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Pi(n.) A Greek letter (/, /) corresponding to the Roman letter P.
(v. t.) To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type
Piacular(a.) Expiatory
Pianissimo(a.) Very soft
Pianist(n.) A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano.
Piano(a. & adv.) Soft
Piassava(n.) A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba)
Piazza(n.) An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town
Pibroch(n.) A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage
Pic(n.) A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.
Pica(n.) A service-book.
Piccalilli(n.) A pickle of various vegetables with pungent species
Piccolo(n.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone.
Pice(n.) A small copper coin of the East Indies, worth less than a cent.
Pick(n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle
(v.) To choose
(v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things
Picnic(v.) Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table
(v. i.) To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion
Picoline(n.) Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor
Picot(n.) One of many small loops, as of thread, forming an ornamental border, as on a ribbon.
Picrate(n.) A salt of picric acid.
Picrite(n.) A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc
Picrotoxin(n.) A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances
Pictish(a.) Of or pertaining to Picts
Pictograph(n.) A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.
Pictorial(a.) Of or pertaining to pictures
Picture(n.) An image or resemblance
(v. t.) To draw or paint a resemblance of
Picul(n.) A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135/ lbs
Piddling(a.) Trifling
Piddock(n.) Any species of Pholas
Pie(n.) A magpie.
Piecemeal(a.) Made up of parts or pieces
(adv.) In pieces
(n.) A fragment
Piecework(n.) Work done by the piece or job
Piedmont(a.) Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.
Pier(n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall.
Pietism(n.) Strict devotion
Piety(n.) Duty
Piezometer(n.) A gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point.
Piffle(n.) Act of piffling
(v. i.) To be sequeamish or delicate
Pigeon(n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers
(v. t.) To pluck
Pigfish(n.) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts
Piggery(n.) A place where swine are kept.
Piggish(a.) Relating to, or like, a pig
Pigment(n.) Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared
Pigpen(n.) A pen, or sty, for pigs.
Pigskin(n.) A football
Pigsty(n.) A pigpen.
Pigtail(n.) A cue, or queue.
Pigweed(n.) A name of several annual weeds.
Pika(n.) Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys, resembling small tailless rabbits
Pike(n. & v.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head
(sing. & pl.) A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish
Pilaster(n.) An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order
Pilchard(n.) A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder
Pile(n.) A covering of hair or fur.
(v. t.) To cover with heaps
Pilfer(v. i.) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value
(v. t.) To take by petty theft
Pilgrim(a.) Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims
(n.) A wayfarer
(v. i.) To journey
Piliferous(a.) Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair.
Piliform(a.) Resembling hairs or down.
Pill(n.) A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.
(v. i.) To be peeled
(v. t.) To deprive of hair
(v. t. & i.) To rob
Pilocarpine(n.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system
Pilose(a.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
Pilot(n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.
(v. t.) Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.
Pimento(n.) Allspice
Pimiento(n.) The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc
Pimp(n.) One who provides gratification for the lust of others
(v. i.) To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts
Pin(n.) A clothespin.
(v. t.) To inclose
Pinafore(n.) An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress
Pinaster(n.) A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe.
Pinch(n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument
(v. i.) To act with pressing force
(v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp
Pincushion(n.) A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.
Pindaric(a.) Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet
(n.) A Pindaric ode.
Pine(n.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus.
(v.) To grieve or mourn for.
(v. i.) To languish
Pinfeather(n.) A feather not fully developed
Pinfish(n.) The sailor's choice (Diplodus, / Lagodon, rhomboides).
Pinfold(n.) A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined
Ping(n.) The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
(v. i.) To make the sound called ping.
Pinion(n.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack)
(v. t.) Hence, generally, to confine
Pinite(n.) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite
Pink(a.) Half-shut
(n.) A stab.
(v. i.) To wink
(v. t.) A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white
Pinna(n.) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf.
Pinniped(n.) One of the Pinnipedes.
Pinnule(n.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance
Pinole(n.) An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture of chocolate.
Pint(n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills
Pinweed(n.) Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers
Pinworm(n.) A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man
Piny(a.) Abounding with pines.
Pioneer(n.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances
(v. t. & i.) To go before, and prepare or open a way for
Pious(a.) Of or pertaining to piety
Pip(n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue
(v. i.) To cry or chirp, as a chicken
Pipa(n.) The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.
Pipe(n.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties
(v. i.) To become hollow in the process of solodifying
(v. t.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.
Piping(n.) A piece cut off to be set or planted
(v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound.
Pipistrelle(n.) A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus)
Pipit(n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillidae
Pipkin(n.) A small earthen boiler.
Pippin(n.) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin
Pipsissewa(n.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms
Piquant(a.) Stimulating to the taste
Pique(n.) A cotton fabric, figured in the loom
(v. i.) To cause annoyance or irritation.
(v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy
Piracy(n.)
