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   P
         n 1: a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family
               that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as
               organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive
               and occurs in several allotropic forms [syn: {phosphorus},
               {P}, {atomic number 15}]
         2: the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: {P}, {p}]

English Dictionary: pee	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
p.a. adv by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received); "he earned $100,000 per annum"; "we issue six volumes per annum" Synonym(s): per annum, p.a., per year, each year, annually n an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas Synonym(s): public address system, P.A. system, PA system, P.A., PA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
P.E. n the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; stored energy Synonym(s): potential energy, P.E.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
P.O. n a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army Synonym(s): petty officer, PO, P.O.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pa n an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk Synonym(s): dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead Synonym(s): protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number 91 a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter Synonym(s): pascal, Pa a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies Synonym(s): Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas Synonym(s): public address system, P.A. system, PA system, P.A., PA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pahoehoe n freely flowing lava
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paw n a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" Synonym(s): hand, manus, mitt, paw v scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door" touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pay n something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings" Synonym(s): wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary v give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention" Synonym(s): give, pay cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!" Synonym(s): pay up, ante up, pay Antonym(s): default, default on bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" Synonym(s): yield, pay, bear do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" Synonym(s): pay, pay off, make up, compensate dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to" Synonym(s): give, pay, devote be worth it; "It pays to go through the trouble" render; "pay a visit"; "pay a call" bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back" discharge or settle; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
PAYE n the British system of withholding tax [syn: PAYE, {pay as you earn}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
payee n a person to whom money is paid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pb n a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers" Synonym(s): lead, Pb, atomic number 82 a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits Synonym(s): petabit, Pbit, Pb a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes Synonym(s): petabyte, PB a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes Synonym(s): petabyte, pebibyte, PB, PiB
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pe n the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pea n seed of a pea plant used for food the fruit or seed of a pea plant a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds Synonym(s): pea, pea plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pee n liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" Synonym(s): urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water informal terms for urination; "he took a pee" Synonym(s): peeing, pee, pissing, piss v eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" Synonym(s): make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peewee n disparaging terms for small people [syn: runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint] small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America Synonym(s): pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pei n United States architect (born in China in 1917) [syn: Pei, I. M. Pei, Ieoh Ming Pei]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pew n long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation Synonym(s): pew, church bench
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pewee n small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America Synonym(s): pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pH n (from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter; provides a measure on a scale from 0 to 14 of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where 7 is neutral and greater than 7 is more basic and less than 7 is more acidic); Synonym(s): pH, pH scale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phi n the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pi n the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846... someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information Synonym(s): private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project Synonym(s): principal investigator, PI the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs Synonym(s): protease inhibitor, PI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pia n perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch Synonym(s): pia, Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pie n dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages Synonym(s): Proto-Indo European, PIE
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Po n a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor Synonym(s): polonium, Po, atomic number 84 a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army Synonym(s): petty officer, PO, P.O. a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea Synonym(s): Po, Po River an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States Synonym(s): United States Post Office, US Post Office, Post Office, PO
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Po Hai n an inlet of the Yellow Sea, on the coast of Eastern China Synonym(s): Bo Hai, Po Hai
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Poa n chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions [syn: Poa, genus Poa]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Poe n United States writer and poet (1809-1849) [syn: Poe, Edgar Allan Poe]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poi n Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
POW n a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war Synonym(s): prisoner of war, POW
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
powwow n (informal) a quick private conference [syn: huddle, powwow] a council of or with Native Americans v hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poyou n Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts Synonym(s): peludo, poyou, Euphractus sexcinctus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
PPP n surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) Synonym(s): palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, UPPP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pu n a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239 Synonym(s): plutonium, Pu, atomic number 94
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
PVA n a vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives Synonym(s): polyvinyl acetate, PVA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pya n 100 pyas equal 1 kyat in Myanmar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Labial \La"bi*al\, n. 1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as {b}, {p}, {w}. 2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe. 3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mute \Mute\, n. 1. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically: (a) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute. (b) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral. (c) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak. (d) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak. 2. (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, {p}, {b}, {d}, {k}, {t}. 3. (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
P \P\ (p[emac]), the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Ph[d2]nician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See {B}, {F}, and {M}. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 247, 248, and 184-195.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Labial \La"bi*al\, n. 1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as {b}, {p}, {w}. 2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe. 3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mute \Mute\, n. 1. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically: (a) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute. (b) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral. (c) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak. (d) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak. 2. (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, {p}, {b}, {d}, {k}, {t}. 3. (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
