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   paddy field
         n 1: an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown [syn:
               {paddy}, {paddy field}, {rice paddy}]

English Dictionary: pitiful by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paedophile
n
  1. an adult who is sexually attracted to children [syn: pedophile, paedophile]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paedophilia
n
  1. a sexual attraction to children [syn: pedophilia, paedophilia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pate feuillete
n
  1. dough used for very light flaky rich pastries [syn: {puff paste}, pate feuillete]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
path of least resistance
n
  1. the easiest way; "In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance"
    Synonym(s): line of least resistance, path of least resistance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
PDFLP
n
  1. a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change; "in 1974 the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren"
    Synonym(s): Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, DFLP, Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PDFLP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pedipalpi
n
  1. whip scorpions [syn: Pedipalpi, order Pedipalpi, Uropygi, order Uropygi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedophile
n
  1. an adult who is sexually attracted to children [syn: pedophile, paedophile]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedophilia
n
  1. a sexual attraction to children [syn: pedophilia, paedophilia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Photoblepharon
n
  1. a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae [syn: Photoblepharon, genus Photoblepharon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Photoblepharon palpebratus
n
  1. fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye
    Synonym(s): flashlight fish, Photoblepharon palpebratus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photoflash
n
  1. a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
    Synonym(s): flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb, flash bulb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photoflood
n
  1. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
    Synonym(s): flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photoplate making
n
  1. the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods; "photomechanics revolutionized the practice of printing"
    Synonym(s): photomechanics, photoplate making
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photovoltaic
adj
  1. producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy (especially light)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photovoltaic cell
n
  1. a cell that converts solar energy into electrical energy
    Synonym(s): solar cell, photovoltaic cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phytophilous
adj
  1. (of animals) feeding on plants [syn: plant-eating(a), phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phytoplankton
n
  1. photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pied-billed grebe
n
  1. American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill [syn: pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pit bull terrier
n
  1. American breed of muscular terriers with a short close- lying stiff coat
    Synonym(s): American Staffordshire terrier, Staffordshire terrier, American pit bull terrier, pit bull terrier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitfall
n
  1. an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty [syn: pitfall, booby trap]
  2. a trap in the form of a concealed hole
    Synonym(s): pit, pitfall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitiable
adj
  1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
    Synonym(s): pathetic, pitiable, pitiful
  2. deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
    Synonym(s): hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitiably
adv
  1. in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick child cried pathetically"
    Synonym(s): pathetically, pitiably
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitiful
adj
  1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
    Synonym(s): pathetic, pitiable, pitiful
  2. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
    Synonym(s): deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
  3. deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
    Synonym(s): hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitifully
adv
  1. to a pitiful degree; "wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Podophyllum
n
  1. perennial rhizomatous herbs [syn: Podophyllum, {genus Podophyllum}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Podophyllum peltatum
n
  1. North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
    Synonym(s): mayapple, May apple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pot plant
n
  1. a plant suitable for growing in a flowerpot (especially indoors)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potable
adj
  1. suitable for drinking
    Synonym(s): drinkable, potable [ant: undrinkable]
n
  1. any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
    Synonym(s): beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potbellied
adj
  1. having a large belly [syn: abdominous, paunchy, potbellied]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potbelly
n
  1. slang for a paunch [syn: pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy]
  2. a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned
    Synonym(s): potbelly, potbelly stove
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potbelly stove
n
  1. a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned [syn: potbelly, potbelly stove]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potboiler
n
  1. a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potful
n
  1. the quantity contained in a pot
    Synonym(s): pot, potful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patible \Pat"i*ble\, a. [L. patibilis, fr. pati to suffer.]
      Sufferable; tolerable; endurable. [Obs.] --Bailey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patibulary \Pa*tib"u*la*ry\, a. [L. patibulum a gallows: cf. F.
      patibulaire.]
      Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution. [R.]
      --Carlyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patibulated \Pa*tib"u*la`ted\, a.
      Hanged on a gallows. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pedipalp \Ped"i*palp\, n. [Cf. F. p[82]dipalpe.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Pedipalpi.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pedipalpus \Ped`i*pal"pus\, n.; pl. {Pedipalpi}. [NL. See {Pes},
      and {Palpus}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some
      they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they
      terminate in a claw.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pedipalpous \Ped`i*pal"pous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pedipalpus \Ped`i*pal"pus\, n.; pl. {Pedipalpi}. [NL. See {Pes},
      and {Palpus}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some
      they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they
      terminate in a claw.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Photophilous \Pho*toph"i*lous\, n. [Photo- + Gr. [?] loving.]
      (Phytogeog.)
      Light-loving; growing in strong light, as many plants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Photoplay \Pho"to*play`\, n.
      A play for representation or exhibition by moving pictures;
      also, the moving-picture representation of a play.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.]
      Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored;
      spotted; piebald. [bd]Pied coats.[b8] --Burton. [bd]Meadows
      trim with daisies pied.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Pied antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bontebok.
  
