# dict

Words: otherwise
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n: something or anything else : something to the contrary <do very little to enforce competition*and have never intended otherwise Milton Viorst>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : in a different way or manner <glossed over or otherwise handled Playboy>\n2 : in different circumstances <might otherwise have left>\n3 : in other respects <an otherwise flimsy farce Current Biography>\n4 : if not <do what tell you, otherwise you’ll be sorry>\n5 : NOT paired with an adjective, adverb, noun, or verb to indicate its contrary or to suggest an indefinite alternative <people whose deeds, admirable or otherwise John Fischer> <almost thirty thousand women, Irish and otherwise J. M. Burns> <his opinion as to the success or otherwise of it Austral. Dict. of Biography>\n\n<3> adjective\n: DIFFERENT <if conditions were otherwise>


Words: otiose
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : producing no useful result : FUTILE\n2 : being at leisure : IDLE\n3 : lacking use or effect : FUNCTIONLESS


Words: otter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various largely aquatic carnivorous mammals (as genus Lutra or Enhydra) that are related to the weasels and minks and usually have webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur\n2 : the fur or pelt of an otter


Words: ottoman
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized a : a member of a Turkish dynasty founded by Osman that ruled the Ottoman Empire b : a citizen or functionary of the Ottoman Empire\n2 French ottomane, from feminine of ottoman, adjective a : an upholstered often overstuffed seat or couch usually without a back b : an overstuffed footstool\n3 : a heavy clothing fabric characterized by pronounced crosswise ribs


Words: ought
Meaning:
<1> verbal auxiliary\n\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 chiefly Scottish : POSSESS\n2 chiefly Scottish : OWE\n\n<3> noun\n: moral obligation : DUTY


Words: ounce
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a unit of weight equal to 112 troy pound see WEIGHT table b : a unit of weight equal to 116 avoirdupois pound c : a small amount\n2 : FLUID OUNCE\n\n<2> noun\n: SNOW LEOPARD


Words: our
Meaning:
adjective\n: of or relating to us or ourselves or ourself especially as possessors or possessor, agents or agent, or objects or object of an action <our throne> <our actions> <our being chosen>


Words: ours
Meaning:
pronoun \n: that which belongs to us used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective our


Words: ourselves
Meaning:
pronoun plural\n1 : those identical ones that are we used reflexively <we’re doing it solely for ourselves*, for emphasis \n2 : our normal, healthy, or sane condition <just not ourselves today>


Words: oust
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity b : to take away (as a right or authority) : BAR, REMOVE\n2 : to take the place of : SUPPLANT


Words: ouster
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a wrongful dispossession b : a judgment removing an officer or depriving a corporation of a franchise\n2 : EXPULSION


Words: out
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a (1) : in a direction away from the inside or center <went out into the garden> (2) : OUTSIDE <it’s raining out> b : from among others c : away from the shore d : away from home or work <out to lunch> e : away from a particular place\n2 a : so as to be missing or displaced from the usual or proper place <left a word out> <threw his shoulder out> b : into the possession or control of another <lend out money> c : into a state of loss or defeat <was voted out> d : into a state of vexation <they do not mark me, and that brings me out Shakespeare> e : into groups or shares <sorted out her notes> <parceled out the farm>\n3 a : to the point of depletion, extinction, or exhaustion <the food ran out> <turn the light out> <all tuckered out> b : to completion or satisfaction <hear me out> <work the problem out> c : to the full or a great extent or degree <all decked out> <stretched out on the floor>\n4 a : in or into the open <the sun came out> b : OUT LOUD <cried out> c : in or into public circulation <the evening paper isn’t out yet>\n5 a : at an end <before the day is out> b : in or into an insensible or unconscious state <she was out cold> c : in or into a useless state <landed the plane with one engine out> d : so as to end the offensive turn of another player, a side, or oneself in baseball <threw him out> <fly out>\n6 used on a two-way radio circuit to indicate that a message is complete and no reply is expected\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : EJECT, OUST\n2 : to identify publicly as being such secretly <wanted to out pot smokers>; especially : to identify as being a closet homosexual\nintransitive senses : to become publicly known <the truth will out>\n\n<3> preposition\n\n\n<4> adjective\n1 a : situated outside : EXTERNAL b : OUT-OF-BOUNDS\n2 : situated at a distance : OUTLYING <the out islands>\n3 : not being in power\n4 : ABSENT\n5 : removed by the defense from play as a batter or base runner in a baseball inning <two men out>\n6 : directed outward or serving to direct something outward <the out basket>\n7 : not being


Words: outboard
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : situated outboard\n2 : having, using, or limited to the use of an outboard motor\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : outside a ship’s bulwarks : in a lateral direction from the hull\n2 : in a position closer or closest to either of the wingtips of an airplane or to the sides of an automobile\n\n<3> noun\n1 : OUTBOARD MOTOR\n2 : a boat with an outboard motor


Words: outbreak
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a sudden or violent increase in activity or currency <the outbreak of war> b : a sudden rise in the incidence of a disease <an outbreak of measles> c : a sudden increase in numbers of a harmful organism and especially an insect within a particular area <an outbreak of locusts>\n2 : INSURRECTION, REVOLT


Words: outburst
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a violent expression of feeling <an outburst of anger>\n2 : a surge of activity or growth <new outbursts of creative power C. E. Montague>\n3 : ERUPTION <volcanic outbursts>


Words: outcast
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : PARIAH\n2 Scots cast out to quarrel Scottish : QUARREL


Words: outcrop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground\n2 : the part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to project from the surrounding soil <ledges outcropping from the eroded slope>\n2 : to come to the surface : APPEAR


Words: outdoor
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to the outdoors\n2 a : performed outdoors <outdoor sports> b : OUTDOORSY <an outdoor couple>\n3 : not enclosed : having no roof <an outdoor restaurant>


Words: outdoors
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: outside a building : in or into the open air\n\n<2> noun plural but singular in construction\n1 : a place or location away from the confines of a building\n2 : the world away from human habitations


Words: outer
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : existing independent of mind : OBJECTIVE\n2 a : situated farther out <the outer limits> b : being away from a center c : situated or belonging on the outside <the outer covering>


Words: outface
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to cause to waver or submit by or as if by staring\n2 : to confront unflinchingly : DEFY


Words: outfield
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the part of a baseball field beyond the infield and between the foul lines\n2 : the baseball defensive positions comprising right field, center field, and left field; also : the players who occupy these positions


Words: outfit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition)\n2 a : the tools or equipment for the practice of a trade b : wearing apparel with accessories usually for a special occasion or activity c : physical, mental, or moral endowments or resources\n3 : a group that works as a team : ORGANIZATION; especially : a military unit\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to furnish with an outfit\n2 : SUPPLY <outfitting every family with shoes Amer. Guide Series: Vt.>\nintransitive senses : to acquire an outfit


Words: outflow
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: to flow out\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a flowing out <the outflow of dollars>\n2 : something that flows out <outflow of a sewage treatment plant>


Words: outgo
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to go beyond : OUTDO\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that goes out; specifically : EXPENDITURE\n2 a : the act of going out b : DEPARTURE\n3 : OUTLET 1a


Words: outgoing
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : going away : DEPARTING <an outgoing ship> b : retiring or withdrawing from a place or position <the outgoing president> c : directed to an intended recipient <outgoing mail>\n2 : openly friendly and responsive : EXTROVERTED


Words: outgrow
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to grow or increase faster than <mankind is outgrowing food supplies R. C. Murphy>\n2 : to grow too large or too mature for <outgrew his best suit> <the need to outgrow the habit of war Norman Cousins>


Words: outgrowth
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a process or product of growing out <an outgrowth of hair>\n2 : CONSEQUENCE, BY-PRODUCT <crime is often an outgrowth of poverty>


Words: outing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a brief usually outdoor pleasure trip\n2 : an athletic competition or race; also : an appearance therein\n3 : a usually public presentation or appearance (as in a particular role) <her first outing as a novelist>\n4 : the public disclosure of the covert homosexuality of a prominent person by homosexual activists


Words: outlandish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to another country : FOREIGN\n2 a : strikingly out of the ordinary : BIZARRE <an outlandish costume> b : exceeding proper or reasonable limits or standards\n3 : remote from civilization


Words: outlaw
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law\n2 a : a lawless person or a fugitive from the law b : a person or organization under a ban or restriction c : one that is unconventional or rebellious\n3 : an animal (as a horse) that is wild and unmanageable\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to deprive of the benefit and protection of law : declare to be an outlaw b : to make illegal <outlawed dueling>\n2 : to place under a ban or restriction\n3 : to remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement


Words: outlay
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to lay out (money) : EXPEND\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of expending\n2 : EXPENDITURE, PAYMENT <outlays for national defense>


Words: outlet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a place or opening through which something is let out : EXIT, VENT b : a means of release or satisfaction for an emotion or impulse <sexual outlets> c : a medium of expression or publication\n2 : a stream flowing out of a lake or pond\n3 a : a market for a commodity b : an agency (as a store or dealer) through which a product is marketed <retail outlets>\n4 : a receptacle for the plug of an electrical device


Words: outline
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a line that marks the outer limits of an object or figure : BOUNDARY b : SHAPE\n2 a : a style of drawing in which contours are marked without shading b : a sketch in outline\n3 a : a condensed treatment of a particular subject <an outline of world history> b : a summary of a written work : SYNOPSIS\n4 : a preliminary account of a project : PLAN\n5 : a fishing line set out overnight : TROTLINE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to draw the outline of\n2 : to indicate the principal features or different parts of <outlined their responsibilities>


Words: outlive
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to live beyond or longer than <outlived most of his friends> <outlive its usefulness>\n2 : to survive the effects of <universities outlive many political and social changes J. B. Conant>


Words: outlook
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a place offering a view b : a view from a particular place\n2 : POINT OF VIEW <a positive outlook on life>\n3 : the act of looking out\n4 : the prospect for the future <the outlook for steel demand in the U.S. Wall Street Journal>


Words: outpatient
Meaning:
noun\n: a patient who is not hospitalized overnight but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment compare INPATIENT


Words: outpoint
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to sail closer to the wind than\n2 : to win more points than (as in a boxing match)


Words: outpost
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a security detachment dispatched by a main body of troops to protect it from enemy surprise b : a military base established by treaty or agreement in another country\n2 a : an outlying or frontier settlement b : an outlying branch or position of a main organization or group


Words: output
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something produced: as a : mineral, agricultural, or industrial production <steel output> b : mental or artistic production <literary output> c : the amount produced by a person in a given time d : power or energy produced or delivered by a machine or system (as for storage or for conversion in kind or in characteristics) <solar X-ray output> e : the information produced by a computer\n2 : the act, process, or an instance of producing\n3 : the terminal for the output on an electrical device\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to produce as output


Words: outrage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act of violence or brutality\n2 a : INJURY, INSULT <do no outrages on silly women or poor passengers Shakespeare> b : an act that violates accepted standards of behavior or taste <an outrage alike against decency and dignity John Buchan>\n3 : the anger and resentment aroused by injury or insult\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : RAPE b : to violate the standards or principles of <he has outraged respectability past endurance John Braine>\n2 : to arouse anger or resentment in usually by some grave offense


Words: outrageous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : exceeding the limits of what is usual b : not conventional or matter-of-fact : FANTASTIC\n2 : VIOLENT, UNRESTRAINED\n3 a : going beyond all standards of what is right or decent <an outrageous disregard of human rights> b : deficient in propriety or good taste <outrageous language> <outrageous manners>


Words: outreach
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to surpass in reach b : EXCEED <the demand outreaches the supply>\n2 : to get the better of by trickery\nintransitive senses\n1 : to go too far\n2 : to reach out\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of reaching out\n2 : the extent or limit of reach <the outreach of the Ohio floods Clifton Johnson>\n3 : the extending of services or assistance beyond current or usual limits <an outreach program>; also : the extent of such services or assistance


Words: outrider
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mounted attendant\n2 : one who escorts or clears the way for a vehicle or person\n3 : FORERUNNER, HARBINGER


Words: outrigger
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a projecting spar with a shaped log at the end attached to a canoe to prevent upsetting b : a spar or projecting beam run out from a ship’s side to help secure the masts or from a mast to extend a rope or sail c : a projecting support for an oarlock; also : a boat equipped with these supports\n2 : a projecting member run out from a main structure to provide additional stability or to support something; especially : a projecting frame to support the elevator or tailplanes of an airplane or the rotor of a helicopter


Words: outright
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 archaic : straight ahead : DIRECTLY\n2 : in entirety : COMPLETELY <rejected the proposal outright>\n3 : without restraint or reservation <laughed outright>\n4 : on the spot : INSTANTANEOUSLY <was killed outright>\n5 : without lien or encumbrance <purchased the property outright for cash>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : being completely or exactly what is stated <an outright lie> b : given without reservation <outright grants for research> c : made without encumbrance or lien <outright sale>\n2 archaic : proceeding directly onward


Words: outsell
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : to exceed in value\n2 : to exceed in number of items sold\n3 : to surpass in selling or salesmanship


Words: outshine
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to shine brighter than b : to excel in splendor or showiness\n2 : OUTDO, SURPASS <outshone most of the other films in quality Kathleen Karr>\nintransitive senses : to shine out


Words: outside
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a place or region beyond an enclosure or boundary: as (1) : the world beyond the confines of an institution (as a prison) (2) often capitalized , in Alaska : the world beyond the territory or state of Alaska; especially : the 48 contiguous states b : the area farthest from a specified point of reference: as (1) : the side of home plate farthest from the batter (2) : the part of a playing area toward the sidelines (3) : the part of a playing area away from the goal\n2 : an outer side or surface\n3 : an outer manifestation : APPEARANCE\n4 : the extreme limit of a guess : MAXIMUM <the crowd numbered 10,000 at the outside>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or being on or toward the outer side or surface <the outside edge> b : of, relating to, or being on or toward the outer side of a curve or turn c : of, relating to, or being on or near the outside <an outside pitch>\n2 a : situated or performed outside a particular place b : connected with or giving access to the outside <outside telephone line>\n3 : MAXIMUM\n4 a : not included or originating in a particular group or organization <blamed the riot on outside agitators> b : not belonging to one’s regular occupation or duties <outside interests>\n5 : barely possible : REMOTE <an outside chance>\n6 : made or done from the outside <borrowed a basketball and practiced his outside shot>\n\n<3> adverb\n1 : on or to the outside\n2 : OUTDOORS\n\n<4> preposition\n1 used as a function word to indicate movement to or position on the outer side of\n2 : beyond the limits of <outside the scope of this report> <outside the law>\n3 : EXCEPT


Words: outsider
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person who does not belong to a particular group\n2 chiefly British : a contender not expected to win


Words: outsize
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an unusual size; especially : a size larger than the standard\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : unusually large or heavy\n2 : exaggerated or extravagant in size or degree


Words: outspoken
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : direct and open in speech or expression : FRANK <outspoken in his criticism Current Biography>\n2 : spoken or expressed without reserve <his outspoken advocacy of gun control>


Words: outstanding
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : standing out : PROJECTING\n2 a : UNPAID <left several bills outstanding> b : continuing to exist : UNRESOLVED <a long outstanding problem in astronomy> c of securities : publicly issued and sold\n3 a : standing out from a group : CONSPICUOUS b : marked by eminence and distinction


Words: outstay
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : OVERSTAY 1 <outstayed their welcome>\n2 : to surpass in staying power <outstayed his competitors>


Words: outstrip
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to go faster or farther than\n2 : to get ahead of : leave behind <has civilization outstripped the ability of its users to use it Margaret Mead>


Words: outward
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : moving, directed, or turned toward the outside or away from a center <an outward flow>\n2 : situated on the outside : EXTERIOR\n3 : of or relating to the body or to appearances rather than to the mind or the inner life <outward beauty>\n4 : EXTERNAL\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : toward the outside\n2 obsolete : on the outside : EXTERNALLY\n\n<3> noun\n: external form, appearance, or reality


Words: outwardly
Meaning:
adverb\n1 a : on the outside : EXTERNALLY b : toward the outside\n2 : in outward state, behavior, or appearance <was outwardly friendly>


Words: outweigh
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to exceed in weight, value, or importance <the advantages outweigh the disadvantages>


Words: outwit
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to get the better of by superior cleverness : OUTSMART\n2 archaic : to surpass in wisdom


Words: outwork
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : WORK OUT, COMPLETE\n2 : to work harder, faster, or better than\n\n<2> noun\n: a minor defensive position constructed outside a fortified area


Words: oval
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an oval figure or object\n2 : a racetrack in the shape of an oval or a rectangle having rounded corners\n\n<2> adjective\n: having the shape of an egg; also : broadly elliptical


Words: ovary
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one of the typically paired essential female reproductive organs that produce eggs and in vertebrates female sex hormones\n2 : the enlarged rounded usually basal portion of the pistil or gynoecium of an angiospermous plant that bears the ovules and consists of one or more carpels see FLOWER illustration


Words: ovation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted\n2 : an expression or demonstration of popular acclaim especially by enthusiastic applause <received a standing ovation>


Words: ovenbird
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various So. American small brown passerine birds (genus Furnarius)\n2 : an American warbler (Seiurus aurocapillus) that builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground


Words: over
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : across a barrier or intervening space; especially : across the goal line in football b : forward beyond an edge or brink and often down <wandered too near the cliff and fell over> c : across the brim <soup boiled over> d : so as to bring the underside up <turned his cards over> e : from a vertical to a prone or inclined position <knocked the lamp over> f : from one person or side to another <hand it over> g : ACROSS <got his point over> h : to one’s home <invite some friends over> i : on the other side of an intervening space <the next town over> j : to agreement or concord <won them over>\n2 a (1) : beyond some quantity, limit, or norm often by a specified amount or to a specified degree <show ran a minute over> (2) : in an excessive manner : INORDINATELY b : till a later time (as the next day) : OVERNIGHT <stay over> <sleep over>\n3 a : ABOVE b : so as to cover the whole surface <windows boarded over>\n4 used on a two-way radio circuit to indicate that a message is complete and a reply is expected\n5 a : THROUGH <read it over>; also : in an intensive or comprehensive manner b : once more : AGAIN <do it over>\n\n<2> preposition\n1 used as a function word to indicate motion or situation in a position higher than or above another <towered over his mother> <flew over the lake> <rode over the old Roman road>\n2 a used as a function word to indicate the possession of authority, power, or jurisdiction in regard to some thing or person <respected those over him> b used as a function word to indicate superiority, advantage, or preference <a big lead over the others> c used as a function word to indicate one that is overcome, circumvented, or disregarded <passed over the governor’s veto>\n3 a : more than <cost over 5> b : ABOVE 4\n4 a used as a function word to indicate position upon or movement down upon <laid a blanket over the child> <hit him over the head> b (1) : all through or throughout <showed me over the house> <went over his notes> (2) used as a function word connecting one mathematical set and another w


Words: over-
Meaning:
prefix\n1 : so as to exceed or surpass <overachieve>\n2 : EXCESSIVE <overstimulation>\n3 : to an excessive degree <overthin>\noverabstract overabundance overabundant overaccentuate overadjustment overadvertise overaggressive overalert overambitious overambitiousness overamplified overanalysis overanalytical overanalyze overanxiety overanxious overapplication overarousal overarrange overarticulate overassert overassertion overassertive overassessment overattention overbake overbeat overbejeweled overbill overbleach overboil overbold overborrow overbreathing overbrief overbright overbroad overbrowse overbrutal overburn overbusy overcareful overcaution overcautious overcentralization overcentralize overchill overcivilized overclaim overclassification overclassify overclean overclear overcoach overcommercialization overcommercialize overcommunicate overcommunication overcomplex overcompliance overcomplicate overcomplicated overcompress overconcentration overconcern overconcerned overconfidence overconfident overconfidently overconscientious overconscious overconservative overconstruct overconsume overconsumption overcontrol overcook ov\nercool overcorrect overcount overcredulous overcritical overcultivation overcure overdecorate overdecoration overdemanding overdependence overdependent overdesign\noverdifferentiation overdirect overdiscount overdiversity overdocument overdramatic overdramatize overdrink overdry overeager overeagerness overearnest overedit overeducate overeducated overeducation overelaborate overelaboration overembellish overemote overemotional overemphasis overemphasize overemphatic overenamored overencourage overenergetic overengineer overenrolled overentertained overenthusiasm overenthusiastic overequipped overestimate overestimation overevaluation overexaggerate overexaggeration overexcite overexcited overexercise overexert overexertion overexpand overexpansion overexpectation overexplain overexplicit overexploit overexploitation overextraction overextrapolation overextravagant overexuberant overfacile


Words: overact
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to act more than is necessary\n2 : to overact a part\ntransitive senses : to exaggerate in acting


Words: overage
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : too old to be useful\n2 : older than is normal for one’s position, function, or grade\n\n<2> noun\n: SURPLUS, EXCESS


Words: overall
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : ALL OVER 1 <the pattern used overall>\n2 : from one end to the other <600 feet long overall>\n3 a : in view of all the circumstances or conditions <overall, the sale was a success> b : as a whole : GENERALLY <doesn’t do as well overall> c : with everyone or everything taken into account <was third overall in earnings> <got 31 miles to the gallon overall>\n\n<2> noun\n1 plural a archaic : loose protective trousers worn over regular clothes b : trousers of strong material usually with a bib and shoulder straps\n2 chiefly British : a loose-fitting protective smock worn over regular clothing\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : including everything\n2 : viewed as a whole : GENERAL


Words: overarm
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : OVERHAND\n2 of a swimming stroke : made with the arm lifted out of the water and stretched forward over the shoulder to begin the stroke


Words: overbalance
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : OUTWEIGH\n2 : to cause to lose balance\n\n<2> noun\n: something more than an equivalent


Words: overbearing
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : tending to overwhelm : OVERPOWERING b : decisively important : DOMINANT\n2 : harshly and haughtily arrogant


Words: overboard
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : over the side of a ship or boat into the water\n2 : to extremes of enthusiasm\n3 : into discard : ASIDE


Words: overburden
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to place an excessive burden on\n\n<2> noun\n: material overlying a deposit of useful geological materials or bedrock


Words: overcast
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : DARKEN, OVERSHADOW\n2 : to sew (raw edges of a seam) with long slanting widely spaced stitches to prevent raveling\n\n<2> adjective\n: clouded over <an overcast day>\n\n<3> noun\n: COVERING; especially : a covering of clouds over the sky


Words: overcharge
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to charge too much or too fully\n2 : to fill too full\n3 : EXAGGERATE, OVERDRAW\nintransitive senses : to make an excessive charge


Words: overcome
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to get the better of : SURMOUNT <overcome difficulties>\n2 : OVERWHELM\nintransitive senses : to gain the superiority : WIN


Words: overdo
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to do in excess b : to use to excess c : EXAGGERATE\n2 : to cook too long\n3 : EXHAUST\nintransitive senses : to go to extremes


Words: overdraw
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to draw checks on (a bank account) for more than the balance <the account was overdrawn>\n2 : EXAGGERATE, OVERSTATE\nintransitive senses : to make an overdraft


Words: overexpose
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to expose excessively; especially : to expose (as film) to excessive radiation (as light)


Words: overflow
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cover with or as if with water : INUNDATE\n2 : to flow over the brim of\n3 : to cause to overflow\nintransitive senses\n1 : to flow over bounds\n2 : to fill a space to capacity and spread beyond its limits <the crowd overflowed into the street>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a flowing over : INUNDATION\n2 : something that flows over : SURPLUS\n3 : an outlet or receptacle for surplus liquid


Words: overgrow
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to grow over so as to cover with herbage\n2 : to grow beyond or rise above : OUTGROW\nintransitive senses\n1 : to grow excessively\n2 : to become grown over


Words: overhand
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: made with the hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to sew with short vertical stitches\n\n<3> noun\n: an overhand stroke (as in handball)


Words: overhang
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to project over\n2 : to impend over : THREATEN\nintransitive senses : to project so as to be over something\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the part of the bow or stern of a ship that projects over the water above the waterline\n2 : something that overhangs; also : the extent of the overhanging\n3 : a projection of the roof or upper story of a building beyond the wall of the lower part\n4 : an excess supply of a commodity that cannot be readily converted, sold, or disposed of <dollar overhang> <inventory overhang>


Words: overhaul
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to examine thoroughly b (1) : REPAIR (2) : to renovate, revise, or renew thoroughly\n2 : to haul or drag over\n3 : OVERTAKE


Words: overhead
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: above one’s head : ALOFT\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : operating, lying, or coming from above b : having the driving part above the part driven <valves operated by an overhead camshaft>\n2 : of or relating to overhead <overhead costs>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : business expenses (as rent, insurance, or heating) not chargeable to a particular part of the work or product\n2 : CEILING; especially : the ceiling of a ship’s compartment\n3 : a stroke in a racket game made above head height : SMASH


Words: overhear
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to hear without the speaker’s knowledge or intention\nintransitive senses : to overhear something


Words: overkill
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to obliterate (a target) with more nuclear force than required\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a destructive capacity greatly exceeding that required for a given target\n2 : an excess of something (as a quantity or an action) beyond what is required or suitable for a particular purpose <a propaganda overkill> <an overkill in weaponry>\n3 : killing in excess of what is intended or required


Words: overland
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: by, on, or across land\n\n<2> adjective\n: going or accomplished over the land instead of by sea <overland emigrants> <an overland route>


Words: overlap
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to extend over or past and cover a part of\n2 : to have something in common with\nintransitive senses\n1 : to occupy the same area in part : lap over\n2 : to have something in common


Words: overlay
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to lay or spread over or across : SUPERIMPOSE b : to prepare an overlay for\n2 : OVERLIE 2\n\n<2> noun\n: a covering either permanent or temporary: as a : an ornamental veneer b : a decorative and contrasting design or article placed on top of a plain one c : a transparent sheet containing graphic matter to be superimposed on another sheet


Words: overlook
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to look over : INSPECT\n2 a : to look down upon from above b : to rise above or afford a view of\n3 a : to look past : MISS b : IGNORE 1 c : EXCUSE 2\n4 : SUPERINTEND, OVERSEE\n5 : to look on with the evil eye : BEWITCH\n\n<2> noun\n: a place from which one may look down on a scene below <plenty of overlooks and trails Thelma H. Bell>


Words: overlord
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a lord over other lords : a lord paramount\n2 a : an absolute or supreme ruler b : one having great power or authority <a corporate overlord>


Words: overnight
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : on the evening before b : during the night <stayed away overnight>\n2 : very quickly or suddenly <became famous overnight>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, lasting, or staying the night\n2 : SUDDEN, RAPID <an overnight sensation>\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to stay overnight\n\n<4> noun\n: an overnight stay


Words: overpass
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to pass across, over, or beyond : CROSS; also : SURPASS\n2 : TRANSGRESS\n3 : DISREGARD, IGNORE\n\n<2> noun\n: a crossing of two highways or of a highway and pedestrian path or railroad at different levels where clearance to traffic on the lower level is obtained by elevating the higher level; also : the upper level of such a crossing


Words: overplay
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to present (as a dramatic role) extravagantly : EXAGGERATE b : to place too much emphasis on\n2 : to rely too much on the strength of usually used in the phrase overplay one’s hand\n3 : to strike a golf ball beyond (a putting green)\nintransitive senses : to exaggerate a part or effect


Words: overpower
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to overcome by superior force : SUBDUE\n2 : to affect with overwhelming intensity <the stench overpowered us>\n3 : to provide with more power than is needed or desirable <a dangerously overpowered car>


Words: overreach
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to reach above or beyond : OVERTOP\n2 : to defeat (oneself) by seeking to do or gain too much\n3 : to get the better of especially in dealing and bargaining and typically by unscrupulous or crafty methods\nintransitive senses\n1 of a horse : to strike the forefoot with the front part of the hind foot\n2 a : to go to excess b : EXAGGERATE\n3 : to overreach oneself


Words: override
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to ride over or across : TRAMPLE\n2 : to ride (as a horse) too much or too hard\n3 a : to prevail over : DOMINATE b : to set aside : ANNUL <override a veto> c : to neutralize the action of (as an automatic control)\n4 : to extend or pass over; especially : OVERLAP\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a commission paid to managerial personnel on sales made by subordinates\n2 : ROYALTY 5a\n3 : a device or system used to override a control\n4 : an act or an instance of overriding


Words: overrule
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to rule over : GOVERN\n2 : to prevail over : OVERCOME\n3 a : to rule against b : to set aside : REVERSE


Words: overrun
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a (1) : to defeat decisively and occupy the positions of (2) : to invade and occupy or ravage b : to spread or swarm over : INFEST\n2 a : to run or go beyond or past <the plane overran the runway> b : EXCEED c : to readjust (set type) by shifting letters or words from one line into another\n3 : to flow over\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of overrunning; especially : an exceeding of the costs estimated in a contract for development and manufacture of new equipment\n2 : the amount by which something overruns\n3 : a run in excess of the quantity ordered by a customer


Words: overseas
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: beyond or across the sea <lived overseas for a time>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to movement, transport, or communication over the sea <an overseas liner>\n2 : situated, originating in, or relating to lands beyond the sea <overseas installations> <overseas immigrants>


Words: overshoot
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to pass swiftly beyond\n2 : to shoot or pass over or beyond so as to miss\n3 : to excel in shooting


Words: oversight
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : watchful and responsible care b : regulatory supervision <congressional oversight>\n2 : an inadvertent omission or error


Words: oversleep
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to sleep beyond the time for waking\ntransitive senses : to allow (oneself) to oversleep


Words: overthrow
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : OVERTURN, UPSET\n2 : to cause the downfall of : BRING DOWN, DEFEAT\n3 : to throw a ball over or past (as a base or a receiver)


Words: overtime
Meaning:
noun\n1 : time in excess of a set limit: as a : working time in excess of a standard day or week b : an extra period of play in a contest\n2 : the wage paid for overtime


Words: overtone
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one of the higher tones produced simultaneously with the fundamental and that with the fundamental comprise a complex musical tone : HARMONIC 1a b : HARMONIC 2\n2 : the color of the light reflected (as by a paint)\n3 : a secondary effect, quality, or meaning : SUGGESTION 3, CONNOTATION


Words: overture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an initiative toward agreement or action : PROPOSAL b : something introductory : PRELUDE\n2 a : the orchestral introduction to a musical dramatic work b : an orchestral concert piece written especially as a single movement in sonata form\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to put forward as an overture\n2 : to make or present an overture to


Words: overturn
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to turn over : UPSET\n2 : INVALIDATE, DESTROY\nintransitive senses : UPSET, TURN OVER\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of overturning : the state of being overturned\n2 : the sinking of surface water and rise of bottom water in a lake or sea that results from changes in temperature that commonly occur in spring and fall


Words: overwhelm
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : UPSET, OVERTHROW\n2 a : to cover over completely : SUBMERGE b : to overcome by superior force or numbers c : to overpower in thought or feeling


Words: oviparous
Meaning:
adjective\n: producing eggs that develop and hatch outside the maternal body; also : involving the production of such eggs


Words: ovule
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an outgrowth of the ovary of a seed plant that is a megasporangium and encloses an embryo sac within a nucellus\n2 : a small egg; especially : one in an early stage of growth


Words: owe
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a archaic : POSSESS, OWN b : to have or bear (an emotion or attitude) to someone or something <owes the boss a grudge>\n2 a (1) : to be under obligation to pay or repay in return for something received : be indebted in the sum of <owes me 5> (2) : to be under obligation to render (as duty or service) <I owe you a favor> b : to be indebted to <owes the grocer for supplies>\n3 : to be indebted for <owed his wealth to his father> <owes much to good luck>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be in debt <owes for his house>\n2 : to be attributable <an idea that owes to Greek philosophy>


Words: owl
Meaning:
noun\n: any of an order (Strigiformes) of chiefly nocturnal birds of prey with a large head and eyes, short hooked bill, strong talons, and soft fluffy often mottled brown plumage


Words: own
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : belonging to oneself or itself usually used following a possessive case or possessive adjective <cooked my own dinner>\n2 used to express immediate or direct kinship <an own son> <an own sister>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to have or hold as property : POSSESS b : to have power over : CONTROL <wanted to own his own life>\n2 : to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed : ADMIT <own a debt>\nintransitive senses : to acknowledge something to be true, valid, or as claimed used with to or up\n\n<3> pronoun, singular or plural in construction\n: one or ones belonging to oneself used after a possessive and without a following noun <gave out books so that each of us had our own> <a room of your own>


Words: ox
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a domestic bovine mammal (Bos taurus); broadly : a bovine mammal\n2 : an adult castrated male domestic ox


Words: oxbow
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a U-shaped frame forming a collar about an ox’s neck and supporting the yoke\n2 : something (as a bend in a river) resembling an oxbow


Words: oxford
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a low shoe laced or tied over the instep\n2 : a soft durable cotton or synthetic fabric made in plain or basket weaves called also oxford cloth


Words: oxidize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to combine with oxygen\n2 : to dehydrogenate especially by the action of oxygen\n3 : to change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence : remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)\nintransitive senses : to become oxidized


Words: oxyacetylene
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or utilizing a mixture of oxygen and acetylene <an oxyacetylene torch>


Words: oxygen
Meaning:
noun\n: a colorless tasteless odorless gaseous element that constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere and is found in water, in most rocks and minerals, and in numerous organic compounds, that is capable of combining with all elements except the inert gases, that is active in physiological processes, and that is involved especially in combustion see ELEMENT table


Words: oyster
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of various marine bivalve mollusks (family Ostreidae) that have a rough irregular shell closed by a single adductor muscle and include commercially important shellfish b : any of various mollusks resembling or related to the oysters\n2 : something that is or can be readily made to serve one’s personal ends <the world was her oyster>\n3 : a small mass of muscle contained in a concavity of the pelvic bone on each side of the back of a fowl\n4 : an extremely taciturn person\n5 : a grayish-white color


Words: ozone
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a triatomic very reactive form of oxygen that is a bluish irritating gas of pungent odor, that is formed naturally in the atmosphere by a photochemical reaction and is a major air pollutant in the lower atmosphere but a beneficial component of the upper atmosphere, and that is used for oxidizing, bleaching, disinfecting, and deodorizing\n2 : pure and refreshing air <relished the ozone of morning>


Words: p
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 16th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic p\n2 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter p\n3 : one designated p especially as the 16th in order or class\n4 abbreviation for pass a : a grade rating a student’s work as passing b : one graded or rated with a P\n5 : something shaped like the letter\n\n<2> abbreviation\npage, pages, parental generation, part, participle, past, pater, pawn, pence, penny, per, peseta, peso, petite, piano, pico-, pint, pipe, pitch, pole, port, power, pro, proton, purl


Words: pabulum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : FOOD; especially : a suspension or solution of nutrients in a state suitable for absorption\n2 : intellectual sustenance\n3 : something (as writing or speech) that is insipid, simplistic, or bland


Words: pace
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : rate of movement; especially : an established rate of locomotion b : rate of progress; specifically : parallel rate of growth or development <supplies kept pace with demand> c : an example to be emulated; specifically : first place in a competition <three strokes off the pace Time> d (1) : rate of performance or delivery : TEMPO; especially : SPEED <serves with great pace> <a pace bowler in cricket> (2) : rhythmic animation : FLUENCY <writes with color, with zest, and with pace Amy Loveman>\n2 : a manner of walking : TREAD\n3 a : STEP 2a(1) b : any of various units of distance based on the length of a human step\n4 a plural : an exhibition or test of skills or capacities <the trainer put the tiger through its paces> b : GAIT; especially : a fast 2-beat gait (as of the horse) in which the legs move in lateral pairs and support the animal alternately on the right and left legs\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to walk with often slow or measured tread b : to move along : PROCEED\n2 : to go at a pace used especially of a horse\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to measure by pacing often used with off <paced off a 10-yard penalty> b : to cover at a walk <could hear him pacing the floor>\n2 : to cover (a course) by pacing used of a horse\n3 a : to set or regulate the pace of <taught them how to pace their solos for impact Richard Goldstein>; also : to establish a moderate or steady pace for (oneself) b (1) : to go before : PRECEDE (2) : to set an example for : LEAD c : to keep pace with\n\n<3> preposition\n: contrary to the opinion of usually used as an expression of deference to someone’s contrary opinion; usually italics <easiness is a virtue in grammar, pace old-fashioned grammarians Philip Howard>


Words: pacemaker
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one that sets the pace for another b : one that takes the lead or sets an example\n2 a : a body part (as the sinoatrial node of the heart) that serves to establish and maintain a rhythmic activity b : an electrical device for stimulating or steadying the heartbeat or reestablishing the rhythm of an arrested heart


Words: pachyderm
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals (as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a pig) most of which have a thick skin


Words: pachysandra
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Pachysandra) of shrubby evergreen plants of the box family often used as a ground cover


Words: pacific
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : tending to lessen conflict : CONCILIATORY b : rejecting the use of force as an instrument of policy\n2 a : having a soothing appearance or effect <mild pacific breezes> b : mild of temper : PEACEABLE\n3 capitalized : of, relating to, bordering on, or situated near the Pacific Ocean


Words: pacifism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes; specifically : refusal to bear arms on moral or religious grounds\n2 : an attitude or policy of nonresistance


Words: pacify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to allay the anger or agitation of : SOOTHE <pacify a crying child> b : APPEASE, PROPITIATE\n2 a : to restore to a tranquil state : SETTLE <made an attempt to pacify the commotion> b : to reduce to a submissive state : SUBDUE <forces moved in to pacify the country>


Words: pack
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a bundle arranged for convenience in carrying especially on the back b : a group or pile of related objects c (1) : a number of individual components packaged as a unit <a pack of cigarettes> (2) : CONTAINER (3) : a compact unitized assembly to perform a specific function (4) : a stack of magnetic disks in a container for use as a storage device\n2 a : the contents of a bundle b : a large amount or number : HEAP <a pack of lies> c : a full set of playing cards\n3 a : an act or instance of packing b : a method of packing\n4 a : a set of persons with a common interest : CLIQUE b : an organized troop (as of Cub Scouts)\n5 a (1) : a group of domesticated animals trained to hunt or run together (2) : a group of often predatory animals of the same kind <a wolf pack> (3) : a large group of individuals massed together (as in a race) b : WOLF PACK\n6 : a concentrated or compacted mass (as of snow or ice)\n7 : wet absorbent material for therapeutic application to the body\n8 a : a cosmetic paste for the face b : an application or treatment of oils or creams for conditioning the scalp and hair\n9 : material used in packing\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make into a compact bundle b : to fill completely <fans packed the stadium> c : to fill with packing <pack a joint in a pipe> d : to load with a pack <pack a mule> e : to put in a protective container <goods packed for shipment>\n2 a : to crowd together b : to increase the density of : COMPRESS\n3 a : to cause or command to go without ceremony <packed him off to school> b : to bring to an end : GIVE UP used with up or in <might pack up the assignment> used especially in the phrase pack it in\n4 : to gather into tight formation : make a pack of (as hounds)\n5 : to cover or surround with a pack\n6 a : to transport on foot or on the back of an animal <pack a canoe overland> b : to wear or carry as equipment <pack a gun> c : to be supplied or equipped with : POSSESS <a storm packing hurricane winds> d : to cause or be capable of making (an impact) <a book that packs a ma


