Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P

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Peerless (a.) Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative. "Her peerless feature." -- Shak.

Unvailed her peerless light. -- Milton. -- {Peer"less*ly, adv. -- Peer"less*ness, n.

Peerless (a.) Eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art" [syn: matchless, nonpareil, one(a), one and only(a), peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled].

Peert (a.) Same as Peart.

Peer-to-peer (a.) 對等式網路（peer-to-peer，簡稱P2P），又稱對等技術，是無中心伺服器、依靠用戶群（peers）交換資訊的網際網路體系，它的作用在於，減低以往網路傳輸中的節點，以降低資料遺失的風險。與有中心伺服器的中央網路系統不同，對等網路的每個用戶端既是一個節點，也有伺服器的功能，任何一個節點無法直接找到其他節點，必須依靠其戶群進行資訊交流。

P2P節點能遍布整個網際網路，也給包括開發者在內的任何人、組織、或政府帶來監控難題。P2P在網路隱私要求高和檔案分享領域中，得到了廣泛的應用。使用一般型P2P技術的網路系統有比特幣、Gnutella，或自由網等。另外，P2P技術也被使用在類似VoIP等即時媒體業務的資料通訊中。有些網路（如Napster、OpenNAP，或IRC@find）包括搜尋的一些功能，也使用用戶端-伺服器結構，而使用P2P結構來實現另外一些功能。這種網路設計模型不同於用戶端-伺服器模型，在用戶端-伺服器模型中通訊通常來往於一個中央伺服器。

R elating to, using, or being a network by which computers operated by individuals can share information and resources directly without relying on a dedicated central server (see SERVER sense 6) // In peer-to-peer computing, every client can be a server. You string together two or more computers, and everyone can share files, programs, drives …, printers, and anything else that's attached. -- Steve Bass

Peer-to-peer

P2P

peer-to-peer network, () The kind of communication found in a system using layered protocols. Each software or hardware component can be considered to communicate only with its peer in the same layer via the connection provided by the lower layers.

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Peer-to-peer

P2P

peer-to-peer network, () A decentralised file sharing system like BitTorrent, Gnutella or Kazaa where computers that download data also store that data and serve it to other downloaders. This increases the total bandwidth available in proportion to the number of users and so reduces download time. It also improves resilience by providing multiple redundant sources for the same data. This contrasts with client-server where all clients download the data from a single server (or mirror), sharing its fixed bandwidth.

Peer-to-peer networks are typically ad-hoc and rely on users sharing the content they have downloaded for the benefit of other users. Users who fail to do this are called "leaches".

A "seed" is a node on a peer-to-peer network that is sharing a complete copy of a file, as opposed to other nodes that may only have some of the parts into which the file has been split.

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Peerweet (n.) Same as Pewit (a & b).

Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant. "Her peevish

babe." -- Wordsworth.

She is peevish, sullen, froward. -- Shak.

Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.

Peevish (a.) Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.]

To send such peevish tokens to a king. -- Shak.

Syn: Querulous; petulant; cross; ill-tempered; testy; captious; discontented. See Fretful.

Peevish (a.) Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy].

Peevishly (adv.) In a peevish manner. -- Shak.

Peevishly (adv.) In a peevish manner [syn: peevishly, querulously, fractiously].

Peevishness (n.) The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.

Peevit (n.) Alt. of Peewit.

Peevit (n.) (Zool.) See Pewit.

Pewit (n.) (Zool.) (a) The lapwing.

Pewit (n.) (Zool.) (b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull ({Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing.

Pewit (n.) (Zool.) (c) The pewee. [Written also peevit, peewit, pewet.]

Peg (n.) A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

Peg (n.) 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.

Peg (n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

Peg (n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."

To screw papal authority to the highest peg. -- Barrow.

And took your grandees down a peg. -- Hudibras.

Peg (n.) A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water. [India]

This over, the club will be visited for a "peg," Anglice drink. -- Harper's Mag.

Peg (n.) (Baseball) A hard throw, especially one made to put out a baserunner; as, the peg to the plate went wild.

Peg board, A board with multiple small holes into which pegs can be inserted in different arrays so as to form hooks from which to hang tools or other objects for convenient access; it is typically hung from a wall in a workshop.

Peg ladder, A ladder with but one standard, into which cross pieces are inserted.

Peg tankard, An ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as divide the liquor into equal portions. "Drink down to your peg." -- Longfellow.

Peg tooth. See Fleam tooth under Fleam.

