pachysandra
         n 1: any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen
               herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground
               cover

English Dictionary: physiognomy	by the DICT Development Group
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Pachysandra procumbens n low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere Synonym(s): Allegheny spurge, Allegheny mountain spurge, Pachysandra procumbens
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Pachysandra terminalis n slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover Synonym(s): Japanese spurge, Pachysandra terminalis
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packaging n the business of packing; "his business is packaging for transport" a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas" Synonym(s): promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging material used to make packages
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packaging company n a company that packages goods for sale or shipment or storage Synonym(s): packaging company, packaging concern
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packaging concern n a company that packages goods for sale or shipment or storage Synonym(s): packaging company, packaging concern
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peak season n the season when travel is most active and rates are highest; "they traveled to Europe in high season" Synonym(s): high season, peak season Antonym(s): off-season
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phase change n a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition Synonym(s): phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change
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phycocyanin n blue pigment in algae
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physic nut n small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities Synonym(s): physic nut, Jatropha curcus
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physician n a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" Synonym(s): doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico
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physician-assisted suicide n assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician
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physician-patient privilege n the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
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physiognomy n the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) Synonym(s): countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug
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piggishness n an excessive desire for food [syn: greediness, hoggishness, piggishness]
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posse comitatus n a temporary police force Synonym(s): posse, posse comitatus
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possession n the act of having and controlling property [syn: possession, ownership] anything owned or possessed being controlled by passion or the supernatural a mania restricted to one thing or idea Synonym(s): monomania, possession a territory that is controlled by a ruling state the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior Synonym(s): self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, will power, self-command, self-will (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"
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psychoanalyse v subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" Synonym(s): analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse
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psychoanalysis n a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" Synonym(s): psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology
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psychoanalyst n a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis [syn: analyst, psychoanalyst]
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psychoanalytic adj of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud; "Freud's psychoanalytical theories"; "psychoanalytic treatment" Synonym(s): psychoanalytical, psychoanalytic
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psychoanalytic process n a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory
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psychoanalytical adj of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud; "Freud's psychoanalytical theories"; "psychoanalytic treatment" Synonym(s): psychoanalytical, psychoanalytic
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psychoanalyze v subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" Synonym(s): analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse
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psychometric adj of or relating to psychometrics; "psychometric journals"
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psychometric test n any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students" Synonym(s): test, mental test, mental testing, psychometric test
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psychometrics n any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements Synonym(s): psychometry, psychometrics, psychometrika
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psychometrika n any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements Synonym(s): psychometry, psychometrics, psychometrika
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psychometry n any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements Synonym(s): psychometry, psychometrics, psychometrika
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psychomotor adj of or relating to or characterizing mental events that have motor consequences or vice versa
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psychomotor development n progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities
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psychomotor epilepsy n epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations Synonym(s): psychomotor epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy
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psychoneurosis n a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction Synonym(s): neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis
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psychoneurotic adj affected with emotional disorder [syn: neurotic, psychoneurotic] Antonym(s): unneurotic n a person suffering from neurosis [syn: neurotic, psychoneurotic, mental case]
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psychonomics n the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues Synonym(s): experimental psychology, psychonomics
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puckishness n the trait of behaving like an imp [syn: impishness, mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality]
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Puseyism n principles of the founders of the Oxford movement as expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times' Synonym(s): Tractarianism, Puseyism
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Pushkin n Russian poet (1799-1837) [syn: Pushkin, {Alexander Pushkin}, Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin]
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Solomon \Sol"o*mon\, n.       One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and       magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man. -- {Sol`o*mon"ic},       a.          {Solomon's seal} (Bot.), a perennial liliaceous plant of the             genus {Polygonatum}, having simple erect or curving stems             rising from thick and knotted rootstocks, and with white             or greenish nodding flowers. The commonest European             species is {Polygonatum multiflorum}. {P. biflorum} and             {P. giganteum} are common in the Eastern United States.             See Illust. of {Rootstock}.          {False Solomon's seal} (Bot.), any plant of the liliaceous             genus {Smilacina} having small whitish flowers in terminal             racemes or panicles.
