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English Dictionary: petitioner	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petit mal n epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities); "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood" Synonym(s): petit mal epilepsy, petit mal, epilepsia minor a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching; "the girl was frightened by her first petit mal" Synonym(s): petit mal, epilepsia minor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petit mal epilepsy n epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities); "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood" Synonym(s): petit mal epilepsy, petit mal, epilepsia minor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petite marmite n soup made with a variety of vegetables [syn: {petite marmite}, minestrone, vegetable soup]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petiteness n the property of being very small in size; "hence the minuteness of detail in the painting" Synonym(s): diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petition n a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority Synonym(s): request, petition, postulation reverent petition to a deity Synonym(s): prayer, petition, orison v write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petitionary adj of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petitioner n one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" Synonym(s): petitioner, suppliant, supplicant, requester someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right Synonym(s): suer, petitioner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
podetium n an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potation n a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft" Synonym(s): draft, draught, potation, tipple the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potato mildew n a blight of potatoes [syn: potato blight, potato mold, potato disease, potato mildew, potato murrain]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potato mold n a blight of potatoes [syn: potato blight, potato mold, potato disease, potato mildew, potato murrain]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potato mosaic n a disease of the leaves of potato plants
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potato moth n greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm Synonym(s): potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm, Phthorimaea operculella
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potato murrain n a blight of potatoes [syn: potato blight, potato mold, potato disease, potato mildew, potato murrain]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potato nose n enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol Synonym(s): rhinophyma, hypertrophic rosacea, toper's nose, brandy nose, rum nose, rum-blossom, potato nose, hammer nose, copper nose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potawatomi n a member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin the Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jewbush \Jew"bush`\, n. (Bot.)       A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus {Pedilanthus} ({P.       tithymaloides}), found in the West Indies, and possessing       powerful emetic and drastic qualities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pedetentous \Ped`e*ten"tous\, a. [L. pes, pedis, foot + tendere       to stretch out: cf. L. tentim by degrees.]       Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously. [R.]                   That pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it                behooves the wise and virtuous improver to walk.                                                                               --Sydney                                                                               Smith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petit \Pet"it\, a. [F. See {Petty}.]       Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as {Petty}.       [Obs., except in legal language.]                   By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of                and recover a vanishing notion.               --South.          {Petit constable}, an inferior civil officer, subordinate to             the high constable.          {Petit jury}, a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes             at the bar of a court; -- so called in distinction from             the grand jury.          {Petit larceny}, the stealing of goods of, or under, a             certain specified small value; -- opposed to grand             larceny. The distinction is abolished in England.          {Petit ma[8c]tre}. [F., lit., little master.] A fop; a             coxcomb; a ladies' man. --Goldsmith.          {Petit serjeanty} (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the             crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement             of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc.          {Petit treason}, formerly, in England, the crime of killing a             person to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as             one's husband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not             distinguished from murder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petitioned}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Petitioning}.]       To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to       entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication,       or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to       petition the court; to petition the governor.                   You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my                prosperity.                                             --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, n. [F. p[82]tition, L. petitio, fr.       petere, petitum, to beg, ask, seek; perh. akin to E. feather,       or find.]       1. A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty;             especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer             to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power,             rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a             prayer.                         A house of prayer and petition for thy people. --1                                                                               Macc. vii. 37.                         This last petition heard of all her prayer.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. A formal written request addressed to an official person,             or to an organized body, having power to grant it;             specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in             either of its branches, for the granting of a particular             grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which             calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.          {Petition of right} (Law), a petition to obtain possession or             restitution of property, either real or personal, from the             Crown, which suggests such a title as controverts the             title of the Crown, grounded on facts disclosed in the             petition itself. --Mozley & W.          {The Petition of Right} (Eng. Hist.), the parliamentary             declaration of the rights of the people, assented to by             Charles I.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. i.       To make a petition or solicitation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, n. [F. p[82]tition, L. petitio, fr.       petere, petitum, to beg, ask, seek; perh. akin to E. feather,       or find.]       1. A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty;             especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer             to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power,             rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a             prayer.                         A house of prayer and petition for thy people. --1                                                                               Macc. vii. 37.                         This last petition heard of all her prayer.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. A formal written request addressed to an official person,             or to an organized body, having power to grant it;             specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in             either of its branches, for the granting of a particular             grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which             calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.          {Petition of right} (Law), a petition to obtain possession or             restitution of property, either real or personal, from the             Crown, which suggests such a title as controverts the             title of the Crown, grounded on facts disclosed in the             petition itself. --Mozley & W.          {The Petition of Right} (Eng. Hist.), the parliamentary             declaration of the rights of the people, assented to by             Charles I.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petitionarily \Pe*ti"tion*a*ri*ly\, adv.       By way of begging the question; by an assumption. [R.] --Sir       T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petitionary \Pe*ti"tion*a*ry\, a.       1. Supplicatory; making a petition.                         Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. --Shak.          2. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a             petitionary epistle. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petitioned}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Petitioning}.]       To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to       entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication,       or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to       petition the court; to petition the governor.                   You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my                prosperity.                                             --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petitionee \Pe*ti`tion*ee"\, n.       A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petitioner \Pe*ti"tion*er\, n.       One who presents a petition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petitioning \Pe*ti"tion*ing\, n.       The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petitioned}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Petitioning}.]       To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to       entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication,       or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to       petition the court; to petition the governor.                   You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my                prosperity.                                             --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phototonus \Pho*tot"o*nus\, n. (Physiol.)       An irritable condition of protoplasm, resulting in movement,       due to a certain intensity of light. -- {Pho`to*ton"ic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phototonus \Pho*tot"o*nus\, n. [NL. See {Photo-}, and {Tone}.]       (Bot.)       A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to       light. -- {Pho`to*ton"ic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phototonus \Pho*tot"o*nus\, n. (Physiol.)       An irritable condition of protoplasm, resulting in movement,       due to a certain intensity of light. -- {Pho`to*ton"ic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phototonus \Pho*tot"o*nus\, n. [NL. See {Photo-}, and {Tone}.]       (Bot.)       A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to       light. -- {Pho`to*ton"ic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phytotomist \Phy*tot"o*mist\, n.       One versed in phytotomy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phytotomy \Phy*tot"o*my\, n. [Phyto- + Gr. [?] to cut.]       The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anatomy \A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl. {Anatomies}. [F. anatomie, L.       anatomia, Gr. [?] dissection, fr. [?] to cut up; [?] + [?] to       cut.]       1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the             different parts of any organized body, to discover their             situation, structure, and economy; dissection.          2. The science which treats of the structure of organic             bodies; anatomical structure or organization.                         Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together,                      according to the knowledge of them which is given us                      by anatomy.                                       --Dryden.          Note: [bd]Animal anatomy[b8] is sometimes called {zomy};                [bd]vegetable anatomy,[b8] {phytotomy}; [bd]human                anatomy,[b8] {anthropotomy}.          {Comparative anatomy} compares the structure of different             kinds and classes of animals.          3. A treatise or book on anatomy.          4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual,             for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the             anatomy of a discourse.          5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has             the appearance of being so.                         The anatomy of a little child, representing all                      parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than                      the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller.                         They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced                      villain, A mere anatomy.                     --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phytotomy \Phy*tot"o*my\, n. [Phyto- + Gr. [?] to cut.]       The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anatomy \A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl. {Anatomies}. [F. anatomie, L.       anatomia, Gr. [?] dissection, fr. [?] to cut up; [?] + [?] to       cut.]       1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the             different parts of any organized body, to discover their             situation, structure, and economy; dissection.          2. The science which treats of the structure of organic             bodies; anatomical structure or organization.                         Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together,                      according to the knowledge of them which is given us                      by anatomy.                                       --Dryden.          Note: [bd]Animal anatomy[b8] is sometimes called {zomy};                [bd]vegetable anatomy,[b8] {phytotomy}; [bd]human                anatomy,[b8] {anthropotomy}.          {Comparative anatomy} compares the structure of different             kinds and classes of animals.          3. A treatise or book on anatomy.          4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual,             for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the             anatomy of a discourse.          5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has             the appearance of being so.                         The anatomy of a little child, representing all                      parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than                      the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller.                         They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced                      villain, A mere anatomy.                     --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Podetium \[d8]Po*de"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Podetia}, E. {Podetiums}.       [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], foot.] (Bot.)       A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in       the so-called reindeer moss.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Potation \Po*ta"tion\, n. [L. potatio, fr. potare. See       {Potable}.]       1. The act of drinking. --Jer. Taylor.          2. A draught. [bd]Potations pottle deep.[b8] --Shak.          3. Drink; beverage. [bd]Thin potations.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putidity \Pu*tid"i*ty\, Putidness \Pu"tid*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being putrid.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pottawatomie County, KS (county, FIPS 149)       Location: 39.37954 N, 96.33389 W       Population (1990): 16128 (6472 housing units)       Area: 2186.7 sq km (land), 46.2 sq km (water)    Pottawatomie County, OK (county, FIPS 125)       Location: 35.20200 N, 96.94495 W       Population (1990): 58760 (24528 housing units)       Area: 2040.6 sq km (land), 14.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pottawattamie County, IA (county, FIPS 155)       Location: 41.33965 N, 95.54589 W       Population (1990): 82628 (32831 housing units)       Area: 2471.7 sq km (land), 14.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pottawattomie Park, IN (town, FIPS 61488)       Location: 41.72253 N, 86.86703 W       Population (1990): 281 (110 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)