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pandiculation n yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)
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pantechnicon n a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture)
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pantheism n (rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God
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pantheist adj of or relating to pantheism [syn: pantheist, pantheistic] n someone who believes that God and the universe are the same
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pantheistic adj of or relating to pantheism [syn: pantheist, pantheistic]
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pantograph n mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale
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pants n underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing" Synonym(s): bloomers, pants, drawers, knickers
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pants presser n a home appliance in which trousers can be hung and the wrinkles pressed out Synonym(s): trouser press, pants presser
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pants suit n a pair of pants and a matching jacket worn by women [syn: pants suit, pantsuit]
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pantsuit n a pair of pants and a matching jacket worn by women [syn: pants suit, pantsuit]
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panty girdle n a woman's undergarment that combines a girdle and panties
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pantyhose n a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings
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pantywaist n a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast]
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pawn ticket n a pawnbroker's receipt for articles taken as security
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peanut gallery n (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance); "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery" rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats Synonym(s): second balcony, family circle, upper balcony, peanut gallery
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peanuts n an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount; "her salary is peanuts compared to his"
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pentacle n a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon Synonym(s): pentacle, pentagram, pentangle
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Pentagon n a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense the United States military establishment a five-sided polygon
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Pentagon Gang n a Filipino terrorist group that broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2001 in order to continue terrorism and kidnapping and extortion
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pentagonal adj of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon [syn: pentangular, pentagonal]
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pentagram n a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon Synonym(s): pentacle, pentagram, pentangle
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pentastomid n wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals Synonym(s): tongue worm, pentastomid
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Pentastomida n tongue worms [syn: Pentastomida, {subphylum Pentastomida}]
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pentasyllabic adj having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables
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pentazocine n analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine Synonym(s): pentazocine, Talwin
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Pentecost n seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland Synonym(s): Pentecost, Whitsunday (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments Synonym(s): Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Pentecost, Feast of Weeks
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pentecostal adj of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost n any member of a Pentecostal religious body [syn: Pentecostal, Pentecostalist]
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Pentecostal religion n any fundamentalist Protestant Church that uses revivalistic methods to achieve experiences comparable to the Pentecostal experiences of the first Christian disciples
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pentecostalism n the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues
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Pentecostalist n any member of a Pentecostal religious body [syn: Pentecostal, Pentecostalist]
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penthouse n an apartment located on the top floors of a building
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pentose n any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule
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pentoxide n an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule
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pentoxifylline n a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet Synonym(s): pentoxifylline, Trental
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phantasm n a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" Synonym(s): apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" Synonym(s): apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
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phantasma n a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" Synonym(s): apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" Synonym(s): apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
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phantasmagoria n a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
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phantasmagoric adj characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature" Synonym(s): phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic
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phantasmagorical adj characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature" Synonym(s): phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic
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phantasmal adj resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance" Synonym(s): apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual
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phantasy n something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" Synonym(s): illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies" Synonym(s): fantasy, phantasy imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy" Synonym(s): fantasy, phantasy
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phantasy life n an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world [syn: {fantasy life}, phantasy life]
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phantasy world n something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) Synonym(s): fantasy world, phantasy world, fairyland
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phenothiazine n a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites Synonym(s): phenothiazine, thiodiphenylamine
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Phintias n friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC) Synonym(s): Phintias, Pythias
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phonetic adj of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription" Synonym(s): phonetic, phonic of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds; "phonetic analysis"
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phonetic alphabet n an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech Synonym(s): phonetic alphabet, sound alphabet
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phonetic symbol n a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound
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phonetic transcription n a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol
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phonetically adv by phonetics; "phonetically realized"
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phonetician n a specialist in phonetics
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phonetics n the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
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piano teacher n someone who teaches students to play the piano
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pinnatisect adj (of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divisions not separated into distinct leaflets
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Pinot Chardonnay n dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes Synonym(s): Chardonnay, Pinot Chardonnay
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Pinot grape n any of several purple or white wine grapes used especially for Burgundies and champagnes Synonym(s): Pinot, Pinot grape
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pint-size adj well below average height [syn: pint-size, {pint- sized}, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off]
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pint-sized adj well below average height [syn: pint-size, {pint- sized}, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off]
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point jam v jam a narrow band of frequencies; "We can counter point- jamming effectively"
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point source n a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted
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point system n a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules a system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch
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pointsman n a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic
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pond cypress n smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum Synonym(s): pond cypress, bald cypress, Taxodium ascendens
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pond scum n free-floating freshwater green algae
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pond-scum parasite n an aquatic fungus of genus Synchytriaceae that is parasitic on pond scum
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pond-skater n long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water Synonym(s): water strider, pond-skater, water skater
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Pontiac n famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)
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Pontius Pilate n the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36) Synonym(s): Pilate, Pontius Pilate
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Pontos n (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus Synonym(s): Pontus, Pontos
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Pontus n (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus Synonym(s): Pontus, Pontos an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire
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pound cake n rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour
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pound sign n a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) Synonym(s): pound, pound sign
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pound sterling n the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence Synonym(s): British pound, pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid
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poundage n a charge based on weight measured in pounds a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals weight expressed in pounds placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law Synonym(s): impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage
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pounds per square inch n a unit of pressure Synonym(s): pounds per square inch, psi
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Flamingo \Fla*min"go\, n.; pl. {Flamingoes}. [Sp. flamenco, cf. Pg. flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p. pr. meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See {Flame}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Ph[d2]nicopterus}. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is {P. ruber}; the European is {P. antiquorum}.
