English Dictionary: photoflood | by the DICT Development Group |
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Patible \Pat"i*ble\, a. [L. patibilis, fr. pati to suffer.] Sufferable; tolerable; endurable. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Patibulary \Pa*tib"u*la*ry\, a. [L. patibulum a gallows: cf. F. patibulaire.] Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution. [R.] --Carlyle. | |
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Patibulated \Pa*tib"u*la`ted\, a. Hanged on a gallows. [R.] | |
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Pedipalp \Ped"i*palp\, n. [Cf. F. p[82]dipalpe.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Pedipalpi. | |
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Pedipalpus \Ped`i*pal"pus\, n.; pl. {Pedipalpi}. [NL. See {Pes}, and {Palpus}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw. | |
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Pedipalpous \Ped`i*pal"pous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps. | |
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Pedipalpus \Ped`i*pal"pus\, n.; pl. {Pedipalpi}. [NL. See {Pes}, and {Palpus}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw. | |
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Photophilous \Pho*toph"i*lous\, n. [Photo- + Gr. [?] loving.] (Phytogeog.) Light-loving; growing in strong light, as many plants. | |
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Photoplay \Pho"to*play`\, n. A play for representation or exhibition by moving pictures; also, the moving-picture representation of a play. | |
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Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. [bd]Pied coats.[b8] --Burton. [bd]Meadows trim with daisies pied.[b8] --Milton. {Pied antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bontebok. {Pied-billed grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the dabchick. {Pied blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus {Turdulus}. {Pied finch} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chaffinch. (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.] {Pied flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a common European flycatcher ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white. | |
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Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. [bd]Pied coats.[b8] --Burton. [bd]Meadows trim with daisies pied.[b8] --Milton. {Pied antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bontebok. {Pied-billed grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the dabchick. {Pied blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus {Turdulus}. {Pied finch} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chaffinch. (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.] {Pied flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a common European flycatcher ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white. | |
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Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. [bd]Pied coats.[b8] --Burton. [bd]Meadows trim with daisies pied.[b8] --Milton. {Pied antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bontebok. {Pied-billed grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the dabchick. {Pied blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus {Turdulus}. {Pied finch} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chaffinch. (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.] {Pied flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a common European flycatcher ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white. | |
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Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper}, {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed grebe}. | |
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Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. [bd]Pied coats.[b8] --Burton. [bd]Meadows trim with daisies pied.[b8] --Milton. {Pied antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bontebok. {Pied-billed grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the dabchick. {Pied blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus {Turdulus}. {Pied finch} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chaffinch. (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.] {Pied flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a common European flycatcher ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white. | |
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Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper}, {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed grebe}. | |
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Pitfall \Pit"fall`\, n. A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind. --Sir T. North. | |
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Pitfalling \Pit"fall`ing\, a. Entrapping; insnaring. [R.] [bd]Full of . . . contradiction and pitfalling dispenses.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Pithful \Pith"ful\, a. Full of pith. [R.] --W. Browne. | |
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Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.] Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness. Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. -- {Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.] Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness. Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. -- {Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.] Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness. Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. -- {Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a. 1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. --James v. 11. 2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible. --Spenser. 3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable. That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. --Shak. Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See {Contemptible}. -- {Pit"i*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pit"i*ful*ness}, n. | |
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Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a. 1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. --James v. 11. 2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible. --Spenser. 3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable. That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. --Shak. Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See {Contemptible}. -- {Pit"i*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pit"i*ful*ness}, n. | |
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Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a. 1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. --James v. 11. 2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible. --Spenser. 3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable. That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. --Shak. Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See {Contemptible}. -- {Pit"i*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pit"i*ful*ness}, n. | |
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Podophyllin \Pod`o*phyl"lin\, n. [From {Podophyllum}.] (Chem.) A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}). It is a complex mixture of several substances. | |
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Podophyllous \Pod`o*phyl"lous\, a. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs. 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of lamin[91], beneath a horse's hoof. | |
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Podophyllin \Pod`o*phyl"lin\, n. [From {Podophyllum}.] (Chem.) A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}). It is a complex mixture of several substances. | |
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d8Podophyllum \[d8]Pod`o*phyl"lum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + [?] leaf.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American {Podohyllum peltatum}, or May apple, the Himalayan {P. Emodi}. 2. (Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}), -- used as a cathartic drug. | |
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Duck's-foot \Duck's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.) The May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}). | |
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May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. --Chaucer. 2. The early part or springtime of life. His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn. The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash. Plumes that micked the may. --Tennyson. 4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson. {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S. hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches. {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic. {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and allied genera. Called also {June beetle}. {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole. {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed. {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary. {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under {Ephemeral}. {May game}, any May-day sport. {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games. {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria majalis}). {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary. {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day. {May thorn}, the hawthorn. | |
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Mandrake \Man"drake\, n. [AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr. Gr. [?]: cf. F. mandragore.] 1. (Bot.) A low plant ({Mandragora officinarum}) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region. And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak. Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant, but proof is wanting. 2. (Bot.) The May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}). See {May apple} under {May}, and {Podophyllum}. [U.S.] | |
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Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot. 2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug. 3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. [bd]Give her a pot and a cake.[b8] --De Foe. 4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot. 5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot. 6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc. 7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight. 8. A size of paper. See {Pott}. {Jack pot}. See under 2d {Jack}. {Pot cheese}, cottage cheese. See under {Cottage}. {Pot companion}, a companion in drinking. {Pot hanger}, a pothook. {Pot herb}, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. {Pot hunter}, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market. {Pot metal}. (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure. (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot. --Knight. {Pot plant} (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot. {Pot wheel} (Hydraul.), a noria. {To go to pot}, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G. Saxe. | |
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Potable \Po"ta*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. potabilis, fr. potare to drink; akin to Gr. po`tos a drinking, po`sis a drink, Skr. p[be] to drink, OIr. ibim I drink. Cf. {Poison}, {Bib}, {Imbibe}.] Fit to be drunk; drinkable. [bd]Water fresh and potable.[b8] --Bacon. -- n. A potable liquid; a beverage. [bd]Useful in potables.[b8] --J. Philips. | |
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Potableness \Po"ta*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being drinkable. | |
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Pot-bellied \Pot"-bel`lied\, a. Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot. | |
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Pot-belly \Pot"-bel`ly\, n. A protuberant belly. | |
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Potboiler \Pot"boil`er\, n. A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living. [Cant] | |
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Pot-valiant \Pot"-val`iant\, a. Having the courage given by drink. --Smollett. | |
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petaflops achieved this performance yet. (1997-07-21) |