Ptilosis
‖Pti‐lo″sis (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Pterylosis.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Ptisan
Ptis″an (?), n. [L. ptisana peeled barley, barley water, Gr. �, from � to peel, husk; cf. F. ptisane, tisane.] 1. A decoction of barley with other ingredients; a farinaceous dri...
Ptolemaic
Ptol′e‐ma″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.Ptolemaic system(Astron.), the system maintained by Ptolemy, who supposed the earth to be fixed i...
Ptolemaist
Ptol″e‐ma′ist (?), n. One who accepts the astronomical system of Ptolemy.
Ptomaine
Pto″ma‐ine (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the veget...
Ptosis
‖Pto″sis (?), n.(Med.) Drooping of the upper eyelid, produced by paralysis of its levator muscle.
Ptyalin
Pty″a‐lin (?), n. [Gr. � spittle. See Ptyalism.] (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals.
Ptyalism
Pty″a‐lism (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. � to spit much, fr. � spittle, fr. � to spit: cf. F. ptyalisme.] Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva. Quain.
Ptyalogogue
Pty‐al″o‐gogue (?), n.(Med.) A ptysmagogue.
Ptysmagogue
Ptys″ma‐gogue (?), n. [Gr. � spittle + � driving: cf. F. ptysmagogue.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes the discharge of saliva.
Ptyxis
‖Ptyx″is (?), n.(Bot.) The way in which a leaf is sometimes folded in the bud.
Pubble
Pub″ble (?), a. [Perhaps fr. bubble.] Puffed out, pursy; pudgy; fat. Drant.
Puberal
Pu″ber‐al (?), a. [From L. puber, pubes, grown up, adult.] Of or pertaining to puberty.
Puberty
Pu″ber‐ty (?), n. [L. pubertas, fr. puber, pubes, adult: cf. F. puberté.] 1. The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, ...
Puberulent
Pu‐ber″u‐lent (?), a. [See Pubis.] (Bot.) Very minutely downy.
Pubes
Pu″bes (?), n. [L., the hair which appears on the body at puberty, from pubes adult.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the ...
Pubescence
Pu‐bes″cence (?), n. [Cf. F. pubescence.] 1. The quality or state of being pubescent, or of having arrived at puberty. Sir T. Browne.2. A covering of soft short hairs, or down, ...
Pubescency
Pu‐bes″cen‐cy (?), n. Pubescence.
Pubescent
Pu‐bes″cent (?), a. [L. pubescens, -entis, p. pr. of pubescere to reach puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, fr. pubes pubes: cf. F. pubescent.] 1. Arrived at puberty.That... the me...
Pubic
Pu″bic (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pubes; in the region of the pubes; as, the pubic bone; the pubic region, or the lower part of the hypogastric region. See Pubes. (b...
Pubis
‖Pu″bis (?), n. [NL. See Pubes.] (Anat.) The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.
Public
Pub″lic (?), a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F. public. See People.] 1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a ...
Public (2)
Pub″lic, n. 1. The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of peo...
Public school
Public school. (a) In Great Britain, any of various schools maintained by the community, wholly or partly under public control, or maintained largely by endowment and not carrie...
Public-hearted
Pub″lic–heart′ed (?), a. Public-spirited.
Public-minded
Pub″lic–mind′ed (?), a. Public-spirited. — Pub″lic–mind′ed‐ness, n.
Public-service corporation
{ Public–service corporation or sometimes Quasi–public corporation }. A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to...