A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology (part 5 of 7)

A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology (part 5 of 7)

~3.~ [Poetical.] Remind, put in mind.

~Mindful of~, Regardful of, heedful of, observant of, attentive to.

~Mindless~, a. ~1.~ Destitute of mind.

~2.~ Regardless, careless, heedless, forgetful, neglectful, negligent.

~Mine~, v. a. Sap, undermine.

~Mineral~, n. Inorganic body.

~Mineral oil~, Petroleum, mineral tar, rock oil, mineral oil, Barbadoes tar, Seneca oil.

~Mineral pitch~, Asphaltum, native bitumen, Jew's pitch.

~Mineral tar~, MINERAL OIL.

~Minever~, n. [Written also Meniver.] Ermine, stoat.

~Mingle~, v. a. ~1.~ Mix, intermix, commingle, intermingle, compound, blend.

~2.~ Jumble, confound, confuse, huddle together, shuffle together.

~Miniature~, n. Small portrait.

~Miniature~, a. Little, small, diminutive.

~Minikin~, a. Small, little, diminutive, wee, tiny, Pygmy, Pygmean, Liliputian, dwarfish.

~Minim~, n. ~1.~ MINNOW, pink.

~2.~ Drop, sixtieth part of a drachm.

~3.~ (Music.) Two crotchets, half a semibreve.

~Minimum~, n. Least quantity, least part.

~Minion~, n. Favorite (in an ill sense), creature, dependant, parasite, hanger-on.

~Minister~, n. ~1.~ Administrator (of executive authority), executive officer (of a sovereign or of a government).

~2.~ Ambassador, envoy, plenipotentiary.

~3.~ Clergyman, divine, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman.

~Minister~, v. a. Give, afford, supply, furnish.

~Minister~, v. n. Serve, perform service, do service.

~Minister to~, Aid, help, assist, succor, give assistance to, supply with what is needed.

~Ministration~, n. Agency, instrumentality.

~Ministry~, n. ~1.~ Cabinet, council, administration.

~2.~ Office of a clergyman, ecclesiastical function.

~Minium~, n. Red lead, red oxide of lead.

~Mink~, n. Minx, North-American pole-cat (Mustela vison).

~Minnow~, n. Minim, pink (Lenciscus phoxinus).

~Minor~, a. ~1.~ Less, smaller.

~2.~ Inferior, subordinate.

~3.~ Inconsiderable, petty.

~Minority~, n. ~1.~ Nonage, pupilage.

~2.~ Smaller number.

~Minstrel~, n. Musician, singer, bard.

~Minstrelsy~, n. Music, melody, harmony.

~Minute~, a. ~1.~ Little, slender, CAPILLARY, very small.

~2.~ Circumstantial, particular, critical.

~Minute~, n. ~1.~ Sixtieth part of an hour.

~2.~ Sixtieth part of a degree.

~3.~ Note, memorandum.

~Minute~, v. a. Note, take a note of, jot down.

~Minutiæ~, n. pl. [L.] Minute particulars, minor details.

~Minx~, n. Mink, North-American pole-cat (Mustela vison).

~Miracle~, n. Marvel, wonder, prodigy.

~Miraculous~, a. ~1.~ Supernatural.

~2.~ Wonderful, extraordinary, passing strange, very strange, unaccountable.

~Mire~, n. Mud, ooze, slime.

~Mire~, v. n. Sink in mud.

~Mirror~, n. ~1.~ Reflector, looking-glass.

~2.~ Speculum.

~3.~ Pattern, model, exemplar, example, prototype, archetype, protoplast, paragon.

~Mirror~, v. a. Reflect.

~Mirth~, n. Merriment, hilarity, jollity, joviality, gayety, merry- making, sport, fun.

~Mirthful~, a. Merry, jovial, gay, lively, cheerful, jocund, vivacious, jolly, playful, sportive, frolicsome.

~Miry~, a. Muddy.

~Misadventure~, n. Mischance, mishap, misfortune, reverse, ill-luck.

~Misanthrope~, n. Man-hater.

~Misapply~, v. a. Misemploy, abuse, pervert, make an ill use of.

~Misapprehend~, v. a. Misunderstand, misconceive, mistake.

~Misapprehension~, n. Misunderstanding, misconception, mistake.

~Misbehave~, v. n. Behave ill.

~Misbehavior~, n. Misconduct, miscarriage, ill conduct, ill behavior.

~Miscalculate~, v. a. Misreckon.

~Miscall~, v. a. Misname, misterm.

~Miscarriage~, n. ~1.~ Failure, mishap, mischance.

~2.~ Abortion, untimely birth.

~3.~ Misconduct, misbehavior, ill conduct, ill behavior.

~Miscarry~, v. n. ~1.~ Fail, be unsuccessful, be defeated.

~2.~ Go wrong, fail in conveyance.

~Miscegenation~, n. [Recent.] Amalgamation.

~Miscellaneous~, a. Diversified, various, promiscuous, mixed, mingled, of various kinds.

~Miscellany~, n. Mixture, medley, diversity, variety, olio, farrago, salmagundi, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, mish-mash, gallimaufry, MÉLANGE, miscellaneous collection, OLLA PODRIDA.

~Mischance~, n. Misfortune, mishap, ill-luck, misadventure, calamity.

~Mischief~, n. ~1.~ Evil, ill, harm, injury, damage, hurt, detriment, disadvantage, prejudice.

~2.~ Trouble, misfortune, ill consequence.

~Mischievous~, a. ~1.~ Hurtful, injurious, detrimental, pernicious, destructive, noxious.

~2.~ Vicious, wicked, sinful, prone to mischief.

~Misconceive~, v. a. Misapprehend, misunderstand, misjudge, mistake.

~Misconduct~, n. Misbehavior, ill conduct, bad conduct.

~Misconduct~, v. a. Mismanage, manage ill.

~Misconstrue~, v. a. ~1.~ Mistranslate, misrender.

~2.~ Misinterpret, explain wrongly.

~Misdate~, n. Anachronism.

~Miscreant~, n. ~1.~ [Rare.] Unbeliever, infidel, sceptic.

~2.~ Villain, scoundrel, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp, scapegrace, ruffian, vile wretch, caitiff.

~Misdeed~, n. Transgression, trespass, offence, delinquency, misdemeanor, fault, misdoing, crime, evil deed.

~Misdemeanor~, n. Transgression, trespass, fault, misdeed.

~Misdoing~, n. Offence, misdeed.

~Misemploy~, v. a. Misuse, misapply, pervert, abuse, make an ill use of.

~Misemployment~, n. Misuse, abuse.

~Miser~, n. Niggard, curmudgeon, hunks, skinflint, lickpenny, churl, sordid wretch.

~Miserable~, a. ~1.~ Unhappy (as respects the condition of the mind), WRETCHED, distressed, afflicted, comfortless, disconsolate, forlorn, broken-hearted, heart-broken.

~2.~ Worthless, valueless, very poor (in quality).

~3.~ Low, mean, abject, despicable, contemptible.

~Miserly~, a. Covetous, avaricious, niggardly, sordid, stingy, parsimonious, penurious, close, mean, close-fisted.

~Misery~, n. ~1.~ Distress, wretchedness, woe, tribulation, desolation, sorrow, grief, affliction, heartache, heavy heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, great unhappiness.

~2.~ Calamity, MISFORTUNE.

~Misfortune~, n. Disaster, calamity, reverse, affliction, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, adversity, distress, hardship, trouble, ill-luck, ill fortune.

~Misgiving~, n. Doubt, distrust, suspicion, want of confidence.

~Misguide~, v. a. Mislead, misdirect.

~Mishap~, n. Misfortune, mischance, misadventure, calamity, ill luck.

~Mish-mash~, n. Mixture, medley, MÉLANGE, MISCELLANY.

~Misinterpret~, v. a. Misconstrue, explain wrongly, put a wrong construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring to.

~Misjudge~, v. a. Mistake, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive.

~Mislay~, v. a. ~1.~ Misplace.

~2.~ Lose.

~Mismanage~, v. a. Misconduct, manage ill, make a mess of, make a botch of, make sad work of.

~Mismanagement~, n. Bad management, ill management.

~Misname~, v. a. Miscall, misterm.

~Misnomer~, n. ~1.~ (Law.) Misnaming, mistaking of the true name (of a person).

~2.~ Wrong name, inapplicable title.

~Misogynist~, n. Woman-hater.

~Misplace~, v. a. Mislay, put in a wrong place.

~Misprint~, n. Error of the press.

~Misprize~, v. a. Undervalue, underrate, underestimate, slight, hold cheap.

~Misreckon~, v. a. Miscalculate.

~Misrender~, v. a. Misconstrue, mistranslate.

~Misrepresent~, v. a. Misstate, falsify.

~Misrepresentation~, n. Misstatement, falsification.

~Misrule~, n. Disorder, anarchy, confusion, tumult.

~Miss~, v. a. ~1.~ Fail to hit, fail to reach, fail of hitting, fail of reaching.

~2.~ Lose, fail of finding.

~3.~ Forego, pass by, leave out, go without.

~4.~ Feel the want of, feel the loss of.

~Miss~, v. n. ~1.~ Fail to hit, fall short, miss one's aim.

~2.~ Fail, miscarry, not succeed, come to nothing, end in smoke.

~Miss~, n. ~1.~ Mistake, error, blunder, slip, trip, oversight, failure, fault, lapse.

~2.~ Girl, lass, LASSIE, maiden, damsel, maid, young lady.

~Missal~, n. Mass-book, prayer-book, service-book.

~Misshapen~, a. Ill-shaped.

~Missile~, n. Projectile.

~Missile~, a. Missive, to be thrown.

~Mission~, n. ~1.~ Commission, office, duty, charge, business, errand.

~2.~ Delegation, embassy.

~3.~ Missionary station.

~Missionary~, n. Evangelist.

~Missive~, a. ~1.~ To be sent, fit for sending.

~2.~ Missile, to be thrown.

~Missive~, n. Letter.

~Miss of~, Fail to find.

~Misspell~, v. a. Spell wrong.

~Misspend~, v. a. Squander, lavish, misuse, waste, fool away, fritter away, muddle away, spend foolishly.

~Misstate~, v. a. Misrepresent, falsify, state wrongly.

~Misstatement~, n. Misrepresentation, falsification, wrong statement.

~Misstep~, n. Wrong step, false step.

~Mist~, n. Fog, haze.

~Mistake~, v. a. ~1.~ Misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive.

~2.~ Take (one for another).

~Mistake~, v. n. Err, make a mistake, be at fault, be wide of the mark, be on the wrong scent, BE IN THE WRONG BOX, BARK UP THE WRONG TREE.

~Mistake~, n. ~1.~ Misapprehension, misunderstanding, misconception.

~2.~ Blunder, error, slip, fault, lapse, trip, oversight.

~Misterm~, v. a. Miscall, misname.

~Mistranslate~, v. a. Misconstrue, misrender.

~Mistress~, n. ~1.~ Female head, female sovereign.

~2.~ Instructress, female teacher.

~3.~ Sweetheart, flame, doxy.

~4.~ Concubine, paramour.

~Mistrust~, n. Distrust, suspicion, doubt, misgiving, want of confidence.

~Mistrust~, v. a. ~1.~ Distrust, doubt, be suspicious of.

~2.~ Fear, apprehend, suspect.

~Mistrustful~, a. Distrustful, suspicious.

~Misunderstand~, v. a. Misapprehend, misconceive, mistake.

~Misunderstanding~, n. Misapprehension, misconception.

~Misuse~, v. a. ~1.~ Misemploy, misapply, desecrate, profane, pervert, put to a wrong use.

~2.~ Abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, ill-use.

~3.~ Waste, squander, fool away, fritter away, muddle away, spend foolishly.

~Misuse~, n. Abuse, perversion, prostitution, profanation.

~Mite~, n. Particle, atom, monad, corpuscle, molecule.

~Mitigate~, v. a. Moderate, alleviate, appease, soothe, soften, mollify, pacify, assuage, quiet, still, calm, quell, allay, abate, temper, attemper, lessen, dull, qualify, blunt.

~Mitigation~, n. Alleviation, moderation, relief.

~Mitigative~, a. Lenitive, lenient, soothing, mollifying, assuaging, assuasive, emollient, mild.

~Mix~, v. a. Mingle, commingle, commix, unite, combine, blend, amalgamate, compound, incorporate.

~Mix~, v. n. Be mixed, be blended.

~Mixed~, a. ~1.~ Mingled, blended.

~2.~ Promiscuous, of various kinds.

~Mixture~, n. ~1.~ Compound, medley, olio, farrago, salmagundi, hotch-potch, gallimaufry, hodge-podge, olio.

~2.~ Miscellany, variety, diversity.

~Mizzen~, a. (Naut.) Hindmost.

~Mizzle~, v. n. ~1.~ Rain (in small drops), drizzle.

~2.~ [Colloquial.] Abscond, run away, take one's self off.

~Mnemonic~, a. ~1.~ Of the memory.

~2.~ For the help of the memory, to assist the memory.

~Mnemonics~, n. MEMORIA TECHNICA.

~Moan~, v. a. [Poetical.] Lament, deplore, mourn, bemoan, weep for, grieve for.

~Moan~, v. n. Grieve, mourn, make lamentation.

~Moat~, n. Ditch, fosse, graff.

~Mob~, n. ~1.~ Tumultuous rabble, rude multitude, lawless crowd.

~2.~ Populace, CANAILLE, riff-raff, lower orders, vulgar herd, scum of society, dregs of the people, rag-tag-and-bob-tail.

~3.~ Mob-cap.

~Mob-cap~, n. Mob.

~Mobility~, n. Susceptibility of motion.

~Mobilize~, v. a. (Mil.) Draft (troops) for active service.

~Mob-law~, n. Lynch-law.

~Mock~, v. a. ~1.~ Ape, mimic, imitate, counterfeit, take off.

~2.~ Deride, ridicule, jibe, jeer, taunt, scout, chaff, laugh at, make game of, make fun of, treat with contempt, treat with scorn, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT.

~3.~ Illude, deceive, disappoint, balk, cheat, dupe.

~Mock~, a. False, counterfeit, pretended, feigned, assumed, sham, spurious, clap-trap, not real, make-believe.

~Mocker~, n. Scoffer, scorner, derider, railer, despiser, jeerer.

~Mockery~, n. ~1.~ Ridicule, derision, scorn, jeering, contemptuous mimicry.

~2.~ Sport, subject of ridicule.

~3.~ Show, imitation, counterfeit.

~Mock-lead~, n. [Term used by miners.] BLACK-JACK, blende, sulphuret of zinc, false galena.

~Mock-nightingale~, n. Black-cap warbler, black-cap.

~Mock-sun~, n. Parhelion, sundog.

~Mode~, n. ~1.~ Way (viewed practically), METHOD, manner, style, process, course, means, form, fashion, custom.

~2.~ Modification, quality, affection, accident.

~Model~, n. ~1.~ Pattern, prototype, paradigm, archetype.

~2.~ Standard, gauge.

~Model~, v. a. Shape, mould, form, plan, fashion.

~Moderate~, a. ~1.~ Temperate, sparing, frugal, not excessive.

2~.~ Cheap, unexpensive.

~3.~ Reasonable, judicious, deliberate, cool, mild, not extreme, not violent.

~Moderate~, v. a. Assuage, soothe, allay, mitigate, soften, mollify, appease, temper, attemper, quiet, quell, still, pacify, repress, subdue, abate, reduce, lessen, dull, blunt.

~Moderation~, n. ~1.~ Temperance, frugality, sobriety.

~2.~ Calmness, coolness, deliberateness, sedateness, mildness, equanimity, composure.

~Moderator~, n. Chairman, president, presiding officer.

~Modern~, a. RECENT, late, new, novel, not ancient, not antique.

~Modest~, a. ~1.~ Unpretending, unobtrusive, unassuming, retiring, humble, unostentatious, meek, not presumptuous.

~2.~ Chaste, pure.

~3.~ Moderate, not excessive, not extravagant.

~Modesty~, n. ~1.~ Unobtrusiveness, meekness, humility, retiring disposition, freedom from presumption.

~2.~ Chastity, purity.

~Modicum~, n. Pittance, fragment, trifle, small allowance, small portion.

~Modification~, n. ~1.~ Alteration, variation, qualification, change.

~2.~ Form, mode, affection, accident.

~Modify~, v. a. ~1.~ Shape, give form to, give a special mode to.

~2.~ Alter, change, vary, give a new form to.

~Modish~, a. Fashionable, stylish, genteel, courtly, in fashion, in vogue, À LA MODE, having a run, the rage.

~Modulate~, v. a. ~1.~ Attune, harmonize, tune.

~2.~ Inflect (as the voice), vary in tune and accentuation.

~Modus operandi~, [L.] Process, way, method, mode of operation, way of doing.

~Mohammedan~, n. Mahometan, Mussulman, Moslem.

~Mohammedanism~, n. Mahometanism, Islamism, Islam.

~Moiety~, n. Half.

~Moil~, v. n. Labor, toil, drudge.

~Moist~, a. Damp, humid, dank, wet.

~Moisten~, v. a. Dampen, damp.

~Moisture~, n. Dampness, humidity.

~Molar~, n. Grinder, grinding tooth, molar tooth, double tooth.

~Molasses~, n. Treacle.

~Mole~, n. ~1.~ Jetty, pier, breakwater.

~2.~ [Zoöl.] Mouldwarp, molewarp.

~Mole-cricket~, n. Churr-worm, fen-cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris).

~Molecular~, a. Corpuscular.

~Molecule~, n. ~1.~ Atom, ultimate particle (of an element), indivisible particle.

~2.~ Group of atoms (in a compound body), cluster of atoms.

~Mole-eyed~, a. Blind, purblind, myopic, short-sighted, near-sighted.

~Molest~, v. a. Disturb, trouble, annoy, vex, tease, incommode, discommode, harass, worry, plague, bore, torment, bother, pester, harry, badger, irritate, fret, chafe, hector, gull, disturb, disquiet, infest.

~Molewarp~, n. Mole, mouldwarp.

~Mollify~, v. a. ~1.~ Soften, make soft.

~2.~ Appease, pacify, compose, soothe, tranquillize, calm, quiet.

~3.~ Assuage, mitigate, moderate, ease, allay, abate, temper, attemper, relieve, lessen, qualify, dull, blunt.

~Mollusca~, n. pl. MOLLUSKS.

~Mollusks~, n. pl. Shell-fish (with thick entire shells, like the clam), testacea, testaceans.

~Moment~, n. ~1.~ Instant, second, trice, flash, jiffy, twinkling, twinkling of an eye.

~2.~ Importance, consequence, weight, significance, value, import.

~Momentarily~, ad. Momently, every moment.

~Momentary~, a. Instantaneous.

~Momently~, ad. Momentarily, every moment.

~Momentous~, a. Important, weighty, significant, grave, serious, of importance, of great consequence.

~Momentum~, n. [L.] Impetus.

~Monad~, n. ~1.~ Atom, molecule, ultimate particle, indivisible particle.

~2.~ (Zoöl.) Minute animalcule.

~Monarch~, n. ~1.~ Autocrat, despot.

~2.~ Sovereign, king, emperor, potentate.

~Monarchic~, a. Kingly, royal, regal, imperial.

~Monarchical~, a. Kingly, royal, regal, imperial.

~Monarchy~, n. Kingdom, empire.

~Monastery~, n. Convent, cloister, abbey, priory, nunnery.

~Monastic~, a. Monkish.

~Monastical~, a. Monkish.

~Monasticism~, n. Monastic life.

~Money~, n. Coin (or its representative), cash, RHINO, circulating medium, standard of value.

~Money-chest~, n. Coffer, safe, strong-box.

~Moneyed~, a. Rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent, well off, well to do.

~Monger~, n. [Rare, except in composition.] Dealer, trader, trafficker.

~Mongrel~, a. Hybrid, mule.

~Monition~, n. ~1.~ Warning, admonition, counsel.

~2.~ Information, indication, advice, hint, notice.

~Monitor~, n. ~1.~ Adviser, counsellor, mentor.

~2.~ Overseer (in a school).

~Monkey~, n. APE.

~Monk-fish~, n. Angel-fish (Squatina angelus).

~Monkshood~, n. Aconite, wolfsbane.

~Monoclinous~, a. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite.

~Monologue~, n. Soliloquy.

~Monomania~, n. Hallucination, illusion, delusion, self-deception, partial insanity, insanity on one subject.

~Monopolize~, v. a. Forestall, engross, engross the whole of.

~Monopoly~, n. Exclusive possession.

~Monospermous~, a. (Bot.) One-seeded.

~Monosyllable~, n. Word of one syllable.

~Monotone~, n. ~1.~ Single tone, unvaried sound.

~2.~ Sameness or uniformity of tone.

~Monotonous~, a. Uniform, unvaried.

~Monotony~, n. Uniformity, sameness, want of variety.

~Monster~, n. ~1.~ Prodigy, monstrosity, moon-calf, unnatural production.

~2.~ Ruffian, wretch, miscreant, villain, demon.

~Monstrosity~, n. ~1.~ Monstrousness.

~2.~ Prodigy, monster.

~Monstrous~, a. ~1.~ Unnatural, preternatural, abnormal, prodigious.

~2.~ Huge, enormous, immense, vast, colossal, stupendous, extraordinary, Cyclopean, Herculean.

~Monument~, n. Memorial, testimonial, remembrancer, record.

~Monumental~, a. ~1.~ Of a monument.

~2.~ Memorial, commemorative.

~Mood~, n. Temper, humor, disposition, vein, frame of mind.

~Moody~, a. ~1.~ Angry, petulant, irritable, snappish, pettish, sour, crusty, crabbed, waspish, captious, snarling, peevish, testy, fretful, ill-tempered, out of humor, out of temper.

~2.~ Sullen, perverse, wayward, sulky, humorsome, glum, grum, glowering, morose, spleeny, frowning, stubborn, dogged, intractable, cross-grained.

~Moon~, n. Satellite, secondary planet.

~Moon-calf~, n. ~1.~ Monster, deformed creature.

~2.~ Blockhead, simpleton, fool, dunce.

~Moonlight~, n. Moonshine.

~Moonshine~, n. ~1.~ Moonlight.

~2.~ Nonsense, trash, stuff, twaddle, fudge, flummery, balderdash.

~Moor~, n. ~1.~ Heath, extensive waste.

~2.~ Marsh, fen, swamp, bog, morass, slough, quagmire.

~Moor-buzzard~, n. Harpy, duck-hawk, marsh-harrier (Circus æruginosus).

~Moor-cock~, n. Gorcock, red grouse, red ptarmigan, red game (Lagopus scoticus).

~Moor-hen~, n. Gallinule, water-hen, spotted crake (Gallinula chloropus, or Crex porzana).

~Moorish~, a. Moresque, arabesque.

~Moose~, n. Elk, moose-deer (Cervus alces or Alces malchis).

~Moose-deer~, n. Elk, moose.

~Moot~, v. a. Debate, discuss, dispute, argue.

~Mooted~, a. Debatable, disputable, disputed, unsettled, in question.

~Moot~, a. Debatable, disputable, disputed, unsettled, in question.

~Mop-board~, n. Skirting, wash-board, skirting-board.

~Mope~, v. n. ~1.~ Be sad, be gloomy, be dejected, look downcast, look blue, wear a long lace, laugh on the wrong side of the mouth.

~2.~ Be dull, be listless, be inattentive, be stupid, take no interest in any thing.

~Mopish~, a. ~1.~ Sad, gloomy, downcast, dejected, depressed, desponding, down-hearted, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, melancholy, dumpish, glum, BLUE, hypped, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face, down in the mouth, out of sorts.

~2.~ Dull, spiritless, listless, inattentive.

~Moppet~, n. Rag-baby.

~Mopsey~, n. Rag-baby.

~Moral~, a. ~1.~ Ethical, of morals, of ethics, regarding duties, touching obligations.

~2.~ Accountable, bound by duty, bound to do what is right.

~3.~ Virtuous, good, just, upright, honest, of good principles.

~4.~ Probable, not demonstrative.

~Moral~, n. ~1.~ Practical application (of a fable, &c.).

~2.~ Practical lesson (of any event).

~Moral faculty~, Conscience, sense of right and wrong, moral sense.

~Moralist~, n. Moral philosopher.

~Morality~, n. ~1.~ Morals, ethics, moral philosophy.

~2.~ Virtue, goodness.

~Moralize~, v. a. ~1.~ Apply to a moral purpose, make a moral use of, draw a moral from.

~2.~ Give a moral tone to.

~3.~ Make moral or virtuous.

~Moralize~, v. n. Make moral reflections, talk or write about morality.

~Morals~, n. pl. ~1.~ Morality, ethics, moral philosophy.

~2.~ Conduct, behavior, habits, manners, course of life.

~Moral sense~, Conscience, MORAL FACULTY.

~Morass~, n. Marsh, fen, bog, quagmire, swamp, slough.

~Morbid~, a. Diseased, sickly, unsound, unhealthy, tainted, vitiated, corrupted, indicative of disease.

~Morbific~, a. Noxious, deleterious, unwholesome, unhealthy, pestilential, poisonous, unfavorable to health.

~Mordacious~, a. ~1.~ Biting, pungent, stinging, cutting, sharp, mordant.

~2.~ Poignant, caustic, sarcastic, satirical.

~Mordant~, a. Biting, mordacious.

~More~, a. ~1.~ Greater degree of, greater amount of.

~2.~ In greater numbers.

~3.~ Added, additional, other besides.

~More~, ad. ~1.~ To a greater degree.

~2.~ Again, further, another time.

~More~, n. ~1.~ Greater degree, greater quantity.

~2.~ Else, other thing.

~Moreover~, conj. & ad. Besides, further, also, likewise, too, furthermore, more than that, over and above that.

~Moresque~, a. Moorish, arabesque.

~Moribund~, a. Dying, at the point of death, on one's death-bed, at death's door, with one foot in the grave, on one's last legs, at the last gasp.

~Morion~, n. Helmet, helm, head-piece.

~Mormon~, n. ~1.~ (Zoöl.) Colter-neb, Labrador auk, common puffin (Fratercula arctica).

~2.~ Mormonite.

~Mormonite~, n. Mormon.

~Morn~, n. [Poetical.] MORNING.

~Morning~, n. ~1.~ Dawn, daybreak, aurora, sunrise, MORN, break of day, peep of day, prime of day, first blush of the morning.

~2.~ Forenoon, early part of the day.

~3.~ Early part, spring-time.

~Morning star~, n. Lucifer, Phosphorus, Venus.

~Morose~, a. Crabbed, sullen, churlish, sour, sulky, perverse, wayward, spleeny, spleenish, splenetic, humorsome, dogged, gloomy, moody, cross-grained.

~Moroseness~, n. Crabbedness, sullenness, moodiness, churlishness, sourness, sulkiness, sulks, spleen, ill-temper, bad blood, black looks.

~Morphia~, n. Morphine.

~Morphine~, n. ~1.~ Morphia.

~2.~ Sulphate of morphia.

~Morse~, n. Walrus, sea-horse, sea-cow (Trichechus rosmarus).

~Morsel~, n. Bite, mouthful, bit of food.

~Mortal~, a. ~1.~ Subject to death, destined to die.

~2.~ Deadly, fatal, destructive.

~3.~ Extreme, violent, unto death, likely to kill.

~4.~ Human, of man.

~5.~ [Colloquial.] Long, tedious, trying.

~Mortal~, n. Man, human being.

~Mortality~, n. ~1.~ Subjection to death, necessity of dying.

~2.~ Death, destruction, corruption.

~3.~ Frequency of death, number of deaths.

~4.~ Mankind, humanity, human nature.

~Mortar~, n. ~1.~ Piece of ordnance for throwing bombs.

~2.~ Cement.

~Mortgage~, n. & v. a. Pledge (for the payment of a debt).

~Mortification~, n. ~1.~ (Med.) Gangrene, SPHACELUS, NECROSIS.

~2.~ Discontent, dissatisfaction, displeasure, vexation, chagrin, disappointment.

~3.~ Humiliation, self-abasement, self-denial.

~Mortify~, v. a. ~1.~ Gangrene, gangrenate.

~2.~ Disappoint, dissatisfy, displease, vex, harass, plague, worry, disquiet, chagrin, annoy, trouble.

~3.~ Humiliate, humble, shame, confound, abase, abash, put down.

~Mortify~, v. n. Gangrene, lose vitality.

~Mortuary~, n. Cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, burial-place, necropolis, burial ground, city of the dead.

~Mortuary~, a. Of the dead.

~Mosaic~, a. ~1.~ Inlaid, tessellated.

~2.~ Of Moses.

~Mosaical~, a. ~1.~ Inlaid, tessellated.

~2.~ Of Moses.

~Moslem~, n. Mahometan, Mohammedan, Mussulman.

~Mosque~, n. Mahometan temple.

~Moss-agate~, n. Mocha-stone.

~Moss-bunker~, n. Menhaden, pauhaugen, hardhead.

~Moss-pink~, n. Ground-pink (Phlox subulata).

~Moss-trooper~, n. Bandit, marauder.

~Most~, a. Greatest number of.

~Most~, ad. In the greatest degree.

~Most~, n. ~1.~ Greatest part, greatest number.

~2.~ Utmost.

~Mostly~, ad. Mainly, chiefly, for the most part, for the greatest part.

~Most of all~, Especially, principally, chiefly, above all.

~Mote~, n. Spot, speck, mite, particle, atom, corpuscle.

~Moth~, n. (Ent.) Miller.

~Mother~, n. MAMMA, female parent, dam (applied to a beast).

~Mother~, a. ~1.~ Native, natural.

~2.~ Vernacular.

~Mother Carey's chicken~, Stormy petrel (Procellaria pelagica).

~Motherly~, a. Maternal, affectionate, kind, tender.

~Mother-of-pearl~, n. Nacre.

~Mother-wit~, n. Native wit, common sense.

~Motion~, n. ~1.~ [Opposed to Rest.] Movement, action, passage, change of place.

~2.~ Impulse, prompting, suggestion.

~3.~ Proposition (especially one made in a deliberative body), proposal.

~Motionless~, a. Still, quiescent, stationary, at rest, at a stand, stock still, standing still.

~Motive~, n. Inducement, incentive, impulse, incitement, stimulus, prompting, influence, reason, ground, principle, consideration, cause, occasion, prime mover, why and wherefore.

~Motley~, a. ~1.~ Variegated, dappled, MOTTLED.

~2.~ Heterogeneous, of various kinds.

~Mottled~, a. Variegated, spotted, motley, speckled, dappled, piebald, of various colors.

~Mould~, n. [Sometimes written Mold.] ~1.~ Loam.

~2.~ Mustiness, mildew, mouldiness, rust, blight, smut.

~3.~ Matrix, matrice.

~4.~ Form, shape, cast, fashion.

~Mould~, v. a. [Sometimes written Mold.] Form, shape, fashion, carve, model.

~Moulder~, v. n. Crumble, perish, decay, turn to dust, fall into decay, fall to pieces, waste away.

~Mouldwarp~, n. Molewarp, mole.

~Mouldy~, a. Musty, rusty, mildewed.

~Moult~, v. n, [Sometimes written Molt.] Shed feathers, hair, &c.

~Moult~, v. a. Shed (feathers, hair, &c.), mew.

~Mound~, n. ~1.~ Hillock, heap.

~2.~ Rampart, bulwark, defence.

~Mount~, n. [Used before a proper name and in poetry.] Mountain, high hill.

~Mount~, v. n. ~1.~ Rise, ascend, arise, uprise, tower, soar, go up, rise on high.

~2.~ Get on horseback.

~Mount~, v. a. ~1.~ Ascend, climb, scale, escalade, get upon.

~2.~ Put or raise (upon something).

~3.~ Embellish, cover with ornaments.

~4.~ (Mil.) Carry, be furnished with.

~Mount guard~, Do duty as sentinel.

~Mountain~, n. MOUNT, high hill, vast eminence.