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Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes}, family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V. vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V. fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are well-known species. Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}. 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. 7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also {Outagamies}. {Fox and geese}. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See {Fruit bat}. {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox. {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord}, {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the {Catawba}. {Fox hunter}. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Thrasher}. {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep. {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its reddish color. {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is more common. {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk.
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Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. pe[a0], p[be]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], Per. t[be]us, t[be]wus, Ar. t[be]wu[?]s. See {Cock} the bird.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus {Pavo}, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({P. muticus}) is more brilliantly colored than the common species. 2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. {Peacock butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European butterfly ({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock. {Peacock fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse ({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}. {Peacock pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}. They resemble the peacock in color.
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Pandect \Pan"dect\, n. [L. pandecta, pandectes, Gr. [?] all-receiving, all-containing; [?], [?], all + [?] to receive: cf. F. pandectes, pl.] 1. A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science. [Thou] a pandect mak'st, and universal book. --Donne. 2. pl. The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law. --Kent.
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Pandiculated \Pandic"ula`ted\, a. [See {Pandiculation}.] Extended; spread out; stretched.
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Pandiculation \Pandic`ula"tion\, n. [L. pandiculari to stretch one's self, fr. pandere to spread out.] A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.
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Pantacosm \Pan"ta*cosm\, n. [Panta- + Gr. ko`smos universe.] See {Cosmolabe}.
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Cosmolabe \Cos"mo*labe\ (k?z"m?-l?b), n. [Gr. [?][?][?] the world + [?][?][?][?] to take: cf. F. cosmolade.] An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also {pantacosm}.
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Pantacosm \Pan"ta*cosm\, n. [Panta- + Gr. ko`smos universe.] See {Cosmolabe}.
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Cosmolabe \Cos"mo*labe\ (k?z"m?-l?b), n. [Gr. [?][?][?] the world + [?][?][?][?] to take: cf. F. cosmolade.] An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also {pantacosm}.
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Pantagraph \Pan"ta*graph\, n. See {Pantograph}.
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Pantograph \Pan"to*graph\, n. [Panto- + -graph: cf. F. pantographe.] An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale. [Written also {pantagraph}, and incorrectly {pentagraph}.]
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Pantagraph \Pan"ta*graph\, n. See {Pantograph}.
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Pantograph \Pan"to*graph\, n. [Panto- + -graph: cf. F. pantographe.] An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale. [Written also {pantagraph}, and incorrectly {pentagraph}.]
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Pantagruelism \Pantag"ruel*ism\, n. [From Pantagruel, one of the characters of Rabelais.] 1. The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule. 2. An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose. [R.] --Donaldson.
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Pantascope \Pan"ta*scope\, n. [Panta- + -scope.] (Photog.) A pantascopic camera.
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Pantascopic \Pan`ta*scop"ic\, a. Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under {Camera}.
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Camera \Cam"e*ra\, n.; pl. E. {Cameras}, L. {Camerae}. [L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See {Chamber}.] A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The {camera obscura} when used in photography. See {Camera}, and {Camera obscura}. {Bellows camera}. See under {Bellows}. {In camera} (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately; as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open court in camera. {Panoramic}, [or] {Pantascopic}, {camera}, a photographic camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. --Abney.
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Pantechnicon \Pantech"nicon\, n. [NL. See {Pan-}, and {Technic}.] A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.
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Pantheism \Pan"the*ism\, n. [Pan- + theism.] The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined force and laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism.
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Pantheist \Pan"the*ist\, n. One who holds to pantheism.
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Pantheistic \Pan`theis"tic\, Pantheistical \Pan`theis"tical\, a. Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism. -- {Pan`theis"tically}, adv.
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Pantheistic \Pan`theis"tic\, Pantheistical \Pan`theis"tical\, a. Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism. -- {Pan`theis"tically}, adv.
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Pantheistic \Pan`theis"tic\, Pantheistical \Pan`theis"tical\, a. Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism. -- {Pan`theis"tically}, adv.
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Pantisocracy \Pan`tisoc"racy\, n. [Panto- + Gr. [?] equal + [?] to rule.] A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days.
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Pantisocrat \Pantis"ocrat\, n. A pantisocratist.
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Pantisocratic \Pan`tisocrat"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy.
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Pantisocratist \Pan`tisoc"ratist\, n. One who favors or supports the theory of a pantisocracy. --Macaulay.
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Pantochronometer \Pan`tochronom"e*ter\, n. [Panto- + chronometer.] An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial. --Brande & C.
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Pantograph \Pan"to*graph\, n. [Panto- + -graph: cf. F. pantographe.] An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale. [Written also {pantagraph}, and incorrectly {pentagraph}.]
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Pantographic \Pan`tograph"ic\, Pantographical \Pan`tograph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. pantographique.] Of or pertaining to a pantograph; relating to pantography.
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Pantographic \Pan`tograph"ic\, Pantographical \Pan`tograph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. pantographique.] Of or pertaining to a pantograph; relating to pantography.
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Pantography \Pantog"raphy\, n. [Cf. F. pantographie.] A general description; entire view of an object.
