Webster's Dictionary 1913

1999

Pedicellaria

‖Ped′i‐cel‐la″ri‐a (?), n.; pl.Pedicellariæ (#). [NL. See Pedicel.] (Zoöl.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starf...

2000

Pedicellate

Ped″i‐cel′late (?), a. Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.

2001

Pedicellina

‖Ped′i‐cel‐li″na (?), n. [NL. See Pedicel.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Ento...

2002

Pedicle

Ped″i‐cle (?), n. [L. pediculus a little foot, dim. of pes foot: cf. F. pédicule. See edal, and cf. Pedicel.] Same as Pedicel.

2003

Pedicular

Pe‐dic″u‐lar (?), a. [L. pedicularis, fr. pediculus a louse: cf. F. pédiculaire.] Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy. Southey.

2004

Pediculate

Pe‐dic″u‐late (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Pediculati.

2005

Pediculati

‖Pe‐dic′u‐la″ti (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pedicle.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including the anglers. See Illust. of Angler and Batfish.

2006

Pediculation

Pe‐dic′u‐la″tion (?), n.(Med.) Phthiriasis.

2007

Pedicule

Ped″i‐cule (?), n. [See Pedicle.] A pedicel.

2008

Pediculina

‖Pe‐dic′u‐li″na (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pediculus.] (Zoöl.) A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix.

2009

Pediculous

Pe‐dic″u‐lous (?), a. [L. pediculosus.] Pedicular.

2010

Pediculus

‖Pe‐dic″u‐lus (?), n.; pl.Pediculi (#). (Zoöl.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse.

2011

Pedicure

Ped″i‐cure (?), n. [Pedi- + L. cura care.] 1. The care of the feet and nails.2. One who cares for the feet and nails; a chiropodist. — Ped″i‐cure, v. t. — Ped″i‐cur‐ism (#), n. ...

2012

Pediform

Ped″i‐form (pĕd″ĭ‐fôrm), a. [Pedi- + -form.] Shaped like a foot.

2013

Pedigerous

Pe‐dig″er‐ous (?), a. [Pedi- + -gerous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing or having feet or legs.

2014

Pedigree

Ped″i‐gree (pĕd″ĭ‐grē), n. [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. par degrés by degrees, — for a pedigree is properly a genealogical table which records the relationship of familie...

2015

Pedigree clause

Ped″i‐gree clause. A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications, requiring that a material of construction, as cement, must be of a brand that has stood the test o...

2016

Pediluvy

Ped″i‐lu′vy (?), n. [Pedi- + L. luere to wash: cf. It. & Sp. pediluvio, F. pédiluve.] The bathing of the feet, a bath for the feet.

2017

Pedimana

‖Pe‐dim″a‐na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pes, pedis, foot + manus hand.] (Zoöl.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums.

2018

Pedimane

Ped″i‐mane (?), n. [Cf. F. pédimane.] (Zoöl.) A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.

2019

Pedimanous

Pe‐dim″a‐nous (?), a. [See Pedimana.] (Zoöl.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys.

2020

Pediment

Ped″i‐ment (?), n. [L. pes, pedis, a foot. See Foot.] (Arch.) Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar fo...

2021

Pedimental

Ped′i‐men″tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a pediment.

2022

Pedipalp

Ped″i‐palp (?), n. [Cf. F. pédipalpe.] (Zoöl.) One of the Pedipalpi.

2023

Pedipalpi

‖Ped′i‐pal″pi (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pedipalpus.] (Zoöl.) A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to ...

2024

Pedipalpous

Ped′i‐pal″pous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.

2025

Pedipalpus

Ped′i‐pal″pus (?), n.; pl.Pedipalpi (#). [NL. See Pes, and Palpus.] (Zoöl.) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the ...