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Pachydermata
A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog; the pachyderms. It is now considered an artificial group.
paleencephalon
The more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; it includes most structures other than the cerebral cortex.
Palish
Somewhat pale or wan.
Paragenesis
The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.
Paralepsis
See .
Paraphragma
One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea.
Parashoth
of .
Parasphenoid
Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.
paremptosis
Same as .
Parer
One who, or that which, pares; an instrument for paring.
Parthian
Of or pertaining to ancient Parthia, in Asia.
Partner
One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer.
Pasquil
See .
Pastureless
Destitute of pasture.
Patentable
Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.
Patio
A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation.
Paxywaxy
See .
Peliom
A variety of iolite, of a smoky blue color; pelioma.
Penrack
A rack for pens not in use.
Perichondrial
Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage.
Permanable
Permanent; durable.
Pestilently
In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively.
Petrolatum
A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments.
Phacolite
A colorless variety of chabazite; the original was from Leipa, in Bohemia.
Phaseolus
A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See .
Phase splitting
The dephasing of the two parts of a single alternating current in two dissimilar branches of a given circuit.
phony
something or someone that is phony.
Phosphoric
Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling, or containing, from us; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a higher valence as contrasted with the compounds.
Phosphoryl
The radical , regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.
Photoheliometer
A double-lens instrument for measuring slight variations of the sun's diameter by photography, utilizing the common chord of two overlapping images.
Phrenologic
Phrenological.
Pi
To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to mix and disarrange the type of; .
Pickback
On the back.
Pileorhiza
A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.
Pilot light
a small gas flame kept burning continuously on a stove, water heater, or other gas-burning device, so as to allow immediate ignition of the main flame when the gas flow is turned on.
Pindarist
One who imitates Pindar.
Pink
A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also .
Plantlet
A little plant.
Plenilunary
Of or pertaining to the full moon.
Podley
A young coalfish.
Poe
Same as .
Poignant
Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
Polyglot
Containing, or made up, of, several languages; .
Polypterus
An African genus of ganoid fishes including the bichir.
Pomology
The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.
Poorliness
The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
Postfix
A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix.
Posting
The act of traveling post.
Postrider
One who rides over a post road to carry the mails.
Prebendaryship
The office of a prebendary.
Preclusive
Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering.
Preconquer
To conquer in anticipation.
Prestigious
Practicing tricks; juggling.
Preternaturalness
The quality or state of being preternatural.
Pretypify
To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type.
Primevally
In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
Primulaceous
Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples.
Processional
Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession.
Prolatum
A prolate spheroid. See , under .
Proportionment
The act or process of dividing out proportionally.
Prosiliency
The act of leaping forth or forward; projection.
Proteidea
An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus (). Called also , and .
Protest
To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; .
Provincialize
To render provincial.
Pry
A lever; also, leverage.
Prying
Inspecting closely or impertinently.
Pseudofilaria
One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarin.
Psychrometry
Hygrometry.
Pteranodon
A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more.
Puccoon
Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of (, and ); also, the pigment itself.
Puke
Of a color supposed to be between black and russet.
Pumy
Large and rounded.
Puncher
One who, or that which, punches.
Purpleheart
A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus (, , ). Used for decorative veneering. See .
Pyramidion
The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.
Pyrogallic
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid called . See .
Pyrone
An unsaturated cyclic compound, , of which two varieties are known, and gamma;. gamma;-pyrone is the parent substance of several natural yellow dyestuffs.
Pyrophosphate
A salt of pyrophosphoric acid.