Pirate(n.) An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas
(v. i.) To play the pirate
(v. t.) To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.
Pirogue(n.) A dugout canoe
Pirouette(n.) A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
(v. i.) To perform a pirouette
Piscary(n.) The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.
Pisces(n. pl.) A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point
Pisciculture(n.) Fish culture.
Pisciform(a.) Having the form of a fish
Piscina(n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
Piscine(a.) Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes
Piscivorous(a.) Feeding or subsisting on fish.
Pish(interj.) An exclamation of contempt.
(v. i.) To express contempt.
Pisiform(a.) Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape
(n.) A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals.
Pisolite(n.) A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea
Pistachio(n.) Pistachio green.
Piste(n.) The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.
Pistil(n.) An epistle.
Pistol(n.) The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand
(v. t.) To shoot with a pistol.
Piston(n.) A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth
Pit(n.) A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts
(v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist
Pita(n.) A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other related species
Pitch(n.) A descent
(v. i.) To fix one's choise
(v. t.) To fix or set the tone of
Piteous(a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy
Pitfall(n.) A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men
Pith(n.) Hence: The which contains the strength of life
(v. t.) To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal
Pitiable(a.) Deserving pity
Pitiful(a.) Full of pity
Pitiless(a.) Destitute of pity
Pitta(n.) Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittidae
Pituitary(a.) Of or pertaining to the pituitary body
Pity(n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others
(v. i.) To be compassionate
(v. t.) To feel pity or compassion for
Pivot(n.) A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
(v. t.) To place on a pivot.
Pixie(n.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring
Placable(a.) Capable of being appeased or pacified
Placard(n.) A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
(v. t.) To announce by placards
Placate(v. t.) To appease
Place(n.) A broad way in a city
(v. t.) To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially
Placid(a.) Pleased
Placket(n.) A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat
Placoderm(n.) One of the Placodermi.
Placoid(a.) Platelike
(n.) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.
Plagal(a.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave
Plage(n.) A region
Plagiarism(n.) That which plagiarized.
Plagiarize(v. t.) To steal or purloin from the writings of another
Plagioclase(n.) A general term used of any triclinic feldspar.
Plague(n.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality
Plaguy(a.) Vexatious
Plaice(n.) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more
Plaid(a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid
(n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes
Plain(a.) A field of battle.
(adv.) In a plain manner
(superl.) Free from affectation or disguise
(v.) To make plain or manifest
(v. i.) To lament
(v. t.) To lament
Plait(n.) A braid, as of hair or straw
(v. t.) To fold
Plan(a.) A draught or form
(v. t.) To form a delineation of
Plaque(n.) Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall
Plash(n.) The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.
(v.) A dash of water
(v. i.) To dabble in water
(v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of
Plasm(n.) A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.
Plaster(n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses
Plastic(a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster
(n.) a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded
Plasticity(n.) Plastic force.
Plastron(n.) An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.
Plat(adv.) Flatly
(n.) A plot
(v. t.) To form by interlaying interweaving
Plaudit(n.) A mark or expression of applause
Plausible(a.) Obtaining approbation
Plausive(a.) Applauding
Play(n.) Action
(v. t.) To act or perform (a play)
Plaza(n.) A public square in a city or town.
Plea(n.) A cause in court
Plebe(n.) A member of the lowest class in the military academy at West Point.
Plebiscite(n.) A vote by universal male suffrage
Plebs(n.) Hence, the common people
Plectognath(a.) Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.
(n.) One of the Plectognathi.
Pledge(n.) A hypothecation without transfer of possession.
Pledgor(n.) One who pledges, or delivers anything in pledge
Pleiad(n.) One of the Pleiades.
Pleistocene(a.) Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man
(n.) The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits.
Plenary(a.) Full
(n.) Decisive procedure.
Plenipotent(a.) Possessing full power.
Plenitude(n.) Animal fullness
Plenteous(a.) Containing plenty
Plentiful(a.) Containing plenty
Plenty(a.) Full or adequate supply
Plenum(n.) A condition, as in an occupied room, in which the pressure of the air is greater than that of the outside atmosphere
Pleochroism(n.) The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes
Pleomorphism(n.) The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism
Pleonasm(n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing
Pleopod(n.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean.
Plesiosaur(n.) One of the Plesiosauria.
Plethora(n.) Overfullness
Pleura(n.) pl. of Pleuron.
Pleurisy(n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity
Pleurodont(a.) Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw, as in some lizards.
(n.) Any lizard having pleurodont teeth.
Pleurodynia(n.) A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.
Pleuron(n.) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
Pleuropneumonia(n.) Inflammation of the pleura and lungs
Plexiform(a.) Like network
Plexus(n.) A network
Pliable(v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent
Pliant(v.) Capable of plying or bending
Plica(v.) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches
Pliers(n. pl.) A kind of small pinchers with long jaws
Plight(n.) A network
(v. t.) To weave
Plinth(n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column
Pliocene(a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.
