English Dictionary: Polemonium caeruleum | by the DICT Development Group |
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Prawn \Prawn\, n. [OE. prane, of unknown origin; cf. L. perna a sea mussel.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antenn[91]. They mostly belong to the genera {Pandalus}, {Pal[91]mon}, {Pal[91]monetes}, and {Peneus}, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is {Pal[91]mon serratus}. Note: The name is often applied to any large shrimp. | |
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Palliament \Pal"li*a*ment\, n. [LL. palliare to clothe, fr. L. pallium a manltle. See {Pall} the garment.] A dress; a robe. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede. | |
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Palmin \Pal"min\, n. [From palma Christi: cf. F. palmine.] (Chem.) (a) A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil. (b) Ricinolein. [Obs.] | |
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Palm \Palm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palming}.] 1. To handle. [Obs.] --Prior. 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. They palmed the trick that lost the game. --Prior. 3. To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off. For you may palm upon us new for old. --Dryden. | |
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d8Paulownia \[d8]Pau*low"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named from the Russian princess Anna Pavlovna.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order {Scrophulariace[91]}, consisting of one species, {Paulownia imperialis}. Note: The tree is native to Japan, and has immense heart-shaped leaves, and large purplish flowers in panicles. The capsules contain many little winged seeds, which are beautiful microscopic objects. The tree is hardy in America as far north as Connecticut. | |
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Philomene \Phil"o*mene\, n. The nightingale. [Obs.] | |
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Phyllomania \Phyl`lo*ma"ni*a\, n. [Phyllo- + mania.] (Bot.) An abnormal or excessive production of leaves. | |
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Plainant \Plain"ant\, n. [See 1st {Plain}.] (Law) One who makes complaint; the plaintiff. [Obs.] | |
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Plaining \Plain"ing\, n. Complaint. [Poetic] --Shak. | |
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Plaining \Plain"ing\, a. Complaining. [Poetic] --Bryant. | |
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Plain \Plain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plaining}.] [Cf. {Plane}, v.] 1. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface. [R.] We would rake Europe rather, plain the East. --Wither. 2. To make plain or manifest; to explain. What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech. --Shak. | |
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Plane \Plane\, a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See {Plan}, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. {Plane angle}, the angle included between two straight lines in a plane. {Plane chart}, {Plane curve}. See under {Chart} and {Curve}. {Plane figure}, a figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, if by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure. {Plane geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures. {Plane problem}, a problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only. {Plane sailing} (Naut.), the method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane. {Plane scale} (Naut.), a scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc. {Plane surveying}, surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent. {Plane table}, an instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field. {Plane trigonometry}, the branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles. | |
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Planimeter \Pla*nim"e*ter\, n. [Plani- + -meter. Cf. {Planometer}.] An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer. | |
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Planimetric \Plan`i*met"ric\ (?; 277), Planimetrical \Plan`i*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. planim[82]trique.] Of or pertaining to planimetry. | |
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Planimetric \Plan`i*met"ric\ (?; 277), Planimetrical \Plan`i*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. planim[82]trique.] Of or pertaining to planimetry. | |
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Planimetry \Pla*nim"e*try\, n. [Cf. F. planim[82]trie.] The mensuration of plane surfaces; -- distinguished from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes. | |
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Plane \Plane\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planing}.] [Cf. F. planer, L. planare, fr. planus. See {Plane}, a., {Plain}, a., and cf. {Planish}.] 1. To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank. 2. To efface or remove. He planed away the names . . . written on his tables. --Chaucer. 3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.] What student came but that you planed her path. --Tennyson. | |
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Planing \Plan"ing\, a. & vb. n. fr. {Plane}, v. t. {Planing machine}. (a) See {Planer}. (b) A complex machine for planing wood, especially boards, containing usually a rapidly revolving cutter, which chips off the surface in small shavings as the piece to be planed is passed under it by feeding apparatus. | |
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Planing \Plan"ing\, a. & vb. n. fr. {Plane}, v. t. {Planing machine}. (a) See {Planer}. (b) A complex machine for planing wood, especially boards, containing usually a rapidly revolving cutter, which chips off the surface in small shavings as the piece to be planed is passed under it by feeding apparatus. | |
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Plan \Plan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planning}.] 1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram. 2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. Even in penance, planning sins anew. --Goldsmith. | |
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Planometer \Pla*nom"e*ter\, n. [Plano- + -meter. Cf. {Planimeter}.] An instrument for gauging or testing a plane surface. See {Surface gauge}, under {Surface}. | |
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Planometry \Pla*nom"e*try\, n. (Mech.) The art or process of producing or gauging a plane surface. | |
