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   pannier
         n 1: either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel
               of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
         2: a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of
            burden or on by a person
         3: set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips

English Dictionary: pioneer by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penury
n
  1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
    Synonym(s): indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phoner
n
  1. the person initiating a telephone call; "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"
    Synonym(s): caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piano wire
n
  1. thin steel wire of high tensile strength
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pinner
n
  1. a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pioneer
n
  1. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
    Synonym(s): pioneer, innovator, trailblazer, groundbreaker
  2. one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"
v
  1. open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"
    Synonym(s): pioneer, open up
  2. take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
    Synonym(s): initiate, pioneer
  3. open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Panary \Pan"a*ry\, a. [L. panis bread.]
      Of or pertaining to bread or to breadmaking.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Panary \Pan"a*ry\, n.
      A storehouse for bread. --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Panier \Pan"ier\, n.
      See {Pannier}, 3. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pannary \Pan"na*ry\, a.
      See {Panary}. --Loudon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pannier \Pan"nier\, n. [F. panier, fr. L. panarium a bread
      basket, fr. panis bread. Cf. {Pantry}.]
      1. A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in
            pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an
            ass --Hudibras.
  
      2. (Mil. Antiq.) A shield of basket work formerly used by
            archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.
  
      3. A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.
  
      4. A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand
            their dresses; a kind of bustle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pawner \Pawn"er\, Pawnor \Pawn*or"\, n. (Law)
      One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment
      of borrowed money or of a debt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pawner \Pawn"er\, Pawnor \Pawn*or"\, n. (Law)
      One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment
      of borrowed money or of a debt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penary \Pe"na*ry\, a.
      Penal. [Obs.] --Gauden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penner \Pen"ner\, n.
      1. One who pens; a writer. --Sir T. North.
  
      2. A case for holding pens. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penury \Pen"u*ry\, n. [L. penuria; cf. Gr. [?] hunger, [?]
      poverty, need, [?] one who works for his daily bread, a poor
      man, [?] to work for one's daily bread, to be poor: cf. F.
      p[82]nurie.]
      1. Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme
            poverty; destitution. [bd]A penury of military forces.[b8]
            --Bacon.
  
                     They were exposed to hardship and penury. --Sprat.
  
                     It arises in neither from penury of thought.
                                                                              --Landor.
  
      2. Penuriousness; miserliness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phanar \Phan"ar\, n. [Turk. fanar, fr. NGr. [?] lighthouse, Gr.
      [?] lantern; -- from a lighthouse on a point projecting into
      the Golden Horn.]
      A quarter of Constantinople which, after the Turkish conquest
      of the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greek
      officials of Turkey, or phanariots, as a class.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pinery \Pin"er*y\, n.; pl. {Pineries}.
      1. A pine forest; a grove of pines.
  
      2. A hothouse in which pineapples are grown.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pinner \Pin"ner\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, pins or fastens, as with pins.
  
      2. (Costume)
            (a) A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
            (b) An apron with a bib; a pinafore.
            (c) A cloth band for a gown. [Obs.]
  
                           With kerchief starched, and pinners clean.
                                                                              --Gay.
  
      3. A pin maker.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pinner \Pin"ner\, n. [See {Pin} to pound.]
      One who pins or impounds cattle. See {Pin}, v. t. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pioneer \Pi`o*neer"\, n. [F. pionier, orig., a foot soldier, OF.
      peonier, fr. OF. peon a foot soldier, F. pion. See {Pawn} in
      chess.]
      1. (Mil.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig
            trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
  
      2. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the
            way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization;
            pioneers of reform.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pioneer \Pi`o*neer"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pioneered}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Pioneering}.]
      To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as
      pioneer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pioner \Pi`o*ner"\, n.
      A pioneer. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puny \Pu"ny\, a. [Compar. {Punier}; superl. {Puniest}.] [F.
      pu[8c]t[82] younger, later born, OF. puisn[82]; puis
      afterwards (L. post; see {Post-}) + n[82] born, L. natus. See
      {Natal}, and cf. {Puisne}.]
      Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble;
      inferior; petty.
  
               A puny subject strikes at thy great glory. --Shak.
  
               Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed.   --Keble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Punner \Pun"ner\, n.
      A punster. --Beau. & Fl.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Panora, IA (city, FIPS 61320)
      Location: 41.69104 N, 94.36494 W
      Population (1990): 1100 (485 housing units)
      Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50216

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pinero, VA
      Zip code(s): 23061

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pioneer, CA
      Zip code(s): 95666
   Pioneer, IA (city, FIPS 62985)
      Location: 42.65348 N, 94.39114 W
      Population (1990): 46 (16 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Pioneer, LA (village, FIPS 60565)
      Location: 32.73805 N, 91.43590 W
      Population (1990): 116 (46 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71266
   Pioneer, OH (village, FIPS 62834)
      Location: 41.67803 N, 84.55208 W
      Population (1990): 1287 (497 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43554
   Pioneer, TN
      Zip code(s): 37847

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pomaria, SC (town, FIPS 57850)
      Location: 34.26639 N, 81.41976 W
      Population (1990): 267 (110 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29126

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pomeroy, IA (city, FIPS 64065)
      Location: 42.55350 N, 94.67853 W
      Population (1990): 762 (365 housing units)
      Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50575
   Pomeroy, OH (village, FIPS 64024)
      Location: 39.02762 N, 82.03323 W
      Population (1990): 2259 (1069 housing units)
      Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45769
   Pomeroy, WA (city, FIPS 55120)
      Location: 46.47396 N, 117.59555 W
      Population (1990): 1393 (696 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99347

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Poynor, MO
      Zip code(s): 63935
   Poynor, TX (town, FIPS 59192)
      Location: 32.07601 N, 95.59495 W
      Population (1990): 237 (118 housing units)
      Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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