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Pantoscopic \Pan`to*scop"ic\, a. [Panto- + -scope + -ic.] Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects.
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Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See {Pane}.] 1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See {Pledge}, n., 1. As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i. e., interest]. --Bacon. 2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise. [R.] Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown. --Shak. As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness. --Donne. 3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic] My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. --Shak. {In pawn}, {At pawn}, in the state of being pledged. [bd]Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn.[b8] --Shak. {Pawn ticket}, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.
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Pendice \Pen"dice\, n. [Cf. {Pentice}.] A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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Pendicle \Pen"di*cle\, n. [Cf. {Appendicle}.] An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant. --Sir W. Scott.
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Pendicler \Pendicler\, n. An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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Penny \Pen*ny\, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin.] 1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). Note: [bd]The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier.[b8] --R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see {Pennyweight}). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. --Shak. 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent? --Shak. 4. (Script.) See {Denarius}. {Penny cress} (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi arvense}). --Dr. Prior. {Penny dog} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. {Penny father}, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] --Robinson (More's Utopia). {Penny grass} (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] {Penny post}, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. {Penny wise}, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish.
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Tope \Tope\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small shark or dogfish ({Galeorhinus, [or] Galeus, galeus}), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also {toper}, {oil shark}, {miller's dog}, and {penny dog}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
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Penny \Pen*ny\, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence}. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin.] 1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). Note: [bd]The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier.[b8] --R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see {Pennyweight}). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. --Shak. 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent? --Shak. 4. (Script.) See {Denarius}. {Penny cress} (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi arvense}). --Dr. Prior. {Penny dog} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. {Penny father}, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] --Robinson (More's Utopia). {Penny grass} (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.] {Penny post}, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. {Penny wise}, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish.
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Tope \Tope\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small shark or dogfish ({Galeorhinus, [or] Galeus, galeus}), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also {toper}, {oil shark}, {miller's dog}, and {penny dog}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pentacapsular \Pen`tacap"sular\, a. [Penta- + capsular.] (Bot.) Having five capsules.
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Pentachenium \Pen`tache"nium\, n. [NL. See {Penta-}, and {Achenium}.] (Bot.) A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.
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Pentachloride \Pen`ta*chlo"ride\, n. [Penta- + chloride.] (Chem.) A chloride having five atoms of chlorine in each molecule.
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Pentachord \Pen"ta*chord\, n. [L. pentachordus five-stringed, Gr. [?]; [?] five + [?] string.] 1. An ancient instrument of music with five strings. 2. An order or system of five sounds. --Busby.
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Pentacid \Pen*tac"id\, a. [Penta- + acid.] (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; -- said of certain complex bases.
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Pentacle \Pen"ta*cle\, n. [Gr. [?] five.] A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages.
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Pentacoccous \Pen`ta*coc"cous\, a. [See {Penta-}, {Coccus}.] (Bot.) Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits.
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Pentaconter \Pen"ta*con`ter\, n. (Gr. Antiq.) See {Penteconter}.
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Penteconter \Pen"te*con`ter\, n. [Gr. [?] (sc. [?]), fr. [?] fifty.] (Gr. Antiq.) A Grecian vessel with fifty oars. [Written also {pentaconter}.]
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Pentaconter \Pen"ta*con`ter\, n. (Gr. Antiq.) See {Penteconter}.
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Penteconter \Pen"te*con`ter\, n. [Gr. [?] (sc. [?]), fr. [?] fifty.] (Gr. Antiq.) A Grecian vessel with fifty oars. [Written also {pentaconter}.]
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Pentacron \Pen*ta"cron\, n.; pl. L. {Pentacra}, E. {Pentacrons}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] five + [?] a summit.] (Geom.) A solid having five summits or angular points.
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Pentacrinin \Pentac"rinin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.) A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus.
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Pentacrinite \Pentac"rinite\, n. [Penta- + Gr. [?] a lily.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of Pentacrinus.
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Pentacrinoid \Pentac"rinoid\, n. [Pentacrinus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) An immature comatula when it is still attached by a stem, and thus resembles a Pentacrinus.
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Pentacron \Pen*ta"cron\, n.; pl. L. {Pentacra}, E. {Pentacrons}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] five + [?] a summit.] (Geom.) A solid having five summits or angular points.
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Pentacron \Pen*ta"cron\, n.; pl. L. {Pentacra}, E. {Pentacrons}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] five + [?] a summit.] (Geom.) A solid having five summits or angular points.
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Pentacrostic \Pen`ta*cros"tic\, n. [Penta- + acrostic.] A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.
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Pentaglot \Pen"ta*glot\, n. [Penta- + -glot, as in polyglot.] A work in five different tongues.
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Pentagon \Pen"ta*gon\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] (see {Penta-}) + gwni`a angle: cf. L. pentagonium, F. pentagone.] (Geom.) A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides; any figure having five angles. {Regular pentagon}, a pentagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides all equal.
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Pentagonal \Pentag"onal\, a. [Cf. F. pentagonal, pentagone, L. pentagonus, pentagonius, Gr. [?].] Having five corners or angles. {Pentagonal dodecahedron}. See {Dodecahedron}, and {Pyritohedron}.
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Pentagonal \Pentag"onal\, a. [Cf. F. pentagonal, pentagone, L. pentagonus, pentagonius, Gr. [?].] Having five corners or angles. {Pentagonal dodecahedron}. See {Dodecahedron}, and {Pyritohedron}.
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Pentagonally \Pentag"onal*ly\, adv. In the form of a pentagon; with five angles. --Sir T. Browne.
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Pentagonous \Pentag"onous\, a. Pentagonal.
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Pentagram \Pen"ta*gram\, n. [Gr. [?], neut. of [?] having five lines. See {Penta-}, and {-gram}.] A pentacle or a pentalpha. [bd]Like a wizard pentagram.[b8] --Tennyson.
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Pantograph \Pan"to*graph\, n. [Panto- + -graph: cf. F. pantographe.] An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale. [Written also {pantagraph}, and incorrectly {pentagraph}.]
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Pentagraphic \Pen`tagraph"ic\, Pentagraphical \Pen`tagraph"ic*al\, a. [Corrupted fr. pantographic, -ical.] Pantographic. See {Pantograph}.
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Pentagraphic \Pen`tagraph"ic\, Pentagraphical \Pen`tagraph"ic*al\, a. [Corrupted fr. pantographic, -ical.] Pantographic. See {Pantograph}.
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Pentagynian \Pen`tagyn"ian\, Pentagynous \Pentag"ynous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of the order Pentagyna; having five styles.
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Pentagynian \Pen`tagyn"ian\, Pentagynous \Pentag"ynous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of the order Pentagyna; having five styles.
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Pentaspast \Pen"ta*spast\, n. [L. pentaspaston, Gr. [?] (see {Penta-}) + [?] to pull: cf. F. pentaspaste.] A purchase with five pulleys. [R.]
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Pentaspermous \Pen`ta*sper"mous\, a. [Penta- + Gr. [?] seed.] (Bot.) Containing five seeds.
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Pentastich \Pen"ta*stich\, n. [Gr. [?] of five verses; [?] (see {Penta-}) + [?] line, verse.] A composition consisting of five verses.
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Pentastichous \Pentas"tichous\, a. [Penta- + Gr. [?] a row.] (Bot.) Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves of an apple tree or a cherry tree.
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d8Linguatulina \[d8]Linguat`uli"na\ (l[icr][nsm]gw[acr]t`[usl]l[imac]"n[adot]), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. lingua tongue.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also {Pentastomida}. Note: The adults of some species inhabit the nostrils and nasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores. The young, after being swallowed by sheep, rabbits, etc., find their way to the lungs and liver and become encysted. These, when eaten by carnivores, develop into the adult forms.
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Pentastyle \Pen"ta*style\, a. [Penta- + Gr. [?] a pillar.] (Arch.) Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture. -- n. A portico having five columns.
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Penteconter \Pen"te*con`ter\, n. [Gr. [?] (sc. [?]), fr. [?] fifty.] (Gr. Antiq.) A Grecian vessel with fifty oars. [Written also {pentaconter}.]
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Pentecost \Pen"te*cost\, n. [L. pentecoste, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) the fiftieth day, Pentecost, fr. [?] fiftieth, fr. [?] fifty, fr. [?] five. See {Five}, and cf. {Pingster}.] 1. A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the {Feast of Weeks}. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt. 2. A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also {Whitsunday}. --Shak.
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Pentecostal \Pen`te*cos"tal\, a. Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.
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Pentecostals \Pen`te*cos"tals\, n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost. --Shipley.
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Pentecoster \Pen`te*cos"ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fifty.] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men. --Mitford.
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Pentecosty \Pen`te*cos"ty\, n.; pl. {Pentecosties}. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] the fiftieth, [?] fifty.] (Gr. Antiq.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also {pentecostys}. --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
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Pentecosty \Pen`te*cos"ty\, n.; pl. {Pentecosties}. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] the fiftieth, [?] fifty.] (Gr. Antiq.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also {pentecostys}. --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
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Pentecosty \Pen`te*cos"ty\, n.; pl. {Pentecosties}. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] the fiftieth, [?] fifty.] (Gr. Antiq.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also {pentecostys}. --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
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Lean-to \Lean"-to`\, a. (Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. -- n. A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also {penthouse}, and {to-fall}.
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Penthouse \Pent"house`\, n. [A corruption of pentice.] A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. [bd]The penthouse of his eyes.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
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Penthouse \Pent"house`\, a. Leaning; overhanging. [bd]Penthouse lid.[b8] --Shak. [bd]My penthouse eyebrows.[b8] --Dryden.
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Lean-to \Lean"-to`\, a. (Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. -- n. A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also {penthouse}, and {to-fall}.
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Penthouse \Pent"house`\, n. [A corruption of pentice.] A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. [bd]The penthouse of his eyes.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
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Penthouse \Pent"house`\, a. Leaning; overhanging. [bd]Penthouse lid.[b8] --Shak. [bd]My penthouse eyebrows.[b8] --Dryden.
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Pentice \Pen"tice\, n. [F. appentis a penthouse. See {Append}.] A penthouse. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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Pentoic \Pen*to"ic\, a. [See {Penta-}.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or desingating, an acid (called also valeric acid) derived from pentane.
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Pentosan \Pen"to*san\, n. Also -sane \-sane\ [From {Pentose}.] (Chem.) One of a class of substances (complex carbohydrates widely distributed in plants, as in fruits, gums, woods, hay, etc.) which yield pentoses on hydrolysis.
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Pentose \Pen"tose\, n. [Penta- + -ose.] (Chem.) Any of a group of sugars of the formula {C5H10O5}, as arabinose; -- so called from the five carbon atoms in the molecule. They are not fermented by yeast.
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Pentoxide \Pen*tox"ide\, n. [Penta- + oxide.] (Chem.) An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide, {P2O5}.
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Phantascope \Phan"ta*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] image + -scope.] An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also {phantasmascope}.
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Phantasm \Phan"tasm\, n. [L. phantasma. See {Phantom}, and cf. {Fantasm}.] [Spelt also {fantasm}.] 1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream. They be but phantasms or apparitions. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion. --Cudworth. Figures or little features, of which the description had produced in you no phantasm or expectation. --Jer. Taylor.
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Phantasmagoria \Phantas`mago"ri*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] a phantasm + [?] an assembly, fr. [?] to gather: cf. F. phantasmagorie.] 1. An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another. 2. The apparatus by which such an effect is produced. 3. Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images. [bd]This mental phantasmagoria.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
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Phantasmagorial \Phantas`mago"ri*al\, a. Of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric.
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Phantasmagoric \Phantas`magor"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial. --Hawthorne.
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Phantasmagory \Phantas"mago*ry\, n. See {Phantasmagoria}.
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Phantasmal \Phan*tas"mal\, a. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.
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Phantascope \Phan"ta*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] image + -scope.] An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also {phantasmascope}.
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Phantasmascope \Phantas"mascope\, n. See {Phantascope}.
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Phantascope \Phan"ta*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] image + -scope.] An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also {phantasmascope}.
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Phantasmascope \Phantas"mascope\, n. See {Phantascope}.
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Phantasmatical \Phan`tasmat"ical\, a. [L. phantasmaticus.] Phantasmal. --Dr. H. More.
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Phantasmatography \Phantas`matog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], phantasm + -graphy.] A description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc.
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Phantastic \Phantas"tic\, Phantastical \Phantas"tic*al\, a. See {Fantastic}.
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Phantastic \Phantas"tic\, Phantastical \Phantas"tic*al\, a. See {Fantastic}.
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Phantasy \Phan"ta*sy\, n. See {Fantasy}, and {Fancy}.
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Phonautograph \Phonau"tograph\, n. [Phono- + Gr. [?] self + -graph.] (Physics) An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate.
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Phoneidoscope \Phonei"doscope\, n. [Phono- + Gr. [?] form + -scope.] (Physics) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.
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Phonetic \Pho*net"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] a sound, tone; akin to Gr. [?] to speak: cf. F. phon[82]tique. See {Ban} a proclamation.] 1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use. 2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to {ideographic}; as, a phonetic notation. {Phonetic spelling}, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.
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Phonetic \Pho*net"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] a sound, tone; akin to Gr. [?] to speak: cf. F. phon[82]tique. See {Ban} a proclamation.] 1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use. 2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to {ideographic}; as, a phonetic notation. {Phonetic spelling}, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.
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Phonetically \Phonet"ical*ly\, adv. In a phonetic manner.
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Phonetician \Pho`ne*ti"cian\, n. One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
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Phonetics \Pho*net"ics\, n. 1. The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology. 2. The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters.
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Phonetism \Pho"ne*tism\, n. The science which treats of vocal sounds. --J. Peile.
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Phonetist \Pho"ne*tist\, n. 1. One versed in phonetics; a phonologist. 2. One who advocates a phonetic spelling.
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Phonetization \Pho`netiza"tion\, n. The act, art, or process of representing sounds by phonetic signs.
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Phonetize \Pho"ne*tize\, v. t. To represent by phonetic signs. --Lowell.
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Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera {Cnicus}, {Craduus}, and {Onopordon}. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants. {Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. {Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. {Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. {Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}. {Fuller's thistle}, the teasel. {Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe}, {Melon}, etc. {Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre. {Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland. {Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}. {Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}. {Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}. {Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See {Cereus}. {Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}. {Thistle bird} (Zo[94]l.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under {Goldfinch}. {Thistle butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored American butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon thistles; -- called also {painted lady}. {Thistle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza militaria}). [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. {Thistle finch} (Zo[94]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth.
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Piney \Pin"ey\, a. [Of East Indian origin.] A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the {Vateria Indica} or piney tree, of the order {Dipterocarpe[91]}, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products. {Piney dammar}, {Piney resin}, {Piney varnish}, a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney tree ({Vateria Indica}) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for amber. Called also {liquid copal}, and {white dammar}. {Piney tallow}, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the {Vateria Indica}; called also {dupada oil}. {Piney thistle} (Bot.), a plant ({Atractylis gummifera}), from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance exudes.
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Pintos \Pin"tos\, n. pl.; sing. {Pinto}. [Sp., painted, mottled.] (Eyhnol.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also {speckled Indians}.
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Pintsch gas \Pintsch gas\ [After Richard Pintsch, German inventor.] A kind of oil gas extensively used for lighting railroad cars, which carry it in compressed form.
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Poematic \Po`em*at"ic\, a. [Gr. [?].] Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical. [R.] --Coleridge.
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Point switch \Point switch\ (Railroads) A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track.
