English Dictionary: Pacific bonito | by the DICT Development Group |
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Malaria parasite \Malaria parasite\ Any of several minute protozoans of the genus {Plasmodium} (syn. {H[91]matozo[94]n}) which in their adult condition live in the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus {Anopheles} (which see) and when transferred to the blood of man, by the bite of the mosquito, produce malaria. Note: The young parasites, or sporozoites, enter the red blood corpuscles, growing at their expense, undergoing sporulation, and finally destroying the corpuscles, thus liberating in the blood plasma an immense number of small spores called merozoites. An indefinite but not ultimated number of such generations may follow, but if meanwhile the host is bitten by a mosquito, the parasites develop into gametes in the stomach of the insect. These conjugate, the zygote thus produced divides, forming spores, and eventually sporozoites, which, penetrating to the salivary glands of the mosquito, may be introduced into a new host. The attacks of the disease coincide with the dissolution of the corpuscles and liberation of the spores and products of growth of the parasites into the blood plasma. Several species of the parasite are distinguished, as {P. vivax}, producing tertian malaria; {P. malari[91]}, quartan malaria; and {P. (subgenus Laverania) falciferum}, the malarial fever of summer and autumn common in the tropics. | |
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Pacific \Pa*cif"ic\, a. [L. pacificus: cf. F. pacifique. See {Pacify}.] 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. {Pacific Ocean}, the ocean between America and Asia, so called by Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called also, simply, the {Pacific}, and, formerly, the {South sea}. Syn: Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle. | |
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Pacific \Pa*cif"ic\, a. [L. pacificus: cf. F. pacifique. See {Pacify}.] 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. {Pacific Ocean}, the ocean between America and Asia, so called by Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called also, simply, the {Pacific}, and, formerly, the {South sea}. Syn: Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle. | |
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Pacificable \Pa*cif"ic*a*ble\, a. Placable. [R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Pacifical \Pa*cif"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to peace; pacific. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton. -- {Pa*cif"ic*al*ly}, adv. [R.] | |
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Pacifical \Pa*cif"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to peace; pacific. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton. -- {Pa*cif"ic*al*ly}, adv. [R.] | |
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Pacification \Pa*cif`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. pacificatio: cf. F. pacification. See {Pacify}.] The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. [bd]An embassy of pacification.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Pacificator \Pa*cif"i*ca`tor\, n. [L.] One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker. --Bacon. | |
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Pacificatory \Pa*cif"i*ca*to*ry\, a. [L. pacificatorius.] Tending to make peace; conciliatory. --Barrow. | |
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Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
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Pass \Pass\, n. [Cf. F. pas (for sense 1), and passe, fr. passer to pass. See {Pass}, v. i.] 1. 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. [bd]Try not the pass![b8] the old man said. --Longfellow. 2. (Fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary. --Shak. 3. A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist. 4. (Rolling Metals) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls. 5. State of things; condition; predicament. Have his daughters brought him to this pass. --Shak. Matters have been brought to this pass. --South. 6. 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. A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy. --Kent. 7. Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit. --Shak. 8. Estimation; character. [Obs.] Common speech gives him a worthy pass. --Shak. 9. [Cf. {Passus}.] A part; a division. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Pass boat} (Naut.), a punt, or similar boat. {Pass book}. (a) A book in which a trader enters articles bought on credit, and then passes or sends it to the purchaser. (b) See {Bank book}. {Pass box} (Mil.), a wooden or metallic box, used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece. {Pass check}, a ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away in expectation of returning. | |
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Pass \Pass\, n. [Cf. F. pas (for sense 1), and passe, fr. passer to pass. See {Pass}, v. i.] 1. 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. [bd]Try not the pass![b8] the old man said. --Longfellow. 2. (Fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary. --Shak. 3. A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist. 4. (Rolling Metals) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls. 5. State of things; condition; predicament. Have his daughters brought him to this pass. --Shak. Matters have been brought to this pass. --South. 6. 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. A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy. --Kent. 7. Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit. --Shak. 8. Estimation; character. [Obs.] Common speech gives him a worthy pass. --Shak. 9. [Cf. {Passus}.] A part; a division. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Pass boat} (Naut.), a punt, or similar boat. {Pass book}. (a) A book in which a trader enters articles bought on credit, and then passes or sends it to the purchaser. (b) See {Bank book}. {Pass box} (Mil.), a wooden or metallic box, used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece. {Pass check}, a ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away in expectation of returning. | |
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Passive \Pas"sive\, a. [L. passivus: cf. F. passif. See {Passion}.] 1. Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene. The passive air Upbore their nimble tread. --Milton. The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all its simple ideas. --Locke. 2. Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission. The best virtue, passive fortitude. --Massinger. 3. (Chem.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive. 4. (Med.) 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. {Passive congestion} (Med.), congestion due to obstruction to the return of the blood from the affected part. {Passive iron} (Chem.), iron which has been subjected to the action of heat, of strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc. It is then not easily acted upon by acids. {Passive movement} (Med.), a movement of a part, in order to exercise it, made without the assistance of the muscles which ordinarily move the part. {Passive obedience} (as used by writers on government), obedience or submission of the subject or citizen as a duty in all cases to the existing government. {Passive prayer}, among mystic divines, a suspension of the activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the soul remaining quiet, and yielding only to the impulses of grace. {Passive verb}, [or] {Passive voice} (Gram.), a verb, or form of a verb, which expresses the effect of the action of some agent; as, in Latin, doceor, I am taught; in English, she is loved; the picture is admired by all; he is assailed by slander. Syn: Inactive; inert; quiescent; unresisting; unopposing; suffering; enduring; submissive; patient. | |
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Peace \Peace\, n. [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix, L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. {Appease}, {Fair}, a., {Fay}, v., {Fang}, {Pacify}, {Pact}, {Pay} to requite.] A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically: (a) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies. (b) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law. (c) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience. (d) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord. [bd]The eternal love and pees.[b8] --Chaucer. Note: Peace is sometimes used as an exclamation in commanding silence, quiet, or order. [bd]Peace! foolish woman.[b8] --Shak. {At peace}, in a state of peace. {Breach of the peace}. See under {Breach}. {Justice of the peace}. See under {Justice}. {Peace of God}. (Law) (a) A term used in wills, indictments, etc., as denoting a state of peace and good conduct. (b) (Theol.) The peace of heart which is the gift of God. {Peace offering}. (a) (Jewish Antiq.) A voluntary offering to God in token of devout homage and of a sense of friendly communion with Him. (b) A gift or service offered as satisfaction to an offended person. {Peace officer}, a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a sheriff or constable. {To hold one's peace}, to be silent; to refrain from speaking. {To make one's peace with}, to reconcile one with, to plead one's cause with, or to become reconciled with, another. [bd]I will make your peace with him.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Peace \Peace\, n. [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix, L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. {Appease}, {Fair}, a., {Fay}, v., {Fang}, {Pacify}, {Pact}, {Pay} to requite.] A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically: (a) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies. (b) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law. (c) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience. (d) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord. [bd]The eternal love and pees.[b8] --Chaucer. Note: Peace is sometimes used as an exclamation in commanding silence, quiet, or order. [bd]Peace! foolish woman.[b8] --Shak. {At peace}, in a state of peace. {Breach of the peace}. See under {Breach}. {Justice of the peace}. See under {Justice}. {Peace of God}. (Law) (a) A term used in wills, indictments, etc., as denoting a state of peace and good conduct. (b) (Theol.) The peace of heart which is the gift of God. {Peace offering}. (a) (Jewish Antiq.) A voluntary offering to God in token of devout homage and of a sense of friendly communion with Him. (b) A gift or service offered as satisfaction to an offended person. {Peace officer}, a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a sheriff or constable. {To hold one's peace}, to be silent; to refrain from speaking. {To make one's peace with}, to reconcile one with, to plead one's cause with, or to become reconciled with, another. [bd]I will make your peace with him.[b8] --Shak. | |
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d8Phacops \[d8]Pha"cops\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a lentil + [?], [?], the eye.] (Paleon.) A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian formations. {Phacops bufo} is one of the most common species. | |
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Magpie \Mag"pie\, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr. Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita pearl, Gr. [?], prob. of Eastern origin. See {Pie} magpie, and cf. the analogous names {Tomtit}, and {Jackdaw}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of the genus {Pica} and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail. Note: The common European magpie ({Pica pica}, or {P. caudata}) is a black and white noisy and mischievous bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie ({P. Hudsonica}) is very similar. The yellow-belled magpie ({P. Nuttalli}) inhabits California. The blue magpie ({Cyanopolius Cooki}) inhabits Spain. Other allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white magpie ({Gymnorhina organicum}), the black magpie ({Strepera fuliginosa}), and the Australian magpie ({Cracticus picatus}). {Magpie lark} (Zo[94]l.), a common Australian bird ({Grallina picata}), conspicuously marked with black and white; -- called also {little magpie}. {Magpie moth} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white European geometrid moth ({Abraxas grossulariata}); the harlequin moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes. | |
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Pickaback \Pick"a*back`\, adv. On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also {pickapack}, {pickback}, and {pickpack}.] | |
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Pickaback \Pick"a*back`\, adv. On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also {pickapack}, {pickback}, and {pickpack}.] | |
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Pickapack \Pick"a*pack`\, adv. Pickaback. | |
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Pickaback \Pick"a*back`\, adv. On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also {pickapack}, {pickback}, and {pickpack}.] | |
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Pickapack \Pick"a*pack`\, adv. Pickaback. | |
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Pickaback \Pick"a*back`\, adv. On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also {pickapack}, {pickback}, and {pickpack}.] | |
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Pickback \Pick"back`\, adv. On the back. | |
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Pickaback \Pick"a*back`\, adv. On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also {pickapack}, {pickback}, and {pickpack}.] | |
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Pickback \Pick"back`\, adv. On the back. | |
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Pickaback \Pick"a*back`\, adv. On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also {pickapack}, {pickback}, and {pickpack}.] | |
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Pickpack \Pick"pack`\, adv. Pickaback. | |
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Pickaback \Pick"a*back`\, adv. On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also {pickapack}, {pickback}, and {pickpack}.] | |
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Pickpack \Pick"pack`\, adv. Pickaback. | |
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Pickpocket \Pick"pock`et\, n. One who steals purses or other articles from pockets. --Bentley. | |
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5. (Chess) One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn. 6. A castle; a fortified building. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Of a piece}, of the same sort, as if taken from the same whole; like; -- sometimes followed by with. --Dryden. {Piece of eight}, the Spanish piaster, formerly divided into eight reals. {To give a piece of one's mind to}, to speak plainly, bluntly, or severely to (another). --Thackeray. {Piece broker}, one who buys shreds and remnants of cloth to sell again. {Piece goods}, goods usually sold by pieces or fixed portions, as shirtings, calicoes, sheetings, and the like. | |
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Sailor \Sail"or\, n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. {Sailor's choice}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus, [or] Lagodon, rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail}, and {salt-water bream}. (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis, [or] Pomadasys, chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also {hogfish}, and {pigfish}. | |
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Pigfish \Pig"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also {hogfish}. (b) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes. | |
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Sailor \Sail"or\, n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. {Sailor's choice}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus, [or] Lagodon, rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail}, and {salt-water bream}. (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis, [or] Pomadasys, chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also {hogfish}, and {pigfish}. | |
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Pigfish \Pig"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also {hogfish}. (b) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes. | |
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Pigpecker \Pig"peck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European garden warbler ({Sylvia, [or] Currica, hortensis}); -- called also {beccafico} and {greater pettychaps}. | |
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Pokebag \Poke"bag`\, n. [So called in allusion to its baglike nest.] (Zo[94]l.) The European long-tailed titmouse; -- called also {poke-pudding}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Psephism \Pse"phism\, n. [Gr. [?] a decree, fr. [?] to vote with a pebble, fr. [?] pebble.] (Gr. Antiq.) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute. --J. P. Mahaffy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Agami \[d8]Ag"a*mi\, n.; pl. {Agamis}. [F. agex>, fr. the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A South American bird ({Psophia crepitans}), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the {gold-breasted trumpeter}. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See {Trumpeter}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puckfist \Puck"fist`\, n. A puffball. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.) 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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puckfist \Puck"fist`\, n. A puffball. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.) 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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pug-faced \Pug"-faced`\, a. Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pacific, MO (city, FIPS 55910) Location: 38.47833 N, 90.75292 W Population (1990): 4350 (1811 housing units) Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63069 Pacific, WA (city, FIPS 52495) Location: 47.26575 N, 122.24672 W Population (1990): 4622 (1815 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98047 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pacific Beach, WA Zip code(s): 98571 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pacific County, WA (county, FIPS 49) Location: 46.56089 N, 123.78062 W Population (1990): 18882 (12404 housing units) Area: 2524.1 sq km (land), 645.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pacific Grove, CA (city, FIPS 54848) Location: 36.62280 N, 121.92507 W Population (1990): 16117 (7916 housing units) Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93950 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pacific House, CA Zip code(s): 95726 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pacific Junction, IA (city, FIPS 60825) Location: 41.01832 N, 95.79960 W Population (1990): 548 (201 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51561 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pacific Palisade, CA Zip code(s): 90272 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pacifica, CA (city, FIPS 54806) Location: 37.61125 N, 122.47632 W Population (1990): 37670 (13740 housing units) Area: 32.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94044 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pago Pago, AS (village, FIPS 62500) Location: 14.24120 S, 170.71958 W Population (1990): 3519 (534 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 27.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pejepscot, ME Zip code(s): 04086 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