~Mountain-ash~, (European) n. Rowan-tree, quicken-tree, fowler's service-tree, roan-tree (Pyrus aucuparia or Sorbus aucuparia).

~Mountebank~, n. Pretender, charlatan, empiric, quack, quack doctor.

~Mourn~, v. n. Grieve, lament, be sorrowful.

~Mourn~, v. a. Deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan, grieve for, sorrow over.

~Mournful~, a. Sad, distressing, afflicting, afflictive, grievous, calamitous, lamentable, melancholy, deplorable, woful.

~Mournfulness~, n. Sorrow, mourning, grief.

~Mourning~, n. ~1.~ Lamentation, sorrow, grief.

~2.~ Weeds, symbol of sorrow.

~Mouse~, v. n. ~1.~ Catch mice.

~2.~ Peer, search, pry about, look closely.

~Mouth~, n. ~1.~ Chaps, jaws, cavity between the jaws.

~2.~ Aperture (in a vessel for receiving or discharging any thing).

~3.~ Entrance (as of a cave or a river), inlet.

~Mouth~, v. n. Vociferate, rant.

~Mouth-piece~, n. ~1.~ Piece (in a wind instrument) for the mouth.

~2.~ Speaker (in behalf of several persons).

~Movables~, n. pl. Goods, wares, effects, furniture, chattels, movable property.

~Move~, v. a.. ~1.~ Impel, put in motion.

~2.~ Incite, instigate, rouse, actuate, influence, persuade, induce, prevail upon, act upon.

~3.~ Affect, touch, impress.

~4.~ Propose (in a deliberative body), recommend, suggest, offer for consideration.

~Move~, v. n. ~1.~ Stir, budge, change place or posture.

~2.~ Go, proceed, walk, march.

~3.~ Act, live, have power of motion.

~4.~ Remove, change residence.

~Move~, n. Movement, motion, change of place.

~Movement~, n. ~1.~ Motion, move, change of place.

~2.~ (Mus.) Strain.

~Moving~, a. Affecting, touching, pathetic, impressive.

~Much~, a. Abundant, plenteous, a great deal of, a great quantity or amount of.

~Much~, ad. ~1.~ Greatly, abundantly, far, by far, to a great degree.

~2.~ Often, long, frequently, earnestly, a great deal.

~3.~ Nearly, almost, about the same.

~Mucilaginous~, a. Slimy, gummy, ropy, mucous, glutinous, viscid.

~Muckworm~, n. Miser, niggard, churl, curmudgeon, codger, skinflint, scrimp, screw, lickpenny, hunks, sordid wretch.

~Mucous~, a. Slimy, ropy, mucilaginous, gummy, glutinous, viscid.

~Mud~, n. Mire.

~Muddle~, v. a. ~1.~ Make muddy, make turbid.

~2.~ Stupefy, fuddle, inebriate, make half drunk, make tipsy.

~Muddle away~, Waste, misuse, squander, fool away, fritter away, spend foolishly.

~Muddled~, a. Fuddled, tipsy, disguised, mellow, in liquor, half DRUNK, half seas over, the worse for liquor.

~Muddy~, a. ~1.~ Miry.

~2.~ Turbid, dirty, foul, soiled.

~3.~ Confused, dull, stupid, heavy, muddy-headed, muddy-brained.

~Muddy-brained~, a. Dull, muddy, stupid.

~Muddy-headed~, a. Dull, muddy, stupid.

~Muffle~, v. a. Wrap, cover, shroud.

~Muggy~, a. ~1.~ Wet, damp, moist.

~2.~ Close, warm, oppressive (said of the weather).

~Mulct~, n. Fine, amercement, forfeit, forfeiture, pecuniary penalty.

~Mulct~, v. a. Fine, amerce, impose a fine upon.

~Mule~, n. Hybrid, mongrel, hinny.

~Muliebrity~, n. Womanhood, feminality, femineity.

~Mulish~, a. STUBBORN, dogged, obstinate, headstrong, cross-grained, intractable.

~Mulishness~, n. Stubbornness, doggedness, obstinacy.

~Mullion~, n. [Arch.] Munnion.

~Multangular~, a. Polygonal.

~Multifarious~, a. Multiform, manifold, various, divers, diversified, different, of many sorts, of various kinds, of all sorts and kinds; this, that, or the other.

~Multiform~, a. ~1.~ Many-shaped, of many shapes, of many forms.

~2.~ Manifold, MULTIFARIOUS.

~Multiplicity~, n. Great number.

~Multiplied~, a. Numerous, many.

~Multiply~, v. a. Increase (in number), make more, make many.

~Multiply~, v. n. Increase, grow in number.

~Multitude~, n. ~1.~ Host, legion, crowd, throng, concourse, confluence, army, swarm, a great number, a great many.

~2.~ Rabble, MOB, the populace, the vulgar, dregs of the people, scum of society.

~Mum~, a. Silent, mute, speechless, dumb.

~Mumble~, v. n. Mutter, speak inarticulately.

~Mumbler~, n. Mutterer.

~Mummer~, n. Masker, buffoon.

~Mummery~, n. ~1.~ Masking, masquerade, buffoonery, harlequinade, foolery, tomfoolery.

~2.~ Empty show, solemn mockery, vain ceremony.

~Mumpish~, a. Sullen, SULKY, morose, moody, spleeny, spleenish.

~Munch~, v. a. [Colloquial.] Eat (with the lips closed), masticate, mandicate, chew.

~Mundane~, a. Earthly, terrene, terrestrial, terraqueous, worldly, sublunary, under the sun.

~Municipal~, a. Civic, civil, not military.

~Munificence~, n. Liberality, generosity, bountifulness, bounty.

~Munificent~, a. Liberal, bountiful, generous, bounteous, beneficent, princely, free, free-hearted.

~Muniment~, n. ~1.~ Fortification, stronghold, citadel, fortress, fort.

~2.~ (Law.) Record, title deeds and papers.

~Munition~, n. Ammunition, military stores.

~Munnion~, n. (Arch.) Mullion.

~Murder~, n. Homicide (with malice), slaughter, massacre, ASSASSINATION, butchery, MANSLAUGHTER.

~Murder~, v. a. Kill (with malice), slay, ASSASSINATE, despatch, put to death.

~Murder the king's English~, Use bad grammar, commit a solecism, break Priscian's head.

~Murderer~, n. Slaughterer, assassin, slayer, killer, butcher, cut- throat.

~Murderous~, a. Sanguinary, bloody, cruel, savage, fell, bloodthirsty.

~Muriate~, n. Hydrochlorate.

~Muriatic acid~, Hydrochloric acid, marine acid, spirit of sea-salt.

~Murky~, a. Dark, gloomy, obscure, dim, cloudy, clouded, dusky, lurid, overcast, lowering.

~Murmur~, n. ~1.~ Whisper; low, continuous sound.

~2.~ Complaint, plaint, whimper.

~3.~ Mutter, indistinct utterance.

~Murmur~, v. n. ~1.~ Make a low, continued sound.

~2.~ Complain, mutter, repine, croak, grumble.

~Murmurer~, n. Censurer, complainer, repiner, objector, fault-finder.

~Murrain~, n. Cattle-plague.

~Muscadel~, n. Muscat, muscatel.

~Muscadine~, n. Muscat, muscatel.

~Muscat~, n. Muscadel, muscadine.

~Muscatel~, n. Muscadel, muscadine.

~Muscovado~, n. Unclayed sugar.

~Muscovy-duck~, n. Musk-duck.

~Muscular~, a. Brawny, sinewy, strong, stalwart, vigorous, powerful, sturdy, lusty, athletic, Herculean, able-bodied.

~Muse~, n. Revery, abstraction, MUSING.

~Muse~, v. n. ~1.~ Ponder, meditate, contemplate, reflect, cogitate, deliberate, ruminate, think, brood.

~2.~ Be absent-minded, be in a revery, be in a brown study.

~Muse~, v. a. [Poetical.] Consider, ponder, meditate on, think on.

~Muses~, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] The tuneful Nine, the tuneful quire (Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania).

~Mush~, n. [U. S.] SUPAWN, hasty-pudding (made of Indian meal).

~Mushroom~, n. ~1.~ Cryptogamous plant.

~2.~ Upstart, PARVENU.

~Mushroom~, a. Ephemeral, short-lived.

~Music~, n. ~1.~ Melody, harmony, symphony, minstrelsy.

~2.~ Science of harmonical sounds.

~Musical~, a. Melodious, harmonious, tuneful, symphonious, dulcet, sweet-sounding.

~Musing~, n. Revery, abstraction, muse, meditation, reflection, contemplation, brown study, deep thought.

~Musk-duck~, n. Muscovy-duck (Anas moschata).

~Musk-rat~, n. ~1.~ Musquash (Ondatra zibethicus).

~2.~ Desman, muscovy (Mygale moschata).

~Muss~, n. Scramble, confused struggle.

~Mussulman~, n. Mahometan, Mohammedan.

~Must~, v. n. Be obliged to, be required to, be bound to, be necessitated to, be under the necessity of.

~Must~, n. ~1.~ Grape-juice (unfermented), new wine.

~2.~ Mould, fust, mustiness, mildew, blight, rust, smut.

~Muster~, v. a. Assemble, collect, gather, congregate, convene, bring together, call together, get together, muster up.

~Muster~, v. n. Be assembled, meet together.

~Muster~, n. Gathering, assemblage.

~Muster up~, MUSTER, get together.

~Musty~, a. Mouldy, fusty, soured, fetid, foul, spoiled, stale.

~Mutability~, n. ~1.~ Changeableness, mutableness, inconstancy, variableness.

~2.~ Instability, fickleness, vacillation.

~Mutable~, a. ~1.~ Changeable, alterable, variable, ever-changing.

~2.~ Inconstant, unsettled, vacillating, fickle, unstable.

~Mutableness~, n. MUTABILITY.

~Mutation~, n. Change, alteration, variation.

~Mute~, a. ~1.~ Dumb, unable to speak, incapable of speech.

~2.~ Silent, speechless, taciturn, mum.

~Mutilate~, v. a. Disfigure, maim, cripple.

~Mutilation~, n. Disfigurement.

~Mutinous~, a. Turbulent, contumacious, seditious, insurrectionary, refractory, unruly, insubordinate, riotous, insurgent, rebellious.

~Mutiny~, v. n. Rebel, rise, STRIKE, resist authority.

~Mutiny~, n. Sedition, revolt, rebellion, insurrection, riot, rising, uprising.

~Mutter~, v. n. Grumble, murmur.

~Mutter~, v. a. Utter indistinctly.

~Mutter~, n. Murmur, indistinct utterance.

~Mutual~, a. Reciprocal, interchanged, correlative, reciprocally given and received.

~Muzzle~, n. ~1.~ Snout.

~2.~ Mouth, nozzle.

~Muzzy~, a. [Colloquial.] Stupefied, bewildered, confused, bemused, half-drunk.

~Myopic~, a. Near-sighted, short-sighted, dim-sighted, purblind.

~Myopy~, n. Near-sightedness.

~Myriad~, n. Ten thousand.

~Mysterious~, a. Unknown, enigmatical, obscure, hidden, occult, inscrutable, recondite, MYSTIC.

~Mystery~, n. Secret, enigma, riddle.

~Mystic~, a. Mysterious, hidden, enigmatical, obscure, occult, recondite, inscrutable, abstruse, dark, cabalistic, transcendental.

~Mystical~, a. Mysterious, hidden, enigmatical, obscure, occult, recondite, inscrutable, abstruse, dark, cabalistic, transcendental.

~Mystify~, v. a. Perplex, puzzle, bewilder, embarrass, pose.

~Myth~, n. Fable, invention, allegory, parable, fiction, fabulous story.

~Mythic~, a. Fabulous, mythological, fictitious.

~Mythical~, a. Fabulous, mythological, fictitious.

~Mythologic~, a. Fabulous, mythical.

~Mythological~, a. Fabulous, mythical.

N

~Nab~, v. a. [Colloquial.] Seize (suddenly), catch, clutch, grasp, snatch, lay hands on, lay hold on, take possession of.

~Nabob~, n. Millionnaire, Crœsus, very rich man, man of great wealth, man of fortune.

~Nacre~, n. Mother-of-pearl.

~Nacreous~, a. Pearly, iridescent, irisated, pavonine.

~Nag~, n. Horse (especially a small horse), pony.

~Naiad~, n. (Myth.) Water-nymph.

~Nail~, n. Claw, talon.

~Naïve~, a. [Fr.] Artless, unaffected, ingenuous, natural, plain, simple, unsophisticated, candid.

~Naïveté~, n. [Fr.] Artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness, simplicity, native candor, unaffected plainness.

~Naked~, a. ~1.~ Nude, uncovered, bare, denuded, unclothed, undressed, IN PURIS NATURALIBUS.

~2.~ Exposed, defenceless, unarmed, unprotected, unguarded.

~3.~ Manifest, unconcealed, evident, open, plain.

~4.~ Simple, mere, sheer.

~Nakedness~, n. Nudity.

~Namby-pamby~, a. Finical, affectedly fine.

~Name~, n. ~1.~ Appellation, title, epithet, denomination, designation, descriptive term.

~2.~ Reputation, repute, credit, character.

~3.~ Note, distinction, fame, renown, celebrity, eminence, honor.

~Name~, v. a. ~1.~ Denominate, entitle, style, term, call, dub, phrase, christen, give an appellation to.

~2.~ Mention, speak of, call by name.

~3.~ Nominate, designate, specify.

~Namely~, ad. Particularly, VIDELICET, that is, that is to say, to wit, to particularize.

~Nap~, n. v. Doze, slumber, drowse, take a short sleep.

~Nap~, n. Doze, slumber, short sleep.

~Naphtha~, n. Rock oil, mineral oil.

~Nappy~, a. [Scottish.] Drunk, fuddled, intoxicated, tipsy, corned, muddled, GROGGY.

~Narcissus~, n. Daffodil.

~Narcotic~, a. Stupefying, stupefactive.

~Narrate~, v. a. Relate, recite, recount, rehearse, tell, detail, describe, give an account of.

~Narration~, n. ~1.~ Recital, description, rehearsal, relation, account, statement.

~2.~ Story, history, narrative, tale, chronicle.

~Narrative~, n. Narration, relation, tale, account, recital, rehearsal, description, story, history, chronicle.

~Narrator~, n. Relater, historian.

~Narrow~, a. ~1.~ Of little breadth.

~2.~ Contracted, circumscribed, limited, confined, straitened, cramped, pinched, scanty, incapacious, of small extent.

~3.~ Bigoted, selfish, niggardly, mean, ungenerous, parsimonious, covetous, mercenary, illiberal.

~4.~ Close, near, within a little, with little to spare, within narrow limits.

~Narrow~, v. a. Contract, restrict, limit, cramp.

~Narrow house~, Grave, tomb, sepulchre, house of death.

~Narrows~, n. pl. Strait, sound.

~Narrow-minded~, a. Illiberal, bigoted, prejudiced, warped, biassed, partial, of narrow or contracted views.

~Narwhal~, n. Sea-unicorn, unicorn-fish, unicorn-whale (Monodon monoceros).

~Nascent~, a. Incipient, opening, initial, dawning, inchoative, initiatory, rudimental, beginning, commencing, at the start, in the act of evolution.

~Nastiness~, n. ~1.~ Filth, filthiness, dirtiness, foulness, impurity, uncleanness, pollution, defilement, squalor.

~2.~ Obscenity, smuttiness, indecency, ribaldry.

~Nasty~, a. ~1.~ Filthy, foul, unclean, impure, dirty, polluted, denied, nauseous, disgusting, sickening, loathsome, offensive, repulsive, squalid.

~2.~ Obscene, smutty, gross, indelicate, lewd, indecent, ribald, loose.

~Natal~, a. Native, of birth.

~Natal day~, Birthday.

~Natch-bone~, n. Aitch-bone, edge-bone.

~Nation~, n. ~1.~ State, commonwealth, realm, nationality.

~2.~ People, community, population, race.

~National~, a. Public, general.

~Nationality~, n. ~1.~ National character.

~2.~ State, realm, nation, commonwealth.

