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   Pap smear
         n 1: a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine
               cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any
               abnormal cells [syn: {cervical smear}, {Pap smear},
               {Papanicolaou smear}]

English Dictionary: PO box number by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
papism
n
  1. the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome
    Synonym(s): Romanism, Roman Catholicism, papism
  2. offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church
    Synonym(s): popery, papism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peevishness
n
  1. an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler]
  2. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
    Synonym(s): temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pepsin
n
  1. an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pepsinogen
n
  1. precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phobic neurosis
n
  1. an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"
    Synonym(s): phobia, phobic disorder, phobic neurosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pipe smoker
n
  1. a smoker who uses a pipe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
PO Box No
n
  1. the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected
    Synonym(s): post-office box number, PO box number, PO Box No, box number
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
PO box number
n
  1. the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected
    Synonym(s): post-office box number, PO box number, PO Box No, box number
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pope's nose
n
  1. the tail of a dressed fowl [syn: parson's nose, {pope's nose}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
popgun
n
  1. plaything consisting of a toy gun that makes a popping sound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pubescence
n
  1. the time of life when sex glands become functional [syn: puberty, pubescence]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pubescent
adj
  1. (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature; "the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy"
  2. covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
    Synonym(s): downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lungwort \Lung"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) An herb of the genus {Pulmonaria} ({P. officinalis}), of
            Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of
            the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.
      (b) Any plant of the genus {Mertensia} (esp. {M. Virginica}
            and {M. Sibirica}) plants nearly related to {Pulmonaria}.
            The American lungwort is {Mertensia Virginica}, Virginia
            cowslip. --Gray.
  
      {Cow's lungwort} mullein.
  
      {Sea lungwort}, {Mertensia maritima}, found on the seacoast
            of Northern Europe and America.
  
      {Tree lungwort}, a lichen ({Sticta pulmonacea}) growing on
            trees and rocks. The thallus is lacunose, and in
            appearance somewhat resembles the lungs, for diseases of
            which it was once thought a remedy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Papescent \Pa*pes"cent\, a. [From {Pap} soft food.]
      Containing or producing pap; like pap. [R.] --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Papism \Pa"pism\, n. [F. papisme. See {Pape}, {Pope}.]
      Popery; -- an offensive term. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peevishness \Pee"vish*ness\, n.
      The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness
      of temper.
  
      Syn: See {Petulance}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepsin \Pep"sin\, n. [Gr. [?] a cooking, digesting, digestion,
      fr. [?], [?], to cook, digest: cf. F. pepsine. Cf.
      {Dyspepsia}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
      An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the
      secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is
      united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent,
      approximately) and the two together constitute the active
      portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the
      gastric juice of all animals.
  
      Note: As prepared from the glandular layer of pigs' or
               calves' stomachs it constitutes an important article of
               pharmacy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepsinhydrochloric \Pep`sin*hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. (Physiol.
      Chem.)
      Same as {Peptohydrochloric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepsinogen \Pep*sin"o*gen\, n. [Pepsin + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)
      The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained
      in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric
      glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called
      {propepsin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pipkin \Pip"kin\, n.[Dim. of {Pipe}.]
      A small earthen boiler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pope \Pope\, n. [AS. p[be]pa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf.
      {Papa}, {Papal}.]
      1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe.
  
      2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
            See {Note} under {Cardinal}.
  
      3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; the ruff.
  
      {Pope Joan}, a game at cards played on a round board with
            compartments.
  
      {Pope's eye}, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of
            the thigh of an ox or sheep. --R. D. Blackmore.
  
      {Pope's nose}, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See
            {Uropygium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pope \Pope\, n. [AS. p[be]pa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf.
      {Papa}, {Papal}.]
      1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe.
  
      2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
            See {Note} under {Cardinal}.
  
      3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; the ruff.
  
      {Pope Joan}, a game at cards played on a round board with
            compartments.
  
      {Pope's eye}, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of
            the thigh of an ox or sheep. --R. D. Blackmore.
  
      {Pope's nose}, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See
            {Uropygium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Popgun \Pop"gun`\, n.
      A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a
      popping noise, by compression of air.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Popish \Pop"ish\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope;
      hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; --
      often used opprobriously. -- {Pop"ish*ly}, adv. --
      {Pop"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pubescence \Pu*bes"cence\, n. [Cf. F. pubescence.]
      1. The quality or state of being pubescent, or of having
            arrived at puberty. --Sir T. Browne.
  
      2. A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some
            plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pubescency \Pu*bes"cen*cy\, n.
      Pubescence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pubescent \Pu*bes"cent\, a. [L. pubescens, -entis, p. pr. of
      pubescere to reach puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, fr. pubes
      pubes: cf. F. pubescent.]
      1. Arrived at puberty.
  
                     That . . . the men (are) pubescent at the age of
                     twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
  
      2. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain
            insects, and the leaves of some plants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puppyism \Pup"py*ism\, n.
      Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence. --A.
      Chalmers.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Peapack and Gladstone, NJ (borough, FIPS 57300)
      Location: 40.71545 N, 74.65745 W
      Population (1990): 2111 (828 housing units)
      Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pope County, AR (county, FIPS 115)
      Location: 35.44643 N, 93.03576 W
      Population (1990): 45883 (18430 housing units)
      Area: 2103.0 sq km (land), 48.9 sq km (water)
   Pope County, IL (county, FIPS 151)
      Location: 37.41135 N, 88.57321 W
      Population (1990): 4373 (2154 housing units)
      Area: 960.6 sq km (land), 9.8 sq km (water)
   Pope County, MN (county, FIPS 121)
      Location: 45.59338 N, 95.44732 W
      Population (1990): 10745 (5836 housing units)
      Area: 1735.8 sq km (land), 122.1 sq km (water)
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