the bud.
+
prank
v.t.
To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.
+
polyhistor
n.
One versed in various learning.
+
pic
n.
A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.
+
pharisee
n.
One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews.
+
proportion
n.
Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion.
+
purist
n.
One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek.
+
poursuivant
n.
See Pursuivant.
+
painting
n.
A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
+
plate
n.
A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light.
+
palliard
n.
A born beggar; a vagabond.
+
perfused
imp.|p.p.
of Perfuse
+
purred
imp.|p.p.
of Pur
+
plumelet
n.
A small plume.
+
proproctor
n.
A assistant proctor.
+
physiced
imp.|p.p.
of Physic
+
puppying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Puppy
+
pelargonium
n.
A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceae, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.
+
pit
v.t.
To place or put into a pit or hole.
+
pellitory
n.
The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called because it resembles the above.
+
pennage
n.
Feathery covering; plumage.
+
probe
v.t.
To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.
+
phalarope
n.
Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallae), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose.
+
preventive
n.
That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.
+
paternal
a.
Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care.
+
provedore
n.
A proveditor; a purveyor.
+
phlogisticate
v.t.
To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances.
+
partisan
n.
The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
+
postulated
imp.|p.p.
of Postulate
+
plaza
n.
A public square in a city or town.
+
precursive
a.
Preceding; introductory; precursory.
+
pestle
n.
An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.
+
presentation
n.
exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show.
+
preposterous
a.
Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.
+
paid
imp.p.p.|a.
Satisfied; contented.
+
process
n.
The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.
+
prove
v.t.
To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
+
pedal
a.
A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle.
+
plume
v.
A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.
+
participially
adv.
In the sense or manner of a participle.
+
pseudepigraphic
a.
Alt. of Pseudepigraphic
+
pause
v.t.
To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
+
philistinism
n.
The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See Philistine, 3.
+
patriarchy
n.
Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.
+
presscapula
n.
The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.
+
port
n.
The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively.
+
perilymph
n.
The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.
+
player
n.
One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
+
policy
n.
The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state.
+
prick
v.
A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.
+
poikilothermal
a.
Alt. of Poikilothermic
+
periclasite
n.
A grayish or dark green mineral, consisting essentially of magnesia (magnesium oxide), occurring in granular forms or in isometric crystals.
+
paragnathous
a.
Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds.
+
purloiner
n.
One who purloins.
+
phthisiology
n.
A treatise on phthisis.
+
proscript
n.
One who is proscribed.
+
privation
n.
The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.
+
pedimane
n.
A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.
+
perforated
a.
Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes.
+
pedesis
n.
Same as Brownian movement, under Brownian.
+
prelect
v.i.
To discourse publicly; to lecture.
+
promiscuously
adv.
In a promiscuous manner.
+
propeller
n.
A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
+
pebble
v.t.
To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
+
polite
v.
Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature.
+
provisos
pl.
of Proviso
+
plug
n.
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
+
plumulose
a.
Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather.
+
pectineal
a.
Relating to, or connected with, the pubic bone.
+
pitch
v.t.
To set or fix, as a price or value.
+
poppet
n.
See Puppet.
+
parcel
v.t.
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into.
+
purree
n.
A yellow coloring matter. See Euxanthin.
+
piu
adv.
A little more; as, piu allegro, a little more briskly.
+
peptogen
n.
A substance convertible into peptone.
+
pliohippus
n.
An extinct genus of horses from the Pliocene deposits. Each foot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the common horse.
+
podophyllin
n.
A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.
+
perioeci
n.pl.
Alt. of Perioecians
+
proper
a.
Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
+
pawing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paw
+
prostyle
a.
Having columns in front.
+
praised
imp.|p.p.
of Praise
+
prowl
n.
The act of prowling.
+
posthouse
n.
A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained.
+
produce
v.t.
To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.
+
promised
imp.|p.p.
of Promise
+
pearlash
n.
A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.
+
paugies
pl.
of Paugy
+
protector
n.
One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
+
pavilion
n.
A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.
+
paddle
v.i.
See Paddle staff (b), below.
+
profuse
a.
Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse expenditure.
+
pother
v.t.
To harass and perplex; to worry.
+
pickback
adv.
On the back.
+
pash
v.t.
A heavy fall of rain or snow.
+
penalty
n.
Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass.
+
pitch
n.
The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch.
+
practicable
a.
Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road.
+
proprietor
n.
One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.
+
portage
n.
A porthole.
+
parallel
v.t.
Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.
+
pluralization
n.
The act of pluralizing.
+
pewit
n.
The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing.
+
pox
v.t.
To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
+
prophecies
pl.
of Prophecy
+
powdery
a.
Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar.
+
preadamite
n.
An inhabitant of the earth before Adam.
+
prophecy
n.
Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.
+
paparchy
n.
Government by a pope; papal rule.
+
panim
n.
See Painim.
+
prospect
v.i.
To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold.
+
profit
n.
Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.
+
papagay
n.
See Popinjay, 1 (b).
+
pitted
v.t.
Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the vascular parts of vegetable tissue.
+
pervaded
imp.|p.p.
of Pervade
+
pencraft
n.
The art of composing or writing; authorship.
+
protasis
n.
A proposition; a maxim.
+
pawn
v.t.
To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
+
pricking
n.
Same as Nicking.
+
phagedena
n.
Spreading, obstinate ulceration.
+
promote
v.t.
To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.
+
prelude
v.t.
To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory.
+
pattern
n.
A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
+
premonished
imp.|p.p.
of Premonish
+
pectoriloquous
a.
Pectoriloquial.
+
pricking
n.
The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
+
pollux
n.
A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini.  Cf. 3d Castor.
+
proportioned
imp.|p.p.
of Proportion
+
piment
n.
Wine flavored with spice or honey. See Pigment, 3.
+
porket
n.
A young hog; a pig.
+
purpuric
a.
Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name.
+
pike
n.|v.
A pick.
+
prefigurate
v.t.
To prefigure.
+
prerogatived
a.
Endowed with a prerogative, or exclusive privilege.
+
pedant
n.
One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
+
protractor
n.
A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.
+
plummet
n.
Hence, any weight.
+
plumper
n.
A voter who plumps his vote.
+
polychromy
n.
The art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way.
+
particle
n.
Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.
+
partial
n.
Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.
+
pintle
n.
A kingbolt of a wagon.
+
periproctitis
n.
Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum.
+
propound
v.t.
To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.
+
paleichthyes
n.pl.
A comprehensive division of fishes which includes the elasmobranchs and ganoids.
+
protract
n.
Tedious continuance or delay.
+
penny
a.
Worth or costing one penny.
+
prim
n.
The privet.
+
planimetrical
a.
Of or pertaining to planimetry.
+
praenominical
a.
Of or pertaining to a praenomen.
+
phyllobranchia
n.
A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.
+
participation
n.
community; fellowship; association.
+
participialized
imp.|p.p.
of Participialize
+
pleasing
a.
Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners.
+
polyatomic
a.
Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms.
+
proximal
a.
Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of a limb. Opposed to distal.
+
paddle
v.t.
To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.
+
pincers
n.pl.
See Pinchers.
+
pap
n.
Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap.
+
promulgation
n.
The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel.
+
pearl
n.
A fringe or border.
+
pace
v.t.
To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
+
paned
a.
Having flat sides or surfaces; as, a six/paned nut.
+
predisposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Predispose
+
propitious
a.
Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.
+
patronizing
a.
Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another.
+
puff
n.
A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
+
pardon
v.t.
To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
+
provision
n.
Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural.
+
prow
superl.
Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous.
+
palliated
imp.|p.p.
of Palliate
+
protestant
v.
One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.
+
paracelsian
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in conformity with, the practice of Paracelsus, a Swiss physician of the 15th century.
+
pledge
n.
To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch.
+
praising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Praise
+
preterist
n.
One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor.
+
pignut
n.
See Groundnut (d).
+
petty
superl.
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.
+
polemoniaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniaceae), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera.
+
placket
n.
A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman.
+
portrayal
n.
The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.
+
providentness
n.
The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy.
+
prick
n.
To nick.
+
pichiciago
n.
A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back.
+
paeon
n.
A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable.
+
porter
n.
A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
+
phytophysiology
n.
Vegetable physiology.
+
phytochemical
a.
Relating to phytochemistry.
+
pyromantic
a.
Of or pertaining to pyromancy.
+
pimping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pimp
+
primogeniture
a.
The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue.
+
puzzling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Puzzle
+
procrusteanized
imp.|p.p.
of Procrusteanize
+
plyer
n.
One who, or that which, plies
+
prebronchial
a.
Situated in front of the bronchus; -- applied especially to an air sac on either side of the esophagus of birds.
+
pterygopodium
n.
A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper.
+
properispome
n.
Properispomenon.
+
podium
n.
The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began.
+
peopler
n.
A settler; an inhabitant.
+
priscillianist
n.
A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Avila in Spain, in the fourth century, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manicheism with Christianity.
+
product
n.
Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain.
+
pro
a.
A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth.
+
papyrus
n.
The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.
+
poetize
v.i.
To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize.
+
perspective
n.
Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective.
+
pawnees
n.pl.
A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.
+
proponent
n.
One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.
+
paradox
n.
A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.
+
prelatically
adv.
In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates.
+
predominancy
n.
Predominance.
+
paganish
a.
Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish.
+
proposal
n.
The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
+
probationary
a.
Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial.
+
pertusate
a.
Pierced at the apex.
+
propitiatory
n.
The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.
+
phantasma
n.
A phantasm.
+
proslavery
n.
Advocacy of slavery.
+
punctum
n.
A point.
+
panspermy
n.
The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop.
+
protiston
n.
One of the Protista.
+
procrastination
n.
The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.
+
priestess
n.
A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans.
+
portliness
n.
The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness.
+
present
a.
Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
+
populin
n.
A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus), and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance.
+
preservable
a.
Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.
+
pug
n.
A name for a monkey.
+
purposeful
a.
Important; material.
+
pitch
n.
The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low.
+
prodigy
n.
Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
+
propinquity
n.
Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity.
+
peridot
n.
Chrysolite.
+
propounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Propound
+
prophetically
adv.
In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction.
+
propitiate
v.t.
To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.
+
phoenician
n.
A native or inhabitant of Phoenica.
+
plebeian
a.
Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.
+
prosphysis
n.
A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball.
+
palmette
n.
A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament.
+
paris
n.
A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.
+
patient
a.
Forbearing; long-suffering.
+
powderposted
a.
Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot. See Dry rot, under Dry.
+
palanka
n.
A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
+
paramorphous
a.
Relating to paramorphism; exhibiting paramorphism.
+
proud
superl.
Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
+
pleasantly
adv.
In a pleasant manner.
+
puritanical
a.
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
+
predesign
v.t.
To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine.
+
palla
n.
An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.
+
piscation
n.
Fishing; fishery.
+
plumule
n.
A down feather.
+
prediastolic
a.
Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolic friction sound.
+
precipitant
a.
Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless.
+
pneumograph
n.
Same as Pneumatograph.
+
potage
n.
See Pottage.
+
populous
a.
Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.
+
propugnation
n.
Means of defense; defense.
+
pharology
n.
The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights.
+
pikrolite
n.
See Picrolite.
+
pickering
n.
The sauger of the St.Lawrence River.
+
precognition
n.
A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution.
+
plenties
pl.
of Plenty
+
phagedenous
a.
Phagedenic.
+
penguinery
n.
A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.
+
petrographic
a.
Alt. of Petrographical
+
personified
imp.|p.p.
of Personify
+
prepotent
a.
Characterized by prepotency.
+
pandemic
a.
Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic.
+
paromology
n.
A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
+
phaenogamic
a.
Same as Phaenogamous.
+
pottassic
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, potassium.
+
pulingly
adv.
With whining or complaint.
+
prophragma
n.
An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.
+
propinyl
n.
A hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of propine and allied compounds.
+
palingenesia
n.
See Palingenesis.
+
presenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Present
+
petulancy
n.
The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor.
+
penitential
a.
Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears.
+
petermen
pl.
of Peterman
+
prospect
v.
That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success.
+
pickle
v.t.
To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.
+
pigjawed
a.
Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.
+
photozincograph
n.
A print made by photozincography.
+
page
n.
Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.
+
presignify
v.t.
To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.
+
pachacamac
n.
A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.
+
porthook
n.
One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached.
+
plethoric
a.
Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically.
+
prorogue
v.t.
To protract; to prolong; to extend.
+
paleocarida
n.pl.
Same as Merostomata.
+
painful
a.
Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
+
podagrous
a.
Gouty; podagric.
+
proscribed
imp.|p.p.
of Proscribe
+
particularism
n.
Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.
+
personalism
n.
The quality or state of being personal; personality.
+
poling
n.
The operation of dispersing worm casts over the walks with poles.
+
pythagorean
n.
A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers founded by Pythagoras.
+
pachyglossal
a.
Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossae), including the iguanas and agamas.
+
powerable
a.
Capable of exerting power; powerful.
+
preclude
v.
To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation.
+
pipistrel
n.
Alt. of Pipistrelle
+
portliness
n.
Bulkiness; corpulence.
+
passing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pass
+
padlocked
imp.|p.p.
of Padlock
+
peccancy
n.
The quality or state of being peccant.
+
puffer
n.
A kier.
+
pagoda
n.
An idol.
+
portentous
a.
Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size.
+
persecution
n.
A carrying on; prosecution.
+
purchaser
n.
One who purchases; one who acquires property for a consideration, generally of money; a buyer; a vendee.
+
projectile
a.
Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.
+
psalm
n.
A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
+
partitioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Partition
+
potgun
n.
A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar.
+
polysynthesis
n.
The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination.
+
purparty
n.
A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.
+
pragmatically
adv.
In a pragmatical manner.
+
parnassian
n.
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.
+
prick
v.i.
To aim at a point or mark.
+
purpureo

A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color. Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic.
+
phantasmal
a.
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.
+
persuasion
n.
The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced.
+
passion
n.
Disorder of the mind; madness.
+
placenta
n.
The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.
+
privies
pl.
of Privy
+
peccant
n.
An offender.
+
physemaria
n.pl.
A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies.
+
pertinacity
n.
The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency.
+
peck
v.
To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
+
proscriber
n.
One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.
+
piler
n.
One who places things in a pile.
+
pillowed
imp.|p.p.
of Pillow
+
palpebra
n.
The eyelid.
+
predicament
n.
A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition.
+
poculiform
a.
Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.
+
petrosilex
n.
Felsite.
+
propenyl
n.
A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin.  Cf. Allyl, and Glyceryl.
+
pill
v.t.
To peel; to make by removing the skin.
+
pasted
imp.|p.p.
of Paste
+
proconsulship
n.
Proconsulate.
+
prevaricate
v.i.
To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
+
pochard
n.
See Poachard.
+
plate
n.
A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
+
publicity
n.
The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.
+
purveyance
n.
That which is provided; provisions; food.
+
prevenient
a.
Going before; preceding; hence, preventive.
+
poking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Poke
+
phantomatic
a.
Phantasmal.
+
pleura
pl.
of Pleuron
+
painted
a.
Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
+
prease
n.
A press; a crowd.
+
pig
v.t.|i.
To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
+
paulownia
n.
A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceae, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis.
+
poundrate
n.
A rate or proportion estimated at a certain amount for each pound; poundage.
+
pilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pill
+
pipras
pl.
of Pipra
+
parceling
n.
Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used, also, in mousing on the stayes, etc.
+
palpiform
a.
Having the form of a palpus.
+
perpetration
n.
The thing perpetrated; an evil action.
+
palative
a.
Pleasing to the taste; palatable.
+
phosphorescent
a.
Shining with a phosphoric light; luminous without sensible heat.
+
promoter
n.
An informer; a makebate.
+
phrensied
p.p.|a.
See Frenzied.
+
pulp
n.
A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.
+
percussing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Percuss
+
pass
v.i.
To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.
+
philogyny
n.
Fondness for women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to misogyny.
+
phyllophagan
n.
One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers.
+
progenitorship
n.
The state of being a progenitor.
+
proverb
n.
A drama exemplifying a proverb.
+
phthiriasis
n.
A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.
+
pinxit

A word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting, or engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted (this).
+
preparation
n.
Accomplishment; qualification.
+
prevarication
n.
The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.
+
premonitor
n.
One who, or that which, gives premonition.
+
palmigrade
a.
Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals.
+
pupas
pl.
of Pupa
+
probable
a.
Having more evidence for than against; supported by evidence which inclines the mind to believe, but leaves some room for doubt; likely.
+
prospectless
a.
Having no prospect.
+
pounds
pl.
of Pound
+
parapet
n.
A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate.
+
padrone
n.
A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc.
+
pavement
v.t.
To furnish with a pavement; to pave.
+
poetess
n.
A female poet.
+
polygeny
n.
The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.
+
proclive
a.
Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
+
pulas
n.
The East Indian leguminous tree Butea frondosa. See Gum Butea, under Gum.
+
privateer
v.i.
To cruise in a privateer.
+
polypus
n.
Same as Polyp.
+
pudder
n.
A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle.
+
peagrit
n.
A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite.
+
peases
pl.
of Pease
+
perfection
v.t.
To perfect.
+
precipitance
n.
Alt. of Precipitancy
+
paten
n.
The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in the Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover.
+
phariseeism
n.
See Pharisaism.
+
polypier
n.
A polypidom.
+
picnicked
imp.|p.p.
of Picnic
+
particularize
v.i.
To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative.
+
prefigure
v.t.
To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow.
+
proceed
v.i.
To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.
+
planed
imp.|p.p.
of Plane
+
pexity
n.
Nap of cloth.
+
pantamorph
n.
That which assumes, or exists in, all forms.
+
pole
n.
A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian.
+
preemtor
n.
One who preempts; esp., one who preempts public land.
+
palingenesy
n.
That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.
+
priggish
a.
Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical.
+
pensively
adv.
In a pensive manner.
+
perpendicle
n.
Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.
+
paramento
n.
Ornament; decoration.
+
piratic
a.
Piratical.
+
pupped
imp.|p.p.
of Pup
+
peopling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of People
+
properly
adv.
In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.
+
psalterium
n.
The third stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies.
+
palm
v.t.
To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off.
+
pitch
n.
The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.
+
pall
n.
Nausea.
+
pulsatory
a.
Capable of pulsating; throbbing.
+
praecipe
n.
A paper containing the particulars of a writ, lodged in the office out of which the writ is to be issued.
+
porthors
n.
See Portass.
+
posttiller
n.
See Postiler.
+
pollenin
n.
A substance found in the pollen of certain plants.
+
puritan
n.
One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions.
+
philanthropy
n.
Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy.
+
podobranchia
n.
Same as Podobranch.
+
pentamerous
a.
Belonging to the Pentamera.
+
pococurantism
n.
Carelessness; apathy; indifference.
+
paragraph
n.
A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph.
+
part
n.
One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.
+
pledge
n.
A sentiment to which assent is given by drinking one's health; a toast; a health.
+
phonography
n.
A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.
+
petrosilicious
a.
Containing, or consisting of, petrosilex.
+
pyrosmalite
n.
A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayish green color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese; -- so called from the odor given off before the blowpipe.
+
priestridden
a.
Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people.
+
preteritness
n.
The quality or state of being past.
+
prince
a.
The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood.
+
purl
n.
A tern.
+
pale
n.
A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.
+
plesiosaurian
n.
A plesiosaur.
+
pharyngobranchial
n.
A pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage.
+
prick
n.
To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition.
+
pleochroous
a.
Pleochroic.
+
prostrate
a.
Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
+
presence
n.
The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign.
+
psychomachy
n.
A conflict of the soul with the body.
+
phytomer
n.
Alt. of Phytomeron
+
point
n.
One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
+
poraille
n.
Poor people; the poor.
+
potulent
a.
Fit to drink; potable.
+
physic
n.
A physician.
+
purgative
a.
Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.
+
palmated
a.
Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed.
+
provincial
a.
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod.
+
punctuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Punctuate
+
pinch
v.t.
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
+
palpability
n.
The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch.
+
post
n.
A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.
+
preciosity
n.
Preciousness; something precious.
+
palilogy
n.
The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, "The living, the living, he shall praise thee."
+
pippul tree

Same as Peepul tree.
+
pervert
v.i.
To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
+
pantometry
n.
Universal measurement.
+
pasting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paste
+
peristomium
n.
Same as Peristome.
+
preach
v.
A religious discourse.
+
pyromorphite
n.
Native lead phosphate with lead chloride, occurring in bright green and brown hexagonal crystals and also massive; -- so called because a fused globule crystallizes in cooling.
+
parlando
a.|adv.
Alt. of Parlante
+
preclusive
a.
Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering.
+
papillomatous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, papillomata.
+
pseudopupa
n.
A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.
+
profluent
a.
Flowing forward,
+
pommelion
n.
The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon.
+
presiding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preside
+
pullback
n.
That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance.
+
prejudicate
v.t.
To determine beforehand, especially to disadvantage; to prejudge.
+
pycnidium
n.
In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
+
preempting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preempt
+
penance
n.
Repentance.
+
preservatory
n.
A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay.
+
pugil
n.
As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.
+
poriness
n.
Porosity.
+
provided
imp.|p.p.
of Provide
+
patrol
v.i.
A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
+
packet
n.
Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat.
+
prink
v.t.
To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically.
+
purpurin
n.
A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance.
+
procatarctic
a.
Beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial.
+
pegmatite
n.
More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks.
+
piece
n.
A castle; a fortified building.
+
pectinate
a.
Alt. of Pectinated
+
pill
n.
Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
+
paradigmatical
a.
Exemplary.
+
protectorate
n.
The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs.
+
parietary
a.
See Parietal, 2.
+
pulpous
a.
Containing pulp; pulpy.
+
pick
v.
To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
+
pantaloon
n.
A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes.
+
pessaries
pl.
of Pessary
+
preaortic
a.
In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta.
+
producibility
n.
The quality or state of being producible.
+
pyrrhonist
n.
A follower of Pyrrho; a skeptic.
+
paganly
adv.
In a pagan manner.
+
polygynian
a.
Alt. of Polygynous
+
protein
n.
A body now known as alkali albumin, but originally considered to be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its name.
+
pantologist
n.
One versed in pantology; a writer of pantology.
+
pillaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pillage
+
peristomata
pl.
of Peristoma
+
polyporous
a.
Having many pores.
+
proboscidea
n.pl.
An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.
+
pelagianism
n.
The doctrines of Pelagius.
+
picture
n.
The art of painting; representation by painting.
+
paeony
n.
See Peony.
+
principal
n.
A capital sum of money, placed out at interest, due as a debt or used as a fund; -- so called in distinction from interest or profit.
+
picoline
n.
Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also methyl pyridine.
+
prognostication
n.
The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.
+
phyllomania
n.
An abnormal or excessive production of leaves.
+
pyloric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pylorus; as, the pyloric end of the stomach.
+
porkwood
n.
The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood.
+
puissantly
adv.
In a puissant manner; powerfully; with great strength.
+
proditorious
a.
Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous.
+
pier
n.
A projecting wharf or landing place.
+
paralogizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paralogize
+
pernancy
n.
A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.
+
parliamentary
a.
Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority.
+
phrenism
n.
See Vital force, under Vital.
+
pone
n.
A kind of johnnycake.
+
pay
v.t.
Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
+
poze
v.t.
See 5th Pose.
+
pod
n.
A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
+
periastron
n.
That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter.
+
plausibleize
v.t.
To render plausible.
+
plunderer
n.
One who plunders or pillages.
+
prairie
n.
An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains.
+
plate
n.
A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.
+
precious
a.
Particular; fastidious; overnice.
+
present
n.
Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.
+
punctilious
a.
Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
+
porter
n.
A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.
+
protomartyr
n.
The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
+
pantoscopic
a.
Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects.
+
pluma
n.
A feather.
+
paraleipsis
n.
A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice."
+
pending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pend
+
perching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perch
+
purple
n.
Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
+
privation
n.
The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
+
penurious
a.
Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
+
penwomen
pl.
of Penwoman
+
preadministration
n.
Previous administration.
+
prostrate
v.t.
To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.
+
polycarpous
a.
Having several pistils in one flower.
+
phonogram
n.
A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound.
+
pitiful
a.
To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
+
pursuer
n.
One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.
+
present
a.
Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular.
+
portend
v.t.
To stretch out before.
+
prejudice
n.
Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
+
polycrotism
n.
That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; -- contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism.
+
pestle
v.t.|i.
To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.
+
protonotary
n.
A chief notary or clerk.
+
preoperculum
n.
The anterior opercular bone in fishes.
+
pylangium
n.
The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart.
+
posset
n.
A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.
+
prow
n.
The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
+
priceless
a.
Of no value; worthless.
+
preservatory
a.
Preservative.
+
peer
v.i.
To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day.
+
post
v.t.
To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
+
plasma
n.
Unorganized material; elementary matter.
+
palpigerous
a.
Bearing a palpus.
+
precentor
n.
The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.
+
pronounce
n.
Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.
+
pasquinade
n.
A lampoon or satirical writing.
+
partyism
n.
Devotion to party.
+
practiced
a.
Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman.
+
pickled
a.
Preserved in a pickle.
+
pancreatin
n.
One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion.
+
prochronism
n.
The dating of an event before the time it happened; an antedating; -- opposed to metachronism.
+
paul
n.
See Pawl.
+
palmistry
n.
A dexterous use or trick of the hand.
+
peruse
v.t.
To observe; to examine with care.
+
pomposity
n.
The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.
+
preeternity
n.
Infinite previous duration.
+
papacy
n.
The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.
+
professional
a.
Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.
+
pneumonic
a.
Of or pertaining to pneumonia; as, pneumonic symptoms.
+
pout
v.i.
To shoot pouts.
+
parishioner
n.
One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.
+
part
n.
Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.
+
phonic
a.
Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.
+
print
n.
A core print. See under Core.
+
pomacentroid
a.
Pertaining to the Pomacentridae, a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes.
+
perithecium
n.
An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.
+
propulsion
n.
An impelling act or movement.
+
padlocking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Padlock
+
plank
n.
A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
+
prey
n.
Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
+
pugnacity
n.
Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness.
+
phycocyanin
n.
Alt. of Phycocyanine
+
procellarian
n.
One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae)  including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy weather.
+
proverb
n.
A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
+
proverbially
adv.
In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy.
+
parotoid
n.
A parotoid gland.
+
participle
a.
Anything that partakes of the nature of different things.
+
provant
a.
Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior.
+
peridotite
n.
An eruptive rock characterized by the presence of chrysolite (peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite, etc. It is often altered to serpentine.
+
popedom
n.
The jurisdiction of the pope.
+
prodition
n.
Disclosure; treachery; treason.
+
pantile
n.
A roofing tile, of peculiar form, having a transverse section resembling an elongated S laid on its side (/).
+
protoplast
n.
The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.
+
plumularian
n.
Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively.
+
purloin
v.t.
To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.
+
podura
n.
Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.
+
propine
n.
A gift; esp., drink money.
+
pharyngognathi
n.pl.
A division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones are united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes.
+
paradoxical
a.
Of the nature of a paradox.
+
polytheist
n.
One who believes in, or maintains the doctrine of, a plurality of gods.
+
petticoat
n.
A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist.
+
part
v.i.
To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.
+
pongo
n.
Any large ape; especially, the chimpanzee and the orang-outang.
+
popping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pop
+
progression
n.
A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.
+
prittleprattle
n.
Empty talk; trifling loquacity; prattle; -- used in contempt or ridicule.
+
pester
v.t.
To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.
+
powder
v.t.
To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
+
probe
n.
An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc.
+
puzzle
v.t.
To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.
+
pinite
n.
A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite.
+
pounce
v.t.
To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
+
plethora
n.
State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.
+
popularness
n.
The quality or state of being popular; popularity.
+
paladin
n.
A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne.
+
petrol
n.
Petroleum.
+
polymyodous
a.
Polymyoid.
+
paraphimosis
n.
A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again.
+
protozoan
n.
One of the Protozoa.
+
pulp
n.
A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of teeth.
+
poduras
pl.
of Podura
+
palestrian
a.
Alt. of Palestrical
+
permit
n.
Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.
+
presentee
v.t.
One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically (Eccl.), one presented to benefice.
+
prescribed
imp.|p.p.
of Prescribe
+
pirl
v.t.
To spin, as a top.
+
pilular
a.
Of or pertaining to pills; resembling a pill or pills; as, a pilular mass.
+
petaliferous
a.
Bearing petals.
+
pointblank
n.
With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal.
+
prove
v.i.
To make trial; to essay.
+
phoebus
n.
Apollo; the sun god.
+
pug
n.
One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.
+
phonetist
n.
One versed in phonetics; a phonologist.
+
proffer
v.t.
To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.
+
parietal
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.
+
progue
n.
A sharp point; a goad.
+
pratingly
adv.
With idle talk; with loquacity.
+
pulsatile
a.
Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.
+
placard
v.t.
To announce by placards; as, to placard a sale.
+
poll
v.t.
To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll.
+
pisces
n.pl.
The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked / in almanacs.
+
partnership
n.
The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.
+
pectoriloquy
n.
The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity.
+
piteous
a.
Paltry; mean; pitiful.
+
pomiferous
a.
Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple.
+
pensileness
n.
State or quality of being pensile; pendulousness.
+
paralyze
v.t.
To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
+
plasterer
n.
One who makes plaster casts.
+
ies
pl.
of Phalanstery
+
photo

