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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

pitta
noun any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills

pittance
noun an inadequate payment; `they work all day for a mere pittance`

pitter-patter
noun a series of rapid tapping sounds; `she missed the pitter-patter of little feet around the house`

Pittidae
family Pittidae noun pittas

pitting
roughness noun the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

Pittsburgh
noun a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh

Pittsfield
noun a town in western Massachusetts

pituitary
adjective of or relating to the pituitary gland; `pituitary hormone`

Pituophis
genus Pituophis noun bull snakes

Pituophis melanoleucus
noun bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows

pity
shame noun an unfortunate development; `it`s a pity he couldn`t do it`

pitying
sorry adjective feeling or expressing sorrow or pity; `a pitying observer threw his coat around her shoulder`

pityingly
compassionately adverb in a compassionate manner; `the nurse looked at him pityingly`

Pitymys
genus Pitymys noun pine mice

pityriasis
noun any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin

pityriasis alba
noun common form of pityriasis (usually in children or young adults) characterized by round patches of depigmentation

pityriasis rosea
noun pityriasis in which an itchy rash develops over the trunk and extremities

Pityrogramma
genus Pityrogramma noun terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae

Pityrogramma argentea
noun fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides

Pityrogramma calomelanos
noun tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides

Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava
noun tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides

Pius II
Aeneas Silvius noun Italian pope from 1458 to 1464 who is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to lead a crusade against the Turks (1405-1464)

Pius IX
Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti noun Italian pope from 1846 to 1878 who in 1854 declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary

Pius V
Antonio Ghislieri noun Italian pope from 1566 to 1572 who led the reformation of the Roman Catholic Church; he excommunicated Elizabeth I (1504-1572)

Pius VI
Giovanni Angelo Braschi noun Italian pope from 1775 to 1799 who served during the French Revolution; Napoleon attacked the Papal States and in 1797 Pius VI was taken to France where he died (1717-1799)

Pius VII
Barnaba Chiaramonti noun Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809; he concluded a concordat with Napoleon and crowned him emperor of France; he returned to Rome in 1814 (1740-1823)

Pius X
Giuseppe Sarto noun pope who condemned religious modernism; he was canonized in 1954 because of his interest in the poor (1835-1914)

Pius XI
Achille Ratti noun pope who signed a treaty with Mussolini recognizing the Vatican City as an independent state (1857-1939)

Pius XII
Eugenio Pacelli noun pope who maintained neutrality during World War II and was later criticized for not aiding the Jews who were persecuted by Hitler (1876-1958)

pivot
noun the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; `the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot`

pivot joint
rotary joint noun a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation; `the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint`

pivot shot
noun a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the pivot foot

pivotal
polar adjective being of crucial importance; `a pivotal event`; `Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions`- Henry Kissinger; `the polar events of this study`; `a polar principal`

pivoting window
noun a window that opens by pivoting either horizontally or vertically

pix
pix chest noun a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay

pixel
pel noun (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot); `the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution`

Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro noun Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)

pizza
pizza pie noun Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese

pizzeria
pizza shop noun a shop where pizzas are made and sold

pizzicato
adjective (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger

PKU test
noun a test of newborn infants for phenylketonuria

placable
adjective easily calmed or pacified

placatingly
adverb in a placating manner; `Jenny smiled placatingly`

placation
conciliation noun the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

place
noun an abstract mental location; `he has a special place in my thoughts`; `a place in my heart`; `a political system with no place for the less prominent groups`

place
noun any area set aside for a particular purpose; `who owns this place?`; `the president was concerned about the property across from the White House`

place bet
noun a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second

place down
verb cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; `set down your bags here`

place kick
place-kicking noun (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking

place mat
noun a mat serving as table linen for an individual place setting

place name
toponym noun the name by which a geographical place is known

place of business
business establishment noun an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered

place of worship
house of prayer noun any building where congregations gather for prayer

place setting
noun a table service for one person; `a place setting of sterling flatware`

place upright
verb put into an upright position; `Can you stand the bookshelf up?`

place-kicker
placekicker noun (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal

placebo
noun (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

placebo effect
noun any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person`s faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs

placed
adjective put in position in relation to other things; `end tables placed conveniently`

placeholder
noun a symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set

placeman
placeseeker noun a disparaging term for an appointee

placement
location 2 locating noun the act of putting something in a certain place

placement office
placement center noun an office that finds suitable employment for applicants

placenta
noun the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

placenta previa
noun pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in pregnancy; delivery by cesarean section may be necessary

placental
adjective pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta; `all mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals`

placentation
noun arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary

placer
noun an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral

placer miner
noun a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging

placer mining
noun mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging

placid
quiet adjective (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; `a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay`; `the quiet waters of a lagoon`; `a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky`; `a smooth channel crossing`; `scarcely a ripple on the still water`; `unruffled water`

placidity
placidness noun a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling

placidly
adverb in a placid and good-natured manner; `I put the questions, and she answered them placidly`

placket
noun a piece of cloth sewn under an opening

placoderm
noun fishlike vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws

Placodermi
class Placodermi noun extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws

placoid
platelike adjective as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks

Placuna
genus Placuna noun windowpane oysters

plagal cadence
amen cadence noun a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic

plage
noun the beach at a seaside resort

Plagianthus
genus Plagianthus noun small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand

plagiarism
plagiarization noun the act of plagiarizing; taking someone`s words or ideas as if they were your own

plagiarist
plagiarizer noun someone who uses another person`s words or ideas as if they were his own

plagiaristic
plagiarized adjective copied and passed off as your own; `used plagiarized data in his thesis`; `a work dotted with plagiarized phrases`

plagiocephaly
noun congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique

plagioclase
oligoclase noun any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks

plagioclastic
adjective of or relating to plagioclase

plague
noun an annoyance; `those children are a damn plague`

plague
pest noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate

plague spot
noun a spot on the skin characteristic of the plague

plaguey
plaguy adverb in a disagreeable manner; `it`s so plaguey cold!`

plaice
Pleuronectes platessa noun large European food fish

plain
bare adjective lacking embellishment or ornamentation; `a plain hair style`; `unembellished white walls`; `functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete`

plain flour
noun flour that does not contain a raising agent

plain sailing
clear sailing noun easy unobstructed progress; `after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing`

plain turkey
Choriotis australis noun popular Australian game bird

plain wanderer
Pedionomus torquatus noun small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains

plain weave
taffeta weave noun a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect

plain-woven
adjective (of cloth) made in plain weave

plainclothesman
noun a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty