pacify
         v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
               "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {pacify},
               {lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {mollify},
               {placate}, {gentle}, {gruntle}]
         2: fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location);
            "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"

English Dictionary: pick up	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pageboy n a boy who is employed to run errands [syn: page, pageboy] a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pasiphae n (Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pass by v move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" Synonym(s): travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pass off v be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity; "She passed off as a Russian agent" disregard; "She passed off the insult" cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity; "She passed the glass off as diamonds"; "He passed himself off as a secret agent" disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" Synonym(s): evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" Synonym(s): happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place expel (gases or odors) Synonym(s): emit, breathe, pass off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pass up v refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" Synonym(s): refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline Antonym(s): accept, have, take fail to acknowledge; "he passed me up in the street"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passive adj lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith Synonym(s): passive, inactive Antonym(s): active peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance" Synonym(s): passive, peaceful expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences" Antonym(s): active n the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive" Synonym(s): passive voice, passive Antonym(s): active, active voice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
PCP n a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability Synonym(s): health professional, primary care provider, PCP, health care provider, caregiver a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen Synonym(s): phencyclidine, phencyclidine hydrochloride, PCP, angel dust
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pea soup n a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree) a heavy thick yellow fog Synonym(s): pea soup, pea-souper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peekaboo n a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! Synonym(s): peekaboo, bopeep
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phase IV n sometimes the FDA approves a drug for general use but requires the manufacturer to continue to monitor its effects; during this phase the drug may be tried on slightly different patient populations than those studied in earlier trials Synonym(s): phase IV clinical trial, phase IV
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pick off v shoot one by one pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush" Synonym(s): pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pick up v take and lift upward [syn: pick up, lift up, {gather up}] take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read" give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway" gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week" Synonym(s): collect, pick up, gather up, call for get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" Synonym(s): learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home" take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" Synonym(s): collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack" register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" Synonym(s): pick up, receive lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile" meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars" fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" Synonym(s): elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate Antonym(s): cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up" Synonym(s): turn around, pick up perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse" Synonym(s): catch, pick up eat by pecking at, like a bird Synonym(s): peck, pick up gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" Synonym(s): perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pick-off n a baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pickup n a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard Synonym(s): pickup, pickup truck a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man" anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her" Synonym(s): pickup, pick-me-up a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup" Synonym(s): pickup, getaway mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge Synonym(s): tone arm, pickup, pickup arm an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable Synonym(s): cartridge, pickup the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays" the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piss-up n vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pius V n Italian pope from 1566 to 1572 who led the reformation of the Roman Catholic Church; he excommunicated Elizabeth I (1504-1572) Synonym(s): Pius V, Antonio Ghislieri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pius VI n Italian pope from 1775 to 1799 who served during the French Revolution; Napoleon attacked the Papal States and in 1797 Pius VI was taken to France where he died (1717-1799) Synonym(s): Pius VI, Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Giannangelo Braschi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pius VII n Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809; he concluded a concordat with Napoleon and crowned him emperor of France; he returned to Rome in 1814 (1740-1823) Synonym(s): Pius VII, Barnaba Chiaramonti, Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pizza pie n Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese Synonym(s): pizza, pizza pie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
PSF n a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al- Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border Synonym(s): Popular Struggle Front, PSF
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psophia n type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters [syn: Psophia, genus Psophia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psyop n military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments Synonym(s): psychological operation, psyop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
push up v push upward push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head- on thrust up into the air" Synonym(s): thrust, push up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pushup n an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms Synonym(s): pushup, press-up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pussy-paw n pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America Synonym(s): pussy-paw, pussy- paws, pussy's-paw, Spraguea umbellatum, Calyptridium umbellatum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pacify \Pac"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pacified}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Pacifying}.] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis,       peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Peace}, and {-fy}.]       To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to       quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of;       to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify       pride, appetite, or importunity. [bd]Pray ye, pacify       yourself.[b8] --Shak.                   To pacify and settle those countries.      --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paspy \Pas"py\, n. [F. passe-pied.]       A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular       in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; --       called also {passing measure}, and {passymeasure}. --Percy       Smith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Passive \Pas"sive\, a. [L. passivus: cf. F. passif. See       {Passion}.]       1. Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving             impressions or influences; as, they were passive             spectators, not actors in the scene.                         The passive air Upbore their nimble tread. --Milton.                         The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all                      its simple ideas.                              --Locke.          2. Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or             active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient;             not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive             submission.                         The best virtue, passive fortitude.   --Massinger.          3. (Chem.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as,             red phosphorus is comparatively passive.          4. (Med.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as             hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the             vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of             reaction in the affected tissues.          {Passive congestion} (Med.), congestion due to obstruction to             the return of the blood from the affected part.          {Passive iron} (Chem.), iron which has been subjected to the             action of heat, of strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc. It             is then not easily acted upon by acids.          {Passive movement} (Med.), a movement of a part, in order to             exercise it, made without the assistance of the muscles             which ordinarily move the part.          {Passive obedience} (as used by writers on government),             obedience or submission of the subject or citizen as a             duty in all cases to the existing government.          {Passive prayer}, among mystic divines, a suspension of the             activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the soul             remaining quiet, and yielding only to the impulses of             grace.          {Passive verb}, [or] {Passive voice} (Gram.), a verb, or form             of a verb, which expresses the effect of the action of             some agent; as, in Latin, doceor, I am taught; in English,             she is loved; the picture is admired by all; he is             assailed by slander.          Syn: Inactive; inert; quiescent; unresisting; unopposing;                suffering; enduring; submissive; patient.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peasweep \Peas"weep`\, n. [So called from its note.] [Prov.       Eng.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The pewit, or lapwing.       (b) The greenfinch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greenfinch \Green"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       1. A European finch ({Ligurinus chloris}); -- called also             {green bird}, {green linnet}, {green grosbeak}, {green             olf}, {greeny}, and {peasweep}.          2. The Texas sparrow ({Embernagra rufivirgata}), in which the             general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on             the head.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peasweep \Peas"weep`\, n. [So called from its note.] [Prov.       Eng.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The pewit, or lapwing.       (b) The greenfinch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greenfinch \Green"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       1. A European finch ({Ligurinus chloris}); -- called also             {green bird}, {green linnet}, {green grosbeak}, {green             olf}, {greeny}, and {peasweep}.          2. The Texas sparrow ({Embernagra rufivirgata}), in which the             general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on             the head.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peekaboo \Peek"a*boo\, n.       A child's game; bopeep.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piassava \Pi*as"sa*va\, n. [Pg. piasaba.]       A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees ({Attalea       funifera} and {Leopoldinia Piassaba}), -- used in making       brooms, and for other purposes. Called also {pia[87]aba} and       {piasaba}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piassava \Pi*as"sa*va\, n. [Pg. piasaba.]       A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees ({Attalea       funifera} and {Leopoldinia Piassaba}), -- used in making       brooms, and for other purposes. Called also {pia[87]aba} and       {piasaba}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pick-up \Pick"-up\, [or] Pickup \Pick"up`\, n. [Colloq., Cant.       or Slang]       1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or             hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.          2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) = {Brush} b.          3. One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the             occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pick-up \Pick"-up\, [or] Pickup \Pick"up`\, n. [Colloq., Cant.       or Slang]       1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or             hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.          2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) = {Brush} b.          3. One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the             occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.
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Picabo, ID       Zip code(s): 83348
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Poy Sippi, WI       Zip code(s): 54967
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PCB          1. {Power Circuit Breaker}.          2. {Power Control Box}.          3. {Printed Circuit Board}.          4. {Process Control Block}.          5. {Product Configuration Baseline}.          6. {Program Control Block}.          7. {Protocol Control Block}.          ({TCP}).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PCF          A simply typed, {functional language}.          ["Fully Abstract Translations Between Functional Languages",       J. Riecke, 18th POPL, pp. 245-254 (1991)].          ["LCF Considered as a Programming Language", Theor CS 5:223,       1977].          (1996-01-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PGP          {Pretty Good Privacy}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PKZIP          A file {compression} and archiver utility for {MS-DOS}       and {Microsoft Windows} from {PKWARE, Inc.}.   PKZIP uses a       variation on the {sliding window} compression {algorithm}.   It       comes with {pkunzip} and {pklite} and is available as       {shareware} from most {FTP archives} in a self-expanding       {MS-DOS} executable.          Current versions as of 1999-10-07: PKZIP 2.60 GUI for       {Microsoft Windows 3.1}x, {Windows 9x}, {Windows NT}; PKZIP       2.50 Command Line for Windows 9x NT; PKZIP 2.04g for {MS-DOS};       PKZIP 2.51 for {Unix}, ({Linux}, {SPARC} {Solaris}, {Digital},       {HP-UX}, {IBM AIX} and {SCO} Unix); PKZIP 2.50 for {OS/2};       PKZIP for {Open VMS}/{VAX}.          {WINZIP} is a version with a {GUI} for {Microsoft Windows}.          A distribution in about 1995-06-22 claiming to be "PKZIP 3"       was actually a {trojan horse} which attempted to reformat the       hard disk and delete all files on it.          {Home (http://www.pkware.com/catalog/pkzip_win.html)}.          [Status, history of WINZIP, PKLITE?]          (1999-01-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PPCP          {PowerPC Platform}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PSF          {Print Services Facility}