      {Pied-billed grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the dabchick.
  
      {Pied blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus
            {Turdulus}.
  
      {Pied finch} (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The chaffinch.
      (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Pied flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a common European flycatcher
            ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.]
      Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored;
      spotted; piebald. [bd]Pied coats.[b8] --Burton. [bd]Meadows
      trim with daisies pied.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Pied antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bontebok.
  
      {Pied-billed grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the dabchick.
  
      {Pied blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus
            {Turdulus}.
  
      {Pied finch} (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The chaffinch.
      (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Pied flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a common European flycatcher
            ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.]
      Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored;
      spotted; piebald. [bd]Pied coats.[b8] --Burton. [bd]Meadows
      trim with daisies pied.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Pied antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bontebok.
  
      {Pied-billed grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the dabchick.
  
      {Pied blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus
            {Turdulus}.
  
      {Pied finch} (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The chaffinch.
      (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Pied flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a common European flycatcher
            ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf.
      {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the
      grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called
      also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper},
      {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed
      grebe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.]
      Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored;
      spotted; piebald. [bd]Pied coats.[b8] --Burton. [bd]Meadows
      trim with daisies pied.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Pied antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bontebok.
  
      {Pied-billed grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the dabchick.
  
      {Pied blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus
            {Turdulus}.
  
      {Pied finch} (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The chaffinch.
      (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Pied flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a common European flycatcher
            ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf.
      {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the
      grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called
      also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper},
      {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed
      grebe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pitfall \Pit"fall`\, n.
      A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a
      trap of any kind. --Sir T. North.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pitfalling \Pit"fall`ing\, a.
      Entrapping; insnaring. [R.] [bd]Full of . . . contradiction
      and pitfalling dispenses.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pithful \Pith"ful\, a.
      Full of pith. [R.] --W. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
      Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
      miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
      pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
  
      Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. --
               {Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
      Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
      miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
      pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
  
      Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. --
               {Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
      Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
      miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
      pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
  
      Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. --
               {Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a.
      1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind;
            merciful; sympathetic.
  
                     The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
                                                                              --James v. 11.
  
      2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
  
                     A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable;
            paltry; contemptible; despicable.
  
                     That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition
                     in the fool that uses it.                  --Shak.
  
      Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See {Contemptible}. --
               {Pit"i*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pit"i*ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a.
      1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind;
            merciful; sympathetic.
  
                     The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
                                                                              --James v. 11.
  
      2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
  
                     A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable;
            paltry; contemptible; despicable.
  
                     That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition
                     in the fool that uses it.                  --Shak.
  
      Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See {Contemptible}. --
               {Pit"i*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pit"i*ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a.
      1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind;
            merciful; sympathetic.
  
                     The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
                                                                              --James v. 11.
  
      2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
  
                     A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable;
            paltry; contemptible; despicable.
  
                     That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition
                     in the fool that uses it.                  --Shak.
  
      Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See {Contemptible}. --
               {Pit"i*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pit"i*ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Podophyllin \Pod`o*phyl"lin\, n. [From {Podophyllum}.] (Chem.)
      A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May
      apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}). It is a complex mixture of
      several substances.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Podophyllous \Pod`o*phyl"lous\, a.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs.
  
