11 letter word starting with p

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
pachydactyl	noun	A bird or other animal having thick toes.
pachydermal	adjective	Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition.
pacificable	adjective	Placable.
pacificator	noun	One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker.
pack saddle		Alt. of Pack thread
pack thread		See under 2d Pack.
painstaking	adjective	Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive., The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance.
painsworthy	adjective	Worth the pains or care bestowed.
paintership	noun	The state or position of being a painter.
pairs royal	plural	of Pair
palatonares	noun pl.	The posterior nares. See Nares.
paleobotany	noun	That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.
paleocarida	noun pl.	Same as Merostomata.
paleography	noun	An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography., The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.
paleolithic	adjective	Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the “Stone Age;” the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.
paleologist	noun	One versed in paleology; a student of antiquity.
paleosaurus	noun	A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.
paleozooogy	noun	The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.
palestinian	adjective	Alt. of Palestinean
palestinean	adjective	Of or pertaining to Palestine.
palestrical	adjective	Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.
palindromic	adjective	Alt. of Palindromical
palingenesy	noun	A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form., That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; — distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.
palissander	noun	Violet wood., Rosewood.
paladiumize	verb t.	To cover or coat with palladium.
palmatisect	adjective	Alt. of Palmatisected
palmiferous	adjective	Bearing palms.
palm sunday		The Sunday next before Easter; — so called in commemoration of our Savior’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way.
palpability	noun	The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch.
palpigerous	adjective	Bearing a palpus.
palpitating	present participle & vb. noun	of Palpitate
palpitation	noun	A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.
palsgravine	noun	The consort or widow of a palsgrave.
paladumenta	plural	of Paludamentum
paludicolae	noun pl.	A division of birds, including the cranes, rails, etc.
pamphleteer	noun	A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler., To write or publish pamphlets.
pampiniform	adjective	In the form of tendrils; — applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.
pancratiast	noun	One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium.
pancratical	adjective	Of or pertaining to the pancratium; athletic.
pandemonium	noun	The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits., An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage.
panduriform	adjective	Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.
panegyrical	adjective	Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory.
panegyrized	imp. & past participle	of Panegyrize
paneulogism	noun	Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise.
panhellenic	adjective	Of or pertaining to all Greece, or to Panhellenism; including all Greece, or all the Greeks.
paniculated	adjective	Same as Panicled.
panislamism	noun	A desire or plan for the union of all Mohammedan nations for the conquest of the world.
panoramical	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama.
pansclavism		Alt. of Pansclavonian
pansclavist		Alt. of Pansclavonian
pansophical	adjective	All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders.
panspermist	noun	A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist.
pantascopic	adjective	Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under Camera.
panteutonic	adjective	Of or pertaining to all the Teutonic races.
pantheistic	adjective	Alt. of Pantheistical
pantheology	noun	A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.
pantisocrat	noun	A pantisocratist.
pantography	noun	A general description; entire view of an object.
pantologist	noun	One versed in pantology; a writer of pantology.
pantomimist	noun	An actor in pantomime; also, a composer of pantomimes.
pantoscopic	adjective	Literally, seeing everything; — a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects.
paperweight	noun	See under Paper, n.
papilliform	adjective	Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.
papillomata	plural	of Papilloma
papillulate	adjective	Having a minute papilla in the center of a larger elevation or depression.
papyraceous	adjective	Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.
papyrograph	noun	An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold.
parablastic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the parablast; as, the parablastic cells.
parabolical	adjective	Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction., Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve., Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid.
paracelsian	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or in conformity with, the practice of Paracelsus, a Swiss physician of the 15th century., A follower of Paracelsus or his practice or teachings.
paracelsist	noun	A Paracelsian.
paracentric	adjective	Alt. of Paracentrical
parachordal	adjective	Situated on either side of the notochord; — applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord., A parachordal cartilage.
paracmastic	adjective	Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper.
paracorolla	noun	A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.
paracrostic	noun	A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.
paradactyla	plural	of Paradactylum
paradisical	adjective	Paradisiacal.
paradoxical	adjective	Of the nature of a paradox., Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions.
paradoxides	noun	A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations.
paragenesis	noun	The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.
paraglossae	plural	of Paraglossa
paragnathus	noun	One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea., One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids.
paragogical	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word.
paragraphed	imp. & past participle	of Paragraph
paragrapher	noun	A writer of paragraphs; a paragraphist.
paragraphic	adjective	Alt. of Paragraphical
paraldehyde	noun	A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance.
paraleipsis	noun	A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, “I do not speak of my adversary’s scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice.”
parallactic	adjective	Alt. of Parallactical
paralleling	present participle & vb. noun	of Parallel
parallelism	noun	The quality or state of being parallel., Resemblance; correspondence; similarity., Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: –//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.
parallelize	verb t.	To render parallel.
paralogical	adjective	Containing paralogism; illogical.
paralogized	imp. & past participle	of Paralogize
paralytical	adjective	See Paralytic.
paramastoid	adjective	Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; — applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
paramountly	adverb	In a paramount manner.
paranucleus	noun	Some as Nucleolus.
paranymphal	adjective	Bridal; nuptial.
parapeptone	noun	An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.
paraphernal	adjective	Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property.
paraphrased	imp. & past participle	of Paraphrase
paraphraser	noun	One who paraphrases.
parapleurae	plural	of Parapleura
parascenium	noun	One of two apartments adjoining the stage, probably used as robing rooms.
paraselenae	plural	of Paraselene
parasitical	adjective	Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic., Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3.
parasolette	noun	A small parasol.
parasynaxis	noun	An unlawful meeting.
paraventure	adverb	Peradventure; perchance.
paraxanthin	noun	A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present in small quantity in urine.
parbuckling	present participle & vb. noun	of Parbuckle
parcel-mele	adverb	By parcels or parts.
parchedness	noun	The state of being parched.
paremptosis	noun	Same as Parembole.
parenchymal	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma.
parenetioal	adjective	Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive.
parentation	noun	Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies.
parentheses	plural	of Parenthesis
parenthesis	noun	A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes., One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase.
parenthetic	adjective	Alt. of Parenthetical
paripinnate	adjective	Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.
parishional	adjective	Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial.
parishioner	noun	One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.
parochially	adverb	In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes.
paronomasia	noun	A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.
paroophoron	noun	A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.
partibility	noun	The quality or state of being partible; divisibility; separability; as, the partibility of an inherttance.
participant	adjective	Sharing; participating; having a share of part., A participator; a partaker.
participate	adjective	Acting in common; participating., To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; — followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate., To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of., To impart, or give, or share of.
participial	adjective	Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun., A participial word.
particulate	verb t. & i.	To particularize., Having the form of a particle., Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc.
partitioned	imp. & past participle	of Partition
partitively	adverb	In a partitive manner.
partnership	noun	The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state., A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest., An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership., A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure., See Fellowship, n., 6.
parturiency	noun	Parturition.
parturition	noun	The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth., That which is brought forth; a birth.
parturitive	adjective	Pertaining to parturition; obstetric.
parvanimity	noun	The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; — opposed to magnanimity.
pasigraphic	adjective	Alt. of Pasigraphical
passacaglia	noun	Alt. of Passacaglio
passacaglio	noun	An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne.
passeriform	adjective	Like or belonging to the Passeres.
passibility	noun	The quality or state of being passible; aptness to feel or suffer; sensibility.
passionless	adjective	Void of passion; without anger or emotion; not easily excited; calm.
passiontide	noun	The last fortnight of Lent.
passiveness	noun	The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.
pass-parole	noun	An order passed from front to rear by word of mouth.
pastureless	adjective	Destitute of pasture.
patefaction	noun	The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration.
patelliform	adjective	Having the form of a patella., Resembling a limpet of the genus Patella.
