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   passer-by
         n 1: a person who passes by casually or by chance [syn:
               {passerby}, {passer-by}, {passer}]

English Dictionary: poker-faced by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passerby
n
  1. a person who passes by casually or by chance [syn: passerby, passer-by, passer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passeriform bird
n
  1. perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
    Synonym(s): passerine, passeriform bird
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Passeriformes
n
  1. largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres
    Synonym(s): Passeriformes, order Passeriformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pea crab
n
  1. tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Picea rubens
n
  1. medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood
    Synonym(s): red spruce, eastern spruce, yellow spruce, Picea rubens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poker face
n
  1. a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poker plant
n
  1. clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers
    Synonym(s): poker plant, Kniphofia uvaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poker-faced
adj
  1. deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
    Synonym(s): deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker- faced, unexpressive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puckerbush
n
  1. evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles
    Synonym(s): bay myrtle, puckerbush, Myrica cerifera
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saki \Sa"ki\ (s[amac]"k[icr]), n. [Cf. F. & Pg. saki; probably
      from the native name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the
      genus {Pithecia}. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail
      which is not prehensile.
  
      Note: The black saki ({Pithecia satanas}), the white-headed
               ({P. leucocephala}), and the red-backed, or
               hand-drinking, saki ({P. chiropotes}), are among the
               best-known.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trumpeter \Trump"et*er\, n.
      1. One who sounds a trumpet.
  
      2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
  
                     These men are good trumpeters.            --Bacon.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of long-legged South
                  American birds of the genus {Psophia}, especially {P.
                  crepitans}, which is abundant, and often domesticated
                  and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are
                  allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry.
                  Called also {agami}, and {yakamik}.
            (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
            (c) An American swan ({Olor buccinator}) which has a very
                  loud note.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A large edible fish ({Latris hecateia}) of the
            family {Cirrhitid[91]}, native of Tasmania and New
            Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty
            pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Ground rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), a small rattlesnake
            ({Caudisona, [or] Sistrurus, miliaria}) of the Southern
            United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large
            scales on its head.
  
      {Rattlesnake fern} (Bot.), a common American fern
            ({Botrychium Virginianum}) having a triangular decompound
            frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
            from the middle of the frond.
  
      {Rattlesnake grass} (Bot.), a handsome American grass
            ({Glyceria Canadensis}) with an ample panicle of rather
            large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
            parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
            rattlesnake. Sometimes called {quaking grass}.
  
      {Rattlesnake plantain} (Bot.), See under {Plantain}.
  
      {Rattlesnake root} (Bot.), a name given to certain American
            species of the composite genus {Prenanthes} ({P. alba} and
            {P. serpentaria}), formerly asserted to cure the bite of
            the rattlesnake. Calling also {lion's foot}, {gall of the
            earth}, and {white lettuce}.
  
      {Rattlesnake's master} (Bot.)
      (a) A species of Agave ({Agave Virginica}) growing in the
            Southern United States.
      (b) An umbelliferous plant ({Eryngium yucc[91]folium}) with
            large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
      (c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris
            squarrosa}).
  
      {Rattlesnake weed} (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
            {Hieracium} ({H. venosum}); -- probably so named from its
            spotted leaves. See also {Snakeroot}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Passer-by \Pass`er-by"\, n.
      One who goes by; a passer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Passeriform \Pas*ser"i*form\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Like or belonging to the Passeres.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pay Cerps \Pay Cerps\
      A staff corps in the United States navy, consisting of pay
      directors, pay inspectors, paymasters, passed assistant
      paymasters, and assistant paymasters, having relative rank
      from captain to ensign, respectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or
      OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The
      final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf.
      {Pease}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of
            many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a
            papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume,
            popularly called a pod.
  
      Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of,
               the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained
               nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease
               is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at
               dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the
               form peas being used in both senses.
  
      2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the
            seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos},
            {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum)
            of a different color from the rest of the seed.
  
      Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or
               less closely related to the common pea. See the
               Phrases, below.
  
      {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}.
           
  
      {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos
            sph[91]rospermus} and its seed.
  
      {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana},
            having showy blossoms.
  
      {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}.
  
      {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}.
  