Words: package
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : the act or process of packing\n2 a : a small or moderate-sized pack : PARCEL b : a commodity or a unit of a product uniformly wrapped or sealed c : a preassembled unit\n3 : a covering wrapper or container\n4 : something that suggests a package: as a : PACKAGE DEAL b : a radio or television series offered for sale at a lump sum c : contract benefits gained through collective bargaining d : a ready-made computer program or collection of related software e : a travel arrangement contract that offers for a fixed price transportation, accommodations, and often sightseeing and entertainment f : a collection of related items; especially : one to be considered or acted on together <presented his tax package to the nation>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to make into a package; especially : to produce as an entertainment package b : to present (as a product) in such a way as to heighten its appeal to the public\n2 : to enclose in a package or covering


Words: packer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that packs: as a : one engaged in processing food (as meat) and distributing it to retailers b : an automotive vehicle with a closed body and a compressing device (as for compacting rubbish) in the rear\n2 : PORTER 1\n3 : one that conveys goods by means of a pack


Words: packet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a small bundle or parcel b : a small thin package c British (1) : PAY ENVELOPE (2) : SALARY, PAYCHECK d chiefly British : a considerable amount <that trip will cost you a packet>\n2 a : a number of letters dispatched at one time b : a small group, cluster, or mass\n3 : a passenger boat usually carrying mail and cargo\n4 British : a pack of cigarettes\n5 : a short fixed-length section of data that is transmitted as a unit in an electronic communications network


Words: packing
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the action or process of packing something; also : a method of packing b : the processing of food and especially meat for future sale\n2 : material (as a covering or stuffing) used to protect packed goods (as for shipping); also : material used for making airtight or watertight <packing for a faucet>


Words: pad
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to traverse on foot\nintransitive senses : to go on foot : WALK; especially : to walk with or as if with padded feet\n\n<2> noun\n1 dialect British : PATH\n2 : a horse that moves along at an easy pace\n3 archaic : FOOTPAD\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a thin flat mat or cushion: as (1) : a piece of soft stuffed material used as or under a saddle (2) : padding used to shape an article of clothing (3) : a guard worn to shield body parts against impact (4) : a piece of usually folded absorbent material (as gauze) used as a surgical dressing or protective covering (5) : frictional material that presses against the disks in a disk brake b : a piece of material saturated with ink for inking the surface of a rubber stamp\n2 a : the foot of an animal b : the cushioned thickening of the underside of the toes of an animal\n3 : a floating leaf of a water plant\n4 : a collection of sheets of paper glued together at one end\n5 a (1) : a section of an airstrip used for warm-ups or turnarounds (2) : an area used for helicopter takeoffs and landings b : LAUNCHPAD c : a horizontal concrete surface (as for parking a mobile home)\n6 a : BED b : living quarters\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 a : to furnish with a pad or padding b : MUTE, MUFFLE\n2 : to expand or increase especially with needless, misleading, or fraudulent matter <pad an expense account> often used with out <they pad out their bibliographies J. P. Kenyon>\n\n<5> noun\n: a soft muffled or slapping sound


Words: paddle
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to move the hands or feet about in shallow water\n2 archaic : to use the hands or fingers in toying or caressing\n3 : TODDLE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a usually wooden implement that has a long handle and a broad flattened blade and that is used to propel and steer a small craft (as a canoe) b : an implement often with a short handle and a broad flat blade that is used for stirring, mixing, or hitting; especially : one used to hit a ball in any of various games (as table tennis)\n2 a : any of the broad boards at the circumference of a paddle wheel or waterwheel b : any of the broad blades attached to a shaft (as in an ice cream machine) and used for stirring\n3 : a computer input device with a dial used to control linear movement of a cursor on a computer display\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to go on or through water by or as if by means of a paddle or paddle wheel\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to propel by a paddle b : to transport in a paddled craft <paddled us to shore in his canoe>\n2 a : to beat or stir with or as if with a paddle (as in washing or dyeing) b : to punish by or as if by beating with a paddle


Words: paddock
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a usually enclosed area used especially for pasturing or exercising animals; especially : an enclosure where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race b Australian New Zealand : an often enclosed field\n2 : an area at an automobile racecourse where racing cars are parked


Words: padlock
Meaning:
noun\n: a removable lock with a shackle that can be passed through a staple or link and then secured


Words: paean
Meaning:
noun\n: a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph; broadly : ENCOMIUM, TRIBUTE


Words: pagan
Meaning:
noun\n1 : HEATHEN 1; especially : a follower of a polytheistic religion (as in ancient Rome)\n2 : one who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods : an irreligious or hedonistic person


Words: page
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a youth being trained for the medieval rank of knight and in the personal service of a knight (2) : a youth attendant on a person of rank especially in the medieval period b : a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (as a wedding)\n2 : one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties\n3 : an act or instance of paging <a page came over the loudspeaker>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to wait on or serve in the capacity of a page\n2 : to summon by repeatedly calling out the name of\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : one of the leaves of a publication or manuscript; also : a single side of one of these leaves b : the material printed or written on a page\n2 a : a written record b : a noteworthy event or period\n3 a : a sizable subdivision of computer memory; also : a block of information that fills a page and can be transferred as a unit between the internal and external storage of a computer bthe block of information found at a single World Wide Web address\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses : to number or mark the pages of\nintransitive senses : to turn the pages (as of a book or magazine) especially in a steady or haphazard manner usually used with through


Words: pageant
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a mere show : PRETENSE b : an ostentatious display\n2 : SHOW, EXHIBITION; especially : an elaborate colorful exhibition or spectacle often with music that consists of a series of tableaux, of a loosely unified drama, or of a procession usually with floats\n3 : PAGEANTRY 1


Words: pagination
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action of paging : the condition of being paged\n2 a : the numbers or marks used to indicate the sequence of pages (as of a book) b : the number and arrangement of pages or an indication of these


Words: pagoda
Meaning:
noun\n: a Far Eastern tower usually with roofs curving upward at the division of each of several stories and erected as a temple or memorial


Words: pail
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually cylindrical container with a handle : BUCKET\n2 : the quantity that a pail contains


Words: pain
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : PUNISHMENT\n2 a : usually localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder (as a disease or an injury); also : a basic bodily sensation induced by a noxious stimulus, received by naked nerve endings, characterized by physical discomfort (as pricking, throbbing, or aching), and typically leading to evasive action b : acute mental or emotional distress or suffering : GRIEF\n3 plural : the throes of childbirth\n4 plural : trouble, care, or effort taken to accomplish something <was at pains to reassure us>\n5 : one that irks or annoys or is otherwise troublesome often used in such phrases as pain in the neck\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make suffer or cause distress to : HURT\n2 archaic : to put (oneself) to trouble or exertion\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : SUFFER\n2 : to give or have a sensation of pain


Words: painstaking
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the action of taking pains : diligent care and effort\n\n<2> adjective\n: taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort


Words: paint
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to apply color, pigment, or paint to (2) : to color with a cosmetic b (1) : to apply with a movement resembling that used in painting (2) : to treat with a liquid by brushing or swabbing <paint the wound with iodine>\n2 a (1) : to produce in lines and colors on a surface by applying pigments (2) : to depict by such lines and colors b : to decorate, adorn, or variegate by applying lines and colors c : to produce or evoke as if by painting <paints glowing pictures of the farm>\n3 : to touch up or cover over by or as if by painting\n4 : to depict as having specified or implied characteristics <paints them whiter than the evidence justifies Oliver La Farge>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to practice the art of painting\n2 : to use cosmetics\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the action of painting : something produced by painting\n2 : MAKEUP; especially : a cosmetic to add color\n3 a (1) : a mixture of a pigment and a suitable liquid to form a closely adherent coating when spread on a surface in a thin coat (2) : the pigment used in this mixture especially when in the form of a cake <a box of paints> b : an applied coating of paint\n4 : PINTO\n5 : FREE THROW LANE


Words: painting
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a product of painting; especially : a work produced through the art of painting\n2 : the art or occupation of painting


Words: pair
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : two corresponding things designed for use together <a pair of shoes> (2) : two corresponding bodily parts or members <a pair of hands> b : something made up of two corresponding pieces <a pair of trousers>\n2 a : two similar or associated things: as (1) : two mated animals (2) : a couple in love, engaged, or married <were a devoted pair> (3) : two playing cards of the same value or denomination and especially of the same rank (4) : two horses harnessed side by side (5) : two members of a deliberative body that agree not to vote on a specific issue during a time agreed on; also : an agreement not to vote made by the two members b : a partnership especially of two players in a contest against another partnership\n3 chiefly dialect : a set or series of small objects (as beads)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make a pair of often used with off or up <paired off the animals> b : to cause to be a member of a pair c : to arrange a voting pair between\n2 : to arrange in pairs\nintransitive senses\n1 : to constitute a member of a pair <a sock that didn’t pair>\n2 a : to become associated with another often used with off or up <paired up with an old friend> b : to become grouped or separated into pairs often used with off <paired off for the next dance>


Words: paisley
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : made typically of soft wool and woven or printed with colorful curved abstract figures\n2 : marked by designs, patterns, or figures typically used in paisley fabrics <a paisley print>


Words: pajamas
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : loose lightweight trousers formerly much worn in the Near East\n2 : a loose usually two-piece lightweight suit designed especially for sleeping or lounging


Words: pal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a close friend\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to be or become pals : associate as pals <they’ve palled around for years>


Words: palace
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the official residence of a chief of state (as a monarch or a president) b chiefly British : the official residence of an archbishop or bishop\n2 a : a large stately house b : a large public building c : a highly decorated place for public amusement or refreshment <a movie palace>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a palace\n2 : of, relating to, or involving the intimates of a chief executive <a palace revolution> <palace politics>\n3 : LUXURIOUS, DELUXE


Words: palanquin
Meaning:
noun\n: a conveyance formerly used especially in eastern Asia usually for one person that consists of an enclosed litter borne on the shoulders of men by means of poles


Words: palate
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity\n2 a : a usually intellectual taste or liking b : the sense of taste


Words: palatine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : possessing royal privileges b : of or relating to a palatine or a palatinate\n2 a : of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman emperor b : PALATIAL\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a feudal lord having sovereign power within his domains b : a high officer of an imperial palace\n2 capitalized : a native or inhabitant of the Palatinate\n3 French, from Elisabeth Charlotte of Bavaria <1722 Princess Palatine : a fur cape or stole covering the neck and shoulders\n\n<3> adjective\n: of, relating to, or lying near the palate\n\n<4> noun\n: either of a pair of bones that are situated behind and between the maxillae and in humans are of extremely irregular form


Words: palaver
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication b : CONFERENCE, DISCUSSION\n2 a : idle talk b : misleading or beguiling speech\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to talk profusely or idly\n2 : PARLEY\ntransitive senses : to use palaver to : CAJOLE


Words: pale
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : PALISADE, PALING\n2 a : one of the stakes of a palisade b : PICKET\n3 a : a space or field having bounds : ENCLOSURE b : a territory or district within certain bounds or under a particular jurisdiction\n4 : an area or the limits within which one is privileged or protected (as from censure) <conduct that was beyond the pale>\n5 : a perpendicular stripe on a heraldic shield\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to enclose with pales : FENCE\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : deficient in color or intensity of color : PALLID <a pale complexion>\n2 : not bright or brilliant : DIM <a pale sun shining through the fog>\n3 : FEEBLE, FAINT <a pale imitation>\n4 : deficient in chroma <a pale pink>\n\n<4> verb\nintransitive senses : to become pale\ntransitive senses : to make pale


Words: paleography
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the study of ancient writings and inscriptions\n2 a : an ancient manner of writing b : ancient writings


Words: palette
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on\n2 a : the set of colors put on the palette b (1) : a particular range, quality, or use of color (2) : a comparable range, quality, or use of available elements especially in another art (as music)


Words: palimpsest
Meaning:
noun\n1 : writing material (as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased\n2 : something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface


Words: palindrome
Meaning:
noun\n: a word, verse, or sentence (as <Able was ere saw Elba>) or a number (as 1881) that reads the same backward or forward


Words: palinode
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an ode or song recanting or retracting something in an earlier poem\n2 : a formal retraction


Words: palisade
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a fence of stakes especially for defense b : a long strong stake pointed at the top and set close with others as a defense\n2 : a line of bold cliffs\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to fortify with palisades


Words: pall
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to lose strength or effectiveness\n2 : to lose in interest or attraction <his humor began to pall on us>\n3 : to become tired of something\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to become insipid\n2 : to deprive of pleasure in something by satiating\n\n<2> noun\n1 : PALLIUM 1a\n2 a : a square of linen usually stiffened with cardboard that is used to cover the chalice b (1) : a heavy cloth draped over a coffin (2) : a coffin especially when holding a body\n3 : something that covers or conceals; especially : an overspreading element that produces an effect of gloom <a pall of thick black smoke>\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to cover with a pall : DRAPE


Words: palladium
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized : a statue of Pallas whose preservation was believed to ensure the safety of Troy\n2 plural palladia : SAFEGUARD\n\n<2> noun\n: a silver-white ductile malleable metallic element of the platinum group that is used especially in electrical contacts, as a catalyst, and in alloys see ELEMENT table


Words: pallbearer
Meaning:
noun\n: a person who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral; also : a member of the escort or honor guard of the coffin who does not actually help to carry it


Words: pallet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a straw-filled tick or mattress\n2 : a small, hard, or temporary bed\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a wooden flat-bladed instrument\n2 : a lever or surface in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escapement wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum\n3 : a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)


Words: palliate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to reduce the violence of (a disease) : ABATE\n2 : to cover by excuses and apologies\n3 : to moderate the intensity of <trying to palliate the boredom>


Words: pallid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : deficient in color : WAN <a pallid countenance>\n2 : lacking sparkle or liveliness : DULL <a pallid entertainment>


Words: palm
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a family (Palmae, the palm family) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves\n2 : a leaf of the palm as a symbol of victory or rejoicing; also : a branch (as of laurel) similarly used\n3 : a symbol of triumph; also : VICTORY, TRIUMPH\n4 : an addition to a military decoration in the form of a palm frond especially to indicate a second award of the basic decoration\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the somewhat concave part of the human hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist or the corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal\n2 : a flat expanded part especially at the end of a base or stalk (as of an anchor)\n3 Latin palmus, from palma : a unit of length based on the breadth or length of the hand\n4 : something (as a part of a glove) that covers the palm of the hand\n5 : an act of palming (as of cards)\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 a : to conceal in or with the hand <palm a card> b : to pick up stealthily\n2 : to impose by fraud <a second imposter to be palmed upon you Sir Walter Scott>\n3 : to touch with the palm: as a : to stroke with the palm or hand b : to shake hands with c : to allow (a basketball) to come to rest momentarily in the hand while dribbling thus committing a violation


Words: palmate
Meaning:
adjective\n: resembling a hand with the fingers spread: as a : having lobes radiating from a common point <a palmate leaf> see LEAF illustration b : having the distal portion broad, flat, and lobed <a palmate antler>


Words: palmetto
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several usually low-growing fan-leaved palms; especially : CABBAGE PALMETTO\n2 : strips of the leaf blade of a palmetto used in weaving


Words: palpable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being touched or felt : TANGIBLE\n2 : easily perceptible : NOTICEABLE\n3 : easily perceptible by the mind : MANIFEST


Words: palsy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : PARALYSIS\n2 : a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor of the body or a part\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to affect with or as if with palsy\n\n<3> adjective\n: PALSY-WALSY


Words: paltry
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : INFERIOR, TRASHY\n2 : MEAN, DESPICABLE\n3 : TRIVIAL\n4 : MEAGER, MEASLY <made a paltry donation>


Words: pampa
Meaning:
noun\n: an extensive generally grass-covered plain of temperate So. America east of the Andes : PRAIRIE


Words: pamper
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 archaic : to cram with rich food : GLUT\n2 a : to treat with extreme or excessive care and attention <pampered their guests> b : GRATIFY, HUMOR <enabled him to pamper his wanderlust New Yorker>


Words: pan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for warming, baking, or frying) b : any of various similar usually metal receptacles: as (1) : the hollow part of the lock in a firelock or flintlock gun that receives the priming (2) : either of the receptacles in a pair of scales (3) : a round shallow metal container for separating metal (as gold) from waste by washing\n2 a (1) : a natural basin or depression in land (2) : a similar artificial basin (as for evaporating brine) b : a drifting fragment of the flat thin ice that forms in bays or along the shore\n3 : HARDPAN 1\n4 slang : FACE\n5 : a harsh criticism\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to wash in a pan for the purpose of separating heavy particles b : to separate (as gold) by panning c : to place in a pan\n2 : to criticize severely <the show was panned>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to wash material (as earth or gravel) in a pan in search of metal (as gold)\n2 : to yield precious metal in the process of panning usually used with out\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a betel leaf\n2 : a masticatory of betel nut, mineral lime, and pan\n\n<4> noun\n1 : the process of panning a motion-picture or video camera\n2 : a shot in which the camera is panned\n\n<5> verb\ntransitive senses : to rotate (as a motion-picture camera) so as to keep an object in the picture or secure a panoramic effect\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pan a motion-picture or video camera\n2 of a camera : to undergo panning


Words: panache
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet\n2 : dash or flamboyance in style and action : VERVE


Words: panama
Meaning:
noun\n: a lightweight hat of natural-colored straw hand-plaited of narrow strips from the young leaves of the jipijapa; also : a machine-made imitation of this


Words: pancake
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both sides\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a pancake landing\ntransitive senses : to cause to pancake


Words: pancreas
Meaning:
noun\n: a large lobulated gland of vertebrates that secretes digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagon


Words: panda
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a long-tailed largely herbivorous mammal (Ailurus fulgens) that is related to and resembles the American raccoon, has long rusty or chestnut fur, and is found from the Himalayas to China called also red panda\n2 : GIANT PANDA


Words: pandemic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population <pandemic malaria>\n\n<2> noun\n: a pandemic outbreak of a disease


Words: pander
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a go-between in love intrigues b : PIMP\n2 : someone who caters to or exploits the weaknesses of others\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to act as a pander; especially : to provide gratification for others’ desires <films that pander to the basest emotions>


Words: pandowdy
Meaning:
noun\n: a deep-dish spiced apple dessert sweetened with sugar, molasses, or maple syrup and covered with a rich crust


Words: pane
Meaning:
noun\n: a piece, section, or side of something: as a : a framed sheet of glass in a window or door b : one of the sections into which a sheet of postage stamps is cut for distribution


Words: panel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a schedule containing names of persons summoned as jurors (2) : the group of persons so summoned (3) : JURY 1 b (1) : a group of persons selected for some service (as investigation or arbitration) <a panel of experts> (2) : a group of persons who discuss before an audience a topic of public interest; also : PANEL DISCUSSION (3) : a group of entertainers or guests engaged as players in a quiz or guessing game on a radio or television program\n2 : a separate or distinct part of a surface: as a : a fence section : HURDLE b (1) : a thin usually rectangular board set in a frame (as in a door) (2) : a usually sunken or raised section of a surface set off by a margin (3) : a flat usually rectangular piece of construction material (as plywood or precast masonry) made to form part of a surface c : a vertical section of fabric (as a gore) d : COMIC STRIP; also : a frame of a comic strip e : any of several units of construction of an airplane wing surface\n3 : a thin flat piece of wood on which a picture is painted; also : a painting on such a surface\n4 a : a section of a switchboard b : a flat often insulating support (as for computer hardware or parts of an electrical device) usually with control handles on one face c : a usually vertical mount for controls or dials (as of instruments of measurement)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to furnish or decorate with panels <paneled the living room>


Words: pang
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a brief piercing spasm of pain\n2 : a sharp attack of mental anguish <pangs of remorse> <a pang of jealousy struck me Graham Greene>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cause to have pangs : TORMENT


Words: panhandle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a narrow projection of a larger territory (as a state) <the Texas panhandle>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to stop people on the street and ask for food or money : BEG\ntransitive senses\n1 : to accost on the street and beg from\n2 : to get by panhandling


Words: panic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or resembling the mental or emotional state believed induced by the god Pan <panic fear>\n2 : of, relating to, or arising from a panic <a wave of panic buying>\n3 : of or relating to the god Pan\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a sudden overpowering fright; especially : a sudden unreasoning terror often accompanied by mass flight\n2 : a sudden widespread fright concerning financial affairs that results in a depression of values caused by extreme measures for protection of property (as securities)\n3 slang : one that is very funny\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to affect with panic\n2 : to produce demonstrative appreciation on the part of <panic an audience with a gag>\nintransitive senses : to be affected with panic


Words: panicle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a compound racemose inflorescence see INFLORESCENCE illustration\n2 : a pyramidal loosely branched flower cluster


Words: pannier
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large container: as a : a basket often carried on the back of an animal or the shoulders of a person b : one of a pair of packs or baskets hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)\n2 a : one of a pair of hoops formerly used to expand women’s skirts at the sides b : an overskirt draped at the sides of a skirt for an effect of fullness


Words: panoply
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a full suit of armor b : ceremonial attire\n2 : something forming a protective covering\n3 a : a magnificent or impressive array <the full panoply of a military funeral> b : a display of all appropriate appurtenances <has the panoply of science fiction but it is not true science fiction Isaac Asimov>


Words: panorama
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : CYCLORAMA 1 b : a picture exhibited a part at a time by being unrolled before the spectator\n2 a : an unobstructed or complete view of an area in every direction b : a comprehensive presentation of a subject <a panorama of American history> c : RANGE\n3 : a mental picture of a series of images or events


Words: pansy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a garden plant (Viola wittrockiana) derived chiefly from the wild pansy (Viola tricolor) of Europe by hybridizing the latter with other wild violets; also : its flower\n2 a usually disparaging : an effeminate man or boy b usually disparaging : a male homosexual\n\n<2> adjective\nusually disparaging : EFFEMINATE 1; also : HOMOSEXUAL


Words: pant
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to breathe quickly, spasmodically, or in a labored manner b : to run panting <panting along beside the bicycle> c : to move with or make a throbbing or puffing sound\n2 : to long eagerly : YEARN\n3 : THROB, PULSATE\ntransitive senses : to utter with panting : GASP\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a panting breath b : the visible movement of the chest accompanying such a breath\n2 : a throbbing or puffing sound\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an outer garment covering each leg separately and usually extending from the waist to the ankle usually used in plural\n2 plural , chiefly British : men’s underpants\n3 plural : PANTIE\n\n<4> adjective\n: of or relating to pants <a pant leg>


Words: pantheism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe\n2 : the worship of all gods of different creeds, cults, or peoples indifferently; also : toleration of worship of all gods (as at certain periods of the Roman empire)


Words: pantheon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a temple dedicated to all the gods\n2 : a building serving as the burial place of or containing memorials to the famous dead of a nation\n3 : the gods of a people; especially : the officially recognized gods\n4 : a group of illustrious persons


Words: panther
Meaning:
noun\n1 : LEOPARD: as a : a leopard of a hypothetical exceptionally large fierce variety b : a leopard of the black color phase\n2 : COUGAR\n3 : JAGUAR


Words: pantie
Meaning:
noun\n: a woman’s or child’s undergarment covering the lower trunk and made with closed crotch usually used in plural


Words: pantomime
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : PANTOMIMIST\n2 a : an ancient Roman dramatic performance featuring a solo dancer and a narrative chorus b : any of various dramatic or dancing performances in which a story is told by expressive bodily or facial movements of the performers c : a British theatrical entertainment of the Christmas season based on a nursery tale and featuring topical songs, tableaux, and dances\n3 a : conveyance of a story by bodily or facial movements especially in drama or dance b : the art or genre of conveying a story by bodily movements only\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to engage in pantomime\ntransitive senses : to represent by pantomime


Words: pantry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a room or closet used for storing (as provisions) or from which food is brought to the table\n2 : a room (as in a hotel or hospital) for preparation of foods on order


Words: pap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 chiefly dialect : NIPPLE, TEAT\n2 : something shaped like a nipple\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a soft food for infants or invalids\n2 : political patronage\n3 : something lacking solid value or substance


Words: papacy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the office of pope\n2 : a succession or line of popes\n3 : the term of a pope’s reign\n4 capitalized : the system of government of the Roman Catholic Church of which the pope is the supreme head


Words: papal
Meaning:
adjective\n: of or relating to a pope or to the Roman Catholic Church; also : resembling a pope or that of a pope


Words: papaw
Meaning:
noun\n1 : PAPAYA\n2 : a No. American tree (Asimina triloba) of the custard-apple family with purple flowers and an edible fruit; also : its fruit


Words: papaya
Meaning:
noun\n: a tropical American tree (Carica papaya of the family Caricaceae, the papaya family) with an oblong to globose yellow edible fruit; also : its fruit


Words: paper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a felted sheet of usually vegetable fibers laid down on a fine screen from a water suspension (2) : a similar sheet of other material (as plastic) b : a piece of paper\n2 a : a piece of paper containing a written or printed statement : DOCUMENT <pedigree papers> b : a piece of paper containing writing or print c : a formal written composition often designed for publication and often intended to be read aloud <presented a scholarly paper at the meeting> d : a piece of written schoolwork\n3 : a paper container or wrapper\n4 : NEWSPAPER\n5 : the negotiable notes or instruments of commerce\n6 : WALLPAPER\n7 : TICKETS; especially : free passes\n8 : PAPERBACK\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to put down or describe in writing\n2 : to fold or enclose in paper\n3 : to cover or line with paper; especially : to apply wallpaper to\n4 : to fill by giving out free passes <paper the theater for opening night>\n5 : to cover (an area) with advertising bills, circulars, or posters\nintransitive senses : to hang wallpaper\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : made of paper, paperboard, or papier-m*ch* <a paper bag> b : PAPERY\n2 : of or relating to clerical work or written communication\n3 : existing only in theory : NOMINAL <a paper blockade>\n4 : admitted by free passes <a paper audience>\n5 : finished with a crisp smooth surface similar to that of paper <paper taffeta>


Words: papilla
Meaning:
noun\n: a small projecting body part similar to a nipple in form: a : a vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth b : any of the vascular protuberances of the dermal layer of the skin extending into the epidermal layer and often containing tactile corpuscles c : any of the small protuberances on the upper surface of the tongue


Words: paprika
Meaning:
noun\n: a usually mild red condiment consisting of the dried finely ground pods of various cultivated sweet peppers; also : a sweet pepper used for making paprika


Words: papyrus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a tall sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley\n2 : the pith of the papyrus plant especially when cut in strips and pressed into a material to write on\n3 a : a writing on papyrus b : a written scroll made of papyrus


Words: par
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the established value of the monetary unit of one country expressed in terms of the monetary unit of another country using the same metal as the standard of value b : the face amount of an instrument of value (as a check or note): as (1) : the monetary value assigned to each share of stock in the charter of a corporation (2) : the principal of a bond\n2 : common level : EQUALITY usually used with on <judged the recording to be on a par with previous ones>\n3 a : an amount taken as an average or norm b : an accepted standard; specifically : a usual standard of physical condition or health\n4 : the score standard for each hole of a golf course; also : a score equal to par\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to score par on (a hole)\n\n<3> abbreviation\nparagraph, parallel, parish


Words: para
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : any of several monetary units of the Turkish Empire b : a coin representing one para\n2 Serbo-Croatian, from Turkish see dinar at MONEY table\n\n<2> abbreviation\nparagraph


Words: parable
Meaning:
noun\n: EXAMPLE; specifically : a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle


Words: parabola
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a plane curve generated by a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point is equal to its distance from a fixed line : the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to an element of the cone\n2 : something bowl-shaped (as an antenna or microphone reflector)


Words: parachute
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a device for slowing the descent of a person or object through the air that consists of a usually hemispherical fabric canopy beneath which the person or object is suspended\n2 : PATAGIUM\n3 : a device or structure suggestive of a parachute in form, use, or operation\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to convey by means of a parachute\nintransitive senses : to descend by means of a parachute


Words: parade
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a pompous show : EXHIBITION\n2 a : the ceremonial formation of a body of troops before a superior officer b : a place where troops assemble regularly for parade\n3 a : an informal procession b : a public procession c : a showy array or succession <a parade of boutiques>\n4 a : a place for strolling b : those who promenade\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to maneuver or march : MARSHAL\n2 : PROMENADE\n3 : to exhibit ostentatiously\nintransitive senses\n1 : to march in or as if in a procession\n2 : PROMENADE\n3 a : SHOW OFF b : MASQUERADE <myths which parade as modern science M. R. Cohen>


Words: paradigm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : EXAMPLE, PATTERN; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype\n2 : an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms\n3 : a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated


Words: paradise
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : EDEN 2 b : an intermediate place or state where the righteous departed await resurrection and judgment c : HEAVEN\n2 : a place or state of bliss, felicity, or delight


Words: paradox
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a tenet contrary to received opinion\n2 a : a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true b : a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true c : an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises\n3 : one that possesses seemingly contradictory qualities or phases


Words: paraffin
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a waxy crystalline flammable substance obtained especially from distillates of wood, coal, petroleum, or shale oil that is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons and is used chiefly in coating and sealing, in candles, in rubber compounding, and in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics b : any of various mixtures of similar hydrocarbons including mixtures that are semisolid or oily\n2 : ALKANE\n3 chiefly British : KEROSENE


Words: paragon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a model of excellence or perfection\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to compare with : PARALLEL\n2 : to put in rivalry : MATCH\n3 obsolete : SURPASS


Words: paragraph
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a subdivision of a written composition that consists of one or more sentences, deals with one point or gives the words of one speaker, and begins on a new usually indented line b : a short composition or note that is complete in one paragraph\n2 : a character (as <) used to indicate the beginning of a paragraph and as a reference mark\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to write paragraphs about\n2 : to divide into paragraphs\nintransitive senses : to write paragraphs


Words: parallax
Meaning:
noun\n: the apparent displacement or the difference in apparent direction of an object as seen from two different points not on a straight line with the object; especially : the angular difference in direction of a celestial body as measured from two points on the earth’s orbit


Words: parallel
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant, and not meeting <parallel rows of trees> b : everywhere equally distant <concentric spheres are parallel>\n2 a : having parallel sides <a parallel reamer> b : being or relating to an electrical circuit having a number of conductors in parallel c : arranged in parallel <a parallel processor> d : relating to or being a connection in a computer system in which the bits of a byte are transmitted over separate channels at the same time compare SERIAL\n3 a : similar, analogous, or interdependent in tendency or development b : readily compared : COMPANION c : having identical syntactical elements in corresponding positions; also : being such an element d (1) : having the same tonic used of major and minor keys and scales (2) : keeping the same distance apart in musical pitch\n4 : performed while keeping one’s skis parallel <parallel turns>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a parallel line, curve, or surface b : one of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth paralleling the equator and marking the latitude; also : the corresponding line on a globe or map see LAT. illustration c : a character < used in printing especially as a reference mark\n2 a : something equal or similar in all essential particulars : COUNTERPART b : SIMILARITY, ANALOGUE\n3 : a comparison to show resemblance : a tracing of similarity\n4 a : the state of being physically parallel : PARALLELISM b : an arrangement of electrical devices in a circuit in which the same potential difference is applied to two or more resistances with each resistance being on a different branch of the circuit compare SERIES c : an arrangement or state that permits several operations or tasks to be performed simultaneously rather than consecutively\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to indicate analogy of : COMPARE\n2 a : to show something equal to : MATCH b : to correspond to\n3 : to place so as to be parallel in direction with something\n4 : to extend, run, or move in a direction parallel to\n\n<4> adverb\n: in a parallel manner


Words: paralysis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : complete or partial loss of function especially when involving the motion or sensation in a part of the body\n2 : loss of the ability to move\n3 : a state of powerlessness or incapacity to act


Words: paralyze
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to affect with paralysis\n2 : to make powerless or ineffective\n3 : UNNERVE\n4 : STUN, STUPEFY\n5 : to bring to an end : PREVENT, DESTROY


Words: parameter
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (as a family of curves); also : a quantity (as a mean or variance) that describes a statistical population b : an independent variable used to express the coordinates of a variable point and functions of them compare PARAMETRIC EQUATION\n2 : any of a set of physical properties whose values determine the characteristics or behavior of something <parameters of the atmosphere such as temperature, pressure, and density>\n3 : something represented by a parameter : a characteristic element; broadly : CHARACTERISTIC, ELEMENT, FACTOR <political dissent as a parameter of modern life>\n4 : LIMIT, BOUNDARY usually used in plural <the parameters of science fiction>


Words: paranoia
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations\n2 : a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others


Words: parapet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a wall, rampart, or elevation of earth or stone to protect soldiers : BREASTWORK\n2 : a low wall or railing to protect the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge called also parapet wall


Words: paraphernalia
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life\n2 : personal belongings\n3 a : articles of equipment : FURNISHINGS b : accessory items : APPURTENANCES


Words: paraphrase
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form\n2 : the use or process of paraphrasing in studying or teaching composition\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a paraphrase\ntransitive senses : to make a paraphrase of


Words: parasite
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person who exploits the hospitality of the rich and earns welcome by flattery\n2 : an organism living in, with, or on another organism in parasitism\n3 : something that resembles a biological parasite in dependence on something else for existence or support without making a useful or adequate return


Words: paratyphoid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : resembling typhoid fever\n2 : of or relating to paratyphoid or its causative organisms <paratyphoid infection>\n\n<2> noun\n: a salmonellosis that resembles typhoid fever and is commonly contracted by eating contaminated food called also paratyphoid fever


Words: parcel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : FRAGMENT, PORTION b : a volume of a fluid (as air) considered as a single entity within a greater volume of the same fluid\n2 : a tract or plot of land\n3 : a company, collection, or group of persons, animals, or things : LOT <the whole story was a parcel of lies>\n4 a : a wrapped bundle : PACKAGE b : a unit of salable merchandise\n\n<2> adverb\narchaic : PARTLY\n\n<3> adjective\n: PART-TIME, PARTIAL\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 : to divide into parts : DISTRIBUTE often used with out\n2 : to make up into a parcel : WRAP\n3 : to cover (as a rope) with strips of canvas or tape


Words: parch
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to toast under dry heat\n2 : to shrivel with heat\n3 : to dry or shrivel with cold\nintransitive senses : to become dry or scorched


Words: parchment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on\n2 : strong, tough, and often somewhat translucent paper made to resemble parchment\n3 : a parchment manuscript; also : an academic diploma


Words: pardon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : INDULGENCE 1\n2 : the excusing of an offense without exacting a penalty\n3 a : a release from the legal penalties of an offense b : an official warrant of remission of penalty\n4 : excuse or forgiveness for a fault, offense, or discourtesy <I beg your pardon>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to absolve from the consequences of a fault or crime b : to allow (an offense) to pass without punishment : FORGIVE c : to relieve of a penalty improperly assessed\n2 : TOLERATE


Words: pardoner
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a medieval preacher delegated to raise money for religious works by soliciting offerings and granting indulgences\n2 : one that pardons


Words: pare
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of <pare apples> <paring his nails>\n2 : to diminish or reduce by or as if by paring <pare expenses> <the novel was pared down to 200 pages>


Words: parent
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one that begets or brings forth offspring b : a person who brings up and cares for another\n2 a : an animal or plant that is regarded in relation to its offspring b : the material or source from which something is derived c : a group from which another arises and to which it usually remains subsidiary <a parent company>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to be or act as the parent of : ORIGINATE, PRODUCE


Words: parenthesis
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an amplifying or explanatory word, phrase, or sentence inserted in a passage from which it is usually set off by punctuation b : a remark or passage that departs from the theme of a discourse : DIGRESSION\n2 : INTERLUDE, INTERVAL\n3 : one or both of the curved marks ( ) used in writing and printing to enclose a parenthetical expression or to group a symbolic unit in a logical or mathematical expression


Words: parfait
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a flavored custard containing whipped cream and syrup frozen without stirring\n2 : a cold dessert made of layers of fruit, syrup, ice cream, and whipped cream


Words: parietal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the walls of a part or cavity b : of, relating to, or forming the upper posterior wall of the head\n2 : attached to the main wall rather than the axis or a cross wall of a plant ovary used of an ovule or a placenta\n3 : of or relating to college living or its regulation; especially : of or relating to parietals\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a parietal part (as a bone, scale, or plate)\n2 plural : the regulations governing the visiting privileges of members of the opposite sex in campus dormitories


Words: parish
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor (2) : the residents of such an area b British : a subdivision of a county often coinciding with an original ecclesiastical parish and constituting the unit of local government\n2 : a local church community composed of the members or constituents of a Protestant church\n3 : a civil division of the state of Louisiana corresponding to a county in other states


Words: parity
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the quality or state of being equal or equivalent\n2 a : equivalence of a commodity price expressed in one currency to its price expressed in another b : equality of purchasing power established by law between different kinds of money at a given ratio\n3 : an equivalence between farmers’ current purchasing power and their purchasing power at a selected base period maintained by government support of agricultural commodity prices\n4 a : the property of an integer with respect to being odd or even <3 and 7 have the same parity> b (1) : the state of being odd or even used as the basis of a method of detecting errors in binary-coded data (2) : PARITY BIT\n5 : the property of oddness or evenness of a quantum mechanical function\n6 : the symmetry of behavior in an interaction of a physical entity (as a subatomic particle) with that of its mirror image\n\n<2> noun\n: the state or fact of having borne offspring; also : the number of children previously borne


Words: park
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an enclosed piece of ground stocked with game and held by royal prescription or grant b : a tract of land that often includes lawns, woodland, and pasture attached to a country house and is used as a game preserve and for recreation\n2 a : a piece of ground in or near a city or town kept for ornament and recreation b : an area maintained in its natural state as a public property\n3 a West : a level valley between mountain ranges b : an open space and especially a grassland that is often all or partly surrounded by woodland and is suitable for cultivation or grazing\n4 a : a space occupied by military animals, vehicles, or materials b : PARKING LOT\n5 : an enclosed arena or stadium used especially for ball games\n6 : an area designed for a specified industrial, commercial, or residential use <amusement park> <industrial park> <mobile home park>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to enclose in a park\n2 a (1) : to bring (a vehicle) to a stop and keep standing at the edge of a public way (2) : to leave temporarily on a public way or in a parking lot or garage b : to land and leave (as an airplane) c : to establish (as a satellite) in orbit\n3 a : to set and leave temporarily <parked his hat on the chair> b : to place, settle, or establish especially for a considerable time <kids parked in front of the TV> <parked her money in a savings account>\n4 : to assemble (as equipment or stores) in a military dump or park\nintransitive senses : to park a vehicle


Words: parka
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a hooded fur pullover garment for arctic wear\n2 : a usually lined fabric outerwear pullover or jacket


