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   papaw tree
         n 1: small tree native to the eastern United States having
               oblong leaves and fleshy fruit [syn: {pawpaw}, {papaw},
               {papaw tree}, {Asimina triloba}]

English Dictionary: papaya tree by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
papaya tree
n
  1. tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
    Synonym(s): papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pipe dream
n
  1. a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"
    Synonym(s): pipe dream, dream
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pipturus
n
  1. an Australian genus of woody plants of the family Urticaceae
    Synonym(s): Pipturus, genus Pipturus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pipturus albidus
n
  1. Hawaiian tree of genus Pipturus having a bark (tapa) from which tapa cloth is made
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pipturus argenteus
n
  1. Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth
    Synonym(s): Queensland grass-cloth plant, Pipturus argenteus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puff adder
n
  1. large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed
    Synonym(s): puff adder, Bitis arietans
  2. harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
    Synonym(s): hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puff batter
n
  1. batter for making light hollow cases to hold various fillings
    Synonym(s): puff batter, pouf paste, pate a choux
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puffed rice
n
  1. puffy rice kernels
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pupet regime
n
  1. a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed
    Synonym(s): puppet government, puppet state, pupet regime
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puppet ruler
n
  1. a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government
    Synonym(s): puppet ruler, puppet leader
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puppeteer
n
  1. one who operates puppets or marionettes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puppetry
n
  1. the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows
  2. a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Red \Red\, a. [Compar. {Redder} (-d?r); superl. {Reddest}.] [OE.
      red, reed, AS. re[a0]d, re[a2]d; akin to OS. r[omac]d,
      OFries. r[amac]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[omac]t, Dan.
      & Sw. r[94]d, Icel. rau[edh]r, rj[omac][edh]r, Goth.
      r[a0]uds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber,
      rufus, Gr. 'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus.
      [root]113. Cf. {Erysipelas}, {Rouge}, {Rubric}, {Ruby},
      {Ruddy}, {Russet}, {Rust}.]
      Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
      the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
      spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. [bd]Fresh
      flowers, white and reede.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
               Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
               or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
               and the like.
  
      Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
               compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
               red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
               red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
  
      {Red admiral} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
            Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
            wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
            feeds on nettles. Called also {Atlanta butterfly}, and
            {nettle butterfly}.
  
      {Red ant}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A very small ant ({Myrmica molesta}) which often infests
            houses.
      (b) A larger reddish ant ({Formica sanquinea}), native of
            Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
            species.
  
      {Red antimony} (Min.), kermesite. See {Kermes mineral}
      (b), under {Kermes}.
  
      {Red ash} (Bot.), an American tree ({Fraxinus pubescens}),
            smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
            --Cray.
  
      {Red bass}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redfish}
      (d) .
  
      {Red bay} (Bot.), a tree ({Persea Caroliniensis}) having the
            heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
            States.
  
      {Red beard} (Zo[94]l.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
            prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
            U.S.]
  
      {Red birch} (Bot.), a species of birch ({Betula nigra})
            having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
            wood. --Gray.
  
      {Red blindness}. (Med.) See {Daltonism}.
  
      {Red book}, a book containing the names of all the persons in
            the service of the state. [Eng.]
  
      {Red book of the Exchequer}, an ancient record in which are
            registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
            in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
  
      {Red brass}, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
            three of zinc.
  
      {Red bug}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
            produces great irritation by its bites.
      (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus {Pyrrhocoris},
            especially the European species ({P. apterus}), which is
            bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks.
      (c) See {Cotton stainder}, under {Cotton}.
  
      {Red cedar}. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
            ({Juniperus Virginiana}) having a fragrant red-colored
            heartwood.
      (b) A tree of India and Australia ({Cedrela Toona}) having
            fragrant reddish wood; -- called also {toon tree} in
            India.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hag \Hag\, n. [OE. hagge, hegge, with, hag, AS. h[91]gtesse;
      akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw.
      h[84]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E.
      haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild
      woman. [?].]
      1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
            [bd][Silenus] that old hag.[b8] --Golding.
  