~Native~, a. ~1.~ Natal, of birth.

~2.~ Vernacular, VULGAR, mother.

~3.~ Indigenous, natural, congenital, original, genuine, intrinsic, real, unartificial, home-bred, not acquired, bred in the bone, that runs in the blood.

~Native~, n. Original inhabitant.

~Nativity~, n. Birth.

~Natty~, a. [Colloquial.] Neat, spruce, fine, jaunty, trig, trim, finical, foppish, dandyish.

~Natural~, a. ~1.~ Of nature.

~2.~ Original, indigenous, essential, characteristic, native, not acquired, not assumed.

~3.~ Regular, normal, not exceptional, not violent, in the course of nature, adapted to nature, consistent with nature, conformable to nature.

~4.~ Illegitimate, born out of wedlock.

~Natural~, n. Fool, simpleton, DUNCE.

~Natural child~, Bastard, love-child, illegitimate child.

~Naturalize~, v. a. Adopt as a citizen, adopt as native.

~Nature~, n. ~1.~ World, creation, universe, system of created things, aggregate of phenomena, world of matter and of mind, sum of causes and effects.

~2.~ Sum total of sensible objects, world of matter.

~3.~ Character, essence, constitution, quality.

~4.~ Kind, sort, species.

~5.~ Temper, disposition, humor, mood, grain.

~6.~ Mind, intelligence, intelligent being.

~7.~ Active principle of the universe, soul of the universe, GOD.

~8.~ Regular course of things, usual or established order of events.

~9.~ What is natural, conformity with nature, accordance with truth or reality.

~Naught~, n. Nothing, nought.

~Naught~, a. Worthless, bad, of no value.

~Naughtiness~, n. ~1.~ Wickedness, vice, badness, iniquity.

~2.~ Perverseness, frowardness.

~Naughty~, a. ~1.~ Wicked, bad, corrupt, sinful.

~2.~ Perverse, froward, mischievous.

~Nausea~, n. ~1.~ Seasickness.

~2.~ Qualm, sickness of the stomach, inclination to vomit.

~3.~ Disgust, loathing, repugnance, aversion, strong dislike.

~Nauseate~, v. n. Feel nausea, feel disgust, grow qualmish.

~Nauseate~, v. a. ~1.~ Sicken, disgust, revolt, make sick, turn one's stomach, make one's gorge rise.

~2.~ Loathe, abhor, detest, abominate, feel nausea or disgust at, shrink from, recoil from.

~Nauseous~, a. Disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, sickening, revolting, repulsive, distasteful, offensive, abominable, foul.

~Naval~, a. Nautical, marine, maritime.

~Navel-string~, n. Umbilical cord.

~Navew~, n. French turnip (Brassica napus).

~Navicular~, a. (Anat. & Bot.) Boat-shaped, cymbiform.

~Navigate~, v. n. Sail, cruise, course, go in a vessel, plough the waves, plough the deep.

~Navigate~, v. a. ~1.~ Sail over, sail on, pass in a vessel.

~2.~ Steer, direct (in sailing), guide the course of.

~Navigator~, n. Sailor, seaman.

~Navy~, n. Fleet, ships of war.

~Nay~, ad. ~1.~ No.

~2.~ Not only so, but more; not this only, but also.

~Near~, a. ~1.~ Nigh, close, neighboring, adjacent, contiguous, proximate, adjoining, not far, not distant, bordering upon, approximate to, close upon, close by, hard upon, close at hand.

~2.~ Imminent, impending, forthcoming, approaching, threatening, at hand, about to happen, going to happen.

~3.~ Intimate, dear, familiar, closely allied, closely attached.

~4.~ Direct, short, straight.

~Near~, ad. Nearly.

~Near~, prep. Nigh, close to, close by, not far from.

~Nearly~, ad. ~1.~ Approximately, not remotely.

~2.~ Almost, well-nigh, within a little.

~3.~ Closely, intimately.

~Near-sighted~, a. Short-sighted, myopic, purblind.

~Neat~, a. ~1.~ Clean, cleanly, unsoiled, tidy, spotless, unsullied, immaculate, unstained, pure.

~2.~ Nice, spruce, trim.

~3.~ Chaste, simple, in good taste.

~Neat-cattle~, n. Bovine animals (bulls, oxen, cows, calves, heifers, steers), beeves.

~Neatly~, ad. Cleanly, in a neat manner.

~Neatness~, n. ~1.~ Cleanness, cleanliness, tidiness.

~2.~ Nicety, spruceness, trimness.

~3.~ Chasteness, simplicity.

~Neb~, n. Beak, bill, nib.

~Nebulosity~, n. Cloudiness, haziness, mistiness.

~Nebulous~, a. Cloudy, hazy, misty.

~Necessary~, a. ~1.~ Inevitable, unavoidable, that must be, not to be avoided.

~2.~ Requisite, essential, indispensable, needful, that cannot be spared.

~3.~ Involuntary, not free.

~Necessary~, n. ~1.~ Requisite, requirement, necessity, essential, indispensable thing, SINE QUA NON.

~2.~ Privy, jakes, water-closet, back-house.

~Necessitate~, v. a. Compel, force, oblige, make necessary, render unavoidable.

~Necessitous~, a. Needy, indigent, poor, penniless, moneyless, destitute, distressed, pinched, reduced, in need, in want, short of money, out of money, out of pocket, out of cash.

~Necessity~, n. ~1.~ Compulsion, fatality, fate, destiny, irresistible force.

~2.~ Indispensableness, indispensability, inevitableness.

~3.~ Need, needfulness, urgency, exigency, pressing want.

~4.~ Requirement, requisite, essential, necessary, indispensable thing, SINE QUA NON.

~Neck-cloth~, n. Cravat, neckerchief, necktie.

~Neckerchief~, n. Cravat, neck-cloth.

~Neckhandkerchief~, n. Cravat, neck-cloth.

~Necktie~, n. Cravat, neckcloth.

~Necrology~, n. Obituary, register of deaths.

~Necromancer~, n. Sorcerer, conjurer, enchanter, juggler, charmer, diviner, wizard, magician, exorcist, seer, soothsayer.

~Necromancy~, n. Sorcery, magic, divination, enchantment, conjuration, black art, magical art.

~Necropolis~, n. Cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, mortuary, burial- ground, burial-place, city of the dead.

~Need~, n. ~1.~ Necessity, want, exigency, urgency, emergency.

~2.~ Indigence, poverty, penury, destitution, distress.

~Need~, v. a. Want, require, lack, be in want of, stand in want of.

~Needful~, a. Necessary, requisite, essential, indispensable.

~Needle-shaped~, a. Aciform, acicular, aciculate.

~Needless~, a. Unnecessary, useless, not requisite, not needed.

~Needs~, ad. Necessarily.

~Needy~, a. Indigent, destitute, poor, NECESSITOUS.

~Nefarious~, a. Abominable, atrocious, detestable, execrable, iniquitous, scandalous, wicked, infamous, villanous, heinous, flagitious, very wicked.

~Negation~, n. Denial, disavowal, disclaimer.

~Neglect~, v. a. ~1.~ Omit, leave out, pass over.

~2.~ Disregard, slight, contemn, overlook, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, leave out of view, leave on one side, not care a straw for.

~Neglect~, n. ~1.~ Omission (of a particular act of duty), failure, default, NEGLIGENCE, remissness.

~2.~ Slight, disregard, disrespect.

~Neglectful~, a. Heedless, careless, negligent, thoughtless.

~Negligence~, n. NEGLECT (as a habit), carelessness, thoughtlessness, remissness, heedlessness, disregard, inattention, LACHES.

~Negligent~, a. Careless (habitually), thoughtless, heedless, remiss, regardless, inattentive, neglectful.

~Negotiate~, v. n. Treat, bargain.

~Negotiate~, v. a. ~1.~ Treat for, arrange for.

~2.~ Pass, put into circulation.

~Negotiation~, n. Transaction.

~Negro-corn~, n. Doura, Indian millet, Guinea corn (Sorghum vulgare).

~Neigh~, v. n. Whinny.

~Neighborhood~, n. Vicinity, vicinage, environs.

~Neighborly~, a. Friendly, kind, civil, social, obliging, attentive, on friendly terms.

~Neither~, pron. & a. Not either, nor one nor the other.

~Neither head nor tail~, Neither one thing nor the other, nothing distinct or definite.

~Neither here nor there~, ~1.~ Nowhere, neither in one place nor another.

~2.~ Irrelevant, not to the purpose.

~Nem. con.~ [L. Contracted from nemine contradicente, no one speaking against.] Unanimously, with one accord, with one consent, to a man, as one man, one and all, on all hands, in chorus, without a dissenting voice.

~Neologism~, n. ~1.~ New word or phrase.

~2.~ Neology, use of new words or phrases.

~Neology~, n. ~1.~ Neologism, use of new words or phrases.

~2.~ (Theol.) Rationalism, rationalistic interpretation.

~Neophyte~, n. ~1.~ Convert, proselyte, CATECHUMEN.

~2.~ Beginner, tyro, pupil.

~Nephritis~, n. [L.] (Med.) Inflammation of the kidneys.

~Nerve~, n. ~1.~ Strength, power, force.

~2.~ Courage, pluck, fortitude, firmness, resolution, hardihood, manhood.

~Nerve~, v. a. Strengthen, invigorate, fortify, brace.

~Nervous~, a. ~1.~ Of the nerves.

~2.~ Sinewy, strong, vigorous, robust, forcible, powerful.

~3.~ Timid, timorous, easily agitated.

~Nervousness~, n. ~1.~ Strength, force, power, vigor.

~2.~ Timidity, timorousness, trepidation, tremor, flutter, nervous agitation.

~Nescience~, n. Ignorance.

~Nest~, n. AERIE.

~Nestle~, v. n. Snuggle, cuddle, snug, harbor, lodge, lie close.

~Net~, n. Snare, gin, trap, toil.

~Net~, a. Clear, without deductions.

~Net~, v. a. Clear, get or gain over and above expenses.

~Nether~, a. Lower.

~Nettle~, v. a. Fret, chafe, ruffle, irritate, vex, tease, harass, provoke, incense, exasperate, sting.

~Net-work~, n. Netting, reticulated or decussated work.

~Neutral~, a. Indifferent, of neither party, taking no part with either side.

~Neutralize~, v. a. Counterbalance, render neutral, render inert, destroy the effect of, render of no effect.

~Never~, ad. ~1.~ At no time, not at any time, not ever.

~2.~ In no degree, not at all.

~Nevertheless~, ad. However, notwithstanding, not at all the less.

~New~, a. ~1.~ Novel, fresh, of recent origin, not old.

~2.~ Recent, modern, not ancient, of the present day.

~3.~ Just discovered, recently made known.

~4.~ Unaccustomed, unused, not habituated, not familiar.

~News~, n. Tidings, intelligence, information, advice, word, piece of information, recent accounts.

~Newsmonger~, n. Quidnunc.

~Newspaper~, n. Gazette, journal.

~Newt~, n. Eft, salamander.

~Next~, a. Nearest.

~Next door to~, ~1.~ Next house to.

~2.~ Near to, bordering on.

~Nib,~ n. ~1.~ Bill, beak, neb.

~2.~ Point (of a pen).

~Nibble~, v. a. & n. Gnaw, bite (by nips), browse.

~Nice~, a. ~1.~ Exact, accurate, precise, critical, definite, strict, rigorous.

~2.~ Fastidious, dainty, squeamish, punctilious, finical, difficult, over-scrupulous, exacting, hard to please, very particular.

~3.~ Subtile, fine, refined, minute.

~4.~ Delicate, dainty, luscious, soft, tender, savory, delicious, palatable.

~5.~ [Colloquial.] Pleasant, agreeable, delightful, good.

~Niceness~, n. ~1.~ Exactness, accuracy, precision, nicety.

~2.~ Scrupulousness, fastidiousness, delicacy, daintiness, squeamishness.

~Nicety~, n. ~1.~ Accuracy, exactness, precision, truth, niceness.

~2.~ Fastidiousness, daintiness, PURISM, squeamishness.

~3.~ Subtilty, nice point, minute distinction.

~4.~ Delicacy, dainty, tidbit, delicate morsel.

~Niche~, n. Nook, recess.

~Nick~, n. ~1.~ Critical point (of time), critical moment, fortunate conjuncture.

~2.~ Notch, dent, dint, indentation, incision.

~Nick~, v. a. Notch, cut notches in.

~Nickname~, n. SOBRIQUET, by-name.

~Nictate~, v. n. [Rare.] Wink, blink.

~Nictation~, n. Winking.

~Niggard~, n. Miser, curmudgeon, churl, hunks, lickpenny, skinflint, scrimp, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.

~Niggard~, a. Parsimonious, NIGGARDLY.

~Niggardliness~, n. Parsimony, stinginess, avarice, meanness.

~Niggardly~, a. ~1.~ Parsimonious, covetous, stingy, avaricious, miserly, penurious, sordid, mean, illiberal, mercenary, niggard, close, close-fisted.

~2.~ Saving, sparing, chary.

~Nigh~, a. Near, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, close by, close, close at hand, bordering upon, not far off, not distant, approximate to, hard by.

~Nigh~, ad. Near, nearly.

~Nigh~, prep. Near, close to, close by, not far from.

~Night-fall~, n. EVENING, dusk, close of the day.

~Nightingale~, n. Philomel, philomela, (Philomela luscinia.)

~Night-jar~, n. Goat-sucker, wheel-bird, churn-owl (Caprimulgus Europœus).

~Nightly~, a. Nocturnal.

~Night-walker~, n. Somnambulist, sleep-walker.

~Nihilism~, n. Nothingness, nothing, non-existence, nonentity, nullity.

~Nihility~, n. Nothingness, nothing, non-existence, nonentity, nullity.

~Nimble~, a. Agile, lively, brisk, active, smart, quick, spry, ready, alert, dapper, sprightly.

~Nimbleness~, n. Briskness, smartness, agility, spryness, alertness, activity, sprightliness.

~Nincompoop~, n. [Low.] NINNY.

~Ninepins~, n. pl. Skittles.

~Ninny~, n. Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Nip~, v. a. ~1.~ Pinch, compress, squeeze, gripe.

~2.~ Clip, cut off.

~3.~ Blast, bite, destroy, ruin.

~Nip~, n. ~1.~ Pinch, bite.

~2.~ Bit, small cut.

~3.~ [Low.] Dram, nipper, sip, drink.

~Nipper~, n. ~1.~ Fore tooth (of a horse).

~2.~ [Low.] Dram, nip, sip, drink.

~Nippers~, n. pl. Pincers, tweezers.

~Nipple~, n. Teat, dug, pap.

~Nitre~, n. [Written also Niter.] Saltpetre, nitrate of potash.

~Nitric acid~, AQUAFORTIS, spirit of nitre.

~Nitric oxide~, Deutoxide of nitrogen, binoxide of nitrogen, nitrous gas, nitrous air.

~Nitrogen~, n. Azote.

~Nitrogenize~, v. a. Azotize.

~Nitro-muriatic acid~, Aqua regia.

~Nitrous ether~, Sweet spirits of nitre.

~Nitrous oxide~, Laughing gas, protoxide of nitrogen, exhilarating gas.

~No~, ad. ~1.~ Nay.

~2.~ Not at all, in no degree.

~No~, a. None, not any.

~Nob~, n. [Colloquial.] Nobleman.

~Nobby~, a. [Colloquial.] Consequential, aristocratic.

~Nobility~, n. ~1.~ Grandeur, greatness, dignity, nobleness, elevation, superiority, worthiness, loftiness of character, moral excellence.

~2.~ Noble birth, patrician dignity, eminence by rank.

~3.~ NOBLESSE, aristocracy, peerage, patrician class.

~Noble~, a. ~1.~ Great, dignified, superior, elevated, worthy, exalted, illustrious.

~2.~ Grand, stately, lordly, splendid, magnificent, sublime.

~Noble~, n. Nobleman.

~Nobleman~, n. Peer, noble, grandee, lord, one of the nobility.

~Nobleness~, n. ~1.~ Greatness, dignity, magnanimity, elevation, superiority, worthiness, nobility, loftiness of character, moral excellence.

