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   painless
         adj 1: requiring little hard work or exertion; "a painless
                  solution to the problem"
         2: not causing physical or psychological pain; "painless
            dentistry" [ant: {painful}]

English Dictionary: phenylketonuria by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
painlessly
adv
  1. without pain; "after the surgery, she could move her arms painlessly"
    Antonym(s): painfully, sorely
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pamlico
n
  1. a member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North Carolina
  2. the Algonquian language of the Pamlico
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
panel light
n
  1. a light to illuminate an instrument panel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
panelist
n
  1. a member of a panel
    Synonym(s): panelist, panellist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
panellist
n
  1. a member of a panel
    Synonym(s): panelist, panellist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penal code
n
  1. the legal code governing crimes and their punishment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penal colony
n
  1. a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penalisation
n
  1. the act of punishing [syn: punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penalise
v
  1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
    Synonym(s): punish, penalize, penalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penalization
n
  1. the act of punishing [syn: punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penalize
v
  1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
    Synonym(s): punish, penalize, penalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penlight
n
  1. a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penniless
adj
  1. not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pennilessness
n
  1. a state of lacking money [syn: impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penologist
n
  1. a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penology
n
  1. the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
    Synonym(s): penology, poenology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phenelzine
n
  1. monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression
    Synonym(s): phenelzine, Nardil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phenolic
n
  1. a thermosetting resin [syn: phenolic resin, phenolic, phenoplast]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phenolic plastic
n
  1. a plastic consisting of phenolic resins [syn: {phenolic plastic}, phenolic urea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phenolic resin
n
  1. a thermosetting resin [syn: phenolic resin, phenolic, phenoplast]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phenolic urea
n
  1. a plastic consisting of phenolic resins [syn: {phenolic plastic}, phenolic urea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phenyl salicylate
n
  1. a white powder with a pleasant taste and odor; used to absorb light in sun tan lotions or as a preservative or an antiseptic or a coating for pills in which the medicine is intended for enteric release
    Synonym(s): salol, phenyl salicylate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phenylacetamide
n
  1. a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic
    Synonym(s): acetanilide, acetanilid, phenylacetamide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phenylic acid
n
  1. a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally
    Synonym(s): carbolic acid, phenol, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phenylketonuria
n
  1. a genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency
    Synonym(s): phenylketonuria, PKU
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phonologic
adj
  1. of or relating to phonology; "the phonological component of language"
    Synonym(s): phonological, phonologic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phonologic system
n
  1. the system of phones used in a particular language [syn: phonological system, phonologic system]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phonological
adj
  1. of or relating to phonology; "the phonological component of language"
    Synonym(s): phonological, phonologic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phonological system
n
  1. the system of phones used in a particular language [syn: phonological system, phonologic system]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phonologist
n
  1. a specialist in phonology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phonology
n
  1. the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
    Synonym(s): phonology, phonemics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piano lesson
n
  1. a lesson in playing the piano
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pimlico
n
  1. a racetrack for thoroughbred racing; site of the Preakness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pine lizard
n
  1. small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
    Synonym(s): eastern fence lizard, pine lizard, Sceloporus undulatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pineal gland
n
  1. a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin
    Synonym(s): pineal gland, pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pinwheel-shaped
adj
  1. having the round shape of a pinwheel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poenology
n
  1. the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
    Synonym(s): penology, poenology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pomologist
n
  1. someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pomology
n
  1. the branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Painless \Pain"less\, a.
      Free from pain; without pain. -- {Pain"less*ly}, adv. --
      {Pain"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Painless \Pain"less\, a.
      Free from pain; without pain. -- {Pain"less*ly}, adv. --
      {Pain"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Painless \Pain"less\, a.
      Free from pain; without pain. -- {Pain"less*ly}, adv. --
      {Pain"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. (Law)
            (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the
                  names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;
                  hence, more generally, the whole jury. --Blackstone.
            (b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar
                  of a criminal court. --Burrill.
  