paternalism	noun	The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government, under Paternal.
paternoster	noun	The Lord’s prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version., A beadlike ornament in moldings., A line with a row of hooks and bead/shaped sinkers.
pathologist	noun	One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.
pathologies	plural	of Pathology
patibulated	adjective	Hanged on a gallows.
patriarchal	adjective	Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church., Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable., Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.
patriarchic	adjective	Patriarchal.
patrimonial	adjective	Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate.
patrimonies	plural	of Patrimony
patriotical	adjective	Patriotic; that pertains to a patriot.
patristical	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church.
patrocinate	verb t.	To support; to patronize.
patronizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Patronize, Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another.
patroonship	noun	The office of a patroon.
paucispiral	adjective	Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell.
pauperizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Pauperize
pavilioning	present participle & vb. noun	of Pavilion
pawnbroking	noun	The business of a pawnbroker.
pearlaceous	adjective	Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.
pear-shaped	adjective	Of the form of a pear.
peasantlike	adjective	Rude; clownish; illiterate.
pebblestone		A pebble; also, pebbles collectively.
peccability	noun	The state or quality of being peccable; lability to sin.
peccadillos	plural	of Peccadillo
pectinately	adverb	In a pectinate manner.
pectination	noun	The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated., The act of combing; the combing of the head., Comblike toothing.
pectiniform	adjective	Comblike in form.
pectostraca	noun pl.	A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the Rhizocephala and Cirripedia.
peculiarity	noun	The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity., That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity., Exclusive possession or right.
pecularized	imp. & past participle	of Peculiarize
peculiarize	verb t.	To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession.
pecuniarily	adverb	In a pecuniary manner; as regards money.
pedagogical	adjective	Of or pertaining to a pedagogue; suited to, or characteristic of, a pedagogue.
pedestrious	adjective	Going on foot; not winged.
pedetentous	adjective	Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.
pedicellate	adjective	Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.
pedicellina	noun	A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta.
pedipalpous	adjective	Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.
pedobaptism	noun	The baptism of infants or of small children.
pedobaptist	noun	One who advocates or practices infant baptism.
pedunculata	noun pl.	A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.
pedunculate	adjective	Alt. of Pedunculated
peepul tree		A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree.
peevishness	noun	The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.
pelagianism	noun	The doctrines of Pelagius.
pelargonium	noun	A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceae, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.
pellucidity	noun	Alt. of Pellucidness
penanceless	adjective	Free from penance.
pencillated	adjective	Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.
pendulosity	noun	The state or quality of being pendulous.
pendulously	adverb	In a pendulous manner.
penetrating	present participle & vb. noun	of Penetrate, Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor., Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind.
penetration	noun	The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult., Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.
penetrative	adjective	Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun., Having the power to affect or impress the mind or heart; impressive; as, penetrative shame., Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom.
penicillate	adjective	Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel’s-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses.
peninsulate	verb t.	To form into a peninsula.
penitential	adjective	Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears., A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; — called also penitential book.
pennigerous	adjective	Bearing feathers or quills.
penninerved	adjective	Pinnately veined or nerved.
pennipotent	adjective	Strong of wing; strong on the wing.
pennoncelle	noun	See Pencel.
pennyweight	noun	A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name.
penological	adjective	Of or pertaining to penology.
pensileness	noun	State or quality of being pensile; pendulousness.
pensiveness	noun	The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness.
pentaconter	noun	See Penteconter.
pentacrinin	noun	A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus.
pentacrinus	noun	A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere.
pentadactyl	adjective	Alt. of Pentadactyle
pentadecane	noun	A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; — so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
pentagonous	adjective	Pentagonal.
pentagynian	adjective	Alt. of Pentagynous
pentagynous	adjective	Of or pertaining to plants of the order Pentagyna; having five styles.
pentahedral	adjective	Having five sides; as, a pentahedral figure.
pentahedron	noun	A solid figure having five sides.
pentamerous	adjective	Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils., Belonging to the Pentamera.
pentandrian	adjective	Alt. of Pentandrous
pentandrous	adjective	Of or pertaining to the class Pentadria; having five stamens.
pentangular	adjective	Having five corners or angles.
pentavalent	adjective	Having a valence of five; — said of certain atoms and radicals.
penteconter	noun	A Grecian vessel with fifty oars.
pentecostal	adjective	Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.
pentecoster	noun	An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.
pentremites	noun	A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.
penultimate	adjective	Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word., The penult.
pepperbrand	noun	See 1st Bunt.
peppergrass	noun	Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; — called also pepperwort. All the species have a pungent flavor., The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera). See Pillwort.
peptogenous	adjective	Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone.
peptotoxine	noun	A toxic alkaloid found occasionally associated with the peptones formed from fibrin by pepsinhydrochloric acid.
peragration	noun	The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution.
perambulate	verb t.	To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line., To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.
percarburet	noun	A percarbide.
perceivable	adjective	Capable of being perceived; perceptible.
perceivance	noun	Power of perceiving.
perceptible	adjective	Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable.
perchlorate	noun	A salt of perchloric acid.
perchloride	noun	A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.
perciformes	noun pl.	An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidae); the pondfishes (Centrarchidae); the sciaenoids (Sciaenidae); the sparoids (Sparidae); the serranoids (Serranidae), and some other related families.
percipience	noun	Alt. of Percipiency
percipiency	noun	The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.
percolating	present participle & vb. noun	of Percolate
percolation	noun	The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.
percomorphi	noun pl.	A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds.
perduellion	noun	Treason.
perduration	noun	Long continuance.
peregrinate	verb i.	To travel from place to place, or from one country to another; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries., Having traveled; foreign.
peregrinity	noun	Foreignness; strangeness., Travel; wandering.
perennially	adverb	In a perennial manner.
pererration	noun	A wandering, or rambling, through various places.
perfectible	adjective	Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.
perfectness	noun	The quality or state of being perfect; perfection.
perforating	present participle & vb. noun	of Perforate
perforation	noun	The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through., A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture.
perforative	adjective	Having power to perforate or pierce.
performable	adjective	Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.
performance	noun	The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty., That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; esp., an action of an elaborate or public character.
perfumatory	adjective	Emitting perfume; perfuming.
perfunctory	adjective	Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions., Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless.
pergamenous	adjective	Alt. of Pergamentaceous
perianthium	noun	The perianth.
pericambium	noun	A layer of thin-walled young cells in a growing stem, in which layer certain new vessels originate.
pericardiac	adjective	Alt. of Pericardial
pericardial	adjective	Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart.
pericardian	adjective	Pericardiac.
pericardium	noun	The double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses the heart.
pericarpial	adjective	Alt. of Pericarpic
perichaetia	plural	of Perichaetium
perichordal	adjective	Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal.
periclasite	noun	A grayish or dark green mineral, consisting essentially of magnesia (magnesium oxide), occurring in granular forms or in isometric crystals.
periclinium	noun	The involucre which surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.
periclitate	verb t.	To endanger.
pericranial	adjective	Of or pertaining to the pericranium.
pericranium	noun	The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.
perienteron	noun	The primitive perivisceral cavity.
perigastric	adjective	Surrounding the stomach; — applied to the body cavity of Bryozoa and various other Invertebrata.
perigenesis	noun	A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.
perigenetic	adjective	Of or pertaining to perigenesis.
perineurial	adjective	Surrounding nerves or nerve fibers; of or pertaining to the perineurium.
perineurium	noun	The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma.
perinuclear	adjective	Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus; as, the perinuclear protoplasm.
periodicity	noun	The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants.
periodontal	adjective	Surrounding the teeth.
perioecians	noun pl.	Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it is midnight in the other. Compare Antoeci.
periostitis	noun	Inflammation of the periosteum.
periostraca	plural	of Periostracum
peripatetic	adjective	Walking about; itinerant., Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers., One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant., A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
peripheries	plural	of Periphery
periphrased	imp. & past participle	of Periphrase
periphrases	plural	of Periphrasis
periphrasis	noun	See Periphrase.
peripterous	adjective	Peripteral., Feathered all around.
perispheric	adjective	Alt. of Perispherical
perispomena	plural	of Perispomenon
perissology	noun	Superfluity of words.
peristalsis	noun	Peristaltic contraction or action.
peristaltic	adjective	Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement.
peristerion	noun	The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis).
peristerite	noun	A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon’s neck.
peristomata	plural	of Peristoma
peristomial	adjective	Of or pertaining to a peristome.
peristomium	noun	Same as Peristome.
perisystole	noun	The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying.
perithecium	noun	An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.
peritonaeum	noun	Same as Peritoneum.
peritonitis	noun	Inflammation of the peritoneum.
peritropous	adjective	Peritropal.
periuterine	adjective	Surrounding the uterus.
permanently	adverb	In a permanent manner.
permanganic	adjective	Pertaining to, or designating, one of the higher acids of manganese, HMnO4, which forms salts called permanganates.
permiscible	adjective	Capable of being mixed.
permissible	adjective	That may be permitted; allowable; admissible.
permittance	noun	The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.
permutation	noun	The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange., The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; — called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4., Any one of such possible arrangements., Barter; exchange.
pernyi moth		A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi) which feeds upon the oak. It has been introduced into Europe and America from China.
peroxidized	imp. & past participle	of Peroxidize
perpendicle	noun	Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.
perpetrable	adjective	Capable of being perpetrated.
perpetrated	imp. & past participle	of Perpetrate
perpetrator	noun	One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime.
perpetuable	adjective	Capable of being perpetuated or continued.
perpetually	adverb	In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually.
perpetualty	noun	The state or condition of being perpetual.
perpetuance	noun	Perpetuity.
perpetuated	imp. & past participle	of Perpetuate
perpotation	noun	The act of drinking excessively; a drinking bout.
perquisited	adjective	Supplied with perquisites.
persecuting	present participle & vb. noun	of Persecute
persecution	noun	The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship., The state or condition of being persecuted., A carrying on; prosecution.
persecutrix	noun	A woman who persecutes.
perseverant	adjective	Persevering.
persevering	present participle & vb. noun	of Persevere, Characterized by perseverance; persistent.
persistence	noun	Alt. of Persistency
persistency	noun	The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy., The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed, The persistence of motion., Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.
personalism	noun	The quality or state of being personal; personality.
personality	noun	That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality., Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities., That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
personalize	verb t.	To make personal.
personating	present participle & vb. noun	of Personate
personation	noun	The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.
personifier	noun	One who personifies.
personified	imp. & past participle	of Personify
perspective	noun	Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical., Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective., A glass through which objects are viewed., That which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista., The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects., The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; — called also linear perspective., A drawing in linear perspective.
perspicable	adjective	Discernible.
perspicuity	noun	The quality or state of being transparent or translucent., The quality of being perspicuous to the understanding; clearness of expression or thought., Sagacity; perspicacity.
perspicuous	adjective	Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque., Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous statements.
perspirable	adjective	Capable of being perspired., Emitting perspiration; perspiring.
persuadable	adjective	That may be persuaded.
persuasible	adjective	Capable of being persuaded; persuadable., Persuasive.
persulphate	noun	A sulphate of the peroxide of any base.
persulphide	noun	A sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; — formerly called persulphuret.
pertinacity	noun	The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency.
pertinately	adverb	Pertinaciously.
perturbable	adjective	Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted.
perturbance	noun	Disturbance; perturbation.
perturbator	noun	A perturber.
perversedly	adverb	Perversely.
pervertible	adjective	Capable of being perverted.
pervicacity	noun	Obstinacy; pervicaciousness.
pessimistic	adjective	Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding.
pestiferous	adjective	Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies., Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.
pestilently	adverb	In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively.
pestilation	noun	The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.
petiolulate	adjective	Supported by its own petiolule.
petitioning	present participle & vb. noun	of Petition, The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
petitionary	adjective	Supplicatory; making a petition., Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle.
petrescence	noun	The process of changing into stone; petrification.
petrificate	verb t.	To petrify.
petroglyphy	noun	The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone.
petrography	noun	The art of writing on stone., The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.
petrologist	noun	One who is versed in petrology.
petromyzont	noun	A lamprey.
pettifogged	imp. & past participle	of Pettifog
pettifogger	noun	A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
phaenogamia	noun pl.	The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.
phaenogamic	adjective	Same as Phaenogamous.
phaenomenon	noun	See Phenomenon.
phagedenous	adjective	Phagedenic.
phainopepla	noun	A small crested passerine bird (Phainopepla nitens), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher.
phalangides	plural	of Phalangid
phalangious	adjective	Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea.
phalanstere	noun	A phalanstery.
phalanstery	noun	An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism., The dwelling house of a Fourierite community.
phantascope	noun	An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; — called also phantasmascope.
phantomatic	adjective	Phantasmal.
pharisaical	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees., Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous.
phariseeism	noun	See Pharisaism.
pharyngitis	noun	Inflammation of the pharynx.
phassachate	noun	The lead-colored agate; — so called in reference to its color.
phenicopter	noun	A flamingo.
phenogamian	adjective	Alt. of Phenogamous
phenogamous	adjective	Same as Phaenogamian, Phaenogamic, etc.
phenomenist	noun	One who believes in the theory of phenomenalism.
phenylamine	noun	Any one of certain class of organic bases regarded as formed from ammonia by the substitution of phenyl for hydrogen.
philanderer	noun	One who hangs about women; a male flirt.
philatelist	noun	One versed in philately; one who collects postage stamps.
philhellene	noun	A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist.
philippized	imp. & past participle	of Philippize
phillipsite	noun	A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; — called also christianite.
phillygenin	noun	A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin.
philogynist	noun	A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; — opposed to misogynist.
philologian	noun	A philologist.
philologist	noun	One versed in philology.
philologize	verb i.	To study, or make critical comments on, language.
philomathic	adjective	Of or pertaining to philomathy., Having love of learning or letters.
philosopher	noun	One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy., One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness., An alchemist.
philosophic	adjective	Alt. of Philosophical
philostorgy	noun	Natural affection, as of parents for their children.
phlegmonous	adjective	Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia.
phlogistian	noun	A believer in the existence of phlogiston.
phocodontia	noun pl.	A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera.
phoenicious	adjective	See Phenicious.
phonetician	noun	One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
phonography	noun	A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech., A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters., The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
phonologist	noun	One versed in phonology.
phonorganon	noun	A speaking machine.
phonotypist	noun	One versed in phonotypy.
phoronomics	noun	The science of motion; kinematics.
phosphonium	noun	The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.
phosphorate	verb t.	To impregnate, or combine, with phosphorus or its compounds; as, phosphorated oil.
phosphorite	noun	A massive variety of apatite.
phosphorize	verb t.	To phosphorate.
phosphorous	adjective	Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3.
photobiotic	adjective	Requiring light to live; incapable of living without light; as, photobiotic plant cells.
photochromy	noun	The art or process of reproducing colors by photography.
photoglyphy	noun	Photoglyphic engraving. See under Photoglyphic.
photography	noun	The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like., The art or process of producing pictures by this action of light.
photologist	noun	One who studies or expounds the laws of light.
photometric	adjective	Alt. of Photometrical
photophobia	noun	A dread or intolerance of light.
photophonic	adjective	Of or pertaining to photophone.
photorelief	noun	A printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic means and subsequent manipulations.
photoscopic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the photoscope or its uses.