~2.~ Stateliness, grandeur, magnificence.

~Noblesse~, [Fr.] Aristocracy, peerage, nobility.

~Nobody~, n. No one, no person, not any one, not anybody.

~Nocturnal~, a. Nightly.

~Nocturnally~, ad. Nightly, by night.

~Nod~, v. a. & n. Bow.

~Nod~, n. Bow, beck.

~Noddle~, n. Head (in contempt).

~Noddy~, n. ~1.~ Fool, simpleton, DUNCE.

~2.~ (Ornith.) Booby, gannet, solan goose (Sterna solida).

~Node~, n. Knot, knob, protuberance, swelling, lump, prominence, process, excrescence, nodule.

~Nodule~, n. Knot, NODE.

~Noise~, n. ~1.~ Sound.

~2.~ Clamor, din, blare, clatter, uproar, tumult, ado, cry, vociferation, hubbub, racket, HALLABALOO, fuss, breeze.

~Noisome~, a. ~1.~ Noxious, injurious, hurtful, unwholesome, insalubrious, unhealthy, pernicious, mischievous, detrimental, destructive, deleterious, baneful, poisonous, pestilential.

~2.~ Offensive, fetid, disgusting.

~Noisy~, a. Clamorous, boisterous, turbulent, vociferous, obstreperous, blatant, brawling, blustering, uproarious, tumultuous, riotous.

~Nomad~, n. ~1.~ Wandering tribe, nomadic people.

~2.~ Wanderer, BOOLY.

~Nomade~, n. ~1.~ Wandering tribe, nomadic people.

~2.~ Wanderer, BOOLY.

~Nomadic~, a. Wandering, migratory, vagrant, roving, strolling.

~Nomenclature~, n. Terminology.

~Nominal~, a. Titular, not real, only in name.

~Nominate~, v. a. Name for an office, propose as a candidate, designate for appointment or election.

~Nonage~, n. Minority, pupilage.

~Non-appearance~, n. Absence.

~Non-attendance~, n. Absence.

~Nonchalance~, n. [Fr.] Carelessness, indifference, unconcern, coolness.

~Nonchalant~, a. [Fr.] Unconcerned, indifferent, careless, cool, apathetic, not anxious.

~Non compos~, n. [Contracted from non compos mentis.] Simpleton, DUNCE, fool.

~Non compos mentis~, [L.] Demented, idiotic, lunatic, foolish, imbecile, crazy, destitute of common sense, void of understanding.

~None~, pron., sing. & pl. Not one, not any.

~Nonentity~, n. ~1.~ Inexistence, nonexistence.

~2.~ Nothing.

~Non-essential~, a. Adventitious, incidental, accidental, extraneous, extrinsic.

~Nonesuch~, n. Nonpareil, paragon, pattern, model, CHEF-D'ŒUVRE, BEAU IDEAL, acme of perfection, pink of perfection.

~Nonpareil~, n. NONESUCH.

~Nonpareil~, a. Peerless.

~Nonplus~, n. Puzzle, perplexity, poser, quandary.

~Nonplus~, v. a. Puzzle, confound, confuse, disconcert, perplex, pose, put to a stand.

~Non-resistance~, n. Passive obedience.

~Nonsense~, n. ~1.~ Folly, absurdity, stuff, trash, moonshine, twaddle, balderdash, fudge, inanity, platitude.

~2.~ Trifles, things of no consequence or importance.

~Nonsensical~, a. Absurd, foolish, silly, senseless, insensate, stupid, ill-judged, unreasonable, irrational, preposterous, unmeaning, frivolous, trifling.

~Noodle~, n. Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Nook~, n. Corner, recess, niche, retired place.

~Noonday~,n. Midday, noon, meridian, twelve o'clock.

~Noontide~, n. Midday, noon, meridian, twelve o'clock.

~Noose~, n. Hitch, running knot.

~Normal~, a. ~1.~ Regular, analogical, according to rule.

~2.~ Perpendicular, vertical, erect.

~North~, a. Northerly, northern, boreal, arctic.

~Northern~, a. North, northerly, boreal, arctic.

~Northern lights~, AURORA BOREALIS.

~North star~, n. Polestar, lodestar.

~Nose~, n. Snout, nozzle.

~Nose of wax~, Doughface, pliable politician.

~Nosegay~, n. Bouquet, posy.

~Nostalgia~, n. (Med.) Homesickness.

~Nostrum~, n. Quack medicine, patent medicine.

~Notability~, n. Notable person, person of note.

~Notable~, a. Remarkable, memorable, extraordinary, signal, distinguished, noted, worthy of notice.

~Notable~, a. Active, diligent, sedulous, industrious, assiduous, busy, watchful, attentive, careful.

~Notary~, n. Notary public.

~Notch~, n. Nick, indentation, dent, dint, incision.

~Notch~, v. a. Nick, cut notches in.

~Note~, n. ~1.~ Sign, symbol, token, indication, character, mark.

~2.~ Memorandum, minute, record.

~3.~ Comment, annotation, schollum, remark.

~4.~ Billet, short letter or epistle.

~5.~ Notice, heed, observation, regard, consideration.

~6.~ Distinction, reputation, celebrity, fame, repute, renown, credit, account, consequence, respectability.

~7.~ Bill, bank-note, promissory note, note of hand, paper money.

~Note~, v. a. ~1.~ Notice, remark, observe, heed, attend to, take notice of, pay attention to.

~2.~ Record, make a note of, make a memorandum of, make a minute of, set down in writing, jot down.

~3.~ Designate, denote.

~Note-book~, n. Memorandum book, adversaria, journal, commonplace book.

~Noted~, a. Distinguished, celebrated, famous, famed, renowned, conspicuous, eminent, illustrious, well known.

~Nothing~, n. ~1.~ Non-existence, nihility, inexistence, nihilism, nonentity, nothingness, nullity.

~2.~ Nought, zero, cipher.

~3.~ Trifle, bagatelle, small matter, thing of no importance, matter of no consequence.

~Nothing~, ad. Not at all, in no degree.

~Nothingness~, n. Nihility, nihilism, non-existence, nonentity.

~Notice~, n. ~1.~ Note, heed, observation, regard, cognizance.

~2.~ Information, notification, advice, intelligence, announcement, mention.

~3.~ Intimation, premonition, warning.

~Notice~, v. a. Heed, regard, mark, note, observe, remark, attend to, advert to, take cognizance of.

~Noticeable~, a. Observable, worthy of notice.

~Notification~, n. ~1.~ Information, notice, advice, intelligence, announcement.

~2.~ Advertisement.

~Notify~, v. a. ~1.~ Declare, promulgate, publish, announce, advertise, make known.

~2.~ Inform, apprise, acquaint, make known to, give notice to, signify to.

~Notion~, n. ~1.~ Conception, concept, universal idea, general or universal conception.

~2.~ Opinion, sentiment, apprehension, judgment, belief, view, impression, estimation, conceit, conviction.

~Notional~, a. ~1.~ Imaginary, fantastical, ideal, chimerical.

~2.~ Whimsical, capricious, visionary, crotchety, freakish.

~Notoriety~, n. Repute (generally in a bad sense), reputation, celebrity, fame, name, note, vogue, figure.

~Notorious~, a. ~1.~ Open, overt, patent, manifest, obvious, apparent, evident, well-known.

~2.~ Conspicuous (generally in a bad sense), noted, celebrated, famous, famed.

~Notwithstanding~, prep. Despite, in spite of.

~Notwithstanding~, conj. Nevertheless, yet, however, for all that.

~Nought~, n. Nothing, naught.

~Noun~, n. Substantive.

~Nourish~, v. a. ~1.~ Nurture, nurse, feed, support, maintain, supply with food or nutriment, furnish sustenance to.

~2.~ Train, educate, instruct, breed, bring up.

~3.~ Cherish, encourage, foster, promote, succor.

~Nourishing~, n. Nutrition.

~Nourishing~, a. Nutritious, nutritive, strengthening, invigorating, healthful, wholesome.

~Nourishment~, n. FOOD, aliment, diet, sustenance, nutriment, nutrition.

~Novaculite~, n. Turkey-stone, Turkey oil-stone.

~Novel~, a. New, strange, unusual, late, modern, recent.

~Novel~, n. Tale, romance, story, fiction, fictitious narrative, extended parable.

~Novice~, n. ~1.~ Probationer.

~2.~ Tyro, beginner, learner.

~Novitiate~, n. Probation.

~Now~, ad. At this time, at once, at this moment, at present.

~Now and then~, Occasionally, once in a while.

~Nowadays~, ad. In these days, in this age, in the present age.

~Noway~, ad. Not at all, in no degree, in no manner.

~Noways~, ad. Not at all, in no degree, in no manner.

~Nowise~, ad. Noway, noways.

~Noxious~, a. Injurious, hurtful, baneful, pernicious, detrimental, unwholesome, mischievous, insalubrious, deleterious, noisome, pestiferous, pestilent, deadly, baleful, destructive, poisonous.

~Nozzle~, n. Nose, snout.

~Nucleus~, n. Kernel, core, centre.

~Nude~, a. Bare, uncovered, undressed, unclothed, naked, exposed, denuded, stark naked, in a state of nature, IN PURIS NATURALIBUS.

~Nudge~, v. a. Push gently.

~Nudge~, n. Gentle push.

~Nudity~, n. Nakedness.

~Nugatory~, a. ~1.~ Trifling, futile, vain, insignificant, trivial, frivolous, worthless.

~2.~ Inoperative, ineffectual, inefficacious, unavailing, useless, bootless, null, to no purpose.

~Nugget~, n. Lump.

~Nuisance~, n. Annoyance, plague, bane, infliction, curse, scourge, pest.

~Null~, a. Void, invalid, useless, nugatory, of no efficacy, of no account.

~Nullify~, v. a. Annul, invalidate, cancel, abrogate, repeal, make void, make of no effect.

~Nullity~, n. Non-existence, nonentity, nihility, nothing.

~Numb~, a. Torpid, benumbed.

~Number~, v. a. Count, enumerate, tell, reckon, calculate, compute, numerate, call over, tell off, run over, sum up.

~Number~, n. ~1.~ Figure, numeral, digit.

~2.~ Many, multitude, great many.

~Number one~, [Colloquial.] One's self.

~Numbers~, n. pl. Verses, poetry, song.

~Numbness~, n. Torpor, insensibility, deadness, paralysis, palsy.

~Numeral~, n. Figure, number, digit.

~Numerate~, v. a. Beckon, enumerate, count, number, call over, tell off.

~Numerous~, a. ~1.~ Large (in number), made up of many.

~2.~ [Rare.] Rhythmical, melodious, musical.

~Numskull~, n. Blockhead, simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Nuncio~, n. ~1.~ Messenger.

~2.~ Ambassador (of the Pope).

~Nuncupative~, a. Oral, not written.

~Nunnery~, n. Convent, cloister, abbey, monastery.

~Nuptial~, a. Bridal, matrimonial, hymeneal, connubial, CONJUGAL.

~Nuptials~, n. pl. Marriage, wedding, bridal, espousals, nuptial festival, marriage ceremony.

~Nurse~, v. a. ~1.~ Nourish, nurture, supply with nourishment.

~2.~ Suckle, feed at the breast, give suck to.

~3.~ Cherish, foster, encourage, succor, promote.

~Nursling~, n. Infant, babe, baby, suckling, BAIRN.

~Nurture~, n. ~1.~ Nourishment, food, diet.

~2.~ Training, education, instruction, discipline, tuition, schooling, breeding.

~Nurture~, v. a. ~1.~ Feed, nourish.

~2.~ Train, educate, instruct, school, rear, breed, discipline, bring up.

~Nutgall~, n. Gall, gall-nut.

~Nutriment~, n. Aliment, nourishment, nutrition, food, diet, sustenance, subsistence, provision, fare, regimen, meat, victuals, BREAD, viands, cheer, rations, pabulum, grub, FEED, PROVENDER, FODDER, FORAGE, PROG.

~Nutrition~, n. ~1.~ Nourishing.

~2.~ Food, NUTRIMENT.

~Nutritious~, a. Nourishing, strengthening, wholesome.

~Nutritive~, a. Nourishing, strengthening, wholesome.

~Nyctalopy~, n. Day-blindness, nocturnal sight.

~Nymph~, n. Damsel, maiden, maid, lass, LASSIE, girl.

~Nympha~, n. (Ent.) Pupa, chrysalis, aurelia.

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~Oaf~, n. Changeling (when a foolish child is left in place of another), simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Obduracy~, n. ~1.~ Contumacy, OBSTINACY, stubbornness, doggedness, hardness of heart.

~2.~ Impenitence, depravity.

~Obdurate~, a. ~1.~ Hardened, obstinate, callous, unfeeling, stubborn, unyielding, dogged, pig-headed, inflexible, inexorable, cantankerous.

~2.~ Depraved, graceless, shameless, reprobate, lost, impenitent, irreclaimable, incorrigible.

~Obedience~, n. Compliance, submission.

~Obedient~, a. Compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful, respectful.

~Obeisance~, n. Salutation, reverence, bow, courtesy.

~Obelisk~, n. ~1.~ Pillar.

~2.~ Dagger (in printing).

~Obese~, a. Fat, fleshy, corpulent, stout, plump, portly, bouncing.

~Obesity~, n. Fleshiness, fatness, corpulence, corpulency, plumpness, EMBONPOINT.

~Obfuscate~, v. a. Darken, cloud, obscure.

~Obituary~, n. Necrology.

~Object~, n. ~1.~ Mark, butt.

~2.~ End, aim, intent, purpose, design, view, scope, drift, goal, final cause.

~Objection~, n. Exception, difficulty, CAVIL, DEMURRER.

~Objectionable~, a. Exceptionable.

~Object to~, Disapprove, protest against, take exception to.

~Oblation~, n. Offering, sacrifice.

~Obligate~, v. a. [Inelegant.] Bind, oblige, bring under obligation.

~Obligation~, n. ~1.~ Responsibility, accountableness, bond of duty.

~2.~ Engagement, contract, agreement, stipulation.

~3.~ Debt of gratitude.

~Obligatory~, a. Binding, coercive.

~Oblige~, v. a. ~1.~ Compel, force, coerce, constrain.

~2.~ Serve, accommodate, please, favor, gratify, do a service for, do a favor to.

~3.~ OBLIGATE, bind, bring under obligation.

~Obliging~, a. Civil, complaisant, kind, courteous, polite, friendly, gentlemanly, urbane, affable.

~Oblique~, a. ~1.~ Inclined, aslant.

~2.~ Indirect.

~Obliterate~, v. a. Efface, erase, expunge, cancel, rub out, rub off, blot out, scratch out, wipe out, strike out.

~Obliteration~, n. Effacement, erasure, extinction, blotting out.

~Oblivion~, n. ~1.~ Forgetfulness (Oblivion refers especially to the thing forgotten).

~2.~ Amnesty, general pardon.

~Oblivious~, a. Forgetful, mindless, heedless, careless, negligent, neglectful.

~Obloquy~, n. ~1.~ Reproach, detraction, censure, blame, calumny, contumely, slander, defamation, backbiting, traducing, aspersion, reviling.

~2.~ Dishonor, disgrace, shame, infamy, opprobrium, odium, scandal.

~Obnoxious~, a. ~1.~ Liable, subject, exposed.

~2.~ Hateful, unpleasing, odious, offensive, unpopular.

~Oboe~, n. Hautboy.

~Obscene~, a. ~1.~ Indecent, indelicate, immodest, impure, ribald, gross, coarse, broad, unchaste, lewd, loose.

~2.~ Dirty, filthy, foul, offensive, disgusting.

~Obscenity~, n. Indecency, indelicacy, immodesty, unchastity, lewdness.

~Obscure~, a. ~1.~ Dark, gloomy, rayless, darksome, unilluminated, unenlightened, dusky, sombre, sombrous, lurid, shadowy, murky, dim.

~2.~ Unintelligible, incomprehensible, indistinct, indefinite, vague, doubtful, enigmatical, mysterious, mystic, mystical, recondite, abstruse, cabalistic, transcendental, high.