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Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See {Pass}, v. i.]       1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;             movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or             through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the             passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the             passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the             body.                         What! are my doors opposed against my passage!                                                                               --Shak.          2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,             carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or             means, of passing; conveyance.                         The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.          3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's             passage.          4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.]             [bd]Endure thy mortal passage.[b8] --Milton.                         When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.          5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one             passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.             Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a             building; a hall; a corridor.                         And with his pointed dart Explores the nearest                      passage to his heart.                        --Dryden.                         The Persian army had advanced into the . . .                      passages of Cilicia.                           --South.          6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or             continuous series; as, the passage of time.                         The conduct and passage of affairs.   --Sir J.                                                                               Davies.                         The passage and whole carriage of this action.                                                                               --Shak.          7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an             occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. [bd]In thy             passages of life.[b8] --Shak.                         The . . . almost incredible passage of their                      unbelief.                                          --South.          8. A particular portion constituting a part of something             continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical             composition; a paragraph; a clause.                         How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.          9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.          10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.                         No passages of love Betwixt us twain henceforward                      evermore.                                          --Tennyson.          11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.          12. In parliamentary proceedings:             (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)                   through the several stages of consideration and                   action; as, during its passage through Congress the                   bill was amended in both Houses.             (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from                   one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,                   the final affirmative action of the body upon a                   proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the                   passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.                   [bd]The passage of the Stamp Act.[b8] --D. Hosack.                               The final question was then put upon its                            passage.                                    --Cushing.          {In passage}, in passing; cursorily. [bd]These . . . have             been studied but in passage.[b8] --Bacon.          {Middle passage}, {Northeast passage}, {Northwest passage}.             See under {Middle}, {Northeast}, etc.          {Of passage}, passing from one place, region, or climate, to             another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. [bd]Birds             of passage.[b8] --Longfellow.          {Passage hawk}, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.          {Passage money}, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --             usually for carrying passengers by water.
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Pegasean \Pe*ga"se*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry.
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Phase converter \Phase converter\ (Elec.)       A machine for converting an alternating current into an       alternating current of a different number of phases and the       same frequency.
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Phocacean \Pho*ca"cean\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any species of Phoca; a seal.
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Leaf \Leaf\, n.; pl. {Leaves}. [OE. leef, lef, leaf, AS.       le[a0]f; akin to S. l[?]f, OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G.       laub,OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. l[94]f, Dan.       l[94]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf. {Lodge}.]       1. (Bot.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from             the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the             use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of             light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively             constitute its foliage.          Note: Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina,                supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued                through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs                and veins that support the cellular texture. The                petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each                side of its base, which is called the stipule. The                green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin                epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings,                known as stomata.          2. (Bot.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a             lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a             part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract,             a spine, or a tendril.          Note: In this view every part of a plant, except the root and                the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves                more or less modified and transformed.          3. Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and             having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger             body by one edge or end; as :             (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages                   upon its opposite sides.             (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged,                   as of window shutters, folding doors, etc.             (c) The movable side of a table.             (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf.             (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer.             (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.          {Leaf beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle which feeds upon leaves;             esp., any species of the family {Chrysomelid[91]}, as the             potato beetle and helmet beetle.          {Leaf bridge}, a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which             swings vertically on hinges.          {Leaf bud} (Bot.), a bud which develops into leaves or a             leafy branch.          {Leaf butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), any butterfly which, in the form             and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants             upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus             {Kallima}, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies.          {Leaf crumpler} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Phycis             indigenella}), the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the             apple tree, and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening             leaves together in clusters.          {Leaf cutter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of wild             bees of the genus {Megachile}, which cut rounded pieces             from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be             used in the construction of their nests, which are made in             holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the             purpose. Among the common American species are {M. brevis}             and {M. centuncularis}. Called also {rose-cutting bee}.          {Leaf fat}, the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the             body of an animal.          {Leaf flea} (Zo[94]l.), a jumping plant louse of the family             {Psyllid[91]}.          {Leaf frog} (Zo[94]l.), any tree frog of the genus             {Phyllomedusa}.          {Leaf green}.(Bot.) See {Chlorophyll}.          {Leaf hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any small jumping hemipterous             insect of the genus {Tettigonia}, and allied genera. They             live upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See {Live             hopper}.          {Leaf insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several genera and             species of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus             {Phyllium}, in which the wings, and sometimes the legs,             resemble leaves in color and form. They are common in             Southern Asia and the East Indies.          {Leaf lard}, lard from leaf fat. See under {Lard}.          {Leaf louse} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid.          {Leaf metal}, metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin.                      {Leaf miner} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various small             lepidopterous and dipterous insects, which, in the larval             stages, burrow in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; as,             the pear-tree leaf miner ({Lithocolletis geminatella}).          {Leaf notcher} (Zo[94]l.), a pale bluish green beetle             ({Artipus Floridanus}), which, in Florida, eats the edges             of the leaves of orange trees.          {Leaf roller} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any tortricid moth             which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants. See             {Tortrix}.          {Leaf scar} (Bot.), the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has             fallen.          {Leaf sewer} (Zo[94]l.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar             makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges             together with silk, as if sewn; esp., {Phoxopteris             nubeculana}, which feeds upon the apple tree.          {Leaf sight}, a hinges sight on a firearm, which can be             raised or folded down.          {Leaf trace} (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which             may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a             leaf.          {Leaf tier} (Zo[94]l.), a tortricid moth whose larva makes a             nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk;             esp., {Teras cinderella}, found on the apple tree.          {Leaf valve}, a valve which moves on a hinge.          {Leaf wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a sawfiy.          {To turn over a new leaf}, to make a radical change for the             better in one's way of living or doing. [Colloq.]                         They were both determined to turn over a new leaf.                                                                               --Richardson.
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Phycocyanin \Phy`co*cy"a*nin\, Phycocyanine \Phy`co*cy"a*nine\,       n. [Gr. [?] seaweed + E. cyanin.]       A blue coloring matter found in certain alg[91].
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Phycocyanin \Phy`co*cy"a*nin\, Phycocyanine \Phy`co*cy"a*nine\,       n. [Gr. [?] seaweed + E. cyanin.]       A blue coloring matter found in certain alg[91].
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Phycoxanthin \Phy`co*xan"thin\, Phycoxanthine    \Phy`co*xan"thine\, n. [Gr. [?] seaweed + [?] yellow.]       A yellowish coloring matter found in certain alg[91].
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Phycoxanthin \Phy`co*xan"thin\, Phycoxanthine    \Phy`co*xan"thine\, n. [Gr. [?] seaweed + [?] yellow.]       A yellowish coloring matter found in certain alg[91].
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[bd]A doctor of physik.[b8] --Chaucer.          2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of             sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.          3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.          4. A physician. [R.] --Shak.          {Physic nut} (Bot.), a small tropical American euphorbiaceous             tree ({Jatropha Curcas}), and its seeds, which are well             flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them             dangerous if eaten in large quantities.
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Physician \Phy*si"cian\, n. [OE. fisician, fisicien, OF.       physucien, a physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an       experimentalist in physics. See {Physic}.]       1. A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one             duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat,             diseases; a doctor of medicine.
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Physicianed \Phy*si"cianed\, a.       Licensed as a physician. [Obs.] [bd]A physicianed       apothecary.[b8] --Walpole.
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Physic \Phys"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Physiced}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Physicking}.]       1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine             to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to             purge.          2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.                         The labor we delight in physics pain. --Shak.                         A mind diseased no remedy can physic. --Byron.
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Physicking \Phys"ick*ing\,       p. pr. & vb. n. fr. {Physic}, v. t.
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Physico-mathematics \Phys`i*co-math`e*mat"ics\, n. [Physico- +       mathematics.]       Mixed mathematics.
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Physiogeny \Phys`i*og"e*ny\, n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + root of [?]       to be born.] (Biol.)       The germ history of the functions, or the history of the       development of vital activities, in the individual, being one       of the branches of ontogeny. See {Morphogeny}. --Haeckel.
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Physiognomer \Phys`i*og"no*mer\, n.       Physiognomist.
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Physiognomic \Phys`i*og*nom"ic\, Physiognomical    \Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. physiognomonique.]       Of or pertaining to physiognomy; according with the       principles of physiognomy. -- {Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Physiognomic \Phys`i*og*nom"ic\, Physiognomical    \Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. physiognomonique.]       Of or pertaining to physiognomy; according with the       principles of physiognomy. -- {Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Physiognomic \Phys`i*og*nom"ic\, Physiognomical    \Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. physiognomonique.]       Of or pertaining to physiognomy; according with the       principles of physiognomy. -- {Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Physiognomy \Phys`i*og"no*my\, n.; pl. {Physiognomies}. [OE.       fisonomie, phisonomie, fisnamie, OF. phisonomie, F.       physiognomie, physiognomonie, from Gr. [?]; fy`sis nature +       [?] one who knows or examines, a judge, fr. [?], [?], to       know. See {Physic}, and {Know}, and cf. {Phiz}.]       1. The art and science of discovering the predominant temper,             and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the             outward appearance, especially by the features of the             face.          2. The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the             mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of             countenance, as denoting character.          3. The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features.             [Obs.] --Bale.          4. The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without             reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the             physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor.
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Physiognomist \Phys`i*og*nom"ist\, n.       Same as {Physiognomy}, 1.
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Physiognomist \Phys`i*og"no*mist\, n. [Cf. F. physiognomiste.]       1. One skilled in physiognomy. --Dryden.          2. One who tells fortunes by physiognomy. --Holland.
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Physiognomize \Phys`i*og"no*mize\, v. t.       To observe and study the physiognomy of. [R.] --Southey.
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Physiognommonic \Phys`i*og`no*mmon"ic\, a.       Physiognomic.
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Physiognomy \Phys`i*og"no*my\, n.; pl. {Physiognomies}. [OE.       fisonomie, phisonomie, fisnamie, OF. phisonomie, F.       physiognomie, physiognomonie, from Gr. [?]; fy`sis nature +       [?] one who knows or examines, a judge, fr. [?], [?], to       know. See {Physic}, and {Know}, and cf. {Phiz}.]       1. The art and science of discovering the predominant temper,             and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the             outward appearance, especially by the features of the             face.          2. The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the             mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of             countenance, as denoting character.          3. The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features.             [Obs.] --Bale.          4. The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without             reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the             physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor.
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Physiogony \Phys`i*og"o*ny\, n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + go`nos       birth.]       The birth of nature. [R.] --Coleridge.
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Crankbird \Crank"bird`\ (-b?rd`), n. (Zo[94]l.)       A small European woodpecker ({Picus minor}).
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Pocoson \Po*co"son\, n.       Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and       Virginia. [Written also {poquoson}.] --Washington.
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Pocoson \Po*co"son\, n.       Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and       Virginia. [Written also {poquoson}.] --Washington.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Possess \Pos*sess"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Possessed};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Possessing}.] [L. possessus, p. p. of       possidere to have, possess, from an inseparable prep. (cf.       {Position}) + sedere to sit. See {Sit}.]       1. To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own             keeping; to have and to hold.                         Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed                      again in this land.                           --Jer. xxxii.                                                                               15.                         Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power,                      After offense returning, to regain Love once                      possessed.                                          --Milton.          2. To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be             master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an             estate, a book.                         I am yours, and all that I possess.   --Shak.          3. To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to             gain; to seize.                         How . . . to possess the purpose they desired.                                                                               --Spenser.          4. To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to             fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits,             passions, etc. [bd]Weakness possesseth me.[b8] --Shak.                         Those which were possessed with devils. --Matt. iv.                                                                               24.                         For ten inspired, ten thousand are possessed.                                                                               --Roscommon.          5. To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of             property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform;             -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and             now commonly used reflexively.                         I have possessed your grace of what I purpose.                                                                               --Shak.                         Record a gift . . . of all he dies possessed Unto                      his son.                                             --Shak.                         We possessed our selves of the kingdom of Naples.                                                                               --Addison.                         To possess our minds with an habitual good                      intention.                                          --Addison.          Syn: To have; hold; occupy; control; own.          Usage: {Possess}, {Have}. Have is the more general word. To                   possess denotes to have as a property. It usually                   implies more permanence or definiteness of control or                   ownership than is involved in having. A man does not                   possess his wife and children: they are (so to speak)                   part of himself. For the same reason, we have the                   faculties of reason, understanding, will, sound                   judgment, etc.: they are exercises of the mind, not                   possessions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Possession \Pos*ses"sion\, n. [F. possession, L. possessio.]       1. The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.          2. (Law) The having, holding, or detention of property in             one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy;             ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.          Note: Possession may be either actual or constructive;                actual, when a party has the immediate occupancy;                constructive, when he has only the right to such                occupancy.          3. The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or             controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate;             wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.                         When the young man heard that saying, he went away                      sorrowful, for he had great possessions. --Matt.                                                                               xix. 22.                         Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession.                                                                               --Acts v. 1.                         The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.                                                                               --Ob. 17.          4. The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil             spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as,             demoniacal possession.                         How long hath this possession held the man? --Shak.          {To give possession}, to put in another's power or occupancy.                      {To put in possession}.             (a) To invest with ownership or occupancy; to provide or                   furnish with; as, to put one in possession of facts or                   information.             (b) (Law) To place one in charge of property recovered in                   ejectment or writ of entry.          {To take possession}, to enter upon, or to bring within one's             power or occupancy.          {Writ of possession} (Law), a precept directing a sheriff to             put a person in peaceable possession of property recovered             in ejectment or writ of entry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Possession \Pos*ses"sion\, v. t.       To invest with property. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Possessionary \Pos*ses"sion*a*ry\, a.       Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Possessioner \Pos*ses"sion*er\, n.       1. A possessor; a property holder. [Obs.] [bd]Possessioners             of riches.[b8] --E. Hall.                         Having been of old freemen and possessioners. --Sir                                                                               P. Sidney.          2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community             endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as             contrasted with mendicant friars. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psychanalysis \Psy`cha*nal"y*sis\, n. [Psycho- + analysis.]       A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis based on       the work of Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856- --) of Vienna. The       method rests upon the theory that hysteria is       characteristically due to repression of desires consciously       rejected but subconsciously persistent; it consists in a       close analysis of the patient's mental history, stress being       laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means of       suggestion. -- {Psy*chan`a*lyt"ic}, a. --       {Psy`cha*nal"y*sist}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psychanalysis \Psy`cha*nal"y*sis\, n. [Psycho- + analysis.]       A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis based on       the work of Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856- --) of Vienna. The       method rests upon the theory that hysteria is       characteristically due to repression of desires consciously       rejected but subconsciously persistent; it consists in a       close analysis of the patient's mental history, stress being       laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means of       suggestion. -- {Psy*chan`a*lyt"ic}, a. --       {Psy`cha*nal"y*sist}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psychanalysis \Psy`cha*nal"y*sis\, n. [Psycho- + analysis.]       A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis based on       the work of Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856- --) of Vienna. The       method rests upon the theory that hysteria is       characteristically due to repression of desires consciously       rejected but subconsciously persistent; it consists in a       close analysis of the patient's mental history, stress being       laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means of       suggestion. -- {Psy*chan`a*lyt"ic}, a. --       {Psy`cha*nal"y*sist}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psychian \Psy"chi*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any small moth of the genus {Psyche} and allied genera       (family {Psychid[91]}). The larv[91] are called basket worms.       See {Basket worm}, under {Basket}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psychoanalysis \Psy`cho*a*nal"y*sis\, n. -- Psychoanalytic    \Psy`cho*an`a*lyt"ic\, a. etc.       = {Psychanalysis}, {Psychanalytic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psychoanalysis \Psy`cho*a*nal"y*sis\, n. -- Psychoanalytic    \Psy`cho*an`a*lyt"ic\, a. etc.       = {Psychanalysis}, {Psychanalytic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psychomachy \Psy*chom"a*chy\, n. [L. psychomachia, fr. Gr.       psychh` the soul + [?] fight: cf. [?] desperate fighting.]       A conflict of the soul with the body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psychomancy \Psy"cho*man`cy\, n. [Psycho- + -mancy: cf. F.       psychomancie.]       Necromancy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psychometry \Psy*chom"e*try\, n. [Psycho- + -metry.] (Physiol.)       The art of measuring the duration of mental processes, or of       determining the time relations of mental phenomena. --       {Psy`cho*met"ric}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psychometry \Psy*chom"e*try\, n. [Psycho- + -metry.] (Physiol.)       The art of measuring the duration of mental processes, or of       determining the time relations of mental phenomena. --       {Psy`cho*met"ric}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psycho-motor \Psy`cho-mo"tor\, a. [Psycho- + motor.]       Of or pertaining to movement produced by action of the mind       or will.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puseyism \Pu"sey*ism\, n. (Ch. of Eng.)       The principles of Dr. Pusey and others at Oxford, England, as       exhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which       appeared from 1833 to 1841, designated [bd] Tracts for the       Times;[b8] tractarianism. See {Tractarianism}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Page County, IA (county, FIPS 145)       Location: 40.73814 N, 95.14962 W       Population (1990): 16870 (7339 housing units)       Area: 1385.3 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)    Page County, VA (county, FIPS 139)       Location: 38.61365 N, 78.48154 W       Population (1990): 21690 (8948 housing units)       Area: 805.9 sq km (land), 7.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pasco County, FL (county, FIPS 101)       Location: 28.30096 N, 82.43857 W       Population (1990): 281131 (148965 housing units)       Area: 1929.5 sq km (land), 318.6 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Passaic County, NJ (county, FIPS 31)       Location: 41.03190 N, 74.29970 W       Population (1990): 453060 (162512 housing units)       Area: 479.3 sq km (land), 31.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Peach County, GA (county, FIPS 225)       Location: 32.56372 N, 83.82774 W       Population (1990): 21189 (7537 housing units)       Area: 391.3 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pecos County, TX (county, FIPS 371)       Location: 30.78139 N, 102.72315 W       Population (1990): 14675 (5841 housing units)       Area: 12338.8 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pickaway County, OH (county, FIPS 129)       Location: 39.63956 N, 83.03229 W       Population (1990): 48255 (16385 housing units)       Area: 1300.6 sq km (land), 12.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pike County, AL (county, FIPS 109)       Location: 31.80609 N, 85.93891 W       Population (1990): 27595 (11506 housing units)       Area: 1738.1 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water)    Pike County, AR (county, FIPS 109)       Location: 34.16636 N, 93.65474 W       Population (1990): 10086 (4550 housing units)       Area: 1561.9 sq km (land), 28.2 sq km (water)    Pike County, GA (county, FIPS 231)       Location: 33.09090 N, 84.38639 W       Population (1990): 10224 (3797 housing units)       Area: 565.8 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water)    Pike County, IL (county, FIPS 149)       Location: 39.62038 N, 90.88559 W       Population (1990): 17577 (8057 housing units)       Area: 2150.6 sq km (land), 48.1 sq km (water)    Pike County, IN (county, FIPS 125)       Location: 38.39762 N, 87.23329 W       Population (1990): 12509 (5487 housing units)       Area: 870.7 sq km (land), 12.7 sq km (water)    Pike County, KY (county, FIPS 195)       Location: 37.46797 N, 82.39367 W       Population (1990): 72583 (28760 housing units)       Area: 2040.2 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)    Pike County, MO (county, FIPS 163)       Location: 39.34085 N, 91.17122 W       Population (1990): 15969 (7128 housing units)       Area: 1742.9 sq km (land), 30.8 sq km (water)    Pike County, MS (county, FIPS 113)       Location: 31.17551 N, 90.39998 W       Population (1990): 36882 (14995 housing units)       Area: 1059.1 sq km (land), 4.9 sq km (water)    Pike County, OH (county, FIPS 131)       Location: 39.08366 N, 83.07202 W       Population (1990): 24249 (9722 housing units)       Area: 1143.5 sq km (land), 6.4 sq km (water)    Pike County, PA (county, FIPS 103)       Location: 41.32964 N, 75.03370 W       Population (1990): 27966 (30852 housing units)       Area: 1416.9 sq km (land), 50.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Poquoson, VA (city, FIPS 735)       Location: 37.15340 N, 76.29044 W       Population (1990): 11005 (3890 housing units)       Area: 40.2 sq km (land), 162.9 sq km (water)    Poquoson, VA (city, FIPS 63768)       Location: 37.15340 N, 76.29044 W       Population (1990): 11005 (3890 housing units)       Area: 40.2 sq km (land), 162.9 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 23662
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Posey County, IN (county, FIPS 129)       Location: 38.02409 N, 87.86129 W       Population (1990): 25968 (10401 housing units)       Area: 1058.1 sq km (land), 28.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Poweshiek County, IA (county, FIPS 157)       Location: 41.69448 N, 92.53189 W       Population (1990): 19033 (8199 housing units)       Area: 1515.4 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
PC-ism /P-C-izm/ n.   A piece of code or coding technique that    takes advantage of the unprotected single-tasking environment in IBM    PCs and the like running DOS, e.g., by busy-waiting on a hardware    register, direct diddling of screen memory, or using hard timing    loops.   Compare {ill-behaved}, {vaxism}, {unixism}.   Also, `PC-ware'    n., a program full of PC-isms on a machine with a more capable    operating system.   Pejorative.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PCI Configuration Utility          (PCU) A piece of {software} for configuring a specific       {PCI} {hardware} device.          [What software?   What hardware?]          (1998-11-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PC-ism          /P-C-izm/ A piece of code or coding technique that takes       advantage of the unprotected single-tasking environment in       {IBM PC}s and the like, e.g. by {busy-wait}ing on a {hardware       register}, direct diddling of {screen memory} or using hard       timing loops.   Compare {ill-behaved}, {vaxism}, {Unixism}.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Physics Analysis Workbench          (PAW) A general purpose portable tool for analysis and       presentation of physics data.          (1994-11-28)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Physician       Asa, afflicted with some bodily malady, "sought not to the Lord       but to the physicians" (2 Chr. 16:12). The "physicians" were       those who "practised heathen arts of magic, disavowing       recognized methods of cure, and dissociating the healing art       from dependence on the God of Israel. The sin of Asa was not,       therefore, in seeking medical advice, as we understand the       phrase, but in forgetting Jehovah."