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   parade ground
         n 1: an area for holding parades

English Dictionary: Produktionspreises by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradigm
n
  1. systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
  2. a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
    Synonym(s): prototype, paradigm, epitome, image
  3. the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
    Synonym(s): substitution class, paradigm
  4. the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradigmatic
adj
  1. of or relating to a grammatical paradigm; "paradigmatic inflection"
  2. of or relating to a typical example; "paradigmatic learning"
  3. related as members of a substitution class; "paradigmatic word associations"
    Antonym(s): syntagmatic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Paradisaeidae
n
  1. birds of paradise [syn: Paradisaeidae, {family Paradisaeidae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradisaic
adj
  1. relating to or befitting Paradise; "together in that paradisal place"; "paradisiacal innocence"
    Synonym(s): paradisiacal, paradisiac, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradisaical
adj
  1. relating to or befitting Paradise; "together in that paradisal place"; "paradisiacal innocence"
    Synonym(s): paradisiacal, paradisiac, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradisal
adj
  1. relating to or befitting Paradise; "together in that paradisal place"; "paradisiacal innocence"
    Synonym(s): paradisiacal, paradisiac, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradise
n
  1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la]
  2. (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradise flower
n
  1. tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange- red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
    Synonym(s): pride of barbados, paradise flower, flamboyant tree, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Poinciana pulcherrima
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradise tree
n
  1. medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits
    Synonym(s): paradise tree, bitterwood, Simarouba glauca
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Paradisea liliastrum
n
  1. a variety of spiderwort [syn: St.-Bruno's-lily, Paradisea liliastrum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradisiac
adj
  1. relating to or befitting Paradise; "together in that paradisal place"; "paradisiacal innocence"
    Synonym(s): paradisiacal, paradisiac, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradisiacal
adj
  1. relating to or befitting Paradise; "together in that paradisal place"; "paradisiacal innocence"
    Synonym(s): paradisiacal, paradisiac, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradox
n
  1. (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradoxical
adj
  1. seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true; "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking"
    Synonym(s): paradoxical, self-contradictory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradoxical sleep
n
  1. a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
    Synonym(s): paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradoxically
adv
  1. in a paradoxical manner; "paradoxically, ice ages seem to occur when the sun gets hotter"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Paradoxurus
n
  1. palm civets
    Synonym(s): Paradoxurus, genus Paradoxurus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paretic
n
  1. a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pariah dog
n
  1. ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India
    Synonym(s): pariah dog, pye-dog, pie-dog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parieto-occipital fissure
n
  1. a sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres
    Synonym(s): parieto-occipital sulcus, parieto-occipital fissure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parieto-occipital sulcus
n
  1. a sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres
    Synonym(s): parieto-occipital sulcus, parieto-occipital fissure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parity check
n
  1. a system of checking for errors in computer functioning
    Synonym(s): parity check, redundancy check, odd-even check
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parodist
n
  1. mimics literary or musical style for comic effect [syn: parodist, lampooner]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parrot disease
n
  1. infectious disease of birds [syn: psittacosis, {parrot disease}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parrot's beak
n
  1. evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand
    Synonym(s): parrot's beak, parrot's bill, Clianthus puniceus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parrot's bill
n
  1. evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand
    Synonym(s): parrot's beak, parrot's bill, Clianthus puniceus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
part-singing
n
  1. singing with three or more voice parts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
partake
v
  1. have some of the qualities or attributes of something
  2. have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"
    Synonym(s): partake, share, partake in
  3. consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"
    Synonym(s): partake, touch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
partake in
v
  1. be active in
  2. have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"
    Synonym(s): partake, share, partake in
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
partaker
n
  1. someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
    Synonym(s): partaker, sharer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parti-color
v
  1. make motley; color with different colors [syn: motley, parti-color]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
participant
n
  1. someone who takes part in an activity
  2. a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
    Synonym(s): player, participant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
participant role
n
  1. (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
    Synonym(s): semantic role, participant role
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
participate
v
  1. share in something
    Synonym(s): participate, take part
  2. become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations"
    Synonym(s): enter, participate
    Antonym(s): chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
participating
adj
  1. taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations"
    Synonym(s): active, participating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
participation
n
  1. the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
    Synonym(s): engagement, participation, involvement, involution
    Antonym(s): non-engagement, non- involvement, nonparticipation
  2. the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)
    Synonym(s): participation, involvement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
participation financing
n
  1. a loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them alone
    Synonym(s): participation loan, loan participation, participation financing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
participation loan
n
  1. a loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them alone
    Synonym(s): participation loan, loan participation, participation financing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
participatory
adj
  1. affording the opportunity for individual participation; "participatory democracy"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
participial
adj
  1. of or relating to or consisting of participles; "participial inflections"
n
  1. a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
    Synonym(s): participle, participial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
participle
n
  1. a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
    Synonym(s): participle, participial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particle
n
  1. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
  2. a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
    Synonym(s): particle, subatomic particle
  3. a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particle accelerator
n
  1. a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
    Synonym(s): accelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particle beam
n
  1. a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particle board
n
  1. wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets
    Synonym(s): fiberboard, fibreboard, particle board
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particle detector
n
  1. a chamber in which particles can be made visible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particle physics
n
  1. the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions
    Synonym(s): particle physics, high-energy physics, high energy physics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particolored
adj
  1. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
    Synonym(s): motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particolored buckeye
n
  1. a buckeye marked by different colors or tints
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particoloured
adj
  1. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
    Synonym(s): motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particular
adj
  1. unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair"
    Synonym(s): particular(a), peculiar(a), special(a)
  2. separate and distinct from others of the same group or category; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him"
  3. surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?"
    Synonym(s): especial(a), exceptional, particular(a), special
  4. first and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"
    Synonym(s): particular, special
  5. exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
    Synonym(s): finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky
  6. providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular description of the room"
n
  1. a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"
    Synonym(s): particular, specific
    Antonym(s): general
  2. a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details"
    Synonym(s): detail, particular, item
  3. (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
    Synonym(s): particular, particular proposition
    Antonym(s): universal, universal proposition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Particular Baptist
n
  1. group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination
    Synonym(s): Calvinistic Baptist, Particular Baptist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particular date
n
  1. a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date"
    Synonym(s): date, particular date
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particular proposition
n
  1. (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
    Synonym(s): particular, particular proposition
    Antonym(s): universal, universal proposition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularisation
n
  1. an individualized description of a particular instance
    Synonym(s): particularization, particularisation, detailing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularise
v
  1. be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
    Synonym(s): specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
    Antonym(s): generalise, generalize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularised
adj
  1. directed toward a specific object; "particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering"
    Synonym(s): particularized, particularised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularism
n
  1. a focus on something particular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularistic
adj
  1. relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.); "a particularistic-seeming statement"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularity
n
  1. the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations"
    Synonym(s): particularity, specialness
    Antonym(s): generality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularization
n
  1. an individualized description of a particular instance
    Synonym(s): particularization, particularisation, detailing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularize
v
  1. be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
    Synonym(s): specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
    Antonym(s): generalise, generalize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularized
adj
  1. directed toward a specific object; "particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering"
    Synonym(s): particularized, particularised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particularly
adv
  1. to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common; "he was particularly fussy about spelling"; "a particularly gruesome attack"; "under peculiarly tragic circumstances"; "an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger"
    Synonym(s): particularly, peculiarly, especially, specially
  2. specifically or especially distinguished from others; "loves Bach, particularly his partitas"; "recommended one book in particular"; "trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular"
    Synonym(s): particularly, in particular
  3. uniquely or characteristically; "these peculiarly cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon"; "everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him"- John Knowles
    Synonym(s): peculiarly, particularly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particulate
adj
  1. composed of distinct particles
    Antonym(s): nonparticulate
n
  1. a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
    Synonym(s): particulate, particulate matter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particulate matter
n
  1. a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
    Synonym(s): particulate, particulate matter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
particulate radiation
n
  1. a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons)
    Synonym(s): corpuscular radiation, particulate radiation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
partisan
adj
  1. devoted to a cause or party
    Synonym(s): partisan, partizan
    Antonym(s): nonpartisan, nonpartizan
n
  1. a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn: partisan, zealot, drumbeater]
    Antonym(s): nonpartisan, nonpartizan
  2. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
    Synonym(s): enthusiast, partisan, partizan
  3. a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
    Synonym(s): partisan, partizan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
partisanship
n
  1. an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
    Synonym(s): partiality, partisanship
    Antonym(s): impartiality, nonpartisanship
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan
n
  1. a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey
    Synonym(s): Kurdistan Workers Party, Kurdistan Labor Pary, Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan, PPK
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
partizan
adj
  1. devoted to a cause or party
    Synonym(s): partisan, partizan
    Antonym(s): nonpartisan, nonpartizan
n
  1. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
    Synonym(s): enthusiast, partisan, partizan
  2. a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
    Synonym(s): partisan, partizan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parts
n
  1. the local environment; "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parts bin
n
  1. a bin for holding spare parts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parts catalog
n
  1. a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices
    Synonym(s): parts catalog, parts catalogue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parts catalogue
n
  1. a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices
    Synonym(s): parts catalog, parts catalogue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parts department
n
  1. the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parts inventory
n
  1. an inventory of replacement parts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
partsong
n
  1. a song with two or more voice parts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
party game
n
  1. a game to amuse guests at a party
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
party girl
n
  1. an attractive young woman hired to attend parties and entertain men
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
party spirit
n
  1. devotion to a political party
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
party-spirited
adj
  1. devoted to a political party
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
partygoer
n
  1. someone who is attending a party; "the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Perdicidae
n
  1. Old World partridges [syn: Perdicidae, {subfamily Perdicidae}, Perdicinae, subfamily Perdicinae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Perdicinae
n
  1. Old World partridges [syn: Perdicidae, {subfamily Perdicidae}, Perdicinae, subfamily Perdicinae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Perdix
n
  1. a genus of Perdicinae
    Synonym(s): Perdix, genus Perdix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Perdix perdix
n
  1. common European partridge [syn: Hungarian partridge, grey partridge, gray partridge, Perdix perdix]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic
adj
  1. happening or recurring at regular intervals; "the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust"
    Synonym(s): periodic, periodical
    Antonym(s): aperiodic, nonperiodic
  2. recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic feelings of anxiety"
    Synonym(s): periodic, occasional
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic acid
n
  1. any acid of iodine that contains oxygen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic apnea of the newborn
n
  1. irregular breathing of newborns; periods of rapid breathing followed by apnea; believed to be associated with sudden infant death syndrome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic breathing
n
  1. abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate
    Synonym(s): periodic breathing, Cheyne- Stokes respiration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic edema
n
  1. recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs
    Synonym(s): angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic event
n
  1. an event that recurs at intervals [syn: periodic event, recurrent event]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic law
n
  1. (chemistry) the principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers
    Synonym(s): periodic law, Mendeleev's law
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic motion
n
  1. motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same
    Synonym(s): periodic motion, periodic movement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic movement
n
  1. motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same
    Synonym(s): periodic motion, periodic movement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic sentence
n
  1. a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodic table
n
  1. (chemistry) a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the periodic law
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodical
adj
  1. happening or recurring at regular intervals; "the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust"
    Synonym(s): periodic, periodical
    Antonym(s): aperiodic, nonperiodic
n
  1. a publication that appears at fixed intervals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodical cicada
n
  1. North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature
    Synonym(s): seventeen-year locust, periodical cicada, Magicicada septendecim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodically
adv
  1. in a sporadic manner; "he only works sporadically" [syn: sporadically, periodically]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periodicity
n
  1. the quality of recurring at regular intervals [syn: cyclicity, periodicity]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perithecium
n
  1. flask-shaped ascocarp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Perodicticus
n
  1. a genus of Lorisidae [syn: Perodicticus, {genus Perodicticus}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Perodicticus potto
n
  1. a kind of lemur [syn: potto, kinkajou, {Perodicticus potto}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pertusaria
n
  1. crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus
    Synonym(s): Pertusaria, genus Pertusaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pertusariaceae
n
  1. a fungus family of division Lichenes [syn: Pertusariaceae, family Pertusariaceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pertussis
n
  1. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane [syn: whooping cough, pertussis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Perutz
n
  1. English biochemist (born in Austria); studied the molecular structure of blood (1914-2002)
    Synonym(s): Perutz, Max Perutz, Max Ferdinand Perutz
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phreatic
adj
  1. of or relating to ground water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pirate ship
n
  1. a ship that is manned by pirates [syn: pirate, {pirate ship}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piratical
adj
  1. characteristic of pirates; "piratical attackers"
  2. characteristic of piracy; "piratical editions of my book"
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piratically
adv
  1. in a piratical manner; "the piratically published edition of his book"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poor rates
n
  1. a local tax for the relief of the poor
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porridge
n
  1. soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick
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Port Jackson fig
n
  1. Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
    Synonym(s): Port Jackson fig, rusty rig, little-leaf fig, Botany Bay fig, Ficus rubiginosa
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Port Jackson heath
n
  1. small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers
    Synonym(s): Port Jackson heath, Epacris purpurascens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Port Jackson pine
n
  1. Australian cypress pine having globular cones [syn: {Port Jackson pine}, Callitris cupressiformis]
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Port Sudan
n
  1. port city in Sudan on the Red Sea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
port-access coronary bypass surgery
n
  1. heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
portacaval shunt
n
  1. shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver
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portage
n
  1. the cost of carrying or transporting
  2. overland track between navigable waterways
  3. carrying boats and supplies overland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
portcullis
n
  1. gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
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porte-cochere
n
  1. a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard
  2. canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
portico
n
  1. a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
porticoed
adj
  1. marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
    Synonym(s): amphiprostylar, amphiprostyle, amphistylar, porticoed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portsmouth
n
  1. a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
  2. a port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean
  3. a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base
    Synonym(s): Portsmouth, Pompey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portugal
n
  1. a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
    Synonym(s): Portugal, Portuguese Republic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portuguese
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their language; "Portuguese wines"
    Synonym(s): Portuguese, Lusitanian
n
  1. the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil
  2. a native or inhabitant of Portugal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portuguese cypress
n
  1. tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa
    Synonym(s): Mexican cypress, cedar of Goa, Portuguese cypress, Cupressus lusitanica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portuguese escudo
n
  1. formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
    Synonym(s): Portuguese escudo, escudo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portuguese Guinea
n
  1. a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
    Synonym(s): Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Guine-Bissau, Portuguese Guinea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portuguese heath
n
  1. erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England
    Synonym(s): Spanish heath, Portuguese heath, Erica lusitanica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portuguese man-of-war
n
  1. large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
    Synonym(s): Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, jellyfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portuguese monetary unit
n
  1. monetary unit in Portugal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Portuguese Republic
n
  1. a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
    Synonym(s): Portugal, Portuguese Republic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
power outage
n
  1. equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage"
    Synonym(s): power outage, power failure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
power takeoff
n
  1. a device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer)
    Synonym(s): power takeoff, PTO
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predaceous
adj
  1. hunting and killing other animals for food [syn: predacious, predaceous]
  2. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
    Synonym(s): predaceous, predacious, predatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predacious
adj
  1. hunting and killing other animals for food [syn: predacious, predaceous]
  2. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
    Synonym(s): predaceous, predacious, predatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predecease
v
  1. die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predecessor
n
  1. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
  2. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
    Synonym(s): harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predestinarian
adj
  1. of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination
n
  1. anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
    Synonym(s): fatalist, determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predestinarianism
n
  1. the belief or doctrine of predestinarians
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predestinate
adj
  1. established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world"
    Synonym(s): foreordained, predestinate, predestined
v
  1. foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine, predestinate, foreordain]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predestination
n
  1. previous determination as if by destiny or fate
  2. (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
    Synonym(s): predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predestinationist
n
  1. anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
    Synonym(s): fatalist, determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predestine
v
  1. decree or determine beforehand
  2. foreordain by divine will or decree
    Synonym(s): predestine, predestinate, foreordain
  3. foreordain or determine beforehand
    Synonym(s): predestine, foreordain, preordain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predestined
adj
  1. established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world"
    Synonym(s): foreordained, predestinate, predestined
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predicament
n
  1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
    Synonym(s): predicament, quandary, plight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predicate
n
  1. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
  2. one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
    Synonym(s): predicate, verb phrase
v
  1. make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
  2. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
    Synonym(s): predicate, proclaim
  3. involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
    Synonym(s): connote, predicate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predicate calculus
n
  1. a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions)
    Synonym(s): predicate calculus, functional calculus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predication
n
  1. (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
    Synonym(s): postulation, predication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predicative
adj
  1. of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'"
    Antonym(s): attributive, prenominal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predicatively
adv
  1. occurring within the predicate phrase; "predicatively used adjectives"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predicator
n
  1. an expression that predicates
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predict
v
  1. make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
    Synonym(s): predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
  2. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
    Synonym(s): bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predictability
n
  1. the quality of being predictable
    Antonym(s): unpredictability
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predictable
adj
  1. capable of being foretold
    Antonym(s): unpredictable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predictably
adv
  1. in a predictable manner or to a predictable degree; "predictably, he did not like the news"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prediction
n
  1. the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
    Synonym(s): prediction, anticipation, prevision
  2. a statement made about the future
    Synonym(s): prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predictive
adj
  1. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
    Synonym(s): predictive, prognostic, prognosticative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predictor
n
  1. someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
    Synonym(s): forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer
  2. information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
  3. a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predictor variable
n
  1. a variable that can be used to predict the value of another variable (as in statistical regression)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predigest
v
  1. digest (food) beforehand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predigested
adj
  1. artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action; "predigested foods are a boon for those who are ill or have impaired digestion"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predispose
v
  1. make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predisposed
adj
  1. made susceptible; "because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predisposition
n
  1. susceptibility to a pathogen [syn: sensitivity, predisposition]
  2. an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
  3. a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pretext
n
  1. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
    Synonym(s): pretext, stalking-horse
  2. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
    Synonym(s): guise, pretense, pretence, pretext
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pretzel
n
  1. glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pritzelago
n
  1. chamois cress
    Synonym(s): Pritzelago, genus Pritzelago
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Pritzelago alpina
n
  1. small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems; sometimes placed in genus Lepidium
    Synonym(s): chamois cress, Pritzelago alpina, Lepidium alpina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodigal
adj
  1. recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
    Synonym(s): extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift
n
  1. a recklessly extravagant consumer [syn: prodigal, profligate, squanderer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodigality
n
  1. the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance, prodigality, profligacy]
  2. excessive spending
    Synonym(s): extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodigally
adv
  1. to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree; "we are still prodigally rich compared to others"
    Synonym(s): wastefully, prodigally
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodigious
adj
  1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"
    Synonym(s): colossal, prodigious, stupendous
  2. of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"
    Synonym(s): portentous, prodigious
  3. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
    Synonym(s): exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodigiously
adv
  1. to a prodigious degree; "the prices of farms rose prodigiously"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodigy
n
  1. an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is a chess prodigy"
  2. a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
    Synonym(s): omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
  3. an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
produce
n
  1. fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn: produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck]
v
  1. bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"
    Synonym(s): produce, bring forth
  2. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
    Synonym(s): produce, make, create
  3. cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"
    Synonym(s): produce, bring about, give rise
  4. bring out for display; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him"
    Synonym(s): produce, bring forth
  5. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
    Synonym(s): grow, raise, farm, produce
  6. bring onto the market or release; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play"
    Synonym(s): produce, bring on, bring out
  7. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
    Synonym(s): grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
producer
n
  1. someone who manufactures something [syn: manufacturer, producer]
  2. someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
  3. something that produces; "Maine is a leading producer of potatoes"; "this microorganism is a producer of disease"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
producer gas
n
  1. a gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen; made by passing air over hot coke
    Synonym(s): producer gas, air gas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
producer price index
n
  1. an index of changes in wholesale prices [syn: {producer price index}, wholesale price index]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
product
n
  1. commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"
    Synonym(s): merchandise, ware, product
  2. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"
    Synonym(s): product, production
  3. a quantity obtained by multiplication; "the product of 2 and 3 is 6"
    Synonym(s): product, mathematical product
  4. a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid"
  5. a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances; "skill is the product of hours of practice"; "his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue"
  6. the set of elements common to two or more sets; "the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things"
    Synonym(s): intersection, product, Cartesian product
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
product development
n
  1. improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
product introduction
n
  1. the introduction (usually by an advertising campaign) of a new product or product line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
product line
n
  1. a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
    Synonym(s): line, product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
product research
n
  1. marketing research that yields information about desired characteristics of the product or service
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
product-moment correlation coefficient
n
  1. the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between variables that are linearly related
    Synonym(s): product-moment correlation coefficient, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
production
n
  1. the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"
  2. a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"
  3. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"
    Synonym(s): product, production
  4. (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the appellate court demanded the production of all documents"
  5. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"
    Synonym(s): output, yield, production
  6. a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated; "she tends to make a big production out of nothing"
  7. (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production"
  8. the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
production cost
n
  1. combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
production line
n
  1. mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
    Synonym(s): production line, assembly line, line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
production order
n
  1. an order that initiates the manufacturing process
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
productive
adj
  1. producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"
    Antonym(s): unproductive
  2. having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces"
    Synonym(s): generative, productive
    Antonym(s): consumptive
  3. yielding positive results
  4. marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
    Synonym(s): fat, fertile, productive, rich
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
productively
adv
  1. in a productive way; "they worked together productively for two years"
    Synonym(s): productively, fruitfully, profitably
    Antonym(s): fruitlessly, unproductively, unprofitably
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
productiveness
n
  1. the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
    Synonym(s): productiveness, productivity
    Antonym(s): unproductiveness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
productivity
n
  1. the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
    Synonym(s): productiveness, productivity
    Antonym(s): unproductiveness
  2. (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protactinium
n
  1. a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
    Synonym(s): protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number 91
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protagonism
n
  1. active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
    Synonym(s): advocacy, protagonism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protagonist
n
  1. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
    Synonym(s): supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
  2. the principal character in a work of fiction
    Synonym(s): protagonist, agonist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protea cynaroides
n
  1. South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes
    Synonym(s): honeypot, king protea, Protea cynaroides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Proteaceae
n
  1. large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
    Synonym(s): Proteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protease
n
  1. any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis
    Synonym(s): protease, peptidase, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protease inhibitor
n
  1. an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs
    Synonym(s): protease inhibitor, PI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protect
v
  1. shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"
  2. use tariffs to favor domestic industry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protected
adj
  1. kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; "the most protected spot I could find"
    Antonym(s): unprotected
  2. guarded from injury or destruction
    Synonym(s): protected, saved
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protecting
adj
  1. shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort; "the protecting blanket of snow"; "a protecting alibi"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protection
n
  1. the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
  2. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
    Synonym(s): protective covering, protective cover, protection
  3. defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
    Synonym(s): security, protection
  4. the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
    Synonym(s): protection, shelter
  5. kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
    Synonym(s): auspices, protection, aegis
  6. the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform"
    Synonym(s): protection, trade protection
  7. payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
    Synonym(s): protection, tribute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protectionism
n
  1. the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protectionist
n
  1. an advocate of protectionism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protective
adj
  1. intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"
    Antonym(s): unprotective
  2. showing care; "a protective mother"
  3. (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful; "protective of his reputation"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protective coloration
n
  1. coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protective cover
n
  1. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
    Synonym(s): protective covering, protective cover, protection
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protective covering
n
  1. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
    Synonym(s): protective covering, protective cover, protection
  2. the tough natural covering of some organisms
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protective embankment
n
  1. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [syn: escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protective fold
n
  1. a flap of tissue that protects what it covers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protective garment
n
  1. clothing that is intended to protect the wearer from injury
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protective tariff
n
  1. a tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protectively
adv
  1. in a protective manner; "he bent protectively over the woman"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protectiveness
n
  1. a feeling of protective affection
  2. the quality of providing protection; "statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protector
n
  1. a person who cares for persons or property [syn: defender, guardian, protector, shielder]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protector of Boundaries
n
  1. an epithet for Jupiter [syn: Jupiter Fidius, {Protector of Boundaries}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protectorate
n
  1. a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty
    Synonym(s): protectorate, associated state
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protectorship
n
  1. the position of protector
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protege
n
  1. a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protegee
n
  1. a woman protege
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proteosome
n
  1. a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler
    Synonym(s): proteosome vaccine, proteosome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proteosome vaccine
n
  1. a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler
    Synonym(s): proteosome vaccine, proteosome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protest
n
  1. a formal and solemn declaration of objection; "they finished the game under protest to the league president"; "the senator rose to register his protest"; "the many protestations did not stay the execution"
    Synonym(s): protest, protestation
  2. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
    Synonym(s): protest, objection, dissent
  3. the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval; "he shouted his protests at the umpire"; "a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall"
v
  1. utter words of protest
  2. express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
    Synonym(s): protest, resist, dissent
  3. affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protest march
n
  1. occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protestant
adj
  1. of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism; "Protestant churches"; "a Protestant denomination"
  2. protesting
n
  1. an adherent of Protestantism
  2. the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
    Synonym(s): Protestant Church, Protestant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protestant Church
n
  1. the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
    Synonym(s): Protestant Church, Protestant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protestant deacon
n
  1. a Protestant layman who assists the minister [syn: deacon, Protestant deacon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protestant denomination
n
  1. group of Protestant congregations
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protestant Episcopal Church
n
  1. United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury
    Synonym(s): Episcopal Church, Protestant Episcopal Church
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protestant Reformation
n
  1. a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
    Synonym(s): Reformation, Protestant Reformation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protestantism
n
  1. the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protestation
n
  1. a formal and solemn declaration of objection; "they finished the game under protest to the league president"; "the senator rose to register his protest"; "the many protestations did not stay the execution"
    Synonym(s): protest, protestation
  2. a strong declaration of protest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protester
n
  1. a person who dissents from some established policy [syn: dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant]
  2. someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
    Synonym(s): demonstrator, protester
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Proteus
n
  1. (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will
  2. type genus of the Proteidae
    Synonym(s): Proteus, genus Proteus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Proteus anguinus
n
  1. European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
    Synonym(s): olm, Proteus anguinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protist
n
  1. free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
    Synonym(s): protist, protistan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protista
n
  1. eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae
    Synonym(s): Protista, division Protista
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protistan
n
  1. free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
    Synonym(s): protist, protistan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protoactinium
n
  1. a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
    Synonym(s): protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number 91
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protoceratops
n
  1. small horned dinosaur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protocol
n
  1. (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
    Synonym(s): protocol, communications protocol
  2. forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state
  3. code of correct conduct; "safety protocols"; "academic protocol"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protoctist
n
  1. any of the unicellular protists
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protoctist family
n
  1. any of the families of Protoctista
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protoctist genus
n
  1. any genus of Protoctista
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protoctist order
n
  1. the order of protoctists
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protoctista
n
  1. in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
    Synonym(s): Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protogeometric
adj
  1. characteristic of the earliest phase of geometric art especially in Greece
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protohistory
n
  1. the study humans prior to the invention of writing [syn: protohistory, protoanthropology]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Protozoa
n
  1. in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
    Synonym(s): Protozoa, phylum Protozoa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protozoal
adj
  1. of or relating to the Protozoa [syn: protozoal, protozoan, protozoic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protozoal infection
n
  1. any infection caused by a protozoan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protozoan
adj
  1. of or relating to the Protozoa [syn: protozoal, protozoan, protozoic]
n
  1. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
    Synonym(s): protozoan, protozoon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protozoic
adj
  1. of or relating to the Protozoa [syn: protozoal, protozoan, protozoic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protozoological
adj
  1. concerning the branch of zoology that studies protozoans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protozoologist
n
  1. a zoologist who studies protozoans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protozoology
n
  1. the branch of zoology that studies protozoans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protozoon
n
  1. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
    Synonym(s): protozoan, protozoon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prudish
adj
  1. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
    Synonym(s): priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prudishly
adv
  1. in a prudish manner; "she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste"
    Synonym(s): prudishly, puritanically
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prudishness
n
  1. excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyretic
adj
  1. causing fever
    Antonym(s): antipyretic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyridoxal
n
  1. a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
    Synonym(s): vitamin B6, pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, adermin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyridoxamine
n
  1. a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
    Synonym(s): vitamin B6, pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, adermin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyridoxine
n
  1. a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
    Synonym(s): vitamin B6, pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, adermin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrites
n
  1. any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrotechnic
adj
  1. of or relating to the craft of making fireworks; "pyrotechnic smokes"
    Synonym(s): pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical
  2. suggestive of fireworks; "pyrotechnic keyboard virtuosity"; "a pyrotechnic wit"
n
  1. (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
    Synonym(s): firework, pyrotechnic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrotechnical
adj
  1. of or relating to the craft of making fireworks; "pyrotechnic smokes"
    Synonym(s): pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrotechnics
n
  1. (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music)
  2. the craft of making fireworks
    Synonym(s): pyrotechnics, pyrotechny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrotechny
n
  1. the craft of making fireworks [syn: pyrotechnics, pyrotechny]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre
      Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf.
      {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
            {Psittaci}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis},
            {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]},
            as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
            They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
            space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P.
            erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of
            Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are
            examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
            imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
  
      {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
            {Parrakeet}.
  
