PSEUDO-VOLCANO
PSEUDO-VOLCA'NO, noun A volcano that emits smoke and sometimes flame, but no lava; also, a burning mine of coal.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PSEUDOGRAPH
PSEU'DOGRAPHPSEUDOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. false, and writing.] False writing.
PSEUDOGRAPHY
PSEUDOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. false, and writing.] False writing.
PSEUDOLOGY
PSEUDOL'OGY, noun [Gr. false, and discourse.] Falsehood of speech.
PSEUDOMORPHOUS
PSEUDOMORPH'OUS, adjective [pseudo and Gr. form.] Not having the true form. A pseudomorphous mineral is one which has received its form from some extraneous cause, not from natu...
PSHAW
PSHAW, exclamation An expression of contempt, disdain or dislike.
PSOAS
PSO'AS, noun [Gr.] The name of two inside muscles of the loins.
PSORA
PSO'RA, noun [Gr.] The itch.
PSYCHOLOGIC
PSYCHOLOG'ICPSYCHOLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to a treatise on the soul, or to the study of the soul of man.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
PSYCHOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a treatise on the soul, or to the study of the soul of man.
PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOL'OGY, noun [Gr. soul, and discourse.] A discourse or treatise on the human soul; or the doctrine of the nature and properties of the soul.
PTARMIGAN
PT'ARMIGAN, noun A fowl of the genus Tetrao, the lagopus or white game. The color of the plumage is a pale brown or ash, elegantly crossed or mottled with dusky spots and minute...
PTISAN
PTISAN, noun tiz'an. [Latin ptisana; Gr. to pound.]A decoction of barley with other ingredients.
PTOLEMAIC
PTOLEMA'IC, adjective [from Ptolemy, the geographer and astrologer.]Pertaining to Ptolemy. The ptolemaic system, in astronomy, is that maintained by Ptolemy, who supposed the ea...
PTSYMAGOGUE
PTSY'MAGOGUE, noun [Gr. saliva, and to drive.]A medicine that promotes discharges of saliva.
PTYALISM
PTY'ALISM, noun [Gr. a spitting, to spit often.]In medicine, salivation; an unnatural or copious flow of saliva.
PUBERTY
PU'BERTY, noun [Latin pubertas, from pubes.] The age at which persons are capable of procreating and bearing children. This age is different in different climates, but is with u...
PUBES
PU'BES, noun [Latin] In botany, the hairiness of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.
PUBESCENCE
PUBES'CENCE, noun [Latin pubescens, pubesco, to shoot, to grow mossy or hairy.]1. The state of a youth who has arrived at puberty; or the state of puberty.2. In botany, hairines...
PUBESCENT
PUBES'CENT, adjective Arriving at puberty.1. In botany, covered with pubescence, such as hair, bristles, beard, down, etc.; as the leaves of plants.
PUBLIC
PUB'LIC, adjective [Latin publicus, from the root of populus, people; that is, people-like.]1. Pertaining to a nation, state or community; extending to a whole people; as a publ...
PUBLIC-HEARTED
PUB'LIC-HE'ARTED, adjective Public-spirited. [Not used.]
PUBLIC-MINDED
PUB'LIC-MINDED, adjective Disposed to promote the public interest. [Little used.]
PUBLIC-MINDEDNESS
PUB'LIC-MINDEDNESS, noun A disposition to promote the public weal or advantage. [Little used.]
PUBLIC-SPIRITED
PUBLIC-SPIR'ITED, adjective Having or exercising a disposition to advance the interest of the community; disposed to make private sacrifices for the public good; as public-spiri...
PUBLIC-SPIRITEDNES
PUBLIC-SPIR'ITEDNESS, n. A disposition to advance the public good, or a willingness to make sacrifices of private interest to promote the common weal.
PUBLICAN
PUB'LICAN, noun [Latin publicanus, from publicus.]1. A collector of toll or tribute. Among the Romans, a publican was a farmer of the taxes and public revenues, and the inferior...