Pachyrhizus
         n 1: small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots [syn:
               {Pachyrhizus}, {genus Pachyrhizus}]

English Dictionary: poker game	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pachyrhizus erosus n Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils Synonym(s): yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus
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Pachyrhizus tuberosus n twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots Synonym(s): yam bean, potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus
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packhorse n a workhorse used as a pack animal
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Pagrus n a genus of Sparidae Synonym(s): Pagrus, genus Pagrus
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Pagrus pagrus n food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America Synonym(s): red porgy, Pagrus pagrus
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Pagurus n type genus of the family Paguridae [syn: Pagurus, {genus Pagurus}]
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pass receiver n a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass Synonym(s): receiver, pass receiver, pass catcher
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Passeres n two names for the suborder of typical songbirds [syn: Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder Passeres]
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Passero Cape n a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily Synonym(s): Cape Passero, Passero Cape
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peach orchard n a grove of peach trees
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picaresque adj involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction; "picaresque novels"; "waifs of the picaresque tradition"; "a picaresque hero"
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Picrasma n small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia Synonym(s): Picrasma, genus Picrasma
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Picrasma excelsa n West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn: Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum]
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Picrasma excelsum n West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn: Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum]
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picric acid n a yellow toxic highly explosive strong acid; used in high explosives and as a dye and in chemical reactions
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Picris n genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed Synonym(s): Picris, genus Picris
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Picris echioides n widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States Synonym(s): oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides
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pie crust n pastry used to hold pie fillings [syn: pie crust, {pie shell}]
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piecework n work paid for according to the quantity produced
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pig's ears n an edible agaric with a brown fruiting body that is often compound Synonym(s): pig's ears, Cantharellus clavatus
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poker chip n a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling Synonym(s): chip, poker chip
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poker game n any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand Synonym(s): poker, poker game
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poker heuchera n plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part; western North America Synonym(s): poker alumroot, poker heuchera, Heuchera cylindrica
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psoriasis n a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. {Titmice}. [OE. titemose,       titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[be]se a kind of       small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa,       Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the       unrelated word mouse. Cf. {Tit} a small bird.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing       birds belonging to {Parus} and allied genera; -- called also       {tit}, and {tomtit}.          Note: The blue titmouse ({Parus c[d2]ruleus}), the marsh                titmouse ({P. palustris}), the crested titmouse ({P.                cristatus}), the great titmouse ({P. major}), and the                long tailed titmouse ({[92]githalos caudatus}), are the                best-known European species. See {Chickadee}.
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Linsang \Lin*sang"\ (l[icr]n*s[aum]ng"), n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any viverrine mammal of the genus {Prionodon}, inhabiting the       East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang       ({P. gracilis}) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The       Guinea linsang ({Porana Richardsonii}) is brown with black       spots.
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Pack herse \Pack herse\       See under 2d {Pack}.
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]:
Gilthead \Gilt"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A marine fish. The name is applied to two species:       (a) The {Pagrus, [or] Chrysophrys, auratus}, a valuable food             fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its             golden-colored head); -- called also {giltpoll}.       (b) The {Crenilabrus melops}, of the British coasts; --             called also {golden maid}, {conner}, {sea partridge}.
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Porgy \Por"gy\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead       porgy, the sheepshead porgy ({Calamus penna}) of the West       Indies, the grass porgy ({Calamus arctifrons}) of Florida,       and the red porgy ({Pagrus pagrus}) of Europe.
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Braise \Braise\, Braize \Braize\, n. [So called from its       iridescent colors.] (Zo[94]l.)       A European marine fish ({Pagrus vulgaris}) allied to the       American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to       the related species. [Also written {brazier}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pagurian \Pa*gu"ri*an\, n. [L. pagurus a kind of crab, Gr. [?].]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which       {Pagurus} is a type; the hermit crab. See {Hermit crab},       under {Hermit}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin       to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including             many species, most of which are characterized often used             as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A             wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W.             Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the             person beloved, is said to wear the willow.                         And I must wear the willow garland For him that's                      dead or false to me.                           --Campbell.          2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is             opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes             projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded             with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having             been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,             though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the             winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called             also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}.          {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See             under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}.          {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]          {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly             ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}.          {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on             willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia             strobiloides}).          {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See             {ptarmigan}.          {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]          {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.                   See under {Reed}.             (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia,                   Africa, and Southern Europe.          {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow             largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively             used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for             tea. --McElrath.          {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or             Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}.          {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler             ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird},             {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William},             {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp.       sabana, F. savane.]       A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth       usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or       reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also {savannah}.]                   Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods.                                                                               --Dampier.          {Savanna flower} (Bot.), a West Indian name for several             climbing apocyneous plants of the genus {Echites}.          {Savanna sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), an American sparrow             ({Ammodramus sandwichensis} or {Passerculus savanna}) of             which several varieties are found on grassy plains from             Alaska to the Eastern United States.          {Savanna wattle} (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of             the genus {Citharexylum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Peaking}.]       1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear             as, a peak.                         There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand.          2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look             thin or sicky. [bd]Dwindle, peak, and pine.[b8] --Shak.          3. [Cf. {Peek}.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak.          {Peak arch} (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peccary \Pec"ca*ry\, n.; pl. {Peccaries}. [From the native South       American name: cf. F. p[82]cari, Sp. pecar.] (Zo[94]l.)       A pachyderm of the genus {Dicotyles}.          Note: The collared peccary, or tajacu ({Dicotyles                torquatus}), is about the size and shape of a small                hog, and has a white ring aroung the neck. It ranges                from Arkansas to Brazil. A larger species ({D.                labiatus}), with white cheeks, is found in South                America.