Peg top, A boy's top which is spun by throwing it.

Screw peg, A small screw without a head, for fastening soles.

Pegged (imp. & p. p.) of Peg.

Pegging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peg.

Peg (v. t.) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.

I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails. -- Shak.

Peg (v. t.) (Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]

Peg (v. t.) To identify; to recognize; as, she pegged him as a good carpenter; he was pegged as a blowhard as soon as he started speaking; he was pegged as a exceptional player even in high school.

Peg (v. t.) (Baseball) To throw (a ball); as, he pegged the runner out at second.

Peg (v. i.) To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

Peg (n.) A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface [syn: peg, nog].

Peg (n.) Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. [syn: peg, pin].

Peg (n.) Informal terms for the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" [syn: pin, peg, stick].

Peg (n.) A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: peg, wooden leg, leg, pegleg].

Peg (n.) Regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument.

Peg (n.) A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock].

Peg (v.) Succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" [syn: nail down, nail, peg].

Peg (v.) Pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into.

Peg (v.) Fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent" [syn: peg, peg down].

Peg (v.) Stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar".

PEG, () PCI Express for Graphics (PCIe, Intel).

PEG, () Platform European Grid [conference] (grid).

Pegador (n.) (Zool.) A species of remora ({Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.

Pegasean (a.) Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry.

Pegasoid (a.) (Zool.) Like or pertaining to Pegasus.

Pegasus (n.) (Gr. Myth.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration.

Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace. -- Byron.

Pegasus (n.) (Astron.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus.

Pegasus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.

Pegasus (n.) (Greek mythology) The immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination.

Pegasus (n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces.

Pegasus, () A product to support Internet searches, electronic mail, and Usenet news. [Details? Addesss?]

(1997-07-14)

Pegasus, () An open source project run by The Open Group which implements a Common Information Model (CIM) Object Manager.

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Pegger (n.) One who fastens with pegs.

Pegging (n.) The act or process of fastening with pegs.

Pegm (n.) A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.

Pegmatite (n.) (Min.) Graphic granite. See under Granite.

Pegmatite (n.) (Min.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks.

Pegmatite (n.) A form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements.

Pegmatitic (a.) (Min.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.

Pegmatoid (a.) (Min.) Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic.

Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains. [R.]

Compare: Setterwor

Setterwort (n.) (Bot.) The bear's-foot ({Helleborus f[oe]tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. -- Dr. Prior.

Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.

Pehlevi (n.) An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings. [Written also

Pahlavi.]

Pehlevi (n.) The Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries [syn: Pahlavi, Pehlevi].

Peignoir (n.) （婦女梳妝用的）罩衣 A woman's loose dressing sack; hence, a loose morning gown or wrapper.

Peignoir (n.) A loose dressing gown for women [syn: {negligee}, {neglige}, {peignoir}, {wrapper}, {housecoat}].

Peignoir (n.) A woman's light dressing gown or negligee.

‘She put on her peignoir, and walked down the stairs.’

Pein (n.) See Peen.

Peirameter (n.) A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions. -- G. Francis.

Peirastic (a.) Fitted for trail or test; experimental; tentative; treating of attempts.

Peise (n.) A weight; a poise. [Obs.] "To weigh pence with a peise." -- Piers Plowman.

Peise (v. t.) To poise or weight. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Lest leaden slumber peise me down. -- Shak.

Poise (n.) [Formerly written also peise.] Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness. "Weights of an extraordinary poise." -- Evelyn.

Poise (n.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.

Poise (n.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest. -- Bentley.

Poise (n.) That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

Men of unbounded imagination often want the poise of judgment. -- Dryden.

Poise (n.) A dignified and self-confident manner; graceful composure and tact in handling difficult social situations.

Poise (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Poised, ; p. pr. & vb. n. Poising.] [Formerly written also peise.] To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.

Poise (v. t.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.

Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; Nor poised, did on her own foundation lie. -- Dryden.

Poise (v. t.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

One scale of reason to poise another of sensuality. --Shak.

To poise with solid sense a sprightly wit. -- Dryden.

Poise (v. t.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.

He can not sincerely consider the strength, poise the weight, and discern the evidence. -- South.

Poise (v. t.) To weigh (down); to oppress. [Obs.] Lest leaden slumber peise me down to-morrow. -- Shak.

Peitrel (n.) (Anc. Armor) See Peytrel.

Peytrel (n.) (Anc. Armor) The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Pejorative (a.) 輕蔑的；貶抑的 Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable.