~3.~ Unknown, undistinguished, nameless, unnoted, unnoticed, renownless, unhonored, humble, inglorious.

~Obscure~, v. a. Darken, cloud, eclipse, dim, shade, obfuscate, cast in the shade.

~Obscurity~, n. ~1.~ Darkness, dimness, gloom, gloominess, shade, obscuration, cloud, obfuscation.

~2.~ Seclusion, retirement, privacy.

~Obsequies~, n. pl. Exequies, funeral rites, funeral solemnities.

~Obsequious~, a. Fawning, sycophantic, cringing, servile, slavish, supple, meanly submissive.

~Obsequiousness~, n. Fawning, cringing, servility, slavishness, suppleness, sycophancy, mean compliance.

~Observable~, a. Noticeable, remarkable, marked, striking.

~Observance~, n. ~1.~ Performance, fulfilment, discharge, acquittal.

~2.~ Form, ceremony, ceremonial, rite, practice, custom, usage, fashion.

~Observant~, a. Mindful, regardful, heedful, attentive, watchful.

~Observation~, n. ~1.~ Notice, attention.

~2.~ Remark, note, annotation, comment.

~Observe~, v. a. ~1.~ Notice, remark, note, watch, eye, mark, take note of, pay attention to.

~2.~ Fulfil, obey, follow, comply with, conform to, adhere to, be faithful to.

~3.~ Celebrate, regard, keep, solemnize.

~Observe~, v. n. ~1.~ Take notice.

~2.~ Make a remark.

~Observer~, n. Beholder, spectator, bystander, on-looker, looker-on.

~Obsolescent~, a. Becoming obsolete, going out of use, falling into desuetude.

~Obsolete~, a. Antiquated, disused, neglected, unfashionable, old- fashioned, out of date, fallen into desuetude.

~Obstacle~, n. Hinderance, obstruction, impediment, difficulty, check, barrier, stumbling-block, lion in the way.

~Obstetrician~, n. Midwife, ACCOUCHEUR.

~Obstetrics~, n. pl. Midwifery, tocology.

~Obstinacy~, n. Stubbornness, doggedness, heartiness, wilfulness, perversity, contumacy, obduracy, inflexibility, pertinacity, persistency, pig-headedness.

~Obstinate~, a. Stubborn, dogged, contumacious, unyielding, inflexible, perverse, mulish, opinionated, opinionative, wilful, heady, headstrong, refractory, unruly, cross-grained, intractable, cantankerous, obdurate, persistent, self-willed, PIG-HEADED.

~Obstreperous~, a. Loud, noisy, clamorous, turbulent, tumultuous, vociferous, boisterous, uproarious, blatant, brawling, blustering.

~Obstruct~, v. a. ~1.~ Close, bar, stop, blockade, barricade, block up, dam up.

~2.~ Hinder, impede, oppose, retard.

~Obstruction~, n. Hinderance, obstacle, impediment, barrier, check, difficulty.

~Obtain~, v. a. Procure, get, acquire, achieve, gain, win, earn, secure, get possession of.

~Obtest~, v. a. Beseech, implore, conjure, supplicate, beg, invoke, entreat, pray, solicit, importune, conjure, ADJURE.

~Obtrude~, v. a. Intrude, thrust in, press in, foist in, worm in.

~Obtrusive~, a. Intrusive, inclined to obtrude.

~Obtund~, v. a. Blunt, dull, deaden, quell, hebetate, take off the edge of.

~Obtuse~, a. Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, stockish, heavy, slow, unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow, dull-witted, blunt-witted.

~Obtuseness~, n. ~1.~ Bluntness.

~2.~ Dulness, stupidity, stolidity, doltishness, shallowness.

~Obviate~, v. a. Preclude, prevent, turn aside, remove in the outset, provide against.

~Obvious~, a. Plain, evident, manifest, clear, palpable, visible, patent, apparent, unmistakable.

~Occasion~, n. ~1.~ Occurrence, incident, casualty, event.

~2.~ Opportunity, juncture, conjuncture, opening, room, suitable time, favorable time, nick of time, golden opportunity.

~3.~ Necessity, need, exigency.

~4.~ Cause (accidental), ground, reason.

~Occasion~, v. a. ~1.~ Cause, produce, originate, breed, create, bring about, give rise to, give occasion to, bring to pass, be the cause of.

~2.~ Induce, influence, persuade, move.

~Occasional~, a. Incidental, accidental, casual, irregular.

~Occident~, n. West.

~Occidental~, a. Western.

~Occult~, a. Hidden, secret, unrevealed, unknown, undiscovered, mysterious, mystic, mystical, recondite, cabalistic, latent, abstruse, veiled, shrouded, under a cover, under a cloud.

~Occultation~, n. Eclipse.

~Occupancy~, n. Possession (for the time), tenure, holding, use, occupation.

~Occupant~, n. Possessor (for the time), occupier, holder.

~Occupation~, n. ~1.~ Possession, holding, tenure, use, occupancy.

~2.~ Employment, business, calling, vocation, AVOCATION, profession, pursuit, trade, craft, walk of life.

~Occupy~, v. a. ~1.~ Possess (for the time), keep, hold, have possession of.

~2.~ Cover, fill, take up.

~3.~ Employ, busy, engage.

~Occur~, v. n. ~1.~ Appear, arise, offer, come into view, present itself, be met with, meet the eye.

~2.~ Come to one's mind, come into one's head, flash on the mind.

~3.~ Befall, happen, fall out, take place, come about, come to pass.

~Occurrence~, n. Incident, event, accident, casualty, adventure, affair, transaction, proceeding.

~Ocean~, n. Sea, main, deep, great deep, great sea, high sea.

~Oceanic~, a. Marine, pelagic.

~Octagon~, n. Eight-sided figure.

~Octagonal~, a. Eight-sided.

~Od~, n. Odyle, odyllic force.

~Odd~, a. ~1.~ Uneven, not divisible by 2.

~2.~ Unmatched, single (of a pair or set).

~3.~ Supernumerary, redundant, left over (from a specified number).

~4.~ Singular, strange, uncommon, eccentric, fantastic, whimsical, peculiar, comical, droll, BIZARRE, grotesque, extravagant, out of the way.

~Oddity~, n. Singularity, strangeness, queerness.

~Odds~, n. sing. & pl. Difference, disparity, inequality.

~Odds and ends~, Fragments, remnants, scraps, refuse, orts, off- scourings.

~Ode~, n. Lyric poem.

~Odious~, a. ~1.~ Hateful, detestable, execrable, abominable, shocking, disgusting, offensive, repulsive, obnoxious.

~2.~ Invidious.

~Odium~, n. ~1.~ Hatred, hate, dislike, disfavor, disesteem, disaffection, enmity.

~2.~ Disapprobation, disapproval, censure, blame, condemnation.

~3.~ Dishonor, disgrace, shame, obloquy, opprobrium, scandal, ignominy, infamy.

~Odontalgia~, n. (Med.) Toothache.

~Odor~, n. Scent (good or bad), smell, perfume, fragrance, redolence.

~Odoriferous~, a. Fragrant, perfumed, balmy, aromatic, sweet- smelling, sweet-scented.

~Odorous~, a. Fragrant, perfumed, balmy, aromatic, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented.

~Odyle~, n. Od, odyllic force.

~Œcumenical~, a. [Written also Ecumenical.] General (applied especially to Councils of the Church), universal.

~Œsophagus~, n. Gullet.

~Off~, prep. ~1.~ Not on, not upon.

~2.~ Facing, fronting, against, opposite, opposite to.

~Off~, a. Most distant, on the farther side, on the right side.

~Off~, ad. Away.

~Offal~, n. ~1.~ Garbage.

~2.~ Waste, refuse, rubbish.

~Offence~, n. [Written also Offense.] ~1.~ Attack, assault, aggression, onset (as in the expression weapons of offence).

~2.~ Displeasure, anger, indignation, wrath.

~3.~ Injury, injustice, affront, wrong, insult, indignity, outrage.

~4.~ Trespass, transgression, misdeed, delinquency, misdemeanor, crime, sin.

~Offend~, v. a. ~1.~ Affront, displease, vex, chafe, annoy, irritate, provoke, nettle, fret, gall, give offence to, make angry.

~2.~ Shock, wound, pain.

~Offend~, v. n. ~1.~ Give offence.

~2.~ Transgress, sin, do wrong, commit offence.

~Offender~, n. Transgressor, culprit, trespasser, criminal, delinquent, malefactor, convict, felon.

~Offensive~, a. ~1.~ Aggressive, assailant, attacking, invading.

~2.~ Disgusting, nauseating, nauseous, sickening, loathsome, repulsive.

~3.~ Disagreeable, unpleasant, unpalatable, displeasing, revolting, shocking, abominable, detestable, hateful, execrable, obnoxious.

~Offer~, v. a. ~1.~ Present, tender, exhibit, proffer, extend, hold out.

~2.~ Furnish, propose, propound, show, give.

~3.~ Sacrifice, immolate.

~4.~ Bid (as price).

~Offer~, v. n. ~1.~ Occur, present itself, be at hand.

~2.~ Volunteer, propose, make an offer.

~Offer~, n. ~1.~ Proposal, proposition, proffer, tender, overture.

~2.~ Bid.

~Offering~, n. Sacrifice, oblation.

~Off-hand~, a. Unpremeditated, unstudied, impromptu, extempore.

~Off-hand~, ad. Extempore, impromptu, at the moment, on the spur of the moment, without premeditation or study.

~Office~, n. ~1.~ Station (conferred by authority), post, situation, place, BERTH.

~2.~ Charge, trust, business, employment, duty, service, function, capacity.

~3.~ Place of business, counting-room, bureau.

~Officer~, n. Official, functionary, magistrate.

~Official~, a. Authoritative, by authority.

~Official~, n. Functionary, officer, magistrate.

~Officious~, a. Meddlesome, interfering, intermeddling, obtrusive, busy, pragmatical.

~Offscouring~, n. Refuse, sweepings, dirt, scum, dross, recrement, rubbish.

~Offset~, n. ~1.~ Sprout, shoot, slip, branch, offshoot, twig, scion.

~2.~ Counterpoise, counterbalance, set-off, equivalent.

~Offshoot~, n. Shoot, brunch, OFFSET.

~Offspring~, n. Issue, progeny, child or children, descendant or descendants, posterity.

~Of old~, Anciently, a long while ago, in the olden time, in ancient times, in days of yore, long ago, in days long gone.

~O for~, O that I had, would that I had.

~Oft~, ad. [Poetical.] OFTEN, frequently.

~Often~, ad. Frequently, repeatedly, not seldom, many times, not rarely.

~Of the first water~, Of the first or highest excellence (said of a gem).

~Ogee~, n. (Arch.) Cyamatium, cyma.

~Ogle~, n. Side glance.

~Ogre~, n. Spectre, goblin, hobgoblin, bugbear, POKER, BUGABOO, frightful object.

~Oil of vitriol~, Sulphuric acid, vitriolic acid.

~Oil-plant~, n. Sesame, benne.

~Oiliness~, n. Unctuousness.

~Oily~, a. Unctuous, greasy, oleaginous, sebaceous, adipose, fatty, fat.

~Ointment~, n. Unguent.

~Okra~, n. Gumbo (Abelmoschus esculentus).

~Old~, a. ~1.~ Aged, elderly, not young, of advanced age, advanced in years.

~2.~ Ancient, antique, antiquated, old-fashioned, olden, not modern.

~3.~ Of long date, not new.

~4.~ Going to decay, worn out.

~Olden~, a. [Rare.] Ancient, old, not modern.

~Old-fashioned~, a. Antiquated, antique, ancient, old, archaic, out of fashion, out of date, fallen into desuetude.

~Old-time~, a. Former, quondam, late, CI-DEVANT, in former times.

~Old-womanish~, a. Anile, aged, doting, imbecile, decrepit, superannuated.

~Oleaginous~, a. Oily, unctuous, greasy, sebaceous, adipose, fatty, fat.

~Olibanum~, n. FRANKINCENSE (of the ancients).

~Olio~, n. Medley, mixture, jumble, farrago, hodge-podge, hotch- potch, miscellany, salmagundi, gallimaufry, OLLA PODRIDA, POT-POURRI.

~Olla podrida~, [Sp.] Mixture, medley, OLIO.

~Ombrometer~, n. Rain-gauge, pluviameter, udometer.

~Omen~, n. Prognostic, presage, augury, foreboding, portent, auspice, sign.

~Omentum~, n. (Anat.) Caul, epiploön.

~Ominous~, a. Portentous, monitory, premonitory.

~Omission~, n. Failure, neglect, default.

~Omit~, v. a. ~1.~ Leave out, not mention.

~2.~ Neglect, miss, let slip, let go, pass by.

~Omnipotence~, n. ~1.~ Almighty power.

~2.~ GOD, The Omnipotent.

~Omnipotent~, a. Almighty, all-powerful.

~Omnipotent~, n. [With The prefixed.] GOD, The Almighty.

~Omnipresence~, n. Ubiquity, universal presence.

~Omnipresent~, a. Ubiquitous, universally present.

~Omniscience~, n. ~1.~ Infinite wisdom, boundless knowledge.

~2.~ GOD, The Omnipotent.

~Omniscient~, a. Infinitely wise, all-wise, all-knowing.

~Omnivorous~, a. All-devouring, pantophagous.

~On~, prep. Upon.

~On~, ad. Forward.

~On account of~, By reason of, by virtue of, in consequence of.

~On all fours~, ~1.~ On lour legs.

~2.~ Evenly balanced, quite parallel, quite symmetrical.

~On all hands~, By all parties, by everybody.

~On an average~, Taking a mean of all cases, taking the average.

~Onanism~, n. Masturbation, self-pollution, self-abuse, secret vice.

~On a par~, On a level, on an equality.

~Once~, ad. ~1.~ For one time.

~2.~ Formerly, in former times.

~On-dit~, n. [Fr.] Rumor, report, bruit, the town talk, flying report.

~One~, a. ~1.~ Single, individual.

~2.~ The same.

~3.~ United, undivided.

~One~, n. ~1.~ Unit.

~2.~ Individual, person, human being.

~One-berry~, n. True-love, herb-paris (Paris quadrifolia).

~One day~, Some day, sooner or later, one of these days.

~On end~, Erect, upright.

~One of these days~, Some day, one day, sooner or later.

~Onerous~, a. Burdensome, oppressive, heavy, weighty, laborious, toilsome, operose, hard, difficult.

~On exhibition~, Displayed, exhibited, on view.

~On hand~, In possession, in store.

~On horseback~, On a horse's back, riding a horse.

~On-looker~, n. Spectator, beholder, observer, by-stander, looker-on.

~Only~, a. Sole, solitary, alone, single, this and no other.

~Only~, ad. ~1.~ Merely, barely, simply, and nothing else.

~2.~ Solely, singly.

~On one's own hook~, [Colloquial, U. S.] On one's own account, by one's self.

~On the qui vive~, On the alert.

~On sale~, For sale, to be sold, offered for sale.

~Onset~, n. Attack, assault, charge, storm, storming, first brunt.

~Onslaught~, n. Attack, assault, charge, storm, storming, first brunt.

~On stilts~, Pretentious, pompous, bombastic.

~On tap~, Tapped, broached, abroach.

~On the alert~, Watching, watchful, attentive, vigilant, on the look out.

~On the anvil~, In preparation, in progress, in process.

~On the contrary~, ~1.~ In opposition, on the other side.

~2.~ So far from being so it is just the reverse, it is quite otherwise.

~On the docket~, [Colloquial.] In hand, under consideration.

~On the look out~, Watchful, ON THE ALERT.

~On the mending hand~, Convalescent, getting better.

~On the passage~, On the way (especially by sea), EN ROUTE.

~On the score of~, On account of.

~On the sly~, [Colloquial.] Furtively, slyly.

~On the spot~, Immediately, at once, upon the spot.

~On the way~, ON THE PASSAGE, EN ROUTE.

~On the whole~, All things considered, in view of all the circumstances, taking every thing into account, upon the whole.

~On the wing~, Flying.