photosphere	noun	A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun.
phototropic	adjective	Same as Heliotropic.
phragmocone	noun	The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite.
phraseogram	noun	A symbol for a phrase.
phraseology	noun	Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style., A collection of phrases; a phrase book.
phrenetical	adjective	Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic.
phrenograph	noun	An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration.
phrenologer	noun	A phrenologist.
phrenologic	adjective	Phrenological.
phthalimide	noun	An imido derivative of phthalic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C6H4.(CO)2NH, which has itself (like succinimide) acid properties, and forms a series of salts. Cf. Imido acid, under Imido.
phthiriasis	noun	A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.
phycochrome	noun	A bluish green coloring matter of certain algae.
phycocyanin	noun	Alt. of Phycocyanine
phycography	noun	A description of seaweeds.
phylactered	adjective	Wearing a phylactery.
phylacteric	adjective	Alt. of Phylacterical
phyllomania	noun	An abnormal or excessive production of leaves.
phyllorhine	adjective	Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.
phyllostome	noun	Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma, or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.
phyllotaxis	noun	The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.
physicianed	adjective	Licensed as a physician.
physicology	noun	Physics.
physiognomy	noun	The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face., The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance, as denoting character., The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features., The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor.
physiolatry	noun	The worship of the powers or agencies of nature; materialism in religion; nature worship.
physiologer	noun	A physiologist.
physiologic	adjective	Physiological.
physiophyly	noun	The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological development of vital activities, — being a branch of phylogeny. See Morphophyly.
physoclisti	noun pl.	An order of teleost in which the air bladder has no opening.
physophorae	noun pl.	An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air sac, or float, and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.
phytelephas	noun	A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.
phytivorous	adjective	Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous animals.
phytoglyphy	noun	See Nature printing, under Nature.
phytography	noun	The science of describing plants in a systematic manner; also, a description of plants.
phytologist	noun	One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.
phytophagic	adjective	Phytophagous.
phytotomist	noun	One versed in phytotomy.
phytozoaria	noun pl.	Same as Infusoria.
piacularity	noun	The quality or state of being piacular; criminality; wickedness.
pickpennies	plural	of Pickpenny
picturesque	adjective	Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language.
picturizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Picturize
piecemealed	adjective	Divided into pieces.
piedmontite	noun	A manganesian kind of epidote, from Piedmont. See Epidote.
pietistical	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Pietists; hence, in contempt, affectedly or demonstratively religious.
pietra dura		Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble.
pignoration	noun	The act of pledging or pawning., The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made.
pignorative	adjective	Pledging, pawning.
pike-devant	noun	A pointed beard.
pill-willet	noun	The willet.
pilocarpine	noun	An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.
pinacotheca	noun	A picture gallery.
pipe laying		The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc., The act or method of making combinations for personal advantage secretly or slyly; — in this sense, usually written as one word.
piperaceous	adjective	Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceae) of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.
pipistrelle	noun	A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); — called also flittermouse.
pippul tree		Same as Peepul tree.
pirouetting	present participle & vb. noun	of Pirouette
piscatorial	adjective	Alt. of Piscatory
piscivorous	adjective	Feeding or subsisting on fish.
pissasphalt	noun	Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
pitch-black	adjective	Black as pitch or tar.
pitchblende	noun	A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.
pitcherfuls	plural	of Pitcherful
pitch-faced	adjective	Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; — said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.
placability	noun	The quality or state of being placable or appeasable; placable disposition.
placentalia	noun pl.	A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.
placentious	adjective	Pleasing; amiable.
place-proud	adjective	Proud of rank or office.
placodermal	adjective	Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.
placoganoid	adjective	Pertaining to the Placoganoidei.
plagiarized	imp. & past participle	of Plagiarize
plagihedral	adjective	Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals.
plagioclase	noun	A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar.
plagiostome	noun	One of the Plagiostomi.
plagiostomi	noun pl.	An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; — called also Plagiostomata.
planer tree		A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.
plane table		See under Plane, a.
planetarium	noun	An orrery. See Orrery.
planetoidal	adjective	Pertaining to a planetoid.
planimetric	adjective	Alt. of Planimetrical
planipennia	noun pl.	A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also Planipennes.
planisphere	noun	The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour.
plank-sheer	noun	The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel’s frame.
plantership	noun	The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies.
plantigrada	noun pl.	A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.
plantigrade	adjective	Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades., Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright., A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears.
plantocracy	noun	Government by planters; planters, collectively.
plasmatical	adjective	Forming; shaping; molding., Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma.
plasterwork	noun	Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments.
plastically	adverb	In a plastic manner.
plastidozoa	noun pl.	Same as Protoza.
plateresque	adjective	Resembling silver plate; — said of certain architectural ornaments.
platinizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Platinize
platinotype	noun	A permanent photographic picture or print in platinum black., The process by which such pictures are produced.
platonizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Platonize
platycnemic	adjective	Of, relating to, or characterized by, platycnemism.
platyhelmia	noun pl.	Same as Platyelminthes.
pleasurable	adjective	Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry.
pleasureful	adjective	Affording pleasure.
plebeianism	noun	The quality or state of being plebeian., The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity.
plebeianize	verb t.	To render plebeian, common, or vulgar.
plebicolist	noun	One who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; a demagogue.
plebiscitum	noun	A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate.
plectognath	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi., One of the Plectognathi.
pleiosaurus	noun	Same as Pliosaurus.
pleistocene	adjective	Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man., The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits.
plenariness	noun	Quality or state of being plenary.
plenilunary	adjective	Of or pertaining to the full moon.
plenipotent	adjective	Possessing full power.
pleochroism	noun	The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.
pleochroous	adjective	Pleochroic.
pleomorphic	adjective	Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria.
plesiosauri	plural	of Plesiosaurus
plessimeter	noun	See Pleximeter.
plethoretic	adjective	Plethoric.
plethorical	adjective	Plethoric.
pleuritical	adjective	Of or pertaining to pleurisy; as, pleuritic symptoms., Suffering from pleurisy.
pleurodynia	noun	A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.
pleuroptera	noun pl	A group of Isectivora, including the colugo.
pleurosigma	noun	A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S. Pleurosigma angulatum has very fine striations, and is a favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes.
pleurosteon	noun	The antero-lateral piece which articulates the sternum of birds.
pleurotomae	plural	of Pleurotoma
pleurotomas	plural	of Pleurotoma
ploughpoint	noun	A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.
ploughshare	noun	The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow.
plumigerous	adjective	Feathered; having feathers.
plumiliform	adjective	Having the of a plume or feather.
plumularlae	plural	of Plumularia
plumularias	plural	of Plumularia
plumularian	noun	Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively.
pluralities	plural	of Plurality
pluralizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Pluralize
pluriparous	adjective	Producing several young at a birth; as, a pluriparous animal.
plutocratic	adjective	Of or pertaining to plutocracy; as, plutocratic ideas.
pluviameter	noun	See Pluviometer.
pluviometer	noun	An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.
pneumatical	adjective	Consisting of, or resembling, air; having the properties of an elastic fluid; gaseous; opposed to dense or solid., Of or pertaining to air, or to elastic fluids or their properties; pertaining to pneumatics; as, pneumatic experiments., Moved or worked by pressure or flow of air; as, a pneumatic instrument; a pneumatic engine., Fitted to contain air; Having cavities filled with air; as, pneumatic cells; pneumatic bones.
pneumograph	noun	Same as Pneumatograph.
pneumometer	noun	A spirometer.
pneumometry	noun	Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air.
pneumonitic	adjective	Of or pertaining to pneumonitis.
pneumonitis	noun	Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.
pneumootoka	noun pl.	Same as Sauropsida.
pneumophora	noun pl.	A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree.
pock-broken	adjective	Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten.
