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   pet food
         n 1: food prepared for animal pets [syn: {petfood}, {pet-food},
               {pet food}]

English Dictionary: petabit	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pet-food n food prepared for animal pets [syn: petfood, pet-food, pet food]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petabit n a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits Synonym(s): petabit, Pbit, Pb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petabyte n 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]:
petfood n food prepared for animal pets [syn: petfood, pet-food, pet food]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phytophthora n destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants Synonym(s): Phytophthora, genus Phytophthora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phytophthora citrophthora n causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phytophthora infestans n fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pit of the stomach n a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) Synonym(s): pit of the stomach, epigastric fossa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pit-a-pat adv as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall" Synonym(s): pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-patter describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat" Synonym(s): pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter- patter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitty-pat adv as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall" Synonym(s): pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-patter describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat" Synonym(s): pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter- patter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitty-patty adv as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall" Synonym(s): pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-patter describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat" Synonym(s): pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter- patter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
PT boat n a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat Synonym(s): PT boat, mosquito boat, mosquito craft, motor torpedo boat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
put option n an option to sell the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date Synonym(s): put option, put Antonym(s): call, call option
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
put-put n a small gasoline engine (as on motor boat)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar {Sootier}; superl. {Sootiest}.] [AS. s[?]tig. See {Soot}.] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. [bd]Fire of sooty coal.[b8] --Milton. 2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. [bd]The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.[b8] --Milton. {Sooty albatross} (Zo[94]l.), an albatross ({Ph[d2]betria fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also {nellie}. {Sooty tern} (Zo[94]l.), a tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) found chiefly in tropical seas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Photobiotic \Pho`tobiot"ic\, a. [Photo- + biotic.] (Biol.) Requiring light to live; incapable of living without light; as, photobiotic plant cells.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phytopathologist \Phy`topathol"o*gist\, n. One skilled in diseases of plants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phytopathology \Phy`topathol"o*gy\, n. [Phyto- + pathology.] The science of diseases to which plants are liable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pit \Pit\, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit. (b) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit. (c) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit. Tumble me into some loathsome pit. --Shak. 2. Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades. Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained. --Milton. He keepth back his soul from the pit. --Job xxxiii. 18. 3. A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits. --Lam. iv. 20. 4. A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body; as: (a) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit. (b) See {Pit of the stomach} (below). (c) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox. 5. Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater. 6. An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. [bd]As fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit.[b8] --Locke. 7. [Cf. D. pit, akin to E. pith.] (Bot.) (a) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc. (b) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct. {Cold pit} (Hort.), an excavation in the earth, lined with masonry or boards, and covered with glass, but not artificially heated, -- used in winter for the storing and protection of half-hardly plants, and sometimes in the spring as a forcing bed. {Pit coal}, coal dug from the earth; mineral coal. {Pit frame}, the framework over the shaft of a coal mine. {Pit head}, the surface of the ground at the mouth of a pit or mine. {Pit kiln}, an oven for coking coal. {Pit martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. [Prov. Eng.] {Pit of the stomach} (Anat.), the depression on the middle line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression. {Pit saw} (Mech.), a saw worked by two men, one of whom stands on the log and the other beneath it. The place of the latter is often in a pit, whence the name. {Pit viper} (Zo[94]l.), any viperine snake having a deep pit on each side of the snout. The rattlesnake and copperhead are examples. {Working pit} (Min.), a shaft in which the ore is hoisted and the workmen carried; -- in distinction from a shaft used for the pumps.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitapat \Pit"a*pat`\, adv. [An onomatopoetic reduplication of pat a light, quick blow.] In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. --Lowell. [bd]The fox's heart went pitapat.[b8] --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitapat \Pit"a*pat`\, n. A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. [bd]The pitapat of a pretty foot.[b8] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitpat \Pit"pat`\, n. & adv. See {Pitapat}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pod \Pod\, n. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion, and also E. cod a husk, pod.] 1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser. 2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of {Angiospermous}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals. {Pod auger}, [or] {pod bit}, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Podophthalmia \[d8]Pod`ophthal"mia\, n. pl. [NL. See {Podophthalmic}.] (Zo[94]l.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also {Podophthalmata}, and {Decapoda}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Podophthalmic \Pod`ophthal"mic\, Podophthalmous \Pod`ophthal"mous\, a. [Podo- + Gr. [?] an eye.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels. (b) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Podophthalmite \Pod`oph*thal"mite\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The eyestalk of a crustacean.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Podophthalmic \Pod`ophthal"mic\, Podophthalmous \Pod`ophthal"mous\, a. [Podo- + Gr. [?] an eye.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels. (b) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, n. [F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella); probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat,, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita; and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf. {Sentry}.] 1. One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry. The sentinels who paced the ramparts. --Macaulay. 2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] [bd]That princes do keep due sentinel.[b8] --Bacon. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A marine crab ({Podophthalmus vigil}) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also {sentinel crab}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polt \Polt\, n. [Cf. E. pelt, L. pultare to beat, strike.] A blow or thump. --Halliwell. -- a. Distorted. {Pot foot}, a distorted foot. --Sir T. Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stannic \Stan"nic\, a. [L. stannum tin: cf. F. stannique.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with {stannous} compounds. {Stannic acid}. (a) A hypothetical substance, {Sn(OH)4}, analogous to silic acid, and called also {normal stannic acid}. (b) Metastannic acid. {Stannic chloride}, a thin, colorless, fuming liquid, {SnCl4}, used as a mordant in calico printing and dyeing; -- formerly called {spirit of tin}, or {fuming liquor of Libavius}. {Stannic oxide}, tin oxide, {SnO2}, produced artificially as a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of white enamels, and, under the name of {putty powder}, for polishing glass, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putty \Put"ty\, n. [F. pot[82]e, fr. pot pot; what was formerly called putty being a substance resembling what is now called putty powder, and in part made of the metal of old pots. See {Pot}.] A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes. {Putty powder}, an oxide of tin, or of tin and lead in various proportions, much used in polishing glass, metal, precious stones, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stannic \Stan"nic\, a. [L. stannum tin: cf. F. stannique.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with {stannous} compounds. {Stannic acid}. (a) A hypothetical substance, {Sn(OH)4}, analogous to silic acid, and called also {normal stannic acid}. (b) Metastannic acid. {Stannic chloride}, a thin, colorless, fuming liquid, {SnCl4}, used as a mordant in calico printing and dyeing; -- formerly called {spirit of tin}, or {fuming liquor of Libavius}. {Stannic oxide}, tin oxide, {SnO2}, produced artificially as a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of white enamels, and, under the name of {putty powder}, for polishing glass, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putty \Put"ty\, n. [F. pot[82]e, fr. pot pot; what was formerly called putty being a substance resembling what is now called putty powder, and in part made of the metal of old pots. See {Pot}.] A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes. {Putty powder}, an oxide of tin, or of tin and lead in various proportions, much used in polishing glass, metal, precious stones, etc.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PDFTeX A modification of {TeX} to produce {PDF} output instead of the {canonical} {DVI}. {pdftexlib.tar.gz (ftp://ftp.tug.org/pub/tex/pdftexlib.tar.gz)}. {Thanh's source of pdfTeX (ftp://ftp.muni.cz/pub/tex/local/cstug/thanh/pdftex/)}. {User Manual (http://tug.cs.umb.edu/applications/pdftex/pdftex-s.pdf)}. {FAQ (http://tug.cs.umb.edu/applications/pdftex/pdfTeX-FAQ-scr.pdf)}. (2000-12-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
petabyte 2^50 = 1,125,899,906,842,624 {bytes} = 1024 {terabytes} or roughly 10^15 bytes. See {prefix}. (1996-08-12)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Put, Phut (1.) One of the sons of Ham (Gen. 10:6). (2.) A land or people from among whom came a portion of the mercenary troops of Egypt, Jer. 46:9 (A.V., "Libyans," but correctly, R.V., "Put"); Ezek. 27:10; 30:5 (A.V., "Libya;" R.V., "Put"); 38:5; Nahum 3:9.