P \P\ (p[emac]), the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Ph[d2]nician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See {B}, {F}, and {M}. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 247, 248, and 184-195.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hypophosphoric \Hy`pophosphor"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + phosphoric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid. {Hypophosphoric acid} (Chem.), an acid, {P2H4O6}, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pentoxide \Pen*tox"ide\, n. [Penta- + oxide.] (Chem.) An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide, {P2O5}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pa \Pa\ (p[aum]), n. A shortened form of {Papa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pah \Pah\, interj. An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See {Bah}. Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pahi \Pa"hi\, n. (Naut.) A large war canoe of the Society Islands.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paw \Paw\ (p[add]), n. [OE. pawe, poue, OF. poe: cf. patte, LG. pote, D. poot, G. pfote.] 1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc. 2. The hand. [Jocose] --Dryden. {Paw clam} (Zo[94]l.), the tridacna; -- so called because shaped like an animal's paw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paw \Paw\, v. i. To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. --Job xxxix. 21.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paw \Paw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pawing}.] 1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely. 2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot. His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. --Tickell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pay \Pay\, v. t. [OF. peier, fr. L. picare to pitch, i[?] pitch: cf. OF. peiz pitch, F. poix. See {Pitch} a black substance.] (Naut.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pay \Pay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.] 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants. May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P. Plowman. [She] pays me with disdain. --Dryden. 2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B. Jonson. 3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed). [bd]Pay me that thou owest.[b8] --Matt. xviii. 28. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. --Matt. xviii. 26. If they pay this tax, they starve. --Tennyson. 4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised. This day have I paid my vows. --Prov. vii. 14. 5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit. Not paying me a welcome. --Shak. {To pay off}. (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship. (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pay \Pay\ (p[amac]), v. i. To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. --Ps. xxxvii. 21. 2. Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pay \Pay\, n. 1. Satisfaction; content. --Chaucer. 2. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier. Where only merit constant pay receives. --Pope. There is neither pay nor plunder to be got. --L'Estrange. {Full pay}, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay; especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or military officers of a certain rank, without deductions. {Half pay}. See under {Half}. {Pay day}, the day of settlement of accounts. {Pay dirt} (Mining), earth which yields a profit to the miner. [Western U.S.] {Pay office}, a place where payment is made. {Pay roll}, a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with the amounts due.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Payee \Pay*ee"\, n. The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or directed to be paid. See {Bill of exchange}, under {Bill}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Minium \Min"i*um\ (?; 277), n. [L. minium, an Iberian word, the Romans getting all their cinnabar from Spain; cf. Basque armine[a0].] (Chem.) A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, {Pb3O4}, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also {red lead}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Massicot \Mas"si*cot\, n. [F. massicot; E. masticot is a corruption.] (Chem.) Lead protoxide, {PbO}, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called {litharge}; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peak \Peak\, n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. {Pike}.] 1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. [bd]Run your beard into a peak.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. 2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats. 3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also {pea} and {pee}.] {Fore peak}. (Naut.) See under {Fore}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pea \Pea\, n. [OF. peis. See {Poise}.] The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also {pee}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pea \Pea\, n. (Naut.) See {Peak}, n., 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod. Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of, the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the form peas being used in both senses. 2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos}, {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed. Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or less closely related to the common pea. See the Phrases, below. {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}. {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos sph[91]rospermus} and its seed. {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana}, having showy blossoms. {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}. {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}. {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}. {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n. {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue. {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and {Orris}. {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}. {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee. {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}. {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal. {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle. {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove. {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. --G. Bentham. {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas. {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore. {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc. {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China. {Pea vine}. (Bot.) (a) Any plant which bears peas. (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species). {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi}) which destroys peas by eating out the interior. {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}. {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus}; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peak \Peak\, n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. {Pike}.] 1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. [bd]Run your beard into a peak.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. 2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats. 3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also {pea} and {pee}.] {Fore peak}. (Naut.) See under {Fore}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pea \Pea\, n. [OF. peis. See {Poise}.] The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also {pee}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pea \Pea\, n. (Naut.) See {Peak}, n., 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod. Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of, the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the form peas being used in both senses. 2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos}, {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed. Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or less closely related to the common pea. See the Phrases, below. {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}. {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos sph[91]rospermus} and its seed. {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana}, having showy blossoms. {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}. {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}. {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}. {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n. {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue. {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and {Orris}. {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}. {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee. {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}. {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal. {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle. {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove. {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. --G. Bentham. {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas. {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore. {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc. {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China. {Pea vine}. (Bot.) (a) Any plant which bears peas. (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species). {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi}) which destroys peas by eating out the interior. {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}. {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus}; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peak \Peak\, n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. {Pike}.] 1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. [bd]Run your beard into a peak.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. 2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats. 3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also {pea} and {pee}.] {Fore peak}. (Naut.) See under {Fore}.
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Pee \Pee\, n. See 1st {Pea}.
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Pee \Pee\, n. (Naut.) Bill of an anchor. See {Peak}, 3 (c) .
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Pea \Pea\, n. [OF. peis. See {Poise}.] The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also {pee}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peak \Peak\, n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. {Pike}.] 1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. [bd]Run your beard into a peak.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. 2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats. 3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also {pea} and {pee}.] {Fore peak}. (Naut.) See under {Fore}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pee \Pee\, n. See 1st {Pea}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pee \Pee\, n. (Naut.) Bill of an anchor. See {Peak}, 3 (c) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pea \Pea\, n. [OF. peis. See {Poise}.] The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also {pee}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peak \Peak\, n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. {Pike}.] 1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. [bd]Run your beard into a peak.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. 2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats. 3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also {pea} and {pee}.] {Fore peak}. (Naut.) See under {Fore}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pee \Pee\, n. See 1st {Pea}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pee \Pee\, n. (Naut.) Bill of an anchor. See {Peak}, 3 (c) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pea \Pea\, n. [OF. peis. See {Poise}.] The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also {pee}.]
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Pew \Pew\, v. t. To furnish with pews. [R.] --Ash.
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Pew \Pew\, n. [OE. pewe, OF. puie parapet, balustrade, balcony, fr. L. podium an elevated place, a jutty, balcony, a parapet or balcony in the circus, where the emperor and other distinguished persons sat, Gr. [?], dim. of [?], [?], foot; -- hence the Latin sense of a raised place (orig. as a rest or support for the foot). See {Foot}, and cf. {Podium}, {Poy}.] 1. One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called {slip}. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow. 2. Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold. [Obs.] --Pepys. Milton. {Pew opener}, an usher in a church. [Eng.] --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis ph[d2]be}, or {S. fuscus}). Called also {pewit}, and {ph[d2]be}. 2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a bird ({Contopus virens}) similar to the pewee (See {Pewee}, 1), but of smaller size.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phosphine \Phos"phine\, n. (Chem.) A colorless gas, {PH3}, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also {hydrogen phosphide}, and formerly, {phosphureted hydrogen}. Note: It is the most important compound of phosphorus and hydrogen, and is produced by the action of caustic potash on phosphorus. It is spontaneously inflammable, owing to impurities, and in burning produces peculiar vortical rings of smoke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phosphonium \Phospho"nium\, n. [Phosphorus + ammonium.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {PH4}, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pi \Pi\ (p[imac]), n. [Gr. pi^.] 1. A Greek letter ([PI], [pi]) corresponding to the Roman letter {P}. 2. Specif.: (Math.) The letter [PI], [pi], as used to denote the number or quotient approximately expressing the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter; also, the quotient or the ratio itself. The value of the quotient pi, to eight decimal places, is 3.14159265. The quotient pi cannot be expressed as a root of an algebraic equation; and from this fact follows the impossibility of the quadrature of the circle by purely algebraic processes, or by the aid of a ruler and compass.