pocketknife	noun	A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.
pock-pitted	adjective	Pockmarked; pitted.
pococurante	noun	A careless person; a trifler.
podophyllin	noun	A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.
podophyllum	noun	A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi., The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), — used as a cathartic drug.
podostomata	noun pl.	An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura.
poecilopoda	noun pl.	Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea)., By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata.
poikilocyte	noun	An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle.
point-blank	noun	The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed., With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory., With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal., Directed in a line toward the object aimed at; aimed directly toward the mark., Hence, direct; plain; unqualified; — said of language; as, a point-blank assertion., In a point-blank manner.
pointlessly	adverb	Without point.
polarimeter	noun	An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.
polarimetry	noun	The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.
polariscope	noun	An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties.
polariscopy	noun	The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope.
polarizable	adjective	Susceptible of polarization.
polemoscope	noun	An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; — called also diagonal, / side, opera glass.
politically	adverb	In a political manner., Politicly; artfully.
pollenizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Pollenize
polt-footed	adjective	Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet.
poltroonery	noun	Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.
poltroonish	adjective	Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.
polyactinia	noun pl.	An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles.
polyandrian	adjective	Polyandrous.
polyandrous	adjective	Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
polyarchist	noun	One who advocates polyarchy; — opposed to monarchist.
polybromide	noun	A bromide containing more than one atom of bromine in the molecule.
polycarpous	adjective	Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year., Having several pistils in one flower.
polychroism	noun	Same as Pleochroism.
polychroite	noun	The coloring matter of saffron; — formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; — called also crocin, and safranin.
polychromic	adjective	Polychromatic., Pertaining to, or designating, any one of several acids (known only in their salts) which contain more than one atom of chromium.
polycrotism	noun	That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; — contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism.
polycystina	noun pl.	A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state.
polycystine	adjective	Pertaining to the Polycystina., One of the Polycystina.
polygastric	adjective	Having several bellies; — applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons., Pertaining to the Polygastrica., One of the Polygastrica.
polygenesis	noun	Alt. of Polygeny
polygenetic	adjective	Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times., Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.
polygordius	noun	A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven’s larva.
polygraphic	adjective	Alt. of Polygraphical
polygrooved	adjective	Having many grooves; as, a polygrooved rifle or gun (referring to the rifling).
polyhedrons	plural	of Polyhedron
polyhedrous	adjective	Polyhedral.
polyloquent	adjective	Garrulous; loquacious.
polymastism	noun	The condition of having more than two mammae, or breasts.
polymathist	noun	One versed in many sciences; a person of various learning.
polymorphic	adjective	Polymorphous.
polymyodous	adjective	Polymyoid.
polynesians	noun pl.	The race of men native in Polynesia.
polynuclear	adjective	Containing many nuclei.
polyonomous	adjective	Having many names or titles; polyonymous.
polyonymous	adjective	Polyonomous.
polyphagous	adjective	Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals.
polyphonism	noun	Polyphony.
polyphonist	noun	A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist., A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
polyphonous	adjective	Same as Polyphonic.
polyplastic	adjective	Assuming, or having the power of assuming, many forms; as, a polyplastic element which does not preserve its original shape.
polyrhizous	adjective	Having numerous roots, or rootlets.
polysilicic	adjective	Of or pertaining to compounds formed by the condensation of two or more molecules of silicic acid.
polysporous	adjective	Containing many spores.
polystomata	noun pl.	A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Called also Polystomea and Polystoma.
polytechnic	adjective	Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; — applied particularly to schools in which many branches of art and science are taught with especial reference to their practical application; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrial products.
polythelism	noun	The condition of having more than two teats, or nipples.
polyzoarium	noun	Same as Polyzoary.
pomegranate	noun	The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp., A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate.
pomological	adjective	Of or pertaining to pomology.
pomposities	plural	of Pomposity
ponderation	noun	The act of weighing.
ponderosity	noun	The quality or state of being ponderous; weight; gravity; heaviness, ponderousness; as, the ponderosity of gold.
ponderously	adverb	In a ponderous manner.
pontificate	noun	The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope., The term of office of a pontiff., To perform the duty of a pontiff.
pontificial	adjective	Papal; pontifical.
pontifician	adjective	Of or pertaining to the pontiff or pope., One who adheres to the pope or papacy; a papist.
poor-willie	noun	The bar-tailed godwit.
popularized	imp. & past participle	of Popularize
popularizer	noun	One who popularizes.
popularness	noun	The quality or state of being popular; popularity.
porcelanite	noun	A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; — called also porcelain jasper.
porcelanous	adjective	Alt. of Porcellanous
pornerastic	adjective	Lascivious; licentious.
pornography	noun	Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies., A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution.
porphyritic	adjective	Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, or augite, in a relatively fine-grained base, often aphanitic or cryptocrystalline.
portability	noun	The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried.
porterhouse	noun	A house where porter is sold.
portionless	adjective	Having no portion.
portmanteau	noun	A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.
portraitist	noun	A portrait painter.
portraiture	noun	A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model., Pictures, collectively; painting., The art or practice of making portraits., To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray.
posological	adjective	Pertaining to posology.
possessival	adjective	Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination.
possibility	noun	The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing., That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.
posteriorly	adverb	Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.
postfrontal	adjective	Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of the skull; — applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals., A postfrontal bone.
postglenoid	adjective	Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.
postillator	noun	One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse.
postmarking	present participle & vb. noun	of Postmark
post-mortem	adjective	After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
postnuptial	adjective	Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife.
post office	noun	See under 4th Post.
postorbital	adjective	Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles., A postorbital bone or scale.
postponence	noun	The act of postponing, in sense 2.
postscapula	noun	The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.
postscenium	noun	The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater.
post-tragus	noun	A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
postulating	present participle & vb. noun	of Postulate
postulation	noun	The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.
postulatory	adjective	Of the nature of a postulate.
potableness	noun	The quality of being drinkable.
potassamide	noun	A yellowish brown substance obtained by heating potassium in ammonia.
pot-bellied	adjective	Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.
potentially	adverb	With power; potently., In a potential manner; possibly, not positively.
potentiated	imp. & past participle	of Potentiate
potentizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Potentize
potestative	adjective	Authoritative.
pot-valiant	adjective	Having the courage given by drink.
pouchet box		See Pouncet box.
pouch-shell	noun	A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).
pouncet box		A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes.
pourparties	plural	of Pourparty
poursuivant	noun	See Pursuivant.
pourveyance	noun	See Purveyance.
powderflask	noun	A flask in which gunpowder is carried, having a charging tube at the end.
practicable	adjective	That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good., Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road.
practically	adverb	In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look at things practically; practically worthless., By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment; as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted with a subject., In practice or use; as, a medicine practically safe; theoretically wrong, but practically right., Almost.
praecognita	noun pl.	This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else.
praecordial	adjective	Same as Precordial.
praemaxilla	noun	See Premaxilla.
praesternum	noun	Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.
pragmatical	adjective	Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner., Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome., Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; — said of literature.
prattlement	noun	Prattle.
preacquaint	verb t.	To acquaint previously or beforehand.
preadamitic	adjective	Existing or occurring before Adam; preadamic; as, preadamitic periods.
preadmonish	verb t.	To admonish previously.
preambulary	adjective	Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble.
preambulate	verb i.	To walk before.
preambulous	noun	See Perambulatory.
preannounce	verb t.	To announce beforehand.
preaudience	noun	Precedence of rank at the bar among lawyers.
prebendship	noun	A prebendaryship.
precautious	adjective	Taking or using precaution; precautionary.
precedented	adjective	Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.
precedently	adverb	Beforehand; antecedently.
precellence	noun	Alt. of Precellency
precellency	noun	Excellence; superiority.
preceptress	noun	A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.
