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peach ice cream n ice cream flavored with fresh peaches
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peach sauce n for Chinese dishes: peach preserves and chutney
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Pegasus n (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces
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Peziza coccinea n a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp [syn: blood cup, fairy cup, Peziza coccinea]
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Pezizaceae n large family comprising many typical cup fungi [syn: Pezizaceae, family Pezizaceae]
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physicist n a scientist trained in physics
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physicochemical adj relating to physical chemistry
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pichiciago n very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck Synonym(s): pichiciago, pichiciego, fairy armadillo, chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus
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pichiciego n very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck Synonym(s): pichiciago, pichiciego, fairy armadillo, chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus
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picosecond n one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond
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poke check n knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick
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psychic adj affecting or influenced by the human mind; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma" Synonym(s): psychic, psychical outside the sphere of physical science; "psychic phenomena" Synonym(s): psychic, psychical n a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
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psychic communication n communication by paranormal means [syn: {psychic communication}, psychical communication, anomalous communication]
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psychic energy n an actuating force or factor [syn: psychic energy, mental energy]
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psychic phenomena n phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes Synonym(s): psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon, parapsychology
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psychic phenomenon n phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes Synonym(s): psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon, parapsychology
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psychic trauma n an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects Synonym(s): trauma, psychic trauma
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psychical adj affecting or influenced by the human mind; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma" Synonym(s): psychic, psychical outside the sphere of physical science; "psychic phenomena" Synonym(s): psychic, psychical
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psychical communication n communication by paranormal means [syn: {psychic communication}, psychical communication, anomalous communication]
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psychically adv from a psychic point of view; "he was psychically blind"
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psychoactive adj affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes; "psychoactive drugs" Synonym(s): psychoactive, psychotropic Antonym(s): nonpsychoactive
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psychoactive drug n a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions Synonym(s): psychoactive drug, mind-altering drug, consciousness-altering drug, psychoactive substance
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psychoactive substance n a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions Synonym(s): psychoactive drug, mind-altering drug, consciousness-altering drug, psychoactive substance
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psychogalvanic response n a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body Synonym(s): galvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response, electrodermal response, electrical skin response, Fere phenomenon, Tarchanoff phenomenon
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psychogenesis n the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind
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psychogenetic adj of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder Synonym(s): psychogenetic, psychogenic of or relating to the origin and development of the mind
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psychogenic adj of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder Synonym(s): psychogenetic, psychogenic mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin; "a psychogenic disorder"
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psychogenic fugue n dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state Synonym(s): fugue, psychogenic fugue
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psychokinesis n the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force Synonym(s): telekinesis, psychokinesis
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psychokinetic adj moving an object without apparent use of physical means
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psychosexual adj of or relating to the mental or emotional attitudes about sexuality
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psychosexual development n (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage
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psychosexuality n the mental representation of sexual activities
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psychosis n any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
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psychosomatic adj used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
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psychosomatic disorder n a mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms
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psychosurgery n brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See {Pass}, v. i.] 1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body. What! are my doors opposed against my passage! --Shak. 2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance. The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay. 3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage. 4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] [bd]Endure thy mortal passage.[b8] --Milton. When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak. 5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor. And with his pointed dart Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden. The Persian army had advanced into the . . . passages of Cilicia. --South. 6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time. The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J. Davies. The passage and whole carriage of this action. --Shak. 7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. [bd]In thy passages of life.[b8] --Shak. The . . . almost incredible passage of their unbelief. --South. 8. A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause. How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young. 9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby. 10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms. No passages of love Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson. 11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels. 12. In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed. [bd]The passage of the Stamp Act.[b8] --D. Hosack. The final question was then put upon its passage. --Cushing. {In passage}, in passing; cursorily. [bd]These . . . have been studied but in passage.[b8] --Bacon. {Middle passage}, {Northeast passage}, {Northwest passage}. See under {Middle}, {Northeast}, etc. {Of passage}, passing from one place, region, or climate, to another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. [bd]Birds of passage.[b8] --Longfellow. {Passage hawk}, a hawk taken on its passage or migration. {Passage money}, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, -- usually for carrying passengers by water.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Passus \[d8]Pas"sus\, n.; pl. L. {Passus}, E. {Passuses}. [L., a step, a pace. See {Pace}.] A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d {Fit}.
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Pegasus \Peg"a*sus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration. Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace. --Byron. 2. (Astron.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.
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Hake \Hake\, n. [Also {haak}.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See {Hook}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera {Phycis}, {Merlucius}, and allies. The common European hake is {M. vulgaris}; the American silver hake or whiting is {M. bilinearis}. Two American species ({Phycis chuss} and {P. tenius}) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also {squirrel hake}, and {codling}.
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Physicism \Phys"i*cism\, n. The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion. Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism (if I may so call it) develops into science. --Huxley.
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Physicist \Phys"i*cist\, n. One versed in physics. 2. (Biol.) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist.
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Physicochemical \Phys`icochem"ic*al\, a. [Physico- + chemical.] Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies. --Huxley.
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d8Pichiciago \[d8]Pi`chicia"go\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A small, burrowing, South American edentate ({Chlamyphorus truncatus}), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back. [Written also {pichyciego}.]
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Southern \South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s[?][?]ern. See {South}.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. {Southern Cross} (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. {Southern Fish} (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere ({Piscis Australis}) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. {Southern States} (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States.
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d8Poseur \[d8]Po`seur"\, n. masc.; pl. {Poseurs}, d8Poseuse \[d8]Po`seuse"\, n. fem.; pl. {Poseuses}, [F.] A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally.
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Psychagogic \Psy`cha*gog"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Psychagogue}.] Attractive; persuasive. --J. Morley.
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Psychagogue \Psy"cha*gogue\, n. [Gr.[?]; [?] the soul + [?] to lead.] A necromancer. [R.]
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Psychic \Psy"chic\, Psychical \Psy"chic*al\, a. [L. psychicus, Gr. [?], fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. [?] to blow: cf. F. psychique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man. Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word describes the human soul in its relation to sense, appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do with the supersensible world. --Heyse. 2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical. {Psychical blindness}, {Psychical deafness} (Med.), forms of nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen. {Psychical contagion}, the transference of disease, especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force of example. {Psychical medicine}, that department of medicine which treats of mental diseases.
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Psychic \Psy"chic\, Psychical \Psy"chic*al\, a. [L. psychicus, Gr. [?], fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. [?] to blow: cf. F. psychique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man. Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word describes the human soul in its relation to sense, appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do with the supersensible world. --Heyse. 2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical. {Psychical blindness}, {Psychical deafness} (Med.), forms of nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen. {Psychical contagion}, the transference of disease, especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force of example. {Psychical medicine}, that department of medicine which treats of mental diseases.
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Psychic \Psy"chic\, Psychical \Psy"chic*al\, a. [L. psychicus, Gr. [?], fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. [?] to blow: cf. F. psychique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man. Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word describes the human soul in its relation to sense, appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do with the supersensible world. --Heyse. 2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical. {Psychical blindness}, {Psychical deafness} (Med.), forms of nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen. {Psychical contagion}, the transference of disease, especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force of example. {Psychical medicine}, that department of medicine which treats of mental diseases.
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Psychic \Psy"chic\, Psychical \Psy"chic*al\, a. [L. psychicus, Gr. [?], fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. [?] to blow: cf. F. psychique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man. Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word describes the human soul in its relation to sense, appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do with the supersensible world. --Heyse. 2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical. {Psychical blindness}, {Psychical deafness} (Med.), forms of nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen. {Psychical contagion}, the transference of disease, especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force of example. {Psychical medicine}, that department of medicine which treats of mental diseases.
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Psychic \Psy"chic\, Psychical \Psy"chic*al\, a. [L. psychicus, Gr. [?], fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. [?] to blow: cf. F. psychique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man. Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word describes the human soul in its relation to sense, appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do with the supersensible world. --Heyse. 2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical. {Psychical blindness}, {Psychical deafness} (Med.), forms of nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen. {Psychical contagion}, the transference of disease, especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force of example. {Psychical medicine}, that department of medicine which treats of mental diseases.
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Psychic \Psy"chic\, Psychical \Psy"chic*al\, a. [L. psychicus, Gr. [?], fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. [?] to blow: cf. F. psychique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man. Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word describes the human soul in its relation to sense, appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do with the supersensible world. --Heyse. 2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical. {Psychical blindness}, {Psychical deafness} (Med.), forms of nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen. {Psychical contagion}, the transference of disease, especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force of example. {Psychical medicine}, that department of medicine which treats of mental diseases.
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Psychics \Psy"chics\, n. Psychology.
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Psychism \Psy"chism\, n. [Cf. F. psychisme.] (Philos.) The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations. --Fleming.
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Psychogenesis \Psy`chogen"esis\, n. Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to {natural selection}.
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Psychography \Psychog"raphy\, n. [Psycho- + -graphy.] 1. A description of the phenomena of mind. 2. (Spiritualism) Spirit writing.
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Psychosis \Psy*cho"sis\, n. [NL. See {Psycho-}.] 1. Any vital action or activity. --Mivart. 2. (Med.) A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes.
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Psychozoic \Psy`cho*zo"ic\, a. [Psycho- + Gr. [?] life.] (Geol.) Designating, or applied to the Era of man; as, the psychozoic era.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Pegasus 1. A product to support {Internet} searches, {electronic mail}, and {Usenet news}. [Details? Addesss?] (1997-07-14) 2. An {open source} project run by {The Open Group} which implements a {Common Information Model} (CIM) Object Manager. {Pegasus Home (http://www.openpegasus.org/)}. (2003-06-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
picosecond 10^-12 seconds. (1997-04-26)