(n.) The Pliocene period or deposits.
Plod(v. i.) To toil
(v. t.) To walk on slowly or heavily.
Plop(n.) Act of plopping
(v. i.) To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or slap, as on the surface of water
Plot(n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one
(v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem
(v. t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of
Plough(n.) A carucate of land
(v. i.) To labor with, or as with, a plow
(v. t.) To furrow
Plover(n.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola)
Ploy(n.) Sport
(v. i.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision
Pluck(n.) Spirit
(v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching
(v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch
Plug(n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
(v. t.) To stop with a plug
Plum(n.) A grape dried in the sun
Plunder(n.) Personal property and effects
(v. t.) To take by pillage
Plunge(n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing
(v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest
(v. t.) To baptize by immersion.
Plunk(n.) Act or sound of plunking.
(v. i.) To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily
(v. t.) To be a truant from (school).
Pluperfect(a.) More than perfect
(n.) The pluperfect tense
Plural(a.) Relating to, or containing, more than one
(n.) The plural number
Plus(a.) Hence, in a literary sense, additional
Pluto(n.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune
Pluvial(a.) Of or pertaining to rain
(n.) A priest's cope.
Pluviometer(n.) An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time
Pluvious(a.) Abounding in rain
Ply(v.) A fold
(v. i.) To act, go, or work diligently and steadily
(v. t.) To bend.
Pneumatic(n.) A vehicle, as a bicycle, the wheels of which are fitted with pneumatic tires.
Pneumatology(n.) The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids.
Pneumatophore(n.) One of the Pneumonophora.
Pneumococcus(n.) A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease
Pneumonia(n.) Inflammation of the lungs.
Pneumonic(a.) Of or pertaining to pneumonia
(n.) A medicine for affections of the lungs.
Pneumonitis(n.) Inflammation of the lungs
Pneumothorax(n.) A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest
Poach(v. & n.) To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water
(v. i.) To become soft or muddy.
(v. t.) To begin and not complete.
Pock(n.) A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases.
Poco(adv.) A little
Pod(n.) A bag
(v. i.) To swell
Podagra(n.) Gout in the joints of the foot
Podesta(n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
Podium(n.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
Podophyllin(n.) A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Poem(n.) A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned
Poesy(n.) A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing
Poet(n.) One skilled in making poetry
Pogy(n.) The menhaden.
Poi(n.) A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment
Poikilocyte(n.) An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle
Poikilothermic(a.) Having a varying body temperature.
Poinciana(n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments
Poinsettia(n.) A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers
Point(n.) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress.
(v. i.) To approximate to the surface
(v. t. & i.) To appoint.
Poise(n.) To ascertain, as by the balance
(v.) That which causes a balance
(v. i.) To hang in equilibrium
Poison(n.) Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it
(v. i.) To act as, or convey, a poison.
Poke(n.) A bag
(v. i.) To search
(v. t.) To put a poke on
Poky(a.) Confined
Polar(a.) Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere
(n.) The right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section
Polder(n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.
Pole(n.) A long, slender piece of wood
(v. t.) To convey on poles
Police(n.) A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc
(v. t.) To keep in order by police.
Policy(n.) A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery
(v. t.) To regulate by laws
Polish(a.) Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
(n.) Anything used to produce a gloss.
(v. i.) To become smooth, as from friction
(v. t.) Hence, to refine
Polite(v.) Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish
(v. t.) To polish
Politic(a.) Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government
(n.) A politician.
Polity(n.) Hence: The form or constitution by which any institution is organized
Polka(n.) A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time
Poll(n.) A number or aggregate of heads
(v. i.) To vote at an election.
(v. t.) To cut off
Polo(n.) A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.
Poltroon(a.) Base
(n.) An arrant coward
Poly(n.) A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium Polium) of the order Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean region
Pomace(n.) The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding.
Pomade(n.) Cider.
Pomander(n.) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain
Pome(n.) A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service
Pomiculture(n.) The culture of fruit
Pomiferous(a.) Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple.
Pommel(n.) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
(v. t.) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike
Pomology(n.) The science of fruits
Pomona(n.) The goddess of fruits and fruit trees.
Pomp(n.) A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor
(v. i.) To make a pompons display
Poncho(n.) A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through
Pond(n.) A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake.
(v. t.) To make into a pond
Pone(n.) A kind of johnnycake.
Pongee(n.) A fabric of undyed silk from India and China.
Poniard(n.) A kind of dagger
(v. t.) To pierce with a poniard
Pons(n.) A bridge
Pontifex(n.) A high priest
Pontiff(n.) A high priest.
Pontifical(a.) Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest
(n.) A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.
Pontificate(n.) The state or dignity of a high priest
(v. i.) To perform the duty of a pontiff.
Pontine(a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples.
Pontoon(n.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc
Pony(n.) A small glass of beer.
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