peculate
         v 1: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care)
               fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled
               thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
               [syn: {embezzle}, {defalcate}, {peculate},
               {misappropriate}, {malversate}]

English Dictionary: piglet	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peculation n the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else Synonym(s): embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peculator n someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use Synonym(s): embezzler, defalcator, peculator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phacelia tanacetifolia n hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers Synonym(s): fiddleneck, Phacelia tanacetifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phacelia whitlavia n desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular flowers in terminal racemes Synonym(s): California bluebell, whitlavia, Phacelia minor, Phacelia whitlavia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pickled adj (used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pickled herring n herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piculet n small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pig lead n lead that is cast in pigs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piglet n a young pig Synonym(s): piglet, piggy, shoat, shote
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pixilated adj naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" Synonym(s): arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked very drunk Synonym(s): besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poeciliid n small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control Synonym(s): topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid, live-bearer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poeciliid fish n small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control Synonym(s): topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid, live-bearer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Poeciliidae n topminnows Synonym(s): Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poikilotherm n an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals Synonym(s): poikilotherm, ectotherm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poikilothermic adj of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment Synonym(s): poikilothermic, poikilothermous, heterothermic, ectothermic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poikilothermous adj of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment Synonym(s): poikilothermic, poikilothermous, heterothermic, ectothermic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psalter n a collection of Psalms for liturgical use [syn: Psalter, Book of Psalms]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psalterium n the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant [syn: psalterium, omasum, third stomach]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psaltery n an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psaltriparus n a genus of Paridae [syn: Psaltriparus, {genus Psaltriparus}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psilotaceae n small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves Synonym(s): Psilotaceae, family Psilotaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psilotales n lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots Synonym(s): Psilotales, order Psilotales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psilotatae n whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs Synonym(s): Psilopsida, class Psilopsida, Psilotatae, class Psilotatae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psilotum n type genus of the Psilotaceae [syn: Psilotum, {genus Psilotum}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psilotum nudum n pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia Synonym(s): skeleton fork fern, Psilotum nudum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psyllid n small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices Synonym(s): jumping plant louse, psylla, psyllid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psyllidae n jumping plant lice [syn: Psyllidae, family Psyllidae, Chermidae, family Chermidae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puzzle out v find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" Synonym(s): solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puzzled adj filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye" Synonym(s): at a loss(p), nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pack \Pack\, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa,       Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. {Packet}.]       1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a             bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a             bale, as of goods. --Piers Plowman.          2. [Cf. {Peck}, n.] A number or quantity equal to the             contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. [bd]A             pack of sorrows.[b8] [bd]A pack of blessings.[b8] --Shak.          Note: [bd]In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of                wool, 240 lbs.[b8] --McElrath.          3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; as:             (a) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used                   in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.             (b) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.             (c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad                   design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or                   knaves.             (d) A shook of cask staves.             (e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling                   simultaneously.          4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together             more or less closely. --Kane.          5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic             practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc.,             according to the method of treatment.          6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p[?]can to deceive.] A             loose, lewd, or worthless person. See {Baggage}. [Obs.]             --Skelton.          {Pack animal}, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in             carrying packs.          {Pack cloth}, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering             packs or bales.          {Pack horse}. See {Pack animal} (above).          {Pack ice}. See def. 4, above.          {Pack moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Anacampsis             sarcitella}) which, in the larval state, is very             destructive to wool and woolen fabrics.          {Pack needle}, a needle for sewing with pack thread. --Piers             Plowman.          {Pack saddle}, a saddle made for supporting the load on a             pack animal. --Shak.          {Pack staff}, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's             staff.          {Pack thread}, strong thread or small twine used for tying             packs or parcels.          {Pack train} (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peckled \Pec"kled\, a.       Speckled; spotted. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peculate \Pec"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peculated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Peculating}.] [L. peculatus, p. p. of peculari to       peculate, akin to peculium private property. See {Peculiar}.]       To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public;       to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.                   An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating                despotism.                                             --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peculate \Pec"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peculated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Peculating}.] [L. peculatus, p. p. of peculari to       peculate, akin to peculium private property. See {Peculiar}.]       To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public;       to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.                   An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating                despotism.                                             --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peculate \Pec"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peculated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Peculating}.] [L. peculatus, p. p. of peculari to       peculate, akin to peculium private property. See {Peculiar}.]       To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public;       to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.                   An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating                despotism.                                             --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peculation \Pec`u*la"tion\, n.       The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the       public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods       intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement;       embezzlement.                   Every British subject . . . active in the discovery of                peculations has been ruined.                  --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peculator \Pec"u*la`tor\, n. [L.]       One who peculates. [bd]Peculators of the public gold.[b8]       --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peg \Peg\, n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point,       prickle, and E. peak.]       1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards             together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.;             as, a shoe peg.          2. A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats,             etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a             reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.          3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the             strings are strained. --Shak.          4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage             board.          5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase [bd]To take one             down peg.[b8]                         To screw papal authority to the highest peg.                                                                               --Barrow.                         And took your grandess down a peg.      --Hudibras.          {Peg ladder}, a ladder with but one standard, into which             cross pieces are inserted.          {Peg tankard}, an ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as             divide the liquor into equal portions. [bd]Drink down to             your peg.[b8] --Longfellow.          {Peg tooth}. See {Fleam tooth} under {Fleam}.          {Peg top}, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it.          {Screw peg}, a small screw without a head, for fastening             soles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phacolite \Phac"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?] lentil + -lite.] (Min.)       A colorless variety of chabazite; the original was from       Leipa, in Bohemia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Physiolatry \Phys`i*ol"a*try\, n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + [?]       service.]       The worship of the powers or agencies of nature; materialism       in religion; nature worship. [bd]The physiolatry of the       Vedas.[b8] --M. Williams.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pia4a cloth \Pi`[a4]a cloth\ [See {Pi[a4]a}.]       A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, etc.,       woven from the fiber obtained from the leaf of the sterile       pineapple plant. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with       a tinge of pale yellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pia4a cloth \Pi"[a4]a cloth`\       A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs,       etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps       from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and       transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pickled \Pic"kled\, a.       Preserved in a pickle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pickle \Pic"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pickled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pickling}.]       1. To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind             of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.          2. To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or             imitations of paintings by the old masters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piculet \Pic"u*let\, n. [Dim. of {Picus}.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus {Picumnus}       and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and       sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pisolite \Pi"so*lite\, n. [Gr. [?] a pea + -lite: cf. F.       pisolithe.] (Min.)       A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of       aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; --       called also {peastone}, {peagrit}.          Note: O[94]lite is similar in structure, but the concretions                are as small as the roe of a fish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pisolitic \Pi`so*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. pisolithique.] (Min.)       Composed of, containing, or resembling, pisolite.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pixy-led \Pix"y-led`\, a.       Led by pixies; bewildered.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pd2cilitic \P[d2]`ci*lit"ic\, a. [Gr. poiki`los many-colored,       variegated.] (Geol.)       (a) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said             of certain rocks.       (b) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing,             Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors.             [Also written {poikilitic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poikilitic \Poi`ki*lit"ic\, a. (Geol.)       See {P[d2]cilitic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pd2cilitic \P[d2]`ci*lit"ic\, a. [Gr. poiki`los many-colored,       variegated.] (Geol.)       (a) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said             of certain rocks.       (b) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing,             Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors.             [Also written {poikilitic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poikilitic \Poi`ki*lit"ic\, a. (Geol.)       