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noun
- Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of India.
- Any big cat of the genus Panthera.
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noun
- An organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd.
- The floats and horses in the were impressive, but the marching bands were really amazing.
- Any succession, series, or display of items.
- The dinner was a of courses, each featuring foods more elaborate than the last.
- A line of goslings lead by one parent and often trailed by the other.
- A street, avenue or road.
- He was parked on Chester Parade.
verb (parad, ing)
- (intransitive) To march or to display
- They paraded around the field, simply to show their discipline.
- (transitive) To display or show
- They paraded dozens of fashions past the crowd.
- (transitive) To march past
- After the field show, it is customary to the stands before exiting the field.
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noun
- An individual trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions, victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and preparing them for transport to a medical facility.
- An individual who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions in an emergency pre-hospital setting.
| | paratrooper |
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noun
- A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachute, parachuting from aircraft.
| | partisan |
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noun
- An adherent to a party or faction
- 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 5.
- : while Xenophanes, the first of these partisans of the One (for Parmenides is said to have been his pupil), gave no clear statement,
- A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
- The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
- Any member of such troops.
- A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
adjective
- Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
- Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
- Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause: partisan politics.
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noun (wikipedia, party, party (gathering))
(parti, es)
- A social gathering for entertainment and fun.
- I'm throwing a huge for my 21st birthday.
- A person participating in a contract or legal action.
- The contract requires that the of the first part pay the fee.
- A legal entity which represents a faction of the people from a country and is united under one specific political platform of issues.
- The green took 12% of the vote.
- (In 18th & 19th century Britain) A parliamentary faction without a corresponding legal entity.
- A group of people travelling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
- We're expecting a large from the London office.
verb (parties, partying, partied)
- (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
- We partied until the early hours.
| | passed |
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verb
- (past of, pass)
| | 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.
| | Patriot |
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proper noun (wikipedia, MIM-104 Patriot)
- A US surface-to-air missile system.
- (informal) An individual Patriot missile
| | patrol |
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noun (plural: patrols)
- (military) 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.
- (military) 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.
- (military) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
- Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.
- In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations. -A. Hamilton.
verb (patrol, l, ing)
- (intransitive) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
- (transitive) To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.
| | penetration |
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noun
- The act of penetrate, penetrating.
- Any , however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
| | percussion |
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noun (percussions, -)
- (countable) the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound
- (countable) the sound so produced
- (countable) the detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm
- (medicine) the tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis
- (music) the section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group
| | perimeter |
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noun
- (mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
- The outer limits of an area. See Synonyms at circumference.
- (mathematics) The length of such a boundary.
- A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
| | petard |
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noun
- A hat shaped explosive device, now rarely used.
- Anything potentially explosive in a non-literal sense
- For tis the sport to haue the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar - Hamlet, Shakespeare
- A loud firecracker.
| | petty officer |
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noun
- A non-commissioned officer in the US and UK Navy and the US Coast Guard; roughly equivalent to a sergeant in the army
| | Phalanx |
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noun
- The brand name of a radar-controlled rapid fire 20mm w:Gatling_gun, Gatling-type machine gun, the Phalanx CIWS (pronounced see-wiz), deployed on U.S. Navy ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles.
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proper noun
- (mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology
- (constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
- (greekmyth) A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus
- The capital city of Arizona, United States.
- A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
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noun (plural pikes for the weapon and for the fish)
- A weapon similar to a spear with a hooked barb near the tip.
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
- A turnpike.
verb - (context, AU, slang) to quit or back out of a promise.
| | pikeman |
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noun (plural: pikemen)
- A soldier armed with a pike.
- A person who operates a turnpike.
| | pineapple |
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noun
- A tropical plant native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
- The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet, white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
- (slang) A hand grenade.
| | pintle |
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noun
- (context, now dialectal) The penis.
- A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
- 2005: The train had a searchlight mounted on a on a flat car. " James Meek, The People's Act of Love (Canongate 2006, p. 31)
- (context, gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
| | pioneer |
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noun
- One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow
- (context, obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
- pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform
- (Ireland) a member of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, a Catholic group who pledge abstinence from alcohol.
- (Russia) A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party (after окÑ�Ñ�бÑ�Ñ�нок and before комÑ�омолеÑ�).W:Pioneer movement, W
verb
- To go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
| | pipe bomb |
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noun
- an improvised explosive device consisting of blasting powder encased in a metal pipe to increase the blast effect.
| | pistol |
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noun (plural: pistols)
- A handgun, typically with a semi-automatic action and a box magazine.
- The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator
- (Shakespeare) a creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises
- (Southern US) a small boy who is bright, alert, and very active
| | pistoleer |
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noun
- A person, especially a soldier, armed with a pistol
| | platoon |
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noun
- (context, military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant
| | pleb |
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noun plural plebs
- Common people. Person out of their class at an event or gathering.
- Similar to the Icelandic word plebbi: A pathetic person seeking wealth and fake happiness. A typical "low-life." This term is perfectly described in "Plebbabókin" (The book of pleb) by Icelandic comedian Jón Gnarr.
| | plebe |
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noun Plebe
- a first year student at a US military academy; a cadet
| | plot |
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noun
- The general course of a story including significant events that determine its course or significant patterns of events.
- An area or land used for building on or planting on.
- A plan to commit a crime.
- A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
verb (plot, t, ing)
- (transitive) To conceive (a crime, etc).
- They had plotted'' a robbery.
- (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
- They plotted the number of edits per day.
- (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
- Every five minutes they plotted their position.
- (intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
- ''They were plotting against the king.
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noun - A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
- The free t-shirt is really a to get you in the door to see their sales pitch.
| | point |
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noun
- A location or place.
- (geometry) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence.
- At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A peninsula.
- (arithmetic) A decimal point (used when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- 10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half)
- An opinion which adds (or supposedly adds) to the discussion.
- A unit of measure of success or failure in a game or competition; the unit of score, scoring.
- The one with the most points will win the game
- Germany awarded Greece the maximum 12 points in the Eurovision Song Contest.
- The color/colour on the extremities of an animal (typically darker or richer) than the rest of the coat).
- The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.
- (rail transport, Commonwealth) a device by which trains change tracks; switch
- (cricket) a fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- 2005: Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking during a sweep in the central highlands. " Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 189)
- (nautical) An angle equivalent to eleven and a quarter degrees, that is 1/32 of a circle. Most commonly used to indicate a relative bearing to an object or vessel, but can be used to describe a compass bearing.
verb
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- It's rude to at other people.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction
- If he asks for food, him toward the refrigerator.
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noun
- Anything that points or is used for pointing.
- A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
- A breed of hunting dog.
- (complang) A variable which holds the address of a memory location where, presumeably, a value is stored.
- (computing) An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
- A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.)
- The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.
| | police |
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noun collective noun
- An organisation granted authority to enforce the law.
verb (polic, es)
- (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
| | pompom |
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noun
- (onomat) A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading
| | pontoon |
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noun
- (military) A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
- A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock.
- A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
- A float of a seaplane.
| | port |
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noun
- A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- A town or city containing such a place.
- (nautical) (uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel when one is facing the front.
verb
- (obsolete) To carry, bear, or transport.
- (military) To hold a weapon with both hands diagonally across the body
- To transfer from one state to another.
- (computing) To adapt a program so that it works on a different platform.
adjective
- (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
- on the port side
| | Poseidon |
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proper noun - (greekmyth) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses.
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noun
- (philosophy) The initial agent that is the cause of all things.
- The component of a power plant that transforms energy from thermal or pressure form to mechanical form; typically an engine or turbine.
- (automotive) The front part of a semi-trailer type truck, i.e., the tractor to which the trailer part attaches.
- A military or heavy construction vehicle.
| | prisoner of war |
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noun (plural: prisoners of war)
- A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy. Abbreviation: POW
- As a , he was interrogated by his enemy captors.
adjective prisoner-of-war (before the noun), (after the noun)
- Of or relating to a prisoner of war or prisoners of war.
- After his capture he was taken to a prisoner-of-war camp.
| | pup tent |
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noun
- a shelter tent
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abbreviation
- The U.S. Army's Post Exchange.
- The prices at the are incredibly reduced.
| | pyrotechnics |
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noun
- The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.
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