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Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. 2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also {pointer}. 3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line. 4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick. 5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced. 6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge. When time's first point begun Made he all souls. --Sir J. Davies. 7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion. And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer. Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope. 8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints. [bd]A point of precedence.[b8] --Selden. [bd]Creeping on from point to point.[b8] --Tennyson. A lord full fat and in good point. --Chaucer. 9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc. He told him, point for point, in short and plain. --Chaucer. In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon. Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty ? --Milton. 10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote. [bd]Here lies the point.[b8] --Shak. They will hardly prove his point. --Arbuthnot. 11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio. This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak. [He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser. 12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time; as: (a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune. [bd]Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. (b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. 13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See {Equinoctial Nodal}. 14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}. 15. (Naut.) (a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the compass}, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point. (b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See {Reef point}, under {Reef}. 16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott. 17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below. 18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.] 19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. [Cant, U. S.] 20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. 21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See {Pointer}. 22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See {Point system of type}, under {Type}. 23. A tyne or snag of an antler. 24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board. 25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point. Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics, perspective, and physics, but generally either in the geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon point, dry point, freezing point, melting point, vanishing point, etc. {At all points}, in every particular, completely; perfectly. --Shak. {At point}, {In point}, {At}, {In}, [or] On, {the point}, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see {About}, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of speaking. [bd]In point to fall down.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken, recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on his side.[b8] --Milton. {Dead point}. (Mach.) Same as {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Far point} (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with each eye separately (monocular near point). {Nine points of the law}, all but the tenth point; the greater weight of authority. {On the point}. See {At point}, above. {Point lace}, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished from that made on the pillow. {Point net}, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels lace (Brussels ground). {Point of concurrence} (Geom.), a point common to two lines, but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base. {Point of contrary flexure}, a point at which a curve changes its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and concavity change sides. {Point of order}, in parliamentary practice, a question of order or propriety under the rules. {Point of sight} (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the spectator. {Point of view}, the relative position from which anything is seen or any subject is considered. {Points of the compass} (Naut.), the thirty-two points of division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the directions of east, west, north, and south, are called cardinal points, and the rest are named from their respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N., N. E., etc. See Illust. under {Compass}. {Point paper}, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil for transferring a design. {Point system of type}. See under {Type}. {Singular point} (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses some property not possessed by points in general on the curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc. {To carry one's point}, to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy. {To make a point of}, to attach special importance to. {To make}, [or] {gain}, {a point}, accomplish that which was proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or position. {To mark}, [or] {score}, {a point}, as in billiards, cricket, etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run, etc. {To strain a point}, to go beyond the proper limit or rule; to stretch one's authority or conscience. {Vowel point}, in Hebrew, and certain other Eastern and ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant.
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The foregoing account is conformed to the designations made use of by American type founders, but is substantially correct for England. Agate, however, is called ruby, in England, where, also, a size intermediate between nonpareil and minion is employed, called emerald. {Point system of type bodies} (Type Founding), a system adopted by the type founders of the United States by which the various sizes of type have been so modified and changed that each size bears an exact proportional relation to every other size. The system is a modification of a French system, and is based on the pica body. This pica body is divided into twelfths, which are termed [bd]points,[b8] and every type body consist of a given number of these points. Many of the type founders indicate the new sizes of type by the number of points, and the old names are gradually being done away with. By the point system type founders cast type of a uniform size and height, whereas formerly fonts of pica or other type made by different founders would often vary slightly so that they could not be used together. There are no type in actual use corresponding to the smaller theoretical sizes of the point system. In some cases, as in that of ruby, the term used designates a different size from that heretofore so called.
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Support \Sup*port"\, n. [F.] 1. The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining. 2. That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind. 3. That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; re[89]nforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery. {Points of support} (Arch.), the horizontal area of the solids of a building, walls, piers, and the like, as compared with the open or vacant spaces. {Right of support} (Law), an easement or servitude by which the owner of a house has a right to rest his timber on the walls of his neighbor's house. --Kent. Syn: Stay; prop; maintenance; subsistence; assistance; favor; countenance; encouragement; patronage; aid; help; succor; nutriment; sustenance; food.
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3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition. 4. The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state. 5. (Rhet.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed. 6. (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary. 7. (Mus.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. {Retardation}. {Pleas in suspension} (Law), pleas which temporarily abate or suspend a suit. {Points of suspension} (Mech.), the points, as in the axis or beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which they are suspended. {Suspension bridge}, a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground beyond. {Suspension of arms} (Mil.), a short truce or cessation of operations agreed on by the commanders of contending armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for surrender or for peace, etc. {Suspension scale}, a scale in which the platform hangs suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it. Syn: Delay; interruption; intermission; stop.
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Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. 2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also {pointer}. 3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line. 4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick. 5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced. 6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge. When time's first point begun Made he all souls. --Sir J. Davies. 7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion. And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer. Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope. 8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints. [bd]A point of precedence.[b8] --Selden. [bd]Creeping on from point to point.[b8] --Tennyson. A lord full fat and in good point. --Chaucer. 9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc. He told him, point for point, in short and plain. --Chaucer. In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon. Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty ? --Milton. 10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote. [bd]Here lies the point.[b8] --Shak. They will hardly prove his point. --Arbuthnot. 11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio. This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak. [He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser. 12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time; as: (a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune. [bd]Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. (b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. 13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See {Equinoctial Nodal}. 14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}. 15. (Naut.) (a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the compass}, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point. (b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See {Reef point}, under {Reef}. 16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott. 17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below. 18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.] 19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. [Cant, U. S.] 20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. 21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See {Pointer}. 22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See {Point system of type}, under {Type}. 23. A tyne or snag of an antler. 24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board. 25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point. Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics, perspective, and physics, but generally either in the geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon point, dry point, freezing point, melting point, vanishing point, etc. {At all points}, in every particular, completely; perfectly. --Shak. {At point}, {In point}, {At}, {In}, [or] On, {the point}, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see {About}, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of speaking. [bd]In point to fall down.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken, recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on his side.[b8] --Milton. {Dead point}. (Mach.) Same as {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Far point} (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with each eye separately (monocular near point). {Nine points of the law}, all but the tenth point; the greater weight of authority. {On the point}. See {At point}, above. {Point lace}, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished from that made on the pillow. {Point net}, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels lace (Brussels ground). {Point of concurrence} (Geom.), a point common to two lines, but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base. {Point of contrary flexure}, a point at which a curve changes its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and concavity change sides. {Point of order}, in parliamentary practice, a question of order or propriety under the rules. {Point of sight} (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the spectator. {Point of view}, the relative position from which anything is seen or any subject is considered. {Points of the compass} (Naut.), the thirty-two points of division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the directions of east, west, north, and south, are called cardinal points, and the rest are named from their respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N., N. E., etc. See Illust. under {Compass}. {Point paper}, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil for transferring a design. {Point system of type}. See under {Type}. {Singular point} (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses some property not possessed by points in general on the curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc. {To carry one's point}, to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy. {To make a point of}, to attach special importance to. {To make}, [or] {gain}, {a point}, accomplish that which was proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or position. {To mark}, [or] {score}, {a point}, as in billiards, cricket, etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run, etc. {To strain a point}, to go beyond the proper limit or rule; to stretch one's authority or conscience. {Vowel point}, in Hebrew, and certain other Eastern and ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant.
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Pointsman \Points"man\, n.; pl. {-men} (-men). A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. [Eng.]
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d8Lim n91a \[d8]Lim n[91]"a\ (l[icr]mn[emac]"[adot]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. limnai^os pertaining to a marsh, fr. li`mh a marsh.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also {pond snail}. [Written also {Lymn[91]a}.]
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Snail \Snail\ (sn[amac]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family {Helicid[91]}. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}, and {Sea snail}. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. {Ear snail}, {Edible snail}, {Pond snail}, etc. See under {Ear}, {Edible}, etc. {Snail borer} (Zo[94]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. {Snail clover} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago scuttellata}, also, {M. Helix}); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also {snail trefoil}, {snail medic}, and {beehive}. {Snail flower} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. {Snail shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of snail. {Snail trefoil}. (Bot.) See {Snail clover}, above.
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Pond \Pond\, n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water, and the same word as pound. See {Pound} an inclosure.] A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake. [bd]Through pond or pool.[b8] --Milton. {Pond hen} (Zo[94]l.), the American coot. See {Coot} (a) . {Pond lily} (Bot.), the water lily. See under {Water}, and Illust. under {Nymph[91]a}. {Pond snail} (Zo[94]l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing snails ({Pulmonifera}) belonging to Limn[91]a, Physa, Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are pectinibranchs, belonging to {Melantho}, {Valvata}, and various other genera.
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d8Lim n91a \[d8]Lim n[91]"a\ (l[icr]mn[emac]"[adot]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. limnai^os pertaining to a marsh, fr. li`mh a marsh.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also {pond snail}. [Written also {Lymn[91]a}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snail \Snail\ (sn[amac]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family {Helicid[91]}. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}, and {Sea snail}. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. {Ear snail}, {Edible snail}, {Pond snail}, etc. See under {Ear}, {Edible}, etc. {Snail borer} (Zo[94]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. {Snail clover} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago scuttellata}, also, {M. Helix}); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also {snail trefoil}, {snail medic}, and {beehive}. {Snail flower} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. {Snail shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of snail. {Snail trefoil}. (Bot.) See {Snail clover}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pond \Pond\, n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water, and the same word as pound. See {Pound} an inclosure.] A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake. [bd]Through pond or pool.