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Pi \Pi\, n. [See {Pica}, {Pie} magpie, service-book.] (Print.) A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted. [Written also {pie}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pi \Pi\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pieing}.] (Print.) To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to mix and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form. [Written also {pie}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pie \Pie\, n. [OE. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. {Piggin}.] 1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie. 2. See {Camp}, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Pie crust}, the paste of a pie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pie \Pie\, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. {Pi}, {Paint}, {Speight}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus {Pica}, and of several allied genera. [Written also {pye}.] 2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book. 3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See {Pi}. {By cock and pie}, an adjuration equivalent to [bd]by God and the service book.[b8] --Shak. {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic bird of the genus {Dendrocitta}, allied to the magpie. {Wood pie}. (Zo[94]l.) See {French pie}, under {French}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pie \Pie\, v. t. See {Pi}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pi \Pi\, n. [See {Pica}, {Pie} magpie, service-book.] (Print.) A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted. [Written also {pie}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pi \Pi\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pieing}.] (Print.) To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to mix and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form. [Written also {pie}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Camp \Camp\, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. [?] garden. Cf. {Campaing}, {Champ}, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk. 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. 5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also {burrow} and {pie}. [Prov. Eng.] 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See {champion}.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. {Camp bedstead}, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. {camp ceiling} (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. {Camp chair}, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. {Camp fever}, typhus fever. {Camp follower}, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. {Camp meeting}, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. {Camp stool}, the same as {camp chair}, except that the stool has no back. {Flying camp} (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow. {To pitch (a) camp}, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. {To strike camp}, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pie \Pie\, n. [OE. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. {Piggin}.] 1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie. 2. See {Camp}, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Pie crust}, the paste of a pie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pie \Pie\, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. {Pi}, {Paint}, {Speight}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus {Pica}, and of several allied genera. [Written also {pye}.] 2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book. 3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See {Pi}. {By cock and pie}, an adjuration equivalent to [bd]by God and the service book.[b8] --Shak. {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic bird of the genus {Dendrocitta}, allied to the magpie. {Wood pie}. (Zo[94]l.) See {French pie}, under {French}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pie \Pie\, v. t. See {Pi}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pi \Pi\, n. [See {Pica}, {Pie} magpie, service-book.] (Print.) A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted. [Written also {pie}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pi \Pi\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pieing}.] (Print.) To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to mix and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form. [Written also {pie}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Camp \Camp\, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. [?] garden. Cf. {Campaing}, {Champ}, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk. 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. 5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also {burrow} and {pie}. [Prov. Eng.] 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See {champion}.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. {Camp bedstead}, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. {camp ceiling} (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. {Camp chair}, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. {Camp fever}, typhus fever. {Camp follower}, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. {Camp meeting}, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. {Camp stool}, the same as {camp chair}, except that the stool has no back. {Flying camp} (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow. {To pitch (a) camp}, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. {To strike camp}, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phosphoryl \Phos"phor*yl\, n. [Phosphorus + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical {PO}, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.
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Poa \Po"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] grass.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called {meadow grass}, {Kentucky blue grass}, {June grass}, and {spear grass} (which see).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poe \Po"e\, n. Same as {Poi}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poh \Poh\, interj. An exclamation expressing contempt or disgust; bah !
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Poi \Po"i\, n. A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
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Pooh \Pooh\, interj. [Of. imitative origin; cf. Icel. p[umac].] Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Powwow \Pow"wow`\, v. i. 1. To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians. 2. Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poy \Poy\, n. [OF. apui, apoi, a support, prop., staff, F. appui, fr. OF. apuier, apoier, to support, F. appuyer, fr. [85] to (L. ad) + OF. pui, poi, a rising ground, hill, L. podium. See {Podium}, {Pew}.] 1. A support; -- used in composition; as, teapoy. 2. A ropedancer's balancing pole. --Johnson. 3. A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poyou \Poy"ou\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American armadillo ({Dasypus sexcinctus}). Called also {sixbanded armadillo}.
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Pue \Pue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puing}.] To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. --Halliwell.
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Puh \Puh\, interj. The same as {Pugh}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puoy \Puoy\, n. Same as {Poy}, n., 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puy \Pu"y\, n. See {Poy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pie \Pie\, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. {Pi}, {Paint}, {Speight}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus {Pica}, and of several allied genera. [Written also {pye}.] 2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book. 3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See {Pi}. {By cock and pie}, an adjuration equivalent to [bd]by God and the service book.[b8] --Shak. {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic bird of the genus {Dendrocitta}, allied to the magpie. {Wood pie}. (Zo[94]l.) See {French pie}, under {French}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pye \Pye\, n. See 2d {Pie} (b) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pie \Pie\, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. {Pi}, {Paint}, {Speight}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus {Pica}, and of several allied genera. [Written also {pye}.] 2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book. 3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See {Pi}. {By cock and pie}, an adjuration equivalent to [bd]by God and the service book.[b8] --Shak. {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic bird of the genus {Dendrocitta}, allied to the magpie. {Wood pie}. (Zo[94]l.) See {French pie}, under {French}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pye \Pye\, n. See 2d {Pie} (b) .