pizza box n. [Sun] The largish thin box housing the electronics in (especially Sun) desktop workstations, so named because of its size and shape and the dimpled pattern that looks like air holes. Two meg single-platter removable disk packs used to be called pizzas, and the huge drive they were stuck into was referred to as a pizza oven. It's an index of progress that in the old days just the disk was pizza-sized, while now the entire computer is. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PCI bus {Peripheral Component Interconnect} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pick BASIC {Data/BASIC} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
piggybacking 1. A method for passing {acknowledgement frame}s and {data frame}s in the same direction along a line. 2. The practice of increasing memory capacity by soldering chips on top of other chips. The chip-enable or high address pins would be connected to the {address bus} by a flying lead. Many {Ohio Superboard}s were expanded to a massive 8K of {RAM} in this way. (1994-11-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pizza box [Sun] The largish thin box housing the electronics in (especially {Sun}) desktop {workstation}s, so named because of its size and shape and the dimpled pattern that looks like air holes. Two megabyte single-platter removable disk packs used to be called pizzas, and the huge drive they were stuck into was referred to as a pizza oven. It's an index of progress that in the old days just the disk was pizza-sized, while now the entire computer is. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PJPEG {Progressive JPEG} | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean:Geography Location: body of water between Antarctica, Asia, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere Map references: World Area: total area: 165.384 million sq km comparative area: about 18 times the size of the US; the largest ocean (followed by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean); covers about one-third of the global surface; larger than the total land area of the world note: includes Bali Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Flores Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Java Sea, Philippine Sea, Ross Sea, Savu Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies Coastline: 135,663 km International disputes: some maritime disputes (see littoral states) Climate: the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian land mass back to the ocean Terrain: surface currents in the northern Pacific are dominated by a clockwise, warm-water gyre (broad circular system of currents) and in the southern Pacific by a counterclockwise, cool-water gyre; in the northern Pacific sea ice forms in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk in winter; in the southern Pacific sea ice from Antarctica reaches its northernmost extent in October; the ocean floor in the eastern Pacific is dominated by the East Pacific Rise, while the western Pacific is dissected by deep trenches, including the world's deepest, the 10,924 meter Marianas Trench Natural resources: oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish Environment: current issues: endangered marine species include the dugong, sea lion, sea otter, seals, turtles, and whales; oil pollution in Philippine Sea and South China Sea natural hazards: surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the Pacific Ring of Fire; subject to tropical cyclones (typhoons) in southeast and east Asia from May to December (most frequent from July to October); tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico and strike Central America and Mexico from June to October (most common in August and September); southern shipping lanes subject to icebergs from Antarctica; occasional El Nino phenomenon occurs off the coast of Peru when the trade winds slacken and the warm Equatorial Countercurrent moves south, killing the plankton that is the primary food source for anchovies; consequently, the anchovies move to better feeding grounds, causing resident marine birds to starve by the thousands because of their lost food source; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May and in extreme south from May to October; persistent fog in the northern Pacific can be a maritime hazard from June to December international agreements: NA Note: the major choke points are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait, and the Singapore Strait; the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean; dotted with low coral islands and rugged volcanic islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean:Government Digraph: ZN Economy Overview: The Pacific Ocean is a major contributor to the world economy and particularly to those nations its waters directly touch. It provides low-cost sea transportation between East and West, extensive fishing grounds, offshore oil and gas fields, minerals, and sand and gravel for the construction industry. In 1985 over half (54%) of the world's fish catch came from the Pacific Ocean, which is the only ocean where the fish catch has increased every year since 1978. Exploitation of offshore oil and gas reserves is playing an ever-increasing role in the energy supplies of Australia, NZ, China, US, and Peru. The high cost of recovering offshore oil and gas, combined with the wide swings in world prices for oil since 1985, has slowed but not stopped new drillings. Industries: fishing, oil and gas production Pacific Ocean:Transportation Ports: Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong, Los Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (South Korea), San Francisco (US), Seattle (US), Shanghai (China), Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok (Russia), Wellington (NZ), Yokohama (Japan) Pacific Ocean:Communications Telephone system: international: several submarine cables with network nodal points on Guam and Hawaii |