English Dictionary: Pinzgaubahn | by the DICT Development Group |
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Pangful \Pang"ful\, a. Full of pangs. --Richardson. | |
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Pandean \Pan*de"an\, a. [From 4th {Pan}.] Of or relating to the god Pan. {Pandean pipes}, a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by Pan. Called also {Pan's pipes} and {Panpipes}. | |
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Pansophical \Pan*soph"ic*al\, a. [See {Pansophy}.] All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders. [R.] --John Worthington. | |
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Pansophy \Pan"so*phy\, n. [Pan- + Gr. [?] wisdom, [?] wise: cf. F. pansophie.] Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator. [R.] --Hartlib. | |
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Panspermatist \Pan*sper"ma*tist\, Panspermist \Pan"sper`mist\, n. (Biol.) A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist. | |
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Panspermic \Pan`sper"mic\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis. | |
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Panspermatist \Pan*sper"ma*tist\, Panspermist \Pan"sper`mist\, n. (Biol.) A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist. | |
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Panspermy \Pan"sper`my\, n. [Pan- + Gr. [?] a seed.] (Biol.) (a) The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. (b) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of {spontaneous generation}. | |
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Payne's process \Payne's process\ A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. -- {Payn"ize}, v. t. | |
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Pensible \Pen"si*ble\, a. Held aloft. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Pensive \Pen"sive\, a. [F. pensif, fr. penser to think, fr. L. pensare to weigh, ponder, consider, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See {Pension}, {Poise}.] 1. Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing. The pensive secrecy of desert cell. --Milton. Anxious cares the pensive nymph oppressed. --Pope. 2. Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers. --Prior. | |
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Pensived \Pen"sived\, a. Made pensive. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Pensively \Pen"sive*ly\, adv. In a pensive manner. | |
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Pensiveness \Pen"sive*ness\, n. The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness. --Hooker. | |
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d8Boldo \[d8]Bol"do\, d8Boldu \[d8]Bol"du\, n. (Bot.) A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili ({Peumus Boldus}). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten. | |
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Phenicopter \Phen`i*cop"ter\, n. [L. phoenicopterus, Gr. foiniko`pteros, i. e., red-feathered; foi^nix, foi`nikos, purple red + ptero`n feather: cf. F. ph[82]nicopt[8a]re.] (Zo[94]l.) A flamingo. | |
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Phonoscope \Pho"no*scope\, n. [Phono- + -scope.] (Physics) (a) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by K[94]nig for testing the quality of musical strings. (b) An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies. | |
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Pinch \Pinch\, n. 1. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. 2. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. 3. Pian; pang. [bd]Necessary's sharp pinch.[b8] --Shak. 4. A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also {pinch bar}. {At a pinch}, {On a pinch}, in an emergency; as, he could on a pinch read a little Latin. | |
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Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, n. [Said to be from the name of the inventor; cf. It. prencisbecco.] An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry. | |
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Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. [bd]A pinchbeck throne.[b8] --J. A. Symonds. | |
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Pinchfist \Pinch"fist`\, n. A closefisted person; a miser. | |
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Pinchpenny \Pinch"pen`ny\, n. A miserly person. | |
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Pincoffin \Pin"coff*in\, n. [From Pincoff, an English manufacturer.] A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints. | |
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Pincpinc \Pinc"pinc`\, n. [Named from its note.] (Zo[94]l.) An African wren warbler. ({Drymoica textrix}). | |
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Pinesap \Pine"sap`\, n. (Bot.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus {Monotropa} ({M. hypopitys}), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic. | |
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Ping-pong \Ping"-pong`\, n. [Imitative.] 1. An indoor modification of lawn tennis played with small bats, or battledores, and a very light, hollow, celluloid ball, on a large table divided across the middle by a net. | |
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Ping-pong \Ping"-pong`\, v. i. To play ping-pong. | |
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Pinguefaction \Pin`gue*fac"tion\, n. [L. pinguefacere, pinguefactum, to fatten; pinguis fat + facere to make.] (Med.) A making of, or turning into, fat. | |
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Slash pine \Slash" pine"\ (Bot.) A kind of pine tree ({Pinus Cubensis}) found in Southern Florida and the West Indies; -- so called because it grows in [bd]slashes.[b8] | |
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Turpentine \Tur"pen*tine\, n. [F. t[82]r[82]bentine, OF. also turbentine; cf. Pr. terebentina, terbentina, It. terebentina, trementina; fr. L. terebinthinus of the turpentine tree, from terebinthus the turpentine tree. Gr. [?], [?]. See {Terebinth}.] A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir. Note: There are many varieties of turpentine. Chian turpentine is produced in small quantities by the turpentine tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}). Venice, Swiss, or larch turpentine, is obtained from {Larix Europ[91]a}. It is a clear, colorless balsam, having a tendency to solidify. Canada turpentine, or Canada balsam, is the purest of all the pine turpentines (see under {Balsam}). The Carpathian and Hungarian varieties are derived from {Pinus Cembra} and {Pinus Mugho}. Carolina turpentine, the most abundant kind, comes from the long-leaved pine ({Pinus palustris}). Strasburg turpentine is from the silver fir ({Abies pectinata}). {Oil of turpentine} (Chem.), a colorless oily hydrocarbon, {C10H16}, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also {terebenthene}, {terpene}, etc. {Turpentine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths whose larv[91] eat the tender shoots of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or resin. {Turpentine tree} (Bot.), the terebinth tree, the original source of turpentine. See {Turpentine}, above. | |
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Pinaster \Pi*nas"ter\, n. [L., fr. pinus a pine.] (Bot.) A species of pine ({Pinus Pinaster}) growing in Southern Europe. | |
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Pia4on \Pi[a4]"on\, n. [Sp. pi[a4]on.] (Bot.) (a) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as {Pinus Pinea} of Southern Europe, and {P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla}, the nut pines of Western North America. (b) See {Monkey's puzzle}. [Written also {pignon}.] | |
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Abietene \Ab"i*e*tene\, n. [L. abies, abietis, a fir tree.] A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine ({Pinus sabiniana}) of California. | |
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2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc. {Pounce box}, a box for sprinkling pounce. {Pounce paper}, a transparent paper for tracing. | |
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2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc. {Pounce box}, a box for sprinkling pounce. {Pounce paper}, a transparent paper for tracing. | |
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Pumiciform \Pu*mic"i*form\, a. [Pumice + -form.] Resembling, or having the structure of, pumice. | |
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{Milk punch}, a sort of punch made with spirit, milk, sugar, spice, etc. {Punch bowl}, a large bowl in which punch is made, or from which it is served. {Roman punch}, a punch frozen and served as an ice. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.] 1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die. 2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. 3. A prop, as for the roof of a mine. {Bell punch}. See under {Bell}. {Belt punch} (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts. {Punch press}. See {Punching machine}, under {Punch}, v. i. {Punch pliers}, pliers having a tubular, sharp-edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating leather, paper, and the like. | |
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Punch \Punch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punching}.] [From {Punch}, n., a tool; cf. F. poin[cced]onner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. {Punching machine}, [or] {Punching press}, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also {punch press}. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.] 1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die. 2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. 3. A prop, as for the roof of a mine. {Bell punch}. See under {Bell}. {Belt punch} (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts. {Punch press}. See {Punching machine}, under {Punch}, v. i. {Punch pliers}, pliers having a tubular, sharp-edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating leather, paper, and the like. | |
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Punch \Punch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punching}.] [From {Punch}, n., a tool; cf. F. poin[cced]onner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. {Punching machine}, [or] {Punching press}, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also {punch press}. | |
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Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.] 1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die. 2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. 3. A prop, as for the roof of a mine. {Bell punch}. See under {Bell}. {Belt punch} (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts. {Punch press}. See {Punching machine}, under {Punch}, v. i. {Punch pliers}, pliers having a tubular, sharp-edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating leather, paper, and the like. | |
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Punishable \Pun"ish*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. punissable.] Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. -- Milton. -- {Pun"ish*a*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Punishable \Pun"ish*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. punissable.] Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. -- Milton. -- {Pun"ish*a*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Painesville, OH (city, FIPS 59416) Location: 41.72710 N, 81.24830 W Population (1990): 15699 (6404 housing units) Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) | |
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Pangburn, AR (city, FIPS 53240) Location: 35.42617 N, 91.83867 W Population (1990): 630 (306 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72121 | |
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Payne Springs, TX (town, FIPS 56276) Location: 32.28088 N, 96.08949 W Population (1990): 606 (351 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Paynesville, MN (city, FIPS 49966) Location: 45.37853 N, 94.71973 W Population (1990): 2275 (927 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56362 Paynesville, MO (village, FIPS 56612) Location: 39.26218 N, 90.89965 W Population (1990): 54 (30 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63371 Paynesville, WV Zip code(s): 24873 | |
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Pennsboro, WV (city, FIPS 62764) Location: 39.28163 N, 80.97497 W Population (1990): 1282 (615 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Pennsburg, PA (borough, FIPS 59120) Location: 40.39359 N, 75.49590 W Population (1990): 2460 (912 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18073 | |
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Pennsville, NJ (CDP, FIPS 57840) Location: 39.65542 N, 75.51065 W Population (1990): 12218 (4826 housing units) Area: 25.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08070 Pennsville, OH Zip code(s): 43787 | |
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Pine Springs, MN (city, FIPS 51316) Location: 45.03648 N, 92.95212 W Population (1990): 436 (137 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pansophic A US Software Engineering company. | |
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ping-pong {multi-processor} system with {private caches} where two processors are alternately caching a shared location. Each time one writes to it, it invalidates the other's copy. (1995-12-29) |