      3. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a
            soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
  
      4. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove
            of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
  
      5. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. --Gwilt.
  
      6. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of
            canvas, a picture is painted.
  
      7. (Mining)
            (a) A heap of dressed ore.
            (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size,
                  into which a mine is laid off in one system of
                  extracting coal.
  
      8. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or
            plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a
            dress, for ornament.
  
      9. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or
            struts, as in a bridge truss.
  
      {Panel game}, a method of stealing money in a panel house.
  
      {Panel house}, a house of prostitution in which the rooms
            have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices
            of the inmates.
  
      {Panel saw}, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out
            panels, etc.
  
      {Panel thief}, one who robs in a panel house.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. (Law)
            (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the
                  names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;
                  hence, more generally, the whole jury. --Blackstone.
            (b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar
                  of a criminal court. --Burrill.
  
      3. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a
            soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
  
      4. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove
            of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
  
      5. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. --Gwilt.
  
      6. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of
            canvas, a picture is painted.
  
      7. (Mining)
            (a) A heap of dressed ore.
            (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size,
                  into which a mine is laid off in one system of
                  extracting coal.
  
      8. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or
            plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a
            dress, for ornament.
  
      9. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or
            struts, as in a bridge truss.
  
      {Panel game}, a method of stealing money in a panel house.
  
      {Panel house}, a house of prostitution in which the rooms
            have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices
            of the inmates.
  
      {Panel saw}, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out
            panels, etc.
  
      {Panel thief}, one who robs in a panel house.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. (Law)
            (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the
                  names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;
                  hence, more generally, the whole jury. --Blackstone.
            (b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar
                  of a criminal court. --Burrill.
  
      3. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a
            soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
  
      4. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove
            of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
  
      5. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. --Gwilt.
  
      6. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of
            canvas, a picture is painted.
  
      7. (Mining)
            (a) A heap of dressed ore.
            (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size,
                  into which a mine is laid off in one system of
                  extracting coal.
  
      8. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or
            plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a
            dress, for ornament.
  
      9. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or
            struts, as in a bridge truss.
  
      {Panel game}, a method of stealing money in a panel house.
  
      {Panel house}, a house of prostitution in which the rooms
            have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices
            of the inmates.
  
      {Panel saw}, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out
            panels, etc.
  
      {Panel thief}, one who robs in a panel house.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paneless \Pane"less\, a.
      Without panes.
  
               To patch his paneless window.                  --Shenstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paneulogism \Pan*eu"lo*gism\, n. [See {Pan-}, {Eulogy}.]
      Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise. [R.]
  
               Her book has a trace of the cant of paneulogism.
                                                                              --National
                                                                              Rev.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F.
      p[82]nal. See {Pain}.]
      Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes
      and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:
      (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue;
            the penal code.
      (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a
            penalact of offense.
      (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment;
            as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains
            and penal fire.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and
            offenses and their punishment.
  
      {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain
            acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
  
      {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison,
            in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.]
  
      {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F.
      p[82]nal. See {Pain}.]
      Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes
      and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:
      (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue;
            the penal code.
      (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a
            penalact of offense.
      (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment;
            as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains
            and penal fire.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and
            offenses and their punishment.
  
      {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain
            acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
  
      {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison,
            in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.]
  
      {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F.
      p[82]nal. See {Pain}.]
      Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes
      and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:
      (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue;
            the penal code.
      (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a
            penalact of offense.
      (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment;
            as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains
            and penal fire.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and
            offenses and their punishment.
  
      {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain
            acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
  
      {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison,
            in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.]
  
      {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Servitude \Serv"i*tude\, n. [L. servitudo: cf. F. servitude.]
      1. The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a
            master; the condition of being bound to service; the
            condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of
            slavish dependence.
  
                     You would have sold your king to slaughter, His
                     princes and his peers to servitude.   --Shak.
  