Words: parlay
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to bet in a parlay\n2 a : to exploit successfully b : to increase or otherwise transform into something of much greater value\n\n<2> noun\n: a series of two or more bets so set up in advance that the original stake plus its winnings are risked on the successive wagers; broadly : the fresh risking of an original stake together with its winnings


Words: parley
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a conference for discussion of points in dispute b : a conference with an enemy\n2 : DISCUSSION\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to speak with another : CONFER; specifically : to discuss terms with an enemy


Words: parliament
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a formal conference for the discussion of public affairs; specifically : a council of state in early medieval England\n2 a : an assemblage of the nobility, clergy, and commons called together by the British sovereign as the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom b : a similar assemblage in another nation or state\n3 a : the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages b : the British House of Commons\n4 : one of several principal courts of justice existing in France before the revolution of 1789


Words: parliamentarian
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : an adherent of the parliament in opposition to the king during the English Civil War\n2 : an expert in the rules and usages of a deliberative assembly (as a parliament)\n3 : a member of a parliament


Words: parlor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a room used primarily for conversation or the reception of guests: as a : a room in a private dwelling for the entertainment of guests b : a conference chamber or private reception room c : a room in an inn, hotel, or club for conversation or semiprivate uses\n2 : any of various business places <a funeral parlor> <a beauty parlor>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : used in or suitable for a parlor <parlor furniture>\n2 a : fostered or advocated in comfortable seclusion without consequent action or application to affairs <parlor bolshevism> b : given to or characterized by fostering or advocating something (as a doctrine) in such a manner <parlor socialist>


Words: parochial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to a church parish\n2 : of or relating to a parish as a unit of local government\n3 : confined or restricted as if within the borders of a parish : limited in range or scope (as to a narrow area or region) : PROVINCIAL, NARROW


Words: parody
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule\n2 : a feeble or ridiculous imitation\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to compose a parody on <parody a poem>\n2 : to imitate in the manner of a parody


Words: parole
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a promise made with or confirmed by a pledge of one’s honor; especially : the promise of a prisoner of war to fulfill stated conditions in consideration of his release\n2 : a watchword given only to officers of the guard and of the day\n3 : a conditional release of a prisoner serving an indeterminate or unexpired sentence\n4 a : language viewed as a specific individual usage : PERFORMANCE b : a linguistic act compare LANGUE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to release (a prisoner) on parole


Words: paroxysm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : CONVULSION <a paroxysm of coughing>\n2 : a sudden violent emotion or action : OUTBURST <a paroxysm of rage>


Words: parquet
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to furnish with a floor of parquet\n2 : to make of parquetry\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a patterned wood surface (as flooring or paneling); especially : one made of parquetry b : PARQUETRY\n2 : the main floor of a theater; specifically : the part from the front of the stage to the parquet circle


Words: parquetry
Meaning:
noun\n: work in the form of usually geometrically patterned wood laid or inlaid especially for floors


Words: parricide
Meaning:
noun\n1 Latin parricida killer of a close relative, from parri- (perh. akin to Greek p*os kinsman by marriage) -cida -cide : one that murders his or her father, mother, or a close relative\n2 Latin parricidium murder of a close relative, from parri- -cidium -cide : the act of a parricide


Words: parrot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of numerous widely distributed tropical zygodactyl birds (order Psittaciformes and especially family Psittacidae) that have a distinctive stout curved hooked bill, are often crested and brightly variegated, and include some excellent mimics\n2 : a person who sedulously echoes another’s words\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to repeat by rote


Words: parry
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to ward off a weapon or blow\n2 : to evade or turn aside something\ntransitive senses\n1 : to ward off (as a blow)\n2 : to evade especially by an adroit answer <parry an embarrassing question>


Words: parse
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to resolve (as a sentence) into component parts of speech and describe them grammatically b : to describe grammatically by stating the part of speech and explaining the inflection and syntactical relationships\n2 : to examine in a minute way : analyze critically <parses appellate court opinions>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to give a grammatical description of a word or a group of words\n2 : to admit of being parsed\n\n<2> noun\n: a product or an instance of parsing


Words: parsimony
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality of being careful with money or resources : THRIFT b : the quality or state of being stingy\n2 : economy in the use of means to an end; especially : economy of explanation in conformity with Occam’s razor


Words: parsley
Meaning:
noun\n: a European biennial herb (Petroselinum crispum) of the carrot family that is widely cultivated for its leaves which are used as a culinary herb or garnish


Words: parsnip
Meaning:
noun\n: a Eurasian biennial herb (Pastinaca sativa) of the carrot family with large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers that is cultivated for its long tapered edible root; also : the root


Words: part
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : one of the often indefinite or unequal subdivisions into which something is or is regarded as divided and which together constitute the whole (2) : an essential portion or integral element b : one of several or many equal units of which something is composed or into which it is divisible : an amount equal to another amount <mix one part of the powder with three parts of water> c (1) : an exact divisor of a quantity : ALIQUOT (2) : PARTIAL FRACTION d : one of the constituent elements of a plant or animal body: as (1) : ORGAN, MEMBER (2) plural : PRIVATE PARTS e : a division of a literary work f (1) : a vocal or instrumental line or melody in concerted music or in harmony (2) : a particular voice or instrument in concerted music; also : the score for it g : a constituent member of a machine or other apparatus; also : a spare part\n2 : something falling to one in a division or apportionment : SHARE\n3 : one’s share or allotted task (as in an action) <one must do one’s part>\n4 : one of the opposing sides in a conflict or dispute\n5 : a general area of indefinite boundaries usually used in plural <you’re not from around these parts> <took off for parts unknown>\n6 : a function or course of action performed\n7 a : an actor’s lines in a play b : the role of a character in a play\n8 : a constituent of character or capacity : TALENT <a man of many parts>\n9 : the line where the hair is parted\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to separate from or take leave of someone b : to take leave of one another\n2 : to become separated into parts\n3 a : to go away : DEPART b : DIE\n4 : to become separated, detached, or broken\n5 : to relinquish possession or control <hated to part with that money>\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to divide into parts b : to separate by combing on each side of a line c : to break or suffer the breaking of (as a rope or anchor chain)\n2 : to divide into shares and distribute : APPORTION\n3 a : to remove from contact or association <if aught but death part thee and me Ruth 1:17(Authorized Version)> b : t


Words: partake
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take part in or experience something along with others <partake in the revelry> <partake of the good life>\n2 : to have a portion (as of food or drink)\n3 : to possess or share a certain nature or attribute <the experience partakes of a mystical quality>\ntransitive senses : to take part in


Words: parterre
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an ornamental garden with paths between the beds\n2 : the part of the main floor of a theater that is behind the orchestra; especially : PARQUET CIRCLE


Words: parthenogenesis
Meaning:
noun\n: reproduction by development of an unfertilized usually female gamete that occurs especially among lower plants and invertebrate animals


Words: partial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total <a partial solution>\n2 : inclined to favor one party more than the other : BIASED\n3 : markedly fond of someone or something used with to <partial to pizza>\n\n<2> noun\n: OVERTONE 1a


Words: participate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses , archaic : PARTAKE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to possess some of the attributes of a person, thing, or quality\n2 a : to take part <always tried to participate in class discussions> b : to have a part or share in something


Words: participle
Meaning:
noun\n: a word having the characteristics of both verb and adjective; especially : an English verbal form that has the function of an adjective and at the same time shows such verbal features as tense and voice and capacity to take an object


Words: particle
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a minute quantity or fragment b : a relatively small or the smallest discrete portion or amount of something\n2 archaic : a clause or article of a composition or document\n3 : any of the basic units of matter and energy (as a molecule, atom, proton, electron, or photon)\n4 : a unit of speech expressing some general aspect of meaning or some connective or limiting relation and including the articles, most prepositions and conjunctions, and some interjections and adverbs <the particle up has a perfective meaning in phrases such as beat up and cut up>\n5 : a small eucharistic wafer distributed to a Roman Catholic layman at Communion


Words: particular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or being a single person or thing <the particular person had in mind>\n2 obsolete : PARTIAL\n3 : of, relating to, or concerned with details <gave us a very particular account of the trip>\n4 a : distinctive among other examples or cases of the same general category : notably unusual <suffered from measles of particular severity> b : being one unit or element among others <particular incidents in a story>\n5 a : denoting an individual member or subclass in logic b : affirming or denying a predicate to a part of the subject used of a proposition in logic <\n6 a : concerned over or attentive to details : METICULOUS <a very particular gardener> b : nice in taste : FASTIDIOUS c : hard to please : EXACTING\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : a separate part of a whole\n2 a : an individual fact, point, circumstance, or detail b : a specific item or detail of information or news <bill of particulars>\n3 a : an individual or a specific subclass (as in logic) falling under some general concept or term b : a particular proposition in logic


Words: parting
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a place or point where a division or separation occurs\n\n<2> adjective\n: given, taken, or performed at parting <a parting kiss>


Words: partisan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance\n2 a : a member of a body of detached light troops making forays and harassing an enemy b : a member of a guerrilla band operating within enemy lines\n\n<2> noun\n: a weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries with long shaft and broad blade


Words: partition
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the action of parting : the state of being parted : DIVISION\n2 : something that divides; especially : an interior dividing wall\n3 : one of the parts or sections of a whole\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to divide into parts or shares b : to divide (as a country) into two or more territorial units having separate political status\n2 : to separate or divide by a partition (as a wall) often used with off


Words: partitive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : serving to part or divide into parts\n2 a : of, relating to, or denoting a part <a partitive construction> b : serving to indicate the whole of which a part is specified <partitive genitive>


Words: partner
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : one that shares : PARTAKER\n2 a : one associated with another especially in an action : ASSOCIATE, COLLEAGUE b : either of two persons who dance together c : one of two or more persons who play together in a game against an opposing side d : either of two people living together; especially : SPOUSE\n3 : a member of a partnership; also : such membership\n4 : one of the heavy timbers that strengthen a ship’s deck to support a mast usually used in plural\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to join or associate with another as partner\n2 : to provide with a partner\nintransitive senses : to act as a partner


Words: partridge
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various typically medium-sized stout-bodied Old World gallinaceous game birds (Perdix, Alectoris, and related genera) with variegated plumage\n2 : any of numerous gallinaceous birds (as the American ruffed grouse or bobwhite) somewhat like the Old World partridges in size, habits, or value as game


Words: party
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a person or group taking one side of a question, dispute, or contest\n2 : a group of persons organized for the purpose of directing the policies of a government\n3 : a person or group participating in an action or affair <mountain-climbing party> <a party to the transaction>\n4 : a particular individual : PERSON <an old party approaching 80>\n5 : a detail of soldiers\n6 : a social gathering; also : the entertainment provided for it\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to attend or give parties; broadly : REVEL 1


Words: parvenu
Meaning:
noun\n: one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it


Words: pass
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : MOVE, PROCEED, GO\n2 a : to go away : DEPART b : DIE often used with on\n3 a : to move in a path so as to approach and continue beyond something : move past; especially : to move past another vehicle going in the same direction b : to run the normal course used of time or a period of time <the hours pass quickly>\n4 a : to go or make one’s way through <allow no one to pass> b : to go uncensured, unchallenged, or seemingly unnoticed <let the remark pass>\n5 : to go from one quality, state, or form to another <passes from a liquid to a gaseous state>\n6 a : to sit in inquest or judgment b (1) : to render a decision, verdict, or opinion <the court passed on the legality of wiretapping> (2) : to become legally rendered <judgment passed for the plaintiff>\n7 : to go from the control, ownership, or possession of one person or group to that of another <the throne passed to the king’s son> <title passes to the buyer upon payment in full>\n8 a : HAPPEN, OCCUR b : to take place or be exchanged as or in a social, personal, or business interaction <words passed>\n9 a : to become approved by a legislature or body empowered to sanction or reject <the proposal passed> b : to undergo an inspection, test, or course of study successfully\n10 a : to serve as a medium of exchange b : to be accepted or regarded <drivel that passes for literature> c : to identify oneself or be identified as something one is not <tried to pass as an adult> <Mom could pass as my sister>\n11 a obsolete : to make a pass in fencing b : to throw or hit a ball or puck to a teammate often used with off\n12 a : to decline to bid, double, or redouble in a card game b : to withdraw from the current poker pot\ntransitive senses\n1 : to go beyond: as a : SURPASS, EXCEED <passes all expectations> b : to advance or develop beyond c : to go past (one moving in the same direction)\n2 : to omit a regularly scheduled declaration and payment of (a dividend)\n3 a : to go across, over, or through : CROSS b : to live through (as an experience or peril) : U


Words: passable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : capable of being passed, crossed, or traveled on <passable roads> b : capable of being freely circulated\n2 : good enough : ADEQUATE


Words: passage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a way of exit or entrance : a road, path, channel, or course by which something passes b : a corridor or lobby giving access to the different rooms or parts of a building or apartment\n2 a : the action or process of passing from one place, condition, or stage to another b : DEATH 1 c : a continuous movement or flow <the passage of time>\n3 a (1) : a specific act of traveling or passing especially by sea or air (2) : a privilege of conveyance as a passenger : ACCOMMODATIONS b : the passing of a legislative measure or law : ENACTMENT\n4 : a right, liberty, or permission to pass\n5 a : something that happens or is done : INCIDENT b : something that takes place between two persons mutually\n6 a : a usually brief portion of a written work or speech that is relevant to a point under discussion or noteworthy for content or style b : a phrase or short section of a musical composition c : a detail of a work of art (as a painting)\n7 : the act or action of passing something or undergoing a passing\n8 : incubation of a pathogen (as a virus) in culture, a living organism, or a developing egg\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to go past or across : CROSS\ntransitive senses : to subject to passage <passaged a virus>


Words: passerine
Meaning:
adjective\n: of or relating to the largest order (Passeriformes) of birds which includes more than half of all living birds and consists chiefly of altricial songbirds of perching habits compare OSCINE


Words: passing
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the act of one that passes or causes to pass; especially : DEATH 1\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : going by or past <a passing pedestrian>\n2 : having a brief duration <a passing whim>\n3 obsolete : SURPASSING\n4 : SUPERFICIAL <a passing acquaintance> <a passing resemblance>\n5 a : of, relating to, or used in or for the act or process of passing <passing lanes> b : given on satisfactory completion of an examination or course of study <a passing grade>\n\n<3> adverb\n: to a surpassing degree : EXCEEDINGLY <passing strange>


Words: passion
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized a : the sufferings of Christ between the night of the Last Supper and his death b : an oratorio based on a gospel narrative of the Passion\n2 obsolete : SUFFERING\n3 : the state or capacity of being acted on by external agents or forces\n4 a (1) : EMOTION <his ruling passion is greed> (2) plural : the emotions as distinguished from reason b : intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction c : an outbreak of anger\n5 a : ardent affection : LOVE b : a strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept c : sexual desire d : an object of desire or deep interest


Words: passive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : acted upon by an external agency (2) : receptive to outside impressions or influences b (1) : asserting that the grammatical subject of a verb is subjected to or affected by the action represented by that verb (2) : containing or yielding a passive verb form c (1) : lacking in energy or will : LETHARGIC (2) : tending not to take an active or dominant part d : induced by an outside agency <passive exercise of a paralyzed leg>\n2 a : not active or operating : INERT b : of, relating to, or making direct use of the sun’s heat usually without the intervention of mechanical devices <passive technique> <passive solar house> c : LATENT d (1) : of, relating to, or characterized by a state of chemical inactivity; especially : resistant to corrosion (2) : not involving expenditure of chemical energy <passive transport across a cell membrane> e of an electronic element : exhibiting no gain or control f : operating solely by means of the power of an input signal <a passive communication satellite that reflects television signals> g : relating to the detection of an object through its emission of energy\n3 a : receiving or enduring without resistance : SUBMISSIVE b : existing or occurring without being active, open, or direct <passive support>\n4 : of, relating to, or being business activity in which the investor does not have immediate control over income\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a passive verb form\n2 : the passive voice of a language


Words: passport
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a formal document issued by an authorized official of a country to one of its citizens that is usually necessary for exit from and reentry into the country, that allows the citizen to travel in a foreign country in accordance with visa requirements, and that requests protection for the citizen while abroad b : a license issued by a country permitting a foreign citizen to pass or take goods through its territory : SAFE-CONDUCT c : a document of identification required by law to be carried by persons residing or traveling within a country\n2 a : a permission or authorization to go somewhere b : something that secures admission, acceptance, or attainment <education as a passport to success>


Words: password
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that enables one to pass or gain admission: as a : a spoken word or phrase required to pass by a guard b : a sequence of characters required for access to a computer system\n2 : WATCHWORD


Words: past
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : AGO <12 years past> b : just gone or elapsed <for the past few months>\n2 : having existed or taken place in a period before the present : BYGONE\n3 : of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is expressive of elapsed time and that in English is usually formed by internal vowel change (as in sang) or by the addition of a suffix (as in laughed)\n4 : having served as a specified officer in an organization <past president>\n\n<2> preposition\n1 a : beyond the age for or of <past playing with dolls> b : AFTER <half past two>\n2 a : at the farther side of : BEYOND b : in a course or direction going close to and then beyond <drove past the house>\n3 obsolete : more than\n4 : beyond the capacity, range, or sphere of <past belief>\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : time gone by b : something that happened or was done in the past <regret the past>\n2 a : the past tense of a language b : a verb form in the past tense\n3 : a past life, history, or course of action; especially : one that is kept secret\n\n<4> adverb\n: so as to reach and go beyond a point near at hand


Words: pasta
Meaning:
noun\n1 : paste in processed form (as spaghetti) or in the form of fresh dough (as ravioli)\n2 : a dish of cooked pasta


Words: paste
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls b : a confection made by evaporating fruit with sugar or by flavoring a gelatin, starch, or gum arabic preparation c : a smooth food product made by evaporation or grinding <tomato paste> <almond paste> d : a shaped dough (as spaghetti or ravioli) prepared from semolina, farina, or wheat flour\n2 : a soft plastic mixture or composition: as a : a preparation usually of flour or starch and water used as an adhesive or a vehicle for mordant or color b : clay or a clay mixture used in making pottery or porcelain\n3 : a brilliant glass of high lead content used for the manufacture of artificial gems\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cause to adhere by or as if by paste : STICK\n2 : to cover with something pasted on\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to strike hard at\n2 : to beat or defeat soundly


Words: pasteboard
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a solid paperboard with a paper facing; broadly : PAPERBOARD\n2 : TICKET\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : made of pasteboard\n2 : SHAM, UNSUBSTANTIAL <prefabricated plots and pasteboard heroes Peter Andrews>


Words: pastel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a paste made of powdered pigment ranging from pale to deep colors and used for making crayons; also : a crayon made of such paste\n2 a : a drawing in pastel b : the process or art of drawing with pastels\n3 : a light literary sketch\n4 : any of various pale or light colors\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to a pastel b : made with pastels\n2 : pale and light in color\n3 : lacking in body or vigor


Words: pastern
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a part of the foot of an equine extending from the fetlock to the top of the hoof see HORSE illustration\n2 : a part of the leg of an animal other than an equine that corresponds to the pastern


Words: pastiche
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work; also : such stylistic imitation\n2 a : a musical, literary, or artistic composition made up of selections from different works : POTPOURRI b : HODGEPODGE


Words: pastille
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small mass of aromatic paste for fumigating or scenting the air of a room\n2 : an aromatic or medicated lozenge : TROCHE


Words: pastor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a spiritual overseer; especially : a clergyman serving a local church or parish\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to serve as pastor of (as a church)\n\n<3> noun\nchiefly Southwest : HERDSMAN


Words: pastoral
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen (2) : devoted to or based on livestock raising b : of or relating to the countryside : not urban c : portraying or expressive of the life of shepherds or country people especially in an idealized and conventionalized manner <pastoral poetry> d : pleasingly peaceful and innocent : IDYLLIC\n2 a : of or relating to spiritual care or guidance especially of a congregation b : of or relating to the pastor of a church\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a literary work (as a poem or play) dealing with shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city and especially court life b : pastoral poetry or drama c : a rural picture or scene d : PASTORALE 1b\n2 : CROSIER 1\n3 : a letter of a pastor to his charge: as a : a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese b : a letter of the house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church to be read in each parish


Words: pastry
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : PASTE 1a b : sweet baked goods made of dough having a high fat content\n2 : a piece of pastry


Words: pasture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : plants (as grass) grown for the feeding especially of grazing animals\n2 : land or a plot of land used for grazing\n3 : the feeding of livestock : GRAZING\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : GRAZE, BROWSE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to feed (as cattle) on pasture\n2 : to use as pasture


Words: pasty
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : 2PIE 1, 2; especially : a meat pie\n2 : TURNOVER 5\n\n<2> adjective\n: resembling paste; especially : pallid and unhealthy in appearance


Words: pat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a light blow especially with the hand or a flat instrument\n2 : a light tapping often rhythmical sound\n3 : something (as butter) shaped into a small flat usually square individual portion\n\n<2> adverb\n: in a pat manner : APTLY, PERFECTLY\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to strike lightly with a flat instrument\n2 : to flatten, smooth, or put into place or shape with light blows\n3 : to tap or stroke gently with the hand to soothe, caress, or show approval\nintransitive senses : to strike or beat gently\n\n<4> adjective\n1 a : exactly suited to the purpose or occasion : APT b : suspiciously appropriate : CONTRIVED\n2 : learned, mastered, or memorized exactly\n3 : FIRM, UNYIELDING\n4 : reduced to a simple or mechanical form : STANDARD, TRITE\n\n<5> abbreviation\npatent


Words: patch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a piece of material used to mend or cover a hole or a weak spot\n2 : a tiny piece of black silk or court plaster worn on the face or neck especially by women to hide a blemish or to heighten beauty\n3 a : a piece of material (as adhesive plaster) used medically usually to cover a wound or repair a defect b : a shield worn over the socket of an injured or missing eye\n4 a : a small piece : SCRAP b : a part or area distinct from that about it <cabbage patch> c : a period of time : SPELL <was going through a rough patch>\n5 : a piece of cloth sewed on a garment as an ornament or insignia; especially : SHOULDER PATCH\n6 : a temporary connection in a communication system (as a telephone hookup)\n7 : a minor usually temporary correction or modification in a computer program\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to mend, cover, or fill up a hole or weak spot in\n2 : to provide with a patch\n3 a : to make of patches or fragments b : to mend or put together especially in hasty or shabby fashion usually used with up c : to make a patch in (a computer program)\n4 : to connect (as circuits) by a patch cord\n\n<3> noun\n: FOOL, DOLT


Words: patchwork
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something composed of miscellaneous or incongruous parts : HODGEPODGE\n2 : pieces of cloth of various colors and shapes sewn together to form a covering


Words: paten
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a plate usually made of precious metal and used to carry the bread at the Eucharist\n2 a : PLATE b : something (as a metal disk) resembling a plate


Words: patent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : open to public inspection used chiefly in the phrase letters patent b (1) : secured by letters patent or by a patent to the exclusive control and possession of a particular individual or party (2) : protected by a patent : made under a patent <patent locks> c : protected by a trademark or a trade name so as to establish proprietary rights analogous to those conveyed by letters patent or a patent : PROPRIETARY <patent drugs>\n2 : of, relating to, or concerned with the granting of patents especially for inventions <a patent lawyer>\n3 : making exclusive or proprietary claims or pretensions\n4 : affording free passage : UNOBSTRUCTED <a patent opening>\n5 : PATULOUS, SPREADING <a patent calyx>\n6 archaic : ACCESSIBLE, EXPOSED\n7 : readily visible or intelligible : OBVIOUS\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an official document conferring a right or privilege : LETTERS PATENT\n2 a : a writing securing to an inventor for a term of years the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention b : the monopoly or right so granted c : a patented invention\n3 : PRIVILEGE, LICENSE\n4 : an instrument making a conveyance of public lands; also : the land so conveyed\n5 : PATENT LEATHER\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to obtain or grant a patent right to\n2 : to grant a privilege, right, or license to by patent\n3 : to obtain or secure by patent; especially : to secure by letters patent exclusive right to make, use, or sell


Words: paternal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to a father b : like that of a father <paternal benevolence>\n2 : received or inherited from one’s male parent\n3 : related through one’s father <paternal grandfather>


Words: paternalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a system under which an authority undertakes to supply needs or regulate conduct of those under its control in matters affecting them as individuals as well as in their relations to authority and to each other\n2 : a policy or practice based on or characteristic of paternalism


Words: path
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a trodden way\n2 : a track specially constructed for a particular use\n3 a : COURSE, ROUTE b : a way of life, conduct, or thought\n4 a : the continuous series of positions or configurations that can be assumed in any motion or process of change by a moving or varying system b : a sequence of arcs in a network that can be traced continuously without retracing any arc\n5 : PATHWAY 2\n\n<2> abbreviation\npathological, pathology


Words: pathetic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity\n2 : marked by sorrow or melancholy : SAD


Words: pathfinder
Meaning:
noun\n: one that discovers a way; especially : one that explores untraversed regions to mark out a new route


Words: pathology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and functional changes produced by them\n2 : something abnormal: a : the structural and functional deviations from the normal that constitute disease or characterize a particular disease b : deviation from propriety or from an assumed normal state of something nonliving or nonmaterial


Words: pathos
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion\n2 : an emotion of sympathetic pity


Words: pathway
Meaning:
noun\n1 : PATH, COURSE\n2 : a line of communication over interconnecting neurons extending from one organ or center to another\n3 : the sequence of enzyme catalyzed reactions by which an energy-yielding substance is utilized by protoplasm <metabolic pathways>


Words: patient
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint\n2 : manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain\n3 : not hasty or impetuous\n4 : steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity\n5 a : able or willing to bear used with of b : SUSCEPTIBLE, ADMITTING <patient of one interpretation>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment b : the recipient of any of various personal services\n2 : one that is acted upon


Words: patina
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color b : a surface appearance of something grown beautiful especially with age or use\n2 : an appearance or aura that is derived from association, habit, or established character\n3 : a superficial covering or exterior


Words: patio
Meaning:
noun\n1 : COURTYARD; especially : an inner court open to the sky\n2 : a recreation area that adjoins a dwelling, is often paved, and is adapted especially to outdoor dining


Words: patois
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect b : uneducated or provincial speech\n2 : the characteristic special language of an occupational or social group : JARGON


Words: patriarch
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people b : a man who is father or founder c (1) : the oldest member or representative of a group (2) : a venerable old man d : a man who is head of a patriarchy\n2 a : any of the bishops of the ancient or Eastern Orthodox sees of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem or the ancient and Western see of Rome with authority over other bishops b : the head of any of various Eastern churches c : a Roman Catholic bishop next in rank to the pope with purely titular or with metropolitan jurisdiction\n3 : a Mormon of the Melchizedek priesthood empowered to perform the ordinances of the church and pronounce blessings within a stake or prescribed jurisdiction


Words: patrician
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome\n2 a : a person of high birth : ARISTOCRAT b : a person of breeding and cultivation


Words: patrimony
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an estate inherited from one’s father or ancestor b : anything derived from one’s father or ancestors : HERITAGE\n2 : an estate or endowment belonging by ancient right to a church


Words: patrol
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the action of traversing a district or beat or of going the rounds along a chain of guards for observation or the maintenance of security b : the person performing such an action c : a unit of persons or vehicles employed for reconnaissance, security, or combat\n2 : a subdivision of a Boy Scout troop or Girl Scout troop\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to carry out a patrol\ntransitive senses : to carry out a patrol of


Words: patron
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter b : a wealthy or influential supporter of an artist or writer c : a social or financial sponsor of a social function (as a ball or concert)\n2 : one that uses wealth or influence to help an individual, an institution, or a cause\n3 : one who buys the goods or uses the services offered especially by an establishment\n4 : the holder of the right of presentation to an English ecclesiastical benefice\n5 : a master in ancient times who freed his slave but retained some rights over him\n6 French, from Middle French : the proprietor of an establishment (as an inn) especially in France\n7 : the chief male officer in some fraternal lodges having both men and women members


Words: patronage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ADVOWSON\n2 : the support or influence of a patron\n3 : kindness done with an air of superiority\n4 : business or activity provided by patrons <the new branch library is expected to have a heavy patronage>\n5 a : the power to make appointments to government jobs especially for political advantage b : the distribution of jobs on the basis of patronage c : jobs distributed by patronage


Words: patronize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to act as patron of : provide aid or support for\n2 : to adopt an air of condescension toward : treat haughtily or coolly\n3 : to be a frequent or regular customer or client of


Words: patronymic
Meaning:
noun\n: a name derived from that of the father or a paternal ancestor usually by the addition of an affix


Words: patroon
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : the captain or officer commanding a ship\n2 Dutch, from French patron : the proprietor of a manorial estate especially in New York originally granted under Dutch rule but in some cases existing until the mid-19th century


Words: patter
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to say or speak in a rapid or mechanical manner\nintransitive senses\n1 : to recite prayers (as paternosters) rapidly or mechanically\n2 : to talk glibly and volubly\n3 : to speak or sing rapid-fire words in a theatrical performance\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a specialized lingo : CANT; especially : the jargon of criminals (as thieves)\n2 : the spiel of a street hawker or of a circus barker\n3 : empty chattering talk\n4 a (1) : the rapid-fire talk of a comedian (2) : the talk with which an entertainer accompanies a routine b : the words of a comic song or of a rapidly spoken usually humorous monologue introduced into such a song\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to strike or pat rapidly and repeatedly\n2 : to run with quick light-sounding steps\ntransitive senses : to cause to patter\n\n<4> noun\n: a quick succession of light sounds or pats


Words: pattern
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a form or model proposed for imitation : EXEMPLAR\n2 : something designed or used as a model for making things <a dressmaker’s pattern>\n3 : a model for making a mold into which molten metal is poured to form a casting\n4 : an artistic, musical, literary, or mechanical design or form\n5 : a natural or chance configuration <frost pattern> <the pattern of events>\n6 : a length of fabric sufficient for an article (as of clothing)\n7 a : the distribution of shrapnel, bombs on a target, or shot from a shotgun b : the grouping made on a target by bullets\n8 : a reliable sample of traits, acts, tendencies, or other observable characteristics of a person, group, or institution <behavior pattern> <spending pattern>\n9 a : the flight path prescribed for an airplane that is coming in for a landing b : a prescribed route to be followed by a pass receiver in football\n10 : TEST PATTERN\n11 : a discernible coherent system based on the intended interrelationship of component parts <foreign policy patterns>\n12 : frequent or widespread incidence <a pattern of dissent>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 dialect chiefly English a : MATCH b : IMITATE\n2 : to make, adapt, or fashion according to a pattern\n3 : to furnish, adorn, or mark with a design\nintransitive senses : to form a pattern


Words: patty
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a little pie\n2 a : a small flat cake of chopped food <a hamburger patty> b : a small flat candy <a peppermint patty>\n3 : PATTY SHELL


Words: pauper
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity; specifically : one who receives aid from funds designated for the poor\n2 : a very poor person


Words: pause
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a temporary stop\n2 a : a break in a verse b : a brief suspension of the voice to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts\n3 : temporary inaction especially as caused by uncertainty : HESITATION\n4 a : the sign denoting a fermata b : a mark (as a period or comma) used in writing or printing to indicate or correspond to a pause of voice\n5 : a reason or cause for pausing (as to reconsider) <a thought that should give one pause>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to stop temporarily\n2 : to linger for a time\ntransitive senses : to cause to pause : STOP


Words: pave
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to lay or cover with material (as asphalt or concrete) that forms a firm level surface for travel\n2 : to cover firmly and solidly as if with paving material\n3 : to serve as a covering or pavement of


Words: pavement
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a paved surface: as a : the artificially covered surface of a public thoroughfare b chiefly British : SIDEWALK\n2 : the material with which something is paved\n3 : something that suggests a pavement (as in flatness, hardness, and extent of surface)


Words: pavilion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a large often sumptuous tent b : something resembling a canopy or tent <tree ferns spread their delicate pavilions Blanche E. Baughan>\n2 a : a part of a building projecting from the rest b : one of several detached or semidetached units into which a building is sometimes divided\n3 a : a light sometimes ornamental structure in a garden, park, or place of recreation that is used for entertainment or shelter b : a temporary structure erected at an exposition by an individual exhibitor\n4 : the lower faceted part of a brilliant below the girdle see BRILLIANT illustration\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to furnish or cover with or put in a pavilion


Words: paw
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the foot of a quadruped (as a lion or dog) that has claws; broadly : the foot of an animal\n2 : a human hand especially when large or clumsy\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to touch or strike at with a paw\n2 : to feel or touch clumsily, rudely, or sexually\n3 : to scrape or beat with or as if with a hoof\n4 : to flail at or grab for wildly\nintransitive senses\n1 : to beat or scrape something with or as if with a hoof\n2 : to touch or strike with a paw\n3 : to feel or touch someone or something clumsily, rudely, or sexually\n4 : to flail or grab wildly


Words: pawn
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one of the chessmen of least value having the power to move only forward ordinarily one square at a time, to capture only diagonally forward, and to be promoted to any piece except a king upon reaching the eighth rank\n2 : one that can be used to further the purposes of another\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : something delivered to or deposited with another as security for a loan b : HOSTAGE\n2 : the state of being pledged\n3 : something used as a pledge : GUARANTY\n4 : the act of pawning\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to deposit in pledge or as security


Words: pay
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make due return to for services rendered or property delivered b : to engage for money : HIRE <you couldn’t pay me to do that>\n2 a : to give in return for goods or service <pay wages> b : to discharge indebtedness for : SETTLE <pay a bill> c : to make a disposal or transfer of (money)\n3 : to give or forfeit in expiation or retribution <pay the penalty>\n4 a : to make compensation for b : to requite according to what is deserved <pay them back>\n5 : to give, offer, or make freely or as fitting <pay attention> <pay your respects>\n6 a : to return value or profit to <it pays you to stay open> b : to bring in as a return <an investment paying five percent>\n7 : to slacken (as a rope) and allow to run out used with out\nintransitive senses\n1 : to discharge a debt or obligation\n2 : to be worth the expense or effort <crime doesn’t pay>\n3 : to suffer the consequences of an act\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something paid for a purpose and especially as a salary or wage : REMUNERATION\n2 a : the act or fact of paying or being paid b : the status of being paid by an employer : EMPLOY\n3 : a person viewed with respect to reliability or promptness in paying debts or bills\n4 a : ore or a natural situation that yields metal and especially gold in profitable amounts b : an oil-yielding stratum or zone\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : containing or leading to something precious or valuable\n2 : equipped with a coin slot for receiving a fee for use <pay telephone>\n3 : requiring payment\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to coat with a waterproof composition


Words: payoff
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : PROFIT, REWARD b : RETRIBUTION\n2 : the act or occasion of receiving money or material gain especially as compensation or as a bribe\n3 : the climax of an incident or enterprise; specifically : the denouement of a narrative\n4 : a decisive fact or factor resolving a situation or bringing about a definitive conclusion\n\n<2> adjective\n: yielding results in the final test : DECISIVE


Words: payroll
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a paymaster’s or employer’s list of those entitled to pay and of the amounts due to each\n2 : the sum necessary for distribution to those on a payroll; also : the money to be distributed


Words: pea
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a variable annual leguminous Eurasian vine (Pisum sativum) that is cultivated especially for its rounded smooth or wrinkled edible protein-rich seeds b : the seed of the pea c plural : the immature pods of the pea with their included seeds\n2 : any of various leguminous plants related to or resembling the pea usually used in combination or with a qualifying term <chickpea> <black-eyed pea>; also : the seed of such a plant\n3 : something resembling a pea (as in size or shape)


Words: peace
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a state of tranquillity or quiet: as a : freedom from civil disturbance b : a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom <a breach of the peace>\n2 : freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions\n3 : harmony in personal relations\n4 a : a state or period of mutual concord between governments b : a pact or agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a state of enmity\n5 used interjectionally to ask for silence or calm or as a greeting or farewell\n\n<2> intransitive verb\nobsolete : to be, become, or keep silent or quiet


Words: peach
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a low spreading freely branching Chinese tree (Prunus persica) of the rose family that is widely cultivated in temperate areas and has lanceolate leaves, sessile usually pink flowers borne on the naked twigs in early spring, and a fruit which is a single-seeded drupe with a hard endocarp, a pulpy white or yellow mesocarp, and a thin downy epicarp b : the edible fruit of the peach\n2 : a moderate yellowish pink\n3 : one resembling a peach (as in sweetness, beauty, or excellence)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to inform against : BETRAY\nintransitive senses : to turn informer : BLAB


Words: peacock
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a male peafowl distinguished by a crest of upright plumules and by greatly elongated loosely webbed upper tail coverts which are mostly tipped with ocellated spots and can be erected and spread at will in a fan shimmering with iridescent color; broadly : PEAFOWL\n2 : one making a proud display of himself : SHOW-OFF\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : SHOW OFF


Words: peafowl
Meaning:
noun\n: either of two very large terrestrial pheasants (Pavo cristatus and P. muticus) of southeastern Asia and the East Indies often reared as ornamental fowls


Words: peak
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a pointed or projecting part of a garment; especially : the visor of a cap or hat\n2 : PROMONTORY\n3 : a sharp or pointed end\n4 a (1) : the top of a hill or mountain ending in a point (2) : a prominent mountain usually having a well-defined summit b : something resembling a mountain peak\n5 a : the upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail b : the narrow part of a ship’s bow or stern or the part of the hold in it\n6 a : the highest level or greatest degree b : a high point in a course of development especially as represented on a graph\n7 : WIDOW’S PEAK\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to reach a maximum (as of capacity, value, or activity) often used with out\ntransitive senses : to cause to come to a peak, point, or maximum\n\n<3> adjective\n: being at or reaching the maximum\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n1 : to grow thin or sickly\n2 : to dwindle away\n\n<5> transitive verb\n1 : to set (as a gaff) nearer the perpendicular\n2 : to hold (oars) with blades well raised


Words: peaked
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having a peak : POINTED\n\n<2> adjective\n: being pale and wan or emaciated : SICKLY


Words: peal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the loud ringing of bells b : a complete set of changes on a given number of bells c : a set of bells tuned to the tones of the major scale for change ringing\n2 : a loud sound or succession of sounds <peals of laughter>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to give out peals\ntransitive senses : to utter or give forth loudly


Words: peanut
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a low-branching widely cultivated leguminous annual herb (Arachis hypogaea) with showy yellow flowers having a peduncle which elongates and bends into the soil where the ovary ripens into a pod containing one to three oily edible seeds; also : its seed or seed-containing pod\n2 : an insignificant or tiny person\n3 plural : a trifling amount\n\n<2> adjective\n: INSIGNIFICANT, PETTY <peanut politics>


Words: pear
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fleshy pome fruit that is borne by a tree (genus Pyrus, especially P. communis) of the rose family and is usually larger at the apical end\n2 : a tree bearing pears