[b8] --Milton. {Pond hen} (Zo[94]l.), the American coot. See {Coot} (a) . {Pond lily} (Bot.), the water lily. See under {Water}, and Illust. under {Nymph[91]a}. {Pond snail} (Zo[94]l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing snails ({Pulmonifera}) belonging to Limn[91]a, Physa, Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are pectinibranchs, belonging to {Melantho}, {Valvata}, and various other genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Pond spice} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Tetranthera geniculata}) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves, and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia to Florida. {Pond tortoise}, {Pond turtle} (Zo[94]l.), any freshwater tortoise of the family {Emydid[91]}. Numerous species are found in North America.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pontage \Pon"tage\ (?; 48), n. [LL. pontagium, from L. pons, pontis, a bridge: cf. F. pontage.] (O. Eng. Law) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges. --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pons \[d8]Pons\, n.; pl. {Pontes}. [L., a bridge.] (Anat.) A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See {Brain}. {[d8]Pons asinorum}. [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See {Asses' bridge}, under {Ass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pontic \Pon"tic\, a. [L. Ponticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] the sea, especially, the Black Sea.] Of or pertaining to the Pontus, Euxine, or Black Sea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pound \Pound\, n. [AS. pund an inclosure: cf. forpyndan to turn away, or to repress, also Icel. pynda to extort, torment, Ir. pont, pond, pound. Cf. {Pinder}, {Pinfold}, {Pin} to inclose, {Pond}.] 1. An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold. --Shak. 2. A level stretch in a canal between locks. 3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward. {Pound covert}, a pound that is close or covered over, as a shed. {Pound overt}, a pound that is open overhead.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poundage \Pound"age\, n. 1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission. 2. A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 3. (Law) The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound. --Burrill. Bouvier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poundage \Pound"age\, v. t. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poundage \Pound"age\, n. [See 3d {Pound}.] 1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound. 2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poundcake \Pound"cake`\, n. A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poundkeeper \Pound/keep`er\, n. The keeper of a pound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pound \Pound\, n.; pl. {Pounds}, collectively {Pound} or {Pounds}. [AS. pund, fr. L. pondo, akin to pondus a weight, pendere to weigh. See {Pendant}.] 1. A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces. Note: The pound in general use in the United States and in England is the pound avoirdupois, which is divided into sixteen ounces, and contains 7,000 grains. The pound troy is divided into twelve ounces, and contains 5,760 grains. 144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds troy weight. See {Avoirdupois}, and {Troy}. 2. A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value. Note: The pound sterling was in Saxon times, about a. d. 671, a pound troy of silver, and a shilling was its twentieth part; consequently the latter was three times as large as it is at present. --Peacham.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Paintsville, KY (city, FIPS 58962) Location: 37.81710 N, 82.80714 W Population (1990): 4354 (2014 housing units) Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pantego, NC (town, FIPS 50080) Location: 35.58738 N, 76.65854 W Population (1990): 171 (86 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27860 Pantego, TX (town, FIPS 55020) Location: 32.71505 N, 97.15456 W Population (1990): 2371 (920 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Penitas, TX (CDP, FIPS 56696) Location: 26.23338 N, 98.44849 W Population (1990): 1077 (382 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pentagon, DC Zip code(s): 20301
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pinewood Estates, TX (CDP, FIPS 57752) Location: 30.16409 N, 94.32133 W Population (1990): 1174 (400 housing units) Area: 32.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Point Clair, LA Zip code(s): 70721
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Point Clear, AL (CDP, FIPS 61488) Location: 30.48963 N, 87.90439 W Population (1990): 2125 (958 housing units) Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Point Comfort, TX (city, FIPS 58568) Location: 28.67213 N, 96.55700 W Population (1990): 956 (390 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pointe Aux Pins, MI Zip code(s): 49775
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 77) Location: 30.70821 N, 91.60042 W Population (1990): 22540 (9695 housing units) Area: 1443.7 sq km (land), 86.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Points, WV Zip code(s): 25437
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pond Creek, OK (city, FIPS 59950) Location: 36.66748 N, 97.80173 W Population (1990): 982 (480 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73766
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pond Gap, WV Zip code(s): 25160
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pontiac, IL (city, FIPS 61015) Location: 40.87664 N, 88.64184 W Population (1990): 11428 (3932 housing units) Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61764 Pontiac, MI (city, FIPS 65440) Location: 42.64910 N, 83.28719 W Population (1990): 71166 (26593 housing units) Area: 51.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48340, 48341, 48342 Pontiac, MO Zip code(s): 65729
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pontoosuc, IL (village, FIPS 61080) Location: 40.62856 N, 91.21161 W Population (1990): 264 (155 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62330
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Punta Gorda, FL (city, FIPS 59200) Location: 26.89755 N, 82.05705 W Population (1990): 10747 (6936 housing units) Area: 36.5 sq km (land), 11.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33950, 33955, 33982, 33983
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Punta Santiago, PR (comunidad, FIPS 66492) Location: 18.16467 N, 65.75843 W Population (1990): 6112 (2130 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Pentagram Pro n. A humorous corruption of "Pentium Pro", with a Satanic reference, implying that the chip is inherently {evil}. Often used with "666 MHz"; there is a T-shirt. See {Pentium}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Phonetastic A {CTI} product from {Callware}. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on {ANI} and {DNIS}) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc. (1996-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pound sign {hash}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pentecost i.e., "fiftieth", found only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Ex. 23:16 as "the feast of harvest," and again in Ex. 34:22 as "the day of the firstfruits" (Num. 28:26). From the sixteenth of the month of Nisan (the second day of the Passover), seven complete weeks, i.e., forty-nine days, were to be reckoned, and this feast was held on the fiftieth day. The manner in which it was to be kept is described in Lev. 23:15-19; Num. 28:27-29. Besides the sacrifices prescribed for the occasion, every one was to bring to the Lord his "tribute of a free-will offering" (Deut. 16:9-11). The purpose of this feast was to commemorate the completion of the grain harvest. Its distinguishing feature was the offering of "two leavened loaves" made from the new corn of the completed harvest, which, with two lambs, were waved before the Lord as a thank offering. The day of Pentecost is noted in the Christian Church as the day on which the Spirit descended upon the apostles, and on which, under Peter's preaching, so many thousands were converted in Jerusalem (Acts 2).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pontius Pilate See {PILATE}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pontus a province of Asia Minor, stretching along the southern coast of the Euxine Sea, corresponding nearly to the modern province of Trebizond. In the time of the apostles it was a Roman province. Strangers from this province were at Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts 2:9), and to "strangers scattered throughout Pontus," among others, Peter addresses his first epistle (1 Pet. 1:1). It was evidently the resort of many Jews of the Dispersion. Aquila was a native of Pontus (Acts 18:2).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pentecost, fiftieth
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pontius, marine; belonging to the sea
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pontus, the sea
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Punites, beholding; my face