      {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}.
           
  
      {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
            and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
           
  
      {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green},
            n.
  
      {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
            frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
            parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
            leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
  
      {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the
            genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the
            Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
            prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yacca \Yac"ca\ (y[acr]k"k[adot]), n. (Bot.)
      A West Indian name for two large timber trees ({Podocarpus
      coriaceus}, and {P. Purdicanus}) of the Yew family. The wood,
      which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Paradactylum \[d8]Par`a*dac"ty*lum\, n.; pl. {Paradactyla}.
      [NL. See {Para-}, and {Dactyl}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The side of a toe or finger.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradigm \Par"a*digm\, n. [F. paradigme, L. paradigma, fr. Gr.
      [?], fr. [?] to show by the side of, to set up as an example;
      [?] beside + [?] to show. See {Para-}, and {Diction}.]
      1. An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] [bd]The paradigms and
            patterns of all things.[b8] --Cudworth.
  
      2. (Gram.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing
            a word in all its different forms of inflection.
  
      3. (Rhet.) An illustration, as by a parable or fable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradigmatic \Par`a*dig*mat"ic\, Paradigmatical
   \Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paradeigmatiko`s.]
      Exemplary. -- {Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradigmatic \Par`a*dig*mat"ic\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
      A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of
      Christian excellence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradigmatic \Par`a*dig*mat"ic\, Paradigmatical
   \Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paradeigmatiko`s.]
      Exemplary. -- {Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradigmatic \Par`a*dig*mat"ic\, Paradigmatical
   \Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. paradeigmatiko`s.]
      Exemplary. -- {Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradigmatize \Par`a*dig"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Paradigmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paradigmatizing}.] [Gr.
      paradeigmati`zein. See {Paradigm}.]
      To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] --Hammond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradigmatize \Par`a*dig"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Paradigmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paradigmatizing}.] [Gr.
      paradeigmati`zein. See {Paradigm}.]
      To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] --Hammond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradigmatize \Par`a*dig"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Paradigmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paradigmatizing}.] [Gr.
      paradeigmati`zein. See {Paradigm}.]
      To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] --Hammond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Superb \Su*perb"\, a. [F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over.
      See {Super-}.]
      1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice;
            a superb colonnade.
  
      2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.
  
      3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition.
  
      {Superb paradise bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of paradise
            ({Paradis[91]a, [or] Lophorina, superba}) having the
            scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on
            each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on
            the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black,
            with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright
            metallic green.
  
      {Superb warber}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blue wren}, under {Wren}. --
            {Su*perb"ly}, adv. -- {Su*perb"ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradisaic \Par`a*di*sa"ic\, Paradisaical \Par`a*di*sa"ic*al\,
      a.
      Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal.
      [bd]Paradisaical pleasures.[b8] --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradisaic \Par`a*di*sa"ic\, Paradisaical \Par`a*di*sa"ic*al\,
      a.
      Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal.
      [bd]Paradisaical pleasures.[b8] --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradisal \Par"a*di`sal\, a.
      Paradisiacal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, v. t.
      To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to
      bewitch. [R.] --Marston.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sapucaia \Sap`u*ca"ia\ (?; Pg. [?]), n. [Pg. sapucaya.] (Bot.)
      A Brazilian tree. See {Lecythis}, and {Monkey-pot}. [Written
      also {sapucaya}.]
  
      {Sapucaia nut} (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; -- called
            also {paradise nut}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sapucaia \Sap`u*ca"ia\ (?; Pg. [?]), n. [Pg. sapucaya.] (Bot.)
      A Brazilian tree. See {Lecythis}, and {Monkey-pot}. [Written
      also {sapucaya}.]
  
      {Sapucaia nut} (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; -- called
            also {paradise nut}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr.
      [?], [?], footless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs;
      esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no
      feet.
  
      Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea
               apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were
               wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East
               Indies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bird of paradise \Bird" of par"a*dise\ (Zo[94]l.)
      The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus
      {Paradisea} and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the
      adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant
      plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.
  
      Note: The {Great emerald} ({Paradisea apoda}) and the {Lesser
               emerald} ({P. minor}) furnish many of the plumes used
               as ornaments by ladies; the Red is {P. rubra [or]
               sanguinea}; the Golden is {Parotia aurea [or]
               sexsetacea}; the King is {Cincinnurus regius}. The name
               is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another
               related group ({Epimachin[91]}) from the same region.
               The Twelve-wired ({Seleucides alba}) is one of these.
               See {Paradise bird}, and Note under {Apod}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradisean \Par`a*dis"e*an\, a.
      Paradisiacal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradised \Par"a*dised\, a.
      Placed in paradise; enjoying delights as of paradise.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradisiac \Par`a*dis"i*ac\, Paradisiacal \Par`a*di*si"a*cal\,
      a. [L. paradisiacus.]
      Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise.
      --C. Kingsley. --T. Burnet. [bd]A paradisiacal scene.[b8]
      --Pope.
  
               The valley . . . is of quite paradisiac beauty. --G.
                                                                              Eliot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradisiac \Par`a*dis"i*ac\, Paradisiacal \Par`a*di*si"a*cal\,
      a. [L. paradisiacus.]
      Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise.
      --C. Kingsley. --T. Burnet. [bd]A paradisiacal scene.[b8]
      --Pope.
  
               The valley . . . is of quite paradisiac beauty. --G.
                                                                              Eliot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradisial \Par`a*dis"i*al\, Paradisian \Par`a*dis"i*an\, a.
      Paradisiacal. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradisial \Par`a*dis"i*al\, Paradisian \Par`a*dis"i*an\, a.
      Paradisiacal. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradisic \Par`a*dis"ic\, a.
      Paradisiacal. [R.] --Broome.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradisical \Par`a*dis"ic*al\, a.
      Paradisiacal. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Parados \Par`a*dos\, n.; pl. {Paradoses}. [F., fr. parer to
      defend + dos back, L. dorsum.] (Fort.)
      An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification
      to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a
      traverse. --Farrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Parados \Par`a*dos\, n.; pl. {Paradoses}. [F., fr. parer to
      defend + dos back, L. dorsum.] (Fort.)
      An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification
      to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a
      traverse. --Farrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradox \Par`a*dox\, n.; pl. {Paradoxes}. [F. paradoxe, L.
      paradoxum, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] beside, beyond, contrary to + [?]
      to think, suppose, imagine. See {Para-}, and {Dogma}.]
      A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an
      assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to
      common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd,
      but yet may be true in fact.
  
               A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it
               appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
               This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it
               proof.                                                   --Shak.
  
      {Hydrostatic paradox}. See under {Hydrostatic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradoxal \Par"a*dox`al\, a.
      Paradoxical. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradoxer \Par"a*dox`er\, n., Paradoxist \Par"a*dox`ist\, n.
      One who proposes a paradox.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradox \Par`a*dox\, n.; pl. {Paradoxes}. [F. paradoxe, L.
      paradoxum, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] beside, beyond, contrary to + [?]
      to think, suppose, imagine. See {Para-}, and {Dogma}.]
      A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an
      assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to
      common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd,
      but yet may be true in fact.
  
               A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it
               appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
               This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it
               proof.                                                   --Shak.
  
      {Hydrostatic paradox}. See under {Hydrostatic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\, a.
      1. Of the nature of a paradox.
  
      2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to
            received opinions. --Southey. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly},
            adv. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness}, n.

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   Jakie \Ja"kie\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A South American striped frog ({Pseudis paradoxa}),
      remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and
      hence called also {paradoxical frog}.

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   Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\, a.
      1. Of the nature of a paradox.
  
      2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to
            received opinions. --Southey. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly},
            adv. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\, a.
      1. Of the nature of a paradox.
  
      2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to
            received opinions. --Southey. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly},
            adv. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness}, n.

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   Musang \Mu*sang"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small animal of Java ({Paradoxirus fasciatus}), allied to
      the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large
      quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to
      disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also {coffee
      rat}.

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   Paradoxer \Par"a*dox`er\, n., Paradoxist \Par"a*dox`ist\, n.
      One who proposes a paradox.

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   Paradoxology \Par`a*dox*ol"o*gy\, n. [Paradox + -logy.]
      The use of paradoxes. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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   Paradoxure \Par`a*dox"ure\, n. [Gr. [?] incredible, paradoxical
      + [?] tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the
      other animals to which it was supposed to be related.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any species of {Paradoxurus}, a genus of Asiatic viverrine
      mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or
      palm cat ({Paradoxurus hermaphroditus}). See {Musang}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradoxure \Par`a*dox"ure\, n. [Gr. [?] incredible, paradoxical
      + [?] tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the
      other animals to which it was supposed to be related.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any species of {Paradoxurus}, a genus of Asiatic viverrine
      mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or
      palm cat ({Paradoxurus hermaphroditus}). See {Musang}.

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   d8Bondar \[d8]Bon"dar\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small quadruped of Bengal ({Paradoxurus bondar}), allied to
      the genet; -- called also {musk cat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paradoxure \Par`a*dox"ure\, n. [Gr. [?] incredible, paradoxical
      + [?] tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the
      other animals to which it was supposed to be related.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any species of {Paradoxurus}, a genus of Asiatic viverrine
      mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or
      palm cat ({Paradoxurus hermaphroditus}). See {Musang}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tree \Tree\ (tr[emac]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre[a2],
      tre[a2]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[emac], OS. treo,
      trio, Icel. tr[emac], Dan. tr[91], Sw. tr[84], tr[84]d, Goth.
      triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr.
      dry^s a tree, oak, do`ry a beam, spear shaft, spear, Skr. dru
      tree, wood, d[be]ru wood. [root]63, 241. Cf. {Dryad},
      {Germander}, {Tar}, n., {Trough}.]
      1. (Bot.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size
            (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single
            trunk.
  
      Note: The kind of tree referred to, in any particular case,
               is often indicated by a modifying word; as forest tree,
               fruit tree, palm tree, apple tree, pear tree, etc.
  
      2. Something constructed in the form of, or considered as
            resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and
            branches; as, a genealogical tree.
  
      3. A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber;
            -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree,
            chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like.
  
      4. A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.
  
                     [Jesus] whom they slew and hanged on a tree. --Acts
                                                                              x. 39.
  
      5. Wood; timber. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of
                     silver but also of tree and of earth. --Wyclif (2
                                                                              Tim. ii. 20).
  
      6. (Chem.) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent
            forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
            See {Lead tree}, under {Lead}.
  
      {Tree bear} (Zo[94]l.), the raccoon. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Tree beetle} (Zo[94]l.) any one of numerous species of
            beetles which feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs, as
            the May beetles, the rose beetle, the rose chafer, and the
            goldsmith beetle.
  
      {Tree bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            hemipterous insects which live upon, and suck the sap of,
            trees and shrubs. They belong to {Arma}, {Pentatoma},
            {Rhaphigaster}, and allied genera.
  
      {Tree cat} (Zool.), the common paradoxure ({Paradoxurus
            musang}).
  
      {Tree clover} (Bot.), a tall kind of melilot ({Melilotus
            alba}). See {Melilot}.
  
      {Tree crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. See under {Purse}.
  
      {Tree creeper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            arboreal creepers belonging to {Certhia}, {Climacteris},
            and allied genera. See {Creeper}, 3.
  
      {Tree cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a nearly white arboreal American
            cricket ({Ecanthus niv[oe]us}) which is noted for its loud
            stridulation; -- called also {white cricket}.
  
      {Tree crow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World crows belonging to {Crypsirhina} and allied genera,
            intermediate between the true crows and the jays. The tail
            is long, and the bill is curved and without a tooth.
  
      {Tree dove} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of East
            Indian and Asiatic doves belonging to {Macropygia} and
            allied genera. They have long and broad tails, are chiefly
            arboreal in their habits, and feed mainly on fruit.
  
      {Tree duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of ducks
            belonging to {Dendrocygna} and allied genera. These ducks
            have a long and slender neck and a long hind toe. They are
            arboreal in their habits, and are found in the tropical
            parts of America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  
      {Tree fern} (Bot.), an arborescent fern having a straight
            trunk, sometimes twenty or twenty-five feet high, or even
            higher, and bearing a cluster of fronds at the top. Most
            of the existing species are tropical.
  
      {Tree fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California market fish
            ({Sebastichthys serriceps}).
  
      {Tree frog}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Same as {Tree toad}.
            (b) Any one of numerous species of Old World frogs
                  belonging to {Chiromantis}, {Rhacophorus}, and allied
                  genera of the family {Ranid[91]}. Their toes are
                  furnished with suckers for adhesion. The flying frog
                  (see under {Flying}) is an example.
  
      {Tree goose} (Zo[94]l.), the bernicle goose.
  
      {Tree hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            small leaping hemipterous insects which live chiefly on
            the branches and twigs of trees, and injure them by
            sucking the sap. Many of them are very odd in shape, the
            prothorax being often prolonged upward or forward in the
            form of a spine or crest.
  
      {Tree jobber} (Zo[94]l.), a woodpecker. [Obs.]
  
      {Tree kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}.
  
      {Tree lark} (Zo[94]l.), the tree pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Tree lizard} (Zo[94]l.), any one of a group of Old World
            arboreal lizards ({Dendrosauria}) comprising the
            chameleons.
  
      {Tree lobster}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tree crab}, above.
  
      {Tree louse} (Zo[94]l.), any aphid; a plant louse.
  
      {Tree moss}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any moss or lichen growing on trees.
            (b) Any species of moss in the form of a miniature tree.
                 
  
      {Tree mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            African mice of the subfamily {Dendromyin[91]}. They have
            long claws and habitually live in trees.
  
      {Tree nymph}, a wood nymph. See {Dryad}.
  
      {Tree of a saddle}, a saddle frame.
  
      {Tree of heaven} (Bot.), an ornamental tree ({Ailantus
            glandulosus}) having long, handsome pinnate leaves, and
            greenish flowers of a disagreeable odor.
  
      {Tree of life} (Bot.), a tree of the genus Thuja; arbor
            vit[91].
  
      {Tree onion} (Bot.), a species of garlic ({Allium
            proliferum}) which produces bulbs in place of flowers, or
            among its flowers.
  
      {Tree oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a small American oyster ({Ostrea
            folium}) which adheres to the roots of the mangrove tree;
            -- called also {raccoon oyster}.
  
      {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Asiatic birds of the
            genus {Dendrocitta}. The tree pies are allied to the
            magpie.
  
      {Tree pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            longwinged arboreal pigeons native of Asia, Africa, and
            Australia, and belonging to {Megaloprepia}, {Carpophaga},
            and allied genera.
  
      {Tree pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Pipit}.
  
      {Tree porcupine} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            Central and South American arboreal porcupines belonging
            to the genera {Ch[91]tomys} and {Sphingurus}. They have an
            elongated and somewhat prehensile tail, only four toes on
            the hind feet, and a body covered with short spines mixed
            with bristles. One South American species ({S. villosus})
            is called also {couiy}; another ({S. prehensilis}) is
            called also {c[oe]ndou}.
  
      {Tree rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            ratlike West Indian rodents belonging to the genera
            {Capromys} and {Plagiodon}. They are allied to the
            porcupines.
  
      {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), a tree snake.
  
      {Tree shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bush shrike.
  
      {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            snakes of the genus {Dendrophis}. They live chiefly among
            the branches of trees, and are not venomous.
  
      {Tree sorrel} (Bot.), a kind of sorrel ({Rumex Lunaria})
            which attains the stature of a small tree, and bears
            greenish flowers. It is found in the Canary Islands and
            Teneriffe.
  
      {Tree sparrow} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of small
            arboreal sparrows, especially the American tree sparrow
            ({Spizella monticola}), and the common European species
            ({Passer montanus}).
  
      {Tree swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            swallows of the genus {Hylochelidon} which lay their eggs
            in holes in dead trees. They inhabit Australia and
            adjacent regions. Called also {martin} in Australia.
  
      {Tree swift} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of swifts
            of the genus {Dendrochelidon} which inhabit the East
            Indies and Southern Asia.
  
      {Tree tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a leopard.
  
      {Tree toad} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            amphibians belonging to {Hyla} and allied genera of the
            family {Hylid[91]}. They are related to the common frogs
            and toads, but have the tips of the toes expanded into
            suckers by means of which they cling to the bark and
            leaves of trees. Only one species ({Hyla arborea}) is
            found in Europe, but numerous species occur in America and
            Australia. The common tree toad of the Northern United
            States ({H. versicolor}) is noted for the facility with
            which it changes its colors. Called also {tree frog}. See
            also {Piping frog}, under {Piping}, and {Cricket frog},
            under {Cricket}.
  
      {Tree warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            arboreal warblers belonging to {Phylloscopus} and allied
            genera.
  
      {Tree wool} (Bot.), a fine fiber obtained from the leaves of
            pine trees.

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   Paradoxy \Par"a*dox`y\, n.
      1. A paradoxical statement; a paradox.
  
      2. The quality or state of being paradoxical. --Coleridge

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   Paratactic \Par`a*tac"tic\, a. (Gram.)
      Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis.

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   d8Parathesis \[d8]Pa*rath"e*sis\, n.; pl. {Paratheses}. [NL.,
      from Gr. [?] a putting beside, from [?] to put beside.]
      1. (Gram.) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case;
            apposition.
  
      2. (Rhet.) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be
            afterward expanded. --Smart.
  
      3. (Print.) The matter contained within brackets.
  
      4. (Eccl.) A commendatory prayer. --Shipley.

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   Parde \Par*de"\, Pardie \Par*die"\, adv. [or] interj. [F. pardi,
      for par Dieu by God.]
      Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath.
      [Written also {pardee}, {pardieux}, {perdie}, etc.] [Obs.]
  
               He was, parde, an old fellow of yours.   --Chaucer.

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   Paretic \Pa*ret"ic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis.

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   Pariah \Pa"ri*ah\, n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of
      the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the
      drums at certain festivals.]
      1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by
            the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They
            are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See
            {Caste}. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
  
      2. An outcast; one despised by society.
  
      {Pariah dog} (Zo[94]l.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs
            which act as scavengers in Oriental cities.
  
      {Pariah kite} (Zo[94]l.), a species of kite ({Milvus
            govinda}) which acts as a scavenger in India.

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   d8Paries \[d8]Pa"ri*es\, n.; pl. {Parietes}. [See {Parietes}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a
      barnacle.

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   Parietic \Pa`ri*et"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen
      {Parmelia parietina}, and called also {chrysophanic} acid.

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   Parodic \Pa*rod"ic\, Parodical \Pa*rod"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf.
      F. parodique.]
      Having the character of parody.
  
               Very paraphrastic, and sometimes parodical. --T.
                                                                              Warton.

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   Parodic \Pa*rod"ic\, Parodical \Pa*rod"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf.
      F. parodique.]
      Having the character of parody.
  
               Very paraphrastic, and sometimes parodical. --T.
                                                                              Warton.

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   Parody \Par"o*dy\, n.; pl. {Parodies}. [L. parodia, Gr. [?]; [?]
      beside + [?] a song: cf. F. parodie. See {Para-}, and {Ode}.]
      1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author
            is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in
            which what is written on one subject is altered, and
            applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
  
                     The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's
                     [bd]Hind and Panther[b8] was received with great
                     applause.                                          --Macaulay.
  
      2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]

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   Parodist \Par"o*dist\, n. [Cf. F. parodiste.]
      One who writes a parody; one who parodies. --Coleridge.

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   Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
      Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an
      inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up,
      pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
      1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
            after their creation.
  
      2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
  
                     To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                                              xxiii. 43.
  
                     It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
                     Paradise.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
            hence, a state of happiness.
  
                     The earth Shall be all paradise.         --Milton.
  
                     Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                                              --Beaconsfield.
  
      4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
            church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
            before a basilica, etc.
  
      5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
  
      {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
  
      {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
            {Pepper}.
  
      {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
            the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
            superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
            the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
            long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include
            some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
            paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
            and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
            ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
            in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
            fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
            It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
  
      {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
            {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
            elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
            the head glossy dark green, and crested.
  
      {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
            Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
            plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
  
      {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
            [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}.

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   Parotic \Pa*rot"ic\, a. [See {Parotid}.] (Anat.)
      On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear.
  
      {Parotic region} (Zo[94]l.), the space around the ears.

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   Parotic \Pa*rot"ic\, a. [See {Parotid}.] (Anat.)
      On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear.
  
      {Parotic region} (Zo[94]l.), the space around the ears.

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   Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre
      Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf.
      {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
            {Psittaci}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis},
            {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]},
            as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
            They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
            space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P.
            erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of
            Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are
            examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
            imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
  
      {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
            {Parrakeet}.
  
      {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}.
           
  
      {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
            and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
           
  
      {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green},
            n.
  
      {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
            frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
            parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
            leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
  
      {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the
            genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the
            Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
            prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

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   Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre
      Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf.
      {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
            {Psittaci}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis},
            {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]},
            as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
            They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
            space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P.
            erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of
            Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are
            examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
            imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
  
      {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
            {Parrakeet}.
  
      {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}.
           
  
      {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
            and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
           
  
      {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green},
            n.
  
      {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
            frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
            parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
            leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
  
      {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the
            genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the
            Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
            prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

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   Green \Green\ (gren), n.
      1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar
            spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
  
      2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with
            verdant herbage; as, the village green.
  
                     O'er the smooth enameled green.         --Milton.
  
      3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
            wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
  
                     In that soft season when descending showers Call
                     forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
            etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
  
      5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
  
      {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid
            derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald
            green; -- called also {Helvetia green}.
  
      {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}.
  
      {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling
            emerald green in composition.
  
      {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper.
  
      {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}.
  
      {Emerald green}. (Chem.)
            (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a
                  metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for
                  dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a
                  brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green},
                  {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green},
                  {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double
                  chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
            (b) See {Paris green} (below).
  
      {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the
            French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially
            of a basic hydrate of chromium.
  
      {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,
            obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow
            luster; -- called also {light-green}.
  
      {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}.
  
      {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.
  
      {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting
            of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and
            arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a
            pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but
            particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato
            bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial
            green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis
            green}.
  
      {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting
            essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called
            also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments
            called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green},
            {nereid green}, or {emerald green}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre
      Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf.
      {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
            {Psittaci}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis},
            {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]},
            as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
            They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
            space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P.
            erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of
            Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are
            examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
            imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
  
      {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
            {Parrakeet}.
  
      {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}.
           
  
      {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
            and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
           
  
      {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green},
            n.
  
      {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
            frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
            parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
            leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
  
      {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the
            genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the
            Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
            prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

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   Green \Green\ (gren), n.
      1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar
            spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
  
      2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with
            verdant herbage; as, the village green.
  
                     O'er the smooth enameled green.         --Milton.
  
      3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
            wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
  
                     In that soft season when descending showers Call
                     forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
            etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
  
      5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
  
      {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid
            derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald
            green; -- called also {Helvetia green}.
  
      {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}.
  
      {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling
            emerald green in composition.
  
      {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper.
  
      {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}.
  
      {Emerald green}. (Chem.)
            (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a
                  metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for
                  dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a
                  brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green},
                  {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green},
                  {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double
                  chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
            (b) See {Paris green} (below).
  
      {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the
            French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially
            of a basic hydrate of chromium.
  
      {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,
            obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow
            luster; -- called also {light-green}.
  
      {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}.
  
      {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.
  
      {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting
            of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and
            arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a
            pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but
            particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato
            bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial
            green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis
            green}.
  
      {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting
            essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called
            also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments
            called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green},
            {nereid green}, or {emerald green}.

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   Parrot's-bill \Par"rot's-bill`\, n. [So called from the
      resemblance of its curved superior petal to a parrot's bill.]
      (Bot.)
      The glory pea. See under {Glory}.

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   Part \Part\, n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to
      bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel},
      {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.]
      1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything
            is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a
            whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as
            going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity,
            mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a
            fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.
  