precipitant	adjective	Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately., Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless., Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.
precipitate	adjective	Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war., Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure., Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong., Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease., An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface., To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height., To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict., To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol., To dash or fall headlong., To hasten without preparation., To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n.
precipitous	adjective	Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain., Headlong; as, precipitous fall., Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
precogitate	verb t.	To cogitate beforehand.
precognosce	verb t.	To examine beforehand, as witnesses or evidence.
precomposed	imp. & past participle	of Precompose
preconceive	verb t.	To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of.
preconizate	verb t.	To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call.
precontract	verb t.	To contract, engage, or stipulate previously., To make a previous contract or agreement., A contract preceding another, a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it.
precontrive	verb t. & i.	To contrive or plan beforehand.
precoracoid	noun	The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.
predatorily	adverb	In a predatory manner.
predecessor	noun	One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
predestined	imp. & past participle	of Predestine
predicament	noun	A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition., See Category.
predicating	present participle & vb. noun	of Predicate
predication	noun	The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion., Preaching.
predicative	adjective	Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.
predicatory	adjective	Affirmative; positive.
predicrotic	adjective	A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.
predictable	adjective	That may be predicted.
prediscover	verb t.	To discover beforehand.
predisposed	imp. & past participle	of Predispose
predominant	adjective	Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence.
predominate	verb i.	To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, love predominated in her heart., To rule over; to overpower.
preelection	noun	Election beforehand.
preeminence	noun	The quality or state of being preeminent; superiority in prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil; as, preeminence in honor.
preengaging	present participle & vb. noun	of Preengage
preeternity	noun	Infinite previous duration.
preexamined	imp. & past participle	of Preexamine
preexisting	present participle & vb. noun	of Preexist
preexistent	adjective	Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preexistent state.
prefatorial	adjective	Prefatory.
prefatorily	adverb	In a prefatory manner; by way of preface.
prefectship	noun	The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.
prefigurate	verb t.	To prefigure.
prefiguring	present participle & vb. noun	of Prefigure
prefinition	noun	Previous limitation.
prefulgency	noun	Superior brightness or effulgency.
prehistoric	adjective	Of or pertaining to a period before written history begins; as, the prehistoric ages; prehistoric man.
preinstruct	verb t.	To instruct previously or beforehand.
prejudgment	noun	The act of prejudging; decision before sufficient examination.
prejudicacy	noun	Prejudice; prepossession.
prejudicant	adjective	Influenced by prejudice; biased.
prejudicate	adjective	Formed before due examination., Biased by opinions formed prematurely; prejudiced., To determine beforehand, especially to disadvantage; to prejudge., To prejudge.
prejudicing	present participle & vb. noun	of Prejudice
prejudicial	adjective	Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye., Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental.
prelateship	noun	The office of a prelate.
prelatizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Prelatize
prelibation	noun	A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss., A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.
preliminary	adjective	Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations., That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one’s preliminaries the year before entering college.
prelusorily	adverb	In a prelusory way.
prematurity	noun	The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius.
premaxillae	plural	of Premaxilla
premeditate	verb t.	To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery., To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind, beforehand., Premeditated; deliberate.
premiership	noun	The office of the premier.
premonished	imp. & past participle	of Premonish
premonition	noun	Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.
premonitory	adjective	Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease.
premunition	noun	The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.
premunitory	adjective	Of or pertaining to a premunire; as, a premunitory process.
prenominate	adjective	Forenamed; named beforehand., To forename; to name beforehand; to tell by name beforehand.
prenuncious	adjective	Announcing beforehand; presaging.
preoccupate	verb t.	To anticipate; to take before., To prepossess; to prejudice.
preoccupied	imp. & past participle	of Preoccupy
preordinate	adjective	Preordained.
preparation	noun	The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign., The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war., That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure., That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain process or for a particular purpose; a combination. Specifically: (a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use. (b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a specimen. (c) Something prepared for use in cookery., An army or fleet., The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension., Accomplishment; qualification.
preparative	adjective	Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory., That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares., That which is done in the way of preparation.
preparatory	adjective	Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.
prepollence	noun	Alt. of Prepollency
prepollency	noun	The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance; prevalence.
prepollices	plural	of Prepollent
preposition	noun	A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; — so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running., A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
prepositive	adjective	Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle., A prepositive word.
prepositure	noun	The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship.
preresolved	imp. & past participle	of Preresolve
prerogative	noun	An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; — used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise., Precedence; preeminence; first rank.
presagement	noun	The act or art of presaging; a foreboding., That which is presaged, or foretold.
presbyteral	adjective	Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial.
presscapula	noun	The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.
prescapular	adjective	Of or pertaining to the prescapula; supraspinous.
presciently	adverb	With prescience or foresight.
prescribing	p. pr & vb. noun	of Prescribe
presentable	adjective	Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown., Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable.
presentiate	verb t.	To make present.
presentient	adjective	Feeling or perceiving beforehand.
presentific	adjective	Making present.
presentment	noun	The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation., Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition., The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself., The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
presentness	noun	The quality or state of being present; presence.
preservable	adjective	Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.
presphenoid	adjective	Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone)., The presphenoid bone.
prestigious	adjective	Practicing tricks; juggling.
prestissimo	adverb	Very quickly; with great rapidity.
presumingly	adverb	Confidently; arrogantly.
presumption	noun	The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof., Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place., That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive., The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.
presumptive	adjective	Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof., Presumptuous; arrogant.
presupposal	noun	Presupposition.
presupposed	imp. & past participle	of Presuppose
presystolic	adjective	Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound.
pretemporal	adjective	Situated in front of the temporal bone.
pretenceful	adjective	Alt. of Pretenceless
pretendence	noun	The act of pretending; pretense.
pretenseful	adjective	Abounding in pretenses.
pretentious	adjective	Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one’s; presuming; assuming.
preterhuman	adjective	More than human.
preterition	noun	The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past., A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, “I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just.” Called also paraleipsis., The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.
preteritive	adjective	Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.
preterlegal	adjective	Exceeding the limits of law.
pretertiary	adjective	Earlier than Tertiary.
pretypified	imp. & past participle	of Pretypify
prevailment	noun	Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy.
prevalently	adverb	In a prevalent manner.
prevaricate	verb i.	To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement., To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution., To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it., To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
prevenience	noun	The act of going before; anticipation.
preventable	adjective	Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
priapulacea	noun pl.	A suborder of Gephyraea, having a cylindrical body with a terminal anal opening, and usually with one or two caudal gills.
prick-eared	adjective	Having erect, pointed ears; — said of certain dogs.
pricking-up	noun	The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.
prickleback	noun	Alt. of Pricklefish
pricklefish	noun	The stickleback.
prickliness	noun	The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.
priestcraft	noun	Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others.
prima donna	adjective	The first or chief female singer in an opera.
prima facie		At first view; on the first appearance.
primariness	noun	The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, in act, or in intention.
primateship	noun	The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.
primigenial	adjective	First born, or first of all; original; primary. See Primogenial.
primigenous	adjective	First formed or generated; original; primigenial.
primiparous	adjective	Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time.
primitively	adverb	Originally; at first., Primarily; not derivatively., According to the original rule or ancient practice; in the ancient style.
primogenial	adjective	First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light.
primordiate	adjective	Primordial.
principally	adverb	In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.
principiant	adjective	Relating to principles or beginnings.
principiate	verb t.	To begin; to initiate.
principling	present participle & vb. noun	of Principle
prinpriddle	noun	The long-tailed titmouse.
prismatical	adjective	Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage., Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors., Same as Orthorhombic.
privateered	imp. & past participle	of Privateer
privateness	noun	Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy., The state of one not invested with public office.
privatively	adverb	In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.