See {P[d2]cilitic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poikilothermal \Poi`ki*lo*ther"mal\ (-th[etil]r"m[ait]l),    Poikilothermic \Poi`ki*lo*ther"mic\ (-th[etil]r"m[icr]k), a.       [Gr. poiki`los changeable + E. thermal, thermic.] (Physiol.)       Having a varying body temperature. See {Homoiothermal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poikilothermal \Poi`ki*lo*ther"mal\ (-th[etil]r"m[ait]l),    Poikilothermic \Poi`ki*lo*ther"mic\ (-th[etil]r"m[icr]k), a.       [Gr. poiki`los changeable + E. thermal, thermic.] (Physiol.)       Having a varying body temperature. See {Homoiothermal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poikilothermous \Poi`ki*lo*ther"mous\ (-m[ucr]s), a. (Physiol.)       Poikilothermal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psalter \Psal"ter\, n. [OE. psauter, sauter, OF. sautier,       psaltier, F. psautier, from L. psalterium. See {Psaltery}.]       1. The Book of Psalms; -- often applied to a book containing             the Psalms separately printed.          2. Specifically, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of             Common Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the             Breviary which contains the Psalms arranged for each day             of the week.          3. (R. C. Ch.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty             beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Psalterium \[d8]Psal*te"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Psalteria}. [L., a       psaltery.] (Anat.)       (a) The third stomach of ruminants. See {Manyplies}.       (b) The lyra of the brain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psalterial \Psal*te"ri*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to the psalterium.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psaltery \Psal"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Psalteries}. [OE. sautrie, OF.       psalterie, F. psalt[82]rion, L. psalterium psaltery, psalter,       from Gr. [?], fr. [?]. See {Psalm}, {Psalter}.]       A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form       of which is not known.                   Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the                psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. --Ps.                                                                               xxxiii. 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psaltery \Psal"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Psalteries}. [OE. sautrie, OF.       psalterie, F. psalt[82]rion, L. psalterium psaltery, psalter,       from Gr. [?], fr. [?]. See {Psalm}, {Psalter}.]       A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form       of which is not known.                   Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the                psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. --Ps.                                                                               xxxiii. 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puzzle \Puz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puzzled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Puzzling}.]       1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand;             to nonplus.                         A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous                      in puzzling others.                           --Dr. H. More.                         He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his                      own blunders.                                    --Addison.          2. To make intricate; to entangle.                         They disentangle from the puzzled skein. --Cowper.                         The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled                      in mazes, and perplexed with error.   --Addison.          3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out;             as, to puzzle out a mystery.          Syn: To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See                {Embarrass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puzzledom \Puz"zle*dom\, n.       The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. --C. Kingsley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puzzle-headed \Puz"zle-head`ed\, a.       Having the head full of confused notions; given to getting       perplexed over simple matters; also, characteristic of       persons that are so. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puzzle-headed \Puz"zle-head`ed\, a.       Having the head full of confused notions. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyx \Pyx\, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of       boxwood, fr. py`xos the box tree or boxwood. See {Box} a       receptacle.] [Written also {pix}.]       1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which             the host is reserved.          2. A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for             certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and             fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.             --Mushet.          3. (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the             binnacle. --Weale.          4. (Anat.) Same as {Pyxis}.          {Pyx cloth} (R. C. Ch.), a veil of silk or lace covering the             pyx.          {Trial of the pyx}, the annual testing, in the English mint,             of the standard of gold and silver coins. --Encyc. Brit.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pacolet, SC (town, FIPS 53845)       Location: 34.89918 N, 81.76672 W       Population (1990): 1736 (678 housing units)       Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 29372
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pacolet Mills, SC (town, FIPS 53890)       Location: 34.91858 N, 81.74718 W       Population (1990): 696 (300 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
phase alternating line          (PAL) The {video} signal format used in the UK       [where else?].          PAL uses {Amplitude Modulation} for the video information, and       {Frequency Modulation} for the {audio} information.   The phase       of the {colour subcarrier} is reversed on alternate lines       which (together with the use of a delay line) allows the       receiver to cancel any phase errors introduced in the path       between the studio and the end-user's receiver.   Such phase       errors are quite common and would cause the displayed colours       to shift in {hue}.          The US equivalent, {NTSC}, does not have this feature and thus       requires a user control to correct for transmission phase       errors, hence the mis-expansion "Never Twice the Same Colour".          (2001-06-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PKLITE          An executable file {compression} utility       for {MS-DOS} from {PKWARE, Inc.}.   PKLITE compresses the body       of the executable and adds a small, fast decompress routine in       the header.   In many cases it performs better than {lzexe}.       With {headpack} the output is smaller and cannot be       decompressed.          (1999-01-07)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Psaltery       a musical instrument, supposed to have been a kind of lyre, or a       harp with twelve strings. The Hebrew word nebhel, so rendered,       is translated "viol" in Isa. 5:12 (R.V., "lute"); 14:11. In Dan.       3:5, 7, 10, 15, the word thus rendered is Chaldaic, pesanterin,       which is supposed to be a word of Greek origin denoting an       instrument of the harp kind.