                     And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a
                     certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet.
                                                                              --Acts v. 2.
  
                     Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not
                     contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke.
  
                     I am a part of all that I have met.   --Tennyson.
  
      2. Hence, specifically:
            (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many
                  like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is
                  divided, or of which it is composed; proportional
                  division or ingredient.
  
                           An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex.
                                                                              xvi. 36.
  
                           A thought which, quartered, hath but one part
                           wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak.
            (b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole;
                  a member; an organ; an essential element.
  
                           All the parts were formed . . . into one
                           harmonious body.                           --Locke.
  
                           The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble.
            (c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality;
                  faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a
                  collective sense. [bd]Men of considerable parts.[b8]
                  --Burke. [bd]Great quickness of parts.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
                           Which maintained so politic a state of evil,
                           that they will not admit any good part to
                           intermingle with them.                  --Shak.
            (d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.
                  [bd]The uttermost part of the heaven.[b8] --Neh. i. 9.
  
                           All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and
                           fears.                                          --Dryden.
            (e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a
                  certain number of times, will exactly make that
                  quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of
                  multiple. Also, a line or other element of a
                  geometrical figure.
  
      3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or
            which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share;
            portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
  
                     We have no part in David.                  --2 Sam. xx.
                                                                              1.
  
                     Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou
                     but thine.                                          --Milton.
  
                     Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. Hence, specifically:
            (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or
                  a controversy; a faction.
  
                           For he that is not against us is on our part.
                                                                              --Mark ix. 40.
  
                           Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.
                                                                              --Waller.
            (b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an
                  assumed personification; also, the language, actions,
                  and influence of a character or an actor in a play;
                  or, figuratively, in real life. See {To act a part},
                  under {Act}.
  
                           That part Was aptly fitted and naturally
                           performed.                                    --Shak.
  
                           It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a
                           calf.                                          --Shak.
  
                           Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well
                           your part, there all the honor lies. --Pope.
            (c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted
                  composition, which heard in union compose its harmony;
                  also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the
                  treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.
  
      {For my part}, so far as concerns me; for my share.
  
      {For the most part}. See under {Most}, a.
  
      {In good part}, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a
            friendly manner. --Hooker.
  
      {In ill part}, unfavorably; with displeasure.
  
      {In part}, in some degree; partly.
  
      {Part and parcel}, an essential or constituent portion; -- a
            reduplicative phrase. Cf. {might and main}, {kith and
            kin}, etc. [bd]She was . . . part and parcel of the race
            and place.[b8] --Howitt.
  
      {Part of speech} (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a
            particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech
            denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech
            which asserts something of the subject of a sentence.
  
      {Part owner} (Law), one of several owners or tenants in
            common. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}.
  
      {Part singing}, singing in which two or more of the harmonic
            parts are taken.
  
      {Part song}, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct
            vocal parts. [bd]A part song differs from a madrigal in
            its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in
            its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to
            each part.[b8] --Stainer & Barrett.
  
      Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece;
               share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}.

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   Part \Part\, n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to
      bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel},
      {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.]
      1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything
            is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a
            whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as
            going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity,
            mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a
            fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.
  
                     And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a
                     certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet.
                                                                              --Acts v. 2.
  
                     Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not
                     contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke.
  
                     I am a part of all that I have met.   --Tennyson.
  
      2. Hence, specifically:
            (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many
                  like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is
                  divided, or of which it is composed; proportional
                  division or ingredient.
  
                           An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex.
                                                                              xvi. 36.
  
                           A thought which, quartered, hath but one part
                           wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak.
            (b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole;
                  a member; an organ; an essential element.
  
                           All the parts were formed . . . into one
                           harmonious body.                           --Locke.
  
                           The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble.
            (c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality;
                  faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a
                  collective sense. [bd]Men of considerable parts.[b8]
                  --Burke. [bd]Great quickness of parts.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
                           Which maintained so politic a state of evil,
                           that they will not admit any good part to
                           intermingle with them.                  --Shak.
            (d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.
                  [bd]The uttermost part of the heaven.[b8] --Neh. i. 9.
  
                           All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and
                           fears.                                          --Dryden.
            (e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a
                  certain number of times, will exactly make that
                  quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of
                  multiple. Also, a line or other element of a
                  geometrical figure.
  
      3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or
            which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share;
            portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
  
                     We have no part in David.                  --2 Sam. xx.
                                                                              1.
  
                     Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou
                     but thine.                                          --Milton.
  
                     Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. Hence, specifically:
            (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or
                  a controversy; a faction.
  
                           For he that is not against us is on our part.
                                                                              --Mark ix. 40.
  
                           Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.
                                                                              --Waller.
            (b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an
                  assumed personification; also, the language, actions,
                  and influence of a character or an actor in a play;
                  or, figuratively, in real life. See {To act a part},
                  under {Act}.
  
                           That part Was aptly fitted and naturally
                           performed.                                    --Shak.
  
                           It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a
                           calf.                                          --Shak.
  
                           Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well
                           your part, there all the honor lies. --Pope.
            (c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted
                  composition, which heard in union compose its harmony;
                  also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the
                  treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.
  
      {For my part}, so far as concerns me; for my share.
  
      {For the most part}. See under {Most}, a.
  
      {In good part}, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a
            friendly manner. --Hooker.
  
      {In ill part}, unfavorably; with displeasure.
  
      {In part}, in some degree; partly.
  
      {Part and parcel}, an essential or constituent portion; -- a
            reduplicative phrase. Cf. {might and main}, {kith and
            kin}, etc. [bd]She was . . . part and parcel of the race
            and place.[b8] --Howitt.
  
      {Part of speech} (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a
            particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech
            denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech
            which asserts something of the subject of a sentence.
  
      {Part owner} (Law), one of several owners or tenants in
            common. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}.
  
      {Part singing}, singing in which two or more of the harmonic
            parts are taken.
  
      {Part song}, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct
            vocal parts. [bd]A part song differs from a madrigal in
            its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in
            its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to
            each part.[b8] --Stainer & Barrett.
  
      Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece;
               share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}.

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   Partage \Part"age\, n. [F. See {Part}, v. & n.]
      1. Division; the act of dividing or sharing. [Obs.] --Fuller.
  
      2. Part; portion; share. [Obs.] --Ford.

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   Partake \Par*take"\, v. t.
      1. To partake of; to have a part or share in; to share.
  
                     Let every one partake the general joy. --Driden.
  
      2. To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a
            part to. [Obs.] --Spencer.
  
      3. To distribute; to communicate. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Partake \Par*take"\, v. i. [imp. {Partook}; p. p. {Partaken}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Partaking}.] [Part + take.]
      1. To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with
            others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share;
            as, to partake of a feast with others. [bd]Brutes partake
            in this faculty.[b8] --Locke.
  
                     When I against myself with thee partake. --Shak.
  
      2. To have something of the properties, character, or office;
            -- usually followed by of.
  
                     The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes
                     partly of a judge, and partly of an
                     attorney-general.                              --Bacon.

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   Partake \Par*take"\, v. i. [imp. {Partook}; p. p. {Partaken}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Partaking}.] [Part + take.]
      1. To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with
            others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share;
            as, to partake of a feast with others. [bd]Brutes partake
            in this faculty.[b8] --Locke.
  
                     When I against myself with thee partake. --Shak.
  
      2. To have something of the properties, character, or office;
            -- usually followed by of.
  
                     The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes
                     partly of a judge, and partly of an
                     attorney-general.                              --Bacon.

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   Partaker \Par*tak"er\, n.
      1. One who partakes; a sharer; a participator.
  
                     Partakers of their spiritual things.   --Rom. xv. 27.
  
                     Wish me partaker in my happiness.      --Shark.
  
      2. An accomplice; an associate; a partner. [Obs.]
  
                     Partakers wish them in the blood of the prophets.
                                                                              --Matt. xxiii.
                                                                              30.

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   Partake \Par*take"\, v. i. [imp. {Partook}; p. p. {Partaken}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Partaking}.] [Part + take.]
      1. To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with
            others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share;
            as, to partake of a feast with others. [bd]Brutes partake
            in this faculty.[b8] --Locke.
  
                     When I against myself with thee partake. --Shak.
  
      2. To have something of the properties, character, or office;
            -- usually followed by of.
  
                     The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes
                     partly of a judge, and partly of an
                     attorney-general.                              --Bacon.

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   Participable \Par*tic"i*pa*ble\, a.
      Capable of being participated or shared. [R.] --Norris.

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   Participant \Par*tic"i*pant\, a. [L. participans, p. pr. of
      participare: cf. F. participant. See {Participate}.]
      Sharing; participating; having a share of part. --Bacon.

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   Participant \Par*tic"i*pant\, n.
      A participator; a partaker.
  
               Participants in their . . . mysterious rites. --Bp.
                                                                              Warburton.

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   Participantly \Par*tic"i*pant*ly\, adv.
      In a participant manner.

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   Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, v. t.
      1. To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of. [R.]
  
                     Fit to participate all rational delight. --Milton.
  
      2. To impart, or give, or share of. [Obs.] --Drayton.

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   Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, a. [L. participatus, p. p. of
      participare to participate; pars, partis, part + capere to
      take. See {Part}, and {Capacious}.]
      Acting in common; participating. [R.] --Shak.

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   Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Participated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participating}.]
      To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to
      partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate
      in a debate. --Shak.
  
               So would he participateof their wants.   --Hayward.
  
               Mine may come when men With angels may participate.
                                                                              --Milton.

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   Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Participated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participating}.]
      To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to
      partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate
      in a debate. --Shak.
  
               So would he participateof their wants.   --Hayward.
  
               Mine may come when men With angels may participate.
                                                                              --Milton.

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   Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Participated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participating}.]
      To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to
      partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate
      in a debate. --Shak.
  
               So would he participateof their wants.   --Hayward.
  
               Mine may come when men With angels may participate.
                                                                              --Milton.

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   Participation \Par*tic`i*pa"tion\, n. [F. participation, L.
      participatio.]
      1. The act or state of participating, or sharing in common
            with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows.
  
                     These deities are so by participation. --Bp.
                                                                              Stillingfleet.
  
                     What an honor, that God should admit us into such a
                     blessed participation of himself!      --Atterbury.
  
      2. Distribution; division into shares. [Obs.] --Raleigh.
  
      3. community; fellowship; association. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Participative \Par*tic"i*pa*tive\, a. [Cf. F. participatif.]
      Capable of participating.

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   Participator \Par*tic"i*pa`tor\, n. [L.]
      One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker.

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   Participial \Par`ti*cip"i*al\, a. [L. participialis: cf. E.
      participal. See {Participle}.]
      Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle;
      formed from a participle; as, a participial noun. --Lowth.

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   Participial \Par`ti*cip"i*al\, n.
      A participial word.

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   Participialize \Par`ti*cip"i*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Participialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participializing}.]
      To form into, or put in the form of, a participle. [R.]

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   Participialize \Par`ti*cip"i*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Participialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participializing}.]
      To form into, or put in the form of, a participle. [R.]

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   Participialize \Par`ti*cip"i*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Participialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participializing}.]
      To form into, or put in the form of, a participle. [R.]

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   Participially \Par`ti*cip"i*al*ly\, adv.
      In the sense or manner of a participle.

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   Participle \Par"ti*ci*ple\, n. [F. participe, L. participium,
      fr. particeps sharing, participant; pars, gen. partis, a part
      + capere to take. See {Participate}.]
      1. (Gram.) A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb
            and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective,
            modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from
            which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is
            written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil
            he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare
            participles.
  
                     By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an
                     adjectival aspect.                              --Earle.
  
      Note: Present participles, called also imperfect, or
               incomplete, participles, end in -ing. Past participles,
               called also perfect, or complete, participles, for the
               most part end in -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n. A participle
               when used merely as an attribute of a noun, without
               reference to time, is called an adjective, or a
               participial adjective; as, a written constitution; a
               rolling stone; the exhausted army. The verbal noun in
               -ing has the form of the present participle. See
               {Verbal noun}, under {Verbal}, a.
  
      2. Anything that partakes of the nature of different things.
            [Obs.]
  
                     The participles or confines between plants and
                     living creatures.                              --Bacon.

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   Particle \Par"ti*cle\, n. [L. particula, dim of pars, gen
      partis, a part: cf. F. particule. See {Part}, and cf.
      {Parcel}.]
      1. A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little
            bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of
            dust.
  
                     The small size of atoms which unite To make the
                     smallest particle of light.               --Blackmore.
  
      2. Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as,
            he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.
  
                     The houses had not given their commissioners
                     authority in the least particle to recede.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      3. (R. C. Ch.)
            (a) A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
            (b) The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the
                  laity. --Bp. Fitzpatrick.
  
      4. (Gram.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a
            preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that
            can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in
            backward, ly in lovely.

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   Integrant \In"te*grant\, a. [L. integrans, -antis, p. pr. of
      integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. int[82]grant. See
      {Integrate}.]
      Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire
      thing; integral. --Boyle.
  
               All these are integrant parts of the republic. --Burke.
  
      {Integrant parts}, [or] {particles}, of bodies, those smaller
            particles into which a body may be reduced without loss of
            its original constitution, as by mechanical division.

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   Particolored \Par"ti*col`ored\, a.
      Same as {Party-colored}.

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   Party-colored \Par"ty-col`ored\, Parti-colored \Par"ti-col`ored\
   ,   a.
      Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored
      flower. [bd]Parti-colored lambs.[b8] --Shak.

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   Particolored \Par"ti*col`ored\, a.
      Same as {Party-colored}.

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   Party-colored \Par"ty-col`ored\, Parti-colored \Par"ti-col`ored\
   ,   a.
      Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored
      flower. [bd]Parti-colored lambs.[b8] --Shak.

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   Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier,
      L. particularis. See {Particle}.]
      1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a
            part separated from the whole or from others of the class;
            separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the
            particular stars of a constellation. --Shak.
  
                     [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like
                     quills upon the fretful porpentine.   --Shak.
  
                     Seken in every halk and every herne Particular
                     sciences for to lerne.                        --Chaucer.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing;
            belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence,
            personal; peculiar; singular. [bd]Thine own particular
            wrongs.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular
                     juice out of the earth.                     --Bacon.
  
      3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority;
            distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special;
            as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular
            belle of the party.
  
      4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute;
            circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account
            of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man
            particular in his dress.
  
      5. (Law)
            (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular
                  estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
            (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
                  --Blackstone.
  
      6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in
            extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as,
            a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g.
            (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular
            negative) Some men are not wise.
  
      {Particular average}. See under {Average}.
  
      {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist
            denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a
            particular or individual election and reprobation.
  
      {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a
            thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or
            connected with, that particular thing.
  
      {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act,
            and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited
            number of the human race. See {Calvinism}.
  
      Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar;
               especial; exact; specific; precise; critical;
               circumstantial. See {Minute}.

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   Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, n.
      1. A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a
            whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or
            item, which may be considered separately; as, the
            particulars of a story.
  
                     Particulars which it is not lawful for me to reveal.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     It is the greatest interest of particulars to
                     advance the good of the community.      --L'Estrange.
  
      2. Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character;
            individuality; interest, etc. [Obs.]
  
                     For his particular I'll receive him gladly. --Shak.
  
                     If the particulars of each person be considered.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     Temporal blessings, whether such as concern the
                     public . . . or such as concern our particular.
                                                                              --Whole Duty
                                                                              of Man.
  
      3. (Law) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; --
            usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute
            account; as, a particular of premises.
  
                     The reader has a particular of the books wherein
                     this law was written.                        --Ayliffe.
  
      {Bill of particulars}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {In particular}, specially; peculiarly. [bd]This, in
            particular, happens to the lungs.[b8] --Blackmore.
  
      {To go into particulars}, to relate or describe in detail or
            minutely.

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   Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier,
      L. particularis. See {Particle}.]
      1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a
            part separated from the whole or from others of the class;
            separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the
            particular stars of a constellation. --Shak.
  
                     [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like
                     quills upon the fretful porpentine.   --Shak.
  
                     Seken in every halk and every herne Particular
                     sciences for to lerne.                        --Chaucer.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing;
            belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence,
            personal; peculiar; singular. [bd]Thine own particular
            wrongs.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular
                     juice out of the earth.                     --Bacon.
  
      3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority;
            distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special;
            as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular
            belle of the party.
  
      4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute;
            circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account
            of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man
            particular in his dress.
  
      5. (Law)
            (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular
                  estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
            (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
                  --Blackstone.
  
      6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in
            extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as,
            a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g.
            (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular
            negative) Some men are not wise.
  
      {Particular average}. See under {Average}.
  
      {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist
            denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a
            particular or individual election and reprobation.
  
      {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a
            thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or
            connected with, that particular thing.
  
      {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act,
            and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited
            number of the human race. See {Calvinism}.
  
      Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar;
               especial; exact; specific; precise; critical;
               circumstantial. See {Minute}.

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   Average \Av"er*age\, n. [OF. average, LL. averagium, prob. fr.
      OF. aver, F. avoir, property, horses, cattle, etc.; prop.
      infin., to have, from L. habere to have. Cf. F. av[82]rage
      small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage
      to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perh. the
      service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for
      carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in
      proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf.
      {Aver}, n., {Avercorn}, {Averpenny}.]
      1. (OLd Eng. Law) That service which a tenant owed his lord,
            to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the
            carriage of wheat, turf, etc.
  
      2. [Cf. F. avarie damage to ship or cargo.] (Com.)
            (a) A tariff or duty on goods, etc. [Obs.]
            (b) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for
                  freight of goods shipped.
            (c) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been
                  imposed upon one of several for the general benefit;
                  damage done by sea perils.
            (d) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss
                  or expense among all interested.
  
      {General average}, a contribution made, by all parties
            concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by
            the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the
            parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called
            general average, because it falls upon the gross amount of
            ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the
            sacrifice. --Kent.
  
      {Particular average} signifies the damage or partial loss
            happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in
            consequence of some fortuitous or unavoidable accident;
            and it is borne by the individual owners of the articles
            damaged, or by their insurers.
  
      {Petty averages} are sundry small charges, which occur
            regularly, and are necessarily defrayed by the master in
            the usual course of a voyage; such as port charges, common
            pilotage, and the like, which formerly were, and in some
            cases still are, borne partly by the ship and partly by
            the cargo. In the clause commonly found in bills of
            lading, [bd]primage and average accustomed,[b8] average
            means a kind of composition established by usage for such
            charges, which were formerly assessed by way of average.
            --Arnould. --Abbott. --Phillips.
  
      3. A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of
            unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if
            A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the
            average 10.
  
      4. Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a
            comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual
            size, quantity, quality, rate, etc. [bd]The average of
            sensations.[b8] --Paley.
  
      5. pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the
            several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
  
      {On an average}, taking the mean of unequal numbers or
            quantities.

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   Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier,
      L. particularis. See {Particle}.]
      1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a
            part separated from the whole or from others of the class;
            separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the
            particular stars of a constellation. --Shak.
  
                     [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like
                     quills upon the fretful porpentine.   --Shak.
  
                     Seken in every halk and every herne Particular
                     sciences for to lerne.                        --Chaucer.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing;
            belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence,
            personal; peculiar; singular. [bd]Thine own particular
            wrongs.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular
                     juice out of the earth.                     --Bacon.
  
      3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority;
            distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special;
            as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular
            belle of the party.
  
      4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute;
            circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account
            of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man
            particular in his dress.
  
      5. (Law)
            (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular
                  estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
            (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
                  --Blackstone.
  
      6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in
            extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as,
            a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g.
            (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular
            negative) Some men are not wise.
  
      {Particular average}. See under {Average}.
  
      {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist
            denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a
            particular or individual election and reprobation.
  
      {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a
            thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or
            connected with, that particular thing.
  
      {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act,
            and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited
            number of the human race. See {Calvinism}.
  
      Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar;
               especial; exact; specific; precise; critical;
               circumstantial. See {Minute}.

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   Custom \Cus"tom\ (k[ucr]s"t[ucr]m), n. [OF. custume, costume,
      Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL.
      consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr.
      consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be
      accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prob. originally,
      to make one's own, fr. the root of suus one's own; akin to E.
      so, adv. Cf. {Consuetude}, {Costume}.]
      1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common
            to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method
            of doing or living.
  
                     And teach customs which are not lawful. --Acts xvi.
                                                                              21.
  
                     Moved beyond his custom, Gama said.   --Tennyson.
  
                     A custom More honored in the breach than the
                     observance.                                       --Shak.
  
      2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a
            shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving
            orders; business support.
  
                     Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten
            law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See
            {Usage}, and {Prescription}.
  
      Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no
               custom without usage, though there may be usage without
               custom. --Wharton.
  
      4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]
  
                     Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her
                     infinite variety.                              --Shak.
  
      {Custom of merchants}, a system or code of customs by which
            affairs of commerce are regulated.
  
      {General customs}, those which extend over a state or
            kingdom.
  
      {Particular customs}, those which are limited to a city or
            district; as, the customs of London.
  
      Syn: Practice; fashion. See {Habit}, and {Usage}.

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   Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier,
      L. particularis. See {Particle}.]
      1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a
            part separated from the whole or from others of the class;
            separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the
            particular stars of a constellation. --Shak.
  
                     [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like
                     quills upon the fretful porpentine.   --Shak.
  
                     Seken in every halk and every herne Particular
                     sciences for to lerne.                        --Chaucer.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing;
            belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence,
            personal; peculiar; singular. [bd]Thine own particular
            wrongs.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular
                     juice out of the earth.                     --Bacon.
  
      3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority;
            distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special;
            as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular
            belle of the party.
  
      4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute;
            circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account
            of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man
            particular in his dress.
  
      5. (Law)
            (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular
                  estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
            (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
                  --Blackstone.
  
      6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in
            extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as,
            a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g.
            (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular
            negative) Some men are not wise.
  
      {Particular average}. See under {Average}.
  
      {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist
            denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a
            particular or individual election and reprobation.
  
      {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a
            thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or
            connected with, that particular thing.
  
      {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act,
            and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited
            number of the human race. See {Calvinism}.
  
      Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar;
               especial; exact; specific; precise; critical;
               circumstantial. See {Minute}.

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   Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier,
      L. particularis. See {Particle}.]
      1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a
            part separated from the whole or from others of the class;
            separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the
            particular stars of a constellation. --Shak.
  
                     [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like
                     quills upon the fretful porpentine.   --Shak.
  
                     Seken in every halk and every herne Particular
                     sciences for to lerne.                        --Chaucer.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing;
            belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence,
            personal; peculiar; singular. [bd]Thine own particular
            wrongs.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular
                     juice out of the earth.                     --Bacon.
  
      3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority;
            distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special;
            as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular
            belle of the party.
  
      4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute;
            circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account
            of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man
            particular in his dress.
  
      5. (Law)
            (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular
                  estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
            (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
                  --Blackstone.
  
      6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in
            extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as,
            a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g.
            (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular
            negative) Some men are not wise.
  
      {Particular average}. See under {Average}.
  
      {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist
            denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a
            particular or individual election and reprobation.
  
      {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a
            thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or
            connected with, that particular thing.
  
      {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act,
            and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited
            number of the human race. See {Calvinism}.
  
      Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar;
               especial; exact; specific; precise; critical;
               circumstantial. See {Minute}.

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   Theorem \The"o*rem\, n. [L. theorema, Gr. [?] a sight,
      speculation, theory, theorem, fr. [?] to look at, [?] a
      spectator: cf. F. th[82]or[8a]me. See {Theory}.]
      1. That which is considered and established as a principle;
            hence, sometimes, a rule.
  
                     Not theories, but theorems ([?]), the intelligible
                     products of contemplation, intellectual objects in
                     the mind, and of and for the mind exclusively.
                                                                              --Coleridge.
  
                     By the theorems, Which your polite and terser
                     gallants practice, I re-refine the court, and
                     civilize Their barbarous natures.      --Massinger.
  
      2. (Math.) A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
  
      Note: A theorem is something to be proved, and is thus
               distinguished from a problem, which is something to be
               solved. In analysis, the term is sometimes applied to a
               rule, especially a rule or statement of relations
               expressed in a formula or by symbols; as, the binomial
               theorem; Taylor's theorem. See the Note under
               {Proposition}, n., 5.
  
      {Binomial theorem}. (Math.) See under {Binomial}.
  
      {Negative theorem}, a theorem which expresses the
            impossibility of any assertion.
  
      {Particular theorem} (Math.), a theorem which extends only to
            a particular quantity.
  
      {Theorem of Pappus}. (Math.) See {Centrobaric method}, under
            {Centrobaric}.
  
      {Universal theorem} (Math.), a theorem which extends to any
            quantity without restriction.

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   Particularism \Par*tic"u*lar*ism\, n. [Cf. F. particularisme.]
      1. A minute description; a detailed statement. [R.]
  
      2. (Theol.) The doctrine of particular election.
  
      3. (German Politics) Devotion to the interests of one's own
            kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.

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   Particularist \Par*tic"u*lar*ist\, n. [Cf. F. particulariste.]
      One who holds to particularism. -- {Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic}, a.

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   Particularist \Par*tic"u*lar*ist\, n. [Cf. F. particulariste.]
      One who holds to particularism. -- {Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic}, a.

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   Particularity \Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Particularities}.
      [Cf. F. particularit[82].]
      1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness;
            circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.
  
      2. That which is particular; as:
            (a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic;
                  peculiarity. [bd]An old heathen altar with this
                  particularity.[b8] --Addison.
            (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular.
                  [bd]Even descending to particularities.[b8] --Sir P.
                  Sidney.
            (c) Something of special or private concern or interest.
  
                           Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
                           Particularities and petty sounds To cease!
                                                                              --Shak.

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   Particularity \Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Particularities}.
      [Cf. F. particularit[82].]
      1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness;
            circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.
  
      2. That which is particular; as:
            (a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic;
                  peculiarity. [bd]An old heathen altar with this
                  particularity.[b8] --Addison.
            (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular.
                  [bd]Even descending to particularities.[b8] --Sir P.
                  Sidney.
            (c) Something of special or private concern or interest.
  
                           Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
                           Particularities and petty sounds To cease!
                                                                              --Shak.

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   Particularization \Par*tic`u*lar*i*za"tion\, n.
      The act of particularizing. --Coleridge.

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   Particularize \Par*tic"u*lar*ize\, v. i.
      To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details;
      to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative.

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   Particularize \Par*tic"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Particularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Particularizing}.] [Cf. F.
      particulariser.]
      To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention
      particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or
      specify in detail.
  