                     A splendid servitude; . . . for he that rises up
                     early, and goe[?] to bed late, only to receive
                     addresses, is really as much abridged in his freedom
                     as he that waits to present one.         --South.
  
      2. Servants, collectively. [Obs.]
  
                     After him a cumbrous train Of herds and flocks, and
                     numerous servitude.                           --Milton.
  
      3. (Law) A right whereby one thing is subject to another
            thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the
            common right.
  
      Note: The object of a servitude is either to suffer something
               to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with
               respect to a thing. The easements of the English
               correspond in some respects with the servitudes of the
               Roman law. Both terms are used by common law writers,
               and often indiscriminately. The former, however, rather
               indicates the right enjoyed, and the latter the burden
               imposed. --Ayliffe. Erskine. E. Washburn.
  
      {Penal servitude}. See under {Penal}.
  
      {Personal servitude} (Law), that which arises when the use of
            a thing is granted as a real right to a particular
            individual other than the proprietor.
  
      {Predial servitude} (Law), that which one estate owes to
            another estate. When it related to lands, vineyards,
            gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it related
            to houses and buildings, it is called urban.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F.
      p[82]nal. See {Pain}.]
      Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes
      and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:
      (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue;
            the penal code.
      (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a
            penalact of offense.
      (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment;
            as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains
            and penal fire.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and
            offenses and their punishment.
  
      {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain
            acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
  
      {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison,
            in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.]
  
      {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F.
      p[82]nal. See {Pain}.]
      Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes
      and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:
      (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue;
            the penal code.
      (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a
            penalact of offense.
      (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment;
            as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains
            and penal fire.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and
            offenses and their punishment.
  
      {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain
            acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
  
      {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison,
            in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.]
  
      {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F.
      p[82]nal. See {Pain}.]
      Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes
      and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:
      (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue;
            the penal code.
      (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a
            penalact of offense.
      (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment;
            as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains
            and penal fire.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and
            offenses and their punishment.
  
      {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain
            acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
  
      {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison,
            in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.]
  
      {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penalize \Pe"nal*ize\, v. t.
      1. To make penal.
  
      2. (Sport.) To put a penalty on. See {Penalty}, 3. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penniless \Pen"ni*less\, a. [From {Penny}.]
      Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- {Pen"ni*less*ness},
      n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penniless \Pen"ni*less\, a. [From {Penny}.]
      Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- {Pen"ni*less*ness},
      n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penological \Pen`o*log"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to penology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penologist \Pe*nol"o*gist\, n.
      One versed in, or a student of, penology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penology \Pe*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?], or L. poena, punishment +
      -logy.]
      The science or art of punishment. [Written also
      {p[oe]nology}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phenol \Phe"nol\, n. [Gr. [?] to show + -ol: cf. F. ph[82]nol.]
      (Chem.)
      1. A white or pinkish crystalline substance, {C6H5OH},
            produced by the destructive distillation of many organic
            bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy
            oil from coal tar.
  
      Note: It has a peculiar odor, somewhat resembling creosote,
               which is a complex mixture of phenol derivatives. It is
               of the type of alcohols, and is called also {phenyl
               alcohol}, but has acid properties, and hence is
               popularly called {carbolic acid}, and was formerly
               called {phenic acid}. It is a powerful caustic poison,
               and in dilute solution has been used as an antiseptic.
  
      2. Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which
            phenol proper is the type.
  
      {Glacial phenol} (Chem.), pure crystallized phenol or
            carbolic acid.
  
      {Phenol acid} (Chem.), any one of a series of compounds which
            are at once derivatives of both phenol and some member of
            the fatty acid series; thus, salicylic acid is a phenol
            acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stycerin \Sty"cer*in\, n. [Styryl + glycerin.] (Chem.)
      A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from
      certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous
      substance; -- called also {phenyl glycerin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oxanillamide \Ox`a*nill*am"ide\, n. [Oxanilic + amide.] (Chem.)
      A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained
      indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded
      as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also {phenyl
      oxamide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thiophenol \Thi`o*phe"nol\, n. [Thio- + phenol.] (Chem.)
      A colorless mobile liquid, {C6H5.SH}, of an offensive odor,
      and analogous to phenol; -- called also {phenyl sulphydrate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phenylic \Phe*nyl"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, phenyl.
  