Words: pearl
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a dense variously colored and usually lustrous concretion formed of concentric layers of nacre as an abnormal growth within the shell of some mollusks and used as a gem b : MOTHER-OF-PEARL\n2 : one that is very choice or precious\n3 : something resembling a pearl intrinsically or physically\n4 : a nearly neutral slightly bluish medium gray\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to set or adorn with pearls\n2 : to sprinkle or bead with pearly drops\n3 : to form into small round grains\n4 : to give a pearly color or luster to\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form drops or beads like pearls\n2 : to fish or search for pearls\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or resembling pearl b : made of or adorned with pearls\n2 : having medium-sized grains\n\n<4> noun or transitive verb\nBritish : PICOT


Words: peasant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of a European class of persons tilling the soil as small landowners or as laborers; also : a member of a similar class elsewhere\n2 : a usually uneducated person of low social status


Words: peat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : TURF 2b\n2 : partially carbonized vegetable tissue formed by partial decomposition in water of various plants (as mosses of the genus Sphagnum)\n\n<2> noun\n: a bold lively woman


Words: pebble
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small usually rounded stone especially when worn by the action of water\n2 : transparent and colorless quartz : ROCK CRYSTAL\n3 : an irregular, crinkled, or grainy surface\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to pelt with pebbles\n2 : to pave or cover with pebbles or something resembling pebbles\n3 : to grain (as leather) so as to produce a rough and irregularly indented surface


Words: pecan
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large hickory (Carya illinoensis) that has roughish bark and hard but brittle wood and is widely grown in the warmer parts of the U.S. and in Mexico for its edible nut\n2 : the wood of the pecan tree\n3 : the smooth oblong thin-shelled nut of the pecan tree


Words: peccary
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several largely nocturnal gregarious American mammals resembling the related pigs: as a : a grizzled animal (Tayassu tajacu) with an indistinct white collar b : a blackish animal (Tayassu pecari) with a whitish mouth region


Words: peck
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 see WEIGHT table\n2 : a large quantity or number\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to strike or pierce especially repeatedly with the bill or a pointed tool b : to make by pecking <peck a hole>\n2 : to pick up with the bill\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to strike, pierce, or pick up something with or as if with the bill b : CARP, NAG\n2 : to eat reluctantly and in small bites <peck at food>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an impression or hole made by pecking\n2 : a quick sharp stroke\n3 : a quick light kiss <a peck on the cheek>


Words: pectin
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various water-soluble substances that bind adjacent cell walls in plant tissues and yield a gel which is the basis of fruit jellies; also : a commercial product rich in pectins


Words: pectoral
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: something worn on the breast\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, situated in or on, or worn on the chest\n2 : coming from the breast or heart as the seat of emotion


Words: peculiar
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : characteristic of only one person, group, or thing : DISTINCTIVE\n2 : different from the usual or normal: a : SPECIAL, PARTICULAR b : ODD, CURIOUS c : ECCENTRIC, QUEER\n\n<2> noun\n: something exempt from ordinary jurisdiction; especially : a church or parish exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary in whose territory it lies


Words: pedal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (as an organ or piano)\n2 : a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the foot\n2 : of, relating to, or involving a pedal\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to ride a bicycle\n2 : to use or work a pedal\ntransitive senses : to work the pedals of


Words: pedant
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : a male schoolteacher\n2 a : one who makes a show of knowledge b : one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge c : a formalist or precisionist in teaching


Words: peddle
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to travel about with wares for sale; broadly : SELL\n2 : to be busy with trifles : PIDDLE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to sell or offer for sale from place to place : HAWK; broadly : SELL\n2 : to deal out or seek to disseminate


Words: pedestal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassic column see COLUMN illustration b : the base of an upright structure\n2 : BASE, FOUNDATION\n3 : a position of esteem\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to place on or furnish with a pedestal


Words: pedestrian
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : COMMONPLACE, UNIMAGINATIVE\n2 a : going or performed on foot b : of, relating to, or designed for walking <a pedestrian mall>\n\n<2> noun\n: a person going on foot : WALKER


Words: pediatrics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: a branch of medicine dealing with the development, care, and diseases of children


Words: pedicab
Meaning:
noun\n: a tricycle with a 2-seat passenger compartment covered by a usually folding top and a separate seat for a driver who pedals


Words: pedigree
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a register recording a line of ancestors\n2 a : an ancestral line : LINEAGE b : the origin and the history of something\n3 a : a distinguished ancestry b : the recorded purity of breed of an individual or strain


Words: pediment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a triangular space that forms the gable of a low-pitched roof and that is usually filled with relief sculpture in classical architecture; also : a similar form used as a decoration\n2 : a broad gently sloping bedrock surface with low relief that is situated at the base of a steeper slope and is usually thinly covered with alluvial gravel and sand


Words: pedometer
Meaning:
noun\n: an instrument usually in watch form that records the distance a person covers on foot by responding to the body motion at each step


Words: peduncle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a stalk bearing a flower or flower cluster or a fructification\n2 : a narrow part by which some larger part or the whole body of an organism is attached : STALK, PEDICEL\n3 : a narrow stalk by which a tumor or polyp is attached


Words: peek
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to look furtively b : to peer through a crack or hole or from a place of concealment often used with in or out\n2 : to take a brief look : GLANCE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a surreptitious look\n2 : a brief look : GLANCE


Words: peel
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to strip off an outer layer of <peel an orange>\n2 : to remove by stripping <peel the label off the can>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to come off in sheets or scales b : to lose an outer layer (as of skin) <his face is peeling>\n2 : to take off one’s clothes\n3 : to break away from a group or formation often used with off\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the skin or rind of a fruit\n2 : a thin layer of organic material that is embedded in a film of collodion and stripped from the surface of an object (as a plant fossil) for microscopic study\n3 : a cosmetic operation for the removal of skin blemishes by the application of a caustic chemical and especially an acid to the skin\n\n<3> noun\n: a usually long-handled spade-shaped instrument that is used chiefly by bakers for getting something (as bread or pies) into or out of the oven\n\n<4> noun\n: a medieval small massive fortified tower along the Scottish-English border called also peel tower


Words: peen
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to draw, bend, or flatten by or as if by hammering with a peen\n\n<2> noun\n: a usually hemispherical or wedge-shaped end of the head of a hammer that is opposite the face and is used especially for bending, shaping, or cutting the material struck


Words: peep
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to utter a feeble shrill sound as of a bird newly hatched : CHEEP\n2 : to utter the slightest sound\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a feeble shrill sound : CHEEP\n2 : a slight utterance especially of complaint or protest <don’t let me hear another peep out of you>\n3 : any of several small sandpipers\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to peer through or as if through a crevice b : to look cautiously or slyly\n2 : to begin to emerge from or as if from concealment : show slightly\ntransitive senses : to put forth or cause to protrude slightly\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a first glimpse or faint appearance <at the peep of dawn>\n2 a : a brief look : GLANCE b : a furtive look


Words: peer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that is of equal standing with another : EQUAL; especially : one belonging to the same societal group especially based on age, grade, or status\n2 archaic : COMPANION\n3 a : a member of one of the five ranks (as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, or baron) of the British peerage b : NOBLE 1\n\n<2> transitive verb\narchaic : RIVAL, MATCH\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to look narrowly or curiously; especially : to look searchingly at something difficult to discern\n2 : to come slightly into view : emerge partly


Words: peeve
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to make peevish or resentful : ANNOY\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a feeling or mood of resentment\n2 : a particular grievance or source of aggravation


Words: peevish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : querulous in temperament or mood : FRETFUL\n2 : perversely obstinate\n3 : marked by ill temper


Words: peg
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a small usually cylindrical pointed or tapered piece (as of wood) used to pin down or fasten things or to fit into or close holes : PIN, PLUG b British : CLOTHESPIN c : a predetermined level at which something (as a price) is fixed\n2 a : a projecting piece used as a support or boundary marker b : something (as a fact or opinion) used as a support, pretext, or reason\n3 a : one of the movable wooden pegs set in the head of a stringed instrument (as a violin) that are turned to regulate the pitch of the strings see VIOLIN illustration b : a step or degree especially in estimation\n4 : a pointed prong or claw for catching or tearing\n5 British : DRINK <poured himself out a stiff peg Dorothy Sayers>\n6 : something (as a leg) resembling a peg\n7 : THROW; especially : a hard throw in baseball made in an attempt to put out a base runner\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to put a peg into b British : to pin (laundry) on a clothesline\n2 : to attach or fix as if with a peg: as a : to pin down : RESTRICT b : to fix or hold (as prices or wage increases) at a predetermined level or rate c : to place in a definite category : IDENTIFY\n3 : to mark by pegs\n4 : THROW\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work steadily and diligently often used with away\n2 : to move along vigorously or hastily : HUSTLE\n\n<3> adjective\n: wide at the top and narrow at the bottom <peg pants>


Words: pejorative
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a pejorative word or phrase\n\n<2> adjective\n: having negative connotations; especially : tending to disparage or belittle : DEPRECIATORY


Words: pelagic
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or living or occurring in the open sea : OCEANIC <pelagic sediment> <pelagic birds>


Words: pelican
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Pelecanus) of large web-footed fish-eating birds with a very large bill and distensible gular pouch


Words: pellagra
Meaning:
noun\n: a disease marked by dermatitis, gastrointestinal disorders, and nervous symptoms and associated with a diet deficient in niacin


Words: pellet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually small rounded, spherical, or cylindrical body (as of food or medicine)\n2 : any of various projectiles fired from a weapon (as an air rifle)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : PELLETIZE\n2 : to strike with pellets


Words: pellucid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion\n2 : reflecting light evenly from all surfaces\n3 : easy to understand


Words: pelt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually undressed skin with its hair, wool, or fur\n2 : a skin stripped of hair or wool for tanning\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to strip off the skin or pelt of (an animal)\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to strike with a succession of blows or missiles <pelted him with stones> b : to assail vigorously or persistently <pelted her with accusations>\n2 : HURL, THROW <pelted snowballs at them>\n3 : to beat or dash repeatedly against <hailstones pelting the roof>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to deliver a succession of blows or missiles\n2 : to beat incessantly\n3 : to move rapidly and vigorously : HURRY\n\n<4> noun\n: BLOW, WHACK


Words: pelvis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a basin-shaped structure in the skeleton of many vertebrates that is formed by the pelvic girdle and adjoining bones of the spine\n2 : the cavity of the pelvis\n3 : the funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged


Words: pemmican
Meaning:
noun\n: a concentrated food used by No. American Indians and consisting of lean meat dried, pounded fine, and mixed with melted fat; also : a similar preparation (as of dried beef, flour, molasses, suet) used for emergency rations


Words: pen
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to shut in or as if in a pen\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a small enclosure for animals b : the animals in a pen <a pen of sheep>\n2 : a small place of confinement or storage\n3 : a protected dock or slip for a submarine\n4 : BULL PEN 2\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an implement for writing or drawing with ink or a similar fluid: as a : QUILL b : PEN POINT c : a penholder containing a pen point d : FOUNTAIN PEN e : BALLPOINT\n2 a : a writing instrument regarded as a means of expression <enlisted the pens of the best writers F. H. Chase> b : WRITER\n3 : the internal horny feather-shaped shell of a squid\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: WRITE, INDITE <pen a letter>\n\n<5> noun\n: a female swan\n\n<6> noun\n: PENITENTIARY\n\n<7> abbreviation\npeninsula


Words: penal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or involving punishment, penalties, or punitive institutions\n2 : liable to punishment <a penal offense>\n3 : used as a place of confinement and punishment <a penal colony>


Words: penalty
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the suffering in person, rights, or property that is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime or public offense\n2 : the suffering or the sum to be forfeited to which a person agrees to be subjected in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations\n3 a : disadvantage, loss, or hardship due to some action b : a disadvantage (as loss of yardage, time, or possession of the ball or an addition to or subtraction from the score) imposed on a team or competitor for violation of the rules of a sport\n4 : points scored in bridge by the side that defeats the opposing contract usually used in plural


Words: penance
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act of self-abasement, mortification, or devotion performed to show sorrow or repentance for sin\n2 : a sacramental rite that is practiced in Roman, Eastern, and some Anglican churches and that consists of private confession, absolution, and a penance directed by the confessor\n3 : something (as a hardship or penalty) resembling an act of penance (as in compensating for an offense)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to impose penance on


Words: pencil
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an artist’s brush\n2 : an artist’s individual skill or style\n3 a : an implement for writing, drawing, or marking consisting of or containing a slender cylinder or strip of a solid marking substance b : a small medicated or cosmetic roll or stick for local applications\n4 : a set of geometric objects each pair of which has a common property <the lines in a plane through a point comprise a pencil of lines>\n5 : something (as a beam of radiation) long and thin like a pencil\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to paint, draw, write, or mark with a pencil


Words: pendant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something suspended: as a : an ornament (as on a necklace) allowed to hang free b : an electrical fixture suspended from the ceiling\n2 : a hanging ornament of roofs or ceilings much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture\n3 : a length of line usually used as a connector on a boat or ship; especially : a short rope hanging from a spar and having at its free end a block or spliced thimble\n4 chiefly British : PENNANT 1a\n5 a : COMPANION PIECE b : something secondary or supplementary


Words: pendent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : jutting or leaning over : OVERHANGING <a pendent cliff>\n2 : supported from above : SUSPENDED <icicles pendent from the eaves>\n3 : remaining undetermined : PENDING


Words: pending
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 : DURING\n2 : while awaiting\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : not yet decided : being in continuance\n2 : IMMINENT, IMPENDING


Words: pendulous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : poised without visible support\n2 a : suspended so as to swing freely <branches hung with pendulous vines> b : inclined or hanging downward <pendulous jowls>\n3 : marked by vacillation, indecision, or uncertainty


Words: pendulum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a body suspended from a fixed point so as to swing freely to and fro under the action of gravity and commonly used to regulate movements (as of clockwork)\n2 : something (as a state of affairs) that alternates between opposites


Words: penetrate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to pass into or through b : to enter by overcoming resistance : PIERCE c : to gain entrance to\n2 a : to see into or through b : to discover the inner contents or meaning of\n3 : to affect profoundly with feeling\n4 : to diffuse through or into\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to pass, extend, pierce, or diffuse into or through something b : to pierce something with the eye or mind\n2 : to affect deeply the senses or feelings


Words: penetrating
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading <a penetrating shriek>\n2 : ACUTE, DISCERNING <penetrating insights into life>


Words: penguin
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various erect short-legged flightless aquatic birds (family Spheniscidae) of the southern hemisphere


Words: penicillin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several relatively nontoxic antibiotic acids of the general constitution C9H11N2O4SR that are produced by molds (genus Penicillium and especially P. notatum or P. chrysogenum) or synthetically and are used especially against cocci; also : a mixture of such acids\n2 : a salt or ester of a penicillin or a mixture of such salts or esters


Words: peninsula
Meaning:
noun\n: a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body by an isthmus; also : a piece of land jutting out into the water whether with or without a well-defined isthmus


Words: penis
Meaning:
noun\n: a male organ of copulation that in male mammals including humans usually functions as the channel by which urine leaves the body


Words: penitent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : REPENTANT\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person who repents of sin\n2 : a person under church censure but admitted to penance or reconciliation especially under the direction of a confessor


Words: penitentiary
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an officer in some Roman Catholic dioceses vested with power from the bishop to deal with cases of a nature normally handled only by the bishop b capitalized : a cardinal presiding over a tribunal of the Roman curia concerned with dispensations and indulgences\n2 : a public institution in which offenders against the law are confined for detention or punishment; specifically : a state or federal prison in the U.S.\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : PENITENTIAL\n2 : of, relating to, or incurring confinement in a penitentiary


Words: penman
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : CALLIGRAPHER b : COPYIST, SCRIBE c : a person with a specified quality or kind of handwriting <a poor penman>\n2 : AUTHOR


Words: pennant
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of various nautical flags tapering usually to a point or swallowtail and used for identification or signaling b : a flag or banner longer in the fly than in the hoist; especially : one that tapers to a point\n2 : a flag emblematic of championship (as in a professional baseball league); also : the championship itself


Words: pennon
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a long usually triangular or swallow-tailed streamer typically attached to the head of a lance as an ensign b : PENNANT 1a\n2 : WING, PINION


Words: penny
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a monetary unit of the United Kingdom formerly equal to 1240 pound but now equal to 1100 pound b : a similar monetary unit of any of various other countries in or formerly in the Commonwealth of Nations see pound at MONEY table c : a coin representing one penny\n2 : DENARIUS\n3 plural pennies : CENT\n4 : a trivial amount\n5 : a piece or sum of money <that will cost a pretty penny>


Words: pennyroyal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a European perennial mint (Mentha pulegium) with small aromatic leaves\n2 : an aromatic No. American mint (Hedeoma pulegioides) that has blue or violet flowers borne in axillary tufts and yields an oil used in folk medicine or to drive away mosquitoes


Words: pension
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a fixed sum paid regularly to a person: a archaic : WAGE b : a gratuity granted (as by a government) as a favor or reward c : one paid under given conditions to a person following retirement from service or to surviving dependents\n2 French, from Middle French a : accommodations especially at a continental European hotel or boardinghouse : ROOM AND BOARD b also pensione pensione, from Italian : a hotel or boardinghouse especially in continental Europe\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to grant or pay a pension to\n2 : to dismiss or retire from service with a pension <pensioned off his faithful old servant>


Words: penthouse
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a shed or roof attached to and sloping from a wall or building b : a smaller structure joined to a building : ANNEX\n2 : a structure or dwelling built on the roof of a building


Words: penultimate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : next to the last <the penultimate chapter of a book>\n2 : of or relating to a penult <a penultimate accent>


Words: penumbra
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light b : a shaded region surrounding the dark central portion of a sunspot\n2 : a surrounding or adjoining region in which something exists in a lesser degree : FRINGE\n3 : a body of rights held to be guaranteed by implication in a civil constitution


Words: penurious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by or suffering from penury\n2 : given to or marked by extreme stinting frugality


Words: penury
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as money); especially : severe poverty\n2 : extreme and often niggardly frugality


Words: peon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: as a : INFANTRYMAN b : ORDERLY\n2 Spanish pe*n, from Latin pedon-, pedo : a member of the landless laboring class in Spanish America\n3 plural peons a : a person held in compulsory servitude to a master for the working out of an indebtedness b : DRUDGE, MENIAL


Words: peony
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Paeonia of the family Paeoniaceae) of chiefly Eurasian plants with large often double flowers


Words: people
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural : human beings making up a group or assembly or linked by a common interest\n2 plural : HUMAN BEINGS, PERSONS often used in compounds instead of persons <salespeople>\n3 plural : the members of a family or kinship\n4 plural : the mass of a community as distinguished from a special class <disputes between the people and the nobles> often used by Communists to distinguish Communists from other people\n5 plural peoples : a body of persons that are united by a common culture, tradition, or sense of kinship, that typically have common language, institutions, and beliefs, and that often constitute a politically organized group\n6 : lower animals usually of a specified kind or situation\n7 : the body of enfranchised citizens of a state\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to supply or fill with people\n2 : to dwell in : INHABIT


Words: pep
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: brisk energy or initiative and high spirits\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to inject pep into <pep him up>


Words: pepper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : either of two pungent products from the fruit of an East Indian plant that are used as a condiment, carminative, or stimulant: (1) : BLACK PEPPER (2) : WHITE PEPPER b : any of a genus (Piper of the family Piperaceae, the pepper family) of tropical mostly jointed climbing shrubs with aromatic leaves; especially : a woody vine (P. nigrum) with spicate flowers that is widely cultivated in the tropics for its red berries from which black pepper and white pepper are prepared\n2 a : any of several products similar to pepper that are obtained from close relatives of the pepper plant b : any of various pungent condiments obtained from plants of other genera than that of the pepper <coriander pepper>\n3 a : CAPSICUM 1; especially : a New World capsicum (Capsicum annuum) whose fruits are hot peppers or sweet peppers b : the fruit of a pepper that is usually red or yellow when ripe\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to sprinkle, season, or cover with or as if with pepper b : to shower with or as if with shot or other missiles\n2 : to hit with rapid repeated blows\n3 : to sprinkle as if with pepper <peppered the report with statistics>


Words: peppermint
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a pungent and aromatic mint (Mentha piperita) with dark green lanceolate leaves and whorls of small pink flowers in spikes b : any of several mints (as M. arvensis) that are related to the peppermint\n2 : candy flavored with peppermint


Words: peppery
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or having the qualities of pepper : HOT, PUNGENT <a peppery taste>\n2 : having a hot temper : TOUCHY <a peppery boss>\n3 : FIERY, STINGING <a peppery satire>


Words: pepsin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a protease of the stomach that breaks down most proteins to polypeptides\n2 : a preparation containing pepsin that is obtained from the stomach especially of the hog and is used especially as a digestive


Words: peptic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : relating to or promoting digestion : DIGESTIVE\n2 : of, relating to, producing, or caused by pepsin <peptic digestion>\n3 : connected with or resulting from the action of digestive juices <a peptic ulcer>


Words: per
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 : by the means or agency of : THROUGH <per bearer>\n2 : with respect to every member of a specified group : for each\n3 : according to often used with as <per instructions> <as per usual>\n\n<2> adverb\n: for each : APIECE <a bargain at 3.50 per>\n\n<3> abbreviation\nperiod, person


Words: peradventure
Meaning:
<1> adverb\narchaic : PERHAPS, POSSIBLY\n\n<2> noun\n1 : DOUBT <a fact established beyond peradventure>\n2 : CHANCE 4a <beyond peradventure of doubt>


Words: perambulate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to travel over or through especially on foot : TRAVERSE\n2 : to make an official inspection of (a boundary) on foot\nintransitive senses : STROLL


Words: percale
Meaning:
noun\n: a fine closely woven cotton cloth variously finished for clothing, sheeting, and industrial uses


Words: perceive
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to attain awareness or understanding of b : to regard as being such <perceived threats> <was perceived as a loser>\n2 : to become aware of through the senses; especially : SEE, OBSERVE


Words: percent
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: in the hundred : of each hundred\n\n<2> noun\n1 plural percent a : one part in a hundred b : PERCENTAGE <a large percent of his income>\n2 percents plural , British : securities bearing a specified rate of interest\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : reckoned on the basis of a whole divided into one hundred parts\n2 : paying interest at a specified percent


Words: percentage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a part of a whole expressed in hundredths b : the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent\n2 a : a share of winnings or profits b : ADVANTAGE, PROFIT <no percentage in going around looking like an old sack of laundry Wallace Stegner>\n3 : an indeterminate part : PROPORTION\n4 a : PROBABILITY b : favorable odds


Words: percentile
Meaning:
noun\n: a value on a scale of one hundred that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it <a score in the 95th percentile>


Words: perceptible
Meaning:
adjective\n: capable of being perceived especially by the senses <a perceptible change in her tone> <the light became increasingly perceptible>


Words: perception
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a result of perceiving : OBSERVATION b : a mental image : CONCEPT\n2 obsolete : CONSCIOUSNESS\n3 a : awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation <color perception> b : physical sensation interpreted in the light of experience\n4 a : quick, acute, and intuitive cognition : APPRECIATION b : a capacity for comprehension


Words: perceptive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : responsive to sensory stimuli : DISCERNING <a perceptive eye>\n2 a : capable of or exhibiting keen perception : OBSERVANT <a perceptive scholar> b : characterized by sympathetic understanding or insight


Words: perceptual
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or involving perception especially in relation to immediate sensory experience


Words: perch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a bar or peg on which something is hung\n2 a : a roost for a bird b : a resting place or vantage point : SEAT c : a prominent position <his new perch as president>\n3 chiefly British : ROD 2\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to alight, settle, or rest on a perch, a height, or a precarious spot\ntransitive senses : to place on a perch, a height, or a precarious spot\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a small European freshwater bony fish (Perca fluviatilis of the family Percidae, the perch family) b : YELLOW PERCH\n2 : any of numerous bony fishes (as of the families Percidae, Centrarchidae, and Serranidae)


Words: percipient
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that perceives\n2 : a person on whose mind a telepathic impulse or message is held to fall\n\n<2> adjective\n: capable of or characterized by perception : DISCERNING


Words: percolate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (as a powdered drug) especially for extracting a soluble constituent b : to prepare (coffee) in a percolator\n2 : to be diffused through : PENETRATE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to ooze or trickle through a permeable substance : SEEP\n2 a : to become percolated b : to become lively or effervescent\n3 : to spread gradually <allow the sunlight to percolate into our rooms Norman Douglas>\n4 : SIMMER 2a


Words: percussion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of percussing: as a : the striking of a percussion cap so as to set off the charge in a firearm b : the beating or striking of a musical instrument c : the act or technique of tapping the surface of a body part to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the resultant sound\n2 : the striking of sound on the ear\n3 : percussion instruments that form a section of a band or orchestra


Words: peremptory
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay <a peremptory mandamus> b : admitting of no contradiction <a peremptory conclusion based on absolute evidence>\n2 : expressive of urgency or command <a peremptory call>\n3 a : characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance <how insolent of late he is become, how proud, how peremptory Shakespeare> b : indicative of a peremptory attitude or nature : HAUGHTY <a peremptory tone> <peremptory disregard of an objection>


Words: perennial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : present at all seasons of the year\n2 : persisting for several years usually with new herbaceous growth from a perennating part <perennial asters>\n3 a : PERSISTENT, ENDURING <perennial traditions> b : continuing without interruption : CONSTANT, PERPETUAL <the perennial quest for certainty> <a perennial student> c : regularly repeated or renewed : RECURRENT <death is a perennial literary theme>


Words: perfect
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : being entirely without fault or defect : FLAWLESS <a perfect diamond> b : satisfying all requirements : ACCURATE c : corresponding to an ideal standard or abstract concept <a perfect gentleman> d : faithfully reproducing the original; specifically : LETTER-PERFECT e : legally valid\n2 : EXPERT, PROFICIENT <practice makes perfect>\n3 a : PURE, TOTAL b : lacking in no essential detail : COMPLETE c obsolete : SANE d : ABSOLUTE, UNEQUIVOCAL <enjoys perfect happiness> e : of an extreme kind : UNMITIGATED <a perfect brat> <an act of perfect foolishness>\n4 obsolete : MATURE\n5 : of, relating to, or constituting a verb form or verbal that expresses an action or state completed at the time of speaking or at a time spoken of\n6 obsolete a : CERTAIN, SURE b : CONTENTED, SATISFIED\n7 of a musical interval : belonging to the consonances unison, fourth, fifth, and octave which retain their character when inverted and when raised or lowered by a half step become augmented or diminished\n8 a : sexually mature and fully differentiated <a perfect insect> b : having both stamens and pistils in the same flower <a perfect flower>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to bring to final form\n2 : to make perfect : IMPROVE, REFINE\n\n<3> noun\n: the perfect tense of a language; also : a verb form in the perfect tense


Words: perfection
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being perfect: as a : freedom from fault or defect : FLAWLESSNESS b : MATURITY c : the quality or state of being saintly\n2 a : an exemplification of supreme excellence b : an unsurpassable degree of accuracy or excellence\n3 : the act or process of perfecting


Words: perfidy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal : TREACHERY\n2 : an act or an instance of disloyalty


Words: perforate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make a hole through <an ulcer perforates the duodenal wall>; especially : to make a line of holes in to facilitate separation\n2 : to pass through or into by or as if by making a hole\nintransitive senses : to penetrate a surface


Words: perform
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to adhere to the terms of : FULFILL <perform a contract>\n2 : CARRY OUT, DO\n3 a : to do in a formal manner or according to prescribed ritual b : to give a rendition of : PRESENT\nintransitive senses\n1 : to carry out an action or pattern of behavior : ACT, FUNCTION\n2 : to give a performance : PLAY


Words: performance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the execution of an action b : something accomplished : DEED, FEAT\n2 : the fulfillment of a claim, promise, or request : IMPLEMENTATION\n3 a : the action of representing a character in a play b : a public presentation or exhibition <a benefit performance>\n4 a : the ability to perform : EFFICIENCY b : the manner in which a mechanism performs <engine performance>\n5 : the manner of reacting to stimuli : BEHAVIOR\n6 : the linguistic behavior of an individual : PAROLE; also : the ability to speak a certain language compare COMPETENCE 3


Words: perfume
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the scent of something sweet-smelling\n2 : a substance that emits a pleasant odor; especially : a fluid preparation of natural essences (as from plants or animals) or synthetics and a fixative used for scenting\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to fill or imbue with an odor


Words: perfumery
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the art or process of making perfume b : the products made by a perfumer\n2 : an establishment where perfumes are made


Words: perfunctory
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : characterized by routine or superficiality : MECHANICAL <a perfunctory smile>\n2 : lacking in interest or enthusiasm


Words: pergola
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ARBOR, TRELLIS\n2 : a structure usually consisting of parallel colonnades supporting an open roof of girders and cross rafters


Words: perhaps
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: possibly but not certainly : MAYBE\n\n<2> noun\n: something open to doubt or conjecture


Words: perigee
Meaning:
noun\n: the point in the orbit of an object (as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth; also : the point nearest a planet or a satellite (as the moon) reached by an object orbiting it compare APOGEE


Words: peril
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost : DANGER <fire put the city in peril>\n2 : something that imperils : RISK <lessen the perils of the streets>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to expose to danger


Words: perimeter
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the boundary of a closed plane figure b : the length of a perimeter\n2 : a line or strip bounding or protecting an area\n3 : outer limits often used in plural


Words: period
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the completion of a cycle, a series of events, or a single action : CONCLUSION\n2 a (1) : an utterance from one full stop to another : SENTENCE (2) : a well-proportioned sentence of several clauses (3) : PERIODIC SENTENCE b : a musical structure or melodic section usually composed of two or more contrasting or complementary phrases and ending with a cadence\n3 a : the full pause with which the utterance of a sentence closes b : END, STOP\n4 obsolete : GOAL, PURPOSE\n5 a : a point . used to mark the end (as of a declarative sentence or an abbreviation) often used interjectionally to emphasize that no more need be said <I don’t remember \n6 a : a portion of time determined by some recurring phenomenon b (1) : the interval of time required for a cyclic motion or phenomenon to complete a cycle and begin to repeat itself (2) : a number k that does not change the value of a periodic function f when added to the independent variable; especially : the smallest such number c : a single cyclic occurrence of menstruation\n7 a : a chronological division : STAGE b : a division of geologic time longer than an epoch and included in an era c : a stage of culture having a definable place in time and space\n8 a : one of the divisions of the academic day b : one of the divisions of the playing time of a game\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or representing a particular historical period <period furniture> <period costumes>


Words: periodic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : occurring or recurring at regular intervals\n2 a : consisting of or containing a series of repeated stages, processes, or digits : CYCLIC <periodic decimals> <a periodic vibration> b : being a function any value of which recurs at regular intervals\n3 : expressed in or characterized by periodic sentences


Words: periodical
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : PERIODIC 1\n2 a : published with a fixed interval between the issues or numbers b : published in, characteristic of, or connected with a periodical\n\n<2> noun\n: a periodical publication


Words: peripatetic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized : a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism\n2 : PEDESTRIAN, ITINERANT\n3 plural : movement or journeys hither and thither\n\n<2> adjective\n1 capitalized : ARISTOTELIAN\n2 a : of, relating to, or given to walking b : moving or traveling from place to place : ITINERANT


Words: periphery
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve; also : the perimeter of a polygon\n2 : the external boundary or surface of a body\n3 a : the outward bounds of something as distinguished from its internal regions or center : CONFINES b : an area lying beyond the strict limits of a thing


Words: periphrasis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression\n2 : an instance of periphrasis


Words: periscope
Meaning:
noun\n: a tubular optical instrument containing lenses and mirrors by which an observer obtains an otherwise obstructed field of view


Words: perish
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become destroyed or ruined : DIE <recollection of a past already long since perished Philip Sherrard> <guard against your mistakes or your attempts (perish the thought) to cheat C. B. Davis>\n2 chiefly British : DETERIORATE, SPOIL\ntransitive senses\n1 chiefly British : to cause to die : DESTROY\n2 : WEAKEN, BENUMB


Words: perishable
Meaning:
adjective\n: liable to perish : liable to spoil or decay <such perishable products as fruit, vegetables, butter, and eggs>


Words: peristalsis
Meaning:
noun\n: successive waves of involuntary contraction passing along the walls of a hollow muscular structure (as the esophagus or intestine) and forcing the contents onward


Words: periwinkle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of several trailing or woody evergreen herbs of the dogbane family: as a : a European creeper (Vinca minor) widely cultivated as a ground cover and for its blue or white flowers called also myrtle b : a commonly cultivated subshrub (Catharanthus roseus syn. Vinca rosea) of the Old World tropics that is the source of several antineoplastic drugs called also Madagascar periwinkle\n2 : a light purplish blue called also periwinkle blue\n\n<2> noun\n: any of various gastropod mollusks: as a : any of a genus (Littorina) of edible littoral marine snails; also : any of various similar or related marine snails b : any of several No. American freshwater snails


Words: perjury
Meaning:
noun\n: the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing


Words: perk
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to thrust up the head, stretch out the neck, or carry the body in a bold or insolent manner b : to stick up or out jauntily\n2 : to gain in vigor or cheerfulness especially after a period of weakness or depression usually used with up <he’s perked up noticeably>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make smart or spruce in appearance : FRESHEN, IMPROVE\n2 : to thrust up quickly or impudently\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: PERCOLATE\n\n<3> noun\n: PERQUISITE usually used in plural


Words: permafrost
Meaning:
noun\n: a permanently frozen layer at variable depth below the surface in frigid regions of a planet (as earth)


Words: permanent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: continuing or enduring without fundamental or marked change : STABLE\n\n<2> noun\n: a long-lasting hair wave or straightening produced by mechanical and chemical means called also permanent wave


Words: permeable
Meaning:
adjective\n: capable of being permeated : PENETRABLE; especially : having pores or openings that permit liquids or gases to pass through <a permeable membrane> <permeable limestone>


Words: permeate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to diffuse through or penetrate something\ntransitive senses\n1 : to spread or diffuse through <a room permeated with tobacco smoke>\n2 : to pass through the pores or interstices of


Words: permissive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : granted on sufferance : TOLERATED\n2 a : granting or tending to grant permission : TOLERANT b : deficient in firmness or control : INDULGENT, LAX\n3 : allowing discretion : OPTIONAL <reduced the permissive retirement age from 65 to 62>


Words: permit
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to consent to expressly or formally <permit access to records>\n2 : to give leave : AUTHORIZE\n3 : to make possible\nintransitive senses : to give an opportunity : ALLOW <if time permits>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a written warrant or license granted by one having authority <a gun permit>\n2 : PERMISSION\n\n<3> noun\n: either of two pompanos (Trachinotus falcatus and T. goodei) that are important game fishes of temperate to tropical waters of the western Atlantic


Words: permutation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : often major or fundamental change (as in character or condition) based primarily on rearrangement of existent elements <land-owners and peasants in the permutations of their tortured interdependence P. E. Mosley>\n2 a : the act or process of changing the lineal order of an ordered set of objects b : an ordered arrangement of a set of objects


Words: peroration
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration\n2 : a highly rhetorical speech


Words: peroxide
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a compound (as hydrogen peroxide) in which oxygen is visualized as joined to oxygen\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to treat with a peroxide; especially : to bleach (hair) with hydrogen peroxide\n\n<3> adjective\n: having or being bleached hair <a peroxide blonde>


Words: perpendicular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : standing at right angles to the plane of the horizon : exactly upright b : being at right angles to a given line or plane\n2 : extremely steep : PRECIPITOUS\n3 often capitalized : of or relating to a medieval English Gothic style of architecture in which vertical lines predominate\n4 : relating to, uniting, or consisting of individuals of dissimilar type or on different levels\n\n<2> noun\n: a line at right angles to a line or plane (as of the horizon)


Words: perpetual
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : continuing forever : EVERLASTING b (1) : valid for all time (2) : holding (as an office) for life or for an unlimited time\n2 : occurring continually : indefinitely long-continued\n3 : blooming continuously throughout the season


Words: perpetuity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ETERNITY 2\n2 : the quality or state of being perpetual <bequeathed to them in perpetuity>\n3 a : the condition of an estate limited so that it will not take effect or vest within the period fixed by law b : an estate so limited\n4 : an annuity payable forever


Words: perplex
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make unable to grasp something clearly or to think logically and decisively about something <her attitude perplexes me> <a perplexing problem>\n2 : to make intricate or involved : COMPLICATE


Words: perquisite
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages; especially : one expected or promised\n2 : GRATUITY, TIP\n3 : something held or claimed as an exclusive right or possession


Words: persecute
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to harass in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict; specifically : to cause to suffer because of belief\n2 : to annoy with persistent or urgent approaches (as attacks, pleas, or importunities) : PESTER


Words: persevere
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n: to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement


Words: persimmon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Diospyros) of trees of the ebony family with hard fine wood, oblong leaves, and small bell-shaped flowers; especially : an American tree (D. virginiana) or a Japanese tree (D. kaki)\n2 : the usually orange several-seeded globular berry of a persimmon that is edible when fully ripe but usually extremely astringent when unripe


Words: persist
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning\n2 obsolete : to remain unchanged or fixed in a specified character, condition, or position\n3 : to be insistent in the repetition or pressing of an utterance (as a question or an opinion)\n4 : to continue to exist especially past a usual, expected, or normal time


Words: persnickety
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : fussy about small details : FASTIDIOUS <a persnickety teacher> b : having the characteristics of a snob\n2 : requiring great precision <a persnickety job>


Words: person
Meaning:
noun\n1 : HUMAN, INDIVIDUAL sometimes used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid man in compounds applicable to both sexes <chairperson> <spokesperson>\n2 : a character or part in or as if in a play : GUISE\n3 a : one of the three modes of being in the Trinitarian Godhead as understood by Christians b : the unitary personality of Christ that unites the divine and human natures\n4 a archaic : bodily appearance b : the body of a human being; also : the body and clothing <unlawful search of the person>\n5 : the personality of a human being : SELF\n6 : one (as a human being, a partnership, or a corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties\n7 : reference of a segment of discourse to the speaker, to one spoken to, or to one spoken of as indicated by means of certain pronouns or in many languages by verb inflection


Words: persona
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a character assumed by an author in a written work\n2 a plural personas New Latin, from Latin : an individual’s social facade or front that especially in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung reflects the role in life the individual is playing compare ANIMA b : the personality that a person (as an actor or politician) projects in public : IMAGE\n3 plural personae : a character in a fictional presentation (as a novel or play) usually used in plural <comic personae>


Words: personage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person of rank, note, or distinction; especially : one distinguished for presence and personal power\n2 : a human individual : PERSON\n3 : a dramatic, fictional, or historical character; also : IMPERSONATION