               He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite,
               but particularizes his descent from Benjamin.
                                                                              --Atterbury.

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   Particularize \Par*tic"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Particularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Particularizing}.] [Cf. F.
      particulariser.]
      To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention
      particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or
      specify in detail.
  
               He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite,
               but particularizes his descent from Benjamin.
                                                                              --Atterbury.

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   Particularize \Par*tic"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Particularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Particularizing}.] [Cf. F.
      particulariser.]
      To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention
      particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or
      specify in detail.
  
               He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite,
               but particularizes his descent from Benjamin.
                                                                              --Atterbury.

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   Particularly \Par*tic"u*lar*ly\, adv.
      1. In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific
            reference or interest; in particular; distinctly.
  
      2. In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a
            particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure.
  
                     The exact propriety of Virgil I particularly
                     regarded as a great part of his character. --Dryden.

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   Particularment \Par*tic"u*lar*ment\, n.
      A particular; a detail. [Obs.]

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   Particulate \Par*tic"u*late\, v. t. & i. [See {Particle}.]
      To particularize. [Obs.]

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   Particulate \Par*tic"u*late\, a.
      1. Having the form of a particle.
  
      2. Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust,
            minute germs, etc. [R.]
  
                     The smallpox is a particulate disease. --Tyndall.

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   Party \Par"ty\, n.; pl. {Parties}. [F. parti and partie, fr. F.
      partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See {Part}, v.]
      1. A part or portion. [Obs.] [bd]The most party of the
            time.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as
            distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community
            or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people
            is divided on questions of public policy.
  
                     Win the noble Brutus to our party.      --Shak.
  
                     The peace both parties want is like to last.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment;
            especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on
            special service.
  
      4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a
            select company; as, a dinner party; also, the
            entertainment itself; as, to give a party.
  
      5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes
            part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to
            the plot; a party to the contract.
  
      6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an
            individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
  
                     The cause of both parties shall come before the
                     judges.                                             --Ex. xxii. 9.
  
      7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed
            or antagonistic to another.
  
                     It the jury found that the party slain was of
                     English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J.
                                                                              Davies.
  
      8. Cause; side; interest.
  
                     Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the
                     Duke of Albany?                                 --Shak.
  
      9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a
            vulgarism.]
  
      Note: [bd]For several generations, our ancestors largely
               employed party for person; but this use of the word,
               when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike,
               more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the
               consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to
               leave it in their undisputed possession.[b8] --Fitzed.
               Hall.
  
      {Party jury} (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as
            one which is half natives and half foreigners.
  
      {Party man}, a partisan. --Swift.
  
      {Party spirit}, a factious and unreasonable temper, not
            uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately.
  
      {Party verdict}, a joint verdict. --Shak.
  
      {Party wall}.
            (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between
                  two adjoining properties, usually having half its
                  thickness on each property.
            (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a
                  block or row.

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   Partisan \Par"ti*san\, n. [F., fr. It. partigiano. See {Party},
      and cf. {Partisan} a truncheon.] [Written also {partizan}.]
      1. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is
            strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an
            interest. [bd]The violence of a partisan.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
                     Both sides had their partisans in the colony.
                                                                              --Jefferson.
  
      2. (Mil.)
            (a) The commander of a body of detached light troops
                  engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
            (b) Any member of such a corps.

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   Partisan \Par"ti*san\, a. [Written also partizan.]
      1. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the
            character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence
            to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
  
      2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a
            partisan officer or corps.
  
      {Partisan ranger} (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps.

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   Partisan \Par"ti*san\, n. [F. pertuisane, prob. fr. It.
      partigiana, influenced in French by OF. pertuisier to pierce.
      It was prob. so named as the weapon of some partisans, or
      party men. Cf. {Partisan} one of a corps of light troops.]
      A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
  
               And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave.
                                                                              --Shak.

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   Partisan \Par"ti*san\, a. [Written also partizan.]
      1. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the
            character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence
            to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
  
      2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a
            partisan officer or corps.
  
      {Partisan ranger} (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps.

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   Partisanship \Par"ti*san*ship\, n.
      The state of being a partisan, or adherent to a party;
      feelings or conduct appropriate to a partisan.

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   Partisan \Par"ti*san\, n. [F., fr. It. partigiano. See {Party},
      and cf. {Partisan} a truncheon.] [Written also {partizan}.]
      1. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is
            strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an
            interest. [bd]The violence of a partisan.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
                     Both sides had their partisans in the colony.
                                                                              --Jefferson.
  
      2. (Mil.)
            (a) The commander of a body of detached light troops
                  engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
            (b) Any member of such a corps.

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   Partook \Par*took"\,
      imp. of {Partake}.

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   Partake \Par*take"\, v. i. [imp. {Partook}; p. p. {Partaken}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Partaking}.] [Part + take.]
      1. To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with
            others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share;
            as, to partake of a feast with others. [bd]Brutes partake
            in this faculty.[b8] --Locke.
  
                     When I against myself with thee partake. --Shak.
  
      2. To have something of the properties, character, or office;
            -- usually followed by of.
  
                     The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes
                     partly of a judge, and partly of an
                     attorney-general.                              --Bacon.

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   Party \Par"ty\, n.; pl. {Parties}. [F. parti and partie, fr. F.
      partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See {Part}, v.]
      1. A part or portion. [Obs.] [bd]The most party of the
            time.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as
            distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community
            or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people
            is divided on questions of public policy.
  
                     Win the noble Brutus to our party.      --Shak.
  
                     The peace both parties want is like to last.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment;
            especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on
            special service.
  
      4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a
            select company; as, a dinner party; also, the
            entertainment itself; as, to give a party.
  
      5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes
            part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to
            the plot; a party to the contract.
  
      6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an
            individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
  
                     The cause of both parties shall come before the
                     judges.                                             --Ex. xxii. 9.
  
      7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed
            or antagonistic to another.
  
                     It the jury found that the party slain was of
                     English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J.
                                                                              Davies.
  
      8. Cause; side; interest.
  
                     Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the
                     Duke of Albany?                                 --Shak.
  
      9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a
            vulgarism.]
  
      Note: [bd]For several generations, our ancestors largely
               employed party for person; but this use of the word,
               when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike,
               more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the
               consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to
               leave it in their undisputed possession.[b8] --Fitzed.
               Hall.
  
      {Party jury} (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as
            one which is half natives and half foreigners.
  
      {Party man}, a partisan. --Swift.
  
      {Party spirit}, a factious and unreasonable temper, not
            uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately.
  
      {Party verdict}, a joint verdict. --Shak.
  
      {Party wall}.
            (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between
                  two adjoining properties, usually having half its
                  thickness on each property.
            (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a
                  block or row.

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   Party \Par"ty\, n.; pl. {Parties}. [F. parti and partie, fr. F.
      partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See {Part}, v.]
      1. A part or portion. [Obs.] [bd]The most party of the
            time.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as
            distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community
            or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people
            is divided on questions of public policy.
  
                     Win the noble Brutus to our party.      --Shak.
  
                     The peace both parties want is like to last.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment;
            especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on
            special service.
  
      4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a
            select company; as, a dinner party; also, the
            entertainment itself; as, to give a party.
  
      5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes
            part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to
            the plot; a party to the contract.
  
      6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an
            individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
  
                     The cause of both parties shall come before the
                     judges.                                             --Ex. xxii. 9.
  
      7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed
            or antagonistic to another.
  
                     It the jury found that the party slain was of
                     English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J.
                                                                              Davies.
  
      8. Cause; side; interest.
  
                     Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the
                     Duke of Albany?                                 --Shak.
  
      9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a
            vulgarism.]
  
      Note: [bd]For several generations, our ancestors largely
               employed party for person; but this use of the word,
               when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike,
               more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the
               consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to
               leave it in their undisputed possession.[b8] --Fitzed.
               Hall.
  
      {Party jury} (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as
            one which is half natives and half foreigners.
  
      {Party man}, a partisan. --Swift.
  
      {Party spirit}, a factious and unreasonable temper, not
            uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately.
  
      {Party verdict}, a joint verdict. --Shak.
  
      {Party wall}.
            (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between
                  two adjoining properties, usually having half its
                  thickness on each property.
            (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a
                  block or row.

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   Party-coated \Par"ty-coat`ed\, a.
      Having a motley coat, or coat of divers colors. --Shak.

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   Party-colored \Par"ty-col`ored\, Parti-colored \Par"ti-col`ored\
   ,   a.
      Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored
      flower. [bd]Parti-colored lambs.[b8] --Shak.

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   Partyism \Par"ty*ism\, n.
      Devotion to party.

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   Perdicine \Per"di*cine\, a. [See {Perdix}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the family {Perdicid[91]}, or partridges.

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   Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF.
      pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
            the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the
            family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is
            noted as a game bird.
  
                     Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
  
      Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix
               cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis
               rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
               species.
  
      2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
            to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.]
  
      Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of
               the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
               ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena
               partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California
               partridge ({Callipepla Californica}).
  
      3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.]
  
      {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the
            genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China
            and the East Indies.
  
      {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa
            ({Francolinus pictus}).
  
      {Partridge berry}. (Bot.)
            (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
                  ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]},
                  having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
                  flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
                  with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
                  which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
            (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria
                  procumbens}); also, the plant itself.
  
      {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under
            {Mountain}.
  
      {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
            ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the
            Eastern United States.
  
      {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell
            ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of
            the partridge.
  
      {Partridge wood}
            (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
                  is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
                  it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}.
                  Called also {pheasant wood}.
            (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
                  striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
                  walking sticks and umbrella handles.
  
      {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge
            ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note.
  
      {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge
            ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of
            Asia.
  
      {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}.
  
      {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small
            Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}.

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   Ynambu \Y*nam"bu\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A South American tinamou ({Rhynchotus rufescens}); -- called
      also {perdiz grande}, and {rufous tinamou}. See Illust. of
      {Tinamou}.

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   d8Perid2ci \[d8]Per`i*[d2]"ci\, Perid2cians \Per`i*[d2]"cians\,
      n. pl. [NL. perioeci, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] around + [?] house,
      dwelling.]
      Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on
      opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it
      is midnight in the other. Compare {Ant[d2]ci}.

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   Periodic \Per`i*od"ic\, a. [Pref. per- + iodic.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest
      oxygen acid (HIO[?]) of iodine.

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   Periodic \Pe`ri*od"ic\, Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, a. [L.
      periodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riodique.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by
            periods.
  
                     The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. --Sir J.
                                                                              Herschel.
  
      2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding
            in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical
            motion of the planets round the sun.
  
      3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning
            regularly, after a certain period of time; acting,
            happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring;
            as, periodical epidemics.
  
                     The periodic return of a plant's flowering.
                                                                              --Henslow.
  
                     To influence opinion through the periodical press.
                                                                              --Courthope.
  
      4. (Rhet.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a
            complete sentence.
  
      {Periodic comet} (Astron.), a comet that moves about the sun
            in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of
            its approaches to the sun.
  
      {Periodic function} (Math.), a function whose values recur at
            fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The
            trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are
            periodic functions. Exponential functions are also
            periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic
            functions have not only a real but an imaginary period,
            and are hence called doubly periodic.
  
      {Periodic law} (Chem.), the generalization that the
            properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions
            of their atomic wieghts. [bd]In other words, if the
            elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights,
            it will be found that nearly the same properties recur
            periodically throughout the entire series.[b8] The
            following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows
            the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III.,
            IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural
            family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable
            existence of unknown elements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Periodic \Pe`ri*od"ic\, Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, a. [L.
      periodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riodique.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by
            periods.
  
                     The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. --Sir J.
                                                                              Herschel.
  
      2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding
            in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical
            motion of the planets round the sun.
  
      3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning
            regularly, after a certain period of time; acting,
            happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring;
            as, periodical epidemics.
  
                     The periodic return of a plant's flowering.
                                                                              --Henslow.
  
                     To influence opinion through the periodical press.
                                                                              --Courthope.
  
      4. (Rhet.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a
            complete sentence.
  
      {Periodic comet} (Astron.), a comet that moves about the sun
            in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of
            its approaches to the sun.
  
      {Periodic function} (Math.), a function whose values recur at
            fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The
            trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are
            periodic functions. Exponential functions are also
            periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic
            functions have not only a real but an imaginary period,
            and are hence called doubly periodic.
  
      {Periodic law} (Chem.), the generalization that the
            properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions
            of their atomic wieghts. [bd]In other words, if the
            elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights,
            it will be found that nearly the same properties recur
            periodically throughout the entire series.[b8] The
            following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows
            the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III.,
            IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural
            family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable
            existence of unknown elements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Periodic \Pe`ri*od"ic\, Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, a. [L.
      periodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riodique.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by
            periods.
  
                     The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. --Sir J.
                                                                              Herschel.
  
      2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding
            in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical
            motion of the planets round the sun.
  
      3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning
            regularly, after a certain period of time; acting,
            happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring;
            as, periodical epidemics.
  
                     The periodic return of a plant's flowering.
                                                                              --Henslow.
  
                     To influence opinion through the periodical press.
                                                                              --Courthope.
  
      4. (Rhet.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a
            complete sentence.
  
      {Periodic comet} (Astron.), a comet that moves about the sun
            in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of
            its approaches to the sun.
  
      {Periodic function} (Math.), a function whose values recur at
            fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The
            trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are
            periodic functions. Exponential functions are also
            periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic
            functions have not only a real but an imaginary period,
            and are hence called doubly periodic.
  
      {Periodic law} (Chem.), the generalization that the
            properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions
            of their atomic wieghts. [bd]In other words, if the
            elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights,
            it will be found that nearly the same properties recur
            periodically throughout the entire series.[b8] The
            following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows
            the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III.,
            IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural
            family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable
            existence of unknown elements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a
            given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite
            fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of
            temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay
            Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}.
  
      {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under
            {International}.
  
      {Law of nature}.
            (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant
                  action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death
                  is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature.
                  See {Law}, 4.
            (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality
                  deducible from a study of the nature and natural
                  relations of human beings independent of supernatural
                  revelation or of municipal and social usages.
  
      {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the
            land.
  
      {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}.
  
      {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac
            Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or
            of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as
            it is made to change that state by external force. (2)
            Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force,
            and takes place in the direction in which the force is
            impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to
            action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon
            each other are always equal and in opposite directions.
  
      {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch
            of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea,
            such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like.
            --Bouvier.
  
      {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above).
  
      {Martial law}.See under {Martial}.
  
      {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law,
            consisting of rules ordained for the government of the
            military force of a state in peace and war, and
            administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's
            Blackstone.
  
      {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and
            wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten
            commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2.
  
      {Mosaic}, [or] {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3.
           
  
      {Municipal}, [or] {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the
            supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing
            some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from
            international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1.
  
      {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}.
  
      {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the
            codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of
            ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws
            of the several European countries and colonies founded by
            them. See {Civil law} (above).
  
      {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive
            enactments of the legislative body.
  
      {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}.
  
      {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by
            bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute
            some one.
  
      {To} {take, [or] have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to
            bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor.
            --Addison.
  
      {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}.
  
      Syn: Justice; equity.
  
      Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict},
                  {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with
                  reference to, or in connection with, the other words
                  here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one
                  who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a
                  particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly
                  enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action
                  founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of
                  justice. A regulation is a limited and often,
                  temporary law, intended to secure some particular end
                  or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a
                  sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A
                  decree is a permanent order either of a court or of
                  the executive government. See {Justice}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Periodic \Pe`ri*od"ic\, Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, a. [L.
      periodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riodique.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by
            periods.
  
                     The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. --Sir J.
                                                                              Herschel.
  
      2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding
            in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical
            motion of the planets round the sun.
  
      3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning
            regularly, after a certain period of time; acting,
            happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring;
            as, periodical epidemics.
  
                     The periodic return of a plant's flowering.
                                                                              --Henslow.
  
                     To influence opinion through the periodical press.
                                                                              --Courthope.
  
      4. (Rhet.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a
            complete sentence.
  
      {Periodic comet} (Astron.), a comet that moves about the sun
            in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of
            its approaches to the sun.
  
      {Periodic function} (Math.), a function whose values recur at
            fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The
            trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are
            periodic functions. Exponential functions are also
            periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic
            functions have not only a real but an imaginary period,
            and are hence called doubly periodic.
  
      {Periodic law} (Chem.), the generalization that the
            properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions
            of their atomic wieghts. [bd]In other words, if the
            elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights,
            it will be found that nearly the same properties recur
            periodically throughout the entire series.[b8] The
            following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows
            the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III.,
            IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural
            family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable
            existence of unknown elements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   TABLE OF THE PERIODIC LAW OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS (The vertical
   columns contain the periodic groups) Series1[ 2[ 3[ 4[ 5[ 6[ 7[
   8[ 9[ 10[ 11[ 12[
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   |I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. | RH4 RH3 RH3 RH |R2O RO R3O3
   RO2 R2O5 RO3 R2O7 RO4
   -------------------------------------------------------------- H
   1 Li 7 Na 23 K 39 (Cu) 63 Rb 85.2 (Ag) (108) Cs 133 (-) (-) (Au)
   (197) (-)
  
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
  
      Note: A similar relation had been enunciated in a crude way
               by Newlands; but the law in its effective form was
               developed and elaborated by Mendelejeff, whence it is
               sometimes called {Mendelejeff's law}. Important
               extensions of it were also made by L. Meyer. By this
               means Mendelejeff predicted with remarkable accuracy
               the hypothetical elements ekaboron, ekaluminium, and
               ekasilicon, afterwards discovered and named
               respectively scandium, gallium, and germanium.
  
      {Periodic star} (Astron.), a variable star whose changes of
            brightness recur at fixed periods.
  
      {Periodic time of a heavenly body} (Astron.), the time of a
            complete revolution of the body about the sun, or of a
            satellite about its primary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   TABLE OF THE PERIODIC LAW OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS (The vertical
   columns contain the periodic groups) Series1[ 2[ 3[ 4[ 5[ 6[ 7[
   8[ 9[ 10[ 11[ 12[
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   |I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. | RH4 RH3 RH3 RH |R2O RO R3O3
   RO2 R2O5 RO3 R2O7 RO4
   -------------------------------------------------------------- H
   1 Li 7 Na 23 K 39 (Cu) 63 Rb 85.2 (Ag) (108) Cs 133 (-) (-) (Au)
   (197) (-)
  
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
  
      Note: A similar relation had been enunciated in a crude way
               by Newlands; but the law in its effective form was
               developed and elaborated by Mendelejeff, whence it is
               sometimes called {Mendelejeff's law}. Important
               extensions of it were also made by L. Meyer. By this
               means Mendelejeff predicted with remarkable accuracy
               the hypothetical elements ekaboron, ekaluminium, and
               ekasilicon, afterwards discovered and named
               respectively scandium, gallium, and germanium.
  
      {Periodic star} (Astron.), a variable star whose changes of
            brightness recur at fixed periods.
  
      {Periodic time of a heavenly body} (Astron.), the time of a
            complete revolution of the body about the sun, or of a
            satellite about its primary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Periodic \Pe`ri*od"ic\, Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, a. [L.
      periodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]riodique.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by
            periods.
  
                     The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. --Sir J.
                                                                              Herschel.
  
      2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding
            in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical
            motion of the planets round the sun.
  
      3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning
            regularly, after a certain period of time; acting,
            happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring;
            as, periodical epidemics.
  
                     The periodic return of a plant's flowering.
                                                                              --Henslow.
  
                     To influence opinion through the periodical press.
                                                                              --Courthope.
  
      4. (Rhet.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a
            complete sentence.
  
      {Periodic comet} (Astron.), a comet that moves about the sun
            in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of
            its approaches to the sun.
  
      {Periodic function} (Math.), a function whose values recur at
            fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The
            trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are
            periodic functions. Exponential functions are also
            periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic
            functions have not only a real but an imaginary period,
            and are hence called doubly periodic.
  
      {Periodic law} (Chem.), the generalization that the
            properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions
            of their atomic wieghts. [bd]In other words, if the
            elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights,
            it will be found that nearly the same properties recur
            periodically throughout the entire series.[b8] The
            following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows
            the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III.,
            IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural
            family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable
            existence of unknown elements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Periodical \Pe`ri*od"ic*al\, n.
      A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or
      regular intervals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Blazing star}, {Double star}, {Multiple star}, {Shooting
      star}, etc. See under {Blazing}, {Double}, etc.
  
      {Nebulous star} (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
            nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
           
  
      {Star anise} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
            called from its star-shaped capsules.
  
      {Star apple} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum
            Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
            silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
            fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
            cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
            about sixty species, and the natural order
            ({Sapotace[91]}) to which it belongs is called the
            Star-apple family.
  
      {Star conner}, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
            astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
  
      {Star coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of stony
            corals belonging to {Astr[91]a}, {Orbicella}, and allied
            genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
            contain conspicuous radiating septa.
  
      {Star cucumber}. (Bot.) See under {Cucumber}.
  
      {Star flower}. (Bot.)
            (a) A plant of the genus {Ornithogalum};
                  star-of-Bethlehem.
            (b) See {Starwort}
            (b) .
            (c) An American plant of the genus {Trientalis}
                  ({Trientalis Americana}). --Gray.
  
      {Star fort} (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
            projecting angles; -- whence the name.
  
      {Star gauge} (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
            projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
            different parts of the bore of a gun.
  
      {Star grass}. (Bot.)
            (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta}) having
                  star-shaped yellow flowers.
            (b) The colicroot. See {Colicroot}.
  
      {Star hyacinth} (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla}
            ({S. autumnalis}); -- called also {star-headed hyacinth}.
           
  
      {Star jelly} (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
            ({Nostoc commune}, {N. edule}, etc.). See {Nostoc}.
  
      {Star lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stellion}.
  
      {Star-of-Bethlehem} (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
            ({Ornithogalum umbellatum}) having a small white starlike
            flower.
  
      {Star-of-the-earth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Plantago}
            ({P. coronopus}), growing upon the seashore.
  
      {Star polygon} (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
            so as to form a star-shaped figure.
  
      {Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the
            United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
            stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
            a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
            one for each.
  
                     With the old flag, the true American flag, the
                     Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
                     chamber in which we sit.                     --D. Webster.
  
      {Star showers}. See {Shooting star}, under {Shooting}.
  
      {Star thistle} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
            solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with radiating
            spines.
  
      {Star wheel} (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
            ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
            of some machines.
  
      {Star worm} (Zo[94]l.), a gephyrean.
  
      {Temporary star} (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
            shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
            These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be
            variable stars of long and undetermined periods.
  
      {Variable star} (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
            periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
            irregularly; -- called {periodical star} when its changes
            occur at fixed periods.
  
      {Water star grass} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera
            graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [f4]er, AS. ge[a0]r; akin to
      OFries. i[?]r, g[?]r, D. jaar, OHG. j[be]r, G. jahr, Icel.
      [be]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [86]r, Goth. j[?]r, Gr. [?] a season of
      the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, [?] a year,
      Zend y[be]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. {Hour}, {Yore}.]
      1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the
            ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its
            revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;
            also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this,
            adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and
            called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354
            days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360
            days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days,
            and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of
            366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on
            account of the excess above 365 days (see {Bissextile}).
  
                     Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.
  
      Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly
               commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
               throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
  
      2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about
            the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
  
      3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.
  
      {Anomalistic year}, the time of the earth's revolution from
            perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6
            hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.
  
      {A year's mind} (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
            person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A
            month's mind}, under {Month}.
  
      {Bissextile year}. See {Bissextile}.
  
      {Canicular year}. See under {Canicular}.
  
      {Civil year}, the year adopted by any nation for the
            computation of time.
  
      {Common lunar year}, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
            days.
  
      {Common year}, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from
            leap year.
  
      {Embolismic year}, [or] {Intercalary lunar year}, the period
            of 13 lunar months, or 384 days.
  
      {Fiscal year} (Com.), the year by which accounts are
            reckoned, or the year between one annual time of
            settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.
  
      {Great year}. See {Platonic year}, under {Platonic}.
  
      {Gregorian year}, {Julian year}. See under {Gregorian}, and
            {Julian}.
  
      {Leap year}. See {Leap year}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Lunar astronomical year}, the period of 12 lunar synodical
            months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.
  
      {Lunisolar year}. See under {Lunisolar}.
  
      {Periodical year}. See {Anomalistic year}, above.
  
      {Platonic year}, {Sabbatical year}. See under {Platonic}, and
            {Sabbatical}.
  
      {Sidereal year}, the time in which the sun, departing from
            any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6
            hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.
  
      {Tropical year}. See under {Tropical}.
  
      {Year and a day} (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an
            act or an event, in order that an entire year might be
            secured beyond all question. --Abbott.
  
      {Year of grace}, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;
            A. D. or a. d.

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   Anomalistic \A*nom`a*lis"tic\, Anomalistical
   \A*nom`a*lis"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anomalistique.]
      1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
  
      2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance
            of a planet from its perihelion.
  
      {Anomalistic month}. See under {Month}.
  
      {Anomalistic revolution}, the period in which a planet or
            satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes
            of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the
            same again.
  
      {Anomalistic}, or {Periodical year}. See under {Year}.

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   Periodicalist \Pe`ri*od"ic*al*ist\, n.
      One who publishes, or writes for, a periodical.

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   Periodically \Pe`ri*od"ic*al*ly\, adv.
      In a periodical manner.

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   Periodicalness \Pe`ri*od"ic*al*ness\, n.
      Periodicity.

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   Periodicity \Pe`ri*o*dic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Periodicities}. [Cf. F.
      p[82]riodicit[82].]
      The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly
      recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of
      plants. --Henfrey.

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   Periodicity \Pe`ri*o*dic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Periodicities}. [Cf. F.
      p[82]riodicit[82].]
      The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly
      recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of
      plants. --Henfrey.

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   Periodoscope \Pe`ri*od"o*scope\, n. [Period + -scope.] (Med.)
      A table or other means for calculating the periodical
      functions of women. --Dunglison.

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   Periotic \Per`i*o"tic\, a. [Pref. peri- + Gr. [?], [?], the
      ear.] (Anat.)
      Surrounding, or pertaining to the region surrounding, the
      internal ear; as, the periotic capsule. -- n. A periotic
      bone.

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   d8Potto \[d8]Pot"to\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A nocturnal mammal ({Perodictius potto}) of the Lemur
                  family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary
                  forefingers. Called also {aposoro}, and {bush dog}.
            (b) The kinkajou.

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   Persulphocyanogen \Per*sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.)
      An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of
      chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of
      potassium; -- called also {pseudosulphocyanogen},
      {perthiocyanogen}, and formerly {sulphocyanogen}.

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   Perthiocyanogen \Per*thi`o*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.)
      Same as {Persulphocyanogen}.

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   Persulphocyanogen \Per*sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.)
      An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of
      chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of
      potassium; -- called also {pseudosulphocyanogen},
      {perthiocyanogen}, and formerly {sulphocyanogen}.

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   Perthiocyanogen \Per*thi`o*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.)
      Same as {Persulphocyanogen}.

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   Pertusate \Per*tus"ate\, a. [See {Pertuse}.] (Bot.)
      Pierced at the apex.

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   Pertuse \Per*tuse"\, Pertused \Per*tused"\, a. [L. pertusus, p.
      p. of pertundere to beat or thrust through, to bore through;
      per + tundere to beat: cf. F. pertus. Cf. {Pierce}.]
      Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.

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   Pertuse \Per*tuse"\, Pertused \Per*tused"\, a. [L. pertusus, p.
      p. of pertundere to beat or thrust through, to bore through;
      per + tundere to beat: cf. F. pertus. Cf. {Pierce}.]
      Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.

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   Pertusion \Per*tu"sion\, n. [L. pertusio.]
      The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument;
      as, pertusion of a vein. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
  
      2. A punched hole; a perforation. --Bacon.

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   Phreatic \Phre*at"ic\, a. [F. phr[82]atique, from Gr. [?], [?],
      a well.] (Geol.)
      Subterranean; -- applied to sources supplying wells.

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   Piratic \Pi*rat"ic\, a.
      Piratical.

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   Piratical \Pi*rat"ic*al\, a. [L. piraticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F.
      piratique.]
      Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing,
      piracy; as, a piratical undertaking. [bd]Piratical
      printers.[b8] --Pope. -- {Pi*rat"ic*al*ly}, adv.

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   Piratical \Pi*rat"ic*al\, a. [L. piraticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F.
      piratique.]
      Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing,
      piracy; as, a piratical undertaking. [bd]Piratical
      printers.[b8] --Pope. -- {Pi*rat"ic*al*ly}, adv.

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   Porotic \Po*rot"ic\, n. [Gr. [?] callus.] (Med.)
      A medicine supposed to promote the formation of callus.

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   Porridge \Por"ridge\, n. [Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh.
      influenced by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porr[82]e,
      fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See {Pottage}, and cf.
      {Porringer}.]
      A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous
      substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of
      broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge,
      bean porridge, etc.

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            Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads. --Shak.
  
            We are in port if we have Thee.                  --Keble.
  
      2. In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are
            admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence
            they depart and where they finish their voyages.
  
      {Free port}. See under {Free}.
  
      {Port bar}. (Naut,)
            (a) A boom. See {Boom}, 4, also {Bar}, 3.
            (b) A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port.
  
      {Port charges} (Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a
            ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor.
  
      {Port of entry}, a harbor where a customhouse is established
            for the legal entry of merchandise.
  
      {Port toll} (Law), a payment made for the privilege of
            bringing goods into port.
  
      {Port warden}, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor
            master.

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   Shark \Shark\, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr.
      carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as, so called from
      its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth;
      or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. {Shark}, v. t. & i.);
      cf. Corn. scarceas.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch
            fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
  
      Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark,
               grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty
               feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in
               length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are
               exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly
               belong to the genera {Carcharhinus}, {Carcharodon}, and
               related genera. They have several rows of large sharp
               teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark
               ({Carcharodon carcharias, [or] Rondeleti}) of tropical
               seas, and the great blue shark ({Carcharhinus glaucus})
               of all tropical and temperate seas. The former
               sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most
               voracious and dangerous species known. The rare
               man-eating shark of the United States coast
               ({Charcarodon Atwoodi}) is thought by some to be a
               variety, or the young, of {C. carcharias}. The dusky
               shark ({Carcharhinus obscurus}), and the smaller blue
               shark ({C. caudatus}), both common species on the coast
               of the United States, are of moderate size and not
               dangerous. They feed on shellfish and bottom fishes.
  
      2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [Colloq.]
  
      3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
            [Obs.] --South.
  
      {Baskin shark}, {Liver shark}, {Nurse shark}, {Oil shark},
      {Sand shark}, {Tiger shark}, etc. See under {Basking},
            {Liver}, etc. See also {Dogfish}, {Houndfish},
            {Notidanian}, and {Tope}.
  
      {Gray shark}, the sand shark.
  
      {Hammer-headed shark}. See {Hammerhead}.
  
      {Port Jackson shark}. See {Cestraciont}.
  
      {Shark barrow}, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse.
  
      {Shark ray}. Same as {Angel fish}
            (a), under {Angel}.
  
      {Thrasher} shark, [or] {Thresher shark}, a large, voracious
            shark. See {Thrasher}.
  
      {Whale shark}, a huge harmless shark ({Rhinodon typicus}) of
            the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length,
            but has very small teeth.

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   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portace \Por"tace\ (?; 48), n.
      See {Portass}. [Obs.]

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   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portace \Por"tace\ (?; 48), n.
      See {Portass}. [Obs.]

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   Portage \Port"age\ (?; 48), n. [From 2d {Port}.] (Naut.)
      (a) A sailor's wages when in port.
      (b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.

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   Portage \Port"age\, n. [3d {Port}.]
      A porthole. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Portage \Por"tage\, n. [F., from porter to carry. See {Port} to
      carry.]
      1. The act of carrying or transporting.
  
      2. The price of carriage; porterage. --Bp. Fell.
  
      3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] --Hakluyt.
  
      4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d {Carry}.

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   Portage \Por"tage\, v. t. & i.
      To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable
      waters.

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   Portage group \Por"tage group`\ [So called from the township of
      Portage in New York.] (Geol.)
      A subdivision of the Chemung period in American geology. See
      Chart of {Geology}.

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   Portague \Por"ta*gue\, n. [See {Portuguese}.]
      A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously
      estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one
      half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also {portegue} and
      {portigue}.]
  
               Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls.
                                                                              --Marlowe.

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   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portcluse \Port"cluse\, n.
      A portcullis. [Obs.]

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   Portcrayon \Port`cray"on\, n. [F. porte-crayon; porter to carry
      + crayon a crayon.]
      A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.

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   Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, n. [OF. porte coulisse, cole[8b]ce, a
      sliding door, fr. L. colare, colatum, to filter, to strain:
      cf. F. couler to glide. See {Port} a gate, and cf. {Cullis},
      {Colander}.]
      1. (Fort.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron,
            hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to
            prevent the entrance of an enemy. [bd]Let the portcullis
            fall.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
  
                     She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. --Milton.
  
      2. An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the
            use of the East India Company; -- so called from its
            bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.

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   Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portcullised};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Portcullising}.]
      To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
      [R.] --Shak.

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   Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portcullised};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Portcullising}.]
      To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
      [R.] --Shak.

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   Portcullis \Port*cul"lis\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portcullised};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Portcullising}.]
      To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
      [R.] --Shak.

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   Carriage \Car"riage\, n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage,
      chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage,
      wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See
      {Carry}.]
      1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]
  
                     David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of
                     the carriage.                                    --1. Sam.
                                                                              xvii. 22.
  
                     And after those days we took up our carriages and
                     went up to Jerusalem.                        --Acts. xxi.
                                                                              15.
  
      2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
  
                     Nine days employed in carriage.         --Chapman.
  
      3. The price or expense of carrying.
  
      4. That which carries of conveys, as:
            (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for
                  elegance and comfort.
            (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun
                  carriage.
            (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of
                  supports some other moving object or part.
            (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or
                  supported; as, a bell carriage.
  
      5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing;
            deportment; personal manners.
  
                     His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.
                                                                              --Stirling.
  
      6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects;
            management.
  
                     The passage and whole carriage of this action.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Carriage horse}, a horse kept for drawing a carriage.
  
      {Carriage porch} (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion
            covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It
            is intended as a shelter for those who alight from
            vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in
            the United States {porte-coch[8a]re}.

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   Portague \Por"ta*gue\, n. [See {Portuguese}.]
      A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously
      estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one
      half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also {portegue} and
      {portigue}.]
  
               Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls.
                                                                              --Marlowe.

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   Portegue \Por"te*gue\, n.
      See {Portague}. [Obs.]

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   Portague \Por"ta*gue\, n. [See {Portuguese}.]
      A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously
      estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one
      half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also {portegue} and
      {portigue}.]
  
               Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls.
                                                                              --Marlowe.

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   Portegue \Por"te*gue\, n.
      See {Portague}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portesse \Por"tesse\, n.
      See {Porteass}. [Obs.] --Tyndale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portesse \Por"tesse\, n.
      See {Porteass}. [Obs.] --Tyndale.

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   Portglave \Port"glave\, n. [F. porte-glaive; porter to carry +
      glaive a sword.]
      A sword bearer. [Obs.]

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   Portgreve \Port"greve`\, Portgrave \Port"grave`\, [AS.
      portger[c7]fa; port a harbor + ger[c7]fa a reeve or sheriff.
      See {Reeve} a steward, and cf. {Portreeve}.]
      In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or
      maritime town.; a portreeve. [Obs.] --Fabyan.

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   Portgreve \Port"greve`\, Portgrave \Port"grave`\, [AS.
      portger[c7]fa; port a harbor + ger[c7]fa a reeve or sheriff.
      See {Reeve} a steward, and cf. {Portreeve}.]
      In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or
      maritime town.; a portreeve. [Obs.] --Fabyan.

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   Porthook \Port"hook`\, n. (Naut.)
      One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached.
      --J. Knowles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portico \Por"ti*co\, n.; pl. {Porticoes}or {Porticos}. [It., L.
      porticus. See {Porch}.] (Arch.)
      A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical
      styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance
      of a building.

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   Porticoed \Por"ti*coed\, a.
      Furnished with a portico.

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   Portico \Por"ti*co\, n.; pl. {Porticoes}or {Porticos}. [It., L.
      porticus. See {Porch}.] (Arch.)
      A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical
      styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance
      of a building.

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   Portico \Por"ti*co\, n.; pl. {Porticoes}or {Porticos}. [It., L.
      porticus. See {Porch}.] (Arch.)
      A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical
      styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance
      of a building.

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   Portague \Por"ta*gue\, n. [See {Portuguese}.]
      A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously
      estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one
      half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also {portegue} and
      {portigue}.]
  
               Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls.
                                                                              --Marlowe.

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   Portigue \Por"ti*gue\, n.
      See {Portague}. --Beau. & Fl.

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   Portague \Por"ta*gue\, n. [See {Portuguese}.]
      A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously
      estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one
      half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also {portegue} and
      {portigue}.]
  
               Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls.
                                                                              --Marlowe.

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   Portigue \Por"ti*gue\, n.
      See {Portague}. --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portise \Por"tise\, n.
      See {Portass}. [Obs.]

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   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portise \Por"tise\, n.
      See {Portass}. [Obs.]

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   Portoise \Por"toise\, n. [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative,
      portable.] (Naut.)
      The gunwale of a ship.
  
      {To lower the yards a-portoise}, to lower them to the
            gunwale.
  
      {To ride a portoise}, to ride an anchor with the lower yards
            and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.

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   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portos \Por"tos\, n.
      See {Portass}. [Obs.]

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   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portos \Por"tos\, n.
      See {Portass}. [Obs.]

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   Portsale \Port"sale`\, n. [Port gate + sale.]
      Public or open sale; auction. [Obs.] --Holland.

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   Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier,
      laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.]
      1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({L.
            nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape,
            with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their
            axils; -- called also {sweet bay}.
  
      Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the
               Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks
               to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later
               period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of
               laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an
               aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.
  
      Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some
               respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.
  
      2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; --
            especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
  
      3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because
            the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
  
      {Laurel water}, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the
            cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other
            products carried over in the process.
  
      {American laurel}, [or] {Mountain laurel}, {Kalmia
            latifolia}. See under {Mountain}.
  
      {California laurel}, {Umbellularia Californica}.
  
      {Cherry laurel} (in England called {laurel}). See under
            {Cherry}.
  
      {Great laurel}, the rosebay ({Rhododendron maximum}).
  
      {Ground laurel}, trailing arbutus.
  
      {New Zealand laurel}, {Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}.
  
      {Portugal laurel}, the {Prunus Lusitanica}.
  
      {Rose laurel}, the oleander. See {Oleander}.
  
      {Sheep laurel}, a poisonous shrub, {Kalmia angustifolia},
            smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and
            redder flowers.
  
      {Spurge laurel}, {Daphne Laureola}.
  
      {West Indian laurel}, {Prunus occidentalis}.

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   Portuguese \Por"tu*guese\, a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues,
      Pg. portuguez.]
      Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing.
      & pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.
  
      {Portuguese man-of-war}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Physalia}.

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   Portuguese \Por"tu*guese\, a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues,
      Pg. portuguez.]
      Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing.
      & pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.
  
      {Portuguese man-of-war}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Physalia}.

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   Manofwar \Man`*of*war"\, n; pl. {Men-of-war}.
      A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp.
      one of large size; a ship of war.
  
      {Man-of-war bird} (Zo[94]l.), The frigate bird; also applied
            to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross.
  
      {Man-of-war hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird.
  
      {Man-of-war's man}, a sailor serving in a ship of war.
  
      {Portuguese man-of-war} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus
            {Physalia}. See {Physalia}.

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   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
      called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
      A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
      {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
      {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
  
               By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

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   Pr91texta \Pr[91]*tex"ta\, n.; pl. {Pr[91]text[91]}, E.
      {Pr[91]textas}. [L. (sc. toga), fr. praetextus, p. p. of
      praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before +
      texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.)
      A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before
      he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the
      completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their
      marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.

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   Pr91texta \Pr[91]*tex"ta\, n.; pl. {Pr[91]text[91]}, E.
      {Pr[91]textas}. [L. (sc. toga), fr. praetextus, p. p. of
      praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before +
      texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.)
      A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before
      he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the
      completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their
      marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.

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   Pr91texta \Pr[91]*tex"ta\, n.; pl. {Pr[91]text[91]}, E.
      {Pr[91]textas}. [L. (sc. toga), fr. praetextus, p. p. of
      praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before +
      texere to weave.] (Rom. Antiq.)
      A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before
      he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the
      completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their
      marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.

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   Pratic \Prat"ic\, n.
      See {Pratique}.

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   Pratique \Prat"ique\, n. [F.; cf. It. pratica, Sp. practica. See
      {Practice}.]
      1. (Com.) Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; hence,
            a certificate, given after compliance with quarantine
            regulations, permitting a ship to land passengers and
            crew; -- a term used particularly in the south of Europe.

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   Preadjustment \Pre`ad*just"ment\, n.
      Previous adjustment.

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   Preataxic \Pre`a*tax"ic\, a. (Med.)
      Occurring before the symptom ataxia has developed; -- applied
      to the early symptoms of locomotor ataxia.

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   Predacean \Pre*da"cean\, n. [L. praeda prey.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A carnivorous animal. --Kirby.

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   Predaceous \Pre*da"ceous\, a. [L. praeda prey. See {Prey}.]
      Living by prey; predatory. --Derham.

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   Predecay \Pre"de*cay`\, n.
      Premature decay.

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   Predecease \Pre`de*cease\, v. t.
      To die sooner than. [bd]If children predecease
      progenitors.[b8] --Shak.

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   Predecease \Pre"de*cease`\, n.
      The death of one person or thing before another. [R.]
      --Brougham.

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   Predecessive \Pred`e*ces"sive\, a.
      Going before; preceding. [bd]Our predecessive students.[b8]
      --Massinger.

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   Predecessor \Pred`e*ces"sor\ (?; 277), n. [L. praedecessor; prae
      before + decessor one who withdraws from the province he has
      governed, a retiring officer (with reference to his
      successor), a predecessor, fr. decedere: cf. F.
      pr[82]d[82]cesseur. See {Decease}.]
      One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state,
      position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes
      after, in any office or position.
  
               A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had
               been over the interests of the state.      --Prescott.

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   Predeclare \Pre`de*clare"\, v. t.
      To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce. --Milman.

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   Predesign \Pre`de*sign"\, v. t.
      To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. --Mitford.

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   Predesignate \Pre*des"ig*nate\, a. (Logic)
      A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions
      having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all,
      none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining
      propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.

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   Predestinarian \Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an\, a.
      Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian
      controversy. --Waterland.

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   Predestinarian \Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an\, n.
      One who believes in or supports the doctrine of
      predestination. --Dr. H. More.

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   Predestinarianism \Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an*ism\, n.
      The system or doctrine of the predestinarians.

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   Predestinary \Pre*des"ti*na*ry\, a.
      Predestinarian. [Obs.] --Heylin.

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   Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, a. [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of
      praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to
      determine. See {Destine}.]
      Predestinated; foreordained; fated. [bd]A predestinate
      scratched face.[b8] --Shak.

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   Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Predestinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestinating}.] [Cf.
      {Predestine}.]
      To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain
      beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to
      pre[89]lect.
  
               Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
               conformed to the image of his Son.         --Rom. viii.
                                                                              29.
  
      Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree;
               predestine; foredoom.

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   Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Predestinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestinating}.] [Cf.
      {Predestine}.]
      To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain
      beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to
      pre[89]lect.
  
               Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
               conformed to the image of his Son.         --Rom. viii.
                                                                              29.
  
      Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree;
               predestine; foredoom.

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   Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Predestinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestinating}.] [Cf.
      {Predestine}.]
      To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain
      beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to
      pre[89]lect.
  
               Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
               conformed to the image of his Son.         --Rom. viii.
                                                                              29.
  
      Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree;
               predestine; foredoom.

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   Predestination \Pre*des`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. praedestinatio: cf.
      F. pr[82]destination.]
      1. The act of predestinating.
  
                     Predestination had overruled their will. --Milton.
  
      2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all
            events; especially, the preordination of men to
            everlasting happiness or misery. See {Calvinism}.

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   Predestinative \Pre*des"ti*na*tive\, a.
      Determining beforehand; predestinating. [R.] --Coleridge.

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   Predestinator \Pre*des"ti*na`tor\, n. [Cf. F.
      pr[82]destinateur.]
      1. One who predestinates, or foreordains.
  
      2. One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a
            predestinarian. --Cowley.

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   Predestine \Pre*des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predestined}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Predestining}.] [Cf. F. pr[82]destiner. See
      {Predestinate}.]
      To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
      --Young.

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   Predestine \Pre*des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predestined}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Predestining}.] [Cf. F. pr[82]destiner. See
      {Predestinate}.]
      To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
      --Young.

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   Predestine \Pre*des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predestined}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Predestining}.] [Cf. F. pr[82]destiner. See
      {Predestinate}.]
      To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
      --Young.

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   Predestiny \Pre*des"ti*ny\, n.
      Predestination. [Obs.]

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   Prediastolic \Pre*di`as*tol"ic\, a. (Physiol.)
      Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolic
      friction sound.

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   Predicability \Pred`i*ca*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of
      something, or attributed to something. --Reid.

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   Predicable \Pred"i*ca*ble\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]dicable, L.
      praedicabilis praiseworthy. See {Predicate}.]
      Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something;
      affirmable; attributable.

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   Predicable \Pred"i*ca*ble\, n.
      1. Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general
            attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to,
            many individuals.
  
      2. (Logic) One of the five most general relations of
            attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely,
            genus, species, difference, property, and accident.

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   Predicament \Pre*dic"a*ment\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]dicament, L.
      praedicamentum. See {Predicate}.]
      1. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence,
            condition; particular situation or state; especially, an
            unfortunate or trying position or condition. [bd]O woeful
            sympathy; piteous predicament![b8] --Shak.
  
      2. (Logic) See {Category}.
  
      Syn: Category; condition; state; plight.

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   Predicamental \Pre*dic`a*men"tal\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a predicament. --John Hall (1646).

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   Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, a. [L. praedicans, -antis, p. pr. of
      praedicare. See {Predicate}.]
      Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence;
      preaching. [bd]The Roman predicant orders.[b8] --N. Brit.
      Rev.

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   Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, n.
      One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a
      preaching friar; a Dominican.

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   Black friar \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.)
      A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also {predicant}
      and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes,
      a Benedictine.

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   Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, a. [L. praedicans, -antis, p. pr. of
      praedicare. See {Predicate}.]
      Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence;
      preaching. [bd]The Roman predicant orders.[b8] --N. Brit.
      Rev.

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   Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, n.
      One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a
      preaching friar; a Dominican.

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   Black friar \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.)
      A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also {predicant}
      and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes,
      a Benedictine.

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   Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, n. [L. praedicatum, neut. of
      praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. pr[82]dicat. See
      {Predicate}, v. t.]
      1. (Logic) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject.
            In these propositions, [bd]Paper is white,[b8] [bd]Ink is
            not white,[b8] whiteness is the predicate affirmed of
            paper and denied of ink.
  
      2. (Gram.) The word or words in a proposition which express
            what is affirmed of the subject.
  
      Syn: Affirmation; declaration.

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   Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.]
      Predicated.

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   Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of
      praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See {Preach}.]
      1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of
            another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
  
      2. To found; to base. [U.S.]
  
      Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for
               found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain
               principles; to predicate a statement on information
               received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only
               in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of
               another. [bd]Similitude is not predicated of essences
               or substances, but of figures and qualities only.[b8]
               --Cudworth.

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   Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. i.
      To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
      --Sir M. Hale.

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   Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of
      praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See {Preach}.]
      1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of
            another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
  
      2. To found; to base. [U.S.]
  
      Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for
               found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain
               principles; to predicate a statement on information
               received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only
               in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of
               another. [bd]Similitude is not predicated of essences
               or substances, but of figures and qualities only.[b8]
               --Cudworth.

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   Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of
      praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See {Preach}.]
      1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of
            another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
  
      2. To found; to base. [U.S.]
  
      Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for
               found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain
               principles; to predicate a statement on information
               received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only
               in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of
               another. [bd]Similitude is not predicated of essences
               or substances, but of figures and qualities only.[b8]
               --Cudworth.

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   Predication \Pred`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. praedicatio: cf. F.
      pr[82]dication.]
      1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of
            another; affirmation; assertion. --Locke.
  
      2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.

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   Predicative \Pred"i*ca*tive\, a. [L. praedicativus.]
      Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming;
      predicating, as, a predicative term. -- {Pred"i*ca*tive*ly},
      adv.

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   Predicative \Pred"i*ca*tive\, a. [L. praedicativus.]
      Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming;
      predicating, as, a predicative term. -- {Pred"i*ca*tive*ly},
      adv.

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   Predicatory \Pred"i*ca*to*ry\, a. [Cf. L. praedicatorius
      praising.]
      Affirmative; positive. --Bp. Hall.

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   Predicrotic \Pre`di*crot"ic\, a. (Physiol.)
      A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse
      curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the
      dicrotic wave.
  
               The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard
               pulse, i. e., where the blood pressure is high.
                                                                              --Landois &
                                                                              Stirling.

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   Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Predicting}.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to
      predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See {Diction},
      and cf. {Preach}.]
      To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to
      presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of
      a comet.
  
      Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode;
               foreshow; bode.

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   Predict \Pre*dict"\, n.
      A prediction. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Predictable \Pre*dict"a*ble\, a.
      That may be predicted.

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   Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Predicting}.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to
      predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See {Diction},
      and cf. {Preach}.]
      To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to
      presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of
      a comet.
  
      Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode;
               foreshow; bode.

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   Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Predicting}.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to
      predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See {Diction},
      and cf. {Preach}.]
      To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to
      presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of
      a comet.
  
      Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode;
               foreshow; bode.

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   Prediction \Pre*dic"tion\, n. [L. praedictio: cf. F.
      pr[82]diction.]
      The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold;
      prophecy.
  
               The predictions of cold and long winters. --Bacon.
  
      Syn: Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury;
               divination; soothsaying; vaticination.

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   Predictional \Pre*dic"tion*al\, a.
      Prophetic; prognostic. [R.]

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   Predictive \Pre*dict"ive\, a. [L. praedictivus.]
      Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding. -- {Pre*dict"ive*ly},
      adv.

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   Predictive \Pre*dict"ive\, a. [L. praedictivus.]
      Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding. -- {Pre*dict"ive*ly},
      adv.

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   Predictor \Pre*dict"or\, n.
      One who predicts; a foreteller.

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   Predictory \Pre*dict"o*ry\, a.
      Predictive. [R.] --Fuller.

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   Predigest \Pre`di*gest"\, v. t. (Med.)
      To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.

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   Predigestion \Pre`di*ges"tion\, n.
      1. Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion. [Obs.]
            --Bacon.
  
      2. (Med.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or
            impaired digestion.

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   Prediscover \Pre`dis*cov"er\, v. t.
      To discover beforehand.

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   Prediscovery \Pre`dis*cov"er*y\, n.
      A previous discovery.

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   Predisponency \Pre`dis*po"nen*cy\, n.
      The state of being predisposed; predisposition. [R.]

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   Predisponent \Pre`dis*po"nent\, a.
      Disposing beforehand; predisposing. -- n. That which
      predisposes.
  
      {Predisponent causes}. (Med.) See {Predisposing causes},
            under {Predispose}. --Dunglison.

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   Predisponent \Pre`dis*po"nent\, a.
      Disposing beforehand; predisposing. -- n. That which
      predisposes.
  
      {Predisponent causes}. (Med.) See {Predisposing causes},
            under {Predispose}. --Dunglison.

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   Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
      F. pr[82]disposer.]
      1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition
            or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
  
      2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency
            to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
  
      {Predisposing causes} (Med.), causes which render the body
            liable to disease; predisponent causes.

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   Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
      F. pr[82]disposer.]
      1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition
            or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
  
      2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency
            to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
  
      {Predisposing causes} (Med.), causes which render the body
            liable to disease; predisponent causes.

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   Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
      F. pr[82]disposer.]
      1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition
            or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
  
      2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency
            to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
  
      {Predisposing causes} (Med.), causes which render the body
            liable to disease; predisponent causes.

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   Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
      F. pr[82]disposer.]
      1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition
            or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
  
      2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency
            to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
  
      {Predisposing causes} (Med.), causes which render the body
            liable to disease; predisponent causes.

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   Predisposition \Pre*dis`po*si"tion\, n.[Pref. pre- +
      disposition: cf. F. pr[82]disposition.]
      1. The act of predisposing, or the state of being
            predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or
            propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a
            predisposition to anger.
  
      2. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression,
            or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things;
            as, the predisposition of the body to disease.