~On tick~, [Colloquial.] On credit.

~On view~, ON EXHIBITION.

~Onward~, ad. Forward, in advance.

~Onwards~, ad. Forward, in advance.

~Oolite~, n. Roestone.

~Ooze~, n. Mire, slime, mud.

~Ooze~, v. n. Percolate, filter, transude, exude, strain.

~Oozy~, a. Miry, slimy, muddy.

~Opacity~, n. Opaqueness, want of transparency.

~Opaque~, a. Not transparent.

~Opaqueness~, n. Opacity, want of transparency.

~Ope~, v. a. & n. [Poetical.] Open.

~Open~, v. a. ~1.~ Unclose, OPE, lay open.

~2.~ Exhibit, explain, reveal, interpret, disclose, make manifest, bring to view.

~3.~ Begin, commence, enter upon.

~Open~, v. n. ~1.~ OPE, cleave, part, be unclosed, be parted, be sundered, be severed.

~2.~ Come into view, begin to appear.

~3.~ Begin, commence.

~Open~, a. ~1.~ Unclosed, not shut.

~2.~ Expanded, extended, broad, not folded, not contracted.

~3.~ Frank, unreserved, candid, ingenuous, undisguised, undesigning, artless, undissembling, sincere, guileless, fair, honest, single- minded, above-board, open-hearted.

~4.~ Liberal, generous, munificent, bountiful, open-handed.

~5.~ Exposed, unprotected, undefended.

~6.~ Public, unrestricted, clear, unobstructed, free to all.

~7.~ Unsettled, undetermined, not adjusted.

~8.~ Mild, moderate, not frosty, not cold.

~Open-handed~, a. Generous, liberal, munificent, bountiful.

~Open-hearted~, a. Candid, frank, artless, guileless, open.

~Opening~, n. ~1.~ Aperture, hole, orifice, perforation, breach, chasm, cleft, gap, fissure, rent, rift, flaw.

~2.~ Beginning, commencement.

~3.~ Opportunity, chance.

~Opera-glass~, n. Lorgnette.

~Operate~, v. n. [Followed by on or upon.] Act, work, have effect, have influence.

~Operation~, n. ~1.~ Action, agency, force, influence, effect.

~2.~ Performance, procedure, process, proceeding, manipulation.

~3.~ Movement, motion, manœuvre.

~Operative~, a. ~1.~ Acting, active, in action, in operation.

~2.~ Effective, efficient, effectual, efficacious, serviceable.

~Operative~, n. Laborer, artisan, laboring man, common workman.

~Operator~, n. Doer, actor, performer, agent, executor.

~Operose~, a. Laborious, toilsome, hard, onerous, burdensome, difficult, tedious, wearisome, IRKSOME.

~Ophite~, n. (Min.) Serpentine, green porphyry.

~Ophthalmia~, n. [L.] OPHTHALMY.

~Ophthalmy~, n. (Med.) Ophthalmia, inflammation of the eye.

~Opiate~, n. Anodyne, narcotic, sedative.

~Opine~, v. n. [Obsolete or colloquial.] Think, judge, believe, suppose, conceive, apprehend, fancy, WEEN, presume, take it, be of opinion, have an opinion.

~Opinion~, n. ~1.~ Judgment, notion, view, belief, idea, conception, impression, sentiment.

~2.~ Estimate.

~Opinionated~, a. Conceited, dogmatical, opinionative, stiff or stubborn in opinion.

~Opinionative~, a. OPINIONATED.

~Opponent~, n. Antagonist, adversary, rival, competitor, enemy, foe, adverse party.

~Opportune~, a. Seasonable, convenient, timely, fit, suitable, favorable, propitious, auspicious, fortunate, lucky, APROPOS, well- timed, to the purpose.

~Opportunely~, ad. Seasonably, in the nick of time, all in good time, in the fulness of time.

~Opportunity~, n. Chance; fit, suitable, or favorable time; good chance, fitting occasion, nick of time.

~Oppose~, v. a. ~1.~ Resist, withstand, contravene, thwart, oppugn, combat, strive against, set one's face against, make a stand against.

~2.~ Contradict, gainsay, deny.

~Opposing~, a. Conflicting, counteracting, antagonistic, adverse, opposite, hostile, inimical.

~Opposite~, a. ~1.~ Facing, over against.

~2.~ Contrary, repugnant, diverse, unlike, incompatible, inconsistent.

~3.~ Adverse, opposed, opposing, antagonistic, hostile, inimical.

~Opposition~, n. ~1.~ Contrariety, repugnance, diversity, inconsistency.

~2.~ Counteraction, hostility, resistance.

~Oppress~, v. a. ~1.~ Overburden, crush, overwhelm, overpower, weigh heavily upon, bear hard upon.

~2.~ Persecute, wrong, maltreat, treat cruelly, tyrannize over.

~Oppression~, n, ~1.~ Hardship, misery, suffering, calamity.

~2.~ Tyranny, severity, cruelty, injustice, persecution.

~Oppressive~, a. ~1.~ Heavy, overwhelming, overpowering.

~2.~ Tyrannical, cruel, severe, hard, rigorous, inhuman, grinding, galling.

~3.~ Close, uncomfortable.

~Oppressor~, n. Tyrant.

~Opprobrious~, a. ~1.~ Reproachful, scurrilous, abusive, vituperative, insolent, condemnatory, damnatory, scandalous, contemptuous, offensive, insulting.

~2.~ Infamous, despised, shameful, dishonorable, disgraceful, disreputable.

~Opprobrium~, n. Reproach, disgrace, infamy, ignominy, obloquy, odium.

~Oppugn~, v. a. Assail, attack, combat, resist, oppose, thwart, contravene, withstand, strive against.

~Optic~, a. Visual.

~Optical~, a. Visual.

~Option~, n. Choice, election, preference.

~Optional~, a. Discretional, elective.

~Opulence~, n. Wealth, affluence, riches, fortune, independence, easy circumstances, ample means.

~Opulent~, a. Wealthy, rich, affluent, flush, moneyed, well off.

~Oracle~, n. ~1.~ Divine communication.

~2.~ (Jewish History.) Sanctuary, Holy of Holies.

~3.~ (Greek History.) Deity or god (from whom divine communications come).

~4.~ Sage, prophet, Solomon, Nestor, wise man, master mind, shining light.

~Oracular~, a. ~1.~ Prophetic, dogmatical, authoritative, magisterial.

~2.~ Sage, wise, grave, venerable.

~Oral~, a. Spoken, verbal, nuncupative, parole, not written.

~Orally~, ad. By word of mouth.

~Oration~, n. Discourse, address, speech, HARANGUE.

~Orator~, n. Public speaker.

~Oratorical~, a. Rhetorical.

~Oratory~, n. Eloquence, art of speaking well (in public).

~Orb~, n. ~1.~ Globe, sphere, ball.

~2.~ Circle, orbit.

~Orbicular~, a. ~1.~ Spherical, globular, globated, globous, globose.

~2.~ Circular.

~Orbit~, n. ~1.~ Orb, circular path (of a celestial body).

~2.~ (Anat.) Cavity of the eye.

~Orchestra~, n. ~1.~ Place for musicians (as in a theatre).

~2.~ Band of instrumental musicians (in an orchestra).

~Orchotomy~, n. (Med.) Emasculation, castration.

~Ordain~, v. a. ~1.~ Appoint, call, elect, consecrate, destine, set apart.

~2.~ Establish, institute, regulate, set in order, arrange.

~3.~ Decree, enact, order, prescribe, enjoin.

~Ordeal~, n. Trial, test, touchstone, proof, assay, experiment.

~Order~, n. ~1.~ Method, regularity, symmetry, regular arrangement.

~2.~ Fit condition, proper state.

~3.~ Regulation, rule, canon, prescription, law, standing rule.

~4.~ Mandate, precept, injunction, command, direction, instruction, bidding.

~5.~ Rank, class, grade, degree.

~6.~ (Bot.) Family, tribe.

~7.~ (Zoöl.) Sub-class, subordinate class.

~Order~, v. a. ~1.~ Regulate, arrange, systematize, adjust, methodize.

~2.~ Manage, conduct, carry on.

~3.~ Command, instruct, direct, bid, require, give an order to.

~Orderly~, a. ~1.~ Regular, methodical, systematic.

~2.~ Peaceable, quiet, well behaved.

~Orders~, n. pl. Holy orders, office of the Christian ministry, the sacred profession.

~Ordinance~, n. ~1.~ Decree, edict, law, enactment, statute.

~2.~ Rite, ceremony, observance, sacrament.

~Ordinarily~, ad. Commonly, usually, generally.

~Ordinary~, a. ~1.~ Common, usual, customary, habitual, settled, established, wonted, every day.

~2.~ Mean, vulgar, low, inferior.

~3.~ Plain, ugly, homely, inelegant, ill-looking, not handsome, not fine.

~Ordinary~, n. Eating-house (where a meal is offered at a settled price), TABLE D'HÔTE, public table.

~Ordination~, n. Consecration, induction, institution.

~Ordnance~, n. Cannon, great guns.

~Ordure~, n. Dung, excrement, fæces.

~Organ~, n. Instrument, means, medium.

~Organic~, n. Radical, fundamental, constitutional.

~Organical~, n. Radical, fundamental, constitutional.

~Organism~, n. ~1.~ Organic structure.

~2.~ Organization, organized being, organized existence.

~Organization~, n. ~1.~ Construction, constitution, organizing, forming, making.

~2.~ Organism, organized being, organized existence.

~Organize~, v. a. Constitute (by assignment of parts), dispose or arrange in parts (for special functions), construct, form, make.

~Orgies~, n. pl. Revels, bacchanals, saturnalia, carousal, revelry, wassail, debauch, drunken bout.

~Orient~, a. ~1.~ Eastern, oriental.

~2.~ Bright, shining, glittering, sparkling, brilliant.

~Orient~, n. East.

~Oriental~, a. Eastern, orient.

~Orifice~, n. Hole, aperture, perforation, pore.

~Origin~, n. ~1.~ Source, rise, spring, beginning, commencement, birth, cradle, original, fountain-head, starting-point.

~2.~ Cause, occasion.

~Original~, a. ~1.~ Primitive, aboriginal, primeval, primary, primordial, pristine, first.

~2.~ Inventive, creative.

~Original~, n. ~1.~ Source, spring, origin, cause.

~2.~ Archetype, model, pattern, type, prototype, protoplast, exemplar, first copy.

~3.~ [Colloquial.] Oddity, eccentric person.

~Originate~, v. a. Create, breed, bring into existence, be the author of, be the cause of, give rise to.

~Originate~, v. n. Arise, rise, begin, spring, proceed, emanate, flow, take its rise.

~Originator~, n. Inventor, author, maker, creator, father, former, first cause.

~Orison~, n. Prayer, supplication, petition, solicitation.

~Ormolu~, n. Mosaic gold.

~Ornament~, n. Embellishment, decoration, adornment.

~Ornament~, v. a. Decorate, adorn, embellish, beautify, garnish, bedeck, grace, emblazon.

~Ornamental~, a. Embellishing, serving for ornament, TOPIARY.

~Ornate~, a. Ornamented, embellished, decorated, bedecked.

~Orrery~, n. Planetarium.

~Orthoclase~, n. Felspar.

~Orthodox~, a. Sound (in religious opinions), of the true faith, not heretical.

~Orthodoxy~, n. True faith, soundness of doctrine.

~Orthogonal~, a. Rectangular, right-angled.

~Orthography~, n. Spelling.

~Oscillate~, v. n. Swing, vibrate, move to and fro, move backward and forward.

~Oscillation~, n. Vibration, swinging, nutation.

~Oscillatory~, a. Vibratory, swinging, oscillating, vibrating.

~Oscitate~, v. n. Gape, yawn.

~Osier~, n. ~1.~ Willow.

~2.~ Wicker, withe, willow twig.

~Osseous~, a. Bony.

~Ossuary~, n. Charnel-house.

~Ostensible~, a. ~1.~ Shown, declared, avowed, assigned, manifest, apparent, exhibited, presented, visible.

~2.~ Specious, plausible, colorable.

~Ostentation~, n. Display, show, parade, flourish, dash, pomposity, pompousness, pageantry, high pretension.

~Ostentatious~, a. Boastful, vain, showy, dashing, flaunting, pompous, vainglorious, fond of display.

~Ostentatiously~, ad. Showily, pompously, boastfully, with a flourish of trumpets, with beat of drum.

~Ostracism~, n. Banishment, expulsion, exclusion, excommunication.

~Ostracize~, v. a. Banish, exile, put under the ban.

~Otalgia~, n. (Med.) Ear-ache.

~Otalgy~, n. (Med.) Ear-ache.

~Ottoman~, n. Turk.

~Ottoman~, a. Turkish.

~Oust~, v. a. Eject, expel, dislodge, turn out.

~Out and out~, ~1.~ [Adverbially.] Completely, thoroughly, utterly.

~2.~ [Adjectively.] Complete, thorough, consummate, unqualified.

~Out-balance~, v. a. Overweigh, overbalance, overpoise.

~Outbreak~, n. ~1.~ Eruption, explosion.

~2.~ Riot, row, fray, affray, broil, conflict, breach of the peace.

~Outburst~, n. Eruption, outbreak.

~Outcast~, n. ~1.~ Exile.

~2.~ Reprobate, castaway, vagabond, Pariah, abandoned wretch.

~Outcrop~, n. (Geol.) Basseting, cropping out.

~Outcry~, n. ~1.~ Cry, scream, screech, yell.

~2.~ Clamor, vociferation, HALLABALOO, noise, hue and cry.

~Outdo~, v. a. Excel, surpass, exceed, beat, outstrip, outvie, outgo, go beyond, be superior to.

~Out-doors~, ad. Abroad, out-of-doors, in the open air, out of the house.

~Outer~, a. Exterior, external.

~Outface~, v. a. Brave, look out of countenance, stare down.

~Outfit~, n. Equipment.

~Outflow~, n. Efflux, effusion, flow, out-pouring.

~Outgo~, v. a. ~1.~ Outstrip, go beyond.

~2.~ Surpass, excel, exceed, outdo, outvie, beat, be superior to.

~Outgo~, n. Expenditure, outlay.

~Out-Herod Herod~, Be very extravagant, overdo the matter.

~Outlandish~, a. ~1.~ Foreign, strange, exotic, alien, not native, not domestic, from abroad.

~2.~ Barbarous, rustic, boorish, rude, clownish.

~Outlaw~, n. Robber, bandit, brigand, freebooter, highwayman, marauder.

~Outlay~, n. Expenditure, outgo.

~Outlet~, n. Exit, egress, vent.

~Outline~, n. ~1.~ Contour.

~2.~ Sketch, plan, draft, delineation, drawing, rough draft.

~Outlive~, v. a. Survive, live longer than.

~Outlook~, n. ~1.~ Watch.

~2.~ Prospect, view, sight.

~Outmost~, a. Remotest, furthest.

~Out of~, ~1.~ From.

~2.~ By means of, in consequence of.

~3.~ Not in.

~4.~ Abroad, not within.

~5.~ Beyond.

~Out of character~, Inappropriate, improper, unsuitable, out of keeping, out of place, in bad taste.

~Out of conceit with~, Tired of, no longer fond of, no longer pleased with.

~Out of date~, Antiquated, antique, archaic, obsolete, old-fashioned, out of fashion, gone by, fallen into desuetude.

~Out-of-doors~, ad. Abroad, out-doors, in the open air, out of the house.

~Out of fashion~, OUT OF DATE.

~Out of humor~, Irritated, ruffled, vexed, angry, sullen, peevish, out of temper, out of tune.

~Out of joint~, ~1.~ Dislocated.

~2.~ Disordered, displaced, going wrong.

~Out of sorts~, ~1.~ Ill, unwell, ailing, sick, indisposed, laid up.

~2.~ (Printing.) Without an assortment of types.

~Out of temper~, OUT OF HUMOR.

~Out-of-the-way~, a. Uncommon, unusual, singular, strange, rare.

~Out of tune~, ~1.~ Harsh, discordant, not in tune.

~2.~ Irritated, ruffled, OUT OF HUMOR.