      2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue,
            made up of lamin[91], beneath a horse's hoof.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Podophyllin \Pod`o*phyl"lin\, n. [From {Podophyllum}.] (Chem.)
      A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May
      apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}). It is a complex mixture of
      several substances.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Podophyllum \[d8]Pod`o*phyl"lum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s,
      podo`s, foot + [?] leaf.]
      1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having
            large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower.
            There are two species, the American {Podohyllum peltatum},
            or May apple, the Himalayan {P. Emodi}.
  
      2. (Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple
            ({Podophyllum peltatum}), -- used as a cathartic drug.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Duck's-foot \Duck's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.)
      The May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
      goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of
      Mercury by Jupiter.]
      1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
            --Chaucer.
  
      2. The early part or springtime of life.
  
                     His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
            their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
  
                     The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
  
                     Plumes that micked the may.               --Tennyson.
  
      4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
  
      {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S.
            hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers
            along the slender branches.
  
      {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant
            ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself
            (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves,
            and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The
            root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
           
  
      {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous
            species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the
            winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and
            allied genera. Called also {June beetle}.
  
      {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
            parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a
            garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
  
      {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which
            magical properties were attributed.
  
      {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its
            blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary.
  
      {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied
            genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many
            species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under
            {Ephemeral}.
  
      {May game}, any May-day sport.
  
      {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.
  
      {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria
            majalis}).
  
      {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary.
  
      {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the
            sports of May Day.
  
      {May thorn}, the hawthorn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mandrake \Man"drake\, n. [AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr.
      Gr. [?]: cf. F. mandragore.]
      1. (Bot.) A low plant ({Mandragora officinarum}) of the
            Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
            supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
            have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
            of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
            Mediterranean region.
  
                     And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
                     That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
  
      Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
               but proof is wanting.
  
      2. (Bot.) The May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}). See {May
            apple} under {May}, and {Podophyllum}. [U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta,
      Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.]
      1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a
            great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables,
            for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a
            flower pot; a bean pot.
  
      2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
  
      3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of
            ale. [bd]Give her a pot and a cake.[b8] --De Foe.
  
      4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top
            of a chimney; a chimney pot.
  
      5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
  
      6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
  
      7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight.
  
      8. A size of paper. See {Pott}.
  
      {Jack pot}. See under 2d {Jack}.
  
      {Pot cheese}, cottage cheese. See under {Cottage}.
  
      {Pot companion}, a companion in drinking.
  
      {Pot hanger}, a pothook.
  
      {Pot herb}, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are
            boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane,
            and many others.
  
      {Pot hunter}, one who kills anything and everything that will
            help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for
            the table or for the market.
  
      {Pot metal}.
            (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different
                  from common pig iron.
            (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large
                  vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure.
            (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are
                  incorporated with the melted glass in the pot.
                  --Knight.
  
      {Pot plant} (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the
            monkey-pot.
  
      {Pot wheel} (Hydraul.), a noria.
  
      {To go to pot}, to go to destruction; to come to an end of
            usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G.
            Saxe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potable \Po"ta*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. potabilis, fr. potare to
      drink; akin to Gr. po`tos a drinking, po`sis a drink, Skr.
      p[be] to drink, OIr. ibim I drink. Cf. {Poison}, {Bib},
      {Imbibe}.]
      Fit to be drunk; drinkable. [bd]Water fresh and potable.[b8]
      --Bacon. -- n. A potable liquid; a beverage. [bd]Useful in
      potables.[b8] --J. Philips.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potableness \Po"ta*ble*ness\, n.
      The quality of being drinkable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pot-bellied \Pot"-bel`lied\, a.
      Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pot-belly \Pot"-bel`ly\, n.
      A protuberant belly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potboiler \Pot"boil`er\, n.
      A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work,
      and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of
      living. [Cant]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pot-valiant \Pot"-val`iant\, a.
      Having the courage given by drink. --Smollett.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   petaflops
  
      10^15 {flops} or 1000 {teraflops}.   No computer has
      achieved this performance yet.
  
      (1997-07-21)
  
  
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