Words: personal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or affecting a person : PRIVATE, INDIVIDUAL <personal ambition> <personal financial gain>\n2 a : done in person without the intervention of another; also : proceeding from a single person b : carried on between individuals directly <a personal interview>\n3 : relating to the person or body\n4 : relating to an individual or an individual’s character, conduct, motives, or private affairs often in an offensive manner <a personal insult>\n5 a : being rational and self-conscious <personal, responsive government is still possible John Fischer> b : having the qualities of a person rather than a thing or abstraction <a personal devil>\n6 : of, relating to, or constituting personal property <a personal estate>\n7 : denoting grammatical person\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a short newspaper paragraph relating to the activities of a person or a group or to personal matters\n2 : a short personal communication in a special column of the classified ads section of a newspaper or periodical\n3 : PERSONAL FOUL


Words: personality
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being a person b : personal existence\n2 a : the condition or fact of relating to a particular person; specifically : the condition of referring directly to or being aimed disparagingly or hostilely at an individual b : an offensively personal remark <angrily resorted to personalities>\n3 : the complex of characteristics that distinguishes an individual or a nation or group; especially : the totality of an individual’s behavioral and emotional characteristics\n4 a : distinction or excellence of personal and social traits; also : a person having such quality b : a person of importance, prominence, renown, or notoriety <a TV personality>


Words: personalize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : PERSONIFY\n2 : to make personal or individual; specifically : to mark as the property of a particular person <personalized stationery>


Words: personate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : IMPERSONATE, REPRESENT b : to assume without authority and with fraudulent intent (some character or capacity)\n2 : to invest with personality or personal characteristics <personating their gods ridiculous, and themselves past shame John Milton>


Words: personify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers\n2 : to be the embodiment or personification of : INCARNATE <a teacher who personified patience>


Words: personnel
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a body of persons usually employed (as in a factory, office, or organization) b personnel plural : PERSONS\n2 : a division of an organization concerned with personnel


Words: perspective
Meaning:
<1> noun\narchaic : an optical glass (as a telescope)\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the technique or process of representing on a plane or curved surface the spatial relation of objects as they might appear to the eye; specifically : representation in a drawing or painting of parallel lines as converging in order to give the illusion of depth and distance b : a picture in perspective\n2 a : the interrelation in which a subject or its parts are mentally viewed <places the issues in proper perspective>; also : POINT OF VIEW b : the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance <urge you to maintain your perspective and to view your own task in a larger framework W. J. Cohen>\n3 a : a visible scene; especially : one giving a distinctive impression of distance : VISTA b : a mental view or prospect <to gain a broader perspective on the international scene Current Biography>\n4 : the appearance to the eye of objects in respect to their relative distance and positions\n\n<3> adjective\n1 obsolete : aiding the vision <his eyes should be like unto the wrong end of a perspective glass Alexander Pope>\n2 : of, relating to, employing, or seen in perspective <perspective drawing>


Words: perspicuous
Meaning:
adjective\n: plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation <a perspicuous argument>


Words: perspire
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n: to emit matter through the skin; specifically : to secrete and emit perspiration


Words: persuade
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action\n2 : to plead with : URGE


Words: persuasion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or process or an instance of persuading b : a persuading argument c : the ability to persuade : PERSUASIVENESS\n2 : the condition of being persuaded\n3 a : an opinion held with complete assurance b : a system of religious beliefs; also : a group adhering to a particular system of beliefs\n4 : KIND, SORT


Words: pert
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured b : being trim and chic : JAUNTY <a pert little hat> c : piquantly stimulating <is a pert notion>\n2 : LIVELY, VIVACIOUS\n\n<2> abbreviation\npertaining


Words: pertain
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a (1) : to belong as a part, member, accessory, or product (2) : to belong as an attribute, feature, or function <the destruction and havoc pertaining to war> (3) : to belong as a duty or right <responsibilities that pertain to fatherhood> b : to be appropriate to something <the criteria will be different from those that pertain elsewhere J. B. Conant>\n2 : to have reference <books pertaining to birds>


Words: pertinacious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design b : perversely persistent\n2 : stubbornly unyielding or tenacious


Words: perturb
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to disturb greatly in mind : DISQUIET\n2 : to throw into confusion : DISORDER\n3 : to cause to experience a perturbation


Words: peruse
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to examine or consider with attention and in detail : STUDY b : to look over or through in a casual or cursory manner\n2 : READ; especially : to read over in an attentive or leisurely manner


Words: perverse
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : turned away from what is right or good : CORRUPT b : IMPROPER, INCORRECT c : contrary to the evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law <perverse verdict>\n2 a : obstinate in opposing what is right, reasonable, or accepted : WRONGHEADED b : arising from or indicative of stubbornness or obstinacy\n3 : marked by peevishness or petulance : CRANKY


Words: perversion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted\n2 : a perverted form; especially : an aberrant sexual practice especially when habitual and preferred to normal coitus


Words: pervert
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : CORRUPT b : to cause to turn aside or away from what is generally done or accepted : MISDIRECT\n2 a : to divert to a wrong end or purpose : MISUSE b : to twist the meaning or sense of : MISINTERPRET\n\n<2> noun\n: one that has been perverted; specifically : one given to some form of sexual perversion


Words: pessimism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome\n2 a : the doctrine that reality is essentially evil b : the doctrine that evil overbalances happiness in life


Words: pest
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an epidemic disease associated with high mortality; specifically : PLAGUE\n2 : something resembling a pest in destructiveness; especially : a plant or animal detrimental to humans or human concerns (as agriculture or livestock production)\n3 : one that pesters or annoys : NUISANCE


Words: pestiferous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : dangerous to society : PERNICIOUS\n2 a : carrying or propagating infection : PESTILENTIAL b : infected with a pestilential disease\n3 : TROUBLESOME, ANNOYING


Words: pestilence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating; especially : BUBONIC PLAGUE\n2 : something that is destructive or pernicious <I’ll pour this pestilence into his ear Shakespeare>


Words: pestilent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : destructive of life : DEADLY\n2 : injuring or endangering society : PERNICIOUS\n3 : causing displeasure or annoyance\n4 : INFECTIOUS, CONTAGIOUS <pestilent disease>


Words: pestle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar\n2 : any of various devices for pounding, stamping, or pressing\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses , archaic : to beat, pound, or pulverize with or as if with a pestle\nintransitive senses : to work with a pestle : use a pestle


Words: pet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a pampered and usually spoiled child b : a person who is treated with unusual kindness or consideration : DARLING\n2 : a domesticated animal kept for pleasure rather than utility\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : kept or treated as a pet\n2 : expressing fondness or endearment <a pet name>\n3 : FAVORITE <a pet project>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to treat as a pet b : to stroke in a gentle or loving manner\n2 : to treat with unusual kindness and consideration : PAMPER\nintransitive senses : to engage in amorous embracing, caressing, and kissing : NECK\n\n<4> noun\n: a fit of peevishness, sulkiness, or anger <resigned in a pet>\n\n<5> intransitive verb\n: to take offense : SULK\n\n<6> abbreviation\npetroleum


Words: petal
Meaning:
noun\n: one of the modified often brightly colored leaves of the corolla of a flower see FLOWER illustration


Words: petard
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a case containing an explosive to break down a door or gate or breach a wall\n2 : a firework that explodes with a loud report


Words: peter
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to diminish gradually and come to an end : GIVE OUT usually used with out <novelists whose creative impetus seems largely to have petered out Times Literary Supplement>\n2 : to become exhausted usually used with out\n\n<2> noun\noften vulgar : PENIS


Words: petiole
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a slender stem that supports the blade of a foliage leaf\n2 : PEDUNCLE; specifically : a slender abdominal segment joining the rest of the abdomen to the thorax in some insects


Words: petite
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having a small trim figure usually used of a woman\n\n<2> noun\n: a clothing size for short women


Words: petition
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an earnest request : ENTREATY\n2 a : a formal written request made to an official person or organized body (as a court) b : a document embodying such a formal written request\n3 : something asked or requested\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make a request to : SOLICIT\nintransitive senses : to make a request; especially : to make a formal written request


Words: petrel
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous seabirds (especially families Procellariidae and Hydrobatidae); especially : one of the smaller long-winged birds that fly far from land compare STORM PETREL


Words: petrify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter\n2 : to make rigid or inert like stone: a : to make lifeless or inactive : DEADEN <slogans are apt to petrify a man’s thinking Saturday Review> b : to confound with fear, amazement, or awe <a novel about an airline pilot that will petrify you Martin Levin>\nintransitive senses : to become stone or of stony hardness or rigidity


Words: petroleum
Meaning:
noun\n: an oily flammable bituminous liquid that may vary from almost colorless to black, occurs in many places in the upper strata of the earth, is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons with small amounts of other substances, and is prepared for use as gasoline, naphtha, or other products by various refining processes


Words: petticoat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a skirt worn by women, girls, or young children: as a : an outer skirt formerly worn by women and small children b : a fancy skirt made to show below a draped-up overskirt c : an underskirt usually a little shorter than outer clothing and often made with a ruffled, pleated, or lace edge d archaic : the skirt of a woman’s riding habit\n2 a : a garment characteristic or typical of women b : WOMAN\n3 : something (as a valance) resembling a petticoat\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or exercised by women : FEMALE


Words: petty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having secondary rank or importance : MINOR, SUBORDINATE\n2 : having little or no importance or significance\n3 : marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies : SMALL-MINDED


Words: petulant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : insolent or rude in speech or behavior\n2 : characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor : PEEVISH


Words: petunia
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Petunia) of tropical American herbs of the nightshade family with flowers having funnel-shaped corollas


Words: pew
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a compartment in the auditorium of a church providing seats for several persons\n2 : one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors fixed in rows in a church


Words: pewter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various alloys having tin as chief component; especially : a dull alloy with lead formerly used for domestic utensils\n2 : utensils of pewter\n3 : a bluish gray


Words: phalanx
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files; broadly : a body of troops in close array\n2 plural phalanges : one of the digital bones of the hand or foot of a vertebrate\n3 plural usually phalanxes a : a massed arrangement of persons, animals, or things b : an organized body of persons


Words: phalarope
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Phalaropus) of small shorebirds that are related to sandpipers but have lobate toes and are good swimmers


Words: phantasm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a product of fantasy: as a : delusive appearance : ILLUSION b : GHOST, SPECTER c : a figment of the imagination\n2 : a mental representation of a real object


Words: phantasmagoria
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an exhibition or display of optical effects and illusions\n2 a : a constantly shifting complex succession of things seen or imagined b : a scene that constantly changes\n3 : a bizarre or fantastic combination, collection, or assemblage


Words: phantom
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something (as a specter) apparent to sense but with no substantial existence : APPARITION b : something elusive or visionary : WILL-O’-THE-WISP c : an object of continual dread or abhorrence : BUGBEAR <the phantom of disease and want>\n2 : something existing in appearance only\n3 : a representation of something abstract, ideal, or incorporeal <she was a phantom of delight William Wordsworth>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of the nature of, suggesting, or being a phantom : ILLUSORY\n2 : FICTITIOUS, DUMMY <phantom voters>


Words: pharisee
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law\n2 : a pharisaical person


Words: pharmaceutical
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or engaged in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals <a pharmaceutical company>\n\n<2> noun\n: a medicinal drug


Words: pharmacology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the science of drugs including materia medica, toxicology, and therapeutics\n2 : the properties and reactions of drugs especially with relation to their therapeutic value


Words: pharmacopoeia
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a book describing drugs, chemicals, and medicinal preparations; especially : one issued by an officially recognized authority and serving as a standard\n2 : a collection or stock of drugs


Words: pharmacy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs\n2 a : a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed b : DRUGSTORE\n3 : PHARMACOPOEIA 2


Words: pharynx
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the part of the vertebrate alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus\n2 : a differentiated part of the alimentary canal in some invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ


Words: phase
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes <phases of the moon>\n2 a : a distinguishable part in a course, development, or cycle <the early phases of her career> b : an aspect or part (as of a problem) under consideration\n3 : the point or stage in a period of uniform circular motion, harmonic motion, or the periodic changes of any magnitude varying according to a simple harmonic law to which the rotation, oscillation, or variation has advanced considered in its relation to a standard position or assumed instant of starting\n4 : a homogeneous, physically distinct, and mechanically separable portion of matter present in a nonhomogeneous physicochemical system\n5 : an individual or subgroup distinguishably different in appearance or behavior from the norm of the group to which it belongs; also : the distinguishing peculiarity\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition\n2 : to conduct or carry out by planned phases\n3 : to introduce in stages often used with in <phase in new models>


Words: pheasant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of numerous large often long-tailed and brightly colored Old World gallinaceous birds (Phasianus and related genera of the family Phasianidae) including many raised as ornamental or game birds\n2 : any of various birds resembling a pheasant


Words: phenol
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a corrosive poisonous crystalline acidic compound C6H5OH present in coal tar and wood tar that in dilute solution is used as a disinfectant\n2 : any of various acidic compounds analogous to phenol and regarded as hydroxyl derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons


Words: phenomenon
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural phenomena : an observable fact or event\n2 plural phenomena a : an object or aspect known through the senses rather than by thought or intuition b : a temporal or spatiotemporal object of sensory experience as distinguished from a noumenon c : a fact or event of scientific interest susceptible of scientific description and explanation\n3 a : a rare or significant fact or event b plural phenomenons : an exceptional, unusual, or abnormal person, thing, or occurrence


Words: philander
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to make love to someone with whom marriage is impossible (as because of an existing marriage) or with no intention of proposing marriage\n2 : to have many love affairs


Words: philanthropy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : goodwill to fellowmen; especially : active effort to promote human welfare\n2 a : a philanthropic act or gift b : an organization distributing or supported by philanthropic funds


Words: philodendron
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various aroid plants (as of the genus Philodendron) that are cultivated for their showy foliage


Words: philology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature\n2 a : LINGUISTICS; especially : historical and comparative linguistics b : the study of human speech especially as the vehicle of literature and as a field of study that sheds light on cultural history


Words: philosopher
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment : SCHOLAR, THINKER b : a student of philosophy\n2 a : a person whose philosophical perspective makes meeting trouble with equanimity easier b : an expounder of a theory in a particular area of experience c : one who philosophizes


Words: philosophize
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to reason in the manner of a philosopher\n2 : to expound a moralizing and often superficial philosophy\ntransitive senses : to consider from or bring into conformity with a philosophical point of view


Words: philosophy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : all learning exclusive of technical precepts and practical arts (2) : the sciences and liberal arts exclusive of medicine, law, and theology <a doctor of philosophy> (3) : the 4-year college course of a major seminary b (1) archaic : PHYSICAL SCIENCE (2) : ETHICS c : a discipline comprising as its core logic, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology\n2 a : pursuit of wisdom b : a search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means c : an analysis of the grounds of and concepts expressing fundamental beliefs\n3 a : a system of philosophical concepts b : a theory underlying or regarding a sphere of activity or thought <the philosophy of war> <philosophy of science>\n4 a : the most general beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group b : calmness of temper and judgment befitting a philosopher


Words: philter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a potion, drug, or charm held to have the power to arouse sexual passion\n2 : a potion credited with magical power


Words: phlebotomy
Meaning:
noun\n: the letting of blood for transfusion, diagnosis, or experiment, and especially formerly in the treatment of disease called also venesection


Words: phlegm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the one of the four humors in early physiology that was considered to be cold and moist and to cause sluggishness\n2 : viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory passages\n3 a : dull or apathetic coldness or indifference b : intrepid coolness or calm fortitude


Words: phlegmatic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm\n2 : having or showing a slow and stolid temperament


Words: phloem
Meaning:
noun\n: a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants that consists mainly of sieve tubes and elongated parenchyma cells usually with fibers and that functions in translocation and in support and storage compare XYLEM


Words: phlox
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae, the phlox family) of American annual or perennial herbs that have red, purple, white, or variegated flowers, a salverform corolla with the stamens on its tube, and a 3-valved capsular fruit


Words: phobia
Meaning:
noun\n: an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation


Words: phoenix
Meaning:
noun\n: a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period; also : a person or thing likened to the phoenix


Words: phone
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a speech sound considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the sound system of a language\n\n<2> noun\n1 : TELEPHONE\n2 : EARPHONE\n\n<3> verb\n: TELEPHONE


Words: phoneme
Meaning:
noun\n: any of the abstract units of the phonetic system of a language that correspond to a set of similar speech sounds (as the velar of cool and the palatal of keel) which are perceived to be a single distinctive sound in the language


Words: phonetics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular in construction\n1 : the system of speech sounds of a language or group of languages\n2 a : the study and systematic classification of the sounds made in spoken utterance b : the practical application of this science to language study


Words: phonograph
Meaning:
noun\n: an instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus or needle following a spiral groove on a revolving disc or cylinder


Words: phonology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the science of speech sounds including especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language or in two or more related languages\n2 : the phonetics and phonemics of a language at a particular time


Words: phony
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not genuine or real: as a (1) : intended to deceive or mislead (2) : intended to defraud : COUNTERFEIT b : arousing suspicion : probably dishonest <something phony about the story> c : having no basis in fact : FICTITIOUS <phony publicity stories> d : FALSE, SHAM <a phony name> e : making a false show: as (1) : HYPOCRITICAL (2) : SPECIOUS <has a phony poetic elegance New Republic>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is phony\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: COUNTERFEIT, FAKE often used with up <a paper phonied up on the spur of the moment William Faulkner>


Words: phosphate
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a salt or ester of a phosphoric acid (2) : the trivalent anion PO43- derived from phosphoric acid H3PO4 b : an organic compound of phosphoric acid in which the acid group is bound to nitrogen or a carboxyl group in a way that permits useful energy to be released (as in metabolism)\n2 : an effervescent drink of carbonated water with a small amount of phosphoric acid flavored with fruit syrup\n3 : a phosphatic material used for fertilizers


Words: phosphorescence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : luminescence that is caused by the absorption of radiation at one wavelength followed by delayed reradiation at a different wavelength and that continues for a noticeable time after the incident radiation stops compare FLUORESCENCE\n2 : an enduring luminescence without sensible heat


Words: phosphoric
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or containing phosphorus especially with a valence higher than in phosphorous compounds


Words: phosphorus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a phosphorescent substance or body; especially : one that shines or glows in the dark\n2 : a nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs widely especially as phosphates see ELEMENT table


Words: photocopy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a copy of usually printed material made with a process in which an image is formed by the action of light on an electrically charged surface\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make a photocopy of\nintransitive senses : to make a photocopy


Words: photoelectric
Meaning:
adjective\n: involving, relating to, or utilizing any of various electrical effects due to the interaction of radiation (as light) with matter


Words: photoengraving
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a photomechanical process for making linecuts and halftone cuts by photographing an image on a metal plate and then etching\n2 a : a plate made by photoengraving b : a print made from such a plate


Words: photogenic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : produced or precipitated by light <photogenic dermatitis>\n2 : producing or generating light : PHOSPHORESCENT <photogenic bacteria>\n3 : suitable for being photographed <a photogenic smile>


Words: photograph
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a picture or likeness obtained by photography\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to take a photograph of\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take a photograph\n2 : to appear as an image in a photograph <an actress who photographs well>


Words: photography
Meaning:
noun\n: the art or process of producing images on a sensitized surface (as a film) by the action of radiant energy and especially light


Words: photon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a unit of intensity of light at the retina equal to the illumination received per square millimeter of a pupillary area from a surface having a brightness of one candle per square meter\n2 : a quantum of electromagnetic radiation


Words: photosynthesis
Meaning:
noun\n: synthesis of chemical compounds with the aid of radiant energy and especially light; especially : formation of carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and a source of hydrogen (as water) in the chlorophyll-containing tissues of plants exposed to light


Words: phrase
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a characteristic manner or style of expression : DICTION\n2 a : a brief expression; especially : CATCHWORD b : WORD\n3 : a short musical thought typically two to four measures long closing with a cadence\n4 : a word or group of words forming a syntactic constituent with a single grammatical function <an adverbial phrase>\n5 : a series of dance movements comprising a section of a pattern\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to express in words or in appropriate or telling terms b : to designate by a descriptive word or phrase\n2 : to divide into melodic phrases


Words: phraseology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a manner of organizing words and phrases into longer elements : STYLE\n2 : choice of words


Words: phrasing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : style of expression : PHRASEOLOGY\n2 : the act, method, or result of grouping notes into musical phrases


Words: phrenology
Meaning:
noun\n: the study of the conformation of the skull based on the belief that it is indicative of mental faculties and character


Words: phylactery
Meaning:
noun\n1 : either of two small square leather boxes containing slips inscribed with scriptural passages and traditionally worn on the left arm and on the head by Jewish men during morning weekday prayers\n2 : AMULET


Words: phylum
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a direct line of descent within a group b : a group that constitutes or has the unity of a phylum; especially : one of the usually primary divisions of the animal kingdom\n2 : a group of languages related more remotely than those of a family or stock


Words: physic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the art or practice of healing disease b : the practice or profession of medicine\n2 : a medicinal agent or preparation; especially : PURGATIVE\n3 archaic : NATURAL SCIENCE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to treat with or administer medicine to; especially : PURGE\n2 : HEAL, CURE


Words: physical
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having material existence : perceptible especially through the senses and subject to the laws of nature <everything physical is measurable by weight, motion, and resistance Thomas De Quincey> b : of or relating to material things\n2 a : of or relating to natural science b (1) : of or relating to physics (2) : characterized or produced by the forces and operations of physics\n3 a : of or relating to the body b : concerned or preoccupied with the body and its needs : CARNAL c : characterized by especially rugged and forceful physical activity : ROUGH <a physical hockey game> <a physical player>\n\n<2> noun\n: PHYSICAL EXAMINATION


Words: physician
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person skilled in the art of healing; specifically : a doctor of medicine\n2 : one exerting a remedial or salutary influence


Words: physics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : a science that deals with matter and energy and their interactions\n2 a : the physical processes and phenomena of a particular system b : the physical properties and composition of something


Words: physiognomy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance\n2 : the facial features held to show qualities of mind or character by their configuration or expression\n3 : external aspect; also : inner character or quality revealed outwardly


Words: physiology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved compare ANATOMY\n2 : the organic processes and phenomena of an organism or any of its parts or of a particular bodily process


Words: pi
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : type that is spilled or mixed\n2 : a pi character or matrix\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to spill or throw (type or type matter) into disorder\nintransitive senses : to become pied\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : not intended to appear in final printing <pi lines>\n2 : capable of being inserted only by hand <pi characters>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet see ALPHABET table\n2 a : the symbol < denoting the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter b : the ratio itself : a transcendental number having a value to eight decimal places of 3.14159265


Words: pianissimo
Meaning:
<1> adverb or adjective\n: very softly used as a direction in music\n\n<2> noun\n: a passage played, sung, or spoken very softly


Words: piano
Meaning:
<1> adverb or adjective\n: at a soft volume : SOFT used as a direction in music\n\n<2> noun\n: a musical instrument having steel wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard


Words: piazza
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural piazze : an open square especially in an Italian town\n2 a : an arcaded and roofed gallery b dialect : VERANDA, PORCH


Words: picaresque
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to rogues or rascals; also : of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist <a picaresque novel>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is picaresque


Words: picayune
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a Spanish half real piece formerly current in the South b : HALF DIME\n2 : something trivial\n\n<2> adjective\n: of little value : PALTRY; also : PETTY, SMALL-MINDED


Words: piccolo
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: smaller than ordinary size <a piccolo banjo>\n\n<2> noun\n: a small shrill flute whose range is an octave higher than that of an ordinary flute


Words: pick
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument <picked the hard clay>\n2 a : to remove bit by bit <pick meat from bones> b : to remove covering or adhering matter from <pick the bones>\n3 a : to gather by plucking <pick apples> b : CHOOSE, SELECT <tried to pick the shortest route> <she picked out the most expensive dress> c : to make (one’s way) slowly and carefully <picked his way through the rubble>\n4 a : PILFER, ROB <pick pockets> b : to obtain useful information from by questioning used in such phrases as pick the brains of\n5 : PROVOKE <pick a quarrel>\n6 a : to dig into : PROBE <picking his teeth> b : to pluck (as a guitar) with a pick or with the fingers c : to loosen or pull apart with a sharp point <pick wool>\n7 : to unlock with a device (as a wire) other than the key <pick a lock>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to use or work with a pick\n2 : to gather or harvest something by plucking\n3 : PILFER used in the phrase picking and stealing\n4 : to eat sparingly or mincingly <picking listlessly at his dinner>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument\n2 a : the act or privilege of choosing or selecting : CHOICE <take your pick> b : the best or choicest one <the pick of the herd>\n3 : the portion of a crop gathered at one time <the first pick of peaches>\n4 : a screen in basketball\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a heavy wooden-handled iron or steel tool pointed at one or both ends compare MATTOCK\n2 a : TOOTHPICK b : PICKLOCK c : a small thin piece (as of plastic or metal) used to pluck the strings of a stringed instrument\n3 : one of the points on the forepart of the blade of a skate used in figure skating\n4 : a comb with long widely spaced teeth used to give height to a hair style\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 chiefly dialect : to throw or thrust with effort : HURL\n2 : to throw (a shuttle) across the loom\n\n<5> noun\n1 dialect English a : the act of pitching or throwing b : something thrown\n2 a : a throw of the shuttle b : a filling thread


Words: pickerel
Meaning:
noun\n1 a dialect chiefly British : a young or small pike b : either of two fishes resembling but smaller than the related northern pike: (1) : CHAIN PICKEREL (2) : one (Esox americanus) having green or red fins and a black bar below and slanting away from the eye\n2 : WALLEYE 3


Words: picket
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a pointed or sharpened stake, post, or pale\n2 a : a detached body of soldiers serving to guard an army from surprise b : a detachment kept ready in camp for such duty c : SENTRY\n3 : a person posted by a labor organization at a place of work affected by a strike; also : a person posted for a demonstration or protest\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to enclose, fence, or fortify with pickets\n2 a : to guard with a picket b : to post as a picket\n3 : TETHER\n4 a : to post pickets at b : to walk or stand in front of as a picket\nintransitive senses : to serve as a picket


Words: pickings
Meaning:
noun plural\n: something that is picked or picked up: as a : gleanable or eatable fragments : SCRAPS b : yield or return for effort expended


Words: pickle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a solution or bath for preserving or cleaning: as a : a brine or vinegar solution in which foods are preserved b : any of various baths used in industrial cleaning or processing\n2 : a difficult situation : PLIGHT <could see no way out of the pickle was in R. L. Stevenson>\n3 : an article of food that has been preserved in brine or in vinegar; specifically : a cucumber that has been so preserved\n4 British : a mischievous or troublesome person\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to treat, preserve, or clean in or with a pickle\n2 : to give a light finish to (as furniture) by bleaching or painting and wiping\n\n<3> noun\n1 Scottish : GRAIN, KERNEL\n2 Scottish : a small quantity


Words: pickup
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that is picked up: as a : a hitchhiker who is given a ride b : a temporary chance acquaintance\n2 : the act or process of picking up: as a : a revival of business activity b : ACCELERATION\n3 : the conversion of mechanical movements into electrical impulses in the reproduction of sound; also : a device (as on a phonograph) for making such conversion\n4 a (1) : the reception of sound or an image into a radio or television transmitting apparatus for conversion into electrical signals (2) : interference (as with such reception) from an adjacent electrical circuit or system b : a device (as a microphone or a television camera) for converting sound or the image of a scene into electrical signals c : the place where a broadcast originates d : the electrical system for connecting to a broadcasting station a program produced outside the studio\n5 : a light truck having an enclosed cab and an open body with low sides and tailgate called also pickup truck\n\n<2> adjective\n: utilizing or comprising local or available personnel especially without formal organization <a pickup basketball game>


Words: picnic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an excursion or outing with food usually provided by members of the group and eaten in the open; also : the food provided for a picnic\n2 a : a pleasant or amusingly carefree experience <I don’t expect being married to be a picnic Josephine Pinckney> b : an easy task or feat\n3 : a shoulder of pork with much of the butt removed\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to go on a picnic : eat in picnic fashion


Words: picot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one of a series of small ornamental loops forming an edging on ribbon or lace\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to finish with picots


Words: pictorial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a painter, a painting, or the painting or drawing of pictures <pictorial perspective>\n2 a : of, relating to, or consisting of pictures <pictorial records> b : illustrated by pictures <pictorial weekly> c : consisting of or displaying the characteristics of pictographs d : suggesting or conveying visual images <pictorial poetry>\n\n<2> noun\n: a periodical having much pictorial matter


Words: picture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a design or representation made by various means (as painting, drawing, or photography)\n2 a : a description so vivid or graphic as to suggest a mental image or give an accurate idea of something <the book gives a detailed picture of what is happening> b : a mental image\n3 : IMAGE, COPY <the picture of his father> <the very picture of health>\n4 a : a transitory visible image or reproduction b : MOTION PICTURE c plural : MOVIES\n5 : TABLEAU 1, 2 <stage pictures>\n6 : SITUATION <took a hard look at his financial picture>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to paint or draw a representation, image, or visual conception of : DEPICT; also : ILLUSTRATE\n2 : to describe graphically in words\n3 : to form a mental image of : IMAGINE


Words: picturesque
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : resembling a picture : suggesting a painted scene b : charming or quaint in appearance\n2 : evoking mental images : VIVID


Words: pie
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: MAGPIE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a meat dish baked with biscuit or pastry crust compare POTPIE\n2 : a dessert consisting of a filling (as of fruit or custard) in a pastry shell or topped with pastry or both\n3 a : AFFAIR, BUSINESS <she wanted her finger in every possible social pie Mary Deasy> b : a whole regarded as divisible into shares <giving the less fortunate a larger share of the economic pie R. M. Hutchins>


Words: piebald
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of different colors; especially : spotted or blotched with black and white\n2 : composed of incongruous parts\n\n<2> noun\n: a piebald animal (as a horse)


Words: piece
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a part of a whole: as a : FRAGMENT <pieces of broken glass> b : any of the individual members comprising a unit often used in combination <a five-piece band> <a three-piece suit>\n2 : an object or individual regarded as a unit of a kind or class <a piece of fruit>\n3 : a short distance <down the road a piece>\n4 : a standard quantity (as of length, weight, or size) in which something is made or sold\n5 : a literary, journalistic, artistic, dramatic, or musical composition\n6 : FIREARM\n7 : COIN; also : TOKEN\n8 : a man used in playing a board game; specifically : a chessman of superior rank\n9 : OPINION, VIEW <spoke his piece>\n10 a usually vulgar : an act of copulation b usually vulgar : the female partner in sexual intercourse\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to repair, renew, or complete by adding pieces : PATCH\n2 : to join into a whole often used with together <his new book has been pieced together from talks Merle Miller>


Words: piecemeal
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : one piece at a time : GRADUALLY\n2 : in pieces or fragments : APART\n\n<2> adjective\n: done, made, or accomplished piece by piece or in a fragmentary way <piecemeal reforms in the system>


Words: pied
Meaning:
adjective\n: of two or more colors in blotches; also : wearing or having a parti-colored coat <a pied horse>


Words: pier
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an intermediate support for the adjacent ends of two bridge spans\n2 : a structure (as a breakwater) extending into navigable water for use as a landing place or promenade or to protect or form a harbor\n3 : a vertical structural support: as a : the wall between two openings b : PILLAR, PILASTER c : a vertical member that supports the end of an arch or lintel d : an auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall\n4 : a structural mount (as for a telescope) usually of stonework, concrete, or steel


Words: pierce
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to run into or through as a pointed weapon does : STAB b : to enter or thrust into sharply or painfully\n2 : to make a hole through : PERFORATE\n3 : to force or make a way into or through\n4 : to penetrate with the eye or mind : DISCERN\n5 : to penetrate so as to move or touch the emotions of\nintransitive senses : to force a way into or through something


Words: piety
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being pious: as a : fidelity to natural obligations (as to parents) b : dutifulness in religion : DEVOUTNESS\n2 : an act inspired by piety\n3 : a conventional belief or standard : ORTHODOXY


Words: piffle
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: to talk or act in a trivial, inept, or ineffective way\n\n<2> noun\n: trivial nonsense <pseudo-scientific piffle>


Words: pig
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a young swine not yet sexually mature; broadly : a wild or domestic swine\n2 a : PORK b : the dressed carcass of a young swine weighing less than 130 pounds (60 kilograms) c : PIGSKIN\n3 a : one that resembles a pig <an unkempt person is a pig S. S. Hall> b : an animal related to or resembling the pig\n4 : a crude casting of metal (as iron)\n5 slang : an immoral woman\n6 slang , usually disparaging : POLICE OFFICER\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : FARROW\n2 : to live like a pig <pig it>\ntransitive senses : FARROW


Words: pigeon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a widely distributed family (Columbidae, order Columbiformes) of birds with a stout body, rather short legs, and smooth and compact plumage; especially : a member of any of numerous varieties of the rock dove that exist in domestication and in the feral state in cities and towns throughout most of the world\n2 : a young woman\n3 : an easy mark : DUPE\n4 : CLAY PIGEON\n\n<2> noun\n: an object of special concern : BUSINESS


Words: pigeonhole
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a hole or small recess for pigeons to nest\n2 : a small open compartment (as in a desk or cabinet) for keeping letters or documents\n3 : a neat category which usually fails to reflect actual complexities\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to place in or as if in the pigeonhole of a desk b : to lay aside : SHELVE <his reports continued to be pigeonholed and his advice not taken Walter Mills>\n2 : to assign to a category : CLASSIFY


Words: piggish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or suggestive of a pig <a piggish snort>\n2 : having qualities (as greediness or stubbornness) associated with a pig


Words: piggyback
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : up on the back and shoulders\n2 : on or as if on the back of another; especially : on a railroad flatcar\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of carrying piggyback\n2 : the movement of loaded truck trailers on railroad flatcars\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : marked by being up on the shoulders and back <a child needs hugging, tussling, and piggyback rides Benjamin Spock>\n2 : carried or transported piggyback: as a : of or relating to the hauling of truck trailers on railroad flatcars b : of, relating to, or being a radio or television commercial that is presented in addition to other commercials during one commercial break c : being or relating to something carried into space as an extra load by a vehicle (as a spacecraft)\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to carry up on the shoulders and back\n2 : to haul (as a truck trailer) by railroad car\n3 : to set up or cause to function in conjunction with something larger or more important\nintransitive senses\n1 : to haul truck trailers on railroad cars\n2 : to function or be carried on or as if on the back of another


Words: pigment
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials; especially : a powdered substance that is mixed with a liquid in which it is relatively insoluble and used especially to impart color to coating materials (as paints) or to inks, plastics, and rubber\n2 : a coloring matter in animals and plants especially in a cell or tissue; also : any of various related colorless substances\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to color with or as if with pigment


Words: pigmentation
Meaning:
noun\n: coloration with or deposition of pigment; especially : an excessive deposition of bodily pigment


Words: pignut
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several bitter-flavored hickory nuts\n2 : a hickory (as Carya glabra and C. cordiformis) bearing pignuts


Words: pike
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : PIKESTAFF 1\n2 : a sharp point or spike; also : the tip of a spear\n\n<2> noun\ndialect English : a mountain or hill having a peaked summit used especially in place names\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a large elongate long-snouted freshwater bony fish (Esox lucius) valued for food and sport and widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere called also northern, northern pike b : any of various fishes (family Esocidae) related to the pike: as (1) : MUSKELLUNGE (2) : PICKEREL\n2 : any of various fishes resembling the pike in appearance or habits\n\n<4> noun\n: a heavy spear with a very long shaft used by infantry especially in Europe from the Middle Ages to the 18th century\n\n<5> transitive verb\n: to pierce, kill, or wound with a pike\n\n<6> intransitive verb\n1 : to leave abruptly <get lonely and sore, and pike out Sinclair Lewis>\n2 : to make one’s way <pike along>\n\n<7> noun\n1 : TURNPIKE\n2 : a railroad or railroad line or system\n\n<8> noun\n: a body position (as in diving) in which the hips are bent, the knees are straight, the head is pressed forward, and the hands touch the toes or clasp the legs behind or just above the knees


Words: piker
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who gambles or speculates with small amounts of money\n2 : one who does things in a small way; also : TIGHTWAD, CHEAPSKATE


Words: pilaster
Meaning:
noun\n: an upright architectural member that is rectangular in plan and is structurally a pier but architecturally treated as a column and that usually projects a third of its width or less from the wall


Words: pilchard
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fish (Sardina pilchardus) of the herring family resembling the herring and occurring in great schools along the coasts of Europe\n2 : any of several sardines related to the European pilchard


Words: pile
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a long slender column usually of timber, steel, or reinforced concrete driven into the ground to carry a vertical load\n2 : a wedge-shaped heraldic charge usually placed vertically with the broad end up\n3 a : a target-shooting arrowhead without cutting edges b Latin pilum : an ancient Roman foot soldier’s heavy javelin\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to drive piles into\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lay or place in a pile : STACK\n2 a : to heap in abundance : LOAD <piled potatoes on his plate> b : to collect little by little into a mass usually used with up\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form a pile or accumulation usually used with up\n2 : to move or press forward in or as if in a mass : CROWD <piled into a car>\n\n<4> noun\n1 a (1) : a quantity of things heaped together (2) : a heap of wood for burning a corpse or a sacrifice b : any great number or quantity : LOT\n2 : a large building or group of buildings\n3 : a great amount of money : FORTUNE\n4 : REACTOR 3b\n\n<5> noun\n1 : a coat or surface of usually short close fine furry hairs\n2 : a velvety surface produced by an extra set of filling yarns that form raised loops which are cut and sheared\n\n<6> noun\n1 : a single hemorrhoid\n2 plural : HEMORRHOIDS


Words: pilfer
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : STEAL; especially : to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again\ntransitive senses : STEAL; especially : to steal in small quantities


Words: pilgrim
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who journeys in foreign lands : WAYFARER\n2 : one who travels to a shrine or holy place as a devotee\n3 capitalized : one of the English colonists settling at Plymouth in 1620


Words: pilgrimage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a journey of a pilgrim; especially : one to a shrine or a sacred place\n2 : the course of life on earth\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to go on a pilgrimage


Words: pill
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses , dialect chiefly English : to come off in flakes or scales : PEEL\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to subject to depredation or extortion\n2 dialect : to peel or strip off\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : medicine in a small rounded mass to be swallowed whole b often capitalized : an oral contraceptive usually used with the\n2 : something repugnant or unpleasant that must be accepted or endured\n3 : something resembling a pill in size or shape\n4 : a disagreeable or tiresome person\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to dose with pills\n2 : BLACKBALL\nintransitive senses : to become rough with or mat into little balls <brushed woolens often pill>


Words: pillage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act of looting or plundering especially in war\n2 : something taken as booty\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to plunder ruthlessly : LOOT\nintransitive senses : to take booty


Words: pillar
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a firm upright support for a superstructure : POST b : a usually ornamental column or shaft; especially : one standing alone for a monument\n2 : a chief supporter : PROP\n3 : a solid mass of coal, rock, or ore left standing to support a mine roof\n4 : a body part that resembles a column\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to provide or strengthen with or as if with pillars


Words: pillbox
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a box for pills; especially : a shallow round box of pasteboard\n2 : a small low concrete emplacement for machine guns and antitank weapons\n3 : a small round hat without a brim; specifically : a woman’s shallow hat with a flat crown and straight sides


Words: pillion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a light saddle for women consisting chiefly of a cushion b : a pad or cushion put on behind a man’s saddle chiefly for a woman to ride on\n2 chiefly British : a motorcycle or bicycle saddle for a passenger\n\n<2> adverb\nchiefly British : on or as if on a pillion <ride pillion>


Words: pillory
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked\n2 : a means for exposing one to public scorn or ridicule\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to set in a pillory as punishment\n2 : to expose to public contempt, ridicule, or scorn


Words: pillow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a support for the head of a reclining person; especially : one consisting of a cloth bag filled with feathers, down, sponge rubber, or plastic fiber b : something resembling a pillow especially in form\n2 : a cushion or pad tightly stuffed and used as a support for the design and tools in making lace with a bobbin\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to rest or lay on or as if on a pillow\n2 : to serve as a pillow for\nintransitive senses : to lay or rest one’s head on or as if on a pillow


Words: pilot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one employed to steer a ship : HELMSMAN b : a person who is qualified and usually licensed to conduct a ship into and out of a port or in specified waters c : a person who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft\n2 : GUIDE, LEADER\n3 : COWCATCHER\n4 : a piece that guides a tool or machine part\n5 : a television show produced and filmed or taped as a sample of a proposed series\n6 : PILOT LIGHT 2\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to act as a guide to : lead or conduct over a usually difficult course\n2 a : to set and conn the course of <pilot a ship> b : to act as pilot of <pilot a plane>\n\n<3> adjective\n: serving as a guiding or tracing device, an activating or auxiliary unit, or a trial apparatus or operation <a pilot study>


Words: pilothouse
Meaning:
noun\n: a deckhouse for a ship’s helmsman containing the steering wheel, compass, and navigating equipment


Words: pimiento
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various bluntly conical thick-fleshed sweet peppers of European origin that have a distinctive mild sweet flavor and are used especially as a garnish, as a stuffing for olives, and as a source of paprika\n2 : a plant that bears pimientos


Words: pimp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a man who solicits clients for a prostitute\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to work as a pimp


Words: pimple
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small inflamed elevation of the skin : PAPULE; especially : PUSTULE\n2 : a swelling or protuberance like a pimple


Words: pin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a piece of solid material (as wood or metal) used especially for fastening separate articles together or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another b obsolete : the center peg of a target; also : the center itself c : something that resembles a pin especially in slender elongated form <an electrical connector pin> d (1) : one of the wooden pieces constituting the target in various games (as bowling) (2) : the peg at which a quoit is pitched (3) : the staff of the flag marking a hole on a golf course e : a peg for regulating the tension of the strings of a musical instrument f : the part of a key stem that enters a lock g (1) : THOLE 1 (2) : a belaying pin\n2 a (1) : a small pointed piece of wire with a head used especially for fastening cloth (2) : something of small value : TRIFLE b : an ornament or emblem fastened to clothing with a pin c (1) : BOBBY PIN (2) : HAIRPIN (3) : SAFETY PIN\n3 : LEG usually used in plural <wobbly on his pins>\n4 : a fall in wrestling\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to fasten, join, or secure with a pin b : to hold fast or immobile c : to present (a young woman) with a fraternity pin as a pledge of affection\n2 a : ATTACH, HANG <pinned his hopes on a miracle> b : to assign the blame or responsibility for <pin the robbery on a night watchman> c : to define or determine clearly or precisely usually used with down <it is hard to pin down exactly when things changed Katharine Whittemore>\n3 a : to make (a chess opponent’s piece) unable to move without exposing the king to check or a valuable piece to capture b of a wrestler : to secure a fall over (an opponent)\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a pin\n2 of leather : having a grain suggesting the heads of pins


Words: pincer
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural but singular or plural in construction a : an instrument having two short handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot and used for gripping things b : a claw (as of a lobster) resembling a pair of pincers : CHELA\n2 : one part of a double envelopment in which two military forces converge on opposite sides of an enemy position


Words: pinch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument b : to prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to induce branching c : to squeeze or compress painfully d : to cause physical or mental pain to e (1) : to cause to appear thin or shrunken (2) : to cause to shrivel or wither\n2 a : to subject to strict economy or want : STRAITEN b : to confine or limit narrowly : CONSTRICT\n3 a : STEAL b : ARREST\n4 : to sail too close to the wind\nintransitive senses\n1 : COMPRESS, SQUEEZE\n2 : to be miserly or closefisted\n3 : to press painfully\n4 : NARROW, TAPER <the road pinched down to a trail Cecelia Holland>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a critical juncture : EMERGENCY b (1) : PRESSURE, STRESS (2) : HARDSHIP, PRIVATION c : DEFICIT\n2 a : an act of pinching : SQUEEZE b : as much as may be taken between the finger and thumb <a pinch of snuff> c : a very small amount\n3 : a marked thinning of a vein or bed\n4 a : THEFT b : a police raid; also : ARREST\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : SUBSTITUTE <pinch runner>\n2 : hit by a pinch hitter <pinch homer>


Words: pine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals\n2 : the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pine to hardness in the longleaf pine\n3 : any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria)\n4 : PINEAPPLE\n5 : BENCH 1c\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) : LANGUISH\n2 : to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable <they still pined for their lost wealth>


Words: pineapple
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a tropical monocotyledonous plant (Ananas comosus of the family Bromeliaceae, the pineapple family) that has rigid spiny-margined recurved leaves and a short stalk with a dense oblong head of small abortive flowers b : the large edible multiple fruit of the pineapple that consists of the sweet succulent fleshy inflorescence\n2 : a hand grenade


Words: pinion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the terminal section of a bird’s wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges; broadly : WING\n2 : FEATHER, QUILL; also : FLIGHT FEATHERS\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to disable or restrain by binding the arms b : to bind fast : SHACKLE\n2 : to restrain (a bird) from flight especially by cutting off the pinion of one wing\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack\n2 : the smaller of a pair or the smallest of a train of gear wheels


Words: pink
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a ship with a narrow overhanging stern called also pinkie\n\n<2> noun\n1 : any of a genus (Dianthus of the family Caryophyllaceae, the pink family) of herbs having a cylindrical many-veined calyx with bracts at its base\n2 a : the very embodiment : PARAGON b (1) : one dressed in the height of fashion (2) : ELITE c : highest degree possible : HEIGHT <keep their house in the pink of repair Rebecca West>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : any of a group of colors bluish red to red in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation\n2 a : the scarlet color of a fox hunter’s coat; also : a fox hunter’s coat of this color b : pink-colored clothing c plural : light-colored trousers formerly worn by army officers\n3 : PINKO\n\n<4> adjective\n1 : of the color pink\n2 : holding moderately radical and usually socialistic political or economic views\n3 : emotionally moved : EXCITED often used as an intensive <tickled pink>\n\n<5> transitive verb\n1 a : to perforate in an ornamental pattern b : to cut a saw-toothed edge on\n2 a : PIERCE, STAB b : to wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule


Words: pinnacle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress\n2 : a structure or formation suggesting a pinnacle; specifically : a lofty peak\n3 : the highest point of development or achievement : ACME\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to surmount with a pinnacle\n2 : to raise or rear on a pinnacle


Words: pinnate
Meaning:
adjective\n: resembling a feather especially in having similar parts arranged on opposite sides of an axis like the barbs on the rachis of a feather <pinnate leaf> see LEAF illustration


Words: pinochle
Meaning:
noun\n: a card game played with a 48-card pack containing two each of A, K, Q, J, 10, 9 in each suit with the object to score points by melding certain combinations of cards or by winning tricks that contain scoring cards; also : the meld of queen of spades and jack of diamonds scoring 40 points in this game


Words: pinpoint
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that is extremely small or insignificant\n2 : the point of a pin\n3 : an extremely small or sharp point\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : extremely fine or precise\n2 : located, fixed, or directed with extreme precision <pinpoint targets>\n3 : small as a pinpoint\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to locate or aim with great precision or accuracy\n2 a : to fix, determine, or identify with precision b : to cause to stand out conspicuously : HIGHLIGHT


Words: pinprick
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small puncture made by or as if by a pin\n2 : a petty irritation or annoyance\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to administer pinpricks to\nintransitive senses : to administer pinpricks


Words: pinstripe
Meaning:
noun\n: a very thin stripe especially on a fabric; also : a suit with such stripes often used in plural


Words: pinto
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a horse or pony marked with patches of white and another color compare PIEBALD, SKEWBALD\n\n<2> adjective\n: PIED, MOTTLED


Words: pinup
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: something fastened to a wall: as a : a photograph or poster of a person considered to have glamorous qualities b : something (as a lamp) designed for wall attachment\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to pinups <male pinup calendars>\n2 : designed for hanging on a wall <a pinup lamp>


Words: pinwheel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a fireworks device in the form of a revolving wheel of colored fire\n2 : a toy consisting of lightweight vanes that revolve at the end of a stick\n3 : something (as a galaxy) shaped like a pinwheel\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to move like a pinwheel


Words: pioneer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a member of a military unit usually of construction engineers\n2 a : a person or group that originates or helps open up a new line of thought or activity or a new method or technical development b : one of the first to settle in a territory\n3 : a plant or animal capable of establishing itself in a bare, barren, or open area and initiating an ecological cycle\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to act as a pioneer <pioneered in the development of airplanes>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to open or prepare for others to follow; also : SETTLE\n2 : to originate or take part in the development of\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : ORIGINAL, EARLIEST\n2 : relating to or being a pioneer; especially : of, relating to, or characteristic of early settlers or their time


Words: pious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship b : marked by conspicuous religiosity <a hypocrite*a thing all pious words and uncharitable deeds Charles Reade>\n2 : sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular : RELIGIOUS <a pious opinion>\n3 : showing loyal reverence for a person or thing : DUTIFUL\n4 a : marked by sham or hypocrisy b : marked by self-conscious virtue : VIRTUOUS\n5 : deserving commendation : WORTHY <a pious effort>


Words: pip
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a disorder of a bird marked by formation of a scale or crust on the tongue b : the scale or crust of this disorder\n2 a : any of various human ailments; especially : a slight nonspecific disorder b chiefly British : a feeling of irritation or annoyance\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : 1PEEP 1\n2 : to break through the shell of the egg <the chick pipped>\ntransitive senses : to break open (the shell of an egg) in hatching\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : one of the dots used on dice and dominoes to indicate numerical value b : SPOT 2c\n2 a : SPOT, SPECK b : 1SPIKE 6a; also : BLIP\n3 : an individual rootstock of the lily of the valley\n4 : a diamond-shaped insignia of rank worn by a second lieutenant, lieutenant, or captain in the British army\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a small fruit seed; especially : one of a several-seeded fleshy fruit\n2 : one extraordinary of its kind\n\n<5> transitive verb\nBritish : to beat by a narrow margin\n\n<6> noun\nchiefly British : a short high-pitched tone


Words: pipe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a tubular wind instrument; specifically : a small fipple flute held in and played by the left hand b : one of the tubes of a pipe organ: (1) : FLUE PIPE (2) : REED PIPE c : BAGPIPE usually used in plural d (1) : VOICE, VOCAL CORD usually used in plural (2) : PIPING 1\n2 : a long tube or hollow body for conducting a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid or for structural purposes\n3 a : a tubular or cylindrical object, part, or passage b : a roughly cylindrical and vertical geological formation c : the eruptive channel opening into the crater of a volcano\n4 a : a large cask of varying capacity used especially for wine and oil b : any of various units of liquid capacity based on the size of a pipe; especially : a unit equal to 2 hogsheads\n5 : a device for smoking usually consisting of a tube having a bowl at one end and a mouthpiece at the other\n6 : SNAP 2c, CINCH\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to play on a pipe b : to convey orders by signals on a boatswain’s pipe\n2 a : to speak in a high or shrill voice b : to emit a shrill sound\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to play (a tune) on a pipe b : to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe\n2 a : to lead or cause to go with pipe music b (1) : to call or direct by the boatswain’s pipe (2) : to receive aboard or attend the departure of by sounding a boatswain’s pipe\n3 : to trim with piping\n4 : to furnish or equip with pipes\n5 : to convey by or as if by pipes; especially : to transmit by wire or coaxial cable\n6 : NOTICE


Words: pipeline
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a line of pipe with pumps, valves, and control devices for conveying liquids, gases, or finely divided solids\n2 : a direct channel for information\n3 : the processes through which supplies pass from or as if from source to user


Words: piping
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a sound, note, or call like that of a pipe b : the music of a pipe\n2 : a quantity or system of pipes\n3 : trimming stitched in seams or along edges (as of clothing, slipcovers, or curtains)\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : SHRILL <a piping voice>\n2 : TRANQUIL <piping times of peace Shakespeare>


Words: pippin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of numerous apples that have usually yellow or greenish yellow skins strongly flushed with red and are used especially for cooking\n2 : a highly admired or very admirable person or thing


Words: piquant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : agreeably stimulating to the palate; especially : SPICY\n2 : engagingly provocative; also : having a lively arch charm


Words: pique
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a transient feeling of wounded vanity : RESENTMENT <a fit of pique>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to arouse anger or resentment in : IRRITATE <what piques linguistic conservatives T. H. Middleton>\n2 a : to excite or arouse by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff <sly remarks to pique their curiosity> b : PRIDE <he piques himself on his skill as a cook>


Words: piracy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of robbery on the high seas; also : an act resembling such robbery\n2 : robbery on the high seas\n3 : the unauthorized use of another’s production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright


Words: pirate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one who commits or practices piracy\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to commit piracy on\n2 : to take or appropriate by piracy: as a : to reproduce without authorization especially in infringement of copyright b : to lure away from another employer by offers of betterment\nintransitive senses : to commit or practice piracy


Words: pirouette
Meaning:
noun\n: a rapid whirling about of the body; especially : a full turn on the toe or ball of one foot in ballet


Words: pistachio
Meaning:
noun\n: a small Asian tree (Pistacia vera) of the cashew family whose drupaceous fruit contains a greenish edible seed; also : its seed


Words: pistil
Meaning:
noun\n: a single carpel or group of fused carpels usually differentiated into an ovary, style, and stigma see FLOWER illustration


Words: piston
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sliding piece moved by or moving against fluid pressure which usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves back and forth\n2 a : a sliding valve moving in a cylinder in a brass instrument which when depressed by a finger knob serves to lower the instrument’s pitch b : a button on an organ console to bring in a previously selected registration


Words: pit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a hole, shaft, or cavity in the ground (2) : MINE (3) : a scooped-out place used for burning something (as charcoal) b : an area often sunken or depressed below the adjacent floor area: as (1) : an enclosure in which animals are made to fight each other (2) : a space at the front of a theater for the orchestra (3) : an area in a securities or commodities exchange in which members trade (as stocks)\n2 a : HELL used with the b : a place or situation of futility, misery, or degradation c plural : WORST <it’s the pits>\n3 : a hollow or indentation especially in the surface of an organism: as a : a natural hollow in the surface of the body b : one of the indented scars left in the skin by a pustular disease : POCKMARK c : a minute depression in the secondary wall of a plant cell functioning in the intercellular movement of water and dissolved material\n4 : any of the areas alongside an auto racecourse used for refueling and repairing the cars during a race often used in plural with the\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to place, cast, bury, or store in a pit b : to make pits in; especially : to scar or mark with pits\n2 a : to set (as gamecocks) into or as if into a pit to fight b : to set into opposition or rivalry usually used with against\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become marked with pits; especially : to preserve for a time an indentation made by pressure\n2 : to make a pit stop\n\n<3> noun\n: the stone of a drupaceous fruit\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to remove the pit from (a fruit)


Words: pitch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars\n2 : any of various bituminous substances\n3 : resin obtained from various conifers and often used medicinally\n4 : any of various artificial mixtures resembling resinous or bituminous pitches\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cover, smear, or treat with or as if with pitch\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to erect and fix firmly in place <pitch a tent>\n2 : to throw usually with a particular objective or toward a particular point <pitch hay onto a wagon>: as a : to throw (a baseball) to a batter b : to toss (as coins) so as to fall at or near a mark <pitch pennies> c : to put aside or discard by or as if by throwing <pitched the trash into the bin> <decided to pitch the whole idea>\n3 : to present or advertise for sale especially in a high-pressure way\n4 a (1) : to cause to be at a particular level or of a particular quality (2) : to set in a particular musical key b : to cause to be set at a particular angle : SLOPE\n5 : to utter glibly and insincerely\n6 a : to use as a starting pitcher b : to play as pitcher\n7 : to hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with backspin so that it rolls very little after striking the green\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to fall precipitately or headlong b (1) of a ship : to have the bow alternately plunge precipitately and rise abruptly (2) of an aircraft, missile, or spacecraft : to turn about a lateral axis so that the forward end rises or falls in relation to the after end c : BUCK 1\n2 : ENCAMP\n3 : to hit upon or happen upon something <pitch upon the perfect gift>\n4 : to incline downward : SLOPE\n5 a : to throw a ball to a batter b : to play ball as a pitcher c : to pitch a golf ball\n6 : to make a sales pitch\n\n<4> noun\n1 a : SLOPE; also : degree of slope : RAKE b : the distance between any of various things: as (1) : distance between one point on a gear tooth and the corresponding point on the next tooth (2) : distance from any point on the thread of a screw to the correspondi


Words: pitcher
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or spout and a handle\n2 : a modified leaf of a pitcher plant in which the hollowed petiole and base of the blade form an elongated receptacle\n\n<2> noun\n: one that pitches; specifically : the player that pitches in a game of baseball


Words: pitchfork
Meaning:
noun\n: a long-handled fork that has two or three long somewhat curved prongs and is used especially in pitching hay


Words: pitchman
Meaning:
noun\n: one who makes a sales pitch: as a : one who sells merchandise on the streets or from a concession b : one who does radio or TV commercials


Words: pitfall
Meaning:
noun\n1 : TRAP, SNARE; specifically : a pit flimsily covered or camouflaged and used to capture and hold animals or men\n2 : a hidden or not easily recognized danger or difficulty


Words: pith
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage b : any of various loose spongy plant tissues that resemble true pith c : the soft or spongy interior of a part of the body\n2 a : the essential part : CORE b : substantial quality (as of meaning)\n3 : IMPORTANCE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to kill (as cattle) by piercing or severing the spinal cord b : to destroy the spinal cord or central nervous system of (as a frog) usually by passing a wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal\n2 : to remove the pith from (a plant stem)


Words: pitiable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : deserving or exciting pity : LAMENTABLE\n2 : of a kind to evoke mingled pity and contempt especially because of inadequacy <a pitiable excuse>


Words: pitiful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : full of pity : COMPASSIONATE\n2 a : deserving or arousing pity or commiseration b : exciting pitying contempt (as by meanness or inadequacy)


Words: piton
Meaning:
noun\n: a spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber)


Words: pituitary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the pituitary gland\n2 : caused or characterized by secretory disturbances of the pituitary gland <a pituitary dwarf>\n\n<2> noun\n: PITUITARY GLAND


Words: pity
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy b : capacity to feel pity\n2 : something to be regretted <it’s a pity you can’t go>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to feel pity for\nintransitive senses : to feel pity


Words: pivot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a shaft or pin on which something turns\n2 a : a person, thing, or factor having a major or central role, function, or effect b : a key player or position; specifically : an offensive position of a basketball player standing usually with back to the basket to relay passes, shoot, or provide a screen for teammates\n3 : the action of pivoting\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : turning on or as if on a pivot\n2 : PIVOTAL\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to turn on or as if on a pivot\ntransitive senses\n1 : to provide with, mount on, or attach by a pivot\n2 : to cause to pivot


Words: pixie
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: FAIRY; specifically : a cheerful mischievous sprite\n\n<2> adjective\n: playfully mischievous


Words: pizza
Meaning:
noun\n: an open pie made typically of flattened bread dough spread with a savory mixture usually including tomatoes and cheese and often other toppings and baked called also pizza pie


Words: placard
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a notice posted in a public place : POSTER\n2 : a small card or metal plaque\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to cover with or as if with posters b : to post in a public place\n2 : to announce by or as if by posting


Words: place
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : physical environment : SPACE b : a way for admission or transit c : physical surroundings : ATMOSPHERE\n2 a : an indefinite region or expanse <all over the place> b : a building or locality used for a special purpose <a place of learning> <a fine eating place> c archaic : the three-dimensional compass of a material object\n3 a : a particular region, center of population, or location <a nice place to visit> b : a building, part of a building, or area occupied as a home <our summer place>\n4 : a particular part of a surface or body : SPOT\n5 : relative position in a scale or series: as a : position in a social scale <kept them in their place> b : a step in a sequence <in the first place, it’s none of your business> c : a position at the conclusion of a competition <finished in last place>\n6 a : a proper or designated niche <the place of education in society> b : an appropriate moment or point <this is not the place to discuss compensation Robert Moses>\n7 a : an available seat or accommodation <needs a place to stay> b : an empty or vacated position <new ones will take their place>\n8 : the position of a figure in relation to others of a row or series; especially : the position of a digit within a numeral\n9 a : remunerative employment : JOB b : prestige accorded to one of high rank : STATUS <an endless quest for preferment and place Time>\n10 : a public square : PLAZA\n11 : a small street or court\n12 : second place at the finish (as of a horse race)


Words: placebo
Meaning:
noun\n1 Middle English, from Latin, shall please, from plac*re to please : the Roman Catholic vespers for the dead\n2 Latin, shall please a (1) : a medication prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder (2) : an inert or innocuous substance used especially in controlled experiments testing the efficacy of another substance (as a drug) b : something tending to soothe


Words: placement
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or instance of placing: as a : an accurately hit ball (as in tennis) that an opponent cannot return b : the assignment of a person to a suitable place (as a job or a class in school)\n2 : PLACEKICK


Words: placenta
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the vascular organ in mammals except monotremes and marsupials that unites the fetus to the maternal uterus and mediates its metabolic exchanges through a more or less intimate association of uterine mucosal with chorionic and usually allantoic tissues; also : an analogous organ in another animal\n2 : a sporangium-bearing surface; especially : the part of the carpel bearing ovules


Words: placer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one that places: as a : one that deposits or arranges b : one of the winners in a competition\n\n<2> noun\n: an alluvial, marine, or glacial deposit containing particles of valuable mineral and especially of gold


Words: placid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : serenely free of interruption or disturbance <placid skies> <a placid disposition>\n2 : COMPLACENT


Words: placket
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a slit in a garment (as a skirt) often forming the closure b archaic : a pocket especially in a woman’s skirt\n2 archaic a : PETTICOAT b : WOMAN


Words: plagiarize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own : use (another’s production) without crediting the source\nintransitive senses : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source


Words: plague
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a disastrous evil or affliction : CALAMITY b : a destructively numerous influx <a plague of locusts>\n2 a : an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality : PESTILENCE b : a virulent contagious febrile disease that is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) and that occurs in bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic forms called also black death\n3 a : a cause of irritation : NUISANCE b : a sudden unwelcome outbreak <a plague of burglaries>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to smite, infest, or afflict with or as if with disease, calamity, or natural evil\n2 a : to cause worry or distress to : HAMPER, BURDEN b : to disturb or annoy persistently


Words: plaid
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a rectangular length of tartan worn over the left shoulder as part of the Scottish national costume\n2 a : a twilled woolen fabric with a tartan pattern b : a fabric with a pattern of tartan or an imitation of tartan\n3 a : TARTAN 1 b : a pattern of unevenly spaced repeated stripes crossing at right angles


Words: plain
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\narchaic : COMPLAIN\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an extensive area of level or rolling treeless country b : a broad unbroken expanse\n2 : something free from artifice, ornament, or extraneous matter\n\n<3> adjective\n1 archaic : EVEN, LEVEL\n2 : lacking ornament : UNDECORATED\n3 : free of extraneous matter : PURE\n4 : free of impediments to view : UNOBSTRUCTED\n5 a (1) : evident to the mind or senses : OBVIOUS <it’s perfectly plain that they will resist> (2) : CLEAR <let me make my meaning plain> b : marked by outspoken candor : free from duplicity or subtlety : BLUNT <plain talk>\n6 a : belonging to the great mass of humans b : lacking special distinction or affectation : ORDINARY\n7 : characterized by simplicity : not complicated <plain home-cooked meals>\n8 : lacking beauty or ugliness\n\n<4> adverb\n: in a plain manner <saw them clearly and told you plain Amer. Documentation>\n\n<5> adverb\n: ABSOLUTELY <it plain galled me to pay fancy prices F. R. Buckley>


Words: plait
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : PLEAT\n2 : a braid of material (as hair or straw); specifically : PIGTAIL\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : PLEAT 1\n2 a : to interweave the strands or locks of : BRAID b : to make by plaiting


Words: plan
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a drawing or diagram drawn on a plane: as a : a top or horizontal view of an object b : a large-scale map of a small area\n2 a : a method for achieving an end b : an often customary method of doing something : PROCEDURE c : a detailed formulation of a program of action d : GOAL, AIM\n3 : an orderly arrangement of parts of an overall design or objective\n4 : a detailed program (as for payment or the provision of some service) <pension plan>


Words: plane
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make smooth or even : LEVEL b : to make smooth or even by use of a plane\n2 : to remove by planing often used with away or off\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work with a plane\n2 : to do the work of a plane\n\n<2> noun\n: any of a genus (Platanus of the family Platanaceae, the plane-tree family) of trees with large palmately lobed leaves and flowers in globose heads called also buttonwood, plane tree, sycamore\n\n<3> noun\n: a tool for smoothing or shaping a wood surface\n\n<4> noun\n1 a : a surface of such nature that a straight line joining two of its points lies wholly in the surface b : a flat or level surface\n2 : a level of existence, consciousness, or development <on the intellectual plane>\n3 a : one of the main supporting surfaces of an airplane b by shortening : AIRPLANE


Words: planet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of the seven celestial bodies sun, moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn that in ancient belief have motions of their own among the fixed stars b (1) : any of the large bodies that revolve around the sun in the solar system (2) : a similar body associated with another star c : EARTH usually used with the\n2 : a celestial body held to influence the fate of human beings\n3 : a person or thing of great importance : LUMINARY


Words: planetarium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a model or representation of the solar system\n2 a : an optical device for projecting various celestial images and effects b : a building or room housing such a projector


Words: plangent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a loud reverberating sound\n2 : having an expressive and especially plaintive quality


Words: plank
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a heavy thick board; especially : one 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) thick and at least 8 inches (20 centimeters) wide b : an object made of a plank or planking c : PLANKING\n2 a : an article in the platform of a political party b : a principal item of a policy or program\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cover, build, or floor with planks\n2 : SET DOWN 1, 2 usually used with down\n3 : to cook and serve on a board <planked salmon> <planked steak>


Words: plankton
Meaning:
noun\n: the passively floating or weakly swimming usually minute animal and plant life of a body of water


Words: plant
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to put or set in the ground for growth <plant seeds> b : to set or sow with seeds or plants c : IMPLANT\n2 a : ESTABLISH, INSTITUTE b : COLONIZE, SETTLE c : to place (animals) in a new locality d : to stock with animals\n3 a : to place in or on the ground b : to place firmly or forcibly <planted a hard blow on his chin>\n4 a : CONCEAL b : to covertly place for discovery, publication, or dissemination\nintransitive senses : to plant something\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a young tree, vine, shrub, or herb planted or suitable for planting b : any of a kingdom (Plantae) of living things typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls\n2 a : the land, buildings, machinery, apparatus, and fixtures employed in carrying on a trade or an industrial business b : a factory or workshop for the manufacture of a particular product c : the total facilities available for production or service d : the buildings and other physical equipment of an institution\n3 : an act of planting\n4 : something or someone planted


Words: plantain
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of a genus (Plantago of the family Plantaginaceae, the plantain family) of short-stemmed elliptic-leaved herbs with spikes of minute greenish flowers\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a banana plant (Musa paradisiaca)\n2 : the angular greenish starchy fruit of the plantain that is a staple food in the tropics when cooked


Words: plantation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually large group of plants and especially trees under cultivation\n2 : a settlement in a new country or region <Plymouth Plantation>\n3 a : a place that is planted or under cultivation b : an agricultural estate usually worked by resident labor


Words: planter
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that cultivates plants: as a (1) : FARMER (2) : one who owns or operates a plantation b : a planting machine or implement\n2 : one who settles or founds a place and especially a new colony\n3 : a container in which ornamental plants are grown


Words: plaque
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an ornamental brooch; especially : the badge of an honorary order b : a flat thin piece (as of metal) used for decoration c : a commemorative or identifying inscribed tablet\n2 a : a localized abnormal patch on a body part or surface b : a film of mucus that harbors bacteria on a tooth c : an atherosclerotic lesion d : a histopathologic lesion of brain tissue that is characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease and consists of a cluster of degenerating nerve endings and dendrites around a core of amyloid\n3 : a clear area in a bacterial culture produced by destruction of cells by a virus


Words: plasma
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a green faintly translucent quartz\n2 New Latin, from Late Latin a : the fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk as distinguished from suspended material b : the juice that can be expressed from muscle\n3 : PROTOPLASM\n4 : a collection of charged particles (as in the atmospheres of stars or in a metal) containing about equal numbers of positive ions and electrons and exhibiting some properties of a gas but differing from a gas in being a good conductor of electricity and in being affected by a magnetic field


Words: plaster
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance <adhesive plaster>; broadly : something applied to heal and soothe\n2 : a pasty composition (as of lime, water, and sand) that hardens on drying and is used for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to overlay or cover with plaster : COAT\n2 : to apply a plaster to\n3 a : to cover over or conceal as if with a coat of plaster b : to apply as a coating or incrustation c : to smooth down with a sticky or shiny substance <plastered his hair down>\n4 : to fasten or apply tightly to another surface\n5 : to treat with plaster of paris\n6 : to affix to or place on especially conspicuously or in quantity\n7 : to inflict heavy damage or loss on especially by a concentrated or unremitting attack\nintransitive senses : to apply plaster


Words: plastic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : FORMATIVE, CREATIVE <plastic forces in nature>\n2 a : capable of being molded or modeled <plastic clay> b : capable of adapting to varying conditions : PLIABLE <ecologically plastic animals>\n3 : SCULPTURAL\n4 : made or consisting of a plastic\n5 : capable of being deformed continuously and permanently in any direction without rupture\n6 : of, relating to, or involving plastic surgery\n7 : having a quality suggestive of mass-produced plastic goods; especially : ARTIFICIAL 4 <plastic smiles>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a plastic substance; specifically : any of numerous organic synthetic or processed materials that are mostly thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers of high molecular weight and that can be made into objects, films, or filaments\n2 : credit cards used for payment


Words: plate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a smooth flat thin piece of material b (1) : forged, rolled, or cast metal in sheets usually thicker than 14 inch (6 millimeters) (2) : a very thin layer of metal deposited on a surface of base metal by plating c : one of the broad metal pieces used in armor; also : armor of such plates d (1) : a lamina or plaque (as of bone or horn) that forms part of an animal body; especially : SCUTE (2) : the thin under portion of the forequarter of beef; especially : the fatty back part see BEEF illustration e : HOME PLATE f : any of the large movable segments into which the earth’s lithosphere is divided according to the theory of plate tectonics\n2 Middle English; partly from Old French plate plate, piece of silver; partly from Old Spanish plata silver, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin platta metal plate, from feminine of plattus flat a obsolete : a silver coin b : precious metal; especially : silver bullion\n3 Middle English, from Middle French plat dish, plate, from plat flat a : domestic hollowware made of or plated with gold, silver, or base metals b : a shallow usually circular vessel from which food is eaten or served c (1) : a quantity to fill a plate : PLATEFUL (2) : a main course served on a plate (3) : food and service supplied to one person <a dinner at 10 a plate> d (1) : a prize given to the winner in a contest (2) British : a horse race in which the contestants compete for a prize of fixed value rather than stakes e : a dish or pouch passed in taking collections f : a flat glass dish used chiefly for culturing microorganisms\n4 a : a prepared surface from which printing is done b : a sheet of material (as glass) coated with a light-sensitive photographic emulsion c (1) : the usually flat or grid-formed anode of an electron tube at which electrons collect (2) : a metallic grid with its interstices filled with active material that forms one of the structural units of a battery d : LICENSE PLATE\n5 : a horizontal structural member that provides bearing and anchorage especially for the trusses of a roof or


Words: plateau
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually extensive land area having a relatively level surface raised sharply above adjacent land on at least one side : TABLELAND b : a similar undersea feature\n2 a : a region of little or no change in a graphic representation b : a relatively stable level, period, or condition\n3 : a level of attainment or achievement <the 500-point plateau>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to reach a level, period, or condition of stability


Words: platen
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a flat plate; especially : one that exerts or receives pressure (as in a printing press)\n2 : the roller of a typewriter or printer


Words: platform
Meaning:
noun\n1 : PLAN, DESIGN\n2 : a declaration of the principles on which a group of persons stands; especially : a declaration of principles and policies adopted by a political party or a candidate\n3 a (1) : a usually raised horizontal flat surface; especially : a raised flooring (2) : a device or structure incorporating or providing a platform; especially : such a structure on legs used for offshore drilling (as for oil) b : a place or opportunity for public discussion\n4 a : a usually thick layer (as of cork) between the inner sole and outer sole of a shoe b : a shoe having such a sole\n5 a : a vehicle (as a satellite or aircraft) used for a particular activity or purpose or to carry a usually specified kind of equipment b : a computer architecture that uses a particular operating system


Words: plating
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of plating\n2 a : a coating of metal plates b : a thin coating of metal


Words: platinum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a heavy precious grayish white noncorroding ductile malleable metallic element that fuses with difficulty and is used especially in chemical ware and apparatus, as a catalyst, and in dental and jewelry alloys see ELEMENT table\n2 : a moderate gray


Words: platonic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism\n2 a : relating to or based on platonic love; also : experiencing or professing platonic love b : of, relating to, or being a relationship marked by the absence of romance or sex\n3 : NOMINAL, THEORETICAL


Words: platoon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a subdivision of a company-size military unit normally consisting of two or more squads or sections\n2 : a group of persons sharing a common characteristic or activity <a platoon of waiters>; especially : a group of football players who are trained for either offense or defense and are sent into or withdrawn from the game as a body\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to play (one player) alternately with another player in the same position (as on a baseball team)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to alternate with another player at the same position\n2 : to use alternate players at the same position


Words: platypus
Meaning:
noun\n: a small carnivorous aquatic oviparous mammal (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of eastern Australia and Tasmania that has a fleshy bill resembling that of a duck, dense fur, webbed feet, and a broad flattened tail


Words: plaudit
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or round of applause\n2 : enthusiastic approval usually used in plural <received the plaudits of the critics>


Words: plausible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious <a plausible pretext>\n2 : superficially pleasing or persuasive <a swindlerT, then a quack, then a smooth, plausible gentleman R. W. Emerson>\n3 : appearing worthy of belief <the argument was both powerful and plausible>


Words: play
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : SWORDPLAY b archaic : GAME, SPORT c : the conduct, course, or action of a game d : a particular act or maneuver in a game: as (1) : the action during an attempt to advance the ball in football (2) : the action in which a player is put out in baseball e : the action in which cards are played after bidding in a card game f : the moving of a piece in a board game (as chess) g : one’s turn in a game <it’s your play>\n2 a obsolete : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE b : amorous flirtation : DALLIANCE\n3 a : recreational activity; especially : the spontaneous activity of children b : absence of serious or harmful intent : JEST <said it in play> c : the act or an instance of playing on words or speech sounds d : GAMING, GAMBLING\n4 a (1) : an act, way, or manner of proceeding : MANEUVER <that was a play to get your fingerprints Erle Stanley Gardner> (2) : DEAL, VENTURE b (1) : OPERATION, ACTIVITY <other motives surely come into play M. R. Cohen> (2) : brisk, fitful, or light movement <the gem presented a dazzling play of colors> (3) : free or unimpeded motion (as of a part of a machine); also : the length or measure of such motion (4) : scope or opportunity for action\n5 : emphasis or publicity especially in the news media <wished the country received a better play in the American press Hugh MacLennan>\n6 : a move or series of moves calculated to arouse friendly feelings usually used with make <made a big play for the girl Will Herman>\n7 a : the stage representation of an action or story b : a dramatic composition : DRAMA\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to engage in sport or recreation : FROLIC b : to have sexual relations; especially : to have promiscuous or illicit sexual relations usually used in the phrase play around c (1) : to move aimlessly about : TRIFLE (2) : to toy or fiddle around with something <played with her food> (3) : to deal or behave frivolously or mockingly : JEST (4) : to deal in a light, speculative, or sportive manner (5) : to make use of double meaning or of the similarity of sound of two words fo


Words: playback
Meaning:
noun\n: an act or instance of reproducing recorded sound or pictures often immediately after recording


Words: playground
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a piece of land used for and usually equipped with facilities for recreation especially by children\n2 : an area known or suited for activity of a specified sort <a vacation playground>


Words: plaza
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a public square in a city or town b : an open area usually located near urban buildings and often featuring walkways, trees and shrubs, places to sit, and sometimes shops\n2 : a place on a thoroughfare (as a turnpike) at which all traffic must temporarily stop (as to pay tolls)\n3 : an area adjacent to an expressway which has service facilities (as a restaurant, service station, and rest rooms)\n4 : SHOPPING CENTER


Words: plea
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a legal suit or action\n2 : an allegation made by a party in support of a cause: as a : an allegation of fact compare DEMURRER b (1) : a defendant’s answer to a plaintiff’s declaration in common-law practice (2) : an accused person’s answer to a charge or indictment in criminal practice c : a plea of guilty to an indictment\n3 : something offered by way of excuse or justification <left early with the plea of a headache>\n4 : an earnest entreaty : APPEAL <their plea for understanding must be answered>


Words: plead
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to argue a case or cause in a court of law\n2 a : to make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding; especially : to answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts b : to conduct pleadings\n3 : to make a plea of a specified nature <plead not guilty>\n4 a : to argue for or against a claim b : to entreat or appeal earnestly\ntransitive senses\n1 : to maintain (as a case or cause) in a court of law or other tribunal\n2 : to allege in or by way of a legal plea\n3 : to offer as a plea usually in defense, apology, or excuse


Words: pleasant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having qualities that tend to give pleasure : AGREEABLE <a pleasant day>\n2 : having or characterized by pleasing manners, behavior, or appearance


Words: pleasantry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an agreeable playfulness in conversation : BANTER\n2 : a humorous act or remark : JEST\n3 : a polite social remark <exchanged pleasantries>


Words: please
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to afford or give pleasure or satisfaction\n2 : LIKE, WISH <do as you please>\n3 archaic : to have the kindness <will you please to enter the carriage Charles Dickens>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give pleasure to : GRATIFY\n2 : to be the will or pleasure of <may it please your Majesty>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 used as a function word to express politeness or emphasis in a request <please come in>\n2 used as a function word to express polite affirmation <have some tea Please>


Words: pleasure
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : DESIRE, INCLINATION <wait upon his pleasure Shakespeare>\n2 : a state of gratification\n3 a : sensual gratification b : frivolous amusement\n4 : a source of delight or joy\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give pleasure to : GRATIFY\n2 : to give sexual pleasure to\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take pleasure : DELIGHT\n2 : to seek pleasure


Words: pleat
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : FOLD; especially : to arrange in pleats <pleat a skirt>\n2 : PLAIT 2\n\n<2> noun\n: a fold in cloth made by doubling material over on itself; also : something resembling such a fold


Words: plebeian
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a member of the Roman plebs\n2 : one of the common people\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to plebeians\n2 : crude or coarse in manner or style : COMMON


Words: plebiscite
Meaning:
noun\n: a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler


Words: pledge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a bailment of a chattel as security for a debt or other obligation without involving transfer of title b : the chattel so delivered c : the contract incidental to such a bailment\n2 a : the state of being held as a security or guaranty b : something given as security for the performance of an act\n3 : a token, sign, or earnest of something else\n4 : a gage of battle\n5 : TOAST 3\n6 a : a binding promise or agreement to do or forbear b (1) : a promise to join a fraternity, sorority, or secret society (2) : a person who has so promised\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make a pledge of; especially : PAWN\n2 : to drink to the health of\n3 : to bind by a pledge\n4 : to promise the performance of by a pledge


Words: plenary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : complete in every respect : ABSOLUTE, UNQUALIFIED <plenary power>\n2 : fully attended or constituted by all entitled to be present <a plenary session>


Words: plenipotentiary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : invested with full power\n2 : of or relating to a plenipotentiary\n\n<2> noun\n: a person and especially a diplomatic agent invested with full power to transact business


Words: plenteous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : FRUITFUL, PRODUCTIVE <a plenteous harvest J. G. Frazer> usually used with in or of <the seasons had been plenteous in corn George Eliot>\n2 : constituting or existing in plenty <plenteous grace with thee is found Charles Wesley>


Words: plentiful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : containing or yielding plenty <a plentiful land>\n2 : characterized by, constituting, or existing in plenty


Words: plenty
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a full or more than adequate amount or supply <had plenty of time to finish the job> b : a large number or amount <in plenty of trouble>\n2 : the quality or state of being copious : PLENTIFULNESS\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : plentiful in amount, number, or supply <if reasons were as plenty as blackberries Shakespeare>\n2 : AMPLE <plenty work to be done Time>\n\n<3> adverb\n: more than sufficiently : to a considerable degree <the nights were plenty cold F. B. Gipson>


Words: plethora
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a bodily condition characterized by an excess of blood and marked by turgescence and a florid complexion\n2 : EXCESS, SUPERFLUITY; also : PROFUSION, ABUNDANCE


Words: pleurisy
Meaning:
noun\n: inflammation of the pleura that is usually caused by a lung infection and is typically characterized by sudden onset, painful and difficult respiration, and exudation of fluid or fibrinous material into the pleural cavity


Words: plexus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a network of anastomosing or interlacing blood vessels or nerves\n2 : an interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system


Words: pliable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking b : yielding readily to others : COMPLAISANT\n2 : adjustable to varying conditions


Words: pliers
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: a small pincers for holding small objects or for bending and cutting wire


Words: plight
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to put or give in pledge : ENGAGE <plight one’s troth>\n\n<2> noun\n: a solemnly given pledge : ENGAGEMENT\n\n<3> noun\n: an unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situation


Words: plinth
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the lowest member of a base : SUBBASE b : a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom\n2 : a usually square block serving as a base; broadly : any of various bases or lower parts see BASE illustration\n3 : a course of stones forming a continuous foundation or base course


Words: plod
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work laboriously and monotonously : DRUDGE\n2 a : to walk heavily or slowly : TRUDGE b : to proceed slowly or tediously <the movie just plods along>\ntransitive senses : to tread slowly or heavily along or over


Words: plop
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to fall, drop, or move suddenly with a sound like that of something dropping into water\n2 : to allow the body to drop heavily <plopped into a chair>\ntransitive senses : to set, drop, or throw heavily


Words: plot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a small area of planted ground <a vegetable plot> b : a small piece of land in a cemetery c : a measured piece of land : LOT\n2 : GROUND PLAN, PLAT\n3 : the plan or main story of a literary work\n4 : a secret plan for accomplishing a usually evil or unlawful end : INTRIGUE\n5 : a graphic representation (as a chart)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make a plot, map, or plan of b : to mark or note on or as if on a map or chart\n2 : to lay out in plots\n3 a : to locate (a point) by means of coordinates b : to locate (a curve) by plotted points c : to represent (an equation) by means of a curve so constructed\n4 : to plan or contrive especially secretly\n5 : to invent or devise the plot of (a literary work)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form a plot : SCHEME\n2 : to be located by means of coordinates <the data plot at a single point>


Words: plover
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a family (Charadriidae) of shore-inhabiting birds that differ from the sandpipers in having a short hard-tipped bill and usually a stouter more compact build\n2 : any of various birds (as a turnstone or sandpiper) related to the plovers


Words: plow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an implement used to cut, lift, and turn over soil especially in preparing a seedbed\n2 : any of various devices (as a snowplow) operating like a plow\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to turn, break up, or work with a plow b : to make (as a furrow) with a plow\n2 : to cut into, open, or make furrows or ridges in with or as if with a plow\n3 : to cleave the surface of or move through (water) <whales plowing the ocean>\n4 : to clear away snow from with a snowplow <plow the street>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to use a plow b : to bear or admit of plowing\n2 a : to move in a way resembling that of a plow <the car plowed into a fence> b : to proceed steadily and laboriously <had to plow through a stack of letters>


Words: ploy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ESCAPADE, FROLIC\n2 a : a tactic intended to embarrass or frustrate an opponent b : a devised or contrived move : STRATAGEM <a ploy to get her to open the door Robert B. Parker>


Words: pluck
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pull or pick off or out\n2 a : to remove something (as hairs) from by or as if by plucking <pluck one’s eyebrows> b : ROB, FLEECE\n3 : to move, remove, or separate forcibly or abruptly <plucked the child from the middle of the street>\n4 a : to pick, pull, or grasp at b : to play by sounding the strings with the fingers or a pick\nintransitive senses : to make a sharp pull or twitch\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of plucking or pulling\n2 : the heart, liver, lungs, and trachea of a slaughtered animal especially as an item of food\n3 : courageous readiness to fight or continue against odds : dogged resolution


Words: plug
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a piece used to fill a hole : STOPPER b : an obtruding or obstructing mass of material resembling a stopper\n2 : a flat compressed cake of tobacco\n3 : a small core or segment removed from a larger object\n4 : something inferior; especially : an inferior often aged or unsound horse; also : a quiet steady cold-blooded horse usually of light or moderate weight\n5 a : HYDRANT, FIREPLUG b : SPARK PLUG\n6 : an artificial angling lure used primarily for casting and made with one or more sets of gang hooks\n7 : any of various devices resembling or functioning like a plug: as a : a male fitting for making an electrical connection to a live circuit by insertion in a receptacle (as an outlet) b : a device for connecting electric wires to a jack\n8 : a piece of favorable publicity or a favorable mention usually incorporated in general matter\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to stop, make tight, or secure by inserting a plug\n2 : to hit with a bullet : SHOOT\n3 : to advertise or publicize insistently\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become plugged usually used with up\n2 : to work doggedly and persistently <plugged away at her homework>\n3 : to fire shots


Words: plum
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of numerous trees and shrubs (genus Prunus) with globular to oval smooth-skinned fruits that are drupes with oblong seeds b : the edible fruit of a plum\n2 : any of various trees with edible fruits resembling plums; also : the fruit\n3 a : a raisin when used in desserts b : SUGARPLUM\n4 : something superior or very desirable; especially : something desirable given in return for a favor\n5 : a dark reddish purple


Words: plumb
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : straight down or up : VERTICALLY\n2 chiefly dialect : to a complete degree : ABSOLUTELY <\n3 : in a direct manner : EXACTLY; also : without interval of time : IMMEDIATELY\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to weight with lead\n2 a : to measure the depth of with a plumb b : to examine minutely and critically <plumbing the book’s complexities>\n3 : to adjust or test by a plumb line\n4 : to seal with lead\n5 back-formation from plumber : to supply with or install as plumbing\nintransitive senses : to work as a plumber\n\n<4> adjective\n1 : exactly vertical or true\n2 : THOROUGH, COMPLETE


Words: plumber
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a dealer or worker in lead\n2 : one who installs, repairs, and maintains piping, fittings, and fixtures involved in the distribution and use of water in a building


Words: plumbing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of using a plumb\n2 : a plumber’s occupation or trade\n3 a : the apparatus (as pipes and fixtures) concerned in the distribution and use of water in a building b : an internal system that resembles plumbing; especially : one consisting of conduits or channels for conveying fluids


Words: plume
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a feather of a bird: as a : a large conspicuous or showy feather b : CONTOUR FEATHER c : PLUMAGE d : a cluster of distinctive feathers\n2 a : material (as a feather, cluster of feathers, or a tuft of hair) worn as an ornament b : a token of honor or prowess : PRIZE\n3 : something resembling a feather (as in shape, appearance, or lightness): as a : a plumose appendage of a plant b : an elongated and usually open and mobile column or band (as of smoke, exhaust gases, or blowing snow) c : an animal structure having a main shaft bearing many hairs or filamentous parts; especially : a full bushy tail\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to provide or deck with feathers b : to array showily\n2 : to indulge (oneself) in pride with an obvious or vain display of self-satisfaction\n3 of a bird a : to preen and arrange the feathers of (itself) b : to preen and arrange (feathers)


Words: plummet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: PLUMB; also : PLUMB LINE\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to fall perpendicularly <birds plummeted down>\n2 : to drop sharply and abruptly <prices plummeted>


Words: plump
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily <plumped down in the chair>\n2 : to favor or decide in favor of someone or something strongly or emphatically used with for\ntransitive senses\n1 : to drop, cast, or place suddenly or heavily\n2 : to give support and favorable publicity to\n\n<2> noun\n: a sudden plunge, fall, or blow; also : the sound made by a plump\n\n<3> adverb\n1 : with a sudden or heavy drop\n2 a : straight down b : straight ahead\n3 : without qualification : DIRECTLY\n\n<4> noun\nchiefly dialect : GROUP, FLOCK <a plump of ducks rose at the same time H. D. Thoreau>\n\n<5> verb\ntransitive senses : to make plump\nintransitive senses : to become plump\n\n<6> adjective\n1 : having a full rounded usually pleasing form <a plump woman>\n2 : AMPLE, ABUNDANT


Words: plunder
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to take the goods of by force (as in war) : PILLAGE, SACK <invaders plundered the town> b : to take by force or wrongfully : STEAL, LOOT\n2 : to make extensive use of as if by plundering : use or use up wrongfully <plunder the land>\nintransitive senses : to commit robbery or looting\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of plundering : PILLAGING\n2 : something taken by force, theft, or fraud : LOOT\n3 chiefly dialect : personal or household effects


Words: plunge
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly into something\n2 : to cause to enter a state or course of action usually suddenly, unexpectedly, or violently\nintransitive senses\n1 : to thrust or cast oneself into or as if into water\n2 a : to become pitched or thrown headlong or violently forward and downward; also : to move oneself in such a manner b : to act with reckless haste : enter suddenly or unexpectedly c : to bet or gamble heavily and recklessly\n3 : to descend or dip suddenly\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of plunging : DIVE; also : SWIM


Words: plunger
Meaning:
noun\n: one that plunges: as a : DIVER b : a reckless gambler or speculator c (1) : a sliding reciprocating piece driven by or against fluid pressure; especially : PISTON (2) : a piece with a motion like that of a ram or piston d : a rubber suction cup on a handle used to free plumbing traps and waste outlets of obstructions


Words: plunk
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pluck or hit so as to produce a quick, hollow, metallic, or harsh sound\n2 : to set down suddenly : PLUMP\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a plunking sound\n2 : to drop abruptly : DIVE\n3 : to come out in favor of someone or something used with for


Words: plural
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or constituting a class of grammatical forms usually used to denote more than one or in some languages more than two\n2 : relating to, consisting of, or containing more than one or more than one kind or class <a plural society>


Words: plurality
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the state of being plural b : the state of being numerous c : a large number or quantity\n2 : PLURALISM 1; also : a benefice held by pluralism\n3 a : a number greater than another b : an excess of votes over those cast for an opposing candidate c : a number of votes cast for a candidate in a contest of more than two candidates that is greater than the number cast for any other candidate but not more than half the total votes cast


Words: plus
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : algebraically positive\n2 : having, receiving, or being in addition to what is anticipated\n3 a : falling high in a specified range <a grade of plus> b : greater than that specified c : possessing a specified quality to a high degree\n4 : electrically positive\n5 : relating to or being a particular one of the two mating types that are required for successful fertilization in sexual reproduction in some lower plants (as a fungus)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : PLUS SIGN\n2 : an added quantity\n3 : a positive factor or quality\n4 : SURPLUS\n\n<3> preposition\n1 : increased by : with the addition of <four plus five> <principal plus interest>\n2 : BESIDES used chiefly in speech and casual writing <plus all this, as a sedative it has no equal Groucho Marx>\n\n<4> conjunction\n1 : AND <the Smyth Report, plus an idea and some knowledge of bureaucracy, were all needed Pat Frank> <eats alone, a hot beef sandwich plus a BLT plus apple pie Garrison Keillor>\n2 : in addition to which <it was an achievement. Plus, wrote the story and the musical score Jackie Gleason> <it’s also pretty on my open shelves, plus it smells good Nikki Giovanni>


Words: plush
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a fabric with an even pile longer and less dense than velvet pile\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : relating to, resembling, or made of plush\n2 : notably luxurious


Words: plutonium
Meaning:
noun\n: a radioactive metallic element similar chemically to uranium that is formed as the isotope 239 by decay of neptunium and found in minute quantities in pitchblende, that undergoes slow disintegration with the emission of an alpha particle to form uranium 235, and that is fissionable with slow neutrons to yield atomic energy see ELEMENT table


Words: pluvial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to rain b : characterized by abundant rain\n2 of a geologic change : resulting from the action of rain\n\n<2> noun\n: a prolonged period of wet climate


Words: ply
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to use or wield diligently <busily plying his pen> b : to practice or perform diligently <ply a trade>\n2 : to keep furnishing or supplying something to <plied us with liquor>\n3 a : to make a practice of rowing or sailing over or on <the boat plies the river> b : to go or travel regularly over, on, or through <jets plying the skies>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to apply oneself steadily\n2 : to go or travel regularly\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : one of several layers (as of cloth) usually sewn or laminated together b : one of the strands in a yarn c : one of the veneer sheets forming plywood d : a layer of a paper or paperboard\n2 : INCLINATION, BIAS\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to twist together <ply two single yarns>


Words: plywood
Meaning:
noun\n: a structural material consisting of sheets of wood glued or cemented together with the grains of adjacent layers arranged at right angles or at a wide angle


Words: pneumatic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or using gas (as air or wind): a : moved or worked by air pressure b (1) : adapted for holding or inflated with compressed air (2) : having air-filled cavities\n2 : of or relating to the pneuma : SPIRITUAL\n3 : having a well-proportioned feminine figure; especially : having a full bust


Words: pneumonia
Meaning:
noun\n: a disease of the lungs characterized by inflammation and consolidation followed by resolution and caused by infection or irritants


Words: poach
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to cook in simmering liquid\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to encroach upon especially for the purpose of taking something\n2 : to trespass for the purpose of stealing game; also : to take game or fish illegally\ntransitive senses\n1 : to trespass on <a field poached too frequently by the amateur Times Literary Supplement>\n2 a : to take (game or fish) by illegal methods b : to appropriate (something) as one’s own


Words: pock
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a pustule in an eruptive disease (as smallpox); also : a spot suggesting such a pustule\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to mark with or as if with pocks : PIT


Words: pocket
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a small bag carried by a person : PURSE b : a small bag that is sewed or inserted in a garment so that it is open at the top or side <coat pocket>\n2 : supply of money : MEANS\n3 : RECEPTACLE, CONTAINER: as a : an opening at the corner or side of a billiard table b : a superficial pouch in some animals\n4 : a small often isolated area or group <pockets of unemployment>: a (1) : a cavity containing a deposit (as of gold, water, or gas) (2) : a small body of ore b : AIR POCKET\n5 : a place for a batten made by sewing a strip on a sail\n6 a : BLIND ALLEY b : the position of a contestant in a race hemmed in by others c : an area formed by blockers from which a football quarterback attempts to pass\n7 : the concave area at the base of the finger sections of a baseball glove or mitt in which the ball is normally caught\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to put or enclose in or as if in one’s pocket <pocketed the change> b : to appropriate to one’s own use : STEAL c : to refuse assent to (a bill) by a pocket veto\n2 : to put up with : ACCEPT\n3 : to set aside : SUPPRESS <pocketed his pride>\n4 a : to hem in b : to drive (a ball) into a pocket of a pool table\n5 : to cover or supply with pockets\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : small enough to be carried in the pocket b : SMALL, MINIATURE <a pocket park>\n2 a : of or relating to money b : carried in or paid from one’s own pocket


Words: pocketbook
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 often pocket book : a small especially paperback book that can be carried in the pocket\n2 : a flat typically leather folding case for money or personal papers that can be carried in a pocket or handbag\n3 a : PURSE b : HANDBAG 2\n4 : financial resources : INCOME\n\n<2> adjective\n: relating to or involving economic interests <pocketbook issues>


Words: pocketknife
Meaning:
noun\n: a knife that has one or more blades that fold into the handle and that can be carried in the pocket


Words: pockmark
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox or acne; also : an imperfection or depression like a pockmark\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cover with or as if with pockmarks : PIT


Words: pod
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a bit socket in a brace\n2 : a straight groove or channel in the barrel of an auger\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a dry dehiscent pericarp or fruit that is composed of one or more carpels; especially : LEGUME\n2 a : an anatomical pouch b : a grasshopper egg case\n3 : a tapered and roughly cylindrical body of ore or mineral\n4 : a usually protective container or housing: as a : a streamlined compartment (as for fuel) under the wings or fuselage of an aircraft b : a compartment (as for personnel, a power unit, or an instrument) on a ship or craft\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to produce pods\n\n<4> noun\n: a number of animals (as whales) clustered together


Words: podium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: as a : one around the arena of an ancient amphitheater serving as a base for the tiers of seats b : the masonry under the stylobate of a temple\n2 a : a dais especially for an orchestral conductor b : LECTERN


Words: poem
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a composition in verse\n2 : something suggesting a poem (as in expressiveness, lyricism, or formal grace) <the house we stayed in was itself a poem H. J. Laski>


Words: poesy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a poem or body of poems b : POETRY c : artificial or sentimentalized poetic writing\n2 : poetic inspiration


Words: poet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who writes poetry : a maker of verses\n2 : one (as a creative artist) of great imaginative and expressive capabilities and special sensitivity to the medium


Words: poetry
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : metrical writing : VERSE b : the productions of a poet : POEMS\n2 : writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm\n3 a : something likened to poetry especially in beauty of expression b : poetic quality or aspect <the poetry of dance>


Words: pogrom
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an organized massacre of helpless people; specifically : such a massacre of Jews\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to massacre or destroy in a pogrom


Words: poignant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : pungently pervasive <a poignant perfume>\n2 a (1) : painfully affecting the feelings : PIERCING (2) : deeply affecting : TOUCHING b : designed to make an impression : CUTTING <poignant satire>\n3 a : pleasurably stimulating b : being to the point : APT


Words: poinsettia
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several spurges (genus Euphorbia) with flower clusters subtended by showy involucral bracts; especially : a showy Mexican and Central American plant (E. pulcherrima) with tapering usually scarlet bracts that suggest petals and surround small yellow flowers


Words: point
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : an individual detail : ITEM (2) : a distinguishing detail <tact is one of her strong points> b : the most important essential in a discussion or matter <missed the whole point of the joke> c : COGENCY\n2 obsolete : physical condition\n3 : an end or object to be achieved : PURPOSE <did not see what point there was in continuing the discussion>\n4 a (1) : a geometric element of which it is postulated that at least two exist and that two suffice to determine a line (2) : a geometric element determined by an ordered set of coordinates b (1) : a narrowly localized place having a precisely indicated position <walked to a point 50 yards north of the building> (2) : a particular place : LOCALITY <have come from distant points> c (1) : an exact moment <at this point was interrupted> (2) : a time interval immediately before something indicated : VERGE <at the point of death> d (1) : a particular step, stage, or degree in development <had reached the point where nothing seemed to matter anymore> (2) : a definite position in a scale\n5 a : the terminal usually sharp or narrowly rounded part of something : TIP b : a weapon or tool having such a part and used for stabbing or piercing: as (1) : ARROWHEAD (2) : SPEARHEAD c (1) : the contact or discharge extremity of an electric device (as a spark plug or distributor) (2) chiefly British : an electric outlet\n6 a : a projecting usually tapering piece of land or a sharp prominence b (1) : the tip of a projecting body part (2) : TINE 2 (3) plural : the extremities or markings of the extremities of an animal especially when of a color differing from the rest of the body c (1) : a railroad switch (2) : the tip of the angle between two rails in a railroad frog d : the head of the bow of a stringed instrument\n7 : a short musical phrase; especially : a phrase in contrapuntal music\n8 a : a very small mark b (1) : PUNCTUATION MARK; especially : PERIOD (2) : DECIMAL POINT\n9 : a lace for tying parts of a garment together used especially in the 16th and 17th centuries\n10 : one


Words: pointed
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having a point b : being an arch with a pointed crown; also : marked by the use of a pointed arch <pointed architecture>\n2 a : being to the point : PERTINENT b : aimed at a particular person or group\n3 : CONSPICUOUS, MARKED <pointed indifference>\n\n<2> adjective\nobsolete : SET, FIXED


Words: pointer
Meaning:
noun\n1 a plural , capitalized : the two stars in the Big Dipper a line through which points to the North Star b : one that points out; especially : a rod used to direct attention c : a computer memory address that contains another address (as of desired data)\n2 : a large strong slender smooth-haired gundog that hunts by scent and indicates the presence of game by pointing\n3 : one that furnishes with points\n4 : a useful suggestion or hint : TIP


Words: poise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a stably balanced state : EQUILIBRIUM <a poise between widely divergent impulses F. R. Leavis>\n2 a : easy self-possessed assurance of manner : gracious tact in coping or handling; also : the pleasantly tranquil interaction between persons of poise <no angry outbursts marred the poise of the meeting> b : a particular way of carrying oneself : BEARING, CARRIAGE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : BALANCE; especially : to hold or carry in equilibrium <carried a water jar poised on her head> b : to hold supported or suspended without motion in a steady position <poised her fork and gave her guest a knowing look Louis Bromfield>\n2 : to hold or carry (the head) in a particular way\n3 : to put into readiness : BRACE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become drawn up into readiness\n2 : HOVER\n\n<3> noun\n: a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity equal to the viscosity of a fluid that would require a shearing force of one dyne to move a square-centimeter area of either of two parallel layers of fluid one centimeter apart with a velocity of one centimeter per second relative to the other layer with the space between the layers being filled with the fluid


Words: poison
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a substance that through its chemical action usually kills, injures, or impairs an organism b (1) : something destructive or harmful (2) : an object of aversion or abhorrence\n2 : a substance that inhibits the activity of another substance or the course of a reaction or process <a catalyst poison>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to injure or kill with poison b : to treat, taint, or impregnate with or as if with poison\n2 : to exert a baneful influence on : CORRUPT <poisoned their minds>\n3 : to inhibit the activity, course, or occurrence of\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : POISONOUS, VENOMOUS <a poison plant> <a poison tongue>\n2 : impregnated with poison : POISONED <a poison arrow>


Words: poke
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 chiefly Southern Midland : BAG, SACK\n2 a : WALLET b : PURSE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : PROD, JAB <poked him in the ribs> (2) : to urge or stir by prodding or jabbing (3) : to cause to prod : THRUST <poked a stick at the snake> b (1) : PIERCE, STAB (2) : to produce by piercing, stabbing, or jabbing <poke a hole> c (1) : HIT, PUNCH <poked him in the nose> (2) : to deliver (a blow) with the fist\n2 a : to cause to project <poked her head out of the window> b : to make (one’s way) by poking <poked his way through the ruins> c : to interpose or interject in a meddlesome manner <asked him not to poke his nose into other people’s business>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to make a prodding, jabbing, or thrusting movement especially repeatedly b : to strike out at something\n2 a : to look about or through something without system : RUMMAGE <poking around in the attic> b : MEDDLE\n3 : to move or act slowly or aimlessly <just poked around and didn’t accomplish much>\n4 : to become stuck out or forward : PROTRUDE\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a quick thrust : JAB b : a blow with the fist : PUNCH\n2 : a projecting brim on the front of a woman’s bonnet\n\n<4> noun\n: POKEWEED


Words: poker
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one that pokes; especially : a metal rod for stirring a fire\n\n<2> noun\n: any of several card games in which a player bets that the value of his or her hand is greater than that of the hands held by others, in which each subsequent player must either equal or raise the bet or drop out, and in which the player holding the highest hand at the end of the betting wins the pot


Words: polar
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to a geographical pole or the region around it b : coming from or having the characteristics of such a region c (1) : passing over a celestial body’s north and south poles <a satellite in a polar orbit> (2) : traveling in a polar orbit <a polar satellite>\n2 : of or relating to one or more poles (as of a magnet)\n3 : serving as a guide\n4 : diametrically opposite\n5 : exhibiting polarity; especially : having a dipole or characterized by molecules having dipoles <a polar solvent>\n6 : resembling a pole or axis around which all else revolves : PIVOTAL\n7 : of, relating to, or expressed in polar coordinates <polar equations>; also : of or relating to a polar coordinate system\n\n<2> noun\n: a straight line related to a point; specifically : the straight line joining the points of contact of the tangents from a point exterior to a conic section


Words: polarity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles\n2 : attraction toward a particular object or in a specific direction\n3 : the particular state either positive or negative with reference to the two poles or to electrification\n4 a : diametrical opposition b : an instance of such opposition


Words: polarization
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action of polarizing or state of being or becoming polarized: as a (1) : the action or process of affecting radiation and especially light so that the vibrations of the wave assume a definite form (2) : the state of radiation affected by this process b : an increase in the resistance of an electrolytic cell often caused by the deposition of gas on one or both electrodes c : MAGNETIZATION\n2 a : division into two opposites b : concentration about opposing extremes of groups or interests formerly ranged on a continuum


Words: polarize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause (as light waves) to vibrate in a definite pattern\n2 : to give physical polarity to\n3 : to break up into opposing factions or groupings <a campaign that polarized the electorate>\n4 : CONCENTRATE 1 <recreate a cohesive rock community by polarizing an amorphous, fragmented audience Ellen Willis>\nintransitive senses : to become polarized


Words: pole
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a long slender usually cylindrical object (as a length of wood) b : a shaft which extends from the front axle of a wagon between wheelhorses and by which the wagon is drawn : TONGUE c : a long staff of wood, metal, or fiberglass used in the pole vault\n2 a : a varying unit of length; especially : one measuring 16 12 feet (5.03 meters) b : a unit of area equal to a square rod (25.293 square meters)\n3 : a tree with a breast-high diameter of from 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30 centimeters)\n4 : the inside front row position on the starting line for a race\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to act upon with a pole\n2 : to impel or push with a pole\nintransitive senses\n1 : to propel a boat with a pole\n2 : to use ski poles to gain speed\n\n<3> noun\n1 : either extremity of an axis of a sphere and especially of the earth’s axis\n2 a : either of two related opposites b : a point of guidance or attraction\n3 a : either of the two terminals of an electric cell, battery, generator, or motor b : one of two or more regions in a magnetized body at which the magnetic flux density is concentrated\n4 : either of two morphologically or physiologically differentiated areas at opposite ends of an axis in an organism or cell see BLASTULA illustration\n5 a : the fixed point in a system of polar coordinates that serves as the origin b : the point of origin of two tangents to a conic section that determine a polar


Words: poleax
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a battle-ax with a short handle and often a hook or spike opposite the blade; also : one with a long handle used as an ornamental weapon\n2 : an ax used in slaughtering cattle\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to attack, strike, or fell with or as if with a poleax


Words: polecat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several carnivorous mammals (as of the genera Mustela or Vormela) of the weasel family; especially : a brown to black European mammal (M. putorius) from which the domesticated ferret is derived\n2 : SKUNK


Words: polemic
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another b : the art or practice of disputation or controversy usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.\n2 : an aggressive controversialist : DISPUTANT


Words: police
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 archaic : GOVERN\n2 : to control, regulate, or keep in order by use of police\n3 : to make clean and put in order\n4 a : to supervise the operation, execution, or administration of to prevent or detect and prosecute violations of rules and regulations b : to exercise such supervision over the policies and activities of\n5 : to perform the functions of a police force in or over\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the internal organization or regulation of a political unit through exercise of governmental powers especially with respect to general comfort, health, morals, safety, or prosperity b : control and regulation of affairs affecting the general order and welfare of any unit or area c : the system of laws for effecting such control\n2 a : the department of government concerned primarily with maintenance of public order, safety, and health and enforcement of laws and possessing executive, judicial, and legislative powers b : the department of government charged with prevention, detection, and prosecution of public nuisances and crimes\n3 a : POLICE FORCE b plural : POLICE OFFICERS\n4 a : a private organization resembling a police force <campus police> b plural : the members of a private police organization\n5 a : the action or process of cleaning and putting in order b : military personnel detailed to perform this function


Words: policeman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of a police force\n2 : one held to resemble a policeman <making the United States the policeman for the whole wide world R. B. Long>


Words: policy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : prudence or wisdom in the management of affairs b : management or procedure based primarily on material interest\n2 a : a definite course or method of action selected from among alternatives and in light of given conditions to guide and determine present and future decisions b : a high-level overall plan embracing the general goals and acceptable procedures especially of a governmental body\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a writing whereby a contract of insurance is made\n2 a : a daily lottery in which participants bet that certain numbers will be drawn from a lottery wheel b : NUMBER 7a


Words: poliomyelitis
Meaning:
noun\n: an acute infectious disease caused by the poliovirus and characterized by fever, motor paralysis, and atrophy of skeletal muscles often with permanent disability and deformity and marked by inflammation of nerve cells in the anterior gray matter in each lateral half of the spinal cord called also infantile paralysis


Words: polish
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make smooth and glossy usually by friction : BURNISH\n2 : to smooth, soften, or refine in manners or condition\n3 : to bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state : PERFECT\nintransitive senses : to become smooth or glossy by or as if by friction\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a smooth glossy surface : LUSTER b : freedom from rudeness or coarseness : CULTURE c : a state of high development or refinement\n2 : the action or process of polishing\n3 : a preparation that is used to produce a gloss and often a color for the protection and decoration of a surface <furniture polish> <nail polish>


Words: polite
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of advanced culture b : marked by refined cultural interests and pursuits especially in arts and belles lettres\n2 a : showing or characterized by correct social usage b : marked by an appearance of consideration, tact, deference, or courtesy c : marked by a lack of roughness or crudities <polite literature>


Words: politic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : POLITICAL\n2 : characterized by shrewdness in managing, contriving, or dealing\n3 : sagacious in promoting a policy\n4 : shrewdly tactful


Words: political
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to government, a government, or the conduct of government b : of, relating to, or concerned with the making as distinguished from the administration of governmental policy\n2 : of, relating to, involving, or involved in politics and especially party politics\n3 : organized in governmental terms <political units>\n4 : involving or charged or concerned with acts against a government or a political system <political prisoners>


Words: politician
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person experienced in the art or science of government; especially : one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government\n2 a : a person engaged in party politics as a profession b : a person primarily interested in political office for selfish or other narrow usually short-sighted reasons


Words: politics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 a : the art or science of government b : the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy c : the art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a government\n2 : political actions, practices, or policies\n3 a : political affairs or business; especially : competition between competing interest groups or individuals for power and leadership (as in a government) b : political life especially as a principal activity or profession c : political activities characterized by artful and often dishonest practices\n4 : the political opinions or sympathies of a person\n5 a : the total complex of relations between people living in society b : relations or conduct in a particular area of experience especially as seen or dealt with from a political point of view <office politics>


Words: polity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : political organization\n2 : a specific form of political organization\n3 : a politically organized unit\n4 a : the form or constitution of a politically organized unit b : the form of government of a religious denomination


Words: polka
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a vivacious couple dance of Bohemian origin in duple time with a basic pattern of hop-step-close-step\n2 : a lively Bohemian dance tune in 24 time


Words: poll
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : HEAD\n2 a : the top or back of the head b : NAPE\n3 : the broad or flat end of a striking tool (as a hammer)\n4 a (1) : the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons (2) : a counting of votes cast b : the place where votes are cast or recorded usually used in plural <at the polls> c : the period of time during which votes may be cast at an election d : the total number of votes recorded <a heavy poll>\n5 a : a questioning or canvassing of persons selected at random or by quota to obtain information or opinions to be analyzed b : a record of the information so obtained\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cut off or cut short the hair or wool of : CROP, SHEAR b : to cut off or cut short (as wool)\n2 a : to cut off or back the top of (as a tree); specifically : POLLARD b : to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle)\n3 a : to receive and record the votes of b : to request each member of to declare a vote individually <poll the assembly>\n4 : to receive (as votes) in an election\n5 : to question or canvass in a poll\n6 : to test (as several computer terminals sharing a single line) in sequence for messages to be transmitted\nintransitive senses : to cast one’s vote at a poll


Words: pollack
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a commercially important north Atlantic food fish (Pollachius virens) related to and resembling the cods but darker\n2 : a commercially important northern Pacific food fish (Theragra chalcogramma) of the cod family that closely resembles the pollack called also walleye pollack


Words: pollen
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mass of microspores in a seed plant appearing usually as a fine dust\n2 : a dusty bloom on the body of an insect


Words: pollination
Meaning:
noun\n: the transfer of pollen from an anther to the stigma in angiosperms or from the microsporangium to the micropyle in gymnosperms


Words: pollute
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to make ceremonially or morally impure : DEFILE b : DEBASE 1 <using language to deceive or mislead pollutes language Linda C. Lederman>\n2 a : to make physically impure or unclean : BEFOUL, DIRTY b : to contaminate (an environment) especially with man-made waste


Words: polo
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a game played by teams of players on horseback using mallets with long flexible handles to drive a wooden ball through goalposts\n2 : WATER POLO


Words: polonium
Meaning:
noun\n: a radioactive metallic element that is similar chemically to tellurium and bismuth, occurs especially in pitchblende and radium-lead residues, and emits an alpha particle to form an isotope of lead see ELEMENT table


Words: poltergeist
Meaning:
noun\n: a noisy usually mischievous ghost held to be responsible for unexplained noises (as rappings)


Words: polygamy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare POLYANDRY, POLYGYNY\n2 : the state of being polygamous


Words: polyglot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one who is polyglot\n2 capitalized : a book containing versions of the same text in several languages; especially : the Scriptures in several languages\n3 : a mixture or confusion of languages or nomenclatures\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : speaking or writing several languages : MULTILINGUAL b : composed of numerous linguistic groups <a polyglot population>\n2 : containing matter in several languages <a polyglot sign>\n3 : composed of elements from different languages\n4 : being widely diverse (as in ethnic or cultural origins) <polyglot cuisine>


Words: polygon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a closed plane figure bounded by straight lines\n2 : a closed figure on a sphere bounded by arcs of great circles


Words: polymer
Meaning:
noun\n: a chemical compound or mixture of compounds formed by polymerization and consisting essentially of repeating structural units


Words: polynomial
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a mathematical expression of one or more algebraic terms each of which consists of a constant multiplied by one or more variables raised to a nonnegative integral power (as a bx cx2)\n\n<2> adjective\n: relating to, composed of, or expressed as one or more polynomials <polynomial functions> <polynomial equations>


Words: polyp
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a coelenterate that has typically a hollow cylindrical body closed and attached at one end and opening at the other by a central mouth surrounded by tentacles armed with nematocysts\n2 : a projecting mass of swollen and hypertrophied or tumorous membrane


Words: polyphony
Meaning:
noun\n: a style of musical composition in which two or more independent melodies are juxtaposed in harmony


Words: polysyllabic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having more than one and usually more than three syllables\n2 : characterized by words of many syllables


Words: polytechnic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: relating to or devoted to instruction in many technical arts or applied sciences\n\n<2> noun\n: a polytechnic school


Words: polyunsaturated
Meaning:
adjective\nof an oil or fatty acid : having many double or triple bonds in a molecule compare MONOUNSATURATED


Words: pomegranate
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a thick-skinned several-celled reddish berry that is about the size of an orange and has many seeds with pulpy crimson arils of tart flavor\n2 : a widely cultivated tropical Old World tree (Punica granatum of the family Punicaceae) bearing pomegranates


Words: pommel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the knob on the hilt of a sword or saber\n2 : the protuberance at the front and top of a saddle\n3 : either of a pair of removable rounded or U-shaped handles used on the top of a pommel horse\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: PUMMEL


Words: pomp
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a show of magnificence : SPLENDOR <every day begins in a pomp of flaming colours F. D. Ommanney>\n2 : a ceremonial or festival display (as a train of followers or a pageant)\n3 a : ostentatious display : VAINGLORY b : an ostentatious gesture or act


Words: pompadour
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a man’s style of hairdressing in which the hair is combed into a high mound in front b : a woman’s style of hairdressing in which the hair is brushed into a loose full roll around the face\n2 : hair dressed in a pompadour


Words: pompano
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a carangid food fish (Trachinotus carolinus) of the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of No. America; broadly : any of several related fishes\n2 : a small bluish or greenish butterfish (Peprilus simillimus) of the Pacific coast


Words: pompous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : excessively elevated or ornate <pompous rhetoric>\n2 : having or exhibiting self-importance : ARROGANT <a pompous politician>\n3 : relating to or suggestive of pomp : MAGNIFICENT


Words: poncho
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a blanket with a slit in the middle so that it can be slipped over the head and worn as a sleeveless garment\n2 : a waterproof garment resembling a poncho and having an integral hood


Words: pond
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a body of water usually smaller than a lake\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to block (as a stream) to create a pond\nintransitive senses : to collect in or form a pond


Words: ponder
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to weigh in the mind : APPRAISE <pondered their chances of success>\n2 : to think about : reflect on <pondered the events of the day>\nintransitive senses : to think or consider especially quietly, soberly, and deeply


Words: ponderous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of very great weight\n2 : unwieldy or clumsy because of weight and size\n3 : oppressively or unpleasantly dull : LIFELESS <ponderous prose>