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   Pretex \Pre*tex"\, v. t. [L. praetexere. See {Pretext}.]
      To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to
      pretend; to declare falsely. [Obs.]

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   Pretext \Pre"text\ (?; 277), n. [F. pr[82]texte, L. praetextum,
      fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, allege
      as an excuse; prae before + texere to weave. See {Text}.]
      Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or
      cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.
  
               They suck the blood of those they depend on, under a
               pretext of service and kindness.            --L'Estrange.
  
               With how much or how little pretext of reason. --Dr. H.
                                                                              More.
  
      Syn: Pretense; excuse; semblance; disguise; appearance. See
               {Pretense}.

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   Pretexture \Pre*tex"ture\ (?; 135), n.
      A pretext. [Obs.]

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   Pretty \Pret"ty\, a. [Compar. {Prettier}; superl. {Prettiest}.]
      [OE. prati, AS. pr[91]ttig, pr[91]tig, crafty, sly, akin to
      pr[91]t, pr[91]tt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky,
      prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic;
      cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. practica execution,
      practice, plot. See {Practice}.]
      1. Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not
            striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form
            a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or
            elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not
            grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a
            pretty flower; a pretty poem.
  
                     This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on
                     the greensward.                                 --Shak.
  
      2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty
            fortune. [bd]Wavering a pretty while.[b8] --Evelyn.
  
      3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.
  
                     The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the
                     world.                                                --Spectator.
  
      4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a
            pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
  
      5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.]
  
                     [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not
                     handsome.                                          --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      Syn: Elegant; neat; fine. See {Handsome}.

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   Prettyish \Pret"ty*ish\, a.
      Somewhat pretty. --Walpole.

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   Prettyism \Pret"ty*ism\, n.
      Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc. [R.] --Ed. Rev.

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   Pretty-spoken \Pret"ty-spo`ken\, a.
      Spoken or speaking prettily. [Colloq.]

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   Pretzel \Pret"zel\, n. [G. pretzel, bretzel. Cf. {Bretzel}.]
      A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted
      ring, salted on the outside.

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   Pritch \Pritch\, n. [See {Prick}.]
      1. A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      2. Pique; offense. [Obs.] --D. Rogers.

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   Pritchel \Pritch"el\, n.
      A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the
      nail holes in a horseshoe.

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   Pro94tic \Pro*[94]"tic\, a. [Pref. pro- + Gr. [?], [?], an ear.]
      (Anat.)
      In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a
      bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. --
      n. A pro[94]tic bone.

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   Prodigal \Prod"i*gal\, a. [L. prodigus, from prodigere to drive
      forth, to squander away; pro forward, forth + agere to drive;
      cf. F. prodigue. See {Agent}. ]
      Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other
      things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse;
      lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal
      man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses.
  
               In fighting fields [patriots] were prodigal of blood.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      Syn: Profuse; lavish; extravagant; squandering; wasteful. See
               {Profuse}.

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   Prodigal \Prod"i*gal\, n.
      One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without
      necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure;
      a waster; a spendthrift. [bd]Noble prodigals of life.[b8]
      --Trench.

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   Prodigality \Prod`i*gal"i*ty\, n. [F. prodigalit[82], L.
      prodigalitas. See {Prodigal}.]
      Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive
      liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to {frugality},
      {economy}, and {parsimony}.[bd]The prodigality of his
      wit.[b8] --Dryden.

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   Prodigalize \Prod"i*gal*ize\, v. i.
      To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally. --Sherwood.

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   Prodigalize \Prod"i*gal*ize\, v. t.
      To expend lavishly. --Ld. Lytton.

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   Prodigally \Prod"i*gal*ly\, adv.
      In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense;
      extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate
      prodigally dissipated.
  
               Nature not bounteous now, but lavish grows; Our paths
               with flowers she prodigally strows.         --Dryden.

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   Prodigate \Prod"i*gate\, v. t.
      To squander. --Thackeray.

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   Prodigence \Prod"i*gence\, n. [L. prodigentia, fr. prodigens, p.
      pr. of prodigere. See {Prodigal}. ]
      Waste; profusion; prodigality. [R.] --Bp. Hall.

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   Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl. {Prodigies}. [ L. prodigium; pro
      before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F.
      prodige. Cf. {Adage}. ]
      1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of
            nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as,
            eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
  
                     So many terrors, voices, prodigies, May warn thee,
                     as a sure foregoing sign.                  --Milton.
  
      2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or
            astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
  
      3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal
            development; a monster. --B. Jonson.
  
      Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.

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   Prodigious \Pro*di"gious\, a. [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a
      prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See {Prodigy}.]
      1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful;
            portentous. [Obs. or R.] --Spenser.
  
                     It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky.
                                                                              --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
  
      2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very
            great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a
            prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. [bd]Prodigious
            might.[b8] --Milton.
  
      Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous;
               amazing; astonishing; extraordinary.

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   Prodigiously \Pro*di"gious*ly\, adv.
      1. Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously
            great.
  
      2. Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased.
            [Colloq.] --Pope.

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   Prodigiousness \Pro*di"gious*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having
      qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness;
      vastness.

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   Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl. {Prodigies}. [ L. prodigium; pro
      before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F.
      prodige. Cf. {Adage}. ]
      1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of
            nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as,
            eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
  
                     So many terrors, voices, prodigies, May warn thee,
                     as a sure foregoing sign.                  --Milton.
  
      2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or
            astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
  
      3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal
            development; a monster. --B. Jonson.
  
      Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.

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   Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Produced}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Producing}.] [L. producere, productum, to bring
      forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead.
      See {Duke}.]
      1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or
            notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or
            evidence in court.
  
                     Produce your cause, saith the Lord.   --Isa. xli.
                                                                              21.
  
                     Your parents did not produce you much into the
                     world.                                                --Swift.
  
      2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or
            growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to
            propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces
            grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.
  
                     This soil produces all sorts of palm trees.
                                                                              --Sandys.
  
                     [They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. --
                                                                              Milton.
  
                     The greatest jurist his country had produced.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or
            result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice
            produces misery.
  
      4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a
            manufacturer produces excellent wares.
  
      5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest
            produces an income; capital produces profit.
  
      6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to
            produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne.
  
      7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or
            solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.

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   Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. i.
      To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects,
      consequences, or results.

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   Produce \Prod"uce\ (?; 277), n.
      That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product;
      yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural
      labors; hence, specifically, agricultural products.

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   Produce race \Prod"uce race\ (Horse Racing)
      A race to be run by the produce of horses named or described
      at the time of entry.

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   Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Produced}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Producing}.] [L. producere, productum, to bring
      forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead.
      See {Duke}.]
      1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or
            notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or
            evidence in court.
  
                     Produce your cause, saith the Lord.   --Isa. xli.
                                                                              21.
  
                     Your parents did not produce you much into the
                     world.                                                --Swift.
  
      2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or
            growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to
            propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces
            grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.
  
                     This soil produces all sorts of palm trees.
                                                                              --Sandys.
  
                     [They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. --
                                                                              Milton.
  
                     The greatest jurist his country had produced.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or
            result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice
            produces misery.
  
      4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a
            manufacturer produces excellent wares.
  
      5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest
            produces an income; capital produces profit.
  
      6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to
            produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne.
  
      7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or
            solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.

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   Producement \Pro*duce"ment\, n.
      Production. [Obs.]

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   Producent \Pro*du"cent\, n. [L. producens, p. pr.]
      One who produces, or offers to notice. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.

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   Producer \Pro*du"cer\, n.
      1. One who produces, brings forth, or generates.
  
      2. One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude
            materials into articles of use.
  
      3. (Iron & Steel Manuf.) A furnace for producing combustible
            gas which is used for fuel.

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   Producer's goods \Pro*duc"er's goods\ (Polit. Econ.)
      Goods that satisfy wants only indirectly as factors in the
      production of other goods, such as tools and raw material; --
      called also {instrumental goods}, {auxiliary goods},
      {intermediate goods}, or {goods of the second and higher
      orders}, and disting. from {consumers' goods}.

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   Producer's rent \Producer's rent\ Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\,
      a. (U. S. Politics)
      Of or pertaining to the Progressive party.

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   Producer's surplus \Producer's surplus\ (Polit. Econ.)
      Any profit above the normal rate of interest and wages
      accruing to a producer on account of some monopoly (temporary
      or permanent) of the means or materials of production; --
      called also

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   Producibility \Pro*du`ci*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The quality or state of being producible. --Barrow.

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   Producible \Pro*du"ci*ble\, a.
      Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth,
      generated, made, or extended. -- {Pro*du"ci*ble*ness}, n.

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   Producible \Pro*du"ci*ble\, a.
      Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth,
      generated, made, or extended. -- {Pro*du"ci*ble*ness}, n.

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   Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Produced}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Producing}.] [L. producere, productum, to bring
      forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead.
      See {Duke}.]
      1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or
            notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or
            evidence in court.
  
                     Produce your cause, saith the Lord.   --Isa. xli.
                                                                              21.
  
                     Your parents did not produce you much into the
                     world.                                                --Swift.
  
      2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or
            growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to
            propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces
            grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.
  
                     This soil produces all sorts of palm trees.
                                                                              --Sandys.
  
                     [They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. --
                                                                              Milton.
  
                     The greatest jurist his country had produced.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or
            result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice
            produces misery.
  
      4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a
            manufacturer produces excellent wares.
  
      5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest
            produces an income; capital produces profit.
  
      6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to
            produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne.
  
      7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or
            solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.

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   Product \Pro*duct"\, v. t.
      1. To produce; to bring forward. [bd]Producted to . . .
            examination.[b8] [Obs.] --Foxe.
  
      2. To lengthen out; to extend. [Obs.]
  
                     He that doth much . . . products his mortality.
                                                                              --Hackett.
  
      3. To produce; to make. [Obs.] --Holinshed.

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   Product \Prod"uct\, n. [L. productus, p. pr. of producere. See
      {Produce}.]
      1. Anything that is produced, whether as the result of
            generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation
            of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or
            of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of
            the brain.
  
                     There are the product Of those ill-mated marriages.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     These institutions are the products of enthusiasm.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      2. (Math.) The number or sum obtained by adding one number or
            quantity to itself as many times as there are units in
            another number; the number resulting from the
            multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of
            the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result
            of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under
            {Multiplication}.
  
      Syn: Produce; production; fruit; result; effect; consequence;
               outcome; work; performance.

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   Productibility \Pro*duct`i*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The state of being productible; producibility. --Ruskin.

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   Productible \Pro*duct"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. productible.]
      Capable of being produced; producible.

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   Productile \Pro*duc"tile\, a. [L. productilis, fr. producere to
      stretch out.]
      Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile.

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   Production \Pro*duc"tion\, n. [L. productio a lengthening,
      prolonging: cf. F. production. See {Produce}. ]
      1. The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or
            exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of
            a witness.
  
      2. That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether
            naturally, or by the application of intelligence and
            labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions
            of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius.
  
      3. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
  
      Syn: Product; produce; fruit; work; performance; composition.

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   Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit
      for prolongation.]
      1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or
            furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive
            enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the
            number or amount of products.
  
      2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing;
            originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit
            productive of heroic achievements.
  
                     And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden.
  
                     This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue,
                     and making it productive of merit.      --Spectator.
  
      3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile;
            profitable. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ly}, adv. --
            {Pro*duc"tive*ness}, n.

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   Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit
      for prolongation.]
      1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or
            furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive
            enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the
            number or amount of products.
  
      2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing;
            originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit
            productive of heroic achievements.
  
                     And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden.
  
                     This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue,
                     and making it productive of merit.      --Spectator.
  
      3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile;
            profitable. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ly}, adv. --
            {Pro*duc"tive*ness}, n.

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   Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit
      for prolongation.]
      1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or
            furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive
            enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the
            number or amount of products.
  
      2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing;
            originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit
            productive of heroic achievements.
  
                     And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden.
  
                     This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue,
                     and making it productive of merit.      --Spectator.
  
      3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile;
            profitable. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ly}, adv. --
            {Pro*duc"tive*ness}, n.

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   Productivity \Pro`duc*tiv"i*ty\, n.
      The quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
      --Emerson.
  
               Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power,
               the productivity.                                    --Coleridge.

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   Productress \Pro*duc"tress\, n.
      A female producer.

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   Protactic \Pro*tac"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] placing or placed before,
      fr. [?] to place in front; [?] before + [?] to arrange.]
      Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or
      personages of a play; introductory.

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   Protagon \Pro"ta*gon\, n. [Proto- + Gr. [?] a contest. See.
      {Protagonist}. So called because it was the first definitely
      ascertained principle of the brain.] (Physiol. Chem.)
      A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue.
      By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other
      bodies.

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   Protagonist \Pro*tag"o*nist\, n. [Gr. [?]; prw^tos first + [?]
      an actor, combatant, fr. [?] a contest.]
      One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who
      takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the
      like.
  
               Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great of modern
               poetry.                                                   --De Quincey.

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   Wagenboom \Wa"gen*boom`\, n. [D., literally, wagon tree.] (Bot.)
      A south African proteaceous tree ({Protea grandiflora});
      also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.

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   Proteaceous \Pro`te*a"ceous\, a. [From {Proteus}.] (Bot.)
      Of or pertaining to the {Proteace[91]}, an order of apetalous
      evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or
      of Australia.

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   Proteaceous \Pro`te*a"ceous\, a. [From {Proteus}.] (Bot.)
      Of or pertaining to the {Proteace[91]}, an order of apetalous
      evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or
      of Australia.

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   Protect \Pro*tect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Protecting}.] [L. protectus, p. p. of protegere,
      literally, to cover in front; pro before + tegere to cover.
      See {Tegument}.]
      To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to
      guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his
      children.
  
               The gods of Greece protect you!               --Shak.
  
      Syn: To guard; shield; preserve. See {Defend}.

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   Protect \Pro*tect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Protecting}.] [L. protectus, p. p. of protegere,
      literally, to cover in front; pro before + tegere to cover.
      See {Tegument}.]
      To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to
      guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his
      children.
  
               The gods of Greece protect you!               --Shak.
  
      Syn: To guard; shield; preserve. See {Defend}.

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   Protect \Pro*tect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Protecting}.] [L. protectus, p. p. of protegere,
      literally, to cover in front; pro before + tegere to cover.
      See {Tegument}.]
      To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to
      guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his
      children.
  
               The gods of Greece protect you!               --Shak.
  
      Syn: To guard; shield; preserve. See {Defend}.

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   Protectingly \Pro*tect"ing*ly\, adv.
      By way of protection; in a protective manner.

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   Protection \Pro*tec"tion\, n. [L. protectio: cf. F. protection.]
      1. The act of protecting, or the state of being protected;
            preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense;
            shelter; as, the weak need protection.
  
                     To your protection I commend me, gods. --Shak.
  
      2. That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a
            shield; a refuge.
  
                     Let them rise up . . . and be your protection.
                                                                              --Deut. xxxii.
                                                                              38.
  
      3. A writing that protects or secures from molestation or
            arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.
  
                     He . . . gave them protections under his hand.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      4. (Polit. Econ.) A theory, or a policy, of protecting the
            producers in a country from foreign competition in the
            home market by the imposition of such discriminating
            duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or
            prevent their importation; -- opposed to {free trade}.
  
      {Writ of protection}. (Law)
            (a) A writ by which the king formerly exempted a person
                  from arrest; -- now disused. [Eng.] --Blackstone.
            (b) A judicial writ issued to a person required to attend
                  court, as party, juror, etc., intended to secure him
                  from arrest in coming, staying, and returning.
  
      Syn: Preservation; defense; guard; shelter; refuge; security;
               safety.

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   Protectionism \Pro*tec"tion*ism\, n. (Polit. Econ.)
      The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See {Protection},
      4.

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   Protectionist \Pro*tec"tion*ist\, n. (Polit. Econ.)
      One who favors protection. See {Protection}, 4.

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   Protective \Pro*tect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.]
      Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. [bd] The favor
      of a protective Providence.[b8] --Feltham.
  
      {Protective coloring} (Zo[94]l.), coloring which serves for
            the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf.
            {Mimicry}. --Wallace.
  
      {Protective tariff} (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to
            secure protection (see {Protection}, 4.), as distinguished
            from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See {Tariff}, and
            {Protection}, 4.

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   Protective \Pro*tect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.]
      Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. [bd] The favor
      of a protective Providence.[b8] --Feltham.
  
      {Protective coloring} (Zo[94]l.), coloring which serves for
            the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf.
            {Mimicry}. --Wallace.
  
      {Protective tariff} (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to
            secure protection (see {Protection}, 4.), as distinguished
            from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See {Tariff}, and
            {Protection}, 4.

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   Protective \Pro*tect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.]
      Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. [bd] The favor
      of a protective Providence.[b8] --Feltham.
  
      {Protective coloring} (Zo[94]l.), coloring which serves for
            the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf.
            {Mimicry}. --Wallace.
  
      {Protective tariff} (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to
            secure protection (see {Protection}, 4.), as distinguished
            from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See {Tariff}, and
            {Protection}, 4.

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   Protectiveness \Pro*tect"ive*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being protective. --W. Pater.

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   Protector \Pro*tect"or\, n. [L.: cf. F. protecteur.]
      1. One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury,
            evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.
  
                     For the world's protector shall be known. --Waller.
  
      2. (Eng. Hist.) One having the care of the kingdom during the
            king's minority; a regent.
  
                     Is it concluded he shall be protector ! --Shak.
  
      3. (R. C. Ch.) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable
            Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of
            his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same
            relation to a college, religious order, etc.
  
      {Lord Protector} (Eng. Hist.), the title of Oliver Cromwell
            as supreme governor of the British Commonwealth
            (1653-1658).

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   Protectoral \Pro*tect"or*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as,
      protectoral power.

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   Protectorate \Pro*tect"or*ate\, n. [Cf. F. protectorat.]
      1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the
            government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
  
      2. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior
            or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter
            from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs.

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   Protectorial \Pro`tec*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. L. protectorius.]
      Same as {Protectoral}.

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   Protectorless \Pro*tect"or*less\, a.
      Having no protector; unprotected.

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   Protectorship \Pro*tect"or*ship\, n.
      The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.

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   Protectress \Pro*tect"ress\, Protectrix \Pro*tect"rix\, n. [NL.
      protectrix.]
      A woman who protects.

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   Protectress \Pro*tect"ress\, Protectrix \Pro*tect"rix\, n. [NL.
      protectrix.]
      A woman who protects.

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   Proteose \Pro"te*ose`\, n. [Proteid + -ose.] (Physiol. Chem.)
      One of a class of soluble products formed in the digestion of
      proteids with gastric and pancreatic juice, and also by the
      hydrolytic action of boiling dilute acids on proteids.
      Proteoses are divided into the two groups, the primary and
      secondary proteoses.

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   Protest \Pro*test"\, v. t.
      1. To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to
            proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty.
  
                     I will protest your cowardice.            --Shak.
  
      2. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove
            an affirmation; to appeal to.
  
                     Fiercely [they] opposed My journey strange, with
                     clamorous uproar Protesting fate supreme. --Milton.
  
      {To protest a bill [or] note} (Law), to make a solemn written
            declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against
            all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained
            by the nonacceptance or the nonpayment of the bill or
            note, as the case may be. This should be made by a notary
            public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
            --Kent. Story.

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   Protest \Pro*test"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Protested}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Protesting}.] [F. protester, L. protestari, pro
      before + testari to be a witness, testis a witness. See
      {Testify}.]
      1. To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness;
            to declare solemnly; to avow.
  
                     He protest that his measures are pacific. --Landor.
  
                     The lady doth protest too much, methinks. --Shak.
  
      2. To make a solemn declaration (often a written one)
            expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest
            against your votes. --Denham.
  
                     The conscience has power . . . to protest againts
                     the exorbitancies of the passions.      --Shak.
  
      Syn: To affirm; asseverate; assert; aver; attest; testify;
               declare; profess. See {Affirm}.

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   Protest \Pro"test\, n. [Cf. F. prot[88]t, It. protesto. See
      {Protest}, v.]
      1. A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal
            objection against some act; especially, a formal and
            solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the
            proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of
            lords in Parliament.
  
      2. (Law)
            (a) A solemn declaration in writing, in due form, made by
                  a notary public, usually under his notarial seal, on
                  behalf of the holder of a bill or note, protesting
                  against all parties liable for any loss or damage by
                  the nonacceptance or nonpayment of the bill, or by the
                  nonpayment of the note, as the case may be.
            (b) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a
                  notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his
                  arrival in port after a disaster, stating the
                  particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss
                  sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel,
                  her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea,
                  etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against
                  them.
            (c) A declaration made by a party, before or while paying
                  a tax, duty, or the like, demanded of him, which he
                  deems illegal, denying the justice of the demand, and
                  asserting his rights and claims, in order to show that
                  the payment was not voluntary. --Story. --Kent.

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   Protestancy \Prot"es*tan*cy\, n.
      Protestantism. [R.]

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   Protestant \Prot"es*tant\, n. [F. protestant, fr. L. protestans,
      -antis, p. pr. of protestare. See {Protest}, v.]
      One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered
      to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn
      declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles
      V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers,
      and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular
      sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the
      Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.

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   Protestant \Prot"es*tant\, a. [Cf. F. protestant.]
      1. Making a protest; protesting.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those
            Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic
            Church; as, Protestant writers.

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   Protestantical \Prot`es*tant"ic*al\, a.
      Protestant. [Obs.]

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   Protestantism \Prot"es*tant*ism\, n. [Cf. F. protestantisme.]
      The quality or state of being protestant, especially against
      the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the
      Protestants.

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   Protestantly \Prot"es*tant*ly\, adv.
      Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism. [R.]
      --Milton.

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   Protestation \Prot`es*ta"tion\, n. [L. protestatio: cf. F.
      protestation. See {Protest}.]
      1. The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn
            declaration, especially of dissent. [bd] The protestation
            of our faith.[b8] --Latimer.
  
      2. (Law) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by
            which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial
            of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist,
            and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or
            denial.

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   Protestator \Prot"es*ta`tor\, n. [Cf. F. protestateur.]
      One who makes protestation; a protester.

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   Protest \Pro*test"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Protested}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Protesting}.] [F. protester, L. protestari, pro
      before + testari to be a witness, testis a witness. See
      {Testify}.]
      1. To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness;
            to declare solemnly; to avow.
  
                     He protest that his measures are pacific. --Landor.
  
                     The lady doth protest too much, methinks. --Shak.
  
      2. To make a solemn declaration (often a written one)
            expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest
            against your votes. --Denham.
  
                     The conscience has power . . . to protest againts
                     the exorbitancies of the passions.      --Shak.
  
      Syn: To affirm; asseverate; assert; aver; attest; testify;
               declare; profess. See {Affirm}.

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   Protester \Pro*test"er\, n.
      1. One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration.
            --Shak.
  
      2. (Law) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

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   Protest \Pro*test"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Protested}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Protesting}.] [F. protester, L. protestari, pro
      before + testari to be a witness, testis a witness. See
      {Testify}.]
      1. To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness;
            to declare solemnly; to avow.
  
                     He protest that his measures are pacific. --Landor.
  
                     The lady doth protest too much, methinks. --Shak.
  
      2. To make a solemn declaration (often a written one)
            expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest
            against your votes. --Denham.
  
                     The conscience has power . . . to protest againts
                     the exorbitancies of the passions.      --Shak.
  
      Syn: To affirm; asseverate; assert; aver; attest; testify;
               declare; profess. See {Affirm}.

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   Protestingly \Pro*test"ing*ly\, adv.
      By way of protesting.

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   Proteus \Pro"te*us\, n. [L., Gr. [?].]
      1. (Class. Myth.) A sea god in the service of Neptune who
            assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily
            changes his appearance or principles.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in
                  caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills
                  as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are
                  weak.
            (b) A changeable protozoan; an am[d2]ba.

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   d8Prosthesis \[d8]Pros"the*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] an
      addition, fr. [?] to put to, to add; [?] to + [?] to put,
      place.]
      1. (Surg.) The addition to the human body of some artificial
            part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye;
            -- called also {prothesis}.
  
      2. (Gram.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the
            beginning of a word, as in beloved.

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   Protist \Pro"tist\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Protista.

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   d8Protiston \[d8]Pro*tis"ton\, n.; pl. {Protista}. [NL.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Protista.

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   Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,
      G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ.
      sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf.
      {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.]
      1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning
            food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found
            native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation
            and crystallization, from sea water and other water
            impregnated with saline particles.
  
      2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
  
                     Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .
                     . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.
  
      3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
  
      4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
  
                     I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen
                     of silver salts.                                 --Pepys.
  
      5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
  
                     Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing
                     and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.
  
      6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an
            acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the
            salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
  
      Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,
               it is the acid radical which unites with the base or
               basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of
               water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In
               the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic
               and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary
               in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or
               acid salts. See Phrases below.
  
      7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that
            which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an
            allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken
            with a grain of salt.
  
                     Ye are the salt of the earth.            --Matt. v. 13.
  
      8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,
            especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
  
      9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have
            survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,
            of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long
            table, the places above which were assigned to the guests
            of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,
            and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}.
  
                     His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is
                     beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the
                     salt.                                                --B. Jonson.
  
      {Acid salt} (Chem.)
            (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several
                  replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially
                  exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,
                  acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.
            (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives
                  an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is
                  composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is
                  an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is
                  a neutral salt.
  
      {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline
            reaction, as sodium carbonate.
  
      {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly
            regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic
            oxide. [Obsolescent]
  
      {Basic salt} (Chem.)
            (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent
                  than is required to neutralize the acid.
            (b) An alkaline salt.
  
      {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently
            regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a
            haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.
  
      {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union
            of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium
            sulphate. See under {Double}.
  
      {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by
            crystallizing plant juices.
  
      {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}.
  
      {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary.
  
      {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as
            sodium chloride.
  
      {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}.
  
      {Neutral salt}. (Chem.)
            (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)
                  neutralize each other.
            (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.
  
      {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.
  
      {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a
            peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]
  
      {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on
            exposure to the air.
  
      {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or
            analogous compound.
  
      {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}.
  
      {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid.
  
      {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate
            of iron.
  
      {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.)
            (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.
            (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under
                  {Hartshorn}.
  
      {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below.
  
      {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --
            the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
  
      {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}.
  
      {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.
  
      {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or
            potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;
            -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also
            sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}.
  
