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   pagan religion
         n 1: any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism
               or Islamism [syn: {paganism}, {pagan religion},
               {heathenism}]

English Dictionary: pecuniary resource by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peace march
n
  1. a protest march against (a particular) war and in favor of peace
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pecuniary
adj
  1. relating to or involving money; "monetary rewards"; "he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services"
    Synonym(s): monetary, pecuniary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pecuniary resource
n
  1. assets in the form of money [syn: funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peignoir
n
  1. a loose dressing gown for women [syn: negligee, neglige, peignoir, wrapper, housecoat]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pesh Merga
n
  1. a Kurdish guerrilla force in Iraqi Kurdistan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peshmerga
n
  1. a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Picea mariana
n
  1. small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
    Synonym(s): black spruce, Picea mariana, spruce pine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pismire
n
  1. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
    Synonym(s): ant, emmet, pismire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pisum arvense
n
  1. variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
    Synonym(s): field pea, field-pea plant, Austrian winter pea, Pisum sativum arvense, Pisum arvense
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pockmark
n
  1. a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease
v
  1. mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pockmarked
adj
  1. used of paved surfaces having holes or pits [syn: pocked, pockmarked, potholed]
  2. marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease
    Synonym(s): pocked, pockmarked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pogonia rosea
n
  1. orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
    Synonym(s): rosebud orchid, Cleistes rosea, Pogonia rosea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poison arrow plant
n
  1. medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
    Synonym(s): winter sweet, poison arrow plant, Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poison mercury
n
  1. climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
    Synonym(s): poison ivy, markweed, poison mercury, poison oak, Toxicodendron radicans, Rhus radicans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poisoner
n
  1. someone who kills with poison
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canary \Ca*na"ry\, a. [F. Canarie, L. Canaria insula one of the
      Canary islands, said to be so called from its large dogs, fr.
      canis dog.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine;
            canary birds.
  
      2. Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone.
  
      {Canary grass}, a grass of the genus {Phalaris} ({P.
            Canariensis}), producing the seed used as food for canary
            birds.
  
      {Canary stone} (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named
            from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary
            bird.
  
      {Canary wood}, the beautiful wood of the trees {Persea
            Indica} and {P. Canariensis}, natives of Madeira and the
            Canary Islands.
  
      {Canary vine}. See {Canary bird flower}, under {Canary bird}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ischiadic \Is`chi*ad"ic\, a. [L. ischiadicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?]
      the hip joint, hip or loin. Cf. {Sciatic}.] (Anat.)
      Ischial. [R.]
  
      {Ischiadic} {passion [or] disease} (Med.), a rheumatic or
            neuralgic affection of some part about the hip joint; --
            called also {sciatica}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Passionary \Pas"sion*a*ry\, n. [L. passionarius: cf. F.
      passionaire.]
      A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and
      martyrs. --T. Warton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pecuniarily \Pe*cun"ia*ri*ly\, adv.
      In a pecuniary manner; as regards money.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pecuniary \Pe*cun"ia*ry\, a. [L. pecuniarius, fr. pecunia money,
      orig., property in cattle, fr. pecus cattle: cf. F.
      p[82]cuniaire. See {Fee}, and cf. {Peculiar}.]
      1. Relating to money; monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a
            pecuniary reward. --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Picamar \Pic"a*mar`\, n. [L. pix, picis, pitch + amarus bitter.]
      (Chem.)
      An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of
      beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives
      of pyrogallol.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a
            buckler. [Obs.] [bd]Take down my buckler . . . and grind
            the pick on 't.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      4. Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
  
                     France and Russia have the pick of our stables.
                                                                              --Ld. Lytton.
  
      5. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as,
            the pick of the flock.
  
      6. (Print.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow
            of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot
            on a printed sheet. --MacKellar.
  
      7. (Painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed
            pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
  
      8. (Weawing) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate
            of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per
            minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a
            weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.
  
      {Pick dressing} (Arch.), in cut stonework, a facing made by a
            pointed tool, leaving the surface in little pits or
            depressions.
  
      {Pick hammer}, a pick with one end sharp and the other blunt,
            used by miners.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pickmire \Pick"mire`\, n. [So called from its picking its food
      from the mire.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The pewit, or black-headed gull. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Piecener \Piece"ner\, n.
      1. One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in
            woolen mills.
  
      2. Same as {Piecer}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pigeon-hearted \Pi"geon-heart`ed\, a.
      Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pigeonry \Pi"geon*ry\, n.
      A place for pigeons; a dovecote.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pignerate \Pig"ner*ate\, v. t. [L. pigneratus, p. p. of
      pignerate to pledge.]
      1. To pledge or pawn. [Obs.]
  
      2. to receive in pawn, as a pawnbroker does. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Pignus \[d8]Pig"nus\, n.; pl. {Pignora}. [L.] (Rom. Law)
      A pledge or pawn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pignoration \Pig`no*ra"tion\, n. [LL. pignoratio, L. pigneratio,
      fr. pignerate to pledge, fr. pignus, gen. -ous and -eris, a
      pledge, a pawn: cf. F. pignoration.]
      1. The act of pledging or pawning.
  
      2. (Civil Law) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of
            pledge, till satisfaction is made. --Burrill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pignorative \Pig"no*ra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. pignoratif.]
      Pledging, pawning. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pismire \Pis"mire\, n. [Piss + mire; so called because it
      discharges a moisture vulgarly considered urine. See {Mire}
      an ant.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An ant, or emmet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pockmark \Pock"mark\, n.
      A mark or pit made by smallpox.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pockmarked \Pock"marked`\, a.
      Marked by smallpox; pitted.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Poisoner \Poi"son*er\, n.
      One who poisons. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Bal[91]na
            mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
            obtained.
      (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
            Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale ({Bal[91]na
            cisarctica}), and the Pacific right whale ({B.
            Sieboldii}); a bone whale.
  
      {Pygmy right whale} (Zo[94]l.), a small New Zealand whale
            {(Neobal[91]na marginata)} which is only about sixteen
            feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
            whalebone.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Psion Organiser
  
      A popular {pocket computer} from the UK Company
      {Psion} plc.   The organiser uses a {graphical user interface}
      with windows, menus, icons and {dialog box}es.   There have
      been several versions so far: Series3a, Series3, HC, MC,
      OrgII.
  
      {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:comp.sys.psion},
      {news:comp.binaries.psion}.
  
      (1995-03-03)
  
  
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