P
P is the sixteenth letter of the English Alphabet, and a labial articulation formed by a close compression of the anterior part of the lips, as in ep. It is convertible into b a...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PAAGE
PAAGE, noun [See Pay.] A toll for passage over another persons grounds. [Not used.]
PABULAR
PABULAR, adjective [Latin, food.] Pertaining to food; affording food or aliment.
PABULATION
PABULATION, noun [Latin, to feed.] The act of feeding or procuring provender.
PABULOUS
PABULOUS, adjective [Latin, food.] Affording aliment or food; alimental.
PABULUM
PABULUM, noun [Latin]1. Food; aliment; that which feeds.2. Fuel; that which supplies the means of combustion.
PACA
PACA, noun A small animal of America, bearing some resemblance to a hare and a pig. It is a species of cavy; called also the spotted cavy.
PACATE
PACATE, adjective [Latin] Peaceful; tranquil. [Not used.]
PACATED
PACATED, adjective Appeased. [Little used.]
PACATION
PACATION, noun [Latin, to calm or appease.] The act of appeasing.
PACCAN
PACCAN, noun An American tree and its nut.
PACE
PACE, noun [Latin, to open, Gr., to tread. See Pass.]1. A step.2. The space between the two feet in walking, estimated at two feet and a half. But the geometrical pace is five f...
PACED
PACED, adjective1. Having a particular gait; used chiefly in composition; as slow-paced.2. In composition, going all lengths; as a thorough-paced intriguer.
PACER
PACER, noun One that paces; a horse that paces.
PACHYDERMATOUS
PACHYDERMATOUS, adjective [Gr., thick, skin.] Having a thick skin; an epithet applied to an order of animals, called Pachydermata, embracing all the hoofed quadrupeds which do n...
PACIFIC
PACIFIC, adjective [Latin, to make peace. See Peace.]1. Peace-making; conciliatory; suited to make or restore peace; adapted to reconcile differences; mild; appeasing; as, to of...
PACIFICATION
PACIFICATION, noun [Latin See Pacify.1. The act of making peace between nations or parties at variance.2. The act of appeasing or pacifying wrath.
PACIFICATOR
PACIFICATOR, noun [Latin] A peace-maker; one that restores amity between contending parties or nations.
PACIFICATORY
PACIFICATORY, adjective Tending to make peace; conciliatory.
PACIFIED
PACIFIED, participle passive Appeased; tranquilized.
PACIFIER
PACIFIER, noun One who pacifies.
PACIFY
PACIFY, verb transitive [Latin, peace, and to make.]1. To appease, as wrath or other violent passion or appetite; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay agitation or excitement; ...
PACIFYING
PACIFYING, participle present tense Appeasing; tranquilizing.
PACK
PACK, noun [See the Verb.]1. A bundle of any thing inclosed in a cover or bound fast with cords; a bale; as a pack of goods or cloth. The soldier bears a pack on his back.2. A b...
PACKAGE
PACK'AGE, noun A bundle or bale; a quantity pressed or bound together; as a package of cloth.1. A charge made for packing goods.
PACKCLOTH
PACK'CLOTH, noun A cloth for packing goods, or in which they are tied.
PACKED
PACK'ED, participle passive Put together and pressed; tied or bound in a bundle; put down and salted, as meat; sent off; united iniquitously.