      {Phenylic alcohol} (Chem.), phenol.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phenylic \Phe*nyl"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, phenyl.
  
      {Phenylic alcohol} (Chem.), phenol.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phonologer \Pho*nol"o*ger\, n.
      A phonologist.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phonologic \Pho`no*log"ic\, Phonological \Pho`no*log"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to phonology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phonologic \Pho`no*log"ic\, Phonological \Pho`no*log"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to phonology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phonologist \Pho*nol"o*gist\, n.
      One versed in phonology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phonology \Pho*nol"o*gy\, n. [Phono- + -logy.]
      The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by
      the human voice in speech, including the various
      distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones;
      phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pimelic \Pi*mel"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] fat.] (Chem.)
      (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from
            certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a
            mixture of suberic and adipic acids.
      (b) Designating the acid proper ({C5H10(CO2/H)2}) which is
            obtained from camphoric acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pimlico \Pim"li*co\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The friar bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr.
      L. frater brother. See {Brother}.]
      1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
            but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
            {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b)
            Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White
            Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
  
      2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides.
  
      {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
            corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
            called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor
            soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to
            several other species of the same genus.
  
      {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
            and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
            styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
            benzoin. --Brande & C.
  
      {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood.
  
      {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare})
            with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
  
      {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
            --Milton.
  
      {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed
            skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate},
            {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pimlico \Pim"li*co\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The friar bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr.
      L. frater brother. See {Brother}.]
      1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
            but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
            {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b)
            Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White
            Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
  
      2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides.
  
      {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
            corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
            called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor
            soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to
            several other species of the same genus.
  
      {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
            and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
            styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
            benzoin. --Brande & C.
  
      {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood.
  
      {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare})
            with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
  
      {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
            --Milton.
  
      {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed
            skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate},
            {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G.
      pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L.
      pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different
      word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a
      feather.]
      1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used
            for fastening separate articles together, or as a support
            by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg;
            a bolt.
  
                     With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or
            other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening
            clothes, attaching papers, etc.
  
      3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
  
                     He . . . did not care a pin for her.   --Spectator.
  
      4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as:
            (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or
                  relaxing the tension of the strings.
            (b) A linchpin.
            (c) A rolling-pin.
            (d) A clothespin.
            (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a
                  part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of
                  {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}.
            (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
  
      5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking
            cup to mark how much each man should drink.
  
      6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
            [Obs.] [bd]The very pin of his heart cleft.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] [bd]In merry pin.[b8] --Cowper.
  
      8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak.
  
      9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the
            clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
  
      10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang]
  
      {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes,
            to limit its motion.
  
      {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection
            to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a
            recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore.
  
      {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}.
  
      {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small
            aperture or perforation.
  
      {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which
            pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers.
           
  
      {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband
            to his wife, for private and personal expenditure.
  
      {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to
            hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}.
            Called also {pin rack}.
  
      {Pin wheel}.
            (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical
                  pins.
            (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common
                  pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
            {Pinus}.
  
      Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
               States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
               {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
               resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
               Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
               pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
               ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
               {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
               bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
               firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
               considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
               genera.
  
      2. The wood of the pine tree.
  
      3. A pineapple.
  
      {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.
  
      {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
            the {Araucaria excelsa}.
  
      {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
            with pines. [Southern U.S.]
  
      {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into
            pine trees.
  
      {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
           
  
      {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
            enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
            hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
            red.
  
      {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
            lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
            States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
            {alligator}.
  
      {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
                  {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
            (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.
  
      {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91]
            burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
            doing great damage.
  
      {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
            pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
            forests.
  
