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   patent
         adj 1: (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free
                  passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"
         2: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the
            effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the
            parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval";
            "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain
            that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: {apparent},
            {evident}, {manifest}, {patent}, {plain}, {unmistakable}]
         n 1: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
               [syn: {patent}, {patent of invention}]
         2: an official document granting a right or privilege [syn:
            {patent}, {letters patent}]
         v 1: obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"
         2: grant rights to; grant a patent for
         3: make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an
            embarrassing fact about him"

English Dictionary: potential by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Patent and Trademark Office Database
n
  1. the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
    Synonym(s): Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patent application
n
  1. an application for sole rights to an invention
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patent ductus arteriosus
n
  1. a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth; may require surgical correction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patent infringement
n
  1. violation of the rights secured by a patent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patent law
n
  1. that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patent leather
n
  1. leather with a hard glossy surface
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patent log
n
  1. a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed
    Synonym(s): patent log, screw log, taffrail log
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patent medicine
n
  1. medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patent of invention
n
  1. a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
    Synonym(s): patent, patent of invention
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Patent Office
n
  1. the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
    Synonym(s): Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patent right
n
  1. the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patent system
n
  1. a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patented
adj
  1. (of devices and processes) protected by patent; "they are patented inventions"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patentee
n
  1. the inventor to whom a patent is issued
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patently
adv
  1. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"
    Synonym(s): obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patient
adj
  1. enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient"
    Antonym(s): impatient
n
  1. a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
  2. the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
    Synonym(s): affected role, patient role, patient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patient of
adj
  1. showing the capacity for endurance; "injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions"
    Synonym(s): tolerant, patient of
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patient role
n
  1. the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
    Synonym(s): affected role, patient role, patient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patiently
adv
  1. with patience; in a patient manner; "he patiently played with the child"
    Antonym(s): impatiently
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patinate
v
  1. coat with a patina [syn: patinate, patinize, patinise]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedant
n
  1. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
    Synonym(s): pedant, bookworm, scholastic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedantic
adj
  1. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
    Synonym(s): academic, donnish, pedantic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedantically
adv
  1. in a pedantic manner; "these interpretations are called `schemas' or, more pedantically, `schemata'"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedantry
n
  1. an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pedometer
n
  1. measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phaethontidae
n
  1. tropicbirds
    Synonym(s): Phaethontidae, family Phaethontidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photometer
n
  1. measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source
  2. photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light
    Synonym(s): light meter, exposure meter, photometer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photometric
adj
  1. of or relating to photometry [syn: photometric, photometrical]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photometrical
adj
  1. of or relating to photometry [syn: photometric, photometrical]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photometrically
adv
  1. by photometric means; "photometrically measured"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photometrician
n
  1. someone who practices photometry [syn: photometrist, photometrician]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photometrist
n
  1. someone who practices photometry [syn: photometrist, photometrician]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photometry
n
  1. measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phytonadione
n
  1. a form of vitamin K [syn: vitamin K1, phylloquinone, phytonadione]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pot metal
n
  1. cast iron used for making cooking wares
  2. an alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potent
adj
  1. having great influence
    Synonym(s): potent, powerful
  2. having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
    Synonym(s): potent, strong
  3. having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
    Synonym(s): potent, strong, stiff
    Antonym(s): impotent
  4. (of a male) capable of copulation
    Synonym(s): potent, virile
    Antonym(s): impotent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potentate
n
  1. a ruler who is unconstrained by law [syn: dictator, potentate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potential
adj
  1. existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power"
    Synonym(s): potential, possible
    Antonym(s): actual, existent
  2. expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients"
    Synonym(s): likely, potential
n
  1. the inherent capacity for coming into being [syn: potential, potentiality, potency]
  2. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
    Synonym(s): electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potential difference
n
  1. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
    Synonym(s): electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potential divider
n
  1. resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage
    Synonym(s): potential divider, voltage divider
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potential drop
n
  1. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
    Synonym(s): electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potential energy
n
  1. the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; stored energy
    Synonym(s): potential energy, P.E.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potential unit
n
  1. a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potentiality
n
  1. the inherent capacity for coming into being [syn: potential, potentiality, potency]
  2. an aptitude that may be developed
    Synonym(s): capability, capableness, potentiality
    Antonym(s): incapability, incapableness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potentially
adv
  1. with a possibility of becoming actual; "he is potentially dangerous"; "potentially useful"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potentiate
v
  1. increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon); "potentiate the drug"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potentiation
n
  1. (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potentilla
n
  1. chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil
    Synonym(s): Potentilla, genus Potentilla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Potentilla anserina
n
  1. low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia
    Synonym(s): silverweed, goose-tansy, goose grass, Potentilla anserina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potentiometer
n
  1. a measuring instrument for measuring direct current electromotive forces
  2. a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
    Synonym(s): potentiometer, pot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potently
adv
  1. in a manner having a powerful influence; "Clytemnestra's ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most potently in the audience's mind"
    Synonym(s): potently, powerfully
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pothunter
n
  1. a nonprofessional archeologist
  2. someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies
  3. someone who hunts for food (not for sport)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudden-head
n
  1. a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
    Synonym(s): stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudendal
adj
  1. of or relating to or near the pudendum; "pudendal nerve"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudendal artery
n
  1. arteries supplying the external genital organs of humans
    Synonym(s): pudendal artery, arteria pudenda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudendal block
n
  1. regional anesthesia resulting from the use of a local anesthetic to deaden the pudendal nerves in the region of the vulva and labia majora; used to ease discomfort during childbirth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudendal cleavage
n
  1. the fissure between the labia majora [syn: {pudendal cleft}, urogenital cleft, rima pudendi, rima vulvae, pudendal cleavage, pudendal slit, vulvar slit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudendal cleft
n
  1. the fissure between the labia majora [syn: {pudendal cleft}, urogenital cleft, rima pudendi, rima vulvae, pudendal cleavage, pudendal slit, vulvar slit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudendal slit
n
  1. the fissure between the labia majora [syn: {pudendal cleft}, urogenital cleft, rima pudendi, rima vulvae, pudendal cleavage, pudendal slit, vulvar slit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudendal vein
n
  1. vein of the pudendum [syn: pudendal vein, {venae pudendum}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pudendum
n
  1. human external genital organs collectively especially of a female
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
put on the line
v
  1. expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"
    Synonym(s): risk, put on the line, lay on the line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
put under
v
  1. administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth"
    Synonym(s): anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put under, put out
    Antonym(s): bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pythium debaryanum
n
  1. fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings [syn: damping off fungus, Pythium debaryanum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pythonidae
n
  1. in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas
    Synonym(s): Pythonidae, family Pythonidae
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[acr]t"ent [or] p[amac]t"ent), a. [L. patens,
      -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf.
      {Fathom}.]
      1.
  