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Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[d3]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[d3]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.] 1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. --Dryden. 2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson. 3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.] Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. --Tale of Gamelyn. 4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. 5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. 6. (Astron.) Same as {Charles's Wain}. {Ice plow}, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.] {Mackerel plow}. See under {Mackerel}. {Plow alms}, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. --Cowell. {Plow beam}, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See {Beam}, n., 9. {Plow Monday}, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays. {Plow staff}. (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. (b) A plow handle. {Snow plow}, a structure, usually [LAMBDA]-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive. | |
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Plowman \Plow"man\, Ploughman \Plough"man\, n.; pl. {-men}. 1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. --Chaucer. Macaulay. 2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer. {Plowman's spikenard} (Bot.), a European composite weed ({Conyza squarrosa}), having fragrant roots. --Dr. Prior. | |
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Plowman \Plow"man\, Ploughman \Plough"man\, n.; pl. {-men}. 1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. --Chaucer. Macaulay. 2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer. {Plowman's spikenard} (Bot.), a European composite weed ({Conyza squarrosa}), having fragrant roots. --Dr. Prior. | |
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Ployment \Ploy"ment\, n. (Mil.) The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment. | |
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Plume \Plume\, n. [F., fr. L. pluma. Cf. {Fly}, v.] 1. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. Wings . . . of many a colored plume. --Milton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An ornamental tuft of feathers. 3. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers. His high plume, that nodded o'er his head. --Dryden. 4. A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward. [bd]Ambitious to win from me some plume.[b8] --Milton. 5. (Bot.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses. {Plume bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird that yields ornamental plumes, especially the species of Epimarchus from New Guinea, and some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of Florida ({Ardea candidissima}). {Plume grass}. (Bot) (a) A kind of grass ({Erianthus saccharoides}) with the spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in swamps in the Southern United States. (b) The still finer {E. Ravenn[91]} from the Mediterranean region. The name is sometimes extended to the whole genus. {Plume moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family {Pterophorid[91]}. Most of them have the wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes. Some species are injurious to the grapevine. {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), an aromatic Australian tree ({Atherosperma moschata}), whose numerous carpels are tipped with long plumose persistent styles. | |
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Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See {Nut}, and {Musk}.] (Bot.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of {Myristica} yield nutmegs of inferior quality. {American}, {Calabash}, [or] {Jamaica}, {nutmeg}, the fruit of a tropical shrub ({Monodora Myristica}). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. {Brazilian nutmeg}, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, {Cryptocarya moschata}. {California nutmeg}, tree of the Yew family ({Torreya Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. {Clove nutmeg}, the {Ravensara aromatica}, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. {Jamaica nutmeg}. See American nutmeg (above). {Nutmeg bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian finch ({Munia punctularia}). {Nutmeg butter}, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. {Nutmeg flower} (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. {Nutmeg liver} (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. {Nutmeg melon} (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. {Nutmeg pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus {Myristicivora}, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. {Nutmeg wood} (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm. {Peruvian nutmeg}, the aromatic seed of a South American tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia ({Atherosperma moschata}). | |
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Plume \Plume\, n. [F., fr. L. pluma. Cf. {Fly}, v.] 1. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. Wings . . . of many a colored plume. --Milton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An ornamental tuft of feathers. 3. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers. His high plume, that nodded o'er his head. --Dryden. 4. A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward. [bd]Ambitious to win from me some plume.[b8] --Milton. 5. (Bot.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses. {Plume bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird that yields ornamental plumes, especially the species of Epimarchus from New Guinea, and some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of Florida ({Ardea candidissima}). {Plume grass}. (Bot) (a) A kind of grass ({Erianthus saccharoides}) with the spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in swamps in the Southern United States. (b) The still finer {E. Ravenn[91]} from the Mediterranean region. The name is sometimes extended to the whole genus. {Plume moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family {Pterophorid[91]}. Most of them have the wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes. Some species are injurious to the grapevine. {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), an aromatic Australian tree ({Atherosperma moschata}), whose numerous carpels are tipped with long plumose persistent styles. | |
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Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pluming}.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.] 1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving. 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden. 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. [bd]Farewell the plumed troop.[b8] --Shak. 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South. {Plumed adder} (Zo[94]l.), an African viper ({Vipera, [or] Clotho cornuta}), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also {horned viper} and {hornsman}. {Plumed partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the California mountain quail ({Oreortyx pictus}). See {Mountain quail}, under {Mountain}. | |
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Plumming \Plum"ming\, n. [See {Plumb}.] (Min.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines. | |
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Polemoniaceous \Pol`e*mo`ni*a"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants ({Polemoniace[91]}), which includes {Polemonium}, {Phlox}, {Gilia}, and a few other genera. | |
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Valerian \Va*le"ri*an\, n. [LL. valeriana, perhaps from some person named Valerius, or fr. L. valere to be strong. powerful, on account of its medicinal virtues: cf. F. val[82]riane.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Valeriana}. The root of the officinal valerian ({V. officinalis}) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic. {Greek valerian} (Bot.), a plant ({Polemonium c[91]ruleum}) with blue or white flowers, and leaves resembling those of the officinal valerian. | |
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Poly-mountain \Po`ly-moun"tain\, n. (Bot.) (a) Same as {Poly}, n. (b) The closely related {Teucrium montanum}, formerly called {Polium montanum}, a plant of Southern Europe. (c) The {Bartsia alpina}, a low purple-flowered herb of Europe. | |
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Pollenin \Pol"len*in\, n. [Cf. F. poll[82]nine.] (Chem.) A substance found in the pollen of certain plants. [R.] | |
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Polonium \Po*lo"ni*um\, n. [NL. So named after Poland, in L. form Polonia, one of the discoverers being a Pole.] (Chem.) A supposed new element, a radioactive substance discovered by M. and MMe. Curie in pitchblende. It is closely related chemically to bismuth. It emits only alpha rays and is perhaps identical with radium F. | |
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Poly \Po"ly\, n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) A whitish woolly plant ({Teucrium Polium}) of the order {Labiat[91]}, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus. [Spelt also {poley}.] {Poly mountain}. See {Poly-mountain}, in Vocabulary. | |
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Polymeniscous \Pol`y*me*nis"cous\, a. [See {Poly-}, and {Meniscus}.] (Zo[94]l.) Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans. | |
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Poly-mountain \Po`ly-moun"tain\, n. (Bot.) (a) Same as {Poly}, n. (b) The closely related {Teucrium montanum}, formerly called {Polium montanum}, a plant of Southern Europe. (c) The {Bartsia alpina}, a low purple-flowered herb of Europe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polyneme \Pol"y*neme\, n. [Poly- + Gr. [?] thread.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family {Polynemid[91]}. They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also {threadfish}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polynemoid \Pol`y*ne"moid\, a. [Polyneme + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the polynemes, or the family {Polynemid[91]}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mango \Man"go\, n.; pl. {Mangoes}. [Pg. manga, fr. Tamil m[be]nk[be]y.] 1. The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market. 2. A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled. {Mango bird} (Zo[94]l.), an oriole ({Oriolus kundoo}), native of India. {Mango fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Ganges ({Polynemus risua}), highly esteemed for food. It has several long, slender filaments below the pectoral fins. It appears about the same time with the mango fruit, in April and May, whence the name. {Mango tree} (Bot.), an East Indian tree of the genus {Mangifera} ({M. Indica}), related to the cashew and the sumac. It grows to a large size, and produces the mango of commerce. It is now cultivated in tropical America. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polynomial \Pol`y*no"mi*al\, n. [Poly- + -nomial, as in monomial, binomial: cf. F. polyn[93]me.] (Alg.) An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a^{2} - 2ab + b^{2}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polynomial \Pol`y*no"mi*al\, a. 1. Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem. 2. Consisting of two or more words; having names consisting of two or more words; as, a polynomial name; polynomial nomenclature. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polyonomous \Pol`y*on"o*mous\, a. [Poly- + Gr. [?], [?], name: cf. Gr. [?].] Having many names or titles; polyonymous. --Sir W. Jones. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polyonomy \Pol`y*on"o*my\, n. [Cf. Gr. [?] a multitude of names.] The use of a variety of names for the same object. --G. S. Faber. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polyonym \Pol"y*o*nym\, n. 1. An object which has a variety of names. 2. A polynomial name or term. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Polyonymous \Pol`y*on"y*mous\, a. Polyonomous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pullman car \Pull"man car`\ [Named after Mr. Pullman, who introduced them.] A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to {Pullman}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pullman car \Pull"man car`\ [Named after Mr. Pullman, who introduced them.] A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to {Pullman}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmometer \Pul*mom"e*ter\, n. [L. pulmo a lung + -meter.] (Physiol.) A spirometer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmometry \Pul*mom"e*try\, n. [L. pulmo a lung + -metry.] The determination of the capacity of the lungs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmonarian \Pul"mo*na"ri*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmonary \Pul"mo*na*ry\, n. [Cf. F. pulmonaire. See {Pulmonary}, a. ] (Bot.) Lungwort. --Ainsworth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmonary \Pul"mo*na*ry\, a. [L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness, and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. {Pneumonia}.] Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic. {Pulmonary artery}. See the Note under {Artery}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmonary \Pul"mo*na*ry\, a. [L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness, and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. {Pneumonia}.] Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic. {Pulmonary artery}. See the Note under {Artery}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Consumption \Con*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. --Burke. 2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay. 3. (Med.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also {pulmonary consumption}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Emphysema \[d8]Em`phy*se"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] inflation, fr. [?] to inflate; [?] in + [?] to blow: cf. F. emphys[8a]me.] (Med.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. {Emphysema of the lungs}, {Pulmonary emphysema} (Med.), a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air contained in them. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Resonance \Res"o*nance\ (r?z"?-nans), n. [Cf. F. r[82]sonance, L. resonantia an echo.] 1. The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant. 2. (Acoustics) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments. {Pulmonary resonance} (Med.), the sound heard on percussing over the lungs. {Vocal resonance} (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmonate \Pul"mo*nate\, a. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having breathing organs that act as lungs. (b) Pertaining to the Pulmonata. -- n. One of the Pulmonata. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmonated \Pul"mo*na`ted\, a. same as {Pulmonate} (a) . | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmonibranchiate \Pul`mo*ni*bran"chi*ate\, a. & n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pulmonate}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmonic \Pul*mon"ic\, a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung: cf. F. pulmonique.] Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary. -- n. A pulmonic medicine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pond \Pond\, n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water, and the same word as pound. See {Pound} an inclosure.] A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake. [bd]Through pond or pool.[b8] --Milton. {Pond hen} (Zo[94]l.), the American coot. See {Coot} (a) . {Pond lily} (Bot.), the water lily. See under {Water}, and Illust. under {Nymph[91]a}. {Pond snail} (Zo[94]l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing snails ({Pulmonifera}) belonging to Limn[91]a, Physa, Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are pectinibranchs, belonging to {Melantho}, {Valvata}, and various other genera. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pulmoniferous \Pul`mo*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung + -ferous.] (Zo[94]l.) Having lungs; pulmonate. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pelham Manor, NY (village, FIPS 57023) Location: 40.89365 N, 73.80521 W Population (1990): 5443 (2006 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Philmont, NY (village, FIPS 57639) Location: 42.24834 N, 73.64666 W Population (1990): 1623 (618 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pullman, MI Zip code(s): 49450 Pullman, WA (city, FIPS 56625) Location: 46.73325 N, 117.16196 W Population (1990): 23478 (7546 housing units) Area: 17.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99163 Pullman, WV (town, FIPS 65956) Location: 39.18740 N, 80.94956 W Population (1990): 109 (54 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26421 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plenum cable (the space between a ceiling and the floor above it). Such cable is (usually) teflon-coated so that it will not give off toxic fumes when burned. In some parts of the world such cable is required by law. (1996-08-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
polynomial 1. multiples of powers of some variable. P(x) = sum a_i x^i for i = 0 .. N The multipliers, a_i, are known as "{coefficient}s" and N, the highest power of x with a non-zero coefficient, is known as the "degree" of the polynomial. If N=0 then P(x) is constant, if N=1, P(x) is linear in x. N=2 gives a "{quadratic}" and N=3, a "cubic". 2. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
polynomial-time solved by a known {polynomial-time algorithm}. (1995-04-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
polynomial-time algorithm guaranteed to terminate within a number of steps which is a {polynomial} function of the size of the problem. See also {computational complexity}, {exponential time}, {nondeterministic polynomial-time} (NP), {NP-complete}. (1995-04-13) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
polonium Symbol: Po Atomic number: 84 Atomic weight: (210) Rare radioactive metallic element, belongs to group 16 of the periodic table. Over 30 known isotopes exist, the most of all elements. Po-209 has a half-life of 103 years. Possible uses in heating spacecraft. Discovered by Marie Curie in 1898 in a sample of pitchblende. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Philemon an inhabitant of Colosse, and apparently a person of some note among the citizens (Col. 4:9; Philemon 1:2). He was brought to a knowledge of the gospel through the instrumentality of Paul (19), and held a prominent place in the Christian community for his piety and beneficence (4-7). He is called in the epistle a "fellow-labourer," and therefore probably held some office in the church at Colosse; at all events, the title denotes that he took part in the work of spreading a knowledge of the gospel. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Philemon, Epistle to was written from Rome at the same time as the epistles to the Colossians and Ephesians, and was sent also by Onesimus. It was addressed to Philemon and the members of his family. It was written for the purpose of interceding for Onesimus (q.v.), who had deserted his master Philemon and been "unprofitable" to him. Paul had found Onesimus at Rome, and had there been instrumental in his conversion, and now he sends him back to his master with this letter. This epistle has the character of a strictly private letter, and is the only one of such epistles preserved to us. "It exhibits the apostle in a new light. He throws off as far as possible his apostolic dignity and his fatherly authority over his converts. He speaks simply as Christian to Christian. He speaks, therefore, with that peculiar grace of humility and courtesy which has, under the reign of Christianity, developed the spirit of chivalry and what is called 'the character of a gentleman,' certainly very little known in the old Greek and Roman civilization" (Dr. Barry). (See {SLAVE}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Philemon, who kisses |