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
PFY n. [Usenet; common] Abbreviation for `Pimply-Faced Youth'. A {BOFH} in training, esp. one apprenticed to an elder BOFH aged in evil.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
P+ ["Experience with Remote Procedure Calls in a Real-Time Control System", B. Carpenter et al, Soft Prac & Exp 14(9):901-907 (Sep 1984)].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
P1754 IEEE Std 1754-1994 "A 32-Bit Microprocessor Architecture". The {IEEE} standard defining a version of the {SPARC} {microprocessor} architecture. The P1754 standard (the first microprocessor standard) was approved after four years on 1994-03-17. It is compatible with, but distinct from, {SPARC International}'s 32 bit version of the SPARC Architecture, SPARC V8, from which it is largely derived. It is possible for a processor to comply with neither, one, or both specifications. {SI article (http://www.sparc.com/sparc.new/other/sflash/94-03.html)}. (1996-12-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
P4 A {macro}/subroutine package for parallel programming by Rusty Lusk . P4 uses {monitor}s on shared memory machines and message passing on distributed memory machines. It is implemented as a subroutine library for {C} and {Fortran}. An enhancement of the "Argonne macros", {PARMACS}. {(ftp://info.mcs.anl.gov/pub/p4t1.2.tar.Z)}. E-mail: .
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
P6 ("P" from {Pentium}, 6 from 686, the successor to 586 which is what the Pentium would have been had it followed the naming scheme its predecessors) The name for the {Pentium Pro} during development. (1995-11-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pa The {country code} for Panama. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PAW {Physics Analysis Workbench}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PAW++ An extended version of PAW with a Motif human interface.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PAW {Physics Analysis Workbench}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PAW++ An extended version of PAW with a Motif human interface.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PE 1. {periodic group} 2. {Phase Encoded}. 3. {processing element}. (1995-10-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pe The {country code} for Peru. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PE 1. {periodic group} 2. {Phase Encoded}. 3. {processing element}. (1995-10-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pe The {country code} for Peru. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pf The {country code} for French Polynesia. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PFE 1. {Programmer's File Editor}. 2. {Portable Forth Environment}. (2000-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PFP {Plastic Flat Package}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PH The tool for looking up people in Eudora on the {Macintosh}. Equivalent to {Unix}'s {finger} service. (1995-03-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pH {Parallel Haskell}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ph The {country code} for the Philippines. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PH The tool for looking up people in Eudora on the {Macintosh}. Equivalent to {Unix}'s {finger} service. (1995-03-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pH {Parallel Haskell}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ph The {country code} for the Philippines. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PH The tool for looking up people in Eudora on the {Macintosh}. Equivalent to {Unix}'s {finger} service. (1995-03-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pH {Parallel Haskell}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ph The {country code} for the Philippines. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PI An interface between {Prolog} {application program}s and the {X Window System} that aims to be independent from the {Prolog} {engine}, provided that it has a {Quintus} {foreign function} interface (e.g. {SICStus} and {YAP}). It is mostly written in {Prolog} and is divided in two libraries: Edipo - the lower level interface to the {Xlib} functions; and Ytoolkit - the higher level user interface toolkit. {(ftp://ftp.ncc.up.pt/pub/prolog/ytoolkit.tar.Z)}. E-mail: Ze' Paulo Leal . (1993-03-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PIE A language from {CMU} similar to {Actus}. (1994-11-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
POE {PowerOpen Environment}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PP96 A parallel {Pascal} extension. [Details? Any relation to {Parallel Pascal}?] (1998-04-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PPP {Point-to-Point Protocol}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pw The {country code} for Palau. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
py The {country code} for Paraguay. (1999-01-27)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pau (Gen. 36:39) or Pai (1 Chr. 1:50), bleating, an Edomitish city ruled over by Hadar.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Puah splendid. (1.) One of the two midwives who feared God, and refused to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth (Ex. 1:15-21). (2.) A descendant of Issachar (Judg. 10:1).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pai, Pau, howling; sighing
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pau, same as Pai
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Puah, mouth; corner; bush of hair