      Note: (Oftener pronounced p[amac]t"ent in this sense) Open;
               expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest;
               public; conspicuous.
  
                        He had received instructions, both patent and
                        secret.                                          --Motley.
  
      2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring
            some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters
            patent}, under 3d {Letter}.
  
      3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by
            official authority to the exclusive possession, control,
            and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a
            patent right; patent medicines.
  
                     Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was
                     made a patent commodity.                     --Mortimer.
  
      4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the
            steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.
  
      {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for
            boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work.
  
      {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of
            inventions and the granting of patents.
  
      {Patent right}.
            (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control
                  of its manufacture.
            (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of
                  exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or
                  of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices
                  or prerogatives.
  
      {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patent \Pat"ent\, n. [Cf. F. patente. See {Patent}, a.]
      1. A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document,
            issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or
            privilege on some person or party. Specifically:
            (a) A writing securing to an invention.
            (b) A document making a grant and conveyance of public
                  lands.
  
                           Four other gentlemen of quality remained
                           mentioned in that patent.            --Fuller.
  
      Note: In the United States, by the act of 1870, patents for
               inventions are issued for seventeen years, without the
               privilege of renewal except by act of Congress.
  
      2. The right or privilege conferred by such a document;
            hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the
            nature of a patent.
  
                     If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her
                     patent to offend.                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patent \Pat"ent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patented}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Patenting}.]
      To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to
      secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to
      patent public lands.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inside \In"side`\, n.
      1. The part within; interior or internal portion; content.
  
                     Looked he o' the inside of the paper? --Shak.
  
      2. pl. The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which
            is within; private thoughts and feelings.
  
                     Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides
                     freely.                                             --Massinger.
  
      3. An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as
            distinguished from one upon the outside. [Colloq. Eng.]
  
                     So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides The
                     Derby dilly, carrying three insides.   --Anti-Jacobin.
  
      {Patent insides} [or] {outside}, a name give to newspaper
            sheets printed on one side with general and miscellaneous
            matter, and furnished wholesale to offices of small
            newspapers, where the blank pages are filled up with
            recent and local news.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[acr]t"ent [or] p[amac]t"ent), a. [L. patens,
      -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf.
      {Fathom}.]
      1.
  
      Note: (Oftener pronounced p[amac]t"ent in this sense) Open;
               expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest;
               public; conspicuous.
  
                        He had received instructions, both patent and
                        secret.                                          --Motley.
  
      2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring
            some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters
            patent}, under 3d {Letter}.
  
      3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by
            official authority to the exclusive possession, control,
            and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a
            patent right; patent medicines.
  
                     Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was
                     made a patent commodity.                     --Mortimer.
  
      4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the
            steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.
  
      {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for
            boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work.
  
      {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of
            inventions and the granting of patents.
  
      {Patent right}.
            (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control
                  of its manufacture.
            (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of
                  exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or
                  of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices
                  or prerogatives.
  
      {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[acr]t"ent [or] p[amac]t"ent), a. [L. patens,
      -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf.
      {Fathom}.]
      1.
  
      Note: (Oftener pronounced p[amac]t"ent in this sense) Open;
               expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest;
               public; conspicuous.
  
                        He had received instructions, both patent and
                        secret.                                          --Motley.
  
      2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring
            some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters
            patent}, under 3d {Letter}.
  
      3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by
            official authority to the exclusive possession, control,
            and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a
            patent right; patent medicines.
  
                     Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was
                     made a patent commodity.                     --Mortimer.
  
      4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the
            steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.
  
      {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for
            boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work.
  
      {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of
            inventions and the granting of patents.
  
      {Patent right}.
            (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control
                  of its manufacture.
            (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of
                  exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or
                  of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices
                  or prerogatives.
  
      {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[acr]t"ent [or] p[amac]t"ent), a. [L. patens,
      -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf.
      {Fathom}.]
      1.
  
      Note: (Oftener pronounced p[amac]t"ent in this sense) Open;
               expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest;
               public; conspicuous.
  
                        He had received instructions, both patent and
                        secret.                                          --Motley.
  
      2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring
            some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters
            patent}, under 3d {Letter}.
  
      3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by
            official authority to the exclusive possession, control,
            and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a
            patent right; patent medicines.
  
                     Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was
                     made a patent commodity.                     --Mortimer.
  
      4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the
            steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.
  
      {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for
            boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work.
  
      {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of
            inventions and the granting of patents.
  
      {Patent right}.
            (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control
                  of its manufacture.
            (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of
                  exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or
                  of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices
                  or prerogatives.
  
      {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[acr]t"ent [or] p[amac]t"ent), a. [L. patens,
      -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf.
      {Fathom}.]
      1.
  
      Note: (Oftener pronounced p[amac]t"ent in this sense) Open;
               expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest;
               public; conspicuous.
  
                        He had received instructions, both patent and
                        secret.                                          --Motley.
  
      2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring
            some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters
            patent}, under 3d {Letter}.
  
      3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by
            official authority to the exclusive possession, control,
            and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a
            patent right; patent medicines.
  
                     Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was
                     made a patent commodity.                     --Mortimer.
  
      4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the
            steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.
  
      {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for
            boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work.
  
      {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of
            inventions and the granting of patents.
  
      {Patent right}.
            (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control
                  of its manufacture.
            (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of
                  exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or
                  of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices
                  or prerogatives.
  
      {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellow \Yel"low\, n.
      1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any
            other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum
            which is between the orange and green. [bd]A long motley
            coat guarded with yellow.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. A yellow pigment.
  
      {Cadmium yellow}, {Chrome yellow}, {Indigo yellow}, {King's
      yellow}, etc. See under {Cadmium}, {Chrome}, etc.
  
