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   palpability
         n 1: the quality of being perceivable by touch [syn:
               {tangibility}, {tangibleness}, {palpability}] [ant:
               {impalpability}, {intangibility}, {intangibleness}]

English Dictionary: palpable by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palpable
adj
  1. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie"
    Synonym(s): palpable, tangible
    Antonym(s): impalpable
  2. can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palpably
adv
  1. so as to be palpable; "she was palpably nervous"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palpebra
n
  1. either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer"
    Synonym(s): eyelid, lid, palpebra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palpebra conjunctiva
n
  1. the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids; continuous with the bulbar conjunctiva
    Synonym(s): palpebra conjunctiva, conjunctival layer of eyelids, tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palpebrate
adj
  1. having eyelids
v
  1. wink or blink, especially repeatedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palpebration
n
  1. repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Philip II of Macedon
n
  1. king of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC)
    Synonym(s): Philip II, Philip II of Macedon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Philip II of Spain
n
  1. king of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598)
    Synonym(s): Philip II, Philip II of Spain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Philip of Valois
n
  1. king of France who founded the Valois dynasty; his dispute with Edward III over his succession led to the Hundred Years' War (1293-1350)
    Synonym(s): Philip VI, Philip of Valois
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Philippopolis
n
  1. an ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region
    Synonym(s): Plovdiv, Philippopolis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
polypeptide
n
  1. a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Palpability \Pal`pa*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch.
      --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Palpable \Pal"pa*ble\, a. [F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr.
      palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the
      hand.]
      1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the
            touch; as, a palpable form. --Shak.
  
                     Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable
                     darkness.                                          --Milton.
  
      2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily
            perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture;
            palpable absurdity; palpable errors. [bd]Three persons
            palpable.[b8] --P. Plowman.
  
                     [Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --Shak.
            -- {Pal"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pal"pa*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Palpable \Pal"pa*ble\, a. [F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr.
      palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the
      hand.]
      1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the
            touch; as, a palpable form. --Shak.
  
                     Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable
                     darkness.                                          --Milton.
  
      2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily
            perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture;
            palpable absurdity; palpable errors. [bd]Three persons
            palpable.[b8] --P. Plowman.
  
                     [Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --Shak.
            -- {Pal"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pal"pa*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Palpable \Pal"pa*ble\, a. [F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr.
      palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the
      hand.]
      1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the
            touch; as, a palpable form. --Shak.
  
                     Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable
                     darkness.                                          --Milton.
  
      2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily
            perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture;
            palpable absurdity; palpable errors. [bd]Three persons
            palpable.[b8] --P. Plowman.
  
                     [Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --Shak.
            -- {Pal"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pal"pa*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Palpebra \[d8]Pal"pe*bra\, n.; pl. {Palpebr[91]}. [L.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The eyelid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Palpebral \Pal"pe*bral\, a. [L. palpebralis, fr. palpebra: cf.
      F. palp[82]bral.]
      Of or pertaining to the eyelids.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Palpifer \Pal"pi*fer\, n. [Palpus + L. ferre to bear.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Palpiger}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Palpiform \Pal"pi*form\, a. [Palpus + -form: cf. F. palpiforme.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Having the form of a palpus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pillow \Pil"low\, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.]
      1. Anything used to support the head of a person when
            reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers,
            down, hair, or other soft material.
  
                     [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak.
  
      2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to
            equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
  
      3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
  
      4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
  
      {Lace pillow}, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
  
      {Pillow bier} [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b[81]re a pillowcase],
            a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Pillow block} (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting
            a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the
            frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished
            with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for
            tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also
            {pillar block}, or {plumber block}.
  
      {Pillow lace}, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace
            pillow.
  
      {Pillow of a plow}, a crosspiece of wood which serves to
            raise or lower the beam.
  
      {Pillow sham}, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when
            not in use.
  
      {Pillow slip}, a pillowcase.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plebification \Pleb`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. plebs the common
      people + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
      A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing. [R.]
  
               You begin with the attempt to popularize learning . . .
               but you will end in the plebification of knowledge.
                                                                              --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Polypiferous \Pol*y*pif"er*ous\, a. [Polypus + -ferous.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Bearing polyps, or polypites.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Polypiparous \Pol`y*pip"a*rous\, a. [Polypus + L. parere to
      produce.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Producing polyps.
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