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noun
- A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
- (context, US, slang) A bed.
- (colloquial) A place of residence.
- A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
- A soft, or small, cushion.
- A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals; an animal's foot or paw.
- Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
- A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
- A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
- A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
- (cricket) a batsman's leg pad that protects it from damage when hit by the ball
- A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
- A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
- A keypad.
- A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
- An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"
- the effect produced by sustained lower reeds, reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
verb (padd, ing)
- (transitive) To stuff.
- (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
- (transitive) To fill or lengthen (a story, one's importance, etc.).
- (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- to pad cloth
- (context, transitive, cricket) to deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
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adjective
- Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers
- (botany) Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
- The maple tree has palmate leaves.
- (botany) (qualifier, leaves) Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point.
| | parenchyma |
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noun
- the functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue
- the tissue making up most of the non-woody parts of a plant
| | parietal |
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
- Of or pertaining to the parietal bones
- Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach
| | paripinnate |
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adjective - (botany) Pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex
| | parted |
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verb - (past of, part)
| | parterre |
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noun
- A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one.
- A garden with paths between such flowerbeds.
- A theater balcony, especially in an opera house; above the box seats, but definitely below family circle.
- (New York City), an apartment balcony.
| | partial |
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adjective
- Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
- So far, I have only pieced together a account of the incident.
- biased, Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
- The referee is blatantly !
| | patch |
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noun
- 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.
- A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
- A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- A small area, a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
- A short period of time, especially one which causes trouble.
- (figuratively) A fit.
- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
- (computing) A file describing changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug. A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program.
- An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin; the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
- A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
proper noun
- (computing) The program that updates old versions of files, based on a record of differences with the newer versions.
verb (patches, patching, patched)
- To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
- To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces fastened on.
- To repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
- To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
- To make of pieces or patches like a quilt.
- To repair as with patches.
- To arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; " generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
- (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
- To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
- To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
| | pedate |
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adjective
- having the characteristics of a foot
- (anatomy) having feet
- (botany) (of a leaf) having deeplu divided lobes
- Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪt, -eɪt
| | pedunculate |
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adjective
- Having a peduncle or stalk
| | peel |
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noun
- The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable etc.
- (Rugby football) The action of peeling away from a formation.
- A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.
verb
- (archaic) (transitive) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
- (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- (transitive) To remove from the outer or top layer of.
- I peeled the skin from an orange and ate it hungrily.
- We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- (intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
- I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to .
- (intransitive) To remove one's clothing.
- The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away)
- The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
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noun
- The act of remove, removing the outer surface in strips.
- Peeling a hard-boiled egg takes practice.
- strip, Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.
- She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings.
verb
- (present participle of, peel)
| | pentamerous |
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adjective #(botany) in five parts: in a flower each whorl (of flower parts) has five flower parts.
| | perennial |
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noun
- A perennial plant.
adjective
- Active throughout the year, or all the time.
- Living for many years.
| | perianth |
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noun
- The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
- The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.
| | pericarp |
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noun - (botany) The outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary.
- used figuratively
- 1974: He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, , and tip. " Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
| | pericycle |
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noun
- (botany): In a plant root, the cylinder of plant tissue between the endodermis and phloem.
| | petal |
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noun
- (botany) one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower, when this consists of separate parts, that is it is not fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
| | petiole |
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noun
- (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- (entomology) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect. Used especially to refer to the metasomal segment of Hymenoptera such as wasps. Alternate form: pedicel.
- (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
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noun - (botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
| | phototropic |
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adjective - Having a tendency to move in response to light. An animal or microbe that is positively phototropic will move toward light. One that is negatively phototropic will move away from light.
| | phototropism |
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noun
- (biology) the movement of a plant towards or away from light
| | phyllomania |
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noun
- (botany) The over-production of leaves by a plant (usually a tree).
| | phyllotaxis |
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noun - (botany): the arrangement of leaf, leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement
- 1985: Yet his Lordship would find this rate of proportion (") likewise in all plants, in the disposition of their leaves, for which ordering he would make a name, that is, from the Greek, . " John Fowles, A Maggot
| | phytology |
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noun - (biology) the study of plants; botany
| | pinch |
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noun (pinches)
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
verb (pinch, es)
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
- To arrest or capture.
| | pine nut |
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noun
- The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine-bearing trees of the genus Pinus, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra and Pinus cembroides.
| | pinnate |
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adjective
- Resembling a feather.
- (botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
- Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.
- The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.
| | Pip |
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proper noun
- diminutive form of the given names Philip, Phillip, and Philippa.
| | pipe |
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noun ]]
- A hollow tube that transports water, steam, or other liquid; usually made of metal, ceramic, wood, or plastic.
- A hollow stem with bowl at one end used for smoking (see also water pipe or bong)
- (geology) A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magma has passed; often filled with volcanic breccia
- A type of pasta, similar to macaroni
- Decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, pillows, curtains, etc.); often a contrasting color
- (music) A hollow tube used to produce sound, such as an organ pipe.