      {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so
            called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,
            or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]
  
      {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;
            -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.
  
      {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}.
  
      {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.
  
      {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base
            or analogous compound.
  
      {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}.
  
      {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but
            containing sulphur in place of oxygen.

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   Protocanonical \Pro`to*ca*non"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the first canon, or that which contains
      the authorized collection of the books of Scripture; --
      opposed to {deutero-canonical}.

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   Protocatechuic \Pro`to*cat`e*chu"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid
      which is obtained as a white crystalline substance from
      catechin, asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation
      itself yields pyrocatechin.

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   Protocercal \Pro`to*cer"cal\, a. [Proto- + Gr. [?] the tail.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral
      column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of
      fishes; diphycercal.

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   d8Protococcus \[d8]Pro`to*coc"cus\, n. [NL. See {Proto-}, and
      {Coccus}.] (Bot.)
      A genus of minute unicellular alg[91] including the red snow
      plant ({Protococcus nivalis}).

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      {Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
            {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species.
      (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}.
  
      {Red lead}.
      (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}.
  
      {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}.
  
      {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
            aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
            dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
            originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}.
           
  
      {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
  
      {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}.
  
      {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
            color.
  
      {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See
            {Maple}.
  
      {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below.
  
      {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
            color ({Morus rubra}).
  
      {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}.
  
      {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
            reddish color.
  
      {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish.
  
      {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}.
  
      {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
            resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
  
      {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who
            maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
            because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
            extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
  
      {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
           
  
      {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}.
  
      {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}.
  
      {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus
            aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California
            and Australia.
  
      {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
            reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red
            silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver.
  
      {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or]
            Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
            Florida reefs.
  
      {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
            ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of
            scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
  
      {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
            the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
            infarction or inflammation.
  
      {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
            ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often
            destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
            cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
            on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
            yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
            Called also {red mite}.
  
      {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree.
  
      {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up
            documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay.

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   Erythrite \E*ryth"rite\, n. [Gr. 'eryqro`s red.]
      1. (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, {C4H6.(OH)4},
            of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens,
            and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called
            also {erythrol}, {erythroglucin}, {erythromannite},
            {pseudorcin}, {cobalt bloom}, and under the name {phycite}
            obtained from the alga {Protococcus vulgaris}. It is a
            tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin.

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   Protocol \Pro"to*col\, n. [F. protocole, LL. protocollum, fr.
      Gr. [?] the first leaf glued to the rolls of papyrus and the
      notarial documents, on which the date was written; prw^tos
      the first (see {Proto-}) + [?] glue.]
      1. The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty,
            dispatch, or other instrument. --Burrill.
  
      2. The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or
            transaction.
  
      3. (Diplomacy)
            (a) A preliminary document upon the basis of which
                  negotiations are carried on.
            (b) A convention not formally ratified.
            (c) An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results
                  reached by them at a particular stage of a
                  negotiation.

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   Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. t.
      To make a protocol of.

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   Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. i.
      To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue
      protocols. --Carlyle.

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   Protocolist \Pro"to*col`ist\, n.
      One who draughts protocols.

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   Protoconch \Pro"to*conch\, n. [Proto- + conch.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other
      cephalopods.

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   Protogine \Pro"to*gine\, n. [Proto- + root of Gr. [?] to be
      born: cf. F. protogyne.] (Min.)
      A kind of granite or gneiss containing a silvery talcose
      mineral.

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   Protogynous \Pro*tog"y*nous\, a. [Proto + Gr. gynh` a woman.]
      (Bot.)
      Same as {Proterogynous}.

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   Protosalt \Pro"to*salt\, n. [Proto- + salt.] (Chem.)
      A salt derived from a protoxide base. [Obs.]

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   d8Proterosaurus \[d8]Pro`te*ro*sau"rus\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?]
      earlier (fr. [?] before) + [?] a lizard.] (Paleon.)
      An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called
      also {Protosaurus}.

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   Protosilicate \Pro`to*sil"i*cate\, n. [Proto- + silicate.]
      (Chem.)
      A silicate formed with the lowest proportion of silicic acid,
      or having but one atom of silicon in the molecule.

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   Protosomite \Pro`to*so"mite\, n. [Proto- + somite.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal.

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   Protosulphide \Pro`to*sul"phide\, n. [Proto- + sulphide.]
      (Chem.)
      That one of a series of sulphides of any element which has
      the lowest proportion of sulphur; a sulphide with but one
      atom of sulphur in the molecule.

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   Protosulphuret \Pro`to*sul"phu*ret\, n. [Proto- + sulphuret.]
      (Chem.)
      A protosulphide. [Obs.]

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   Protoxide \Pro*tox"ide\, n. [Proto- + oxide: cf. F. protoxide.]
      (Chem.)
      That one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion
      of oxygen. See {Proto-}, 2
      (b) .
  
      {protoxide of nitrogen}, laughing gas, now called
            {hyponitrous oxide}

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   Protoxide \Pro*tox"ide\, n. [Proto- + oxide: cf. F. protoxide.]
      (Chem.)
      That one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion
      of oxygen. See {Proto-}, 2
      (b) .
  
      {protoxide of nitrogen}, laughing gas, now called
            {hyponitrous oxide}

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   Protoxidize \Pro*tox"i*dize\, v. t. (Chem.)
      To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in such
      proportion as to form a protoxide.

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   Protozo94nite \Pro`to*zo"[94]*nite\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the primary, or first-formed, segments of an embryonic
      arthropod.

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   d8Protozo94n \[d8]Pro`to*zo"[94]n\ (-[ocr]n), n.; pl.
      {Protozoa}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) One of the Protozoa.
            (b) A single zooid of a compound protozoan.

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   Protozoan \Pro`to*zo"an\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the {Protozoa}. -- n. One of the
      Protozoa.

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   Protozoic \Pro`to*zo"ic\, a.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Protozoa.
  
      2. (Geol.) Containing remains of the earliest discovered life
            of the globe, which included mollusks, radiates and
            protozoans.

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   Proud \Proud\, a. [Compar. {Prouder}; superl. {Proudest}.] [OE.
      proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. pr[umac]t; akin to Icel.
      pr[umac][edh]r stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome. Cf.
      {Pride}.]
      1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as:
            (a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem;
                  overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant;
                  haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
  
                           Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the
                           weaker seek.                                 --Milton.
  
                           O death, made proud with pure and princely
                           beauty !                                       --Shak.
  
                           And shades impervious to the proud world's
                           glare.                                          --Keble.
            (b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem;
                  exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of
                  one's country. [bd]Proud to be checked and
                  soothed.[b8] --Keble.
  
                           Are we proud men proud of being proud ?
                                                                              --Thackeray.
  
      2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation;
            worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent;
            admirable; ostentatious. [bd]Of shadow proud.[b8]
            --Chapman. [bd]Proud titles.[b8] --Shak. [bd] The proud
            temple's height.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are
                     mantled with a golden cloud.               --Keble.
  
      3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the
            females of some animals. --Sir T. Browne.
  
      Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation
               of compounds which, for the most part, are
               self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded,
               proud-swelling.
  
      {Proud flesh} (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of
            granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.

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   Proudish \Proud"ish\, a.
      Somewhat proud. --Ash.

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   Prudish \Prud"ish\, a.
      Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly
      severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.
  
               A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. --Garrick.

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   Prudishly \Prud"ish*ly\, adv.
      In a prudish manner.

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   Pyretic \Py*ret"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] burning heat, fever, from [?]
      fire: cf. F. pyr[82]tique.] (Med.)
      Of or pertaining to fever; febrile.

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   Pyridic \Py*rid"ic\, a. (Physiol. Chem.)
      Related to, or formed from, pyridin or its homologues; as,
      the pyridic bases.

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   Pyritaceous \Pyr`i*ta"ceous\, a. (Min.)
      Of or pertaining to pyrites. See {Pyritic}.

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   Pyrite \Pyr"ite\, n.; pl. {Pyrites}. [Cf. F. pyrite. See
      {Pyrites}.] (Min.)
      A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant
      metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron
      pyrites; iron disulphide.
  
               Hence sable coal his massy couch extends, And stars of
               gold the sparkling pyrite blends.            --E. Darwin.

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   Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See
      {Pyre}.] (Min.)
      A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of
      iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or
      yellowish color.
  
      Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite,
               or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when
               struck with steel.
  
      {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite.
  
      {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}.
  
      {Capillary pyrites}, millerite.
  
      {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite.
  
      {Hair pyrites}, millerite.
  
      {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}.
  
      {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite.
  
      {Tin pyrites}, stannite.
  
      {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide;
            marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of
            marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites,
            etc.
  
      {Yellow}, [or] {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper
            and iron; chalcopyrite.

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   Pyrite \Pyr"ite\, n.; pl. {Pyrites}. [Cf. F. pyrite. See
      {Pyrites}.] (Min.)
      A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant
      metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron
      pyrites; iron disulphide.
  
               Hence sable coal his massy couch extends, And stars of
               gold the sparkling pyrite blends.            --E. Darwin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See
      {Pyre}.] (Min.)
      A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of
      iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or
      yellowish color.
  
      Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite,
               or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when
               struck with steel.
  
      {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite.
  
      {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}.
  
      {Capillary pyrites}, millerite.
  
      {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite.
  
      {Hair pyrites}, millerite.
  
      {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}.
  
      {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite.
  
      {Tin pyrites}, stannite.
  
      {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide;
            marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of
            marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites,
            etc.
  
      {Yellow}, [or] {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper
            and iron; chalcopyrite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyritic \Py*rit"ic\, Pyritical \Py*rit"ic*al\, a. (Min.)
      Of or pertaining to pyrites; consisting of, or resembling,
      pyrites.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyritic \Py*rit"ic\, Pyritical \Py*rit"ic*al\, a. (Min.)
      Of or pertaining to pyrites; consisting of, or resembling,
      pyrites.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyritize \Pyr"i*tize\, v. t. [Cf. F. pyritiser.]
      To convert into pyrites.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyritous \Pyr"i*tous\, a.
      Pyritic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrotechnian \Pyr`o*tech"ni*an\, n.
      A pyrotechnist.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrotechnic \Pyr`o*tech"nic\, Pyrotechnical \Pyr`o*tech"nic*al\,
      a. [Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See
      {Fire}, {Technical}.]
      Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them.
  
      {Pyrotechnical sponge}. See under {Sponge}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrotechnic \Pyr`o*tech"nic\, Pyrotechnical \Pyr`o*tech"nic*al\,
      a. [Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See
      {Fire}, {Technical}.]
      Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them.
  
      {Pyrotechnical sponge}. See under {Sponge}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sponge \Sponge\, n. [OF. esponge, F. [82]ponge, L. spongia, Gr.
      [?], [?]. Cf. {Fungus}, {Spunk}.] [Formerly written also
      {spunge}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Spongi[91], or
            Porifera. See Illust. and Note under {Spongi[91]}.
  
      2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
            Spongi[91] (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially
            the varieties of the genus {Spongia}. The most valuable
            sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,
            and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
  
      3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and
            indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
  
      4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
            (a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and
                  after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the
                  agency of the yeast or leaven.
            (b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
            (c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
  
      5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a
            discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with
            sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped
            nap, and having a handle, or staff.
  
      6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
            to the heel.
  
      {Bath sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse
            commercial sponges, especially {Spongia equina}.
  
      {Cup sponge}, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.
           
  
      {Glass sponge}. See {Glass-sponge}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Glove sponge}, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
            officinalis}, variety {tubulufera}), having very fine
            fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.
  
      {Grass sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse
            commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
            as {Spongia graminea}, and {S. equina}, variety
            {cerebriformis}, of Florida and the West Indies.
  
      {Horse sponge}, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
            {Spongia equina}.
  
      {Platinum sponge}. (Chem.) See under {Platinum}.
  
      {Pyrotechnical sponge}, a substance made of mushrooms or
            fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
            put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
            dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
            brought from Germany.
  
      {Sheep's-wool sponge}, a fine and durable commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}) found in Florida
            and the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger
            and smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.
  
      {Sponge cake}, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
            spongy.
  
      {Sponge lead}, [or] {Spongy lead} (Chem.), metallic lead
            brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
            compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
            batteries and otherwise.
  
      {Sponge tree} (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
            Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
            used in perfumery.
  
      {Toilet sponge}, a very fine and superior variety of
            Mediterranean sponge ({Spongia officinalis}, variety
            {Mediterranea}); -- called also {turkish sponge}.
  
      {To set a sponge} (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
            to be used in leavening a larger quantity.
  
      {To throw up the sponge}, to give up a contest; to
            acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
            the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
            throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat. [Cant
            or Slang] [bd]He was too brave a man to throw up the
            sponge to fate.[b8] --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrotechnic \Pyr`o*tech"nic\, Pyrotechnical \Pyr`o*tech"nic*al\,
      a. [Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See
      {Fire}, {Technical}.]
      Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them.
  
      {Pyrotechnical sponge}. See under {Sponge}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrotechnician \Pyr`o*tech*ni"cian\, n.
      A pyrotechnist.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrotechnics \Pyr`o*tech"nics\, n.
      The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of
      fireworks; pyrotechny.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrotechnist \Pyr`o*tech"nist\, n.
      One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks.
      --Steevens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrotechny \Pyr`o*tech`ny\, n. [Cf. F. pyrotechnie.]
      1. The use and application of fire in science and the arts.
            [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.
  
      2. Same as {Pyrotechnics}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrotic \Py*rot"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to burn, fr. [?], [?],
      fire: cf. F. pyrotique.]
      Caustic. See {Caustic}. -- n. (Med.) A caustic medicine.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Paradis, LA
      Zip code(s): 70080

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Paradise, CA (town, FIPS 55520)
      Location: 39.75641 N, 121.60433 W
      Population (1990): 25408 (11633 housing units)
      Area: 48.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95969
   Paradise, KS (city, FIPS 54325)
      Location: 39.11455 N, 98.91756 W
      Population (1990): 66 (36 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67658
   Paradise, MI
      Zip code(s): 49768
   Paradise, NV (CDP, FIPS 54600)
      Location: 36.08082 N, 115.13360 W
      Population (1990): 124682 (63924 housing units)
      Area: 123.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Paradise, PA (CDP, FIPS 57840)
      Location: 40.00677 N, 76.12230 W
      Population (1990): 1043 (374 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 17562
   Paradise, TX
      Zip code(s): 76073
   Paradise, UT (town, FIPS 57850)
      Location: 41.56761 N, 111.83321 W
      Population (1990): 561 (173 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 84328

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Paradise Hill, OK (town, FIPS 57150)
      Location: 35.61030 N, 95.07136 W
      Population (1990): 88 (138 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Paradise Hills, NM (CDP, FIPS 55270)
      Location: 35.19651 N, 106.69429 W
      Population (1990): 5513 (1962 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Paradise Valley, AZ (town, FIPS 52930)
      Location: 33.53927 N, 111.95462 W
      Population (1990): 11671 (4750 housing units)
      Area: 39.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 85253
   Paradise Valley, NV
      Zip code(s): 89426

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Paradox, NY
      Zip code(s): 12858

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Parrottsville, TN (town, FIPS 57040)
      Location: 36.00929 N, 83.09131 W
      Population (1990): 121 (44 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37843

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pea Ridge, AR (city, FIPS 54200)
      Location: 36.45052 N, 94.11590 W
      Population (1990): 1620 (638 housing units)
      Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72751
   Pea Ridge, WV (CDP, FIPS 63488)
      Location: 38.41397 N, 82.31996 W
      Population (1990): 6535 (2927 housing units)
      Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Acres, TX
      Zip code(s): 77640

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Austin, MI (village, FIPS 65680)
      Location: 44.04268 N, 82.99534 W
      Population (1990): 815 (599 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48467

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Carbon, PA (borough, FIPS 62128)
      Location: 40.69712 N, 76.16707 W
      Population (1990): 2134 (903 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 17965

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Charlotte, FL (CDP, FIPS 58350)
      Location: 26.98550 N, 82.10858 W
      Population (1990): 41535 (21479 housing units)
      Area: 57.7 sq km (land), 4.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 33948, 33952, 33953, 33954, 33980, 33981

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Chester, NY (village, FIPS 59223)
      Location: 41.00450 N, 73.66770 W
      Population (1990): 24728 (9513 housing units)
      Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Clarence, AK (CDP, FIPS 63170)
      Location: 65.06626 N, 166.82445 W
      Population (1990): 26 (0 housing units)
      Area: 91.9 sq km (land), 109.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Clinton, OH (city, FIPS 64150)
      Location: 41.50968 N, 82.93836 W
      Population (1990): 7106 (3474 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43452
   Port Clinton, PA (borough, FIPS 62136)
      Location: 40.58237 N, 76.02672 W
      Population (1990): 328 (138 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 19549

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Costa, CA
      Zip code(s): 94569

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Dickinson, NY (village, FIPS 59245)
      Location: 42.13658 N, 75.89204 W
      Population (1990): 1785 (791 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Gibson, MS (city, FIPS 59560)
      Location: 31.95511 N, 90.98344 W
      Population (1990): 1810 (851 housing units)
      Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39150

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Graham, AK (CDP, FIPS 63280)
      Location: 59.34853 N, 151.83737 W
      Population (1990): 166 (68 housing units)
      Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99603

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Isabel, TX (city, FIPS 58892)
      Location: 26.07476 N, 97.22015 W
      Population (1990): 4467 (1720 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78578

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Jefferson, NY (village, FIPS 59355)
      Location: 40.94761 N, 73.05900 W
      Population (1990): 7455 (2908 housing units)
      Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 11777
   Port Jefferson, OH (village, FIPS 64262)
      Location: 40.33000 N, 84.09213 W
      Population (1990): 381 (141 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Jefferson S, NY
      Zip code(s): 11776

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Jefferson Station, NY (CDP, FIPS 59377)
      Location: 40.92348 N, 73.06774 W
      Population (1990): 7232 (2602 housing units)
      Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Jervis, NY (city, FIPS 59388)
      Location: 41.37783 N, 74.69129 W
      Population (1990): 9060 (3870 housing units)
      Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12771

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port O Connor, TX
      Zip code(s): 77982

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Saint Joe, FL
      Zip code(s): 32456

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   Port Saint John, FL
      Zip code(s): 32927

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Saint Lucie, FL
      Zip code(s): 34952, 34953, 34983, 34984, 34986, 34987, 34988

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Salerno, FL (CDP, FIPS 58727)
      Location: 27.14646 N, 80.18978 W
      Population (1990): 7786 (4136 housing units)
      Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Sanilac, MI (village, FIPS 65900)
      Location: 43.43009 N, 82.54606 W
      Population (1990): 656 (406 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48469

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port St. Joe, FL (city, FIPS 58675)
      Location: 29.80881 N, 85.29608 W
      Population (1990): 4044 (1638 housing units)
      Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port St. John, FL (CDP, FIPS 58700)
      Location: 28.47677 N, 80.78880 W
      Population (1990): 8933 (3445 housing units)
      Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port St. Lucie, FL (city, FIPS 58725)
      Location: 27.27980 N, 80.35453 W
      Population (1990): 55866 (24241 housing units)
      Area: 196.6 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port St. Lucie-River Park, FL (CDP, FIPS 58726)
      Location: 27.32129 N, 80.33181 W
      Population (1990): 4874 (2668 housing units)
      Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Sulphur, LA (CDP, FIPS 62070)
      Location: 29.49443 N, 89.70847 W
      Population (1990): 3523 (1260 housing units)
      Area: 13.9 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 70083

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Washington, NY (CDP, FIPS 59520)
      Location: 40.82723 N, 73.68031 W
      Population (1990): 15387 (5712 housing units)
      Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 3.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 11050
   Port Washington, OH (village, FIPS 64346)
      Location: 40.32688 N, 81.51956 W
      Population (1990): 513 (211 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43837
   Port Washington, WI (city, FIPS 64450)
      Location: 43.39368 N, 87.87993 W
      Population (1990): 9338 (3562 housing units)
      Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 53074

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Port Washington North, NY (village, FIPS 59531)
      Location: 40.84330 N, 73.70251 W
      Population (1990): 2736 (1055 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Portage, IN (city, FIPS 61092)
      Location: 41.58670 N, 87.18152 W
      Population (1990): 29060 (10864 housing units)
      Area: 53.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46368
   Portage, ME
      Zip code(s): 04768
   Portage, MI (city, FIPS 65560)
      Location: 42.20138 N, 85.59055 W
      Population (1990): 41042 (16133 housing units)
      Area: 83.4 sq km (land), 7.3 sq km (water)
   Portage, OH (village, FIPS 64108)
      Location: 41.32378 N, 83.64792 W
      Population (1990): 469 (168 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43451
   Portage, PA (borough, FIPS 62048)
      Location: 40.38676 N, 78.67550 W
      Population (1990): 3105 (1380 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Portage, UT (town, FIPS 61590)
      Location: 41.97656 N, 112.23779 W
      Population (1990): 218 (80 housing units)
      Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Portage, WI (city, FIPS 64100)
      Location: 43.54794 N, 89.46590 W
      Population (1990): 8640 (3556 housing units)
      Area: 21.3 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 53901

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Portage County, OH (county, FIPS 133)
      Location: 41.17100 N, 81.19760 W
      Population (1990): 142585 (52299 housing units)
      Area: 1275.4 sq km (land), 38.1 sq km (water)
   Portage County, WI (county, FIPS 97)
      Location: 44.47567 N, 89.49846 W
      Population (1990): 61405 (22910 housing units)
      Area: 2088.5 sq km (land), 42.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Portage Des Siou, MO
      Zip code(s): 63373

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Portage Des Sioux, MO (city, FIPS 59150)
      Location: 38.92610 N, 90.34195 W
      Population (1990): 503 (215 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Portage Lakes, OH (CDP, FIPS 64136)
      Location: 40.98713 N, 81.53661 W
      Population (1990): 13373 (5865 housing units)
      Area: 21.7 sq km (land), 4.8 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Portageville, MO (city, FIPS 59186)
      Location: 36.42871 N, 89.69978 W
      Population (1990): 3401 (1386 housing units)
      Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 63873
   Portageville, NY
      Zip code(s): 14536

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Portis, KS (city, FIPS 57100)
      Location: 39.56325 N, 98.69104 W
      Population (1990): 129 (86 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67474

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Portsmouth, IA (city, FIPS 64200)
      Location: 41.65074 N, 95.51939 W
      Population (1990): 209 (98 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51565
   Portsmouth, NH (city, FIPS 62900)
      Location: 43.05685 N, 70.78201 W
      Population (1990): 25925 (11369 housing units)
      Area: 40.4 sq km (land), 3.1 sq km (water)
   Portsmouth, OH (city, FIPS 64304)
      Location: 38.75514 N, 82.95067 W
      Population (1990): 22676 (10758 housing units)
      Area: 27.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45663
   Portsmouth, RI
      Zip code(s): 02871
   Portsmouth, VA (city, FIPS 740)
      Location: 36.85553 N, 76.35641 W
      Population (1990): 103907 (42283 housing units)
      Area: 85.8 sq km (land), 34.9 sq km (water)
   Portsmouth, VA (city, FIPS 64000)
      Location: 36.85553 N, 76.35641 W
      Population (1990): 103907 (42283 housing units)
      Area: 85.8 sq km (land), 34.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 23701, 23702, 23703, 23704, 23707, 23709

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pratt County, KS (county, FIPS 151)
      Location: 37.64773 N, 98.73978 W
      Population (1990): 9702 (4620 housing units)
      Area: 1903.7 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pratts, VA
      Zip code(s): 22731

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Prattsburg, NY
      Zip code(s): 14873

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Prattsville, AR (town, FIPS 57230)
      Location: 34.31811 N, 92.54296 W
      Population (1990): 251 (106 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72129
   Prattsville, NY
      Zip code(s): 12468

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pritchett, CO (town, FIPS 61315)
      Location: 37.37019 N, 102.85864 W
      Population (1990): 153 (80 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Protection, KS (city, FIPS 57850)
      Location: 37.20016 N, 99.48034 W
      Population (1990): 625 (307 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67127

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Purdys, NY
      Zip code(s): 10578

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   pretzel key n.   [Mac users] See {feature key}.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   protocol n.   As used by hackers, this never refers to niceties
   about the proper form for addressing letters to the Papal Nuncio or
   the order in which one should use the forks in a Russian-style place
   setting; hackers don't care about such things.   It is used instead
   to describe any set of rules that allow different machines or pieces
   of software to coordinate with each other without ambiguity.   So,
   for example, it does include niceties about the proper form for
   addressing packets on a network or the order in which one should use
   the forks in the Dining Philosophers Problem.   It implies that there
   is some common message format and an accepted set of primitives or
   commands that all parties involved understand, and that transactions
   among them follow predictable logical sequences.   See also
   {handshaking}, {do protocol}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PARADIGM PLUS
  
      A configurable {object-oriented} {CASE} tool from {Proto
      Soft}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Paradigms of AI Programming
  
      A book by Peter Norvig with {Scheme} and {Prolog}
      {interpreter}s and {compiler}s in {Common Lisp}.
  
      {(ftp://Unix.sri.com/pub/norvig/)}.
  
      ["Paradigms of AI Programming", Peter Norvig].
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Paradise
  
      Paradise is a subsystem (a set of packages) developed to
      implement inter-processes, inter-tasks and inter-machine
      communication for {Ada} programs under {Unix}. This subsystem
      gives the user full access to files, {pipe}s, {socket}s (both
      Unix and {Internet}) and {pseudo-device}s.
  
      Paradise has been ported to {Sun}, {DEC}, {Sony MIPS},
      {Verdex} compiler, DEC compiler, {Alsys}/{Systeam} compiler.
  
      {Version 2.0 of the library
      (ftp://cnam.cnam.fr/pub/Ada/Paradise)}.   E-mail:
      .
  
      (1992-09-30)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   paradox
  
      An apparently sound argument leading to a
      {contradiction}.
  
      Some famous examples are {Russell's paradox} and the {liar
      paradox}.   Most paradoxes stem from some kind of
      {self-reference}.
  
      {Smarandache Linguistic Paradox
      (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/Paradox.htm)}.
  
      (1999-11-05)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Paradox
  
      A {relational database} for {Microsoft Windows},
      originally from {Borland}.
  
      Paradox 5 ran on {Microsoft Windows} [version?] and provided a
      graphical environment, a debugger, a {data modelling} tool,
      and many "ObjectPAL" commands.
  
      Paradox 7 ran under {Windows 95} and {Windows NT}.
  
      Latest version: Paradox 9, as of 2000-02-10 (a {Corel}
      product).
  
      {Home (http://www.corel.com/paradox9/index.htm)}.
  
