Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 1
P () The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phoenician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M.
P (n.) A multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms [syn: phosphorus, P, atomic number 15].
P (n.) The 16th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: P, p].
Pa (n.) A shortened form of Papa.
Paage (n.) A toll for passage over another person's grounds.
Paard (n.) The zebra.
Paas (n.) Pace.
Paas (n.) The Easter festival.
Pabular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food.
Pabulation (n.) The act of feeding, or providing food.
Pabulation (n.) Food; fodder; pabulum.
Pabulous (a.) Affording pabulum, or food; alimental.
Pabulum (n.) The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
Pac (n.) A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper.
Paca (n.) A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig.
Pacable (a.) Placable.
Pacane (n.) A species of hickory. See Pecan.
Pacate (a.) Appeased; pacified; tranquil.
Pacated (a.) Pacified; pacate.
Pacation (n.) The act of pacifying; a peacemaking.
Pace (n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
Pace (n.) The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces.
Pace (n.) Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.
Pace (n.) A slow gait; a footpace.
Pace (n.) Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
Pace (n.) Any single movement, step, or procedure.
Pace (n.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.
Pace (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
Paced (imp. & p. p.) of Pace.
Pacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pace.
Pace (v. i.) To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
Pace (v. i.) To proceed; to pass on.
Pace (v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.
Pace (v. i.) To pass away; to die.
Pace (v. t.) To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.
Pace (v. t.) To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
Pace (v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
Paced (a.) Having, or trained in, [such] a pace or gait; trained; -- used in composition; as, slow-paced; a thorough-paced villain.
Pacer (n.) One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.
Pacha (n.) See Pasha.
Pachacamac (n.) A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.
Pachak (n.) The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients.
Pachalic (a. & n.) See Pashalic.
Pachisi (n.) Alt. of Parchesi.
Parchesi (n.) A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.
Pachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter.
Pachonta (n.) A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata.
Pachy- () A combining form meaning thick; as, pachyderm, pachydactyl.
Pachycarpous (a.) Having the pericarp thick.
Pachydactyl (n.) A bird or other animal having thick toes.
Pachydactylous (a.) Having thick toes.
Pachyderm (n.) One of the Pachydermata.
Pachyderm (n.) [ C ] (Old-fashioned) 厚皮動物（一種大型哺乳動物，皮厚、有蹄，如大象、犀牛或河馬） A group of large mammals that includes elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses.
Pachydermal (a.) Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition.
Pachydermata (n. pl.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group.
Pachydermatous (a.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms.
Pachydermatous (a.) Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.
Pachydermoid (a.) Related to the pachyderms.
Pachyglossal (a.) Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossae), including the iguanas and agamas.
Pachymeningitis (n.) Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.
Pachymeter (n.) Same as Pachometer.
Pachyote (n.) One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears.
Pacifiable (a.) Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable.
Pacific (a.) Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition.
Pacific (a.) 和平的；求和的 Peaceful or helping to cause peace.
Pacific Ocean (n.) An ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. 70,000,000 sq. mi. (181,300,000 sq. km); greatest known depth, 35,433 ft. (10,800 m).
Pacific (a.) （大寫）太平洋的 Belonging to or relating to the Pacific Ocean.
Pacific (n.) 太平洋 The Pacific also the Pacific Ocean; The ocean that is to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of North and South America.
Pacificable (a.) Placable.
Pacifical (a.) Of or pertaining to peace; pacific.
Pacifically (adv.) 和平地 Peaceably, mildly, calmly, or quietly.
Pacification (n.) 平定；綏靖；和解；講和 The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.
Pacification (n.) The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob" [syn: {pacification}, {mollification}].
Pacification (n.) A treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th" [syn: {peace}, {peace treaty}, {pacification}].
Pacification (n.) Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency [syn: {pacification}, {counterinsurgency}].
Pacificator (n.) 調解人；仲裁者 One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker. -- Bacon.
Pacificatory (a.) Tending to make peace; conciliatory.
Pacfier (n.) One who pacifies.
Pacifism (n.) 和平主義 The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.
Syn: passivism.
Pacifism (n.) The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.
Pacifism (n.) The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable [syn: pacifism, pacificism, passivism].
Pacifism (n.) The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration [syn: pacifism, pacificism].
Pacified (imp. & p. p.) of Pacify.
Pacifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pacify.
Pacify (v. t.) To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify yourself." -- Shak.
Syn: lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle.
To pacify and settle those countries. -- Bacon.
Pacify (v.) Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle].
Pacify (v.) Fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia".
Pacinian (a.) (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini (1812-1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century.
Pacinian corpuscles, Small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the skin of the fingers, mesentery, integument and other parts of the body; the corpuscula lamellosa; called also Vater's corpuscles and Vater-Pacini corpuscles. They are sensitive to pressure, and supposed to be tactile organs.
Pack (n.) A pact. [Obs.] -- Daniel.
Pack (n.) A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods. -- Piers Plowman.
Pack (n.) A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. "A pack of sorrows." "A pack of blessings." -- Shak.
Note: "In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs." -- McElrath.
Pack (n.) A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies; specifically:
Pack (n.) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
Pack (n.) A number of wolves, hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together; as, a wolf pack.
Pack (n.) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
Pack (n.) A shook of cask staves.
Pack (n.) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
Pack (n.) A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely. -- Kane.
Pack (n.) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
Pack (n.) A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage. [Obs.] -- Skelton.
Pack (n.) (Med.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.
Pack (n.) (Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.
Pack animal, An animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying packs.
Pack and prime road or Pack and prime way, A pack road or bridle way.
Pack cloth, A coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales.
Pack horse. See Pack animal (above).
Pack ice. See def. 4, above.
Pack moth (Zool.), A small moth ({Anacampsis sarcitella"> Pack moth (Zool.), a small moth ({Anacampsis sarcitella) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and woolen fabrics.
Pack needle, A needle for sewing with pack thread. -- Piers Plowman.
Pack saddle, A saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal. -- Shak.
Pack staff, A staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's staff.
Pack train (Mil.), A troop of pack animals.
Packed (imp. & p. p.) of Pack.
Packing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pack.
Pack (v. t.) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. -- Addison.
Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. -- Shak.
Pack (v. t.) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.
Pack (v. t.) To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack[3] (the deck).
And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown. -- Pope.
Pack (v. t.) Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.
The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops. -- Atterbury.
Pack (v. t.) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.]
He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies. -- Fuller.
Pack (v. t.) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey. -- Shack.
Pack (v. t.) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
He . . . must not die Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven. -- Shak.
Pack (v. t.) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]
Pack (v. t.) (Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
Pack (v. t.) (Mech.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine. -- Shak.
Pack (v. t.) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]
Pack (v. t.) (Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
Pack (v. t.) (Mech.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
Pack (v. t.) To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something; specif. (Hydropathy), to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
Pack (v. i.) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
Pack (v. i.) To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.
Pack (v. i.) To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. [Eng.]
Pack (v. i.) To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
Poor Stella must pack off to town. -- Swift.
You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again. -- Tennyson.
Pack (v. i.) To unite in bad
measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. [Obs.]
"Go pack with him." -- Shak.
To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace;
to dismiss unceremoniously. "The parliament . . . presently sent him
packing." -- South.
Pack (n.) A large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" [syn: battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack].
Pack (n.) A complete collection of similar things.
Pack (n.) A convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film).
Pack (n.) An association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring, mob].
Pack (n.) An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp].
Pack (n.) A group of hunting animals.
Pack (n.) A cream that cleanses and tones the skin [syn: pack, face pack].
Pack (n.) A sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect.
Pack (n.) A bundle (especially one carried on the back).
Pack (v.) Arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes" [ant: take out, unpack].
Pack (v.) Fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house".
Pack (v.) Compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: pack, bundle, wad, compact].
Pack (v.) Carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain".
Pack (v.) Set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury".
Pack (v.) Have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" [syn: carry, pack, take].
Pack (v.) Press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, pile, jam].
Pack (v.) Hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies" [syn: backpack, pack].
Pack (v.) Press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" [syn: tamp down, tamp, pack].
Pack (v.) Seal with packing; "pack the faucet".
Pack (v.) Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" [syn: compact, pack].
Pack (v.) Load with a pack [syn: pack, load down].
Pack (v.) Treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice".