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pacesetter
A horse used to set the pace in racing.
Paleontology
The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.
Pampiniform
In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.
Pantometer
An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.
Parishional
Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial.
Parkia
A genus of tropical Old World trees, including the nitta trees.
Pasquin
To lampoon; to satiraze.
Passerine
One of the .
Patchingly
Knavishly; deceitfully.
Patela
A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges; -- called also .
Patrocination
The act of patrocinating or patronizing.
pectic
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.
Peel
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; .
Perceptive
Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
Perigenesis
A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.
Peristyle
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 . See .
Perspiration
The act or process of perspiring.
Persuasive
Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; .
Perturbative
Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing.
Phakoscope
An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.
Phassachate
The lead-colored agate; -- so called in reference to its color.
Phatagin
The long-tailed pangolin (); -- called also .
Phonometer
An instrument for measuring sounds, as to their intensity, or the frequency of the vibrations.
Physic
The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.
Phytolithologist
One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.
Pi
A Greek letter (Pi;, pi;) corresponding to the Roman letter .
Piacularity
The quality or state of being piacular; criminality; wickedness.
Pickle-herring
A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring.
Pickpurse
One who steals purses, or money from purses.
Pillow
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.
Ping
The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
Pip
To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
Pipe-line
To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines.
Plagihedral
Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals.
Plateresque
Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.
Pleurisy
An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity.
Pleuritis
Pleurisy.
Plot
To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
Plumply
Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve.
Podophyllum
A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American , or May apple, the Himalayan .
Podostomata
An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See .
Polarily
In a polary manner; with polarity.
Polyclinic
A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.
Polygyny
The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.
Polyphyllous
Many-leaved; .
Poorbox
A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.
Popple
The poplar.
Populator
One who populates.
Populism
The political doctrines advocated by the People's party.
Portrayer
One who portrays.
Pothook
An -shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.
Pott's disease
Caries of the vertebr, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival , an English surgeon.
Pourparty
A division; a divided share.
Practise
See .
Predetermine
To determine (something) beforehand.
Predicant
Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching.
Preordination
The act of foreordaining: previous determination.
Pretendant
A pretender; a claimant.
Price
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.
Priming
The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
Principate
Principality; supreme rule.
Probabiliorist
One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right.
Probationary
Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial.
Probator
An examiner; an approver.
Proceed
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; .
Processionalist
One who goes or marches in a procession.
Profusive
Profuse; lavish; prodigal.
Pry
To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach.
Psalmography
The act or practice of writing psalms, or sacred songs.
Pseudonymity
The using of fictitious names, as by authors.
Pshaw
Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc.
Puffing
from ,
Pulpatoon
A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit.
Pure
A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; ; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated.