DEEn Dictionary De - En
DeEs De - Es
DePt De - Pt
 Vocabulary trainer

Spec. subjects Grammar Abbreviations Random search Preferences
Search in Sprachauswahl
painful
Search for:
Mini search box
 

   pain pill
         n 1: a medicine used to relieve pain [syn: {analgesic},
               {anodyne}, {painkiller}, {pain pill}]

English Dictionary: painful by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
painful
adj
  1. causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"
    Antonym(s): painless
  2. causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
    Synonym(s): afflictive, painful, sore
  3. exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
    Synonym(s): atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
  4. causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"
    Synonym(s): irritating, painful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
painful sensation
n
  1. a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"
    Synonym(s): pain, pain sensation, painful sensation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
painfully
adv
  1. unpleasantly; "his ignorance was painfully obvious" [syn: painfully, distressingly]
  2. in or as if in pain; "she moved painfully forward"; "sorely wounded"
    Synonym(s): painfully, sorely
    Antonym(s): painlessly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
painfulness
n
  1. emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"
    Synonym(s): pain, painfulness
    Antonym(s): pleasance, pleasure
  2. the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness of childbirth"
    Synonym(s): painfulness, distressingness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pamphlet
n
  1. a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]
  2. a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
    Synonym(s): tract, pamphlet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pamphleteer
n
  1. a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
panoplied
adj
  1. equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior
    Synonym(s): armored, panoplied
  2. in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia; "professors arrayed in robes"
    Synonym(s): arrayed, panoplied
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
panoply
n
  1. a complete and impressive array
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pay envelope
n
  1. wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner
    Synonym(s): pay envelope, pay packet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pen pal
n
  1. a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence
    Synonym(s): pen pal, pen-friend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peneplain
n
  1. a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
    Synonym(s): peneplain, peneplane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peneplane
n
  1. a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements
    Synonym(s): peneplain, peneplane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phenoplast
n
  1. a thermosetting resin [syn: phenolic resin, phenolic, phenoplast]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phone bill
n
  1. statement of charges for telephone service [syn: {phone bill}, telephone bill]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phone plug
n
  1. a plug for connecting a telephone [syn: telephone plug, phone plug]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piano player
n
  1. a person who plays the piano [syn: pianist, {piano player}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pimple
n
  1. a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
    Synonym(s): pimple, hickey, zit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pimpled
adj
  1. (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
    Synonym(s): acned, pimpled, pimply, pustulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pimply
adj
  1. (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
    Synonym(s): acned, pimpled, pimply, pustulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pinball
n
  1. a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets
    Synonym(s): pinball, pinball game
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pinball game
n
  1. a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets
    Synonym(s): pinball, pinball game
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pinball machine
n
  1. game equipment on which pinball is played; "in Britain they call a pinball machine a pin table"
    Synonym(s): pinball machine, pin table
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pine Bluff
n
  1. a town in southeast central Arkansas on the Arkansas River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pine vole
n
  1. short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
    Synonym(s): pine vole, pine mouse, Pitymys pinetorum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pineapple
n
  1. a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
    Synonym(s): pineapple, pineapple plant, Ananas comosus
  2. large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
    Synonym(s): pineapple, ananas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pineapple family
n
  1. a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
    Synonym(s): Bromeliaceae, family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pineapple guava
n
  1. dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves
    Synonym(s): feijoa, pineapple guava
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pineapple juice
n
  1. the juice of pineapples (usually bottled or canned)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pineapple plant
n
  1. a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
    Synonym(s): pineapple, pineapple plant, Ananas comosus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pineapple weed
n
  1. annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States and northeastern Asia) having bristle-pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): pineapple weed, rayless chamomile, Matricaria matricarioides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pinfold
n
  1. a pen where stray animals are confined
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pomme blanche
n
  1. densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots
    Synonym(s): breadroot, Indian breadroot, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie, Psoralea esculenta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pump well
n
  1. an enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Painable \Pain"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]nible.]
      Causing pain; painful. [Obs.]
  
               The manacles of Astyages were not . . . the less
               weighty and painable for being composed of gold or
               silver.                                                   --Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Painful \Pain"ful\, a.
      1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either
            physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
            --Addison.
  
      2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with
            laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
  
      3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. [Obs.] --Fuller.
  
                     A very painful person, and a great clerk. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
                     Nor must the painful husbandman be tired. --Dryden.
  
      Syn: Disquieting; troublesome; afflictive; distressing;
               grievous; laborious; toilsome; difficult; arduous. --
               {Pain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pain"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Painful \Pain"ful\, a.
      1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either
            physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
            --Addison.
  
      2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with
            laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
  
      3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. [Obs.] --Fuller.
  
                     A very painful person, and a great clerk. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
                     Nor must the painful husbandman be tired. --Dryden.
  
      Syn: Disquieting; troublesome; afflictive; distressing;
               grievous; laborious; toilsome; difficult; arduous. --
               {Pain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pain"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Painful \Pain"ful\, a.
      1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either
            physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
            --Addison.
  
      2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with
            laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
  
      3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. [Obs.] --Fuller.
  
                     A very painful person, and a great clerk. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
                     Nor must the painful husbandman be tired. --Dryden.
  
      Syn: Disquieting; troublesome; afflictive; distressing;
               grievous; laborious; toilsome; difficult; arduous. --
               {Pain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pain"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pamphlet \Pam"phlet\, n. [OE. pamflet, pamfilet, paunflet,
      possibly fr. OF. palme the palm of the hand, F. paume (see
      {Palm}) + OF. fueillet a leaf, dim. of fueil, m., F. feuille,
      f., fr. L. folium, pl. folia, thus meaning, a leaf to be held
      in the hand; or perh. through old French, fr. L. Pamphila, a
      female historian of the first century who wrote many
      epitomes; prob., however, fr. OF. Pamflette, the Old French
      name given to Pamphilus, a poem in Latin verse of the 12th
      century, pamphlets being named from the popularity of this
      poem.]
      1. A writing; a book. --Testament of love.
  
                     Sir Thomas More in his pamphlet of Richard the
                     Third.                                                --Ascham.
  
      2. A small book consisting of a few sheets of printed paper,
            stitched together, often with a paper cover, but not
            bound; a short essay or written discussion, usually on a
            subject of current interest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pamphlet \Pam"phlet\, v. i.
      To write a pamphlet or pamphlets. [R.] --Howell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pamphleteer \Pam`phlet*eer"\, n.
      A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler. --Dryden. Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pamphleteer \Pam`phlet*eer"\, v. i.
      To write or publish pamphlets.
  
               By pamphleteering we shall not win.         --C. Kingsley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Panful \Pan"ful\, n.; pl. {Panfuls}. [See 5th {Pan}.]
      Enough to fill a pan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Panful \Pan"ful\, n.; pl. {Panfuls}. [See 5th {Pan}.]
      Enough to fill a pan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Panoplied \Pan"o*plied\, a.
      Dressed in panoply.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Panoply \Pan"o*ply\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?], [?], all + [?] tool,
      implement, in pl., armor, arms.]
      Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.
      --Milton.
  
               We had need to take the Christian panoply, to put on
               the whole armor of God.                           --Ray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pawnable \Pawna*ble\, a.
      Capable of being pawned.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peneplain \Pe"ne*plain`\, n. [L. paene, pene, almost + E.
      plain.] (Phys. Geog.)
      A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of
      a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penfold \Pen"fold`\, n.
      See {Pinfold}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penible \Pen*i"ble\, a. [OF. penible. Cf. {Painable}.]
      Painstaking; assidous. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fathead \Fat"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley
                  ({Pimephales promelas}); -- called also {black-headed
                  minnow}.
            (b) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pimple \Pim"ple\, n. [AS. p[c6]pelian to blister; cf. L. papula
      pimple.]
      1. (Med.) Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle,
            whether going on to suppuration or not. [bd]All eyes can
            see a pimple on her nose.[b8] --Pope.
  
      2. Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple. [bd]A
            pimple that portends a future sprout.[b8] --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pimpled \Pim"pled\, a.
      Having pimples. --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Pimpillo \[d8]Pim"pil*lo\, n. (Bot.)
      A West Indian name for the prickly pear ({Opuntia}); --
      called also {pimploes}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pimply \Pim"ply\, a.
      Pimpled.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pool \Pool\, n. [F. poule, properly, a hen. See {Pullet}.]
      [Written also {poule}.]
      1. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards,
            etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has
            contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
  
      2. A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a
            certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public
            billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the
            entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of
            skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.
  
      Note: This game is played variously, but commonly with
               fifteen balls, besides one cue ball, the contest being
               to drive the most balls into the pockets.
  
                        He plays pool at the billiard houses.
                                                                              --Thackeray.
  
      3. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays
            a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds
            being divided among the winners.
  
      4. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several
            persons join.
  
      5. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for
            the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price
            of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the
            aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took
            all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into
            the pool.
  
      6. (Railroads) A mutual arrangement between competing lines,
            by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then
            distributed pro rata according to agreement.
  
      7. (Law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to
            different people in a community, in a common fund, to be
            charged with common liabilities.
  
      {Pin pool}, a variety of the game of billiards in which small
            wooden pins are set up to be knocked down by the balls.
  
      {Pool ball}, one of the colored ivory balls used in playing
            the game at billiards called pool.
  
      {Pool snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the European redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
           
  
      {Pool table}, a billiard table with pockets.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bullfinch \Bull"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A bird of the genus {Pyrrhula} and other related genera,
      especially the {P. vulgaris [or] rubicilla}, a bird of Europe
      allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck,
      red.
  
      Note: As a cage bird it is highly valued for its remarkable
               power of learning to whistle correctly various musical
               airs.
  
      {Crimson-fronted bullfinch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Burion}.
  
      {Pine bullfinch}, the pine finch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
            {Pinus}.
  
      Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
               States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
               {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
               resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
               Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
               pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
               ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
               {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
               bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
               firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
               considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
               genera.
  
      2. The wood of the pine tree.
  
      3. A pineapple.
  
      {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.
  
      {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
            the {Araucaria excelsa}.
  
      {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
            with pines. [Southern U.S.]
  
      {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into
            pine trees.
  
      {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
           
  
      {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
            enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
            hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
            red.
  
      {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
            lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
            States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
            {alligator}.
  
      {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
                  {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
            (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.
  
      {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91]
            burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
            doing great damage.
  
      {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
            pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
            forests.
  
      {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
            of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.
  
      {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).
  
      {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
            and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
           
  
      {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American
            snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
            with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
            {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
            chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
  
      {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.
  
      {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
            seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
            figure of a pine tree.
  
      {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees.
            Several species are known in both Europe and America,
            belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.
  
      {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
            them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
            Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
            arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
            wool}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pineapple \Pine"ap`ple\, n. (Bot.)
      A tropical plant ({Ananassa sativa}); also, its fruit; -- so
      called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and
      external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin
      is unknown, though conjectured to be American.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pinfold \Pin"fold`\, n. [For pindfold. See {Pinder}, {Pound} an
      inclosure, and {Fold} an inclosure.]
      A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are
      confined; a pound; a penfold. --Shak.
  
               A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie,
      LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.]
      1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of
            trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually
            characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound
            throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies
            and the Rocky mountains.
  
                     From the forests and the prairies, From the great
                     lakes of the northland.                     --Longfellow.
  
      2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called
            natural meadow.
  
      {Prairie chicken} (Zo[94]l.), any American grouse of the
            genus {Tympanuchus}, especially {T. Americanus} (formerly
            {T. cupido}), which inhabits the prairies of the central
            United States. Applied also to the sharp-tailed grouse.
  
      {Prairie clover} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
            {Petalostemon}, having small rosy or white flowers in
            dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in
            the prairies of the United States.
  
      {Prairie dock} (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium
            terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow
            flowers, found in the Western prairies.
  
      {Prairie dog} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys
            Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the
            plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in
            the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like
            that of a dog. Called also {prairie marmot}.
  
      {Prairie grouse}. Same as {Prairie chicken}, above.
  
      {Prairie hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large long-eared Western hare
            ({Lepus campestris}). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}.
           
  
      {Prairie hawk}, {Prairie falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a falcon of
            Western North America ({Falco Mexicanus}). The upper parts
            are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the
            under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown.
  
      {Prairie hen}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie chicken}, above.
           
  
      {Prairie itch} (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with
            intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and
            Western United States; -- also called {swamp itch},
            {winter itch}.
  
      {Prairie marmot}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie dog}, above.
  
      {Prairie mole} (Zo[94]l.), a large American mole ({Scalops
            argentatus}), native of the Western prairies.
  
      {Prairie pigeon}, {plover}, [or] {snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the
            upland plover. See {Plover}, n., 2.
  
      {Prairie rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), the massasauga.
  
      {Prairie snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless American snake
            ({Masticophis flavigularis}). It is pale yellow, tinged
            with brown above.
  
      {Prairie squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), any American ground squirrel
            of the genus {Spermophilus}, inhabiting prairies; --
            called also {gopher}.
  
      {Prairie turnip} (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous
            root of a leguminous plant ({Psoralea esculenta}) of the
            Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also
            {pomme blanche}, and {pomme de prairie}.
  
      {Prairie warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored American
            warbler ({Dendroica discolor}). The back is olive yellow,
            with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under
            parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the
            sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black;
            three outer tail feathers partly white.
  
      {Prairie wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Coyote}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shaddock \Shad"dock\, n. [Said to be so called from a Captain
      Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree ({Citrus decumana}) and its fruit, which is a large
      species of orange; -- called also {forbidden fruit}, and
      {pompelmous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pompelmous \Pom"pel*mous\, n.; pl. {Pompelmouses}. [D.
      pompelmoes; cf. G. pompelmuse, F. pamplemousse, and F.
      pompol[82]on.] (Bot.)
      A shaddock, esp. one of large size.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shaddock \Shad"dock\, n. [Said to be so called from a Captain
      Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree ({Citrus decumana}) and its fruit, which is a large
      species of orange; -- called also {forbidden fruit}, and
      {pompelmous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pompelmous \Pom"pel*mous\, n.; pl. {Pompelmouses}. [D.
      pompelmoes; cf. G. pompelmuse, F. pamplemousse, and F.
      pompol[82]on.] (Bot.)
      A shaddock, esp. one of large size.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pompelmous \Pom"pel*mous\, n.; pl. {Pompelmouses}. [D.
      pompelmoes; cf. G. pompelmuse, F. pamplemousse, and F.
      pompol[82]on.] (Bot.)
      A shaddock, esp. one of large size.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zinc \Zinc\ (z[icr][nsm]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn
      tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. {Tin}.] (Chem.)
      An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
      principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,
      calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white
      metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not
      easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,
      coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,
      britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in
      electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9. [Formerly
      written also {zink}.]
  
      {Butter of zinc} (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, {ZnCl2}, a
            deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
  
      {Oxide of zinc}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, below.
  
      {Zinc amine} (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,
            {Zn(NH2)2}, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc
            ethyl; -- called also {zinc amide}.
  
      {Zinc amyle} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,
            composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the
            atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
           
  
      {Zinc blende} [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc
            sulphide. See {Blende}, n.
      (a) .
  
      {Zinc bloom} [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of
            zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring
            in white earthy incrustations; -- called also
            {hydrozincite}.
  
      {Zinc ethyl} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous
            liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire
            spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
  
      {Zinc green}, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt
            oxides; -- called also {Rinmann's green}.
  
      {Zinc methyl} (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid {Zn(CH3)2},
            produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium
            alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously
            inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in
            the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a
            large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc
            amyle, etc.
  
      {Zinc oxide} (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, {ZnO}, forming a
            light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also
            {flowers of zinc}, {philosopher's wool}, {nihil album},
            etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,
            roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also
            {pompholyx}, and {tutty}.
  
      {Zinc spinel} (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,
            consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and
            aluminium; gahnite.
  
      {Zinc vitriol} (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See {White vitriol},
            under {Vitriol}.
  
      {Zinc white}, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used
            as a pigment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pompholyx \Pom"pho*lyx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a bubble, the slag
      on the surface of smelted ore, from [?] a blister.]
      1. (Old Chem.) Impure zinc oxide.
  
      2. (Med.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of
            bull[91], without inflammation or fever.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zinc \Zinc\ (z[icr][nsm]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn
      tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. {Tin}.] (Chem.)
      An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
      principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,
      calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white
      metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not
      easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,
      coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,
      britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in
      electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9. [Formerly
      written also {zink}.]
  
      {Butter of zinc} (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, {ZnCl2}, a
            deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
  
      {Oxide of zinc}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, below.
  
      {Zinc amine} (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,
            {Zn(NH2)2}, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc
            ethyl; -- called also {zinc amide}.
  
      {Zinc amyle} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,
            composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the
            atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
           
  
      {Zinc blende} [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc
            sulphide. See {Blende}, n.
      (a) .
  
      {Zinc bloom} [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of
            zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring
            in white earthy incrustations; -- called also
            {hydrozincite}.
  
      {Zinc ethyl} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous
            liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire
            spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
  
      {Zinc green}, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt
            oxides; -- called also {Rinmann's green}.
  
      {Zinc methyl} (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid {Zn(CH3)2},
            produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium
            alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously
            inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in
            the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a
            large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc
            amyle, etc.
  
      {Zinc oxide} (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, {ZnO}, forming a
            light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also
            {flowers of zinc}, {philosopher's wool}, {nihil album},
            etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,
            roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also
            {pompholyx}, and {tutty}.
  
      {Zinc spinel} (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,
            consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and
            aluminium; gahnite.
  
      {Zinc vitriol} (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See {White vitriol},
            under {Vitriol}.
  
      {Zinc white}, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used
            as a pigment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pompholyx \Pom"pho*lyx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a bubble, the slag
      on the surface of smelted ore, from [?] a blister.]
      1. (Old Chem.) Impure zinc oxide.
  
      2. (Med.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of
            bull[91], without inflammation or fever.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pompillion \Pom*pil"lion\, n.
      An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. [Obs.]
      --Cotgrave.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tarantula \Ta*ran"tu*la\, n.; pl. E. {Tarantulas}, L.
      {Tarantul[91]}. [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now
      Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly
      supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species
      ({Tarantula apuli[91]}). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent
      countries are large species of Mygale. [Written also
      {tarentula}.]
  
      {Tarantula killer}, a very large wasp ({Pompilus formosus}),
            which captures the Texan tarantula ({Mygale Hentzii}) and
            places it in its nest as food for its young, after
            paralyzing it by a sting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pompoleon \Pom*po"le*on\, n. (Bot.)
      See {Pompelmous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ponibility \Po`ni*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. ponere to place.]
      The capability of being placed or located. [Obs.] --Barrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ponvolant \Pon`vo*lant"\ (?; F. ?), n. [F. pont bridge + volant
      flying.] (Mil.)
      A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post
      or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Well \Well\, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to
      well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain.
      [?][?][?][?]. See {Well}, v. i.]
      1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
  
                     Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well. --Milton.
  
      2. A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to
            reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form,
            and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth
            from caving in.
  
                     The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to
                     draw with, and the well is deep.         --John iv. 11.
  
      3. A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
  
      4. Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring. [bd]This
            well of mercy.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled. --Spenser.
  
                     A well of serious thought and pure.   --Keble.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around
                  the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to
                  preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their
                  inspection.
            (b) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing
                  vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes
                  perforated in the bottom to let in water for the
                  preservation of fish alive while they are transported
                  to market.
            (c) A vertical passage in the stern into which an
                  auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of
                  water.
            (d) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; --
                  often called the cockpit.
  
      6. (Mil.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from
            which run branches or galleries.
  
      7. (Arch.) An opening through the floors of a building, as
            for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
  
      8. (Metal.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal
            falls.
  
      {Artesian well}, {Driven well}. See under {Artesian}, and
            {Driven}.
  
      {Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}, 5
            (a), above.
  
      {Well boring}, the art or process of boring an artesian well.
           
  
      {Well drain}.
            (a) A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or
                  pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land.
            (b) A drain conducting to a well or pit.
  
      {Well room}.
            (a) A room where a well or spring is situated; especially,
                  one built over a mineral spring.
            (b) (Naut.) A depression in the bottom of a boat, into
                  which water may run, and whence it is thrown out with
                  a scoop.
  
      {Well sinker}, one who sinks or digs wells.
  
      {Well sinking}, the art or process of sinking or digging
            wells.
  
      {Well staircase} (Arch.), a staircase having a wellhole (see
            {Wellhole}
            (b) ), as distinguished from one which occupies the whole
                  of the space left for it in the floor.
  
      {Well sweep}. Same as {Sweep}, n., 12.
  
      {Well water}, the water that flows into a well from
            subterraneous springs; the water drawn from a well.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: for various kinds of pumps, see {Air pump}, {Chain
               pump}, and {Force pump}; also, under {Lifting},
               {Plunger}, {Rotary}, etc.
  
      {Circulating pump} (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the
            condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a
            surface condenser.
  
      {Pump brake}. See {Pump handle}, below.
  
      {Pump dale}. See {Dale}.
  
      {Pump gear}, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten.
  
      {Pump handle}, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is
            given to the bucket of a pump.
  
      {Pump hood}, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper
            wheel of a chain pump.
  
      {Pump rod}, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is
            fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle;
            the piston rod.
  
      {Pump room}, a place or room at a mineral spring where the
            waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.]
  
      {Pump spear}. Same as {Pump rod}, above.
  
      {Pump stock}, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.
           
  
      {Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Paine Field-Lake Stickney, WA (CDP, FIPS 52765)
      Location: 47.88705 N, 122.26237 W
      Population (1990): 18670 (8656 housing units)
      Area: 20.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pamplico, SC (town, FIPS 54340)
      Location: 33.99554 N, 79.56905 W
      Population (1990): 1314 (492 housing units)
      Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29583

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pamplin, VA
      Zip code(s): 23958

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pamplin City, VA (town, FIPS 60488)
      Location: 37.26355 N, 78.68213 W
      Population (1990): 208 (102 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pauma Valley, CA
      Zip code(s): 92061

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Payneville, KY
      Zip code(s): 40157

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pena Blanca, NM (CDP, FIPS 55830)
      Location: 35.57141 N, 106.33621 W
      Population (1990): 300 (105 housing units)
      Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Penfield, IL
      Zip code(s): 61862
   Penfield, NY
      Zip code(s): 14526
   Penfield, PA
      Zip code(s): 15849

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Penn Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 56518)
      Location: 39.19617 N, 121.18995 W
      Population (1990): 1242 (529 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95946

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pennville, IN (town, FIPS 58788)
      Location: 40.49328 N, 85.14744 W
      Population (1990): 637 (301 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47369
   Pennville, PA (CDP, FIPS 59296)
      Location: 39.78563 N, 76.99035 W
      Population (1990): 1559 (597 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pine Apple, AL (town, FIPS 59880)
      Location: 31.87373 N, 86.98768 W
      Population (1990): 365 (227 housing units)
      Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36768

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pine Bluff, AR (city, FIPS 55310)
      Location: 34.21340 N, 92.01862 W
      Population (1990): 57140 (23189 housing units)
      Area: 109.8 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71603

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pine Bluffs, WY (town, FIPS 61435)
      Location: 41.18039 N, 104.06820 W
      Population (1990): 1054 (478 housing units)
      Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 82082

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pine Plains, NY (CDP, FIPS 58145)
      Location: 41.97766 N, 73.65842 W
      Population (1990): 1312 (560 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12567

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pine Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 57260)
      Location: 32.85542 N, 116.50119 W
      Population (1990): 1297 (563 housing units)
      Area: 18.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 91962
   Pine Valley, NJ (borough, FIPS 58920)
      Location: 39.78835 N, 74.97236 W
      Population (1990): 19 (18 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Pine Valley, NY (village, FIPS 58195)
      Location: 40.90451 N, 72.67957 W
      Population (1990): 1486 (357 housing units)
      Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 14872
   Pine Valley, UT
      Zip code(s): 84781

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pine Village, IN (town, FIPS 60084)
      Location: 40.44993 N, 87.25246 W
      Population (1990): 134 (72 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47975

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pinebluff, NC (town, FIPS 51840)
      Location: 35.10712 N, 79.47231 W
      Population (1990): 876 (367 housing units)
      Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pineville, AR (town, FIPS 55580)
      Location: 36.15770 N, 92.10392 W
      Population (1990): 220 (93 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72566
   Pineville, KY (city, FIPS 61248)
      Location: 36.76284 N, 83.70127 W
      Population (1990): 2198 (967 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Pineville, LA (city, FIPS 60530)
      Location: 31.33197 N, 92.41499 W
      Population (1990): 12251 (5086 housing units)
      Area: 18.2 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
   Pineville, MO (town, FIPS 57818)
      Location: 36.59306 N, 94.38385 W
      Population (1990): 580 (293 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Pineville, NC (town, FIPS 52220)
      Location: 35.08457 N, 80.88572 W
      Population (1990): 2970 (1495 housing units)
      Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28134
   Pineville, SC
      Zip code(s): 29468
   Pineville, WV (town, FIPS 63940)
      Location: 37.58560 N, 81.53499 W
      Population (1990): 865 (387 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 24874

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Piney Flats, TN
      Zip code(s): 37686

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pinopolis, SC
      Zip code(s): 29469

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PINBOL
  
      A {decision table} language for controlling
      pinball machines used at Atari.   PINBOL included a
      {multitasking} executive and an {interpreter} that worked on
      data structures compiled from condition:action lists.
  
      (1996-11-03)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Pamphylia
      Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and
      came to Perga, the capital of Pamphylia (Acts 13:13, 14), a
      province about the middle of the southern sea-board of Asia
      Minor. It lay between Lycia on the west and Cilicia on the east.
      There were strangers from Pamphylia at Jerusalem on the day of
      Pentecost (2:10).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Pamphylia, a nation made up of every tribe
  
No guarantee of accuracy or completeness!
©TU Chemnitz, 2006-2024
Your feedback:
Ad partners