pad of paper
         n 1: a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one
               edge [syn: {pad}, {pad of paper}, {tablet}]

English Dictionary: pad of paper	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pet peeve n an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed; "grammatical mistakes are his pet peeve"
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photophobia n a morbid fear of light pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) Synonym(s): photalgia, photophobia
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pied piper n a leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom) the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning Synonym(s): Pied Piper, Pied Piper of Hamelin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pied Piper of Hamelin n the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning Synonym(s): Pied Piper, Pied Piper of Hamelin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pit viper n New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
P91dobaptism \P[91]`do*bap"tism\       (p[emac]`d[osl]*b[acr]p"t[icr]z'm), n.       Pedobaptism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pedobaptism \Pe`do*bap"tism\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a child + E.       baptism.]       The baptism of infants or of small children. [Written also       {p[91]dobaptism}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
P91dobaptism \P[91]`do*bap"tism\       (p[emac]`d[osl]*b[acr]p"t[icr]z'm), n.       Pedobaptism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pedobaptism \Pe`do*bap"tism\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a child + E.       baptism.]       The baptism of infants or of small children. [Written also       {p[91]dobaptism}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pedobaptist \Pe`do*bap"tist\, n.       One who advocates or practices infant baptism. [Written also       {p[91]dobaptist}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paddock \Pad"dock\, n. [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D.       pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zo[94]l.)       A toad or frog. --Wyclif. [bd]Loathed paddocks.[b8] --Spenser          {Paddock pipe} (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus             {Equisetum}, especially {E. limosum} and the fruiting             stems of {E. arvense}; -- called also {padow pipe} and             {toad pipe}. See {Equisetum}.          {Paddock stone}. See {Toadstone}.          {Paddock stool} (Bot.),a toadstool.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Padow \Pad"ow\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A paddock, or toad.          {Padow pipe}. (Bot.) See {Paddock pipe}, under {Paddock}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paddock \Pad"dock\, n. [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D.       pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zo[94]l.)       A toad or frog. --Wyclif. [bd]Loathed paddocks.[b8] --Spenser          {Paddock pipe} (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus             {Equisetum}, especially {E. limosum} and the fruiting             stems of {E. arvense}; -- called also {padow pipe} and             {toad pipe}. See {Equisetum}.          {Paddock stone}. See {Toadstone}.          {Paddock stool} (Bot.),a toadstool.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Padow \Pad"ow\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A paddock, or toad.          {Padow pipe}. (Bot.) See {Paddock pipe}, under {Paddock}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pedobaptism \Pe`do*bap"tism\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a child + E.       baptism.]       The baptism of infants or of small children. [Written also       {p[91]dobaptism}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pedobaptist \Pe`do*bap"tist\, n.       One who advocates or practices infant baptism. [Written also       {p[91]dobaptist}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Photophobia \Pho`to*pho"bi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. fw^s, fwto`s,       light + [?] fear.] (Med.)       A dread or intolerance of light. --Sir T. Watson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pit \Pit\, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a       well, pit.]       1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or             artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an             indentation; specifically:             (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.             (b) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug                   or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in                   which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a                   charcoal pit.             (c) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.                               Tumble me into some loathsome pit. --Shak.          2. Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.                         Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained.                                                                               --Milton.                         He keepth back his soul from the pit. --Job xxxiii.                                                                               18.          3. A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall;             hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.                         The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits.                                                                               --Lam. iv. 20.          4. A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body;             as:             (a) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the                   axilla, or armpit.             (b) See {Pit of the stomach} (below).             (c) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in                   smallpox.          5. Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the             house, below the level of the stage and behind the             orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the             stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the             occupants of such a part of a theater.          6. An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other             animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to             kill rats. [bd]As fiercely as two gamecocks in the             pit.[b8] --Locke.          7. [Cf. D. pit, akin to E. pith.] (Bot.)             (a) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or                   seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.             (b) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.          {Cold pit} (Hort.), an excavation in the earth, lined with             masonry or boards, and covered with glass, but not             artificially heated, -- used in winter for the storing and             protection of half-hardly plants, and sometimes in the             spring as a forcing bed.          {Pit coal}, coal dug from the earth; mineral coal.          {Pit frame}, the framework over the shaft of a coal mine.          {Pit head}, the surface of the ground at the mouth of a pit             or mine.          {Pit kiln}, an oven for coking coal.          {Pit martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. [Prov. Eng.]          {Pit of the stomach} (Anat.), the depression on the middle             line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower             end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression.          {Pit saw} (Mech.), a saw worked by two men, one of whom             stands on the log and the other beneath it. The place of             the latter is often in a pit, whence the name.          {Pit viper} (Zo[94]l.), any viperine snake having a deep pit             on each side of the snout. The rattlesnake and copperhead             are examples.          {Working pit} (Min.), a shaft in which the ore is hoisted and             the workmen carried; -- in distinction from a shaft used             for the pumps.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pita \[d8]Pi"ta\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)             (a) A fiber obtained from the {Agave Americana} and other                   related species, -- used for making cordage and paper.                   Called also {pita fiber}, and {pita thread}.             (b) The plant which yields the fiber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.       [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers.       br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf.       {Rye}.] (Bot.)       A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This       plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the       grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.       In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be       overflowed.          {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}.          {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}.          {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania             aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,             much used for food by North American Indians. It is common             in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also             {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc.          {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus             ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.          {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}.          {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule.          {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse             ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States.          {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from             China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture             of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a             large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng)             into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under             pressure. Called also {pith paper}.          {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink.          {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small             quantity of rice in water.          {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice             water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from             the bowels, in cholera.          {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or]             Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and             Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also             {black weevil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pith \Pith\, n. [AS. pi[?]a; akin to D. pit pith, kernel, LG.       peddik. Cf. {Pit} a kernel.]       1. (Bot.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the             stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the             dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of             cellular tissue.          2.             (a) (Zo[94]l.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.             (b) (Anat.) The spinal cord; the marrow.          3. Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital             or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength;             importance; as, the speech lacked pith.                         Enterprises of great pith and moment. --Shak.          {Pith paper}. Same as {Rice paper}, under {Rice}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.       [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers.       br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf.       {Rye}.] (Bot.)       A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This       plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the       grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.       In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be       overflowed.          {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}.          {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}.          {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania             aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,             much used for food by North American Indians. It is common             in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also             {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc.          {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus             ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.          {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}.          {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule.          {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse             ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States.          {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from             China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture             of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a             large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng)             into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under             pressure. Called also {pith paper}.          {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink.          {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small             quantity of rice in water.          {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice             water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from             the bowels, in cholera.          {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or]             Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and             Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also             {black weevil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pith \Pith\, n. [AS. pi[?]a; akin to D. pit pith, kernel, LG.       peddik. Cf. {Pit} a kernel.]       1. (Bot.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the             stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the             dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of             cellular tissue.          2.             (a) (Zo[94]l.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.             (b) (Anat.) The spinal cord; the marrow.          3. Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital             or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength;             importance; as, the speech lacked pith.                         Enterprises of great pith and moment. --Shak.          {Pith paper}. Same as {Rice paper}, under {Rice}.