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Pessary \Pes"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Pessaries}. [L. pessarium, pessum,       pessus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. pessaire.] (Med.)       (a) An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in             the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a             malposition.       (b) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass,             designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal             suppository.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Picaresque \Pic`a*resque"\, a. [F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue.]       Applied to that class of literature in which the principal       personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a       rogue, an adventurer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Picric \Pi"cric\, a. [Gr. [?] bitter.] (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (called       picric acid), intensely bitter.          Note: Picric acid is obtained by treating phenol with strong                nitric acid, as a brilliant yellow crystalline                substance, {C6H2(NO2)3.OH}. It is used in dyeing silk                and wool, and also in the manufacture of explosives, as                it is very unstable when heated. Called also                {trinitrophenol}, and formerly {carbazotic acid}.
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Pie \Pie\, n. [OE. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also       Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. {Piggin}.]       1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with             something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie;             mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie.          2. See {Camp}, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.          {Pie crust}, the paste of a pie.
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Piecework \Piece"work`\, n.       Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based       on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.                   The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. --R.                                                                               Jefferies.
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Piggery \Pig"ger*y\, n.; pl. {Piggeries}.       A place where swine are kept.
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d8Pis82 \[d8]Pi`s[82]"\, n. [F. pis[82], from piser to stamp,       pound, L. pisare.] (Arch.)       A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in       between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; --       called also {pis[82] work}. --Gwilt.
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Pokerish \Pok"er*ish\, a.       Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear; as, a pokerish       place. [Colloq. U. S.]                   There is something pokerish about a deserted dwelling.                                                                               --Lowell.
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Pokerish \Pok"er*ish\, a.       Stiff like a poker. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Poseur \[d8]Po`seur"\, n. masc.; pl. {Poseurs}, d8Poseuse    \[d8]Po`seuse"\, n. fem.; pl. {Poseuses}, [F.]       A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psoric \Pso"ric\, a. [L. psoricus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. psorique.]       (Med.)       Of or pertaining to psora.
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Psorosperm \Pso"ro*sperm\, n. [Gr. [?] itching + [?] seed.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarin[91], in the       pseudonavicula stage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Koklass \Ko"klass\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any pheasant of the genus {Pucrasia}. The birds of this genus       inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a       long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also       {pucras}.
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Pucras \Pu"cras\, n. [From a native name in India.] (Zo[94]l.)       See {Koklass}.
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Koklass \Ko"klass\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any pheasant of the genus {Pucrasia}. The birds of this genus       inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a       long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also       {pucras}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pucras \Pu"cras\, n. [From a native name in India.] (Zo[94]l.)       See {Koklass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pygarg \Py"garg\, d8Pygargus \[d8]Py*gar"gus\, [L. pygargus, Gr.       [?], literally, white rump; [?] the rump + white: cf. F.       pygargue.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope             having a white rump. --Deut. xiv. 5.          2. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The female of the hen harrier.             (b) The sea eagle.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pa]jaros, PR (comunidad, FIPS 57806)       Location: 18.36207 N, 66.21907 W       Population (1990): 6877 (1987 housing units)       Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pass Christian, MS (city, FIPS 55400)       Location: 30.31880 N, 89.24172 W       Population (1990): 5557 (2823 housing units)       Area: 21.8 sq km (land), 17.8 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 39571
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Peach Orchard, AR (town, FIPS 54140)       Location: 36.28094 N, 90.66193 W       Population (1990): 197 (102 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72453    Peach Orchard, GA       Zip code(s): 30906
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pygarg       Heb. dishon, "springing", (Deut. 14:5), one of the animals       permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It       is described as "a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the       shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long.       Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black       mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.",       Tristram's Natural History.