privileging	present participle & vb. noun	of Privilege
probabilism	noun	The doctrine of the probabilists.
probabilist	noun	One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions., One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable.
probability	noun	The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood., That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth., Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the doctrine of chances, or the ratio of the number of favorable chances to the whole number of chances, favorable and unfavorable. See 1st Chance, n., 5.
probational	adjective	Probationary.
probationer	noun	One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice., A student in divinity, who, having received certificates of good morals and qualifications from his university, is admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach.
problematic	adjective	Alt. of Problematical
proboscidea	noun pl.	An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.
proboscides	plural	of Proboscis
procatarxis	noun	The kindling of a disease into action; also, the procatarctic cause.
procephalic	adjective	Pertaining to, or forming, the front of the head.
procerebrum	noun	The prosencephalon.
prochronism	noun	The dating of an event before the time it happened; an antedating; — opposed to metachronism.
prochronize	verb t.	To antedate.
procidentia	noun	A falling down; a prolapsus.
proclaiming	present participle & vb. noun	of Proclaim
proconsular	adjective	Alt. of Proconsulary
procrastine	verb t.	To procrastinate.
procreating	present participle & vb. noun	of Procreate
procreation	noun	The act of begetting; generation and production of young.
procreative	adjective	Having the power to beget; generative.
procrustean	adjective	Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.
proctodaeum	noun	See Mesenteron.
proctorical	adjective	Proctorial.
proctorship	noun	The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of his office.
procuracies	plural	of Procuracy
procuration	noun	The act of procuring; procurement., The management of another’s affairs., The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy., A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; — called also proxy.
procuratory	adjective	Tending to, or authorizing, procuration.
procurement	noun	The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment., Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
prodigality	noun	Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; — opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.
prodigalize	verb i.	To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally., To expend lavishly.
producement	noun	Production.
productible	adjective	Capable of being produced; producible.
productress	noun	A female producer.
proeguminal	adjective	Serving to predispose; predisposing; as, a proeguminal cause of disease.
proemptosis	noun	The addition of a day to the lunar calendar.
profanation	verb t.	The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God., The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy.
profaneness	noun	The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language.
professedly	adverb	By profession.
proficience	noun	Alt. of Proficiency
proficiency	noun	The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency in music.
profuseness	noun	Extravagance; profusion.
progenerate	verb t.	To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, to progenerate a race.
progeniture	noun	A begetting, or birth.
prognathism	noun	Projection of the jaws.
prognathous	adjective	Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; — opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.
programmata	plural	of Programma
progressing	present participle & vb. noun	of Progress
progression	noun	The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward., Course; passage; lapse or process of time., Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic., A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.
progressist	noun	One who makes, or holds to, progress; a progressionist.
progressive	adjective	Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; — opposed to retrograde., Improving; as, art is in a progressive state.
prohibiting	present participle & vb. noun	of Prohibit
prohibition	noun	The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict., Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
prohibitive	adjective	That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive.
prohibitory	adjective	Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price.
projectment	noun	Design; contrivance; projection.
prolegomena	plural	of Prolegomenon
proleptical	adjective	Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative., Previous; antecedent., Anticipating the usual time; — applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
proletarian	adjective	Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar., A proletary.
proletariat	noun	The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.
proletaries	plural	of Proletary
proliferate	verb t.	To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly., To produce zooids by budding.
proliferous	adjective	Bearing offspring; — applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmae., Producing young by budding., Producing sexual zooids by budding; — said of the blastostyle of a hydroid., Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; — said of corals.
prolificacy	noun	Prolificness.
prolificate	verb t.	To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.
prolongable	adjective	Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care.
prolongated	imp. & past participle	of Prolongate
prolongment	noun	Prolongation.
promanation	noun	The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux.
promenading	present participle & vb. noun	of Promenade
prominently	adverb	In a prominent manner.
promiscuity	noun	Promiscuousness; confusion.
promiscuous	adjective	Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass., Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.
prompt-book	noun	The book used by a prompter of a theater.
promptitude	adjective	The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.
prompt-note	noun	A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods.
promulgated	imp. & past participle	of Promulgate
promulgator	noun	One who promulgates or publishes.
pronounging	present participle & vb. noun	of Pronounce
pronouncing	adjective	Pertaining to, or indicating, pronunciation; as, a pronouncing dictionary.
proof-proof	adjective	Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong.
proostracum	noun	The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone.
propagating	present participle & vb. noun	of Propagate
propagation	noun	The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants., The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel.
propagative	adjective	Producing by propagation, or by a process of growth.
propendency	noun	Propensity., Attentive deliberation.
properation	noun	The act of hastening; haste.
prophesying	present participle & vb. noun	of Prophesy
prophetical	adjective	Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; — used with of before the thing foretold.
prophylaxis	noun	The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or preventive treatment.
propination	noun	The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another.
propinquity	noun	Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity., Nearness in time., Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity.
propithecus	noun	A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris.
propitiable	adjective	Capable of being propitiated.
propitiated	imp. & past participle	of Propitiate
propitiator	noun	One who propitiates or appeases.
proplastics	noun	The art of making molds for castings.
propodialia	plural	of Propodiale
proposition	noun	The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering., That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted., A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss., A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white., A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed., That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration., The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
propounding	present participle & vb. noun	of Propound
proprietary	noun	A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right., A body proprietors, taken collectively., A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession., Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine.
proprieties	plural	of Propriety
propterygia	plural	of Propterygium
propugnacle	noun	A fortress.
propylidene	noun	See Propidene.
prorogation	noun	The act of counting in duration; prolongation., The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.
proscolices	plural	of Proscolex
proscribing	present participle & vb. noun	of Proscribe
prosecuting	present participle & vb. noun	of Prosecute
prosecution	noun	The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war., The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense., The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information., The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
prosecutrix	noun	A female prosecutor.
proselyting	present participle & vb. noun	of Proselyte
proselytism	noun	The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party., Conversion to a religion, system, or party.
proselytize	verb t.	To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte., To make converts or proselytes.
proseminary	noun	A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution.
prosenchyma	noun	A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
prosiliency	noun	The act of leaping forth or forward; projection.
prosobranch	noun	One of the Prosobranchiata.
prosocoelle	plural	of Prosocoelia
prosocoelia	noun	Same as Prosocoele.
prosodiacal	adjective	Prosodical.
prosopalgia	noun	Facial neuralgia.
prosopop/ia	noun	A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification.
prospecting	present participle & vb. noun	of Prospect
prospection	noun	The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight.
prospective	noun	Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective., Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; — opposed to retrospective., Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit., The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect., A perspective glass.
prostatitis	noun	Inflammation of the prostate.
prostituted	imp. & past participle	of Prostitute
prostitutor	noun	One who prostitutes; one who submits himself, of or offers another, to vile purposes.
prostrating	present participle & vb. noun	of Prostrate
prostration	noun	The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body., The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship., The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits., A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
prosylogism	noun	A syllogism preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.
protagonist	noun	One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like.
protandrous	adjective	Proterandrous.
proteaceous	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Proteaceae, an order of apetalous evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or of Australia.
protectoral	adjective	Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as, protectoral power.
protectress	noun	Alt. of Protectrix
proteolysis	noun	The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolytic ferments.
proteolytic	adjective	Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.
proterandry	noun	The condition of being proterandrous.
protestancy	noun	Protestantism.
protestator	noun	One who makes protestation; a protester.
prothallium	noun	Same as Prothallus.
protonotary	noun	A chief notary or clerk., Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King’s Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master., A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States., Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications., The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople., Same as Prothonotary.
prothoracic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the prothorax.
protocercal	adjective	Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal.
protococcus	noun	A genus of minute unicellular algae including the red snow plant (Protococcus nivalis).
protocolist	noun	One who draughts protocols.