      {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
            of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.
  
      {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).
  
      {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
            and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
           
  
      {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American
            snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
            with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
            {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
            chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
  
      {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.
  
      {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
            seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
            figure of a pine tree.
  
      {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees.
            Several species are known in both Europe and America,
            belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.
  
      {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
            them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
            Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
            arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
            wool}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pineal \Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus
      of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pin[82]ale.]
      Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
  
      {Pineal gland} (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the
            third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also
            {pineal body}, {epiphysis}, {conarium}. In some animals it
            is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal
            eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant
            of a dorsal median eye.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penology \Pe*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?], or L. poena, punishment +
      -logy.]
      The science or art of punishment. [Written also
      {p[oe]nology}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pomological \Po`mo*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. pomologique.]
      Of or pertaining to pomology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pomologist \Po*mol"o*gist\, n.
      One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pomology \Po*mol"o*gy\, n. [L. pomum fruit + -logy: cf. F.
      pomologie.]
      The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation
      of fruits and fruit trees.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Punnology \Pun*nol"o*gy\, n. [Pun + -logy.]
      The art or practice of punning; paronomasia. [R.] --Pope.

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   Pamlico County, NC (county, FIPS 137)
      Location: 35.15032 N, 76.66760 W
      Population (1990): 11372 (6050 housing units)
      Area: 872.7 sq km (land), 593.9 sq km (water)

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   Panola County, MS (county, FIPS 107)
      Location: 34.36332 N, 89.94654 W
      Population (1990): 29996 (11482 housing units)
      Area: 1772.2 sq km (land), 54.2 sq km (water)
   Panola County, TX (county, FIPS 365)
      Location: 32.16281 N, 94.30687 W
      Population (1990): 22035 (9700 housing units)
      Area: 2074.5 sq km (land), 52.9 sq km (water)

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   Penalosa, KS (city, FIPS 55225)
      Location: 37.71583 N, 98.31973 W
      Population (1990): 21 (12 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67035

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   Penn Hills, PA (CDP, FIPS 59040)
      Location: 40.47593 N, 79.82702 W
      Population (1990): 51430 (20439 housing units)
      Area: 49.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15235

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   Penn Lake Park, PA (borough, FIPS 59054)
      Location: 41.11486 N, 75.77458 W
      Population (1990): 242 (206 housing units)
      Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

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   Pen#uelas zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 61074)
      Location: 18.06151 N, 66.72140 W
      Population (1990): 5918 (1774 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Pinal County, AZ (county, FIPS 21)
      Location: 32.90908 N, 111.34690 W
      Population (1990): 116379 (52732 housing units)
      Area: 13908.3 sq km (land), 11.7 sq km (water)

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   Pine Hills, CA (CDP, FIPS 57204)
      Location: 40.73345 N, 124.15111 W
      Population (1990): 2947 (1105 housing units)
      Area: 26.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Pine Hills, FL (CDP, FIPS 56825)
      Location: 28.58000 N, 81.46015 W
      Population (1990): 35322 (13336 housing units)
      Area: 20.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 32808

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      Location: 33.79035 N, 84.20597 W
      Population (1990): 810 (378 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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      Location: 47.57895 N, 122.04489 W
      Population (1990): 13940 (5197 housing units)
      Area: 27.5 sq km (land), 5.5 sq km (water)

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      Zip code(s): 30171

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   Pinellas County, FL (county, FIPS 103)
      Location: 27.90262 N, 82.73895 W
      Population (1990): 851659 (458341 housing units)
      Area: 725.6 sq km (land), 848.5 sq km (water)

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   Pinellas Park, FL (city, FIPS 56975)
      Location: 27.85720 N, 82.70602 W
      Population (1990): 43426 (20593 housing units)
      Area: 35.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 34665, 34666

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Pommels
      (2 Chr. 4:12, 13), or bowls (1 Kings 7:41), were balls or
      "rounded knobs" on the top of the chapiters (q.v.).
     
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