      {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}.
  
      {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n.
  
      {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue.
           
  
      {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and
            {Orris}.
  
      {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}.
  
      {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows
            single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used
            adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.
  
      {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}.
  
      {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.
  
      {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus
            {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp.,
            the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the
            common mussel and the cockle.
  
      {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove.
  
      {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of
            leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of
            the pea. --G. Bentham.
  
      {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth
            ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas.
  
      {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in
            round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.
  
      {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is
            sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.
           
  
      {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of
            the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China.
  
      {Pea vine}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any plant which bears peas.
            (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States
                  ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species).
  
      {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi})
            which destroys peas by eating out the interior.
  
      {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}.
  
      {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus};
            also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xylopyrography \Xy`lo*py*rog"ra*phy\ n. [Xylo- + Gr. [?], [?],
      fire + -graphy.]
      The art or practice of burning pictures on wood with a hot
      iron; -- called also {poker painting}. See {Poker picture},
      under {Poker}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Poker \Pok"er\, n. [From {Poke} to push.]
      1. One who pokes.
  
      2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal
            bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
  
      3. A poking-stick. --Decker.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Poker picture}, a picture formed in imitation of
            bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood
            with a heated poker or other iron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mange \Mange\, n. [See {Mangy}.] (Vet.)
      The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts.
  
      {Mange insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            small parasitic mites, which burrow in the skin of cattle.
            horses, dogs, and other animals, causing the mange. The
            mange insect of the horse ({Psoroptes, [or] Dermatodectes,
            equi}), and that of cattle ({Symbiotes, [or]
            Dermatophagys, bovis}) are the most important species. See
            {Acarina}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
      rocc.]
      1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
            stone or crag. See {Stone}.
  
                     Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its
                     firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
            crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
            clay, etc., when in natural beds.
  
      3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
            support; a refuge.
  
                     The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
                                                                              2.
  
      4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
            the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.
  
      Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
               self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
               rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
  
      {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
            rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.
  
      {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})
            very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
  
      {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.
            (b) The goggle-eye.
            (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
                  rock bass.
  
      {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose
            remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially
            the corals and Foraminifera.
  
      {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
            of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
            color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
            slate.
  
      {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
            sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
  
      {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.
  
      {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
                  found about rocks andledges.
            (b) A California rockfish.
  
      {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).
            (b) A rockling.
  
      {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
            are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
           
  
      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New
            England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See
            Illust. under {Cancer}.
  
      {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
            kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},
            etc.
  
      {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under
            {Crystal}.
  
      {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
            doo}.
  
      {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
            a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
            drilling holes for blasting, etc.
  
      {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.
  
      {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.
  
      {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.
  
      {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus
            {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.
  
      {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.
           
  
      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and
            {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
            lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.
  
      {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
            occuring as an efflorescence.
  
      {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
  
      {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.
  
      {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.
  
      {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet
            ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the
            rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
            green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
            quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
            green.
  
      {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})
            Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
            derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.
  
      {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.
  
      {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
            (b) The rock snipe.
  
      {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan
            ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the
            tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
            brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
            patches on the back.
  
      {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.
           
  
      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
  
      {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
            in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
            the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
            given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
            from sea water in large basins or cavities.
  
      {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.
  
      {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
            allied genera.
  
      {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;
            as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and
            the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian
            rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.
           
  
      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
            maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},
            {winter snipe}.
  
      {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
            feel, and adhering to the tongue.
  
      {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
                  the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.
            (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).
  
      {Rock tar}, petroleum.
  
      {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus
            {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock
            thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India
            ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.
  
      {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
            Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
            America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
            or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
            of extremity.
  
      {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine
            food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family
            {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --
            called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and
            {starling}.
  
      {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird
            ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and
            water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.
  
      {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens
            of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of
            Lower California and Mexico.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pico Rivera, CA (city, FIPS 56924)
      Location: 33.98980 N, 118.08828 W
      Population (1990): 59177 (16316 housing units)
      Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 90660

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   phase-wrapping n.   [MIT] Syn. {wrap around}, sense 2.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   phase-wrapping
  
      ({MIT}) {wrap around}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-02-22)
  
  
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