A combining form from Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light; as, photography, phototype, photometer.
+
peccable
a.
Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
+
problematize
v.t.
To propose problems.
+
pomeys
pl.
of Pomey
+
paleozooogy
n.
The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.
+
pulmometer
n.
A spirometer.
+
pretension
n.
A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.
+
province
n.
A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority.
+
plebeian
n.
One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.
+
pigtail
n.
A kind of twisted chewing tobacco.
+
phanerogamous
a.
Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.
+
phalangal
a.
Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2.
+
print
v.t.
To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
+
postponer
n.
One who postpones.
+
proud
superl.
Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
+
privacy
n.
Concealment of what is said or done.
+
proportionating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Proportionate
+
panivorous
a.
Eating bread; subsisting on bread.
+
pan
n.
The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
+
parchesi
n.
See Pachisi.
+
penniless
a.
Destitute of money; impecunious; poor.
+
proudness
n.
The quality of being proud; pride.
+
projet
n.
A plan proposed; a draft of a proposed measure; a project.
+
plurisy
n.
Superabundance; excess; plethora.
+
potbelly
n.
A protuberant belly.
+
proclaimed
imp.|p.p.
of Proclaim
+
partable
a.
See Partible.
+
pteridophyta
n.pl.
A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia.
+
pick
v.
To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
+
phlebotomist
n.
One who practiced phlebotomy.
+
peace
v.t.|i.
To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.
+
preliminary
n.
That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college.
+
pupilage
n.
The state of being a pupil.
+
pink
v.t.
A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
+
pamprodactylous
a.
Having all the toes turned forward, as the colies.
+
podge
n.
A puddle; a plash.
+
pilch
n.
A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
+
passionately
adv.
In a passionate manner; with strong feeling; ardently.
+
prove
v.i.
To succeed; to turn out as expected.
+
pyritical
a.
Of or pertaining to pyrites; consisting of, or resembling, pyrites.
+
prosing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Prose
+
protectrix
n.
A woman who protects.
+
pharmaceutist
n.
One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary.
+
pley
v.|n.
See Play.
+
pilfer
v.t.
To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.
+
pence
n.
pl. of Penny. See Penny.
+
positive
a.
Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.
+
paleology
n.
The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; archaeology .
+
policy
n.
The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.
+
panspermist
n.
A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist.
+
postal
a.
Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities.
+
pelting
a.
Mean; paltry.
+
pott
n.
A size of paper. See under Paper.
+
petrosal
n.
The auditory capsule.
+
platonizer
n.
One who Platonizes.
+
poephaga
n.pl.
A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos and their allies.
+
poetically
adv.
In a poetic manner.
+
polyembryonate
a.
Consisting of, or having, several embryos; polyembryonic.
+
peziza
n.
A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some of which are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors.
+
parquet
n.
Same as Parquetry.
+
problem
n.
Anything which is required to be done; as, in geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find an unknown quantity.
+
property
a.
That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.
+
phlegmon
n.
Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
+
parabole
n.
Similitude; comparison.
+
plutology
n.
The science which treats of wealth.
+
prolificness
n.
The quality or state of being prolific; fruitfulness; prolificacy.
+
pyrolignic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, the acid liquid obtained in the distillation of wood, consisting essentially of impure acetic acid.
+
permission
n.
The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
+
pleural
a.
Of or pertaining to the pleura or pleurae, or to the sides of the thorax.
+
prostibulous
a.
Of or pertaining to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious.
+
polytechnic
a.
Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; -- applied particularly to schools in which many branches of art and science are taught with especial reference to their practical application; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrial products.
+
poult
n.
A young chicken, partridge, grouse, or the like.
+
pinch
v.t.
To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.
+
pallet
n.
One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, as the Teredo. See Illust. of Teredo.
+
parallelopipedon
n.
A parallelopiped.
+
political
a.
Politic; wise; also, artful.
+
puefellow
n.
A pewfellow.
+
provide
v.t.
To foresee.
+
psoriasis
n.
The state of being affected with psora.
+
probate
n.
Proof.
+
piccolo
n.
A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.
+
pan
n.
A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.
+
precollection
n.
A collection previously made.
+
phylogenetic
a.
Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism.
+
paths
pl.
of Path
+
potpourri
n.
A literary production composed of parts brought together without order or bond of connection.
+
pebbled
imp.|p.p.
of Pebble
+
papillar
a.
Same as Papillose.
+
powpow
n.
Conjuration attended with great noise and confusion, and often with feasting, dancing, etc., performed by Indians for the cure of diseases, to procure success in hunting or in war, and for other purposes.
+
plug
v.t.
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
+
percaline
n.
A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color.
+
pioneered
imp.|p.p.
of Pioneer
+
pisces
n.pl.
The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei.
+
parenchyma
n.
The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.
+
participable
a.
Capable of being participated or shared.
+
passivity
n.
The quality or condition of any substance which has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity.
+
protest
v.
A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal objection against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of lords in Parliament.
+
providore
n.
One who makes provision; a purveyor.
+
prescriptibility
n.
The quality or state of being prescriptible.
+
partially
adv.
In part; not totally; as, partially true; the sun partially eclipsed.
+
proprietorial
a.
Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorial rights.
+
physical
a.
Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the physical part of man.
+
plumper
n.
One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.
+
proportion
v.
To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.
+
putter
n.
Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like.
+
pennant
n.
A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
+
pigged
imp.|p.p.
of Pig
+
pouncing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pounce
+
pertinacious
a.
Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
+
posthumous
a.
Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.
+
pianet
n.
The magpie.
+
practice
v.t.
To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.
+
promise
a.
In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act.
+
provisionary
a.
Provisional.
+
putter
v.i.
To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.
+
popularity
n.
The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.
+
porphyries
pl.
of Porphyry
+
provision
n.
A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
+
parsonage
n.
The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor.
+
picket
n.
A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
+
purchased
imp.|p.p.
of Purchase
+
pliosaurus
n.
An extinct genus of marine reptiles allied to Plesiosaurus, but having a much shorter neck.
+
pelopium
n.
A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.
+
purpurate
n.
A salt of purpuric acid.
+
parembole
n.
A kind of parenthesis.
+
properness
n.
Tallness; comeliness.
+
platyrhine
a.
Having the nose broad; -- opposed to leptorhine.
+
pathologist
n.
One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.
+
plenish
v.t.
To furnish; to stock, as a house or farm.
+
people
n.
One's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers.
+
psorosperm
n.
A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarinae, in the pseudonavicula stage.
+
pose
n.
A cold in the head; catarrh.
+
properispomena
pl.
of Properispomenon
+
pound
n.
A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
+
pawky
a.
Arch; cunning; sly.
+
prided
imp.|p.p.
of Pride
+
pithole
n.
A pit; a pockmark.
+
provocation
n.
Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth.
+
pesthouse
n.
A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.
+
proin
v.t.
To lop; to trim; to prune; to adorn.
+
pool
n.
The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
+
pyrotechnic
a.
Alt. of Pyrotechnical
+
parry
v.t.
To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.
+
populated
imp.|p.p.
of Populate
+
praetermit
v.t.
See Pretermit.
+
phylactolema
n.pl.
Alt. of Phylactolemata
+
peakish
a.
Having peaks; peaked.
+
pairing
v.i.
See To pair off, under Pair, v. i.
+
pleonastical
a.
Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant.
+
prepose
v.t.
To place or set before; to prefix.
+
pallah
n.
A large South African antelope (Aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok.
+
pony
n.
A small horse.
+
petalum
n.
A petal.
+
polychromatic
a.
Showing a variety, or a change, of colors.
+
phantasmagoric
a.
Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial.
+
permix
v.t.
To mix; to mingle.
+
presbyterial
a.
Presbyterian.
+
postpositive
a.
Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter.
+
postscapular
a.
Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous.
+
price
v.t.
To pay the price of.
+
protest
v.i.
To make a solemn declaration (often a written one) expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest against your votes.
+
possibly
adv.
In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover.
+
pull
v.t.
To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8.
+
pigeontoed
a.
Having the toes turned in.
+
physopod
n.
One of the Physopoda; a thrips.
+
peradventure
n.
Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure.
+
participate
v.t.
To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of.
+
pillage
n.
That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.
+
pupping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pup
+
premaxillary
a.
Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillae; intermaxillary.
+
privateer
n.
The commander of a privateer.
+
pother
v.i.
To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
+
photologic
a.
Alt. of Photological
+
puckball
n.
A puffball.
+
pectora
pl.
of Pectus
+
provoke
v.i.
To appeal. [A Latinism]
+
puppet
n.
A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.
+
prodigiously
adv.
Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased.
+
pseudoneuroptera
n.pl.
division of insects (Zool.) reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zoologists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera.
+
pedantry
n.
The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.
+
phylon
n.
A tribe.
+
purblind
a.
Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole.
+
postmaster
n.
One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.
+
proportionality
n.
The state of being in proportion.
+
padlock
n.
A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.
+
pitchore
n.
Pitchblende.
+
parcelling

of Parcel
+
phyllodia
pl.
of Phyllodium
+
patronize
v.t.
To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
+
protestator
n.
One who makes protestation; a protester.
+
pud
n.
The hand; the first.
+
preterition
n.
The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.
+
primatical
a.
Of or pertaining to a primate.
+
pervigilation
n.
Careful watching.
+
put
n.
A pit.
+
pride
n.
Show; ostentation; glory.
+
pannade
n.
The curvet of a horse.
+
proletaneous
a.
Having a numerous offspring.
+
picket
v.t.
To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
+
proxenet
n.
A negotiator; a factor.
+
post
n.
The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
+
posthetomy
n.
Circumcision.
+
polyphony
n.
Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.
+
pruderies
pl.
of Prudery
+
photographic
a.
Alt. of Photographical
+
panic
n.
A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.
+
phoca
n.
A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal.
+
pervis
n.
See Parvis.
+
pestilation
n.
The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.
+
pressed
imp.|p.p.
of Press
+
purchase
v.t.
The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
+
preach
v.i.
To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon.
+
populate
v.t.
To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
+
powpow
n.
A priest, or conjurer, among the North American Indians.
+
prepare
v.t.
To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson.
+
poorness
n.
The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).
+
poling
n.
One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.
+
pinnipedes
n.pl.
Same as Steganopodes.
+
poetry
n.
The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.
+
perch
n.
A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
+
parallelopiped
n.
A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram.
+
picking
a.
Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
+
pageant
n.
An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.
+
pottered
imp.|p.p.
of Potter
+
phonologist
n.
One versed in phonology.
+
plantule
n.
The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
+
pallidity
n.
Pallidness; paleness.
+
pair
v.i.
Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
+
pederero
n.
A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance.
+
pulverized
imp.|p.p.
of Pulverize
+
paleo

A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic, paleontology, paleothere, paleography.
+
paleozoology
n.
The Paleozoic time or strata.
+
prime  donne 
pl.
of Prima donna
+
personage
n.
Character assumed or represented.
+
purulently
v.
In a purulent manner.
+
paraphyses
pl.
of Paraphysis
+
pink
v.t.
A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower.
+
palingenesis
n.
Alt. of Palingenesy
+
pernicity
n.
Swiftness; celerity.
+
pawner
n.
Alt. of Pawnor
+
prochein
a.
Next; nearest.
+
propylidene
n.
See Propidene.
+
procuracy
n.
The office or act of a proctor or procurator; management for another.
+
perclose
n.
Same as Parclose.
+
puss
n.
A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.
+
peri

A prefix used to signify around, by, near, over, beyond, or to give an intensive sense; as, perimeter, the measure around; perigee, point near the earth; periergy, work beyond what is needed; perispherical, quite spherical.
+
preponderating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preponderate
+
panamerican
a.
Of or pertaining to both North and South America.
+
parget
n.
Paint, especially for the face.
+
push
n.
The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.
+
prolixious
a.
Dilatory; tedious; superfluous.
+
peduncle
n.
The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits.
+
parentticide
n.
One who kills one's own parent; a parricide.
+
pan
n.
A part; a portion.
+
patrial
n.
A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials.
+
preexamined
imp.|p.p.
of Preexamine
+
pullicate
n.
A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
+
pilot
n.
The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
+
pseudovaries
pl.
of Pseudovary
+
preoccupy
v.t.
To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice.
+
psalmistry
n.
The use of psalms in devotion; psalmody.
+
pendicler
n.
An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft.
+
planetoid
n.
A body resembling a planet; an asteroid.
+
pentelic
a.
Alt. of Pentelican
+
prothesis
n.
A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.
+
pantalet
n.
One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children and women; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural.
+
pedo

Combining forms from L. pes, pedis, foot, as pedipalp, pedireme, pedometer.
+
paulian
n.
Alt. of Paulianist
+
parch
v.t.
To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.
+
perfuming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perfume
+
perforator
n.
One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome.
+
phases
pl.
of Phase
+
prenomination
n.
The act of prenominating; privilege of being named first.
+
pottle
n.
A vessel or small basket for holding fruit.
+
panegyris
n.
A festival; a public assembly.
+
planometer
n.
An instrument for gauging or testing a plane surface. See Surface gauge, under Surface.
+
pythonic
a.
Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events.
+
pump
v.t.
To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.
+
papaverine
n.
An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
+
purgatorial
a.
Alt. of Purgatorian
+
patonce
a.
Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; -- said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.
+
psychosis
n.
Any vital action or activity.
+
practicalness
n.
Same as Practicality.
+
perigenetic
a.
Of or pertaining to perigenesis.
+
pseudembryo
n.
A false embryo.
+
pollard
n.
A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit.
+
pain
n.
To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him.
+
palpitating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Palpitate
+
polive
n.
A pulley.
+
presbyter
n.
A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.
+
pluckily
adv.
In a plucky manner.
+
portcullis
n.
A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy.
+
posnet
n.
A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.
+
penitentiary
a.
Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.
+
party
v.
A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.
+
passage
v.i.
Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.
+
page
n.
One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
+
piecer
n.
One who pieces; a patcher.
+
placard
n.
A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
+
primordial
a.
Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell.
+
perturber
n.
One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation.
+
polyoptron
n.
Alt. of Polyoptrum
+
point
v.i.
To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.
+
postage
n.
The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.
+
parleying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parley
+
philippian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Philippi.
+
patterning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pattern
+
physiognomist
n.
Same as Physiognomy, 1.
+
pargeted
imp.|p.p.
of Parget
+
pentastichous
a.
Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves of an apple tree or a cherry tree.
+
particular
a.
Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress.
+
pentaptych
n.
A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centerpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece.
+
peculator
n.
One who peculates.
+
pigging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pig
+
predisponent
a.
Disposing beforehand; predisposing.
+
phaneroglossal
a.
Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.
+
petitionary
a.
Supplicatory; making a petition.
+
partan
n.
An edible British crab.
+
precurrer
n.
A precursor.
+
principal
n.
The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory.
+
pocket
v.t.
To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
+
pandering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pander
+
pelick
n.
The American coot (Fulica).
+
pantries
pl.
of Pantry
+
prolicide
n.
The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
+
prick
n.
To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
+
pharisaism
n.
Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners.
+
prudency
n.
Prudence.
+
possess
v.t.
To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
+
proudly
adv.
In a proud manner; with lofty airs or mien; haughtily; arrogantly; boastfully.
+
plaint
n.
A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.
+
predisposed
imp.|p.p.
of Predispose
+
palmistry
n.
The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy.
+
plucky
superl.
Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
+
pinafore
n.
An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.
+
proparoxytone
n.
A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.
+
plutonic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory.
+
propylon
n.
The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.
+
platting
n.
Plaited strips or bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like.
+
paulin
n.
See Tarpaulin.
+
philosophic
a.
Alt. of Philosophical
+
perscrutation
n.
A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny.
+
participation
n.
Distribution; division into shares.
+
premotion
n.
Previous motion or excitement to action.
+
pentandrian
a.
Alt. of Pentandrous
+
practice
n.
Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.
+
papilio
n.
A genus of butterflies.
+
phytotomy
n.
The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy.
+
patting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pat
+
preach
v.t.
To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon.
+
pupivora
n.pl.
A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects.
+
palestrical
a.
Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.
+
pilotry
n.
Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot.
+
proposer
n.
A speaker; an orator.
+
permit
v.t.
To give over; to resign; to leave; to commit.
+
phizes
pl.
of Phiz
+
pragmatical
a.
Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.
+
proatlas
n.
A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.
+
prest

imp. & p. p. of Press.
+
perpend
v.i.
To attend; to be attentive.
+
proemptosis
n.
The addition of a day to the lunar calendar.
+
putteron
n.
An instigator.
+
poke
v.t.
To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
+
prizable
a.
Valuable.
+
programma
n.
A preface.
+
patten
n.
A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud.
+
perplexity
n.
The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
+
potashes
n.pl.
Potash.
+
plight
n.
To promise; to engage; to betroth.
+
paradise
n.
An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
+
pallium
n.
A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.
+
practicing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Practice
+
purchaser
n.
One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by descent or inheritance.
+
patter
n.
A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
+
pylas
pl.
of Pyla
+
prognosticate
v.t.
To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.
+
preoption
n.
Right of first choice.
+
philip
n.
The house sparrow. Called also phip.
+
poly
n.
A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium Polium) of the order Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus.
+
poggy
n.
See Porgy.
+
prelude
v.i.
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance; to serve as prelude.
+
palatial
a.
Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures.
+
pleasuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pleasure
+
phenic
a.
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol.
+
publican
n.
The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to retail beer, spirits, or wine.
+
proselytize
v.t.
To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte.
+
prose
v.t.
To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
+
provost
n.
A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.
+
peak
n.
The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.
+
prebendary
n.
A prebendaryship.
+
pluroderes
n.pl.
A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example.
+
praying

a. & n. from Pray, v.
+
plaice
n.
A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.
+
pennies
pl.
of Penny
+
pulpatoon
n.
A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit.
+
perianth
n.
The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished.
+
positive
n.
That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.
+
potheen
n.
See Poteen.
+
partition
v.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.
+
pinner
n.
One who pins or impounds cattle. See Pin, v. t.
+
presbyter
n.
An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1.
+
paddling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paddle
+
province
n.
A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.
+
potter
n.
One who pots meats or other eatables.
+
personally
adv.
In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally.
+
pule
v.i.
To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.
+
peenge
v.i.
To complain.
+
penmanship
n.
The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.
+
poreblind
a.
Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind.
+
polity
n.
The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole.
+
pterygoid
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone.
+
postliminiar
a.
Contrived, done, or existing subsequently.
+
pen
n.
A feather.
+
populous
a.
Numerous; in large number.
+
pour
v.i.
To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured out of the theater.
+
porgies
pl.
of Porgy
+
polyacoustics
n.
The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.
+
psychopathy
n.
Mental disease. See Psychosis, 2.
+
petrifactive
a.
Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
+
phonascetics
n.
Treatment for restoring or improving the voice.
+
paradise
v.t.
To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
+
parasphenoid
n.
The parasphenoid bone.
+
puteal
n.
An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb.
+
plantable
a.
Capable of being planted; fit to be planted.
+
preambulary
a.
Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble.
+
posthumed
a.
Posthumous.
+
purgatorian
a.
Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory.
+
pastured
imp.|p.p.
of Pasture
+
print
n.
Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print.
+
polygenetic
a.
Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times.
+
passementerie
n.
Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.
+
parterre
n.
The pit of a theater; the parquet.
+
primordial
a.
First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition.
+
psalterium
n.
The lyra of the brain.
+
phenanthridine
n.
A nitrogenous hydrocarbon base, C13H9N, analogous to phenanthrene and quinoline.
+
preadamitic
a.
Existing or occurring before Adam; preadamic; as, preadamitic periods.
+
pilose
a.
Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
+
pelasgian
a.
Alt. of Pelasgic
+
purveiaunce
n.
Purveyance.
+
pregnant
a.
Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
+
pipe
n.
An elongated body or vein of ore.
+
permian
n.
The Permian period. See Chart of Geology.
+
paragenesis
n.
The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.
+
putid
a.
Rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless. Jer. Taylor.
+
pluripresence
n.
Presence in more places than one.
+
packet
v.i.
To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
+
plancher
n.
The under side of a cornice; a soffit.
+
progression
n.
The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.
+
puddle
n.
Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.
+
phyton
n.
One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer.
+
prospective
n.
Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective.
+
pneumonometer
n.
A spirometer; a pneumometer.
+
plotting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plot
+
peradventure
adv.|conj.
By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.
+
pecuniarily
adv.
In a pecuniary manner; as regards money.
+
phyllosoma
n.
The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp.
+
proposition
n.
That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
+
powdered
a.
Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.
+
patagonian
n.
A native of Patagonia.
+
prelatry
n.
Prelaty; prelacy.
+
pundle
n.
A short and fat woman; a squab.
+
preceding
a.
In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
+
ply
v.t.
To employ diligently; to use steadily.
+
phytochemistry
n.
Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies; vegetable chemistry.
+
pop
v.t.
To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door.
+
praisemeeting
n.
A religious service mainly in song.
+
perfumer
n.
One whose trade is to make or sell perfumes.
+
pad
n.
A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
+
polyzoarium
n.
Same as Polyzoary.
+
plage
n.
A region; country.
+
prepollency
n.
The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance; prevalence.
+
pricklefish
n.
The stickleback.
+
placarding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Placard
+
prize
n.
A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
+
policed
imp.|p.p.
of Police
+
pugging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pug
+
prog
n.
A goal; progue.
+
pragmatical
a.
Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature.
+
pentapody
n.
A measure or series consisting of five feet.
+
proceres
n.pl.
An order of large birds; the Ratitae; -- called also Proceri.
+
pleuro

A combining form denoting relation to a side; specif., connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as, pleuroperitoneum.
+
pallet
n.
Same as Palette.
+
pinch
n.
A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.
+
please
v.i.
To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.
+
pintos
n.pl.
A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.
+
pledge
n.
To invite another to drink, by drinking of the cup first, and then handing it to him, as a pledge of good will; hence, to drink the health of; to toast.
+
patenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Patent
+
pioneer
n.
A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
+
palatal
n.
A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.
+
prejudice
n.
Foresight.
+
pliform
a.
In the form of a ply, fold, or doubling.
+
parch
v.i.
To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.
+
prize
v.t.
To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.
+
patois
n.
A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.
+
pratique
n.
Practice; habits.
+
promorphology
n.
Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to a mathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology.
+
prompt
v.t.
To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
+
polewards
adv.
Toward a pole of the earth.
+
preterpluperfect
a.|n.
Old name of the tense also called pluperfect.
+
pronota
pl.
of Pronotum
+
pleistocene
a.
Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man.
+
passant
v.i.
Passing from one to another; in circulation; current.
+
platyhelmia
n.pl.
Same as Platyelminthes.
+
peccavi

I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.
+
pattern
n.
Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
+
parastichy
n.
A secondary spiral in phyllotaxy, as one of the evident spirals in a pine cone.
+
peri
n.
An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished.
+
piping
n.
The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc.
+
provisor
n.
One who provides; a purveyor.
+
perule
n.
Same as Perula.
+
peninsular
a.
Of or pertaining to a peninsula; as, a peninsular form; peninsular people; the peninsular war.
+
proleptics
n.
The art and science of predicting in medicine.
+
pleasantry
n.
That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage.
+
pape
n.
A spiritual father; specifically, the pope.
+
publication
n.
That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.
+
pentoxide
n.
An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5.
+
pederast
n.
One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.
+
putlog
n.
One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.
+
panopticon
n.
A room for the exhibition of novelties.
+
potentate
a.
One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch.
+
preventive
a.
Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
+
patchy
a.
Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
+
pentagon
n.
A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides; any figure having five angles.
+
perigeum
n.
That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.
+
powp
v.i.
See Poop, v. i.
+
private
a.
Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.
+
parapodia
pl.
of Parapodium
+
pitier
n.
One who pities.
+
procurer
n.
One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which, brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means.
+
pant
v.t.
To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
+
pneumatocele
n.
A distention of the scrotum by air; also, hernia of the lungs.
+
pruner
n.
Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa.
+
parrock
n.
A croft, or small field; a paddock.
+
pricking
n.
The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
+
perisse
v.i.
To perish.
+
passacaglio
n.
An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne.
+
pea
n.
The sliding weight on a steelyard.
+
print
v.t.
To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface.
+
peremptorily
adv.
In a peremptory manner; absolutely; positively.
+
pandarism
n.
Same as Panderism.
+
portend
v.t.
To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs.
+
puceron
n.
Any plant louse, or aphis.
+
prepare
n.
Preparation.
+
patch
n.
Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
+
pilastered
a.
Furnished with pilasters.
+
polysyllabic
a.
Alt. of Polysyllabical
+
prill
n.
The button of metal from an assay.
+
pulse
n.
Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.
+
phenol
n.
A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar.
+
pointrel
n.
A graving tool.
+
paternal
a.
Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate.
+
perspectograph
n.
An instrument for obtaining, and transferring to a picture, the points and outlines of objects, so as to represent them in their proper geometrical relations as viewed from some one point.
+
pigmental
a.
Alt. of Pigmentary
+
pantagruelism
n.
An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose.
+
pass
v.t.
To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate.
+
procreator
n.
One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.
+
pocket
n.
A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
+
posy
n.
A brief poetical sentiment; hence, any brief sentiment, motto, or legend; especially, one inscribed on a ring.
+
pinking
n.
The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron.
+
pentalpha
n.
A five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at their bases; -- used as a symbol.
+
perempt
v.t.
To destroy; to defeat.
+
psychologue
n.
A psychologist.
+
pollan
n.
A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring.
+
planetary
a.
Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year.
+
parishen
n.
A parishioner.
+
poultive
n.
A poultice.
+
paper
v.t.
To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.
+
phare
n.
A beacon tower; a lighthouse.
+
prevaricate
v.t.
To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
+
plasmation
n.
The act of forming or molding.
+
pyrotechnical
a.
Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them.
+
pluralize
v.i.
To take a plural; to assume a plural form; as, a noun pluralizes.
+
pan
v.t.
To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.
+
pigpen
n.
A pen, or sty, for pigs.
+
paranymph
n.
The bridesmaid who conducted the bride to the bridegroom.
+
participialize
v.t.
To form into, or put in the form of, a participle.
+
point
n.
A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion.
+
peril
n.
Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
+
pennated
a.
Same as Pinnate.
+
popularity
n.
Public sentiment; general passion.
+
puddle
v.i.
To make a dirty stir.
+
ons
pl.
of Pleurosteon
+
pottain
n.
Old pot metal.
+
prosodical
a.
Of or pertaining to prosody; according to the rules of prosody.
+
penhouse
n.
A penthouse.
+
persecot
n.
See Persicot.
+
periecians
n.pl.
See Perioecians.
+
pavisor
n.
A soldier who carried a pavise.
+
pyro

Alt. of Pyr-
+
preef
n.
Proof.
+
pinefinch
n.
The pine grosbeak.
+
pinnage
n.
Poundage of cattle. See Pound.
+
pedagogic
a.
Alt. of Pedagogical
+
polystyle
a.
Having many columns; -- said of a building, especially of an interior part or court; as, a polystyle hall.
+
piper
n.
One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.
+
pated
a.
Having a pate; -- used only in composition; as, long-pated; shallow-pated.
+
pyroscope
n.
An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf.
+
polypite
n.
One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian.
+
perplexly
adv.
Perplexedly.
+
pulpy
n.
Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry.
+
prakrit
n.
Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects.
+
partiality
n.
A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting.
+
petrosal
a.
Hard; stony; petrous; as, the petrosal bone; petrosal part of the temporal bone.
+
phloem
n.
That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem.
+
pyroborate
n.
A salt of pyroboric acid.
+
presumption
n.
The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.
+
pyroxene
n.
A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90°, and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic igneous rocks, as basalt, gabbro, etc.
+
pate
n.
The skin of a calf's head.
+
prejudged
imp.|p.p.
of Prejudge
+
palliation
n.
That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised.
+
polystyle
n.
A polystyle hall or edifice.
+
peddling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peddle
+
plume
v.t.
To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.
+
pejorative
a.
Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable.
+
privacy
n.
A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
+
proclivity
n.
Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.
+
placoganoid
a.
Pertaining to the Placoganoidei.
+
pterylography
n.
The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylae, of birds.
+
proxy
n.
The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
+
platband
n.
A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; hence, a border.
+
pasha
n.
An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw.
+
pronounce
v.i.
To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
+
persian
a.
Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language.
+
pulmonated
a.
same as Pulmonate (a).
+
picker
n.
A priming wire for cleaning the vent.
+
precipitant
n.
Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.
+
predelineation
n.
Previous delineation.
+
palm
n.
The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
+
piloting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pilot
+
pimelite
n.
An apple-green mineral having a greasy feel. It is a hydrous silicate of nickel, magnesia, aluminia, and iron.
+
phosphite
n.
A salt of phosphorous acid.
+
phraseogram
n.
A symbol for a phrase.
+
plastic
a.
Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
+
pimp
v.i.
To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander.
+
portate
a.
Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.
+
projecture
n.
A jutting out beyond a surface.
+
pruinose
a.
Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost.
+
pose
v.t.
To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
+
prescription
n.
A prescribing for title; the claim of title to a thing by virtue immemorial use and enjoyment; the right or title acquired by possession had during the time and in the manner fixed by law.
+
pinecrowned
a.
Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills.
+
podium
n.
The foot.
+
polemonium
n.
A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.
+
possession
n.
The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.
+
pagina
n.
The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.
+
prismatic
a.
Alt. of Prismatical
+
proteinous
a.
Proteinaceuos.
+
pyx
n.
The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
+
pinked
imp.|p.p.
of Pink
+
puckish
a.
Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous.
+
photosphere
n.
A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun.
+
puncher
n.
One who, or that which, punches.
+
pythonism
n.
The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.
+
pointer
n.
One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen.
+
poaching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Poach
+
pterodactyl
n.
An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
postnatal
a.
After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases.
+
penguin
n.
Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.
+
procerity
n.
Height of stature; tallness.
+
precautious
a.
Taking or using precaution; precautionary.
+
perjure
v.t.
To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
+
present
a.
Favorably attentive; propitious.
+
plicidentine
n.
A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.
+
pylangia
pl.
of Pylangium
+
philistine
n.
A bailiff.
+
pugfaced
a.
Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.
+
pertinate
a.
Pertinacious.
+
poisonous
a.
Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.
+
poorjohn
n.
A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality.
+
ponibility
n.
The capability of being placed or located.
+
procoelia
n.pl.
A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrae are concave in front.
+
pewter
n.
Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
+
pole
v.t.
To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
+
plotter
n.
One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.
+
primogenitor
n.
The first ancestor; a forefather.
+
placentiferous
a.
Having or producing a placenta.
+
polity
n.
Policy; art; management.
+
periculum
n.
In a narrower, judicial sense: Accident or casus, as distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving one from the duty of performing an obligation.
+
platitude
n.
A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace.
+
ploughable
a.
Capable of being plowed; arable.
+
palaestric
a.
See Palestric.
+
pasturer
n.
One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See Agister.
+
polyzoary
n.
The compound organism of a polyzoan.
+
paludism
n.
The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes; malarial disease or disposition.
+
preferable
a.
Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme.
+
permissively
adv.
In a permissive manner.
+
palmated
a.
Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers.
+
preference
n.
That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?
+
peripatetical
a.
Peripatetic.
+
plank
v.t.
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
+
pit
v.t.
To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
+
permanency
n.
The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature.
+
pole
n.
One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.
+
piling
n.
The act of heaping up.
+
production
n.
The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.
+
proscribing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Proscribe
+
paradise
n.
The abode of sanctified souls after death.
+
prime
a.
First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister.
+
pouch
n.
That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch
+
phoenicious
a.
See Phenicious.
+
prosodiacally
adv.
Prosodically.
+
puled
imp.|p.p.
of Pule
+
prosobranchiata
n.pl.
The highest division, or subclass, of gastropod mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or forward of the heart, and the sexes separate.
+
pilled
a.
Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald.
+
punkin
n.
A pumpkin.
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pleurocarpic
a.
Alt. of Pleurocarpous
+
phrase
n.
A short clause or portion of a period.
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pencillated
a.
Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.
+
pelvic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis.
+
pikeman
n.
A soldier armed with a pike.
+
portico
n.
A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building.
+
photochromy
n.
The art or process of reproducing colors by photography.
+
privative
a.
Causing privation; depriving.
+
pledgery
n.
A pledging; suretyship.
+
polygraphy
n.
The art or practice of using a polygraph.
+
portal
n.
A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
+
pluralism
n.
The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
+
propionate
n.
A salt of propionic acid.
+
pit
n.
A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.
+
pollute
v.t.
To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.
+
portos
n.
See Portass.
+
pendence
n.
Slope; inclination.
+
plagium
n.
Manstealing; kidnaping.
+
protested
imp.|p.p.
of Protest
+
parole
n.
A word; an oral utterance.
+
plastin
n.
A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.
+
pull
n.
A pluck; loss or violence suffered.
+
paster
n.
One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.
+
premonish
v.t.
To forewarn; to admonish beforehand.
+
pinakothek
n.
Pinacotheca.
+
phalangious
a.
Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea.
+
profligate
n.
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
+
primitively
adv.
According to the original rule or ancient practice; in the ancient style.
+
piratical
a.
Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking.
+
phyz
n.
See Phiz.
+
pavone
n.
A peacock.
+
proboscidian
a.
Pertaining to the Proboscidea.
+
pellucidity
n.
Alt. of Pellucidness
+
placeproud
a.
Proud of rank or office.
+
person
n.
A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child.
+
plasmodia
pl.
of Plasmodium
+
pithecoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular, or to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively.
+
pookoo
n.
A red African antelope (Kobus Vardoni) allied to the water buck.
+
portending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Portend
+
penknives
pl.
of Penknife
+
pullulation
n.
A germinating, or budding.
+
pirate
v.t.
To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.
+
periphrase
n.
The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
+
polypite
n.
Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa.
+
pigment
n.
Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.
+
pariah
n.
An outcast; one despised by society.
+
piddle
v.i.
To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important.
+
plum
n.
A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it.
+
precisianist
n.
A precisian.
+
paramaleic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called fumaric acid.
+
proportionable
a.
Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate.
+
plummy
a.
Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous.
+
pending
prep.
During; as, pending the trail.
+
pacer
n.
One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.
+
palm sunday

The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way.
+
prosimetrical
a.
Consisting both of prose and verse.
+
piddling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Piddle
+
propaedeutic
a.
Alt. of Propaedeutical
+
pack thread

See under 2d Pack.
+
pollard
n.
A fish, the chub.
+
prodromus
n.
A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works.
+
paralytic
n.
A person affected with paralysis.
+
painty
a.
Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface.
+
pug
n.
A name for a fox.
+
precursory
n.
An introduction.
+
package
n.
A charge made for packing goods.
+
pagod
n.
A pagoda. [R.] "Or some queer pagod."
+
parsing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parse
+
puzzolan
n.
Alt. of Puzzolana
+
popular
a.
Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections.
+
poecilitic
a.
Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors.
+
plantation
n.
The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.
+
poledavy
n.
A sort of coarse canvas; poldway.
+
pheese
v.t.
To comb; also, to beat; to worry.
+
petition
v.i.
To make a petition or solicitation.
+
prowl
v.t.
To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money.
+
philo

A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to; as, philosophy, philotechnic.
+
papescent
a.
Containing or producing pap; like pap.
+
prefix
v.t.
To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
+
placidly
adv.
In a placid manner.
+
porismatical
a.
Of or pertaining to a porism; poristic.
+
posthaste
adv.
With speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send posthaste.
+
paragraph
n.
Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections.
+
pettifogging
a.
Paltry; quibbling; mean.
+
pachycarpous
a.
Having the pericarp thick.
+
phyllophagous
a.
Substituting on leaves; leaf-eating.
+
pintle
n.
A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.
+
pothered
imp.|p.p.
of Pother
+
peddle
v.i.
To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
+
pantofle
n.
A slipper for the foot.
+
premonitory
a.
Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease.
+
preachership
n.
The office of a preacher.
+
puritan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.
+
premonstrator
n.
One who, or that which, premonstrates.
+
production
n.
The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
+
ponderary
a.
Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary system.
+
penciled
a.
Marked with parallel or radiating lines.
+
principality
n.
The territory or jurisdiction of a prince; or the country which gives title to a prince; as, the principality of Wales.
+
pallium
n.
The mantle of a bird.
+
panicum
n.
A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass.
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provocatory
a.
Provocative.
+
prefidence
n.
The quality or state of being prefident.
+
prostrate
v.t.
To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.
+
pandar
n.
Same as Pander.
+
pug
n.
An intimate; a crony; a dear one.
+
panegyrizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Panegyrize
+
pyramides
pl.
of Pyramis
+
perigean
a.
Pertaining to the perigee.
+
paludinous
a.
Paludinal. (b) Like or pertaining to the genus Paludina.
+
portroyalist
n.
One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars.  Cf. Jansenist.
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pecularized
imp.|p.p.
of Peculiarize
+
precaution
v.t.
To warn or caution beforehand.
+
phasis
n.
See Phase.
+
pitch
n.
A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.
+
presignifying
imp.|p.p.
of Presignify
+
purple
n.
A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
+
perk
v.i.
To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily.
+
palfreyed
a.
Mounted on a palfrey.
+
pangful
a.
Full of pangs.
+
peck
v.
Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
+
provision
n.
That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.
+
peer
n.
A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm.
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prelusorily
adv.
In a prelusory way.
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president
n.
One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body.
+
pillow
n.
Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.
+
percussion
n.
The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate.
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particularize
v.t.
To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail.
+
predisponency
n.
The state of being predisposed; predisposition.
+
platiniridium
n.
A natural alloy of platinum and iridium occurring in grayish metallic rounded or cubical grains with platinum.
+
pangenetic
a.
Of or pertaining to pangenesis.
+
peristole
n.
Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines.
+
parvenu
n.
An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.
+
probabiliorism
n.
The doctrine of the probabiliorists.
+
pitch
v.t.
To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway.
+
phalanx
n.
A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.
+
piddler
n.
One who piddles.
+
pedantic
a.
Alt. of Pedantical
+
pauxi
n.
A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often domesticated.
+
parodic
a.
Alt. of Parodical
+
pack
v.i.
To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
+
portcrayon
n.
A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.
+
pluff
n.
A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder.
+
propagula
pl.
of Propagulum
+
prefident
a.
Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident.
+
pauldron
n.
A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece.
+
protectionism
n.
The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4.
+
physicologic
n.
Logic illustrated by physics.
+
plight
n.
A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
+
princox
n.
A coxcomb; a pert boy.
+
pumicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pumicate
+
punt
v.t.
To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.
+
perpetrator
n.
One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime.
+
pseudorhabdite
n.
One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the integument of certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granular substance.
+
passage
v.i.
A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.
+
presence
n.
Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber.
+
polypiferous
a.
Bearing polyps, or polypites.
+
posingly
adv.
So as to pose or puzzle.
+
poll
v.t.
To pay as one's personal tax.
+
prodigalize
v.t.
To expend lavishly.
+
plight

imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.
+
pyin
n.
An albuminoid constituent of pus, related to mucin, possibly a mixture of substances rather than a single body.
+
perchloric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; -- called also hyperchloric.
+
particle
n.
A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.
+
patron
a.
Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.
+
premaxilla
n.
A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillae become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.
+
pump
v.i.
To work, or raise water, a pump.
+
particulate
a.
Having the form of a particle.
+
pailfuls
pl.
of Pailful
+
perquisited
a.
Supplied with perquisites.
+
pearl
n.
One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
+
periodic
a.
Alt. of Periodical
+
penetrative
a.
Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom.
+
proper
a.
Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
+
pose
v.t.
To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.
+
picket
n.
A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
+
peddlery
n.
The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler.
+
perishably
adv.
In a perishable degree or manner.
+
pedigree
n.
A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.
+
priestery
n.
Priests, collectively; the priesthood; -- so called in contempt.
+
pockiness
n.
The state of being pocky.
+
prickliness
n.
The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.
+
paraconine
n.
A base resembling and isomeric with conine, and obtained as a colorless liquid from butyric aldehyde and ammonia.
+
pitch
v.i.
To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
+
palisade
v.t.
To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.
+
pulleys
pl.
of Pulley
+
pitchfork
v.t.
To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork.
+
porites
n.
An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others grow in large massive or globular forms.
+
part
adv.
Partly; in a measure.
+
presbyterate
n.
A presbytery; also, presbytership.
+
peeper
n.
One who peeps; a prying person; a spy.
+
particularization
n.
The act of particularizing.
+
practicer
n.
One who exercises a profession; a practitioner.
+
picket
v.t.
To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
+
paolo
n.
An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents.
+
progress
n.
A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance
+
psychologies
pl.
of Psychology
+
periapt
n.
A charm worn as a protection against disease or mischief; an amulet.
+
pronged
a.
Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork.
+
perfume
v.
The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.
+
podded
imp.|p.p.
of Pod
+
post
v.t.
To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
+
parenthesis
n.
A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes.
+
pitch
n.
A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
+
perishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Perish
+
permeate
v.t.
To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
+
preponderance
n.
Alt. of Preponderancy
+
puck
n.
A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.
+
pave
v.t.
Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise.
+
plumbaginous
a.
Resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago; as, a plumbaginous slate.
+
plaited
a.
Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful.
+
proostracum
n.
The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone.
+
purify
v.t.
Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
+
platanist
n.
The soosoo.
+
protractor
n.
An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
+
pachisi
n.
Alt. of Parchesi
+
puberulent
a.
Very minutely downy.
+
patronal
a.
Patron; protecting; favoring.
+
pospolite
n.
A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which, in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country.
+
pitchwork
n.
The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.
+
plasmin
n.
A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood plasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen.
+
ptisan
n.
An aqueous medicine, containing little, if any, medicinal agent; a tea or tisane.
+
presage
v.t.
Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.
+
prescind
v.t.
To consider by a separate act of attention or analysis.
+
pause
n.
Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
+
phenogamia
n.pl.
Same as Phaenogamia.
+
pyroligneous
a.
Alt. of Pyrolignic
+
protected
imp.|p.p.
of Protect
+
pyroxylic
a.
Derived from wood by distillation; -- formerly used in designating crude wood spirit.
+
podium
n.
The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.
+
paging
n.
The marking or numbering of the pages of a book.
+
propinquity
n.
Nearness in time.
+
popular
a.
Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration.
+
ies
pl.
of Pettifoggery
+
prototheria
n.pl.
Same as Monotremata.
+
prodigally
adv.
In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated.
+
phatagin
n.
The long-tailed pangolin (Manis tetradactyla); -- called also ipi.
+
piece
v.t.
To unite; to join; to combine.
+
platonic
a.
Alt. of Platonical
+
pleuron
n.
One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.
+
protean
a.
Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus.
+
pill
v.i.
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
+
poorhouse
n.
A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.
+
peccantly
adv.
In a peccant manner.
+
practice
n.
Actual performance; application of knowledge; -- opposed to theory.
+
pout
v.i.
To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.
+
pentameran
n.
One of the Pentamera.
+
pressive
a.
Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation.
+
petrolatum
n.
A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments.
+
presage
v.i.
To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.
+
pinkish
a.
Somewhat pink.
+
pitch
v.t.
To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball.
+
puritanically
adv.
In a puritanical manner.
+
preferrer
n.
One who prefers.
+
picariae
n.pl.
An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds.
+
plunged
imp.|p.p.
of Plunge
+
palely
a.
In a pale manner; dimly; wanly; not freshly or ruddily.
+
poachiness
n.
The state of being poachy; marshiness.
+
plauditory
a.
Applauding; commending.
+
protect
v.t.
To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.
+
prostitutor
n.
One who prostitutes; one who submits himself, of or offers another, to vile purposes.
+
packeting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Packet
+
pepsinogen
n.
The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.
+
pillarist
n.
See Stylite.
+
plated
imp.|p.p.
of Plate
+
pearl
n.
A light-colored tern.
+
partition
v.
That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions.
+
presignification
n.
The act of signifying or showing beforehand.
+
presumedly
adv.
By presumption.
+
pomposo
a.|adv.
Grand and dignified; in grand style.
+
penitentiary
a.
Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
+
pestilentious
a.
Pestilential.
+
preludial
a.
Of or pertaining to a prelude; of the nature of a prelude; introductory.
+
pancratiastic
a.
Of or pertaining to the pancratium.
+
pillorying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pillory
+
putty
v.t.
To cement, or stop, with putty.
+
prasinous
a.
Grass-green; clear, lively green, without any mixture.
+
promorphologist
n.
One versed in the science of promorphology.
+
papilionaceous
a.
Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea.
+
promise
v.i.
To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil.
+
punic
a.
Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.
+
profane
a.
To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
+
preorder
v.t.
To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain.
+
pathmaker
n.
One who, or that which, makes a way or path.
+
procrastine
v.t.
To procrastinate.
+
percoidea
n.pl.
Same as Perciformes.
+
protyle
n.
The hypothetical homogeneous cosmic material of the original universe, supposed to have been differentiated into what are recognized as distinct chemical elements.
+
prepubic
a.
Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining to the prepubis.
+
prevarication
n.
The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
+
pupipara
n.pl.
A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera.
+
parch
v.t.
To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.
+
priest
n.
One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power.
+
petworth marble

A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.
+
pudder
v.t.
To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man.
+
paid
imp.|p.p.
of Pay
+
pendency
n.
The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
+
puppied
imp.|p.p.
of Puppy
+
phenanthrene
n.
A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.
+
pharmacography
n.
See Pharmacognosis.
+
poem
n.
A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.
+
practical
a.
Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
+
paternoster
n.
A line with a row of hooks and bead/shaped sinkers.
+
phyllode
n.
Same as Phyllodium.
+
prejudicial
a.
Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental.
+
peppercorn
n.
A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).
+
priggery
n.
Priggism.
+
principal
n.
A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety.
+
prickle
v.t.
To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.
+
pitchy
a.
Smeared with pitch.
+
present
a.
To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.
+
premolar
n.
An anterior molar tooth which has replaced a deciduous molar. See Tooth.
+
populares
n.pl.
The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates.
+
palatine
a.
Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
+
pipevine
n.
The Dutchman's pipe. See under Dutchman.
+
parquette
n.
See Parquet.
+
polron
n.
See Pauldron.
+
pseudotetramera
n.pl.
A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints.
+
pariah
n.
One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste.
+
pool
v.t.
To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.
+
purdah
n.
A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
+
prospective
n.
The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
+
pollage
n.
A head or poll tax; hence, extortion.
+
phase
n.
That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
+
proverbialism
n.
A proverbial phrase.
+
poitrel
a.
The breastplate of the armor of a horse. See Peytrel.
+
part
n.
To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
+
purrificatory
a.
Serving or tending to purify; purificative.
+
platypod
n.
An animal having broad feet, or a broad foot.
+
plot
n.
A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
+
pendent
a.
Jutting over; projecting; overhanging.
+
portcullis
v.t.
To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
+
paralytic
a.
Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
+
pleaching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pleach
+
peopleless
a.
Destitute of people.
+
pant
v.i.
Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
+
pedaries
pl.
of Pedary
+
poncho
n.
A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through.  A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service.
+
pinna
n.
The auricle of the ear. See Ear.
+
poesy
n.
A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy.
+
pellucidly
adv.
In a pellucid manner.
+
promise
a.
Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised.
+
privet
n.
An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim.
+
panther
n.
A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoologists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body.
+
painful
a.
Painstaking; careful; industrious.
+
polygonum
n.
A genus of plants embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.
+
pertinacious
a.
Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
+
prefectship
n.
The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.
+
polygamize
v.i.
To practice polygamy; to marry several wives.
+
pragmatical
a.
Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome.
+
perigenesis
n.
A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.
+
piperaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceae) of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.
+
predestinarian
a.
Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy.
+
porridge
n.
A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc.
+
passus
n.
A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit.
+
pansophical
a.
All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders.
+
painsworthy
a.
Worth the pains or care bestowed.
+
pageantry
n.
Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.
+
propounded
imp.|p.p.
of Propound
+
professorialism
n.
The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
+
postexistence
n.
Subsequent existence.
+
portland vase

A celebrated cinerary urn or vase found in the tomb of the Emperor Alexander Severus. It is owned by the Duke of Portland, and kept in the British Museum.
+
pelican
n.
Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.
+
propend
v.i.
To lean toward a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend.
+
phosphine
n.
A colorless gas, PH3, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also hydrogen phosphide, and formerly, phosphureted hydrogen.
+
primrose
a.
An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.
+
pettifog
v.i.
To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.
+
pythiad
n.
The period intervening between one celebration of the Pythian games and the next.
+
protest
v.
A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them.
+
pastern
n.
A shackle for horses while pasturing.
+
proper
a.
Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
+
protozoa
n.pl.
The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.
+
play
n.
The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play.
+
polytheism
n.
The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.
+
peristerite
n.
A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.
+
poniard
v.t.
To pierce with a poniard; to stab.
+
palenque
n.pl.
A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.
+
positive
a.
Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.
+
postillation
n.
The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching.
+
pass
v.t.
To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence.
+
pitching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pitch
+
pragmatist
n.
One who is pragmatic.
+
parade
v.t.
An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled.
+
pun
v.t.
To persuade or affect by a pun.
+
palmy
a.
Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous.
+
prodigence
n.
Waste; profusion; prodigality.
+
pangolin
n.
Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.
+
paleaceous
a.
Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.
+
pappoose
n.
Same as Papoose.
+
pectoral
a.
Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
+
palterer
n.
One who palters.
+
premature
a.
Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report.
+
pointleted
a.
Having a small, distinct point; apiculate.
+
praiseful
a.
Praiseworthy.
+
preponderate
v.i.
To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated.
+
pacified
imp.|p.p.
of Pacify
+
psychology
n.
The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul.
+
padlock
n.
Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
+
predestinary
a.
Predestinarian.
+
para

A prefix denoting: (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. Ortho-, and Meta-. Also used adjectively.
+
pimping
a.
Puny; sickly.
+
puler
n.
One who pules; one who whines or complains; a weak person.
+
pneumometer
n.
A spirometer.
+
passive
a.
Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.
+
pileus
n.
The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.
+
plunger
n.
One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
+
poppied
a.
Affected with poppy juice; hence, figuratively, drugged; drowsy; listless; inactive.
+
ploughgate
n.
The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland.
+
placeman
n.
One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government.
+
protuberant
a.
Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye.
+
pentangular
a.
Having five corners or angles.
+
paladiumize
v.t.
To cover or coat with palladium.
+
pseudochina
n.
The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America.
+
pelf
n.
Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.
+
popliteal
a.
Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space.
+
paper
n.
Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.
+
protrusile
a.
Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive.
+
pyrotritartaric
a.
Designating an acid which is more commonly called uric acid.
+
plash
v.t.
To splash, as water.
+
prefigured
imp.|p.p.
of Prefigure
+
palsied
imp.|p.p.
of Palsy
+
presbytic
a.
Same as Presbyopic.
+
pentroof
n.
See Lean-to.
+
pewtery
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, pewter; as, a pewtery taste.
+
parvanimity
n.
The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to magnanimity.
+
phenogamic
a.
Alt. of Phenogamous
+
parthian
a.
Of or pertaining to ancient Parthia, in Asia.
+
poley
a.
Without horns; polled.
+
pshaw
v.i.
To express disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as by the exclamation " Pshaw!"
+
petroleuse
n.f.
One who makes use of petroleum for incendiary purposes.
+
posing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pose
+
pessimist
n.
One who looks on the dark side of things.
+
perpend stone

See Perpender.
+
philanthropistic
a.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist.
+
preen
n.
To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds.
+
potmen
pl.
of Potman
+
precious
a.
Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.
+
paganic
a.
Alt. of Paganical
+
prettily
adv.
In a pretty manner.
+
prudential
a.
Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by, prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential motives.
+
parliamental
a.
Parliamentary.
+
pique
n.
The jigger. See Jigger.
+
perk
v.i.
To peer; to look inquisitively.
+
protoplasm
n.
The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called " physical basis of life;" the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc.
+
pace
n.
Any single movement, step, or procedure.
+
privateness
n.
The state of one not invested with public office.
+
processional
n.
A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn.
+
pander
n.
Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
+
princely
a.
Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune.
+
pentateuch
n.
The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; -- called also the Law of Moses, Book of the Law of Moses, etc.
+
phratries
pl.
of Phratry
+
precipitate
a.
Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure.
+
peculiar
a.
Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
+
precognition
n.
Previous cognition.
+
progenitress
n.
A female progenitor.
+
preternaturally
adv.
In a preternatural manner or degree.
+
proximity
n.
The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
+
pecan
n.
A species of hickory (Carya olivaeformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat.
+
pardon
v.t.
To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.
+
preordinance
n.
Antecedent decree or determination.
+
paralogy
n.
False reasoning; paralogism.
+
phylloid
a.
Resembling a leaf.
+
peragrate
v.t.
To travel over or through.
+
podical
a.
Anal; -- applied to certain organs of insects.
+
patefaction
n.
The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration.
+
patagonian
a.
Of or pertaining to Patagonia.
+
poematic
a.
Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical.
+
prosecution
n.
The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
+
principiation
n.
Analysis into primary or elemental parts.
+
phyllophagan
n.
One of a group of marsupials including the phalangists.
+
pursue
v.t.
To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.
+
playfere
n.
A playfellow.
+
pintle
n.
The pivot pin of a hinge.
+
plathelminthes
n.pl.
Same as Platyelminthes.
+
poutingly
adv.
In a pouting, or a sullen, manner.
+
parhelia
pl.
of Parhelion
+
panary
n.
A storehouse for bread.
+
pet
n.
A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
+
parlor
n.
In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor.
+
photochromic
a.
Alt. of Photochromatic
+
per
prep.
Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself.  Per is also sometimes used with English words.
+
push
v.t.
To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.
+
poop
v.t.
To break over the poop or stern, as a wave.
+
petition
v.t.
To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.
+
polyglottous
a.
Speaking many languages; polyglot.
+
pelta
n.
A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
+
pantheologist
n.
One versed in pantheology.
+
pinnatifid
a.
Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib.
+
phacochere
n.
The wart hog.
+
procrastinatory
a.
Of or pertaining to procrastination; dilatory.
+
prong
n.
A sharp-pointed instrument.
+
pay
v.i.
To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
+
protractile
a.
Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile.
+
piacle
n.
A heinous offense which requires expiation.
+
poup
v.i.
See Powp.
+
partenope
n.
One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs.
+
piny
a.
Abounding with pines.
+
purple
a.
Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
+
polypite
n.
A fossil coral.
+
pursuivant
n.
The king's messenger; a state messenger.
+
pentachloride
n.
A chloride having five atoms of chlorine in each molecule.
+
preponder
v.t.
To preponderate.
+
predestinated
imp.|p.p.
of Predestinate
+
plait
v.t.
To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
+
premit
v.t.
To premise.
+
prodigality
n.
Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.
+
protension
n.
A drawing out; extension.
+
preordain
v.t.
To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain.
+
pea
n.
A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.
+
phacolite
n.
A colorless variety of chabazite; the original was from Leipa, in Bohemia.
+
pasquil
v.t.
See Pasquin.
+
phytochimy
n.
Phytochemistry.
+
past
prep.
Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
+
petrographical
a.
Pertaining to petrography.
+
poorspirited
a.
Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.
+
periodicity
n.
The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants.
+
prelection
n.
A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.
+
particularity
n.
Something of special or private concern or interest.
+
petiolary
a.
Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud.
+
pneumatical
a.
Fitted to contain air; Having cavities filled with air; as, pneumatic cells; pneumatic bones.
+
plumy
a.
Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery.
+
poop
n.
See 2d Poppy.
+
post
v.i.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
+
polymorphous
a.
Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author.
+
portray
v.t.
Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
+
paludinae
pl.
of Paludina
+
prosodial
a.
Prosodical.
+
pat
n.
A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.
+
primary
n.
That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.
+
plumeless
a.
Without plumes.
+
premium
n.
A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind.
+
phocenin
n.
See Delphin.
+
previse
v.t.
To inform beforehand; to warn.
+
propagandist
n.
A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system of principles.
+
purpureal
a.
Of a purple color; purple.
+
premise
v.i.
To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
+
pontee
n.
An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, puntil, puntel, punty, and ponty. See Fascet.
+
pyromania
n.
An insane disposition to incendiarism.
+
pleader
n.
One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader.
+
personate
v.t.
To personify; to typify; to describe.
+
plead
v.t.
To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.
+
perkin
n.
A kind of weak perry.
+
pourpresture
n.
See Purpresture.
+
patrician
n.
Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility.
+
puzzle
v.t.
To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.
+
petrography
n.
The art of writing on stone.
+
pyxidium
n.
A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane.
+
pommette
a.
Having two balls or protuberances at each end; -- said of a cross.
+
pauper
n.
A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.
+
pancratic
a.
Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.
+
pterosaur
n.
A pterodactyl.
+
pleurisy
n.
An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity.
+
pluck
n.
The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
+
pettily
adv.
In a petty manner; frivolously.
+
pedal
a.
Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
+
photography
n.
The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.
+
papoose
n.
A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North America.
+
pursefuls
pl.
of Purseful
+
phascolome
n.
A marsupial of the genus Phascolomys; a wombat.
+
pathogene
n.
One of a class of virulent microorganisms or bacteria found in the tissues and fluids in infectious diseases, and supposed to be the cause of the disease; a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium; -- opposed to zymogene.
+
prodigy
n.
A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.
+
purser
n.
A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc.
+
province
n.
The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.
+
pander
v.t.
To play the pander for.
+
preachman
n.
A preacher; -- so called in contempt.
+
punkling
n.
A young strumpet.
+
plume
v.
A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers.
+
preterist
n.
One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse to have been already fulfilled.
+
perched
imp.|p.p.
of Perch
+
ptysmagogue
n.
A medicine that promotes the discharge of saliva.
+
prieve
v.t.
To prove.
+
pegm
n.
A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants.
+
phases
pl.
of Phasis
+
pavesse
n.
Pavise.
+
pursuant
a.
Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of.
+
planetic
a.
Alt. of Planetical
+
period
n.
A complete musical sentence.
+
pellet
n.
A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.
+
pitchblende
n.
A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.
+
pretty
superl.
Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.
+
phosphorescing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Phosphoresce
+
passe
a.
Alt. of Passee
+
pudding
n.
Same as Puddening.
+
period
n.
The termination or completion of a revolution, cycle, series of events, single event, or act; hence, a limit; a bound; an end; a conclusion.
+
pique
n.
A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.
+
pencil
n.
An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
+
pursue
v.i.
To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
+
pronominalize
v.t.
To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the substantives person, people, etc.
+
pignora
pl.
of Pignus
+
psyllae
pl.
of Psylla
+
pomaceous
a.
Like pomace.
+
pursuit
v.t.
A following with a view to reach, accomplish, or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as, the pursuit of knowledge; the pursuit of happiness or pleasure.
+
pillage
n.
The act of pillaging; robbery.
+
pecker
n.
An instrument for pecking; a pick.
+
pigfoot
n.
A marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native of Europe. It is reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black.
+
pausingly
adv.
With pauses; haltingly.
+
pinnace
n.
A man-of-war's boat.
+
pleura
n.fem.
The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
+
plane
a.
A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature.
+
plane
a.
Figuratively, to make plain or smooth.
+
preceptial
a.
Preceptive.
+
pile
n.
The head of an arrow or spear.
+
parsee
n.
The Iranian dialect of much of the religious literature of the Parsees.
+
precontracted
imp.|p.p.
of Precontract
+
preselect
v.t.
To select beforehand.
+
parenthesize
v.t.
To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks.
+
purveying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Purvey
+
placard
n.
A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
+
purvey
v.t.
To procure; to get.
+
parelectronomy
n.
A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed.
+
promptness
n.
Cheerful willingness; alacrity.
+
publicist
n.
A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is versed in the science of public right, the principles of government, etc.
+
paranucleus
n.
Some as Nucleolus.
+
poulpe
n.
Same as Octopus.
+
petrifaction
n.
The state or condition of being petrified.
+
predispose
v.t.
To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
+
preferment
n.
A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church.
+
pigeonhole
v.t.
To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.
+
puer
n.
The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning.
+
procession
n.
An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
+
pleochroism
n.
The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.
+
plowman
n.
Alt. of Ploughman
+
potently
adv.
With great force or energy; powerfully; efficaciously.
+
parquet
n.
A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit.
+
provoke
v.i.
To cause provocation or anger.
+
proclivous
a.
Inclined; tending by nature.
+
pedes
pl.
of Pes
+
pigeonlivered
a.
Pigeon-hearted.
+
peripheries
pl.
of Periphery
+
poor
superl.
Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
+
plate
n.
Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
+
propose
v.i.
To speak; to converse.
+
phonographical
a.
Of or pertaining to phonograph; done by the phonograph.
+
push
v.t.
To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
+
place
n.
To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.
+
pitch
n.
The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof.
+
pandean
a.
Of or relating to the god Pan.
+
polypus
n.
A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, -- found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of the mucous membrane.
+
pounded
imp.|p.p.
of Pounce
+
polymerism
n.
The act or process of forming polymers.
+
pawk
n.
A small lobster.
+
preserving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Preserve
+
prostitute
v.t.
To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers.
+
parted
a.
Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc.
+
plight
n.
That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
+
pinfeathered
a.
Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.
+
plagate
a.
Having plagae, or irregular enlongated color spots.
+
pap
n.
A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water.
+
pedicel
n.
A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.
+
pronominal
a.
Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun.
+
posological
a.
Pertaining to posology.
+
pick
n.
That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
+
permistion
n.
The act of mixing; the state of being mingled; mixture.
+
plastering
n.
Same as Plaster, n., 2.
+
privity
a.
The genitals; the privates.
+
platinized
imp.|p.p.
of Platinize
+
primus
n.
One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.
+
plumbeous
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, lead.
+
porcelainized
a.
Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.
+
propensities
pl.
of Propensity
+
paunching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Paunch
+
polypomedusae
n.pl.
Same as Hydrozoa.
+
pleasance
n.
Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness.
+
peal
n.
A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.
+
postobit bond

A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations.
+
profile
n.
to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member.
+
parturiate
v.i.
To bring forth young.
+
prisonment
n.
Imprisonment.
+
pit
n.
The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit.
+
pleasant
a.
Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow.
+
prose
a.
Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
+
pearl
v.i.
To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
+
premices
n.pl.
First fruits.
+
permuter
n.
One who permutes.
+
paired
imp.|p.p.
of Pair
+
pruriency
n.
The quality or state of being prurient.
+
patchwork
n.
Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up.
+
priestcraft
n.
Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others.
+
protectoral
a.
Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as, protectoral power.
+
protoconch
n.
The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.
+
paint
v.t.
To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
+
principally
adv.
In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.
+
plunge
n.
Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.
+
parishional
a.
Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial.
+
ries
pl.
of Protonotary
+
persistency
n.
Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.
+
protoorganism
n.
An organism whose nature is so difficult to determine that it might be referred to either the animal or the vegetable kingdom.
+
poll
v.t.
To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree.
+
plat
n.
A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart.
+
planariae
pl.
of Planaria
+
pacha
n.
See Pasha.
+
principal
n.
A principal or essential point or rule; a principle.
+
puggered
a.
Puckered.
+
pot
v.t.
To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off.
+
prolongation
n.
The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.
+
prian
n.
A fine, white, somewhat friable clay; also, the ore contained in a mixture of clay and pebbles.
+
prepay
v.t.
To pay in advance, or beforehand; as, to prepay postage.
+
perceivance
n.
Power of perceiving.
+
pearl
n.
A size of type, between agate and diamond.
+
prevaricator
n.
A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution.
+
philanthropical
a.
Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise.
+
packmen
pl.
of Packman
+
prase
n.
A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green color.
+
plateaux
pl.
of Plateau
+
prosocoelle
pl.
of Prosocoelia
+
pave
n.
The pavement.
+
populous
a.
Common; vulgar.
+
putery
n.
Putage.
+
plate
n.
That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
+
piacular
a.
Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad.
+
preternaturality
n.
Preternaturalness.
+
presence
n.
An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company.
+
pursiveness
n.
Pursiness.
+
parochian
a.
Parochial.
+
phoebus
n.
The sun.
+
protectorless
a.
Having no protector; unprotected.
+
profligate
a.
Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
+
planched
imp.|p.p.
of Planch
+
pabulation
n.
Food; fodder; pabulum.
+
pelegrine
a.
See Peregrine.
+
plane table

See under Plane, a.
+
preternaturalism
n.
The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition.
+
pickerel
n.
A young or small pike.
+
porcate
a.
Having grooves or furrows broader than the intervening ridges; furrowed.
+
pepper dulse

A variety of edible seaweed (Laurencia pinnatifida) distinguished for its pungency.
+
pelagian
n.
A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace.
+
prattler
n.
One who prattles.
+
preterperfect
a.|n.
Old name of the tense also called preterit.
+
present
a.
Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
+
padroni
pl.
of Padrone
+
projected
imp.|p.p.
of Project
+
pestled
imp.|p.p.
of Pestle
+
postexistent
a.
Existing or living after.
+
passeriform
a.
Like or belonging to the Passeres.
+
paleous
a.
Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.
+
pot
n.
A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
+
pail
n.
A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover.
+
pannus
n.
A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids.
+
phonographer
n.
One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, the phonograph. See Phonograph, 2.
+
papilloma
n.
A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillae of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart.
+
polygastric
n.
One of the Polygastrica.
+
personal
a.
Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
+
pavilion
n.
A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts.
+
petit
a.
Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty.
+
polyarchy
n.
A government by many persons, of whatever order or class.
+
plat
n.
A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.
+
pinion
v.t.
Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.
+
plod
v.i.
To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.
+
polycarpic
a.
Alt. of Polycarpous
+
prospected
imp.|p.p.
of Prospect
+
pucelage
n.
Virginity.
+
plod
v.t.
To walk on slowly or heavily.
+
pintle
n.
A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.
+
privateersman
n.
An officer or seaman of a privateer.
+
prothetic
a.
Of or pertaining to prothesis; as, a prothetic apparatus.
+
pyralid
n.
Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth.
+
protract
v.t.
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
+
pompon
n.
Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
+
postil
n.
A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture; as, the first postils were composed by order of Charlemagne.
+
prejudicant
a.
Influenced by prejudice; biased.
+
presagious
a.
Foreboding; ominous.
+
pavior
n.
A rammer for driving paving stones.
+
plighting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Plight
+
print
n.
A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print.
+
progressive
a.
Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.
+
poorly
adv.
In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.
+
pimpled
a.
Having pimples.
+
perca
n.
A genus of fishes, including the fresh-water perch.
+
purpresture
n.
Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc.
+
phthongometer
n.
An instrument for measuring vocal sounds.
+
pluvious
a.
Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial.
+
popular
a.
Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.
+
posteriority
n.
The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.
+
patience
n.
Sufferance; permission.
+
premeditate
v.i.
To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind, beforehand.
+
pentatomic
a.
Having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution.
+
peaceful
a.
Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.
+
pannage
n.
A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.
+
phlegm
a.
Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
+
premising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Premise
+
polisher
n.
One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing.
+
poundage
n.
A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.
+
planch
v.t.
To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank.
+
petrostearine
n.
A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made.
+
polaristic
a.
Pertaining to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangement or disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism.
+
portoise
n.
The gunwale of a ship.
+
pine
n.
Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.
+
playgoing
n.
The practice of going to plays.
+
pygidium
n.
The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite.
+
parrying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Parry
+
prevention
n.
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
+
preponderate
v.t.
To overpower by stronger or moral power.
+
project
v.t.
To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.
+
paragram
n.
A pun.
+
piperic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, a complex organic acid found in the products of different members of the Pepper family, and extracted as a yellowish crystalline substance.
+
propodite
n.
The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint.
+
physiogeny
n.
The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny.
+
polyacron
n.
A solid having many summits or angular points; a polyhedron.
+
planting
n.
The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
+
plectognath
a.
Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.
+
parkleaves
n.
A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
+
pettichaps
n.
See Pettychaps.
+
pool
v.i.
To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
+
pulsive
a.
Tending to compel; compulsory.
+
position
n.
Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
+
perrier
n.
A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.
+
pulsator
n.
That which beats or throbs in working.
+
plancher
n.
A floor of wood; also, a plank.
+
parenthesis
n.
One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase.
+
persistent
a.
Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
+
prejudicial
a.
Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye.
+
processioner
n.
A manual of processions; a processional.
+
pured
a.
Purified; refined.
+
parody
v.t.
To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
+
possessing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Possess
+
phosphorical
a.
Phosphoric.
+
plank
v.t.
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
+
plumbagin
n.
A crystalline substance said to be found in the root of a certain plant of the Leadwort (Plumbago) family.
+
proleptically
adv.
In a proleptical manner.
+
polymountain
n.
Same as Poly, n.
+
pillaret
n.
A little pillar.
+
priesthood
n.
Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests.
+
pausing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pause
+
point
n.
Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.
+
participantly
adv.
In a participant manner.
+
purge
v.t.
To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
+
pathing
pr.p.|vb.n.
of Path
+
phytophaga
n.pl.
A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.
+
pend
v.t.
To pen; to confine.
+
perforation
n.
The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through.
+
proxies
pl.
of Proxy
+
provide
v.t.
To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
+
pianoforte
a.
A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys.
+
peruse
v.t.
To read through; to read carefully.
+
papulae
pl.
of Papula
+
potale
n.
The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine.
+
paca
n.
A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig.
+
palpator
n.
One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.
+
price
n.|v.
Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
+
pen
n.
A female swan.
+
pentelican
a.
Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is built.
+
privilege
v.t.
To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
+
purfle
v.t.
To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white.
+
popish
a.
Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously.
+
pass
v.t.
To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
+
plump
adv.
Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.
+
potable
n.
A potable liquid; a beverage.
+
perineurial
a.
Surrounding nerves or nerve fibers; of or pertaining to the perineurium.
+
pyaemia
n.
A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.
+
pelasgic
a.
Wandering.
+
pollux
n.
Same as Pollucite.
+
parelcon
n.
The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.
+
pupal
a.
Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa.
+
plantar
a.
Of or pertaining to the sole of the foot; as, the plantar arteries.
+
prefixion
n.
The act of prefixing.
+
preterit
a.
Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
+
player
n.
One who plays any game.
+
parisyllabic
a.
Alt. of Parisyllabical
+
predictive
a.
Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding.
+
parasynthetic
a.
Formed from a compound word.
+
polacre
n.
Same as Polacca, 1.
+
precipitation
n.
The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.
+
plexure
n.
The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together.
+
politely
adv.
In a polite manner; with politeness.
+
pantheist
n.
One who holds to pantheism.
+
propodium
n.
The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.
+
pink
v.i.
To wink; to blink.
+
pyxle
n.
Same as Pixy.
+
propagulum
n.
A runner terminated by a germinating bud.
+
portland cement

A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England, made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime and clay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. It contains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water.
+
procidentia
n.
A falling down; a prolapsus.
+
placableness
n.
The quality of being placable.
+
perch
v.i.
To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
+
puttier
n.
One who putties; a glazier.
+
polycystid
n.
One of the Polycystidea.
+
pediculati
n.pl.
An order of fishes including the anglers. See Illust. of Angler and Batfish.
+
pneumogastric
a.
Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.
+
pirn
n.
A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod.
+
precautionary
a.
Of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions; as, precautionary signals.
+
pulvil
v.t.
To apply pulvil to.
+
palatial
a.
Palatal; palatine.
+
prill
n.
Ore selected for excellence.
+
perpetration
n.
The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.
+
pteropoda
n.pl.
A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea.
+
platter
n.
A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table.
+
pastoral
n.
A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.
+
prelatize
v.t.
To bring under the influence of prelacy.
+
pardine
a.
Spotted like a pard.
+
pneumatometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the amount of force exerted by the lungs in respiration.
+
pigmy
n.
See Pygmy.
+
pressure
n.
The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area.
+
pharaon
n.
See Pharaoh, 2.
+
primogenitureship
n.
The state or privileges of the firstborn.
+
periclitate
v.t.
To endanger.
+
pneumatometry
n.
See Spirometry.
+
precipitable
a.
Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.)
+
pseudomorphism
n.
The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species.
+
promissorily
adv.
In a promissory manner.
+
planiform
a.
Having a plane surface; as, a planiform, gliding, or arthrodial articulation.
+
polychord
n.
A musical instrument of ten strings.
+
palladiumized
imp.|p.p.
of Paladiumize
+
presumer
n.
One who presumes; also, an arrogant person.
+
protectingly
adv.
By way of protection; in a protective manner.
+
peritomous
a.
Cleaving in more directions than one, parallel to the axis.
+
purchase
v.t.
Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
+
postfrontal
n.
A postfrontal bone.
+
peise
n.
A weight; a poise.
+
persuasive
a.
Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence.
+
pointal
n.
A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.
+
putrescin
n.
A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.
+
purify
v.i.
To grow or become pure or clear.
+
pipe
n.
The key or sound of the voice.
+
pane
n.
Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash.
+
press
n.
The act of pressing or thronging forward.
+
palgrave
n.
See Palsgrave.
+
pood
n.
A Russian weight, equal to forty Russian pounds or about thirty-six English pounds avoirdupois.
+
pinking
n.
The act of piercing or stabbing.
+
procuratory
a.
Tending to, or authorizing, procuration.
+
plan
v.t.
To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.
+
pegtatoid
a.
Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic.
+
peel
v.t.
To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.
+
prefine
v.t.
To limit beforehand.
+
poorwill
n.
A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.
+
plough
n.
To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
+
proportion
n.
The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.
+
pectoriloquial
a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, pectoriloquy.
+
phyllopoda
n.pl.
An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda.
+
portative
a.
Portable.
+
perishment
n.
The act of perishing.
+
porch
n.
A portico; a covered walk.
+
piet
n.
The magpie.
+
peripetalous
a.
Surrounding, or situated about, the petals.
+
poetical
a.
Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments.
+
proportionally
adv.
In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large.
+
peeping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Peep
+
paleolae
pl.
of Paleola
+
periscian
a.
Having the shadow moving all around.
+
peat
n.
A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel.
+
provide
v.t.
To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.
+
poorly
adv.
Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.
+
pacos
n.
An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver.
+
peacock
n.
The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
+
persecute
v.t.
To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship.
+
picarian
n.
One of the Picariae.
+
prodd
n.
A crossbow. See Prod, 3.
+
pallas
n.
Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva.
+
point
n.
To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out.
+
paraphed
imp.|p.p.
of Paraph
+
pharaonic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Pharaohs, or kings of ancient Egypt.
+
pandanus
n.
A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine.
+
prill
n.
A nugget of virgin metal.
+
provision
v.t.
To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
+
psittaci
n.pl.
The order of birds which comprises the parrots.
+
pyrotechnics
n.
The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of fireworks; pyrotechny.
+
perruquier
n.
A marker of perukes or wigs.
+
painter
n.
The panther, or puma.
+
ported
a.
Having gates.
+
pilorhizae
pl.
of Pileorhiza
+
purveance
n.
Alt. of Purveiaunce
+
pyrotic
n.
A caustic medicine.
+
protoplasmic
a.
Of or pertaining to the first formation of living bodies.
+
persant
a.
Piercing.
+
purposedly
adv.
In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design; purposely.
+
pointer
n.
The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star.
+
pecco
n.
See Pekoe.
+
pastorship
n.
Pastorate.
+
piss
n.
Urine.
+
polythalamous
a.
Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.
+
press
v.
To oppress; to bear hard upon.
+
pleiophyllous
a.
Having several leaves; -- used especially when several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.
+
preresolve
v.t.|i.
To resolve beforehand; to predetermine.
+
poulp
n.
Alt. of Poulpe
+
phthisipneumony
n.
Pulmonary consumption.
+
pale
n.
That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
+
pilour
n.
A piller; a plunderer.
+
patriciate
n.
The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch.
+
prolongment
n.
Prolongation.
+
pucherite
n.
Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish brown crystals.
+
placed
imp.|p.p.
of Place
+
peculated
imp.|p.p.
of Peculate
+
pair
n.
A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads."  Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]
+
paletot
n.
A lady's outer garment, -- of varying fashion.
+
propitiator
n.
One who propitiates or appeases.
+
partitioned
imp.|p.p.
of Partition
+
pirating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Pirate
+
pass
v.i.
To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands.
+
pork
n.
The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.
+
pediculation
n.
Phthiriasis.
+
person
n.
A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
+
press
n.
An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses.
+
phyllorhine
a.
Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.
+
perflable
a.
Capable of being blown through.
+
pulley
v.t.
A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.
+
protrude
v.t.
To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
+
prod
n.
A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd.
+
parement
n.
See Parament.
+
pine
v.
To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
+
pyjama
n.
In India and Persia, thin loose trowsers or drawers; in Europe and America, drawers worn at night, or a kind of nightdress with legs.
+
polygraphical
a.
Done with a polygraph; as, a polygraphic copy.
+
proboscidiform
a.
Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiform mouth.
+
pocoson
n.
Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and Virginia.
+
phenomenal
a.
Relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon; hence, extraordinary; wonderful; as, a phenomenal memory.
+
preferred
imp.|p.p.
of Prefer
+
pipe
n.
The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.
+
prothallia
pl.
of Prothallium
+
pushing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Push
+
prepollence
n.
Alt. of Prepollency
+
ploughman
n.
One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman.
+
promiscuity
n.
Promiscuousness; confusion.
+
polyhymnia
n.
The Muse of lyric poetry.
+
platinocyanide
n.
A double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinocyanic acid.
+
pantascopic
a.
Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under Camera.
+
polyactinia
n.pl.
An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles.
+
pyx
v.t.
To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.
+
part
n.
That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
+
prime
a.
Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
+
populate
v.i.
To propagate.
+
placarded
imp.|p.p.
of Placard
+
photozincography
n.
A process, analogous to photolithography, for reproducing photographed impressions transferred to zinc plate.
+
pretend
v.t.
To hold before one; to extend.
+
plesiosaur
n.
One of the Plesiosauria.
+
primero
n.
A game at cards, now unknown.
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