paper bag
         n 1: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's
               purchases [syn: {sack}, {poke}, {paper bag}, {carrier bag}]

English Dictionary: paper bag	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paper birch n small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes Synonym(s): American white birch, paper birch, paperbark birch, canoe birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paper fastener n a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paper feed n a device for inserting sheets of paper into a printer or typewriter; "the job was delayed because the paper feed was clogged"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paper flower n Brazilian vine that tends to flower continuously [syn: paper flower, Bougainvillea glabra]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paper plant n tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times Synonym(s): papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, paper plant, Cyperus papyrus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paper plate n a disposable plate made of cardboard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paper profit n an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price Antonym(s): paper loss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paper-back book n a book with paper covers [syn: paperback book, {paper- back book}, paperback, softback book, softback, soft-cover book, soft-cover]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paper-pusher n a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paperback adj (of books) having a flexible binding [syn: paperback, paperbacked] n a book with paper covers [syn: paperback book, {paper- back book}, paperback, softback book, softback, soft-cover book, soft-cover]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paperback book n a book with paper covers [syn: paperback book, {paper- back book}, paperback, softback book, softback, soft-cover book, soft-cover]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paperbacked adj (of books) having a flexible binding [syn: paperback, paperbacked]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paperbark birch n small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes Synonym(s): American white birch, paper birch, paperbark birch, canoe birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paperboard n a cardboard suitable for making posters [syn: paperboard, poster board, posterboard]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paperboy n a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pepper box n a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper Synonym(s): pepper shaker, pepper box, pepper pot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pepper bush n shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers Synonym(s): sweet pepperbush, pepper bush, summer sweet, white alder, Clethra alnifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pepper family n tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets Synonym(s): Piperaceae, family Piperaceae, pepper family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pepper pot n a soup made with vegetables and tripe and seasoned with peppercorns; often contains dumplings Synonym(s): pepper pot, Philadelphia pepper pot a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper Synonym(s): pepper shaker, pepper box, pepper pot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pepper vine n any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper [syn: {true pepper}, pepper vine]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Piper betel n Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians Synonym(s): betel, betel pepper, Piper betel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pufferfish n delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver Synonym(s): blowfish, sea squab, puffer, pufferfish any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers Synonym(s): puffer, pufferfish, blowfish, globefish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination,                having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper                cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or                paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker;                paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight,                or paperweight, etc.          {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in             payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to             accommodation paper.          {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used             for catching flies.          {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}.          {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula             papyracea}).          {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval             force.          {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.          {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel             tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between             two plate-iron disks. --Forney.          {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such             as promissory notes, duebills, etc.          {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings.          {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or             otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against             the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper.          {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come             in on free passes. [Cant]          {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government             or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money,             and circulated as the representative of coin.          {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry.          {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc.          {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}.          {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus.          {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta.          {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De             Colange.          {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of             paperlike material, as the yellow jacket.          {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose             papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.          {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}.          {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to             protect engravings in books.          {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above.          {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless,             except for uses of little account.          {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not             ribbed or watermarked.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination,                having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper                cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or                paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker;                paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight,                or paperweight, etc.          {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in             payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to             accommodation paper.          {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used             for catching flies.          {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}.          {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula             papyracea}).          {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval             force.          {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.          {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel             tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between             two plate-iron disks. --Forney.          {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such             as promissory notes, duebills, etc.          {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings.          {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or             otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against             the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper.          {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come             in on free passes. [Cant]          {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government             or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money,             and circulated as the representative of coin.          {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry.          {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc.          {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}.          {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus.          {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta.          {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De             Colange.          {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of             paperlike material, as the yellow jacket.          {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose             papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.          {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}.          {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to             protect engravings in books.          {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above.          {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless,             except for uses of little account.          {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not             ribbed or watermarked.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination,                having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper                cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or                paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker;                paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight,                or paperweight, etc.          {Business paper}, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in             payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to             accommodation paper.          {Fly paper}, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used             for catching flies.          {Laid paper}. See under {Laid}.          {Paper birch} (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula             papyracea}).          {Paper blockade}, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval             force.          {Paper boat} (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.          {Paper car wheel} (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel             tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between             two plate-iron disks. --Forney.          {Paper credit}, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such             as promissory notes, duebills, etc.          {Paper hanger}, one who covers walls with paper hangings.          {Paper hangings}, paper printed with colored figures, or             otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against             the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper.          {Paper house}, an audience composed of people who have come             in on free passes. [Cant]          {Paper money}, notes or bills, usually issued by government             or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money,             and circulated as the representative of coin.          {Paper mulberry}. (Bot.) See under Mulberry.          {Paper muslin}, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc.          {Paper nautilus}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argonauta}.          {Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus.          {Paper sailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See Argonauta.          {Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De             Colange.          {Paper wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of             paperlike material, as the yellow jacket.          {Paper weight}, any object used as a weight to prevent loose             papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.          {Parchment paper}. See {Papyrine}.          {Tissue paper}, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to             protect engravings in books.          {Wall paper}. Same as {Paper hangings}, above.          {Waste paper}, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless,             except for uses of little account.          {Wove paper}, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not             ribbed or watermarked.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pepper box \Pep"per box`\, n.       A buttress on the left-hand wall of a fives court as the game       is played at Eton College, England.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.       [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]       1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried             berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.          Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,                dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from                the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by                maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar                properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper                is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.          2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody             climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous             flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red             when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several             hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed             throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the             earth.          3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red             pepper; as, the bell pepper.          Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other                fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the                true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of                {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.          {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.          {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.          {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum             piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and             Japan.          {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.          {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.          {Long pepper}.             (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian                   shrub.             (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See                   {Kava}.          {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds             of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger             family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,             under the name of {grains of Paradise}.          {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.          {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra             alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --             called also {white alder}.          {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a             perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,             etc.          {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants             of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.                      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston             betularia}) having white wings covered with small black             specks.          {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and             cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.          {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.          {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red             peppers steeped in vinegar.          {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})             of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See             {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.       [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]       1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried             berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.          Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,                dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from                the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by                maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar                properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper                is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.          2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody             climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous             flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red             when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several             hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed             throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the             earth.          3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red             pepper; as, the bell pepper.          Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other                fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the                true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of                {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.          {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.          {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.          {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum             piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and             Japan.          {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.          {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.          {Long pepper}.             (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian                   shrub.             (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See                   {Kava}.          {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds             of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger             family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,             under the name of {grains of Paradise}.          {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.          {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra             alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --             called also {white alder}.          {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a             perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,             etc.          {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants             of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.                      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston             betularia}) having white wings covered with small black             specks.          {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and             cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.          {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.          {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red             peppers steeped in vinegar.          {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})             of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See             {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pepperbrand \Pep"per*brand`\, n. (Bot.)       See 1st {Bunt}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Areca \[d8]A*re"ca\, n. [Canarese adiki: cf. Pg. & Sp. areca.]       (Bot.)       A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca       nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of       the {Piper Betle} and lime.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betel \Be"tel\ (b[emac]"t'l), n. [Pg., fr. Tamil       ve[tsdot][tsdot]ilei, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.] (Bot.)       A species of pepper ({Piper betle}), the leaves of which are       chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime,       by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber       with ovate many-nerved leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Areca \[d8]A*re"ca\, n. [Canarese adiki: cf. Pg. & Sp. areca.]       (Bot.)       A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca       nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of       the {Piper Betle} and lime.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betel \Be"tel\ (b[emac]"t'l), n. [Pg., fr. Tamil       ve[tsdot][tsdot]ilei, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.] (Bot.)       A species of pepper ({Piper betle}), the leaves of which are       chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime,       by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber       with ovate many-nerved leaves.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pepper Pike, OH (city, FIPS 61686)       Location: 41.47955 N, 81.46020 W       Population (1990): 6185 (2170 housing units)       Area: 18.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Paper Feed Control Character          (PFCC) An obscure mechanism used in Fortran run-time systems       whereby the first character of a line of output to a       line-printer caused various actions after the line was       printed:          space return newline       0 return newline return newline       1 form-feed       + return