- (music) A wind instrument making a whistling sound. (see pan pipes, bagpipe, boatswain's pipe)
- (lacrosse) One of the goalposts of the goal.
- (computing) The ASCII character at position 124 (decimal), 7C (hex), 01111100 (binary): " , "
- (computing) In Unix, the pipe character signifies that the output of one program feeds directly as input to another program.
- (context, computing, slang) A data backbone, or broadband Internet access (e.g., a "fat pipe" refers to a high-bandwidth connection).
- (obsolete) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons; half a ton.
- 1882: Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205.
- (context, AU, colloquial, obsolete) An anonymous satire or essay, insulting and frequently libelous, written on a piece of paper and left somewhere public where it could be found and thus spread, to embarrass the author's enemies.
- 1818: yet, it is much to be hoped, that from his example pipe-making will in future be reposed solely in the hands of Mr. William Cluer of the Brickfield Hill. — w:Sydney Gazette, Sydney Gazette, 26 September 1818, on w:William Bland, William Bland convicted of libelling w:Lachlan Macquarie, Governor Macquarie in a pipe (William Cluer was an earthenware pipe manufacturer). Quoted in More Pig Bites Baby! Stories from Australia's First Newspaper, volume 2, ed. Micahel Connor, Duffy and Snellgrove, 2004, ISBN 1-876631-91-0.
verb (pip, ing)
- To convey or transport something by means of pipes.
- To install or configure pipes.
- To play music on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe.
- (nautical) To signal or order by a note pattern on a bosun's pipe.
- To decorate a cake using a pastry bag a flexible bag from which icing is forced through a small nozzle to make various designs
| | pistil |
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noun
- (botany) A discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit, consisting of one or more fused carpel, carpels. Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.
| | pith |
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noun (uncountable)
- The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
- (figuratively) The essential or vital part of an idea or theory or something else.
- the of my idea is ...
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noun - (biology) the local fusion of the embryonic stage of an animal to its parent for physiological exchange to promote the growth and development of the young; involves a placenta in non-egglaying mammals
| | plant |
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noun
- An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
- (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae. Traditionally (up to early 20th Century), any of the plants, fungi, lichens, algae, etc.
- (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae. Now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
- (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae. (context, Ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
- An industrial installation, specifically the apparatus or machinery.
- A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
- An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.
- That gun's not mine! It's a ! I've never seen it before!
- A person, placed amongst an audience, whole role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
- (context, snooker) A situation in which the cue ball hits one of a pair of touching (usually red) balls, in order to pot the other; a set.
verb
- (transitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
- (transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
- That gun's not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!
- (transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
- Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug.
| | plantation |
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noun
- large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
- the importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Caribbean.
| | plasmolysis |
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noun
- the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss
| | plumule |
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noun
- (botany) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.
- (zoology) A down feather.
- (zoology) The aftershaft of a feather.
- (zoology) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterfly, butterflies.
| | plunge |
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noun (plural: plunges)
- 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.
- Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.
- The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
- Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
verb (plung, ing)
- 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.
- To baptize by immersion.
- To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
- 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.
- To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
- To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.
| | pod |
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noun
- (botany) a seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers)
- a small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.
verb (pod, d, ed)
- To remove peas from their case.
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noun (plural: podiums or podia)
- A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit
- A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly
| | poll |
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noun
- An election or a survey of a particular group.
- The student council had a to see what people want served in the cafeteria.
- The network hub polled the department's computers to determine which ones could still respond.
- a place voters cast ballots
- The polls close at 8 p.m.
- Hair
- 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island
- : ...the doctor, as if to hear better, had taken off his powdered wig, and sat there, looking very strange indeed with his own close-cropped black .
verb
- (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
| | Pollard |
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proper noun
- Surname from 14th century Irish. Derivative of Paul.
| | pollen |
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noun
- A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Collective term for pollen grains or microspores produced in the anthers of flowering plants.
| | pollinate |
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verb (pollinat, ing)
- To apply pollen to (a stigma).
adjective
- (zoology) pollinose, Pollinose.
| | pollination |
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noun
- (botany) Fertilization by the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.
| | polliniferous |
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adjective
- (botany) Producing pollen; polleniferous.
| | pollinium |
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noun
- (botany) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids.
| | polyadelphous |
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adjective
- (botany) Having stamens combined in more than two groups, when talking about a flower.
| | polyandrous |
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to polyandry.
- quotations
- "Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing populations, a society where women marry several men." — Los Angeles Times, December 25, 1988
| | polyandry |
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noun
- The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.
| | polycarpellary |
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adjective
- (botany) Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange.
| | polycarpic |
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adjective
- (botany) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year.
- (botany) Having several pistils in one flower.
| | polycotyledon |
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noun
- ((botany) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed.
| | polygamous |
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adjective
- of, relating to, or practicing polygamy
| | polygynous |
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adjective
- polygynian, Polygynian.
| | polygyny |
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noun (polygynies)
- The state or practice of having several wife, wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives - H. Spenser
| | polymerous |
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adjective
- (botany) Having many parts or members in each set.