Pejorative (a.) Expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'" [syn: {dyslogistic}, {dislogistic}, {pejorative}].

Pejorative (a.) Expressing contempt or disapproval. Disparaging; belittling. “He used pejorative overtones in his speech.”

‘Permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term’

Pejorative (n.) 輕蔑語語尾（如在poet後加 -aster，使成含貶義的）；貶義詞語 A word expressing contempt or disapproval.

‘Most of what he said was inflammatory and filled with pejoratives’

Pekan (n.) (Zool.) See Fisher, 2.

Pekoe (n.) A kind of black tea. [Written also pecco.]

Pela (n.) (Zool.) See Wax insect, under Wax.

Pelage (n.) The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.

Pelage (n.) Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal [syn: coat, pelage].

Pelagian (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian shells.

Pelagian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace.

Pelagian (a.) Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.

Pelagianism (n.) The doctrines of Pelagius.

Pelagic (a.) 遠洋的 Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast. Compare benthic.

Pelagic (a.) Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling" [syn: oceanic, pelagic].

Pelargonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also nonoic acid) found in the leaves of the geranium (Pelargonium) and allied plants.

Pelargonium (n.) (Bot.) A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceae, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.

Note: About one hundred and seventy species are known, nearly all of them natives of South Africa, and many having very beautiful blossoms. See the Note under Geranium. Pelasgian

Pelargonium (n.) Geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated [syn: Pelargonium, genus Pelargonium].

Pelasgian (a.) Alt. of Pelasgic.

Pelasgic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits.

Pelasgic (a.) (Zool.) Wandering.

Pelecan (n.) (Zool.) See Pelican.

Pelecaniformes (n. pl.) (Zool.) Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.

Pelecaniformes (n.) Pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants [syn: Pelecaniformes, order Pelecaniformes].

Pelecoid (n.) (Geom.) A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants. [Written also pelicoid.] -- Math. Dict.

Pelecypoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Lamellibranchia.

Lamellibranchia (n. pl.) [NL. See lamella, and Branchia, Branchiate.] (Zool.) An earlier name for the class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc., now called Pelecypoda or Bivalvia.

Note: They usually have two (rarely but one) flat, lamelliform gills on each side of the body. They have an imperfectly developed head, concealed within the {Acephala">shell, whence they are called {Acephala. Called also Conchifera, and Pelecypoda. See Bivalve.

Pelegrine (a.) See Peregrine. [Obs.]

Peregrine (a.) Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.

[Spelt also pelegrine.] "Peregrine and preternatural heat." -- Bacon.

Peregrine falcon (Zool.), A courageous and swift falcon ({Falco peregrinus), remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and great-footed hawk.

Pelerine (n.) A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.

Pelf (n.) Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural. "Mucky pelf." -- Spenser. "Paltry pelf." -- Burke.

Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry? -- Fuller.

Pelf (n.) Informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum].

Pelfish (a.) Of or pertaining to pelf. -- Stanyhurst.

Pelfray (n.) Alt. of Pelfry.

Pelfry (n.) Pelf; also, figuratively, rubbish; trash. [Obs.] -- Cranmer.

Pelican (n.) (Zool.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.

Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) and the brown species ({Pelecanus fuscus) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter, but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and British America.

Pelican (n.) (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.

Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms of distilling apparatus.

Frigate pelican (Zool.), the frigate bird. See under Frigate.

Pelican fish (Zool.), Deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx pelecanoides) of the order Lyomeri, remarkable for the enormous development of the jaws, which support a large gular pouch.

Pelican flower (Bot.), The very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself.

Pelican ibis (Zool.), A large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus leucocephalus). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black.

Pelican in her piety (in heraldry and symbolical art), A representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity.

Pelican's foot (Zool.), A marine gastropod shell of the genus Aporrhais, esp. Aporrhais pes-pelicani of Europe.

Pelican (n.) Large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish.

Pelican, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska

Population (2000): 163

Housing Units (2000): 94

Land area (2000): 0.581030 sq. miles (1.504861 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.123706 sq. miles (0.320396 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.704736 sq. miles (1.825257 sq. km)

FIPS code: 59650

Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02

Location: 57.958431 N, 136.224069 W

ZIP Codes (1990):

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Pelican, AK

Pelican

Pelick (n.) (Zool.) The American coot ({Fulica).

Pelicoid (n.) See Pelecoid.

Pelicosauria (n. pl.) (Paleon.) A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation.

Peliom (n.) (Min.) A variety of iolite, of a smoky blue color; pelioma.

Pelioma (n.) (Med.) A livid ecchymosis.

Pelioma (n.) (Min.) See Peliom.

Pelisse (n.) An outer garment for men or women, originally of fur, or lined with fur; a lady's outer garment, made of silk or other fabric.

Pelisse (n.) A sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur.

Pell (v. t.) To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.] -- Holland.

Pell (n.) A skin or hide; a pelt.

Pell (n.) A roll of parchment; a parchment record.

Clerk of the pells, formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called pell rolls. [Eng.]

Pellack (n.) (Zool.) A porpoise.

Pellage (n.) A customs duty on skins of leather.

Pellagra (n.) (Med.) An affection of the skin, characterized by redness, especially in exposed areas, scaling and shedding of the skin, and accompanied with severe gastrointestinal disturbance and nervous symptoms. It is due to a deficiency of niacin (vitamin B3; nicotinic acid) and protein in the diet, and may be caused by malnutrition, or, in some cases, by a heavy dependence on maize for food. It was at one time (ca. 1890) endemic in Northern Italy, and was called Alpine scurvy. It may also be caused by alcoholism or diease causing an impairment of nutrition. It is also called St. Ignatius's itch, maidism, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, and psychoneurosis maidica. A variety of pellagra seen in children is called infantile pellagra or kwashiorkor. -- [Stedman]

Pellagra (n.) A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments [syn: pellagra, Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, maidism, mayidism, Saint Ignatius' itch].

Pellagrin (n.) One who is afficted with pellagra. -- Chambers's Encyc.
Pellet (n.) [C] 顆粒狀物；小球，丸 [（+of）]；彈丸；子彈；藥丸 A little ball; as, a pellet of wax on paper.

Pellet (n.) A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

As swift as a pellet out of a gun. -- Chaucer.

{Pellet gun}, A gun that fires small pellets, less than 3 mm diameter, usually made of metal.

{Pellet molding} (Arch.), A narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.

Pellet (n.) A small sphere.

Pellet (n.) A solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" [syn: {shot}, {pellet}].

Pellet (v. t.) 將……製成丸狀；用子彈打；用小球扔 To form into small balls ; to pelletize. [Obs.] -- Shak. Pelletise

Pelleted (a.) Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets. [R.] "This pelleted storm." -- Shak.

Pellibranchiata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill.

Pellicle (n.) A thin skin or film.

Pellicle (n.) (Chem.) A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution.

Pellicle (n.) Thin protective membrane in some protozoa

Pellicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a pellicle. -- Henslow.

Pellile (n.) (Zool.) The redshank; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]

Pellitory (n.) (Bot.) The common name of the several species of the genus Parietaria, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called wall pellitory, and lichwort.

Note: Parietaria officinalis is common on old walls in Europe; Parietaria pennsylvanica is found in the United States; and six or seven more species are found near the Mediterranean, or in the Orient.

Pellitory (n.) (Bot.) A composite plant ({Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain.

Pellitory (n.) (Bot.) The feverfew ({Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called because it resembles the above.

Pellitory (n.) Herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers [syn: pellitory-of-the-wall, wall pellitory, pellitory, Parietaria difussa].

Pellitory (n.) A small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache [syn: pellitory, pellitory-of-Spain, Anacyclus pyrethrum].

Pall-mall (n.) A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also pail-mail and pell-mell.] -- Sir K. Digby. -- Evelyn.

Pell-mell (n.) See Pall-mall.

Pellmell (adv.) In utter confusion; with confused violence. "Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell." -- Milton.

Pell-mell (adv.) In a wild or reckless manner; "dashing harum-scarum all over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs" [syn: harum-scarum, pell-mell].

Pell-mell (a.) With undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train" [syn: helter-skelter, pell-mell].

Pellucid (a.) Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque. "Pellucid crystal." -- Dr. H. More. "Pellucid streams." -- Wordsworth. Pellucidity

Pellucid (a.) Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent].

Pellucid (a.) (Of language) Transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument" [syn: limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous].

Pellucidity (n.) Alt. of Pellucidness.

Pellucidness (n.) The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air. -- Locke.
Pellucidity (n.) Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the

comprehensibility of clear expression [syn: clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity] [ant: abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness, unclearness].

Pellucidity (n.) Passing light without diffusion or distortion [syn: pellucidness, pellucidity, limpidity].

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