      {Naples yellow}, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil,
            porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead
            metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic
            lead nitrate, and common salt.
  
      {Patent yellow} (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting
            essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also
            {Turner's yellow}.

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   Patentable \Pat"ent*a*ble\, a.
      Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.

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   Patent \Pat"ent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patented}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Patenting}.]
      To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to
      secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to
      patent public lands.

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   Patentee \Pat`ent*ee"\, n.
      One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by
      patent. --Bacon.

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   Patent-hammered \Pat"ent-ham"mered\, a. (Stone Cutting)
      Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of
      which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.

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   Patent \Pat"ent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patented}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Patenting}.]
      To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to
      secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to
      patent public lands.

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   Patently \Pat"ent*ly\ (?; see {Patent}, a.), adv.
      Openly; evidently.

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   Pathematic \Path`e*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] a suffering,
      [?], to suffer.]
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering. [R.]
      --Chalmers.

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   Patient \Pa"tient\, v. t.
      To compose, to calm. [Obs.] [bd]Patient yourself, madam.[b8]
      --Shak.

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   Patient \Pa"tient\, n.
      1. ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive
            recipient.
  
                     Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate
                     that often involves the agent and the patient.
                                                                              --Gov. of
                                                                              Tongue.
  
      2. A person under medical or surgical treatment; --
            correlative to physician or nurse.
  
                     Like a physician, . . . seeing his patient in a
                     pestilent fever.                                 --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      {In patient}, a patient who receives lodging and food, as
            treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary.
  
      {Out patient}, one who receives advice and medicine, or
            treatment, from an infirmary.

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   Patient \Pa"tient\, a. [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of
      pati to suffer. Cf. {Pathos}, {Passion}.]
      1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer
            or bear.
  
                     Patient of severest toil and hardship. --Bp. Fell.
  
      2. Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring
            or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against
            trouble; long-suffering.
  
      3. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly
            diligent; as, patient endeavor.
  
                     Whatever I have done is due to patient thought.
                                                                              --Sir I.
                                                                              Newton.
  
      4. Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty;
            not overeager; composed.
  
                     Not patient to expect the turns of fate. --Prior.
  
      5. Forbearing; long-suffering.
  
                     Be patient toward all men.                  --1 Thess. v.
                                                                              14.

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   Patiently \Pa"tient*ly\, adv.
      In a patient manner. --Cowper.

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   Pattened \Pat"ten*ed\, a.
      Wearing pattens. [bd]Some pattened girl.[b8] --Jane Austen.

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   Pedant \Ped"ant\, n. [F. p[82]dant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. [?] to
      instruct, from pai^s boy. See {Pedagogue}.]
      1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.] --Dryden.
  
                     A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. --Shak.
  
      2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain
            display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
            --Addison.
  
                     A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.

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   Pedantic \Pe*dan"tic\, Pedantical \Pe*dan"tic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or
      resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a
      pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical
      affectation. [bd]Figures pedantical.[b8] --Shak.

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   Pedantic \Pe*dan"tic\, Pedantical \Pe*dan"tic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or
      resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a
      pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical
      affectation. [bd]Figures pedantical.[b8] --Shak.

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   Pedantically \Pe*dan"tic*al*ly\, adv.
      In a pedantic manner.

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   Pedanticly \Pe*dan"tic*ly\, adv.
      Pedantically. [R.]

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   Pedantism \Ped"ant*ism\, n.
      The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry. [Obs.]

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   Pedantize \Ped"ant*ize\, v. i. [Cf. F. p[82]dantiser.]
      To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions. [R.]

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   Pedantocracy \Ped`an*toc"ra*cy\, n. [Pedant + democracy.]
      The sway of pedants. [R.] --J. S. Mill.

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   Pedantry \Ped"ant*ry\, n. [Cf. F. p[82]danterie.]
      The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation
      of learning. [bd]This pedantry of quotation.[b8] --Cowley.
  
               'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry. --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.

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   Pedanty \Ped"ant*y\, n.
      An assembly or clique of pedants. [Obs.] --Milton.

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   Pedometer \Pe*dom"e*ter\, n. [Pedi-, pedo- + -meter: cf. F.
      p[82]dom[8a]tre.] (Mech.)
      An instrument for including the number of steps in walking,
      and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually
      in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion
      of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at
      each step.

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   Pedometric \Ped`o*met"ric\, Pedometrical \Ped`o*met"ric*al\, a.
      Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer.

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   Pedometric \Ped`o*met"ric\, Pedometrical \Ped`o*met"ric*al\, a.
      Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer.

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   Pedomotive \Ped`o*mo"tive\, a. [Pedi-, pedo- + -motive.]
      Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal
      or treadle.

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   Petune \Pe*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petuned}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Petuning}.] [See {Petunia}.] (Agric.)
      To spray (tobacco) with a liquid intended to produce flavor
      or aroma.

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   Petunse \Pe*tunse"\, Petuntse \Pe*tuntse"\, Petuntze
   \Pe*tuntze"\, n. [From Chinese.]
      Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture
      of porcelain.

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   Petunse \Pe*tunse"\, Petuntse \Pe*tuntse"\, Petuntze
   \Pe*tuntze"\, n. [From Chinese.]
      Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture
      of porcelain.

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   Photometer \Pho*tom"e*ter\, n. [Photo- + -meter: cf. F.
      photom[8a]tre.] (Physics)
      An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more
      especially, for comparing the relative intensities of
      different lights, or their relative illuminating power.

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   Photometric \Pho`to*met"ric\, Photometrical \Pho`to*met"ric*al\,
      a. [Cf. F. photom[82]trique.]
      Of or pertaining to photometry, or to a photometer.

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   Photometric \Pho`to*met"ric\, Photometrical \Pho`to*met"ric*al\,
      a. [Cf. F. photom[82]trique.]
      Of or pertaining to photometry, or to a photometer.

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   Photometrician \Pho*tom`e*tri"cian\, Photometrist
   \Pho*tom"e*trist\, n.
      A specialist in photometry.

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   Photometrician \Pho*tom`e*tri"cian\, n.
      One engaged in the scientific measurement of light.

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   Photometrician \Pho*tom`e*tri"cian\, Photometrist
   \Pho*tom"e*trist\, n.
      A specialist in photometry.

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   Photometry \Pho*tom"e*try\, n. [Cf. F. photom[82]trie.]
      That branch of science which treats of the measurement of the
      intensity of light.

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   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.

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   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.

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   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.

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   Potamian \Po*ta"mi*an\, n. [Gr. [?] river.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises ({Potamites},
      or {Trionychoidea}) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a
      sharp beak. See {Trionyx}.

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   Potent \Po"tent\, n.
      1. A prince; a potentate. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      2. [See {Potence}.] A staff or crutch. [Obs.]
  
      3. (Her.) One of the furs; a surface composed of patches
            which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are
            always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise
            specially mentioned.
  
      {Counter potent} (Her.), a fur differing from potent in the
            arrangement of the patches.

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   Potent \Po"tent\, a. [L. potens, -entis, p. pr. of posse to be
      able, to have power, fr. potis able, capable (akin to Skr.
      pati master, lord) + esse to be. See {Host} a landlord, {Am},
      and cf. {Despot}, {Podesta}, {Possible}, {Power},
      {Puissant}.]
      1. Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful'
            efficacious; as, a potent medicine. [bd]Harsh and potent
            injuries.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Moses once more his potent rod extends. --Milton.
  
      2. Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant;
            mighty; influential; as, a potent prince. [bd]A potent
            dukedom.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors. --Shak.
  
      3. Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great
            influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument.
  
      {Cross potent}. (Her.) See Illust. (7) of {Cross}.
  
      Syn: Powerful; mighty; puissant; strong; able; efficient;
               forcible; efficacious; cogent; influential.

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   Potentacy \Po"ten*ta*cy\, n. [See {Potentate}.]
      Sovereignty. [Obs.]

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   Potentate \Po"ten*tate\, n. [LL. potentatus, fr. potentare to
      exercise power: cf. F. potentat. See {Potent}, a.]
      One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a
      prince, sovereign, or monarch.
  
               The blessed and only potentate.               --1 Tim. vi.
                                                                              15.
  
               Cherub and seraph, potentates and thrones. --Milton.

