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   Pachycephala
         n 1: arboreal insectivorous birds [syn: {Pachycephala}, {genus
               Pachycephala}]

English Dictionary: package bomb by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pachycephalosaur
n
  1. bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found
    Synonym(s): pachycephalosaur, pachycephalosaurus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pachycephalosaurus
n
  1. bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found
    Synonym(s): pachycephalosaur, pachycephalosaurus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
package bomb
n
  1. a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened
    Synonym(s): letter bomb, parcel bomb, package bomb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacekeeper
n
  1. a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area
  2. someone who keeps peace; "she's the peacekeeper in that family"
  3. the pistol of a law officer in the old West
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacekeeping
adj
  1. of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces; "a peacekeeping force"
n
  1. the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
    Synonym(s): peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacekeeping mission
n
  1. the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
    Synonym(s): peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacekeeping operation
n
  1. the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
    Synonym(s): peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacock blue
n
  1. a shade of blue tinged with green [syn: greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacock butterfly
n
  1. European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
    Synonym(s): peacock, peacock butterfly, Inachis io
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacock flower
n
  1. showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
    Synonym(s): royal poinciana, flamboyant, flame tree, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana regia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacock flower fence
n
  1. East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
    Synonym(s): coralwood, coral- wood, red sandalwood, Barbados pride, peacock flower fence, Adenanthera pavonina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacock-blue
adj
  1. of bright greenish blue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phase space
n
  1. (physics) an ideal space in which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables that are required to describe a system or substance; "a multidimensional phase space"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Picus viridis
n
  1. woodpecker of Europe and western Asia [syn: {green woodpecker}, Picus viridis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pike's Peak
n
  1. a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (14,109 feet high)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pizza shop
n
  1. a shop where pizzas are made and sold [syn: pizzeria, pizza shop, pizza parlor]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
possessive
adj
  1. serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"
    Synonym(s): possessive, genitive
  2. desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys"
  3. having or showing a desire to control or dominate; "a possessive parent"
n
  1. the case expressing ownership [syn: genitive, {genitive case}, possessive, possessive case]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
possessive case
n
  1. the case expressing ownership [syn: genitive, {genitive case}, possessive, possessive case]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
possessively
adv
  1. in a possessive manner; "he was sleeping, one arm flung possessively across his wife"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
possessiveness
n
  1. excessive desire to possess or dominate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pouch-shaped
adj
  1. shaped like a pouch [syn: bursiform, pouch-shaped, pouchlike, saclike]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pousse-cafe
n
  1. small drink served after dinner (especially several liqueurs poured carefully so as to remain in separate layers)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psocoptera
n
  1. an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice [syn: Psocoptera, order Psocoptera, Corrodentia, order Corrodentia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psocopterous insect
n
  1. small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psych up
v
  1. get excited or stimulated; "The children were all psyched up after the movie"
    Synonym(s): hype up, psych up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychobabble
n
  1. using language loaded with psychological terminology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychopath
n
  1. someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
    Synonym(s): sociopath, psychopath
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychopathic
adj
  1. suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder [syn: psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychopathic personality
n
  1. a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)
    Synonym(s): antisocial personality disorder, sociopathic personality, psychopathic personality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychopathologic
adj
  1. suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder [syn: psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychopathological
adj
  1. suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder [syn: psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychopathology
n
  1. the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
    Synonym(s): abnormal psychology, psychopathology
  2. the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
    Synonym(s): psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychopathy
n
  1. any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
    Synonym(s): mental illness, mental disease, psychopathy
    Antonym(s): mental health
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychopharmacological
adj
  1. of or relating to psychopharmacology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychopharmacology
n
  1. the study of drugs that affect the mind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychophysicist
n
  1. a psychologist trained in psychophysics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychophysics
n
  1. the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects
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psychophysiology
n
  1. the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes
    Synonym(s): physiological psychology, neuropsychology, psychophysiology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psychopomp
n
  1. a conductor of souls to the afterworld; "Hermes was their psychopomp"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psychopsis
n
  1. epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium
    Synonym(s): Psychopsis, genus Psychopsis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psychopsis krameriana
n
  1. orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium
    Synonym(s): Psychopsis krameriana, Oncidium papilio kramerianum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psychopsis papilio
n
  1. orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium
    Synonym(s): Psychopsis papilio, Oncidium papilio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pussy's-paw
n
  1. pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
    Synonym(s): pussy-paw, pussy- paws, pussy's-paw, Spraguea umbellatum, Calyptridium umbellatum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thunderbird \Thun"der*bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala
      gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and
      yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also
      {white-throated thickhead}, {orange-breasted thrust},
      {black-crowned thrush}, {guttural thrush}, and
      {black-breasted flycatcher}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            Courage is native to you.                           --Jowett
                                                                              (Thucyd. ).
  
      6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.]
  
                     the head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than
                     is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak.
  
      7. (Min.)
            (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as,
                  native silver.
            (b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium
                  chloride.
  
      {Native American party}. See under {American}, a.
  
      {Native bear} (Zo[94]l.), the koala.
  
      {Native bread} (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of
            Australia ({Mylitta australis}), somewhat resembling a
            truffle, but much larger.
  
      {Native devil}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tasmanian devil}, under
            {Devil}.
  
      {Native hen} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx
            Mortierii}).
  
      {Native pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Leipoa}.
  
      {Native rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian marsupial
            ({Perameles lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and
            form.
  
      {Native sloth} (Zo[94]l.), the koala.
  
      {Native thrush} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian singing bird
            ({Pachycephala olivacea}); -- called also {thickhead}.
  
      {Native turkey} (Zo[94]l.), the Australian bustard
            ({Choriotis australis}); -- called also {bebilya}.
  
      Syn: Natural; natal; original; congential.
  
      Usage: {Native}, {Natural}, {Natal}. natural refers to the
                  nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom;
                  native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native
                  country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances
                  of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native
                  talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that
                  which springs from the structure of the mind. Native
                  eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion;
                  natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied
                  or artifical.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paucispiral \Pau`ci*spi"ral\, a. [L. paucus few + E. spiral.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or
      shell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from
      AS. pe[a0], p[be]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental
      origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], Per. t[be]us, t[be]wus, Ar.
      t[be]wu[?]s. See {Cock} the bird.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus {Pavo},
            of which at least two species are known, native of
            Southern Asia and the East Indies.
  
      Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of
               erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by
               concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden
               colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo
               cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({P. muticus}) is more
               brilliantly colored than the common species.
  
      2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a
            peafowl.
  
      {Peacock butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European butterfly
            ({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock.
  
      {Peacock fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse
            ({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its
            brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}.
  
      {Peacock pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}.
            They resemble the peacock in color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from
      AS. pe[a0], p[be]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental
      origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], Per. t[be]us, t[be]wus, Ar.
      t[be]wu[?]s. See {Cock} the bird.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus {Pavo},
            of which at least two species are known, native of
            Southern Asia and the East Indies.
  
      Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of
               erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by
               concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden
               colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo
               cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({P. muticus}) is more
               brilliantly colored than the common species.
  
      2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a
            peafowl.
  
      {Peacock butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European butterfly
            ({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock.
  
      {Peacock fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse
            ({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its
            brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}.
  
      {Peacock pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}.
            They resemble the peacock in color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from
      AS. pe[a0], p[be]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental
      origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], Per. t[be]us, t[be]wus, Ar.
      t[be]wu[?]s. See {Cock} the bird.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus {Pavo},
            of which at least two species are known, native of
            Southern Asia and the East Indies.
  
      Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of
               erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by
               concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden
               colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo
               cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({P. muticus}) is more
               brilliantly colored than the common species.
  
      2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a
            peafowl.
  
      {Peacock butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European butterfly
            ({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock.
  
      {Peacock fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse
            ({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its
            brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}.
  
      {Peacock pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}.
            They resemble the peacock in color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phakoscope \Phak"o*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] a lentil, or lenticular
      body + -scope.] (Physiol.)
      An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phase splitter \Phase splitter\ (Elec.)
      A device by which a single-phase current is split into two or
      more currents differing in phase. It is used in starting
      single-phase induction motors.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phase splitting \Phase splitting\ (Elec.)
      The dephasing of the two parts of a single alternating
      current in two dissimilar branches of a given circuit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forkbeard \Fork"beard`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A European fish ({Raniceps raninus}), having a large flat
            head; -- also called {tadpole fish}, and {lesser forked
            beard}.
      (b) The European forked hake or hake's-dame ({Phycis
            blennoides}); -- also called {great forked beard}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Physico-philosophy \Phys`i*co-phi*los"o*phy\, n. [Physico- +
      philosophy.]
      The philosophy of nature.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pissasphalt \Pis"sas*phalt\, n. [L. pissasphaltus, Gr. [?]; [?]
      pitch + [?] asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte.] (Min.)
      Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar,
      and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate
      between petroleum and asphalt. [Written also {pisasphaltum},
      {pisasphalt}, etc.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pissasphalt \Pis"sas*phalt\, n. [L. pissasphaltus, Gr. [?]; [?]
      pitch + [?] asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte.] (Min.)
      Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar,
      and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate
      between petroleum and asphalt. [Written also {pisasphaltum},
      {pisasphalt}, etc.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pisasphaltum \Pis`as*phal"tum\, n.
      See {Pissasphalt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pissasphalt \Pis"sas*phalt\, n. [L. pissasphaltus, Gr. [?]; [?]
      pitch + [?] asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte.] (Min.)
      Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar,
      and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate
      between petroleum and asphalt. [Written also {pisasphaltum},
      {pisasphalt}, etc.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pisasphaltum \Pis`as*phal"tum\, n.
      See {Pissasphalt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Piscicapture \Pis"ci*cap`ture\, n.
      Capture of fishes, as by angling. [R.] --W. H. Russell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pissasphalt \Pis"sas*phalt\, n. [L. pissasphaltus, Gr. [?]; [?]
      pitch + [?] asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte.] (Min.)
      Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar,
      and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate
      between petroleum and asphalt. [Written also {pisasphaltum},
      {pisasphalt}, etc.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Possessival \Pos`ses*si"val\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival
      termination. --Earle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Possessive \Pos*sess"ive\, a. [L. possessivus: cf. F.
      possessif.]
      Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating
      possession.
  
      {Possessive case} (Eng. Gram.), the genitive case; the case
            of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin,
            or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as,
            Homer's admirers; the pear's flavor; the dog's
            faithfulness.
  
      {Possessive pronoun}, a pronoun denoting ownership; as, his
            name; her home; my book.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Possessive \Pos*sess"ive\, n.
      1. (Gram.) The possessive case.
  
      2. (Gram.) A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive
            case.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Possessive \Pos*sess"ive\, a. [L. possessivus: cf. F.
      possessif.]
      Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating
      possession.
  
      {Possessive case} (Eng. Gram.), the genitive case; the case
            of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin,
            or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as,
            Homer's admirers; the pear's flavor; the dog's
            faithfulness.
  
      {Possessive pronoun}, a pronoun denoting ownership; as, his
            name; her home; my book.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Possessive \Pos*sess"ive\, a. [L. possessivus: cf. F.
      possessif.]
      Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating
      possession.
  
      {Possessive case} (Eng. Gram.), the genitive case; the case
            of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin,
            or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as,
            Homer's admirers; the pear's flavor; the dog's
            faithfulness.
  
      {Possessive pronoun}, a pronoun denoting ownership; as, his
            name; her home; my book.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Possessively \Pos*sess"ive*ly\, adv.
      In a possessive manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pseuso-peripteral \Pseu`so-pe*rip"ter*al\, a. [Pseudo- +
      peripteral: cf. F. pseudop[82]ript[8a]re.] (Arch.)
      Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the
      columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory
      only at the ends or only at one end. -- n. A
      pseudo-peripteral temple. --Oxf. Gloss.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Psychopannychism \Psy"cho*pan"ny*chism\, n. [Psycho- + Gr. [?]
      to spend all night long; [?], [?], all + [?] night.] (Theol.)
      The doctrine that the soul falls asleep at death, and does
      not wake until the resurrection of the body. --
      {Psy`cho*pan"ny*chism}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Psychopathy \Psy*chop"a*thy\, n. [Psycho- + Gr. [?], [?].]
      (Med.)
      Mental disease. See {Psychosis}, 2. -- {Psy`cho*path"ic}, a.
      -- {Psy*chop"a*thist}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Psychopathy \Psy*chop"a*thy\, n. [Psycho- + Gr. [?], [?].]
      (Med.)
      Mental disease. See {Psychosis}, 2. -- {Psy`cho*path"ic}, a.
      -- {Psy*chop"a*thist}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Psychopathy \Psy*chop"a*thy\, n. [Psycho- + Gr. [?], [?].]
      (Med.)
      Mental disease. See {Psychosis}, 2. -- {Psy`cho*path"ic}, a.
      -- {Psy*chop"a*thist}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Psychophysical \Psy`cho*phys"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or
      mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man.
  
      {Psychophysical time} (Physiol.), the time required for the
            mind to transform a sensory impression into a motor
            impulse. It is an important part of physiological or
            reaction time. See under {Reaction}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Psychophysical \Psy`cho*phys"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or
      mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man.
  
      {Psychophysical time} (Physiol.), the time required for the
            mind to transform a sensory impression into a motor
            impulse. It is an important part of physiological or
            reaction time. See under {Reaction}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Psychophysics \Psy`cho*phys"ics\, n. [Psycho- + physics.]
      The science of the connection between nerve action and
      consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of
      the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in
      man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence
      between body and soul.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Psychopomp \Psy"cho*pomp\, n. [Gr. [?]; psychh` the soul + [?]
      to send: cf. F. psychopompe.] (Myth.)
      A leader or guide of souls . --J. Fiske.

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   Peach Springs, AZ (CDP, FIPS 53770)
      Location: 35.52742 N, 113.42982 W
      Population (1990): 787 (263 housing units)
      Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 86434

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   Pikesville, MD (CDP, FIPS 61400)
      Location: 39.39139 N, 76.70071 W
      Population (1990): 24815 (11455 housing units)
      Area: 31.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 21208

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   Pojoaque Valley, NM
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   Poughkeepsie, AR
      Zip code(s): 72569
   Poughkeepsie, NY (city, FIPS 59641)
      Location: 41.69580 N, 73.92247 W
      Population (1990): 28844 (13112 housing units)
      Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)
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