Words: pongee
Meaning:
noun\n: a thin soft fabric of Chinese origin woven from raw silk; also : an imitation of this fabric in cotton or a synthetic fiber (as of polyester or rayon)


Words: poniard
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a dagger with a usually slender blade of triangular or square cross section\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to pierce or kill with a poniard


Words: pontificate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the state, office, or term of office of a pontiff\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 a : to officiate as a pontiff b : to celebrate pontifical mass\n2 : to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way


Words: pontoon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a flat-bottomed boat (as a lighter); especially : a flat-bottomed boat or portable float used in building a floating temporary bridge\n2 : a float especially of a seaplane\n\n<2> noun\nBritish : BLACKJACK 5


Words: pony
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a small horse; especially : one of any of several breeds of very small stocky animals noted for their gentleness and endurance b : a bronco, mustang, or similar horse of the western U.S. c : RACEHORSE usually used in plural\n2 : something smaller than standard: as a : a small beer glass b : a small liqueur glass typically holding one ounce\n3 : a literal translation of a foreign language text; especially : one used surreptitiously by students in preparing or reciting lessons


Words: ponytail
Meaning:
noun\n: a hairstyle in which the hair is pulled together and banded at the back of the head so as to resemble a pony’s tail


Words: poodle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a dog of any of three breeds of active intelligent heavy-coated solid-colored dogs compare TOY POODLE\n2 : a fabric with a nubby or coarsely looped surface that resembles a poodle’s coat called also poodle cloth


Words: pool
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a small and rather deep body of usually fresh water (2) : a quiet place in a stream (3) : a body of water forming above a dam b : something resembling a pool <a pool of light>\n2 : a small body of standing liquid\n3 : a continuous area of porous sedimentary rock that yields petroleum or gas\n4 : SWIMMING POOL\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to form a pool\n2 of blood : to accumulate or become static (as in the veins of a bodily part)\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : an aggregate stake to which each player of a game has contributed b : all the money bet by a number of persons on a particular event\n2 a : a game played on an English billiard table in which each of the players stakes a sum and the winner takes all b : any of various games of billiards played on an oblong table having 6 pockets with usually 15 object balls\n3 : an aggregation of the interests or property of different persons made to further a joint undertaking by subjecting them to the same control and a common liability\n4 : a readily available supply: as a : the whole quantity of a particular material present in the body and available for function or the satisfying of metabolic demands b : a body product (as blood) collected from many donors and stored for later use c : a group of people available for some purpose <a shrinking pool of applicants> <typing pool>\n5 : GENE POOL\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to combine (as resources) in a common fund or effort


Words: poop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : STERN\n2 : an enclosed superstructure at the stern of a ship above the main deck\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to break over the stern of\n2 : to ship (a sea or wave) over the stern\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses , slang : to put out of breath; also : to tire out\nintransitive senses , slang : to become exhausted <poop out>\n\n<4> noun\nslang : INFORMATION, SCOOP\n\n<5> noun\n: EXCREMENT


Words: poor
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : lacking material possessions b : of, relating to, or characterized by poverty\n2 a : less than adequate : MEAGER b : small in worth\n3 : exciting pity <you poor thing>\n4 a : inferior in quality or value b : HUMBLE, UNPRETENTIOUS c : MEAN, PETTY\n5 : LEAN, EMACIATED\n6 : BARREN, UNPRODUCTIVE used of land\n7 : INDIFFERENT, UNFAVORABLE\n8 : lacking a normal or adequate supply of something specified often used in combination <oil-poor countries>


Words: pop
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to strike or knock sharply : HIT\n2 : to push, put, or thrust suddenly and often deftly\n3 : to cause to explode or burst open\n4 : to fire at : SHOOT\n5 : to take (pills) especially frequently or habitually\n6 : to open with a pop <pop a cold beer>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to go, come, or appear suddenly often used with up b : to escape or break away from something (as a point of attachment) usually suddenly or unexpectedly\n2 : to make or burst with a sharp sound : EXPLODE\n3 : to protrude from the sockets\n4 : to shoot with a firearm\n5 : to hit a pop fly often used with up or out\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a sharp explosive sound\n2 : a shot from a gun\n3 : SODA POP\n4 : POP FLY\n\n<3> adverb\n: like or with a pop : SUDDENLY\n\n<4> noun\n: FATHER\n\n<5> adjective\n1 : POPULAR <pop music>: as a : of or relating to popular music <pop singer> b : of or relating to the popular culture disseminated through the mass media <pop psychology> <pop grammarians> <pop society>\n2 a : of or relating to pop art <pop painter> b : having, using, or imitating themes or techniques characteristic of pop art <pop movie>\n\n<6> noun\n1 : pop music\n2 : POP ART\n3 : pop culture\n\n<7> abbreviation\npopulation


Words: popcorn
Meaning:
noun\n: an Indian corn (Zea mays praecox) whose kernels on exposure to heat burst open to form a white starchy mass; also : the kernels especially after popping


Words: pope
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : a prelate who as bishop of Rome is the head of the Roman Catholic Church\n2 : one that resembles a pope (as in authority)\n3 a : the Eastern Orthodox or Coptic patriarch of Alexandria b : a priest of an Eastern church


Words: poplar
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of a genus (Populus) of slender catkin-bearing quick-growing trees (as an aspen or cottonwood) of the willow family b : the wood of a poplar\n2 : TULIP TREE 1


Words: popover
Meaning:
noun\n: a hollow quick bread shaped like a muffin and made from a thin batter of eggs, milk, and flour


Words: poppy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of a genus (Papaver of the family Papaveraceae, the poppy family) of chiefly annual or perennial herbs with milky juice, showy regular flowers, and capsular fruits including the opium poppy and several forms cultivated as ornamentals b : an extract or decoction of poppy used medicinally\n2 : a strong reddish orange


Words: popular
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to the general public\n2 : suitable to the majority: as a : adapted to or indicative of the understanding and taste of the majority <a popular history of the war> b : suited to the means of the majority : INEXPENSIVE <sold at popular prices>\n3 : frequently encountered or widely accepted\n4 : commonly liked or approved <a very popular girl>


Words: populate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to have a place in : OCCUPY, INHABIT\n2 a : to furnish or provide with inhabitants : PEOPLE b : to provide with members


Words: population
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region b : the total of individuals occupying an area or making up a whole c : the total of particles at a particular energy level used especially of atoms in a laser\n2 : the act or process of populating\n3 a : a body of persons or individuals having a quality or characteristic in common b (1) : the organisms inhabiting a particular locality (2) : a group of interbreeding organisms that represents the level of organization at which speciation begins\n4 : a group of individual persons, objects, or items from which samples are taken for statistical measurement


Words: populous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : densely populated b : having a large population\n2 a : NUMEROUS b : filled to capacity


Words: porcelain
Meaning:
noun\n: a hard, fine-grained, sonorous, nonporous, and usually translucent and white ceramic ware that consists essentially of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar and is fired at high temperatures


Words: porch
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a covered area adjoining an entrance to a building and usually having a separate roof\n2 obsolete : PORTICO


Words: porcupine
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various relatively large rodents having stiff sharp erectile bristles mingled with the hair and constituting an Old World terrestrial family (Hystricidae) and a New World arboreal family (Erethizontidae)


Words: pore
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to gaze intently\n2 : to read studiously or attentively usually used with over\n3 : to reflect or meditate steadily\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a minute opening especially in an animal or plant; especially : one by which matter passes through a membrane\n2 : a small interstice (as in soil) admitting absorption or passage of liquid


Words: pork
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fresh or salted flesh of swine when dressed for food\n2 : government money, jobs, or favors used by politicians as patronage


Words: pornography
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement\n2 : material (as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement\n3 : the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction <the pornography of violence>


Words: porous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : possessing or full of pores b : containing vessels <hardwood is porous>\n2 a : permeable to fluids b : permeable to outside influences\n3 : capable of being penetrated <porous national boundaries>


Words: porphyry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a rock consisting of feldspar crystals embedded in a compact dark red or purple groundmass\n2 : an igneous rock of porphyritic texture


Words: porpoise
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a family (Phocoenidae) of small gregarious toothed whales; especially : a blunt-snouted usually largely black whale (Phocoena phocoena) of the No. Atlantic and Pacific 5 to 8 feet (1.5 to 2.4 meters) long\n2 : DOLPHIN 1a


Words: port
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a place where ships may ride secure from storms : HAVEN\n2 a : a harbor town or city where ships may take on or discharge cargo b : AIRPORT\n3 : PORT OF ENTRY\n\n<2> noun\n1 chiefly Scottish : GATE\n2 a : an opening (as in a valve seat or valve face) for intake or exhaust of a fluid b : the area of opening in a cylinder face of a passageway for the working fluid in an engine; also : such a passageway\n3 a : an opening in a vessel’s side (as for admitting light or loading cargo) b archaic : the cover for a porthole\n4 : a hole in an armored vehicle or fortification through which guns may be fired\n5 : a hardware interface by which a computer communicates with another device or system\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the manner of bearing oneself\n2 archaic : STATE 3\n3 : the position in which a military weapon is carried at the command port arms\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to turn or put (a helm) to the left used chiefly as a command\n\n<5> noun\n: the left side of a ship or aircraft looking forward called also larboard; compare STARBOARD\n\n<6> noun\n: a sweet fortified wine of rich taste and aroma made in Portugal; also : a similar wine made elsewhere\n\n<7> abbreviation\nportable, portrait


Words: portable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : capable of being carried or moved about <a portable TV> b : usable on many computers without modification <portable software>\n2 archaic : BEARABLE\n\n<2> noun\n: something that is portable


Words: portage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the labor of carrying or transporting\n2 archaic : the cost of carrying : PORTERAGE\n3 a : the carrying of boats or goods overland from one body of water to another or around an obstacle (as a rapids) b : the route followed in making such a transfer\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to carry over a portage\nintransitive senses : to move gear over a portage


Words: portal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : DOOR, ENTRANCE; especially : a grand or imposing one\n2 : the whole architectural composition surrounding and including the doorways and porches of a church\n3 : the approach or entrance to a bridge or tunnel\n4 : a communicating part or area of an organism; specifically : the point at which something (as a pathogen) enters the body\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the transverse fissure on the underside of the liver where most of the vessels enter\n2 : of, relating to, or being a portal vein


Words: portcullis
Meaning:
noun\n: a grating of iron hung over the gateway of a fortified place and lowered between grooves to prevent passage


Words: portent
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that foreshadows a coming event : OMEN\n2 : prophetic indication or significance\n3 : MARVEL, PRODIGY


Words: portentous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or constituting a portent\n2 : eliciting amazement or wonder : PRODIGIOUS\n3 a : being a grave or serious matter <portentous decisions> b : self-consciously solemn or important : POMPOUS c : ponderously excessive <that discipline’s overwrought, portentous phrases R. M. Coles>


Words: porter
Meaning:
<1> noun\nchiefly British : a person stationed at a door or gate to admit or assist those entering\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person who carries burdens; especially : one employed to carry baggage for patrons at a hotel or transportation terminal\n2 : a parlor-car or sleeping-car attendant who waits on passengers and makes up berths\n3 short for porter’s beer : a heavy dark brown beer brewed from browned or charred malt\n4 : a person who does routine cleaning (as in a hospital or office)\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to transport or carry as or as if by a porter\nintransitive senses : to act as a porter


Words: porterhouse
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : a house where malt liquor (as porter) is sold\n2 : a large steak cut from the thick end of the short loin to contain a T-shaped bone and a large piece of tenderloin see BEEF illustration


Words: portfolio
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a hinged cover or flexible case for carrying loose papers, pictures, or pamphlets\n2 from the use of such a case to carry documents of state : the office and functions of a minister of state or member of a cabinet\n3 : the securities held by an investor : the commercial paper held by a financial house (as a bank)\n4 : a set of pictures (as drawings or photographs) either bound in book form or loose in a folder


Words: porthole
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an opening (as a window) with a cover or closure especially in the side of a ship or aircraft\n2 : a port through which to shoot\n3 : 2PORT 2


Words: portico
Meaning:
noun\n: a colonnade or covered ambulatory especially in classical architecture and often at the entrance of a building


Words: portion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an individual’s part or share of something: as a : a share received by gift or inheritance b : DOWRY c : enough food especially of one kind to serve one person at one meal\n2 : an individual’s lot, fate, or fortune : one’s share of good and evil\n3 : an often limited part set off or abstracted from a whole <give but that portion which yourself proposed Shakespeare>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to divide into portions : DISTRIBUTE\n2 : to allot a dowry to : DOWER


Words: portmanteau
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a large suitcase\n2 : a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (as smog from smoke and fog)\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : combining more than one use or quality\n2 : being a portmanteau <a portmanteau word>


Words: portrait
Meaning:
noun\n1 : PICTURE; especially : a pictorial representation (as a painting) of a person usually showing the face\n2 : a sculptured figure : BUST, STATUE\n3 : a graphic portrayal in words


Words: portray
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make a picture of : DEPICT\n2 a : to describe in words b : to play the role of : ENACT


Words: pose
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to present for attention or consideration <let me pose a question> b : to put or set forth : OFFER <smoking poses a health risk>\n2 a : to put or set in place b : to place (as a model) in a studied attitude\nintransitive senses\n1 : to assume a posture or attitude usually for artistic purposes\n2 : to affect an attitude or character usually to deceive or impress\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a sustained posture; especially : one assumed for artistic effect\n2 : an attitude, role, or characteristic assumed for effect\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: PUZZLE, BAFFLE


Words: posit
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to dispose or set firmly : FIX\n2 : to assume or affirm the existence of : POSTULATE\n3 : to propose as an explanation : SUGGEST


Words: position
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act of placing or arranging: as a : the laying down of a proposition or thesis b : an arranging in order\n2 : a point of view adopted and held to <made my position on the issue clear>\n3 a : the point or area occupied by a physical object <took her position at the head of the line> b : a certain arrangement of bodily parts <rose to a standing position>\n4 : a market commitment in securities or commodities; also : the inventory of a market trader\n5 a : relative place, situation, or standing <is now in a position to make decisions on his own> b : social or official rank or status c : an employment for which one has been hired : JOB <a position with a brokerage firm> d : a situation that confers advantage or preference\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to put in proper position; also : LOCATE


Words: positive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : formally laid down or imposed : PRESCRIBED <positive laws> b : expressed clearly or peremptorily <her answer was a positive no> c : fully assured : CONFIDENT\n2 a : of, relating to, or constituting the degree of comparison that is expressed in English by the unmodified and uninflected form of an adjective or adverb and denotes no increase or diminution b (1) : independent of changing circumstances : UNCONDITIONED (2) : relating to or constituting a motion or device that is definite, unyielding, constant, or certain in its action <a positive system of levers> c (1) : INCONTESTABLE <positive proof> (2) : UNQUALIFIED <a positive disgrace>\n3 a : not fictitious : REAL <a positive influence for good in the community> b : active and effective in social or economic function rather than merely maintaining peace and order <a positive government>\n4 a : having or expressing actual existence or quality as distinguished from deprivation or deficiency <positive change in temperature>: as (1) : capable of being constructively applied (2) : not speculative : EMPIRICAL b : having rendition of light and shade similar in tone to the tones of the original subject <a positive photographic image> c : that is or is generated in a direction arbitrarily or customarily taken as that of increase or progression <positive rotation of the earth> <we are making some positive progress> d : directed or moving toward a source of stimulation <a positive taxis> e : real and numerically greater than zero <2 is a positive integer>\n5 a (1) : being, relating to, or charged with electricity of which the proton is the elementary unit and which predominates in a glass body after being rubbed with silk (2) : having more protons than electrons <a positive ion> b (1) : having higher electric potential and constituting the part from which the current flows to the external circuit <the positive terminal of a discharging storage battery> (2) : being an electron-collecting electrode of an electron tube\n6 a : marked by or indicating acceptance,


Words: positron
Meaning:
noun\n: a positively charged particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as the electron and constituting the antiparticle of the electron


Words: posse
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large group often with a common interest\n2 : a body of persons summoned by a sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace usually in an emergency\n3 : a group of people temporarily organized to make a search (as for a lost child)


Words: possess
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to have and hold as property : OWN b : to have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill\n2 a : to take into one’s possession b : to enter into and control firmly : DOMINATE <was possessed by demons> c : to bring or cause to fall under the influence, possession, or control of some emotional or intellectual reaction <melancholy possesses her>\n3 a obsolete : to instate as owner b : to make the owner or holder used in passive construction to indicate simple possession <possessed of riches> <possessed of knowledge and experience>


Words: possession
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of having or taking into control b : control or occupancy of property without regard to ownership c : OWNERSHIP d : control of the ball or puck\n2 : something owned, occupied, or controlled : PROPERTY\n3 a : domination by something (as an evil spirit, a passion, or an idea) b : a psychological state in which an individual’s normal personality is replaced by another c : the fact or condition of being self-controlled


Words: possessive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or constituting a word, a word group, or a grammatical case that denotes ownership or a relation analogous to ownership\n2 : manifesting possession or the desire to own or dominate\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a possessive word or word group\n2 a : the possessive case b : a word in the possessive case


Words: possible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being within the limits of ability, capacity, or realization b : being what may be done or may occur according to nature, custom, or manners\n2 a : being something that may or may not occur b : being something that may or may not be true or actual <possible explanation>\n3 : having an indicated potential <a possible housing site>


Words: post
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a piece (as of timber or metal) fixed firmly in an upright position especially as a stay or support : PILLAR, COLUMN\n2 : a pole or stake set up to mark or indicate something; especially : a pole that marks the starting or finishing point of a horse race\n3 : a metallic fitting attached to an electrical device (as a storage battery) for convenience in making connections\n4 : GOALPOST\n5 : the metal stem of a pierced earring\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to publish, announce, or advertise by or as if by use of a placard b : to denounce by public notice c : to enter on a public listing d : to forbid (property) to trespassers under penalty of legal prosecution by notices placed along the boundaries e : SCORE <posted a 70 in the final round>\n2 : to affix to a usual place (as a wall) for public notices : PLACARD\n\n<3> noun\n1 obsolete : COURIER\n2 archaic a : one of a series of stations for keeping horses for relays b : the distance between any two such consecutive stations : STAGE\n3 chiefly British a : a nation’s organization for handling mail; also : the mail handled b : a single dispatch of mail c : POST OFFICE d : POSTBOX\n\n<4> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to travel with post-horses\n2 : to ride or travel with haste : HURRY\n3 : to rise from the saddle and return to it in rhythm with a horse’s trot\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to dispatch in haste\n2 : MAIL <post a letter>\n3 a : to transfer or carry from a book of original entry to a ledger b : to make transfer entries in\n4 : to make familiar with a subject : INFORM <kept her posted on the latest gossip>\n\n<5> adverb\n: with post-horses : EXPRESS\n\n<6> noun\n1 a : the place at which a soldier is stationed; especially : a sentry’s beat or station b : a station or task to which one is assigned c : the place at which a body of troops is stationed : CAMP d : a local subdivision of a veterans’ organization e : one of two bugle calls sounded (as in the British army) at tattoo\n2 a : an office or position to which a person is appointed b : a player position in basketball that


Words: postage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fee for postal service\n2 : adhesive stamps or printed indicia representing postal fees


Words: postcard
Meaning:
noun\n1 : POSTAL CARD 1\n2 : a card on which a message may be written for mailing without an envelope and to which the sender must affix a stamp


Words: postdate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to date with a date later than that of execution <postdate a check> b : to assign (an event) to a date subsequent to that of actual occurrence\n2 : to follow in time


Words: postdoctoral
Meaning:
adjective\n: being beyond the doctoral level: a : of or relating to advanced academic or professional work beyond a doctor’s degree <a postdoctoral fellowship> b : engaged in such work <postdoctoral scholars>


Words: poster
Meaning:
<1> noun\narchaic : a swift traveler\n\n<2> noun\n: a bill or placard for posting often in a public place; especially : one that is decorative or pictorial


Words: posterior
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : later in time : SUBSEQUENT\n2 : situated behind: as a : CAUDAL b of the human body or its parts : DORSAL\n3 of a plant part : ADAXIAL, SUPERIOR\n\n<2> noun\n: the hinder parts of the body; specifically : BUTTOCKS


Words: postgraduate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: GRADUATE 2\n\n<2> noun\n: a student continuing formal education after graduation from high school or college


Words: posthaste
Meaning:
<1> noun\narchaic : great haste\n\n<2> adverb\n: with all possible speed\n\n<3> adjective\nobsolete : SPEEDY, IMMEDIATE <requires your posthaste appearance Shakespeare>


Words: posthumous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : born after the death of the father\n2 : published after the death of the author\n3 : following or occurring after death <posthumous fame>


Words: postilion
Meaning:
noun\n: one who rides as a guide on the near horse of one of the pairs attached to a coach or post chaise especially without a coachman


Words: postlude
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a closing piece of music; especially : an organ voluntary at the end of a church service\n2 : a closing phase (as of an epoch or a literary work)


Words: postmark
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an official postal marking on a piece of mail; specifically : a mark showing the post office and date of mailing\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to put a postmark on


Words: postmaster
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who has charge of a post office\n2 : one who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers or who supplies post-horses


Words: postmortem
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : done, occurring, or collected after death <postmortem tissue specimens>\n2 : following the event\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an analysis or discussion of an event after it is over\n2 : AUTOPSY 1


Words: postnatal
Meaning:
adjective\n: occurring or being after birth; specifically : of or relating to an infant immediately after birth <postnatal care>


Words: postoperative
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : following a surgical operation <postoperative care>\n2 : having undergone a surgical operation <a postoperative patient>


Words: postpone
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to put off to a later time : DEFER\n2 a : to place later (as in a sentence) than the normal position in English <postpone an adjective> b : to place later in order of precedence, preference, or importance


Words: postulant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person admitted to a religious order as a probationary candidate for membership\n2 : a person on probation before being admitted as a candidate for holy orders in the Episcopal Church


Words: postulate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : DEMAND, CLAIM\n2 a : to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary : depend upon or start from the postulate of b : to assume as a postulate or axiom (as in logic or mathematics)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a hypothesis advanced as an essential presupposition, condition, or premise of a train of reasoning\n2 : AXIOM 3


Words: posture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose <erect posture> b : the pose of a model or artistic figure\n2 : state or condition at a given time especially with respect to capability in particular circumstances <maintain a competitive posture in the market>\n3 : a conscious mental or outward behavioral attitude\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to cause to assume a given posture : POSE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to assume a posture; especially : to strike a pose for effect\n2 : to assume an artificial or pretended attitude : ATTITUDINIZE


Words: pot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually rounded metal or earthen container used chiefly for domestic purposes (as in cooking or for holding liquids or growing plants); also : any of various technical or industrial vessels or enclosures resembling or likened to a household pot <the pot of a still> b : POTFUL <a pot of coffee>\n2 : an enclosed framework of wire, wood, or wicker for catching fish or lobsters\n3 a : a large amount (as of money) b (1) : the total of the bets at stake at one time (2) : one round in a poker game c : the common fund of a group\n4 : POTSHOT\n5 : POTBELLY\n6 : RUIN <gone to pot>\n7 British : a shot in snooker in which a ball is pocketed\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to place in a pot b : to pack or preserve (as cooked and chopped meat) in a sealed pot, jar, or can often with aspic\n2 : to shoot with a potshot\n3 : to make or shape (earthenware) as a potter\n4 : to embed (as electronic components) in a container with an insulating or protective material (as plastic)\nintransitive senses : to take a potshot\n\n<3> noun\n: MARIJUANA\n\n<4> abbreviation\npotential, potentiometer


Words: potable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: suitable for drinking\n\n<2> noun\n: a liquid that is suitable for drinking; especially : an alcoholic beverage


Words: potash
Meaning:
noun\n1 : potassium carbonate especially from wood ashes\n2 : potassium or a potassium compound especially as used in agriculture or industry


Words: potassium
Meaning:
noun\n: a silver-white soft light low-melting univalent metallic element of the alkali metal group that occurs abundantly in nature especially combined in minerals see ELEMENT table


Words: potation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually alcoholic drink or brew\n2 : the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling; also : the portion taken in one such act


Words: potato
Meaning:
noun\n1 : SWEET POTATO\n2 a : an erect So. American herb (Solanum tuberosum) of the nightshade family widely cultivated as a vegetable crop b : the edible starchy tuber of a potato called also Irish potato, white potato


Words: potent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having or wielding force, authority, or influence : POWERFUL\n2 : achieving or bringing about a particular result : EFFECTIVE\n3 a : chemically or medicinally effective <a potent vaccine> b : rich in a characteristic constituent\n4 : able to copulate usually used of the male\n\n<2> adjective\nof a heraldic cross : having flat bars across the ends of the arms see CROSS illustration


Words: potential
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality <potential benefits>\n2 : expressing possibility; specifically : of, relating to, or constituting a verb phrase expressing possibility, liberty, or power by the use of an auxiliary with the infinitive of the verb (as in <it may rain>)\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : something that can develop or become actual <a potential for violence> b : PROMISE 2\n2 a : any of various functions from which the intensity or the velocity at any point in a field may be readily calculated b : the work required to move a unit positive charge from a reference point (as at infinity) to a point in question c : POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE


Words: pother
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : confused or fidgety flurry or activity : COMMOTION b : agitated talk or controversy usually over a trivial matter\n2 : a choking cloud of dust or smoke\n3 : mental turmoil\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to put into a pother\nintransitive senses : to be in a pother


Words: potherb
Meaning:
noun\n: a usually leafy herb that is cooked for use as greens; also : one (as mint) used to season food


Words: pothole
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a circular hole formed in the rocky bed of a river by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water b : a sizable rounded often water-filled depression in land\n2 : a pot-shaped hole in a road surface


Words: pothook
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an S-shaped hook for hanging pots and kettles over an open fire\n2 : a written character resembling a pothook


Words: potluck
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the regular meal available to a guest for whom no special preparations have been made b : a communal meal to which people bring food to share usually used attributively <a potluck supper>\n2 : whatever is offered or available in given circumstances or at a given time


Words: potpourri
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent\n2 : a miscellaneous collection : MEDLEY <a potpourri of the best songs and sketches Current Biography>


Words: potshot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a shot taken from ambush or at a random or easy target\n2 : a critical remark made in a random or sporadic manner\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to take a potshot\ntransitive senses : to attack or shoot with a potshot


Words: pottery
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a place where clayware is made and fired\n2 a : the art or craft of the potter b : the manufacture of clayware\n3 : CLAYWARE; especially : earthenware as distinguished on the one hand from porcelain and stoneware and on the other from brick and tile


Words: pouch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small drawstring bag carried on the person\n2 a : a bag of small or moderate size for storing or transporting goods; specifically : a lockable bag for first-class mail or diplomatic dispatches b chiefly Scottish : POCKET c : PACKET\n3 : an anatomical structure resembling a pouch\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to put or form into or as if into a pouch\n2 : to transmit by pouch\nintransitive senses\n1 : to bulge or stick out or down in a manner suggesting a pouch <pouching cheeks>\n2 : to transmit mail or dispatches by pouch


Words: poultice
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to apply a poultice to


Words: poultryman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who raises domestic fowls especially on a commercial scale for the production of eggs and meat\n2 : one who deals in poultry or poultry products


Words: pounce
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the claw of a bird of prey\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 a : to swoop upon and seize something with or as if with talons b : to seize upon and make capital of something (as another’s blunder or an opportunity)\n2 : to make a sudden assault or approach\n\n<3> noun\n: the act of pouncing\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to dust, rub, finish, or stencil with pounce\n\n<5> noun\n1 : a fine powder formerly used to prevent ink from spreading\n2 : a fine powder for making stenciled patterns


Words: pound
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various units of mass and weight; specifically : a unit now in general use among English-speaking peoples equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces or 7000 grains or 0.45359237 kilogram see WEIGHT table\n2 a : the basic monetary unit of the United Kingdom called also pound sterling b : any of numerous basic monetary units of other countries see MONEY table c : 2LIRA\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an enclosure for animals; especially : a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed animals <a dog pound> b : a depot for holding impounded personal property until redeemed by the owner <a car pound>\n2 : a place or condition of confinement\n3 : an enclosure within which fish are kept or caught; especially : the inner compartment of a fish trap or pound net\n\n<3> noun\n: an act or sound of pounding\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to reduce to powder or pulp by beating\n2 a : to strike heavily or repeatedly b : to produce with or as if with repeated vigorous strokes usually used with out <pound out a story on the typewriter> c : to inculcate by insistent repetition : DRIVE <day after day the facts were pounded home to them Ivy B. Priest>\n3 : to move along heavily or persistently <pounded the pavements looking for work>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to strike heavy repeated blows\n2 : PULSATE, THROB <my heart was pounding>\n3 a : to move with or make a heavy repetitive sound b : to work hard and continuously usually used with away


Words: pour
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to flow in a stream b : to dispense from a container <poured drinks for everyone>\n2 : to supply or produce freely or copiously\n3 : to give full expression to : VENT <poured out his feelings>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move with a continuous flow\n2 : to rain hard\n3 : to move or come continuously : STREAM <complaints poured in>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the action of pouring : STREAM\n2 a : an instance of pouring or an amount poured b : a heavy fall of rain : DOWNPOUR


Words: pout
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to show displeasure by thrusting out the lips or wearing a sullen expression b : SULK\n2 : PROTRUDE\ntransitive senses : to cause to protrude <pouted her lips>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a protrusion of the lips expressive of displeasure\n2 plural : a fit of pique\n\n<3> noun\n: any of several large-headed fishes (as a bullhead or eelpout)


Words: poverty
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions b : renunciation as a member of a religious order of the right as an individual to own property\n2 : SCARCITY, DEARTH\n3 a : debility due to malnutrition b : lack of fertility


Words: powder
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to sprinkle or cover with or as if with powder\n2 : to reduce or convert to powder\n3 : to hit very hard\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become powder\n2 : to apply cosmetic powder\n\n<2> noun\n1 : matter in a finely divided state : particulate matter\n2 a : a preparation in the form of fine particles especially for medicinal or cosmetic use b : fine dry light snow\n3 : any of various solid explosives used chiefly in gunnery and blasting


Words: power
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : ability to act or produce an effect (2) : ability to get extra-base hits (3) : capacity for being acted upon or undergoing an effect b : legal or official authority, capacity, or right\n2 a : possession of control, authority, or influence over others b : one having such power; specifically : a sovereign state c : a controlling group : ESTABLISHMENT often used in the phrase the powers that be d archaic : a force of armed men e chiefly dialect : a large number or quantity\n3 a : physical might b : mental or moral efficacy c : political control or influence\n4 plural : an order of angels see CELESTIAL HIERARCHY\n5 a : the number of times as indicated by an exponent that a number occurs as a factor in a product; also : the product itself b : CARDINAL NUMBER 2\n6 a : a source or means of supplying energy; especially : ELECTRICITY b : MOTIVE POWER c : the time rate at which work is done or energy emitted or transferred\n7 : MAGNIFICATION 2b\n8 : 1SCOPE 3\n9 : the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when a particular alternative hypothesis happens to be true


Words: powerhouse
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : POWER PLANT 1 b : a source of influence or inspiration\n2 : one having great power: as a : one having great drive, energy, or ability b : an athletic team characterized by strong aggressive play


Words: powwow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an American Indian medicine man\n2 a : an American Indian ceremony (as for victory in war) b : an American Indian social gathering or fair usually including competitive dancing\n3 a : a social get-together b : a meeting for discussion\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to hold a powwow


Words: pox
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a virus disease (as chicken pox) characterized by pustules or eruptions b archaic : SMALLPOX c : SYPHILIS\n2 : a disastrous evil : PLAGUE, CURSE <a pox on him>\n\n<2> transitive verb\narchaic : to infect with a pox and especially with syphilis


Words: practicable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : FEASIBLE\n2 : capable of being used : USABLE


Words: practical
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal <a practical question> <for all practical purposes> b : being such in practice or effect : VIRTUAL <a practical failure>\n2 : actively engaged in some course of action or occupation <a practical farmer>\n3 : capable of being put to use or account : USEFUL <he had a practical knowledge of French>\n4 a : disposed to action as opposed to speculation or abstraction b (1) : qualified by practice or practical training <a good practical mechanic> (2) : designed to supplement theoretical training by experience\n5 : concerned with voluntary action and ethical decisions <practical reason>\n\n<2> noun\n: an examination requiring demonstration of some practical skill <a zoology practical>


Words: practice
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : CARRY OUT, APPLY <practice what you preach> b : to do or perform often, customarily, or habitually <practice politeness> c : to be professionally engaged in <practice medicine>\n2 a : to perform or work at repeatedly so as to become proficient <practice the act> b : to train by repeated exercises <practice pupils in penmanship>\n3 obsolete : PLOT\nintransitive senses\n1 : to do repeated exercises for proficiency\n2 : to pursue a profession actively\n3 archaic : INTRIGUE\n4 : to do something customarily\n5 : to take advantage of someone <he practised on their credulity with huge success Times Literary Supplement>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : actual performance or application <ready to carry out in practice what they advocated in principle> b : a repeated or customary action <had this irritating practice> c : the usual way of doing something <local practices> d : the form, manner, and order of conducting legal suits and prosecutions\n2 a : systematic exercise for proficiency <practice makes perfect> b : the condition of being proficient through systematic exercise <get in practice>\n3 a : the continuous exercise of a profession b : a professional business; especially : one constituting an incorporeal property


Words: practitioner
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who practices; especially : one who practices a profession\n2 Christian Science : an authorized healer


Words: pragmatic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic a (1) : BUSY (2) : OFFICIOUS b : OPINIONATED\n2 : relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic <pragmatic men of power have had no time or inclination to deal with social morality K. B. Clark>\n3 : relating to or being in accordance with philosophical pragmatism


Words: pragmatism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a practical approach to problems and affairs <tried to strike a balance between principles and pragmatism>\n2 : an American movement in philosophy founded by C. S. Peirce and William James and marked by the doctrines that the meaning of conceptions is to be sought in their practical bearings, that the function of thought is to guide action, and that truth is preeminently to be tested by the practical consequences of belief


Words: prairie
Meaning:
noun\n1 : land in or predominantly in grass\n2 : a tract of grassland: as a : a large area of level or rolling land in the Mississippi valley that in its natural uncultivated state usually has deep fertile soil, a cover of tall coarse grasses, and few trees b : one of the dry treeless plateaus east of the Rocky Mountains that merge on their east side with the prairies proper and are characterized by shorter grasses and drier less fertile soil


Words: praise
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to express a favorable judgment of : COMMEND\n2 : to glorify (a god or saint) especially by the attribution of perfections\nintransitive senses : to express praise\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an expression of approval : COMMENDATION b : WORSHIP\n2 a : VALUE, MERIT b archaic : one that is praised


Words: praline
Meaning:
noun\n: a confection of nuts and sugar: a : almonds cooked in boiling sugar until brown and crisp b : a patty of creamy brown sugar and pecan meats


Words: pram
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a small lightweight nearly flat-bottomed boat with a broad transom and usually squared-off bow\n\n<2> noun\nchiefly British : BABY CARRIAGE


Words: prance
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing\n2 : to ride on a prancing horse\n3 : to walk or move in a spirited manner : STRUT; also : to dance about\ntransitive senses : to cause (a horse) to prance\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of prancing; specifically : a prancing movement


Words: prank
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: TRICK: a obsolete : a malicious act b : a mildly mischievous act c : a ludicrous act\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to show oneself off\ntransitive senses : to dress or adorn gaily or showily


Words: praseodymium
Meaning:
noun\n: a yellowish white trivalent metallic element of the rare-earth group used chiefly in the form of its salts in coloring glass greenish yellow see ELEMENT table


Words: prattle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : PRATE\n2 : to utter or make meaningless sounds suggestive of the chatter of children : BABBLE\ntransitive senses : to say in an unaffected or childish manner\n\n<2> noun\n1 : trifling or empty talk\n2 : a sound that is meaningless, repetitive, and suggestive of the chatter of children


Words: prawn
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of numerous widely distributed edible decapod crustaceans (as of the genera Pandalus and Peneus) that resemble shrimps and have large compressed abdomens; also : SHRIMP\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to fish for or with prawns


Words: pray
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : ENTREAT, IMPLORE often used as a function word in introducing a question, request, or plea <pray be careful>\n2 : to get or bring by praying\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a request in a humble manner\n2 : to address God or a god with adoration, confession, supplication, or thanksgiving


Words: prayer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : an address (as a petition) to God or a god in word or thought <said a prayer for the success of the voyage> (2) : a set order of words used in praying b : an earnest request or wish\n2 : the act or practice of praying to God or a god <kneeling in prayer>\n3 : a religious service consisting chiefly of prayers often used in plural\n4 : something prayed for\n5 : a slight chance <haven’t got a prayer>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that prays : SUPPLIANT


Words: preach
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to deliver a sermon\n2 : to urge acceptance or abandonment of an idea or course of action; specifically : to exhort in an officious or tiresome manner\ntransitive senses\n1 : to set forth in a sermon <preach the gospel>\n2 : to advocate earnestly <preached revolution>\n3 : to deliver (as a sermon) publicly\n4 : to bring, put, or affect by preaching <preached the church out of debt Amer. Guide Series: Va.>


Words: preadolescence
Meaning:
noun\n: the period of human development just preceding adolescence; specifically : the period between the approximate ages of 9 and 12


Words: preamble
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an introductory statement; especially : the introductory part of a constitution or statute that usually states the reasons for and intent of the law\n2 : an introductory fact or circumstance; especially : one indicating what is to follow


Words: prebend
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a stipend furnished by a cathedral or collegiate church to a clergyman (as a canon) in its chapter\n2 : PREBENDARY


Words: prebendary
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a clergyman receiving a prebend for officiating and serving in the church\n2 : an honorary canon in a cathedral chapter


Words: precancel
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to cancel (a postage stamp) in advance of use\n\n<2> noun\n: a precanceled postage stamp


Words: precarious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : depending on the will or pleasure of another\n2 : dependent on uncertain premises : DUBIOUS <precarious generalizations>\n3 a : dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments b : characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger


Words: precaution
Meaning:
noun\n1 : care taken in advance : FORESIGHT <warned of the need for precaution>\n2 : a measure taken beforehand to prevent harm or secure good : SAFEGUARD


Words: precede
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to surpass in rank, dignity, or importance\n2 : to be, go, or come ahead or in front of\n3 : to be earlier than\n4 : to cause to be preceded : PREFACE\nintransitive senses : to go or come before


Words: precedent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an earlier occurrence of something similar\n2 a : something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same or an analogous kind <a verdict that had no precedent> b : the convention established by such a precedent or by long practice\n3 : a person or thing that serves as a model


Words: precept
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action\n2 : an order issued by legally constituted authority to a subordinate official


Words: preceptor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : TEACHER, TUTOR b : the headmaster or principal of a school\n2 : the head of a preceptory of Knights Templars