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   Potential \Po*ten"tial\, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See {Potency}.]
      1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result;
            efficacious; influential. [Obs.] [bd]And hath in his
            effect a voice potential.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. [bd]A potential
            hero.[b8] --Carlyle.
  
                     Potential existence means merely that the thing may
                     be at ome time; actual existence, that it now is.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
      {Potential cautery}. See under {Cautery}.
  
      {Potential energy}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Energy}.
  
      {Potential mood}, [or] {mode} (Gram.), that form of the verb
            which is used to express possibility, liberty, power,
            will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can,
            must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can
            write.

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   Potential \Po*ten"tial\, n.
      1. Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.
            --Bacon.
  
      2. (Math.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces
            acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates
            which determine the position of a point, such that its
            differential coefficients with respect to the
            co[94]rdinates are equal to the components of the force at
            the point considered; -- also called {potential function},
            or {force function}. It is called also {Newtonian
            potential} when the force is directed to a fixed center
            and is inversely as the square of the distance from the
            center.
  
      3. (Elec.) The energy of an electrical charge measured by its
            power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as
            referred to some standard, as that of the earth;
            electro-motive force.

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   Potential \Po*ten"tial\, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See {Potency}.]
      1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result;
            efficacious; influential. [Obs.] [bd]And hath in his
            effect a voice potential.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. [bd]A potential
            hero.[b8] --Carlyle.
  
                     Potential existence means merely that the thing may
                     be at ome time; actual existence, that it now is.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
      {Potential cautery}. See under {Cautery}.
  
      {Potential energy}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Energy}.
  
      {Potential mood}, [or] {mode} (Gram.), that form of the verb
            which is used to express possibility, liberty, power,
            will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can,
            must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can
            write.

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   Cautery \Cau"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Cauteries}. [L. cauterium, Gr.
      [?]. See {Cauter}.]
      1. (Med.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a
            hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn,
            corrode, or destroy animal tissue.
  
      2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
  
      {Actual cautery}, a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which
            cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so
            effected.
  
      {Potential cautery}, a substance which cauterizes by chemical
            action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced
            by such substance.

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   Potential \Po*ten"tial\, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See {Potency}.]
      1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result;
            efficacious; influential. [Obs.] [bd]And hath in his
            effect a voice potential.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. [bd]A potential
            hero.[b8] --Carlyle.
  
                     Potential existence means merely that the thing may
                     be at ome time; actual existence, that it now is.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
      {Potential cautery}. See under {Cautery}.
  
      {Potential energy}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Energy}.
  
      {Potential mood}, [or] {mode} (Gram.), that form of the verb
            which is used to express possibility, liberty, power,
            will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can,
            must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can
            write.

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   Potential \Po*ten"tial\, n.
      1. Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.
            --Bacon.
  
      2. (Math.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces
            acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates
            which determine the position of a point, such that its
            differential coefficients with respect to the
            co[94]rdinates are equal to the components of the force at
            the point considered; -- also called {potential function},
            or {force function}. It is called also {Newtonian
            potential} when the force is directed to a fixed center
            and is inversely as the square of the distance from the
            center.
  
      3. (Elec.) The energy of an electrical charge measured by its
            power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as
            referred to some standard, as that of the earth;
            electro-motive force.

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   Potential \Po*ten"tial\, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See {Potency}.]
      1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result;
            efficacious; influential. [Obs.] [bd]And hath in his
            effect a voice potential.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. [bd]A potential
            hero.[b8] --Carlyle.
  
                     Potential existence means merely that the thing may
                     be at ome time; actual existence, that it now is.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
      {Potential cautery}. See under {Cautery}.
  
      {Potential energy}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Energy}.
  
      {Potential mood}, [or] {mode} (Gram.), that form of the verb
            which is used to express possibility, liberty, power,
            will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can,
            must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can
            write.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potentiality \Po*ten`ti*al"i*ty\, n.
      The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not
      actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually
      exhibited.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potentially \Po*ten"tial*ly\, adv.
      1. With power; potently. [Obs.]
  