      [Update?]
  
      (1996-05-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   paradox
  
      An apparently sound argument leading to a
      {contradiction}.
  
      Some famous examples are {Russell's paradox} and the {liar
      paradox}.   Most paradoxes stem from some kind of
      {self-reference}.
  
      {Smarandache Linguistic Paradox
      (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/Paradox.htm)}.
  
      (1999-11-05)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Paradox
  
      A {relational database} for {Microsoft Windows},
      originally from {Borland}.
  
      Paradox 5 ran on {Microsoft Windows} [version?] and provided a
      graphical environment, a debugger, a {data modelling} tool,
      and many "ObjectPAL" commands.
  
      Paradox 7 ran under {Windows 95} and {Windows NT}.
  
      Latest version: Paradox 9, as of 2000-02-10 (a {Corel}
      product).
  
      {Home (http://www.corel.com/paradox9/index.htm)}.
  
      [Update?]
  
      (1996-05-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Paradox Application Language
  
      (PAL) The programming language for {Paradox}, {Borland}'s
      {relational database}.
  
      (1995-01-26)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PARTS
  
      {Digitalk}.   {Visual language} for {OS/2} 2.0.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   periodic group
  
      (PE) Groups of logically related fields which occur
      multiple times within a group.
  
      Periodic groups are a non-{relational} technique.   An example
      of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name
      changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such
      as surname, first name and middle name - with the person
      having changed their name more than once.
  
      [Clarification?]
  
      (1995-10-30)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   predecessor
  
      {parent}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   predicate calculus
  
      {predicate logic}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   predicate logic
  
      (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of
      {propositional logic} with separate symbols for {predicates},
      {subjects}, and {quantifiers}.
  
      For example, where propositional logic might assign a single
      symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate
      logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the
      subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the {universal
      quantifier} ("For all"):
  
      All x . M(x)
  
      Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the
      subjects of other predicates.
  
      (2002-05-21)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Pretty Good Privacy
  
      (PGP) A high security {RSA} {public-key
      encryption} application for {MS-DOS}, {Unix}, {VAX/VMS}, and
      other computers.   It was written by {Philip R. Zimmermann}
      of Phil's Pretty Good(tm) Software and later
      augmented by a cast of thousands, especially including Hal
      Finney, Branko Lankester, and Peter Gutmann.
  
      PGP was distributed as "{guerrilla freeware}".   The authors
      don't mind if it is distributed widely, just don't ask Philip
      Zimmermann to send you a copy.   PGP uses a {public-key
      encryption} {algorithm} claimed by US patent #4,405,829.   The
      exclusive rights to this patent are held by a California
      company called {Public Key Partners}, and you may be
      infringing this patent if you use PGP in the USA.   This is
      explained in the PGP User's Guide, Volume II.
  
      PGP allows people to exchange files or messages with {privacy}
      and {authentication}.   Privacy and authentication are provided
      without managing the keys associated with conventional
      cryptographic software.   No secure channels are needed to
      exchange keys between users, which makes PGP much easier to
      use.   This is because PGP is based on {public-key
      cryptography}.
  
      PGP encrypts data using the {International Data Encryption
      Algorithm} with a random {session key}, and uses the {RSA}
      algorithm to encrypt the session key.
  
      In December 1994 Philip Zimmermann faced prosecution for
      "exporting" PGP out of the United States but in January 1996
      the US Goverment dropped the case.   A US law prohibits the
      export of {encryption} software out of the country.
      Zimmermann did not do this, but the US government hoped to
      establish the proposition that posting an encryption program
      on a {BBS} or on the {Internet} constitutes exporting it - in
      effect, stretching export control into domestic censorship.
      If the government had won it would have had a chilling effect
      on the free flow of information on the global network, as well
      as on everyone's privacy from government snooping.
  
      {FAQ (ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj/getpgp.asc)}.   {UK FTP
      (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/pgp/)}.   {USA FTP
      (http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp-form.html)}.
      {(http://www.pegasus.esprit.ec.org/people/arne/pgp.html)}.
  
      {Justice Dept. announcement
      (http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/usatty_pgp_011196.announce)}.
  
      ["Protect Your Privacy: A Guide for PGP Users", William
      Stallings, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-185596-4].
  
      (1996-04-07)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   pretzel key
  
      {feature key}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Prodigy
  
      A commercial on-line conferencing service,
      co-developed by {IBM} and Sears, Roebuck, Inc.
  
      Prodigy's main competitors are {AOL} and {Compuserve}.
  
      (1995-03-01)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ProDoc
  
      A set of tools for software documentation from {SPC}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   product
  
      See {tuple}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   production system
  
      A production system consists of a collection of productions
      (rules), a {working memory} of {fact}s and an {algorithm}
      known as {forward chaining} for producing new facts from old.
      A rule becomes eligible to "fire" when its conditions match
      some set of elements currently in working memory.   A {conflict
      resolution strategy} determines which of several eligible
      rules (the {conflict set}) fires next.   A condition is a list
      of symbols which represent constants, which must be matched
      exactly; variables which bind to the thing they match and "<>
      symbol" which matches a field not equal to symbol.   Examples
      are {OPS5}, {CLIPS}, {flex}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   protected mode
  
      An operating mode of {Intel 80x86} processors.   The opposite
      of real mode.   The {Intel 8088}, {Intel 8086}, {Intel 80188}
      and {Intel 80186} had only real mode, processors beginning
      with the {Intel 80286} feature a second mode called protected
      mode.
  
      In real mode, addresses are generated by adding an address
      offset to the value of a {segment register} shifted left four
      bits.   As the segment register and address offset are 16 bits
      long this results in a 20-bit address.   This is the origin of
      the one megabyte (2^20) limit in real mode.
  
      There are 4 segment registers on processors before the {Intel
      80386}.   The 80386 introduced two more segment registers.
      Which segment register is used depends on the instruction, on
      the {addressing mode} and of an optional instruction prefix
      which selects the segment register explicitly.
  
      In protected mode, the segment registers contain an index into
      a table of {segment descriptors}.   Each segment descriptor
      contains the start address of the segment, to which the offset
      is added to generate the address.   In addition, the segment
      descriptor contains {memory protection} information.   This
      includes an offset limit and bits for write and read
      permission.   This allows the processor to prevent memory
      accesses to certain data.   The {operating system} can use this
      to protect different processes' memory from each other, hence
      the name "protected mode".
  
      While the standard {register set} belongs to the {CPU}, the
      segment registers lie "at the boundary" between the CPU and
      MMU.   Each time a new value is loaded into a segment register
      while in protected mode, the corresponding descriptor is
      loaded into a descriptor cache in the (Segment-)MMU.   On
      processors before the {Pentium} this takes longer than just
      loading the segment register in real mode.   Addresses
      generated by the CPU (which are segment offsets) are passed to
      the MMU to be checked against the limit in the segment
      descriptor and are there added to the segment base address in
      the descriptor to form a {linear address}.
  
      On a 80386 or later, the linear address is further processed
      by the paged MMU before the result (the physical address)
      appears on the chip's address pins.   The 80286 doesn't have a
      paged MMU so the linear address is output directly as the
      physical address.
  
      The paged MMU allows for arbitrary remapping of four klilobyte
      memory blocks ({page}s) through a translation table stored in
      memory.   A few entries of this table are cached in the MMU's
      {Translation Lookaside Buffer} to avoid excessive memory
      accesses.
  
      After processor reset, all processors start in real mode.
      Protected mode has to be enabled by software.   On the 80286
      there exists no documented way back to real mode apart from
      resetting the processor.   Later processors allow switching
      back to real mode by software.
  
      Software which has been written or compiled to run in
      protected mode must only use segment register values given to
      it by the operating system.   Unfortunately, most application
      code for {MS-DOS}, written before the 286, will fail in
      protected mode because it assumes real mode addressing and
      writes arbitrary values to segment registers, e.g. in order to
      perform address calculations.
  
      Such use of segment registers is only really necessary with
      data structures that are larger than 64 kilobytes and thus
      don't fit into a single segment.   This is usually dealt with
      by the {huge memory model} in compilers.   In this model,
      compilers generate address arithmetic involving segment
      registers.   A solution which is portable to protected mode
      with almost the same efficiency would involve using a table of
      segments instead of calculating new segment register values ad
      hoc.
  
      To ease the transition to protected mode, {Intel 80386} and
      later processors provide "{virtual 86 mode}".
  
      (1995-03-29)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PROTEUS
  
      An extensible language, the core of {PARSEC}.
  
      ["The Design of a Minimal Expandable Computer Language",
      J.R. Bell, PhD Thesis, CS, {Stanford University} (Dec 1968)].
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   protocal
  
      It's spelled "{protocol}".
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   protocol
  
      A set of formal rules describing how to transmit data,
      especially across a {network}.   Low level protocols define the
      electrical and physical standards to be observed, bit- and
      byte-ordering and the transmission and {error detection and
      correction} of the bit stream.   High level protocols deal with
      the data formatting, including the {syntax} of messages, the
      terminal to computer dialogue, {character set}s, sequencing of
      messages etc.
  
      Many protocols are defined by {RFC}s or by {OSI}.
  
      See also {handshaking}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-01-12)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   protocol analyser
  
      Any
      device that captures and interprets the {network traffic}
      between two or more connected computer systems.   The traffic
      can then be {decoded} so that it is possible to see what
      {processes} are occurring.
  
      By examining the flow of traffic, protocol analysers can be
      used to find out where problems (such as {bottlenecks} or the
      failure of a network device) are on a {LAN}.
  
      Advanced protocol analysers can also provide statistics on
      the traffic that can help to identify trends that may in
      future lead to further problems with the network.
  
      (2000-07-24)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   protocol converter
  
      A device or program to translate between
      different {protocols} which serve similar functions
      (e.g. {TCP} and {TP4}).
  
      Some call this a "{gateway}", though others use that term for
      other kinds of {internetworking} device.
  
      (1996-03-07)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Protocol Data Unit
  
      (PDU) A {packet} of data passed across a {network}.   The term
      implies a specific layer of the {OSI} seven layer model and a
      specific {protocol}.
  
      (1994-10-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   protocol layer
  
      The {software} and/or {hardware} environment of
      two or more communications devices or computers in which a
      particular {network} {protocol} operates.   A network
      connection may be thought of as a set of more or less
      independent protocols, each in a different layer or level.
      The lowest layer governs direct host-to-host communication
      between the hardware at different hosts; the highest consists
      of user {application programs}.   Each layer uses the layer
      beneath it and provides a service for the layer above.   Each
      networking component {hardware or software} on one host uses
      {protocols} appropriate to its layer to communicate with the
      corresponding component (its "peer") on another host.   Such
      layered protocols are sometimes known as peer-to-peer
      protocols.
  
      The advantages of layered {protocols} is that the methods of
      passing information from one layer to another are specified
      clearly as part of the {protocol} suite, and changes within a
      protocol layer are prevented from affecting the other layers.
      This greatly simplifies the task of designing and maintaining
      communication systems.
  
      Examples of layered protocols are {TCP/IP}'s five layer
      {protocol stack} and the {OSI} seven layer model.
  
      (1997-05-05)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   protocol stack
  
      A layered set of {protocols} which work together to
      provide a set of network functions.   Each intermediate
      {protocol layer} uses the layer below it to provide a service
      to the layer above.
  
      The {OSI} seven layer model is an attempt to provide a
      standard framework within which to describe protocol stacks.
  
      (1997-12-07)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Protosynthex
  
      A query system for English text.
  
      [Sammet 1969, p. 669].
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Purdue Compiler-Construction Tool Set
  
      (PCCTS) A highly integrated {lexical analser generator}
      and {parser generator} by Terence J. Parr ,
      Will E. Cohen and Henry G. Dietz , both
      of {Purdue University}.
  
      ANTLR (ANother Tool for Language Recognition) corresponds to
      YACC and DLG (DFA-based Lexical analyser Generator) functions
      like {LEX}.   PCCTS has many additional features which make it
      easier to use for a wide range of translation problems.   PCCTS
      {grammars} contain specifications for lexical and syntactic
      analysis with selective {backtracking} ("infinite lookahead"),
      {semantic predicates}, intermediate-form construction and
      error reporting.   Rules may employ {Extended BNF} (EBNF)
      grammar constructs and may define parameters, return values,
      and have {local variables}.
  
      Languages described in PCCTS are recognised via {LLk} parsers
      constructed in pure, human-readable, {C} code.   Selective
      backtracking is available to handle non-LL(k) constructs.
      PCCTS {parsers} may be compiled with a {C++} compiler.   PCCTS
      also includes the {SORCERER} tree parser generator.
  
      Current version: 1.10, runs under {Unix}, {MS-DOS}, {OS/2}, and
      {Macintosh} and is very portable.
  
      {(ftp://marvin.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/pccts/1.10)}.
  
      {UK FTP (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/
      computing/programming/languages/tools/pccts/)}.   {Macintosh
      FTP (ftp://maya.dei.unipd.it/pub/mac/)}.
  
      Mailing list: pccts-users-request@ahpcrc.umn.edu ("subscribe
      pccts-users your_name" in the message body).
  
      E-mail: Terence J. Parr , Roberto Avanzi
      (Mac port).
  
      (2000-10-30)
  
  

From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
   protactinium
   Symbol: Pa
   Atomic number: 91
   Atomic weight: (231)
   Radioactive metallic element, belongs to the actinoids. The most stable
   isotope, Pa-231 has a half-life of 2.43*10^4 years. At least 10 other
   radioactive isotopes are known. No practical applications are known.
   Discovered in 1917 by Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Paradise
      a Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or
      "park" or "king's garden." (See {EDEN}.) It came in
      course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness
      and rest hereafter (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7). For
      "garden" in Gen. 2:8 the LXX. has "paradise."
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Predestination
      This word is properly used only with reference to God's plan or
      purpose of salvation. The Greek word rendered "predestinate" is
      found only in these six passages, Acts 4:28; Rom. 8:29, 30; 1
      Cor. 2:7; Eph. 1:5, 11; and in all of them it has the same
      meaning. They teach that the eternal, sovereign, immutable, and
      unconditional decree or "determinate purpose" of God governs all
      events.
     
         This doctrine of predestination or election is beset with many
      difficulties. It belongs to the "secret things" of God. But if
      we take the revealed word of God as our guide, we must accept
      this doctrine with all its mysteriousness, and settle all our
      questionings in the humble, devout acknowledgment, "Even so,
      Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight."
     
         For the teaching of Scripture on this subject let the
      following passages be examined in addition to those referred to
      above; Gen. 21:12; Ex. 9:16; 33:19; Deut. 10:15; 32:8; Josh.
      11:20; 1 Sam. 12:22; 2 Chr. 6:6; Ps. 33:12; 65:4; 78:68; 135:4;
      Isa. 41:1-10; Jer. 1:5; Mark 13:20; Luke 22:22; John 6:37;
      15:16; 17:2, 6, 9; Acts 2:28; 3:18; 4:28; 13:48; 17:26; Rom.
      9:11, 18, 21; 11:5; Eph. 3:11; 1 Thess. 1:4; 2 Thess. 2:13; 2
      Tim. 1:9; Titus 1:2; 1 Pet. 1:2. (See DECREES OF {GOD}; {ELECTION}.)
     
         Hodge has well remarked that, "rightly understood, this
      doctrine (1) exalts the majesty and absolute sovereignty of God,
      while it illustrates the riches of his free grace and his just
      displeasure with sin. (2.) It enforces upon us the essential
      truth that salvation is entirely of grace. That no one can
      either complain if passed over, or boast himself if saved. (3.)
      It brings the inquirer to absolute self-despair and the cordial
      embrace of the free offer of Christ. (4.) In the case of the
      believer who has the witness in himself, this doctrine at once
      deepens his humility and elevates his confidence to the full
      assurance of hope" (Outlines).
     

From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
   Portugal
  
   Portugal:Geography
  
   Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean,
   west of Spain
  
   Map references: Europe
  
   Area:
   total area: 92,080 sq km
   land area: 91,640 sq km
   comparative area: slightly smaller than Indiana
   note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands
  
   Land boundaries: total 1,214 km, Spain 1,214 km
  
   Coastline: 1,793 km
  
   Maritime claims:
   continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
   exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
   territorial sea: 12 nm
  
   International disputes: sovereignty over Timor Timur (East Timor
   Province) disputed with Indonesia
  
   Climate: maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier
   in south
  
   Terrain: mountainous north of the Tagus, rolling plains in south
  
   Natural resources: fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium
   ore, marble
  
   Land use:
   arable land: 32%
   permanent crops: 6%
   meadows and pastures: 6%
   forest and woodland: 40%
   other: 16%
  
   Irrigated land: 6,340 sq km (1989 est.)
  
   Environment:
   current issues: soil erosion; air pollution caused by industrial and
   vehicle emissions; water pollution, especially in coastal areas
   natural hazards: Azores subject to severe earthquakes
   international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Biodiversity,
   Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping,
   Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
   Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air
   Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Desertification, Environmental
   Modification, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban
  
   Note: Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along
   western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar
  
   Portugal:People
  
   Population: 10,562,388 (July 1995 est.)
  
   Age structure:
   0-14 years: 18% (female 943,412; male 1,000,971)
   15-64 years: 68% (female 3,625,086; male 3,499,176)
   65 years and over: 14% (female 889,142; male 604,601) (July 1995 est.)
  
   Population growth rate: 0.36% (1995 est.)
  
   Birth rate: 11.72 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Death rate: 9.65 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Net migration rate: 1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Infant mortality rate: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
  
   Life expectancy at birth:
   total population: 75.53 years
   male: 72.11 years
   female: 79.16 years (1995 est.)
  
   Total fertility rate: 1.47 children born/woman (1995 est.)
  
   Nationality:
   noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)
   adjective: Portuguese
  
   Ethnic divisions: homogeneous Mediterranean stock in mainland, Azores,
   Madeira Islands; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to
   mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000
  
   Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant denominations 1%, other 2%
  
   Languages: Portuguese
  
   Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
   total population: 85%
   male: 89%
   female: 82%
  
   Labor force: 4.24 million (1994 est.)
   by occupation: services 54.5%, manufacturing 24.4%, agriculture,
   forestry, fisheries 11.2%, construction 8.3%, utilites 1.0%, mining
   0.5% (1992)
  
   Portugal:Government
  
   Names:
   conventional long form: Portuguese Republic
   conventional short form: Portugal
   local long form: Republica Portuguesa
   local short form: Portugal
  
   Digraph: PO
  
   Type: republic
  
   Capital: Lisbon
  
   Administrative divisions: 18 districts (distritos, singular -
   distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular -
   regiao autonoma); Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca,
   Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa,
   Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila
   Real, Viseu
  
   Dependent areas: Macau (scheduled to become a Special Administrative
   Region of China on 20 December 1999)
  
   Independence: 1140 (independent republic proclaimed 5 October 1910)
  
   National holiday: Day of Portugal, 10 June (1580)
  
   Constitution: 25 April 1976, revised 30 October 1982 and 1 June 1989
  
   Legal system: civil law system; the Constitutional Tribunal reviews
   the constitutionality of legislation; accepts compulsory ICJ
   jurisdiction, with reservations
  
   Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
  
   Executive branch:
   chief of state: President Dr. Mario Alberto Nobre Lopes SOARES (since
   9 March 1986); election last held 13 February 1991 (next to be held NA
   February 1996); results - Dr. Mario Lopes SOARES 70%, Basilio HORTA
   14%, Carlos CARVALHAS 13%, Carlos MARQUES 3%; note - SOARES is
   finishing his second term and by law cannot run for a third
   consecutive term
   head of government: Prime Minister Anibal CAVACO SILVA (since 6
   November 1985); note - will be replaced in the October 1995 elections
   Council of State: acts as a consultative body to the president
   cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president on
   recommendation of the prime minister
  
   Legislative branch: unicameral
   Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da Republica): elections last
   held 6 October 1991 (next to be held NA October 1995); results - PSD
   50.4%, PS 29.3%, CDU 8.8%, CDS 4.4%, PSN 1.7%, PRD 0.6%, other 4.8%;
   seats - (230 total) PSD 136, PS 71, CDU 17, CDS 5, PSN 1
  
   Judicial branch: Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Supremo Tribunal de
   Justica)
  
   Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic Party (PSD), Fernando
   NOGUEIRA; Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), Antonio GUTERRES; Party of
   Democratic Renewal (PRD), Pedro CANAVARRO; Portuguese Communist Party
   (PCP), Carlos CARVALHAS; Social Democratic Center (CDS), Manuel
   MONTEIRO; National Solidarity Party (PSN), Manuel SERGIO; Center
   Democratic Party (CDS); United Democratic Coalition (CDU; Communists)
  
   Member of: AfDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, EBRD, EC, ECE,
   ECLAC, EIB, FAO, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA,
   IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,
   IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MTCR, NACC, NAM (guest), NATO,
   NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
   UNOMOZ, UNPROFOR, UPU, WCL, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
  
   Diplomatic representation in US:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Francisco Jose Laco Treichler KNOPFLI
   chancery: 2125 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008
   telephone: [1] (202) 328-8610
   FAX: [1] (202) 462-3726
   consulate(s) general: Boston, New York, Newark (New Jersey), and San
   Francisco
   consulate(s): Los Angeles, New Bedford (Massachusetts), Providence
   (Rhode Island), and Washington, DC
  
   US diplomatic representation:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley BAGLEY
   embassy: Avenida das Forcas Armadas, 1600 Lisbon
   mailing address: PSC 83, Lisbon; APO AE 09726
   telephone: [351] (1) 7266600, 7266659, 7268670, 7268880
   FAX: [351] (1) 7269109
   consulate(s): Ponta Delgada (Azores)
  
   Flag: two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and red
   (three-fifths) with the Portuguese coat of arms centered on the
   dividing line
  
   Economy
  
   Overview: Portugal's economy contracted 0.4% in 1993 but registered a
   1.4% growth in 1994, with 3% growth expected in 1995 and 1996. This
   comeback rests on high levels of public investment, continuing strong
   export growth, and a gradual recovery in consumer spending. The
   government's long-run economic goal is the modernization of Portuguese
   markets, industry, infrastructure, and work force in order to catch up
   with productivity and income levels of the more advanced EU countries.
   Per capita income now equals only 55% of the EU average. Economic
   policy in 1994 focused on reducing inflationary pressures by lowering
   the fiscal deficit, maintaining a stable escudo, moderating wage
   increases, and encouraging increased competition. The government's
   medium-term objective is to be in the first tier of the EU countries
   eligible to join the economic and monetary union (EMU) as early as
   1997. To this end, the 1995 budget posits a cut in total deficit to
   5.8% of GDP.
  
   National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $107.3 billion (1994
   est.)
  
   National product real growth rate: 1.4% (1994 est.)
  
   National product per capita: $10,190 (1994 est.)
  
   Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.1% (May 1994)
  
   Unemployment rate: 6.7% (May 1994)
  
   Budget:
   revenues: $31 billion
   expenditures: $41 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
   (1994)
  
   Exports: $15.4 billion (f.o.b., 1993)
   commodities: clothing and footwear, machinery, cork and paper
   products, hides and skins
   partners: EU 75.5%, other developed countries 12.4%, US 4.3% (1994)
  
   Imports: $24.3 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
   commodities: machinery and transport equipment, agricultural products,
   chemicals, petroleum, textiles
   partners: EC 72%, other developed countries 10.9%, less developed
   countries 12.9%, US 3.4%
  
   External debt: $20 billion (1993 est.)
  
   Industrial production: growth rate 1.5% (1994 est.); accounts for
   30.6% of GDP
  
   Electricity:
   capacity: 8,220,000 kW
   production: 29.5 billion kWh
   consumption per capita: 2,642 kWh (1993)
  
   Industries: textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork;
   metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; wine; tourism
  
   Agriculture: accounts for 5% of GDP; small, inefficient farms; imports
   more than half of food needs; major crops - grain, potatoes, olives,
   grapes; livestock sector - sheep, cattle, goats, poultry, meat, dairy
   products
  
   Illicit drugs: increasingly important gateway country for Latin
   American cocaine entering the European market; transshipment point for
   hashish from North Africa to Europe
  
   Economic aid:
   recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1.8 billion;
   Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
   (1970-89), $1.2 billion
  
   Currency: 1 Portuguese escudo (Esc) = 100 centavos
  
   Exchange rates: Portuguese escudos (Esc) per US$1 - 158.02 (January
   1995), 165.99 (1994), 160.80 (1993), 135.00 (1992), 144.48 (1991),
   142.55 (1990)
  
   Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Portugal:Transportation
  
   Railroads:
   total: 3,068 km
   broad gauge: 2,761 km 1.668-m gauge (439 km electrified; 426 km double
   track)
   narrow gauge: 307 km 1.000-m gauge
  
   Highways:
   total: 70,176 km
   paved and graveled: 60,351 km (519 km of expressways)
   unpaved: earth 9,825 km
  
   Inland waterways: 820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national
   economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton cargo
   capacity
  
   Pipelines: crude oil 22 km; petroleum products 58 km
  
   Ports: Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores), Leixoes,
   Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitoria (Azores),
   Setubal, Viana do Castelo
  
   Merchant marine:
   total: 65 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 852,785 GRT/1,545,804 DWT
  
   ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 28, chemical tanker 5, container 4,
   liquefied gas tanker 2, oil tanker 17, refrigerated cargo 2,
   roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1
   note: Portugal has created a captive register on Madeira for
   Portuguese-owned ships; ships on the Madeira Register (MAR) will have
   taxation and crewing benefits of a flag of convenience; in addition,
   Portugal owns 25 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 155,776 DWT that
   operate under Panamanian and Maltese registry
  
   Airports:
   total: 65
   with paved runways over 3,047 m: 5
   with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
   with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
   with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 18
   with paved runways under 914 m: 29
   with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2
  
   Portugal:Communications
  
   Telephone system: 2,690,000 telephones
   local: NA
   intercity: generally adequate integrated network of coaxial cables,
   open wire and microwave radio relay, domestic satellite earth stations
  
   international: 6 submarine cables; 3 INTELSAT (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1
   Indian Ocean), EUTELSAT earth stations; tropospheric link to Azores
  
   Radio:
   broadcast stations: AM 57, FM 66 (repeaters 22), shortwave 0
   radios: NA
  
   Television:
   broadcast stations: 66 (repeaters 23)
   televisions: NA
  
   Portugal:Defense Forces
  
   Branches: Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force, National
   Republican Guard, Fiscal Guard, Public Security Police
  
   Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,747,357; males fit for
   military service 2,223,299; males reach military age (20) annually
   90,402 (1995 est.)
  
   Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $2.4 billion, 2.9% of
   GDP (1994)
  
  
  
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