| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| pac | noun | A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper. |
| pad | noun | A footpath; a road., An easy-paced horse; a padnag., A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; — usually called a footpad., The act of robbing on the highway., To travel upon foot; to tread., To travel heavily or slowly., To rob on foot., To wear a path by walking., A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing., A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper., A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame., A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising., A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals., A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant., A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc., A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck., A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles., To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding., To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. |
| pah | interj. | An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah., A kind of stockaded intrenchment. |
| pal | noun | A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate. |
| pam | noun | The knave of clubs. |
| pan | noun | A part; a portion., The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle., A leaf of gold or silver., To join or fit together; to unite., The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel., The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd’s pipe, which he is said to have invented., A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing., A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum., The part of a flintlock which holds the priming., The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium., A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge., The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard., A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud., To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan., To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; — usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly., To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. |
| pap | noun | A nipple; a mammilla; a teat., A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon., A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water., Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap., The pulp of fruit., To feed with pap. |
| par | noun | See Parr., By; with; — used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay., Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper., Equality of condition or circumstances. |
| pas | noun | A pace; a step, as in a dance., Right of going foremost; precedence. |
| pat | verb t. | To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog., A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap., A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats., Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely., In a pat manner. |
| pau | noun | See Pah. |
| paw | noun | The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc., The hand., To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot., To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely., To scrape or beat with the forefoot. |
| pax | noun | The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches., A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc. |
| pay | verb t. | To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear., To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one’s obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants., Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon., To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed)., To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised., To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit., To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt., Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays., Satisfaction; content., An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier. |
| pea | noun | The sliding weight on a steelyard., See Peak, n., 3., A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod., A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed. |
| ped | noun | A basket; a hammer; a pannier. |
| pee | noun | See 1st Pea., Bill of an anchor. See Peak, 3 (c). |
| peg | noun | A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg., A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon., One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained., One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board., A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase “To take one down peg.”, To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely., To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points., To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; — usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task. |
| pen | noun | A feather., A wing., An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving., Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen., The internal shell of a squid., A female swan., To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet., To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose., A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs. |
| per | preposition | Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words. |
| pes | noun | The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot. |
| pet | noun | A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand., Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child., A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness., Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory., To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled., To be a pet. |
| pew | noun | One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; — sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow., Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold., To furnish with pews. |
| pic | noun | A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches. |
| pie | noun | An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie., See Camp, n., 5., A magpie., Any other species of the genus Pica, and of several allied genera., The service book., Type confusedly mixed. See Pi., See Pi. |
| pig | noun | A piggin., The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog., Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera., An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine., One who is hoggish; a greedy person., To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow., To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed. |
| pin | verb t. | To peen., To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound., A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt., Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc., Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle., That which resembles a pin in its form or use, A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings., A linchpin., A rolling-pin., A clothespin., A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal., The tenon of a dovetail joint., One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink., The bull’s eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center., Mood; humor., Caligo. See Caligo., An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin., The leg; as, to knock one off his pins., To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. |
| pip | noun | A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a “scale” on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them., A seed, as of an apple or orange., One of the conventional figures or “spots” on playing cards, dominoes, etc., To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. |
| pit | noun | A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation, The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit., A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit., A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit., Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades., A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively., A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body, The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit., See Pit of the stomach (below)., The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox., Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater., An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats., The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc., A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct., To place or put into a pit or hole., To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox., To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another. |
| piu | adverb | A little more; as, piu allegro, a little more briskly. |
| pix | noun & verb | See Pyx. |
| ply | verb t. | To bend., To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink., To employ diligently; to use steadily., To practice or perform with diligence; to work at., To bend; to yield., To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports., To work to windward; to beat., A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord., Bent; turn; direction; bias. |
| poa | noun | A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see). |
| pod | noun | A bag; a pouch., A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous., A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; — said of seals., To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods. |
| poe | noun | Same as Poi. |
| poh | interj. | An exclamation expressing contempt or disgust; bah ! |
| poi | noun | A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. |
| pop | noun | A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop., An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc., The European redwing., To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides., To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; — with in, out, upon, off, etc., To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well., To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one’s head in at the door., To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts., Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly. |
| pot | noun | A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot., An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug., The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale., A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot., A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot., A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc., A perforated cask for draining sugar., A size of paper. See Pott., To place or inclose in pots, To preserve seasoned in pots., To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs., To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off., To pocket., To tipple; to drink. |
| pox | noun | Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, — the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases., To infect with the pox, or syphilis. |
| poy | noun | A support; — used in composition; as, teapoy., A ropedancer’s balancing pole., A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream. |
| pro | adjective | A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth., For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; — in contrast with con. |
| pry | noun | A lever; also, leverage., To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize., To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; — often implying reproach., Curious inspection; impertinent peeping. |
| pud | noun | Same as Pood., The hand; the first. |
| pue | verb i. | To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. |
| pug | verb t. | To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc., To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2., Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic., A pug mill., An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck., A name for a monkey., A name for a fox., An intimate; a crony; a dear one., Chaff; the refuse of grain., A prostitute., One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog., Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia. |
| puh | interj. | The same as Pugh. |
| pun | verb t. | To pound., A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation., To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble., To persuade or affect by a pun. |
| pup | noun | A young dog; a puppy., a young seal., To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species. |
| pur | verb i. | To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased., To signify or express by purring., The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure. |
| pus | adjective | The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid. |
| put | noun | A pit., 3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth., A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person., of Put, To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; — nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out)., To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set; figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight., To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression., To lay down; to give up; to surrender., To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express; figuratively, to assume; to suppose; — formerly sometimes followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case., To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige., To throw or cast with a pushing motion “overhand,” the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight., To convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway., To go or move; as, when the air first puts up., To steer; to direct one’s course; to go., To play a card or a hand in the game called put., The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball., A certain game at cards., A privilege which one party buys of another to “put” (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date., A prostitute. |
| puy | noun | See Poy. |
| pye | noun | See 2d Pie (b). |
| pyx | noun | The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved., A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint., The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle., Same as Pyxis., To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. |