English Dictionary: Picea pungens | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pacify \Pac"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pacified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pacifying}.] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis, peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Peace}, and {-fy}.] 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. [bd]Pray ye, pacify yourself.[b8] --Shak. To pacify and settle those countries. --Bacon. | |
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Packfong \Pack"fong`\, n. [Chin. peh tung.] (Metal.) A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
German \Ger"man\, a. [L. Germanus. See {German}, n.] Of or pertaining to Germany. {German Baptists}. See {Dunker}. {German bit}, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical pod and a scew point. {German carp} (Zo[94]l.), the crucian carp. {German millet} (Bot.), a kind of millet ({Setaria Italica}, var.), whose seed is sometimes used for food. {German paste}, a prepared food for caged birds. {German process} (Metal.), the process of reducing copper ore in a blast furnace, after roasting, if necessary. --Raymond. {German sarsaparilla}, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract. {German sausage}, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat partly cooked. {German silver} (Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy {packfong}. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys. {German steel} (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel. {German text} (Typog.), a character resembling modern German type, used in English printing for ornamental headings, etc., as in the words, Note: This line is German Text. {German tinder}. See {Amadou}. | |
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Packfong \Pack"fong`\, n. [Chin. peh tung.] (Metal.) A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
German \Ger"man\, a. [L. Germanus. See {German}, n.] Of or pertaining to Germany. {German Baptists}. See {Dunker}. {German bit}, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical pod and a scew point. {German carp} (Zo[94]l.), the crucian carp. {German millet} (Bot.), a kind of millet ({Setaria Italica}, var.), whose seed is sometimes used for food. {German paste}, a prepared food for caged birds. {German process} (Metal.), the process of reducing copper ore in a blast furnace, after roasting, if necessary. --Raymond. {German sarsaparilla}, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract. {German sausage}, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat partly cooked. {German silver} (Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy {packfong}. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys. {German steel} (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel. {German text} (Typog.), a character resembling modern German type, used in English printing for ornamental headings, etc., as in the words, Note: This line is German Text. {German tinder}. See {Amadou}. | |
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Pakfong \Pak"fong`\, n. See {Packfong}. | |
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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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Passiveness \Pas"sive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause. --J. Edwards. | |
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Phospham \Phos"pham\, n. [Phosphorus + ammonia.] (Chem.) An inert amorphous white powder, {PN2H}, obtained by passing ammonia over heated phosphorus. [Spelt also {phosphame}.] -- {Phos"pham"ic}, a. | |
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Phospham \Phos"pham\, n. [Phosphorus + ammonia.] (Chem.) An inert amorphous white powder, {PN2H}, obtained by passing ammonia over heated phosphorus. [Spelt also {phosphame}.] -- {Phos"pham"ic}, a. | |
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Phospham \Phos"pham\, n. [Phosphorus + ammonia.] (Chem.) An inert amorphous white powder, {PN2H}, obtained by passing ammonia over heated phosphorus. [Spelt also {phosphame}.] -- {Phos"pham"ic}, a. | |
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Phosphene \Phos"phene\, n. [Gr. [?] light + [?] to show.] (Physiol.) 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}. | |
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Phosphine \Phos"phine\, n. (Chem.) A colorless gas, {PH3}, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also {hydrogen phosphide}, and formerly, {phosphureted hydrogen}. Note: It is the most important compound of phosphorus and hydrogen, and is produced by the action of caustic potash on phosphorus. It is spontaneously inflammable, owing to impurities, and in burning produces peculiar vortical rings of smoke. | |
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Phosphinic \Phos*phin"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain acids analogous to the phosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon radicals, and derived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation. | |
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Phosphonic \Phos*phon"ic\, a. [Phosphoric + sulphonic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain derivatives of phosphorous acid containing a hydrocarbon radical, and analogous to the sulphonic acid. | |
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Phosphonium \Phos*pho"ni*um\, n. [Phosphorus + ammonium.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {PH4}, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine. | |
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Phycoph91ine \Phy`co*ph[91]"ine\, n. [Gr. [?] seaweed + ([?]) dusky.] A brown coloring matter found in certain alg[91]. | |
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Pickpenny \Pick"pen`ny\, n.; pl. {Pickpennies}. A miser; also, a sharper. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Pickpenny \Pick"pen`ny\, n.; pl. {Pickpennies}. A miser; also, a sharper. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Pigpen \Pig"pen`\, n. A pen, or sty, for pigs. | |
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Poke \Poke\, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. --Ld. Lytton. 2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. 3. A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward. [U.S.] {Poke bonnet}, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front. | |
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Pushpin \Push"pin`\, n. A child's game played with pins. --L. Estrange. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
passive matrix display {persistence} to maintain the state of each display element ({pixel}) between refresh scans. The {resolution} of such displays is limited by the ratio between the time to set a pixel and the time it takes to fade. Contrast {active matrix display}. (1995-12-09) |