- (chemistry) polymeric, Polymeric.
| | polypetalous |
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adjective - (botany) having a corolla composed of distinct, separable petals
| | polysepalous |
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adjective - (botany) (of a calyx) having separate sepals
| | pompon |
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noun
- A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading.
| | porous |
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adjective
- Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
- Sponges are so they can filter water while trapping food.
- Concrete is , so water will slowly filter through it.
- (Of legislation): full of loopholes
| | pot |
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noun
- A vessel used for cooking or store, storing food.
- (poker) The money wagered in poker or similar games.
- (rfv-sense) (poker) A round in a poker game.
- A trap for catching lobsters, crabs, or fish.
- (context, slang, uncountable) marijuana, cannabis.
- (archaic) An iron hat with a broad brim.
- Quotations
- 1786, The pot is an iron hat with broad brims: there are many under the denomination in the Tower, said to have been taken from the French; one of them is represented in plat 7, fig. 1 and 2. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 12.
- A glass of beer. Size varies regionally but is normally 10 fl oz (285 ml).
- A potshot
- (slang) A protruding belly; a paunch.
- (slang) ruin, Ruin or deterioration.
- His prospect went to .
- (context, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket.
verb (pots, potting, potted, potted)
- To put (something) into a pot.
- To preserve by bottle, bottling or canning, e.g. potted meat
- (context, snooker, billiards, pool, etc.) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
| | pouch |
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noun
- A small bag usually closed with a drawstring
- A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young
- Any pocket or bag shaped object; as, a posing pouch or cheek pouch
verb (pouches, pouching, pouched)
- (transitive) To enclose within a pouch.
- (transitive) To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
- We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.
| | premature |
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adjective
- Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
- A premature birth.
- Taking place earlier than anticipated, prepared for, or desired.
| | prick |
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noun
- The feeling of being pierced or punctured by an object with a fine point such as a pin or small nail.
- A small pointed object.
- A sharp feeling of remorse. (Acts ii. 37.)
- (nautical, obsolete) ca. 1740-1850 Small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- (slang, vulgar, especially, _, US) A penis.
- (US, UK, slang, pejorative) A man or boy; usually unpleasant and rude.
verb (transitive)
- To pierce or puncture.
- John hardly felt the needle his arm when the adept nurse drew blood at his physical.
- (figurative) To urge, to spur, to goad, to incite.
- My duty pricks me on to utter that. Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 7.
- (nautical, obsolete) To trace a ship"s course on a chart.
- (nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail. (The Universal Dictionary of the English Language, 1896)
- (rfv-sense) (context, zymurgy) "The floor of a malt-kiln is perforated with small holes which get choked during the malting season. A lad is then employed to clear each hole, which operation is called pricking the kiln." (The Universal Dictionary of the English Language, 1896)
| | prickle |
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noun
- A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
verb (prickles, prickling, prickled)
- (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
- (transitive) To cause someone to feel a prickle.
| | Primrose |
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noun See primrose
proper noun - A female given name.
| | prostrate |
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verb (prostrat, ing)
- To lay flat or facedown, prone; flatten (often reflexive).
- 1945 ''Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now before us. " Winston Churchill, s:Winston Churchill announces the Surrender of Germany, VE Day speech from House of Commons, May 8, 1945
- To be emotionally devastated.
- I told him you was with grief. " Mammy to Scarlett, Gone With the Wind.
- To become physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
- He was from the extreme heat.
adjective
- Lying flat, facedown.
- The prisoners were on the ground.
| | prune |
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noun
- (obsolete) A plum.
- The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
verb (prun, ing)
- (transitive) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
- A good grape grower will prune his vines once a year.
- (transitive) (figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material); as, to prune a budget.
- Section 3, in its early paragraphs, is a pruning and reshaping of THN 1.1.4"6.
| | pteridology |
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noun - (botany): The scientific study of ferns and other pteridophytes.
| | pulp |
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noun
- A soft moist mass, especially of pressed vegetable matter
- The soft center of a fruit
- The soft center of a tooth
- A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
- Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
- A lurid style of writing or publication
verb
- To make, or be made into
| | put |
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noun
- A contract to sell stock at a set price on or before a certain date.
- He bought a January '08 for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
verb (puts, putting, put)
- To place something somewhere
- She her books on the table.
- To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition
- Put your horse in order!
- He is putting all his energy into this one task.
- She tends to herself in dangerous situations.
- (context, stock market) To exercise a put option
- He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
- To express something in a certain manner
- When you it that way, I guess I can see your point.
- (sport) To throw a heavy iron ball. See shot put.
| | pyramid |
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noun
- An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica.
- A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base.
- (geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.
- A pyramid scheme.
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| | pyrene |
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noun - (chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar
- (botany) the stone of a drupe
| | Pyxis |
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proper noun
- (constellation) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is associated with the larger Argo Navis, although it was never offically part of that constellation.
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