      2. In a potential manner; possibly, not positively.
  
                     The duration of human souls is only potentially
                     infinite.                                          --Bentley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potentiate \Po*ten"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentiated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Potentiating}.]
      To render active or potent. --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potentiate \Po*ten"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentiated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Potentiating}.]
      To render active or potent. --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potentiate \Po*ten"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentiated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Potentiating}.]
      To render active or potent. --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Silverweed \Sil"ver*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
      A perennial rosaceous herb ({Potentilla Anserina}) having the
      leaves silvery white beneath.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hardhack \Hard"hack`\, n. (Bot.)
      A very astringent shrub ({Spir[91]a tomentosa}), common in
      pastures. The {Potentilla fruticosa} in also called by this
      name.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
      {Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.]
      A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
      wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
      {marish}.]
  
      {Marsh asphodel} (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum})
            with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
            flowers; -- called also {bog asphodel}.
  
      {Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris})
            having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
            marsh five-finger.
  
      {Marsh elder}. (Bot.)
      (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus}).
      (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
            marshes ({Iva frutescens}).
  
      {Marsh five-finger}. (Bot.) See {Marsh cinquefoil} (above).
           
  
      {Marsh gas}. (Chem.) See under {Gas}.
  
      {Marsh grass} (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina}) of coarse grasses
            growing in marshes; -- called also {cord grass}. The tall
            {S. cynosuroides} is not good for hay unless cut very
            young. The low {S. juncea} is a common component of salt
            hay.
  
      {Marsh harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a European hawk or harrier
            ({Circus [91]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk},
            {moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}.
  
      {Marsh hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus}), native of both
            America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
            with a white rump. Called also {hen harrier}, and {mouse
            hawk}.
      (b) The marsh harrier.
  
      {Marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of
            fresh-water marshes, and {R. longirostris} of salt-water
            marshes.
  
      {Marsh mallow} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alth[91]a} ( {A.
            officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and
            whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent.
  
      {Marsh marigold}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Marsh pennywort} (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
            genus {Hydrocotyle}; low herbs with roundish leaves,
            growing in wet places; -- called also {water pennywort}.
           
  
      {Marsh quail} (Zo[94]l.), the meadow lark.
  
      {Marsh rosemary} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Statice} ({S.
            Limonium}), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully
            astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also
            {sea lavender}.
  
      {Marsh samphire} (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea})
            found along seacoasts. See {Glasswort}.
  
      {Marsh St. John's-wort} (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes
            Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
            flowers.
  
      {Marsh tea}. (Bot.). Same as {Labrador tea}.
  
      {Marsh trefoil}. (Bot.) Same as {Buckbean}.
  
      {Marsh wren} (Zo[94]l.), any species of small American wrens
            of the genus {Cistothorus}, and allied genera. They
            chiefly inhabit salt marshes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cinquefoil \Cinque"foil`\, n. [Cinque five + foil, F. feuille
      leaf. See {Foil}.]
      1. (Bot.) The name of several different species of the genus
            {Potentilla}; -- also called {five-finger}, because of the
            resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand.
  
      2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or
            cups, used in windows, panels, etc. --Gwilt.
  
      {Marsh cinquefoil}, the {Potentilla palustris}, a plant with
            purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tormentil \Tor"men*til\, n. [F. tormentille; cf. Pr., It., & NL.
      tormentilla, Sp. tormentila; all fr. L. tormentum pain. So
      called because it is said to allay pain. See {Torment}.]
      (Bot.)
      A rosaceous herb ({Potentilla Tormentilla}), the root of
      which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating
      gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potentiometer \Po*ten`ti*om"e*ter\, n. [Potential + -meter.]
      (Elec.)
      An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentials
      or electro-motive forces.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potentize \Po"ten*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Potentizing}.]
      To render the latent power of (anything) available.
      --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potentize \Po"ten*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Potentizing}.]
      To render the latent power of (anything) available.
      --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potentize \Po"ten*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potentized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Potentizing}.]
      To render the latent power of (anything) available.
      --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potently \Po"tent*ly\, adv.
      With great force or energy; powerfully; efficaciously.
      [bd]You are potently opposed.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potentness \Po"tent*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being potent; powerfulness; potency;
      efficacy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pudendal \Pu*den"dal\, a. (Anat.)
      Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anaconda \An`a*con"da\, n. [Of Ceylonese origin?] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large South American snake of the Boa family ({Eunectes
      murinus}), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and
      small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large
      serpent ({Python tigris}) of Ceylon.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   potential difference
  
      {voltage}
  
  
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