proto-doric	adjective	Pertaining to, or designating, architecture, in which the beginnings of the Doric style are supposed to be found.
protogynous	adjective	Same as Proterogynous.
protohippus	noun	A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small.
protomartyr	noun	The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; — applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
protomerite	noun	The second segment of one of the Gregarinae.
protonemata	plural	of Protonema
protoplasta	noun pl.	A division of fresh-water rhizopods including those that have a soft body and delicate branched pseudopodia. The genus Gromia is one of the best-known.
protopodite	noun	The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean.
protopterus	noun	See Komtok.
protosomite	noun	One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal.
prototheria	noun pl.	Same as Monotremata.
protoxidize	verb t.	To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.
protracting	present participle vb. noun	of Protract
protractile	adjective	Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile.
protraction	noun	A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate., The act or process of making a plot on paper., A plot on paper.
protractive	adjective	Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.
protrudable	adjective	That may be protruded; protrusile.
protuberant	adjective	Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye.
protuberate	verb i.	To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.
protuberous	adjective	Protuberant.
providently	adverb	In a provident manner.
provinciate	verb t.	To convert into a province or provinces.
provisioned	imp. & past participle	of Provision
provisional	adjective	Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; — used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.
provisorily	adverb	In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso; as, to admit a doctrine provisorily.
provocation	noun	The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger., That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment; as, to give provocation., Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth., Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress., An appeal to a court. [A Latinism]
provocative	adjective	Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting., Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.
provocatory	adjective	Provocative.
provokement	noun	The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or other passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition.
provostship	noun	The office of a provost.
proximately	adverb	In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.
pruniferous	adjective	Bearing plums.
pruriginous	adjective	Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of, prurigo.
psalmodical	adjective	Relating to psalmody.
psalmograph	noun	A writer of psalms; a psalmographer.
pseudembryo	noun	A false embryo., An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.
pseudhaemal	adjective	Pertaining to the vascular system of annelids.
pseudo-bulb	noun	An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants.
pseudocoele	noun	Same as Pseudocoelia.
pseudo-cone	noun	One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.
pseudograph	noun	A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
pseudomorph	noun	An irregular or deceptive form., A pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution.
pseudopodia	plural	of Pseudopodium
pseudopupae	plural	of Pseudopupa
pseudopupas	plural	of Pseudopupa
pseudoscope	noun	An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; — an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope.
pseudospore	noun	A peculiar reproductive cell found in some fungi.
pseudostoma	noun	A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true aperture among them.
pseudotinea	noun	The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria).
psilomelane	noun	A hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring in smooth, botryoidal forms, and massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray color.
psilopaedes	noun pl.	birds whose young at first have down on the pterylae only; — called also Gymnopaedes.
psilopaedic	adjective	Having down upon the pterylae only; — said of the young of certain birds.
psilosopher	noun	A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.
psittaceous	adjective	Alt. of Psittacid
psychagogic	adjective	Attractive; persuasive.
psychagogue	noun	A necromancer.
psychiatria	noun	Alt. of Psychiatry
psychiatric	adjective	Of or pertaining to psychiatria.
psychologic	adjective	Alt. of Psychological
psychologue	noun	A psychologist.
psychomachy	noun	A conflict of the soul with the body.
psychomancy	noun	Necromancy.
psychometry	noun	The art of measuring the duration of mental processes, or of determining the time relations of mental phenomena.
psychopathy	noun	Mental disease. See Psychosis, 2.
ptenoglossa	noun pl.	A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather.
pterichthys	noun	A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See Placodermi.
pteridology	noun	That department of botany which treats of ferns.
pterocletes	noun pl.	A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse. Called also Pteroclomorphae.
pterodactyl	noun	An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.
pteropodous	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Pteropoda.
pterosauria	noun pl.	An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; — called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria.
pterostigma	noun	A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects.
ptilocerque	noun	The pentail.
ptilopaedes	noun pl.	Same as Dasypaedes.
ptilopaedic	adjective	Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with down; dasypaedic; — said of the young of certain birds.
ptyalogogue	noun	A ptysmagogue.
ptysmagogue	noun	A medicine that promotes the discharge of saliva.
publication	noun	The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts., The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution., That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication., An act done in public.
publishable	adjective	Capable of being published; suitable for publication.
publishment	noun	The act or process of making publicly known; publication., A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some States.
puddle-ball	noun	The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled.
puerileness	noun	The quality of being puerile; puerility.
puerilities	plural	of Puerility
puff-legged	adjective	Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
pulchritude	noun	That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness., Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.
pullman car		A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; — often shortened to Pullman.
pullulation	noun	A germinating, or budding.
pulmonarian	noun	Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.
pulmonifera	noun pl.	Same as Pulmonata.
pulverizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Pulverize
pulverulent	adjective	Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty.
punchinello	noun	A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked.
puncticular	adjective	Comprised in, or like, a point; exact.
punctilious	adjective	Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
punctualist	noun	One who is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies.
punctuality	noun	The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.
punctuating	present participle & vb. noun	of Punctuate
punctuation	noun	The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author’s meaning.
punctuative	adjective	Of or belonging to points of division; relating to punctuation.
punctulated	adjective	Marked with small spots.
pupillarity	noun	The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females.
purchasable	adjective	Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt.
purgatively	adverb	In a purgative manner.
purgatorial	adjective	Alt. of Purgatorian
purgatorian	adjective	Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory., One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.
purificator	noun	One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier.
puritanical	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice., Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; — often used by way of reproach or contempt.
puritanized	imp. & past participle	of Puritanize
purpleheart	noun	A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.
purportless	adjective	Without purport or meaning.
purposeless	adjective	Having no purpose or result; objectless.
purpresture	noun	Wrongful encroachment upon another’s property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc.
purse-proud	adjective	Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
pursiveness	noun	Pursiness.
purveiaunce	noun	Purveyance.
pustulation	noun	The act of producing pustules; the state of being pustulated.
putredinous	adjective	Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.
putrescence	noun	The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.
putrescible	adjective	Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances., A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures.
putrifacted	adjective	Putrefied.
putty-faced	adjective	White-faced; — used contemptuously.
pycnogonida	noun pl.	A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; — called also Pantopoda.
pyoxanthose	noun	A greenish yellow crystalline coloring matter found with pyocyanin in pus.
pyramidally	adverb	Like a pyramid.
pyramidical	adjective	Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid; pyramidal.
pyrargyrite	noun	Ruby silver; dark red silver ore. It is a sulphide of antimony and silver, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive, and is of a dark red or black color with a metallic adamantine luster.
pyritaceous	adjective	Of or pertaining to pyrites. See Pyritic.
pyroarsenic	adjective	Pertaining to or designating, an acid of arsenic analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.
pyrogallate	noun	A salt of pyrogallic acid; an ether of pyrogallol.
pyrognostic	adjective	Of or pertaining to characters developed by the use of heat; pertaining to the characters of minerals when examined before the blowpipe; as, the pyrognostic characters of galena.
pyrolignous	adjective	Same as Pyroligneous.
pyrophanous	adjective	Rendered transparent by heat.
pyrophorous	adjective	Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus.
pyrosmalite	noun	A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayish green color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese; — so called from the odor given off before the blowpipe.
pyrotechnic	adjective	Alt. of Pyrotechnical
pyrothonide	noun	A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, — formerly used as a remedial agent.
pyrovanadic	adjective	Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of vanadium, analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.
pyroxanthin	noun	A yellow crystalline hydrocardon extracted from crude wood spirit; — called also eblanin.
pythagorean	adjective	Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy., A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers founded by Pythagoras.
pythagorism	noun	The doctrines taught by Pythagoras.
pythagorize	verb i.	To speculate after the manner of Pythagoras.