      2. An ugly old woman.
  
      3. A fury; a she-monster. --Grashaw.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine
            glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial
            mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill
            openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called
            also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and
            {sleepmarken}.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) The hagdon or shearwater.
  
      6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
            man's hair. --Blount.
  
      {Hag moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Phobetron pithecium}), the
            larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on
            fruit trees.
  
      {Hag's tooth} (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
            matting or pointing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Piepoudre \Pie"pou`dre\, Piepowder \Pie"pow`der\, n. [Lit.,
      dustyfoot, i. e., dusty-footed dealers, fr. F. pied foot +
      poudreux dusty.] (O. Eng. Law)
      An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident to
      every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned
      or had the toll was the judge. --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Piepoudre \Pie"pou`dre\, Piepowder \Pie"pow`der\, n. [Lit.,
      dustyfoot, i. e., dusty-footed dealers, fr. F. pied foot +
      poudreux dusty.] (O. Eng. Law)
      An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident to
      every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned
      or had the toll was the judge. --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pipe \Pipe\, n. [AS. p[c6]pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire, to
      chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. {Peep}, {Pibroch}, {Fife}.]
      1. A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes
            of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces
            musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an
            organ. [bd]Tunable as sylvan pipe.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipe.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware,
            or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water,
            steam, gas, etc.
  
      3. A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking
            tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.
  
      4. A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the
            windpipe, or one of its divisions.
  
      5. The key or sound of the voice. [R.] --Shak.
  
      6. The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.
  
                     The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      7. pl. The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.
  
      8. (Mining) An elongated body or vein of ore.
  
      9. A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise
            called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the
            accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put
            together like a pipe. --Mozley & W.
  
      10. (Naut.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to
            their duties; also, the sound of it.
  
      11. [Cf. F. pipe, fr. pipe a wind instrument, a tube, fr. L.
            pipare to chirp. See Etymol. above.] A cask usually
            containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the
            quantity which it contains.
  
      {Pipe fitter}, one who fits pipes together, or applies pipes,
            as to an engine or a building.
  
      {Pipe fitting}, a piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve,
            etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory
            to a pipe.
  
      {Pipe office}, an ancient office in the Court of Exchequer,
            in which the clerk of the pipe made out leases of crown
            lands, accounts of cheriffs, etc. [Eng.]
  
      {Pipe tree} (Bot.), the lilac and the mock orange; -- so
            called because their were formerly used to make pipe
            stems; -- called also {pipe privet}.
  
      {Pipe wrench}, [or] {Pipetongs}, a jawed tool for gripping a
            pipe, in turning or holding it.
  
      {To smoke the pipe of peace}, to smoke from the same pipe in
            token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace,
            -- a custom of the American Indians.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puff \Puff\ (p[ucr]f), n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan.
      puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. {Buffet}.]
      1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth;
            hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a
            whiff. [bd] To every puff of wind a slave.[b8] --Flatman.
  
      2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically:
            (a) A puffball.
            (b) a kind of light pastry.
            (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair
                  with powder.
  
      3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially
            one in a public journal.
  
      {Puff adder}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any South African viper belonging to {Clotho} and
                  allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have
                  the power of greatly distending their bodies when
                  irritated. The common puff adder ({Vipera, [or] Clotho
                  arietans}) is the largest species, becoming over four
                  feet long. The plumed puff adder ({C. cornuta}) has a
                  plumelike appendage over each eye.
            (b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon
                  platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its
                  body. Called also {hog-nose snake}, {flathead},
                  {spreading adder}, and {blowing adder}.
  
      {Puff bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the genus {Bucco}, or
            family {Bucconid[91]}. They are small birds, usually with
            dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail
            feathers. See {Barbet}
            (b) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puppetry \Pup"pet*ry\, n.
      Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet
      show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.
  
               Puppetry of the English laws of divorce. --Chambers.
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