~Out of the frying pan into the fire~, From bad to worse.

~Out of wind~, Plane, even, level, flat.

~Out of winding~, Plane, even, level, flat.

~Out-pouring~, n. Effusion, efflux, outflow.

~Outrage~, n. Insult, affront, indignity, abuse, offence.

~Outrage~, v. a. Insult, abuse, maltreat, offend, shock.

~Outrageous~, a. ~1.~ Furious, violent, raging, wild, mad, frantic, infuriate, frenzied.

~2.~ Atrocious, heinous, villanous.

~3.~ Excessive, exorbitant, enormous, extravagant.

~Outré~, a. [Fr.] Extravagant, excessive, exorbitant, immoderate, inordinate, overstrained.

~Outright~, ad. ~1.~ Immediately, instantly, at once, without delay.

~2.~ Completely, utterly, entirely.

~Outrun~, v. a. Exceed, surpass, outstrip, outgo, beat, go beyond.

~Outset~, n. Beginning, commencement, opening, starting-point.

~Outside~, n. Exterior, surface, superficies, external part.

~Outside~, a. Exterior, external, outward, outer, on the surface.

~Outskirt~, n. Suburb, border, environs.

~Outstanding~, a. Unsettled, unpaid, owing, due.

~Outstrip~, v. a. ~1.~ Outgo, outrun, go beyond.

~2.~ Excel, surpass, exceed, outvie, outdo.

~Outvie~, v. a. Excel, exceed, surpass, outdo, outstrip.

~Outward~, a. ~1.~ External, exterior, outer, outside.

~2.~ Extrinsic, extraneous, adventitious.

~Outweigh~, v. a. Overbalance, overpoise, overweigh.

~Outwit~, v. a. ~1.~ Outgeneral, out-manœuvre, baffle, steal a march upon.

~2.~ Overreach, cheat, dupe, deceive, circumvent, swindle, defraud, victimize, cozen, gull, chouse, diddle, take in, impose upon.

~Oval~, a. Elliptical.

~Ovate~, a. Egg-shaped.

~Ovation~, n. Triumph.

~Over~, prep. ~1.~ Above.

~2.~ Across, athwart, from one side of to the other.

~3.~ Throughout, through, through the whole extent of.

~4.~ More than, upwards of.

~Over~, ad. ~1.~ Above the top.

~2.~ Across, athwart, transversely, from one side to the other.

~3.~ From one to another, from hand to hand.

~4.~ Besides, to boot, in addition, into the bargain.

~5.~ Throughout, completely, from beginning to end.

~Over-abundant~, a. Exuberant, plenteous, copious, full, rank, plentiful, ample, replete, liberal, lavish.

~Overawe~, v. a. Awe, intimidate, cow, frighten, affright, daunt.

~Overbalance~, v. a. Outweigh, overpoise, overweigh.

~Overbear~, v. a. Overpower, overwhelm, subdue, overthrow, prostrate.

~Overbearing~, a. ~1.~ Overpowering, oppressive.

~2.~ Imperious, domineering, dictatorial, supercilious, lordly, haughty, arrogant.

~Overcast~, a. Clouded, darkened, obscured.

~Overcharge~, v. a. ~1.~ Burden, oppress, surcharge, overload.

~2.~ Exaggerate, overstate, overstrain, overlay with ornament.

~Overcome~, v. a. ~1.~ Subdue, conquer, vanquish, subjugate, overthrow, overwhelm, overturn, overbear, overpower, overmaster, defeat, crush, beat, rout, discomfit, choke, get the better of, get the upper hand of.

~2.~ Surmount, rise above.

~Overcome~, v. n. Prevail, conquer, gain the victory.

~Over-confident~, a. Rash, venturesome, presumptuous, overweening, headlong, precipitate, incautious, imprudent.

~Overdone~, a. ~1.~ Overwrought.

~2.~ Cooked too much.

~Overestimate~, v. a. Overvalue, overprize, overrate, make too much of.

~Overflow~, v. a. ~1.~ Inundate, deluge, flood, flow over.

~2.~ Overspread, overrun.

~Overflow~, v. n. Overrun, run over.

~Overflow~, n. ~1.~ Inundation.

~2.~ Superabundance, exuberance, luxuriance, profusion, excess.

~Overfond~, a. Doting, too fond.

~Overfull~, a. Surcharged, overcharged, overloaded, surfeited, plethoric.

~Overhaul~, v. a. ~1.~ (Naut.) Overtake, come up with.

~2.~ Examine, look into.

~3.~ [Colloquial U. S.] Censure, blame, reprove, reprehend, find fault with, pass censure on, take to task, bring to book, call over the coals, haul over the coals, call to account, come down upon, snap up.

~Overhead~, ad. Above, aloft.

~Overjoyed~, a. Transported, enraptured, in raptures, in ecstacies, in a transport.

~Overlay~, v. a. ~1.~ Cover, spread over.

~2.~ Crush, smother.

~Overliberal~, a. Lavish, profuse, prodigal, thriftless, unthrifty, extravagant, wasteful, too free.

~Overlook~, v. a. ~1.~ Superintend, supervise, oversee, inspect, have charge of.

~2.~ Excuse, forgive, pardon, pass over, forgive and forget.

~3.~ Disregard, neglect, miss, BLINK, pass by, be inattentive to, not notice, not think of.

~Overmaster~, v. a. OVERPOWER.

~Overmodest~, a. Bashful, shy, timid, timorous, coy, diffident, shamefaced, sheepish, not self-possessed.

~Overplus~, n. Excess, surplus, surplusage, residue.

~Overpoise~, v. a. Overbalance, outweigh.

~Overpower~, v. a. Subdue, conquer, overwhelm, overcome, overturn, over-bear, overmaster, defeat, rout, crash, beat, vanquish, subjugate, discomfit, choke, get the better of, get the upper hand of.

~Overprize~, v. a. Overestimate, overvalue, make too much of.

~Overrate~, v. a. Overestimate, overvalue, make too much of.

~Overreach~, v. a. Deceive, cheat, dupe, circumvent, defraud, swindle, cozen, bamboozle, gull, trick, victimize, diddle, chouse, take in, impose upon.

~Override~, v. a. ~1.~ Pass, ride beyond.

~2.~ Outweigh, surpass, be superior to, take precedence of.

~Overrule~, v. a. ~1.~ Control, govern, sway, have control of.

~2.~ Annul, cancel, revoke, rescind, repeal, nullify, recall, reject, repudiate, supersede, set aside.

~Overruling~, a. Controlling, governing, directing, prevailing, predominant.

~Overrun~, v. a. ~1.~ Run over, spread over.

~2.~ Ravage, devastate, despoil, lay waste.

~Overrun~, v. n. Overflow, run over.

~Oversee~, v. a. Superintend, supervise, overlook, inspect, boss, have charge of, have the direction of.

~Overseer~, n. Superintendent, inspector, supervisor, director, BOSS.

~Overset~, v. a. ~1.~ Overturn, upset, capsize, turn topsy-turvy.

~2.~ Subvert, overthrow, destroy.

~Oversight~, n. ~1.~ Superintendence, control, direction, management, supervision, inspection, charge, care, SURVEILLANCE.

~2.~ Error, blunder, mistake, slip, trip, lapse, miss, inadvertency.

~Overspread~, v. a. Cover, spread over.

~Overstate~, v. a. Exaggerate, overcharge.

~Overstrain~, v. a. Exaggerate, overcharge.

~Overt~, a. Open, manifest, public, patent, notorious, glaring.

~Overtake~, v. a. Catch, come up with.

~Overthrow~, v. a. ~1.~ Overturn, upset, overset, subvert, prostrate, level, fell, throw down, beat down.

~2.~ Demolish, destroy, ruin.

~3.~ Vanquish, conquer, defeat, worst, overcome, master, overpower, overbear, overwhelm, subjugate, crush, discomfit, beat, rout, foil.

~Overthrow~, n. ~1.~ Subversion, prostration.

~2.~ Destruction, demolition, ruin, shipwreck.

~3.~ Defeat, discomfiture, rout.

~Overtop~, v. a. ~1.~ Rise above.

~2.~ Excel, transcend, surpass, exceed.

~Overture~, n. ~1.~ Proposal, offer, proposition.

~2.~ (Mus.) Orchestral introduction to an opera, oratorio, &c.

~Overturn~, v. a. OVERTHROW.

~Overvalue~, v. a. Overrate, overprize, overestimate, make too much of.

~Overweening~, a. Conceited, haughty, proud, arrogant, opinionated, egotistical, consequential, supercilious, vain, vain-glorious, puffed up.

~Overwhelm~, v. a. ~1.~ Overflow, spread over and cover.

~2.~ Subdue, vanquish, conquer, defeat, overpower, OVERTHROW.

~Overwrought~, a. Overdone, elaborated too much.

~Ovule~, n. (Bot.) Rudimentary seed.

~Ovum~, n. [L. pl. Ova.] Egg.

~Owe~, v. a. ~1.~ Be indebted to, be bound to pay.

~2.~ Be obliged to ascribe to, be obliged for, have to attribute to.

~Owing~, a. Due.

~Owing to~, Attributable to, ascribable to, traceable to.

~Own~, v. a. ~1.~ Possess, hold, have, be in possession of, have a title to.

~2.~ Acknowledge, confess, avow, allow, admit.

~Owner~, n. Proprietor, possessor, holder.

~Oxidate~, v. a. OXIDIZE.

~Oxidize~, v. a. Oxidate, calcine, convert into an oxide.

~Oxygenate~, v. a. Oxygenize, unite or impregnate with oxygen.

~Oxygenize~, v. a. Oxygenate.

~Oxygon~, n. Acute-angled triangle.

P

~Pace~, n. ~1.~ Step, tread.

~2.~ Gait, manner of walking.

~3.~ Amble (of a horse), pacing.

~Pace~, v. n. ~1.~ Walk (with measured steps).

~2.~ Go at a pace, go at an ambling gait.

~Pachydermatous~, a. Thick-skinned.

~Pacific~, a. ~1.~ Conciliatory, appeasing, mild, peace-making.

~2.~ Peaceful, peaceable, tranquil, gentle, calm, smooth, quiet, unruffled.

~Pacification~, n. Tranquillization, reconciliation, reconcilement, accommodation.

~Pacificator~, n. Peacemaker.

~Pacify~, v. a. ~1.~ Conciliate, appease, give peace to, restore harmony to.

~2.~ Tranquillize, assuage, calm, still, quiet, lull, smooth, compose, moderate, hush, quell, lay, allay, soften, soothe, mollify.

~Pacing~, n. Pace, amble.

~Pack~, n. ~1.~ Bundle, package, budget, parcel, packet, bale.

~2.~ Burden, load.

~3.~ Collection, assemblage, assortment.

~4.~ Gang, crew, set, knot, band, clan, company, bevy, lot, squad.

~Pack~, v. a. Compress (into a bundle), put together (in close order).

~Package~, n. Bundle, budget, parcel, pack, bale, PACKET.

~Packet~, n. ~1.~ Package (small).

~2.~ Vessel (for freight and passengers between stated ports).

~Packfong~, n. [Written also Pakfong.] German silver, white copper.

~Pack off~, [Active.] Despatch, send off, send away.

~Pack off~, [Neuter.] Depart, go, start, set out, set off, be off, get off.

~Pact~, n. Compact, contract, agreement, bargain, covenant, stipulation, convention, concordant.

~Pad~, n. ~1.~ Cushion.

~2.~ Horse (for the saddle), saddle-horse.

~Padisha~, n. ~1.~ Shah (of Persia).

~2.~ Sultan (of Turkey), grand-seignor, Turkish emperor.

~Pæan~, n. Triumphal song.

~Pagan~, n. Heathen, gentile, idolater.

~Pagan~, a. Heathenish, heathen.

~Paganism~, n. Heathenism.

~Page~, n. Boy-servant (attending a royal or noble personage or a legislature), serving-boy.

~Pageant~, n. Spectacle, show, display, parade.

~Pageantry~, n. Show, display, parade, pomp, state, splendor, magnificence, flourish, showing off.

~Pain~, n. ~1.~ Penalty, punishment.

~2.~ Suffering, distress, ache, pang, torment, torture, anguish, agony, throe, twinge.

~3.~ Uneasiness, disquietude, anxiety, solicitude, care, grief, sorrow, bitterness, affliction, woe, heartache.

~Pain~, v. a. ~1.~ Torment, torture, rack, agonize, distress, hurt.

~2.~ Disquiet, trouble, afflict, grieve, aggrieve, displease, annoy, plague, bore, harass, vex, worry, tease, chafe, fret, incommode.

~Painful~, a. ~1.~ Tormenting, torturing, agonizing, racking, distressing, distressful, excruciating.

~2.~ Grievous, afflicting, afflictive, disquieting, troublesome, displeasing, provoking, annoying, vexatious, unpleasant, disagreeable.

~3.~ Toilsome, arduous, difficult, hard, severe.

~Pains~, n. [Used in the singular number by the best writers.] Labor, care, trouble, toilsome effort.

~Painstaking~, a. Laborious, sedulous, diligent, industrious, careful, plodding, assiduous, strenuous, hard-working, persevering, sparing no pains.

~Painstaking~, n. Labor, industry, assiduity, diligence, perseverance, careful toil, conscientious exertion.

~Paint~, v. a. ~1.~ Represent (by colors).

~2.~ Color (with a pigment), coat with paint.

~3.~ Depict, delineate, describe, sketch, portray, pencil, set forth.

~Paint~, n. Pigment, coloring matter.

~Painting~, n. Picture (in colors).

~Pair~, n. Two (of the same kind or suited to each other), couple, brace, SPAN.

~Pair~, v. a. & n. Couple.

~Pakfong~, n. [Written also PACKFONG.] German silver, white copper.

~Palace~, n. Stately mansion.

~Palatable~, a. Savory, delicious, nice, luscious, delicate.

~Palate~, n. Roof of the mouth.

~Palatial~, a. Stately, magnificent.

~Palaver~, n. Twaddle, chatter, balderdash, rigmarole, gibberish, stuff, trash, fudge, nonsense, platitude, moonshine, wish-wash, flummery, jargon, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk.

~Pale~, a. ~1.~ Pallid, wan, ashy, whitish, colorless, cadaverous, not ruddy.

~2.~ Dim, sombre.

~Pale~, n. ~1.~ Picket, stake.

~2.~ Enclosure, circuit.

~Palfrey~, n. Saddle-horse.

~Paling~, n. Fence (made of pales).

~Palingenesia~, n. [Gr.] Palengenesis, palengenesy, regeneration, second birth, new birth.

~Palengenesis~, n. Palingenesia.

~Palengenesy~, n. Palingenesia.

~Palinode~, n. Recantation.

~Pall~, n. Cloak (of state), mantle.

~Pall~, v. a. ~1.~ Make vapid or insipid.

~2.~ Satiate, cloy, surfeit, sate, glut, gorge, fill to repletion.

~Pall~, v. n. Become insipid, grow tasteless.

~Palladium~, n. Bulwark, safeguard, security.

~Palliate~, v. a. ~1.~ Extenuate, excuse, gloss, apologize for.

~2.~ Allay, ease, soothe, mitigate, moderate, assuage, alleviate, soothe, soften, abate, mollify, lessen, diminish, relieve, dull, blunt, quiet, still, quell.

~Palliation~, n. ~1.~ Extenuation.

~2.~ Mitigation, alleviation, relief.

~Palliative~, n. Lenitive.

~Pallid~, a. Wan, whitish, ashy, colorless, cadaverous, pale, not ruddy.

~Palling~, a. Nauseating, loathsome, sickening.

~Palm~, v. a. ~1.~ Conceal in the palm (as a juggler).

~2.~ Impose (by fraud), obtrude, pass off.

~Palmer~, n. Pilgrim (returned from the Holy Land), crusader.

~Palmiped~, a. Web-footed.

~Palmistry~, n. Chiromancy.

~Palm off upon~, Impose by fraud, put upon by trickery.

~Palm upon~, Impose by fraud, put upon by trickery.

~Palmy~, a. Prosperous, fortunate, flourishing, thriving, happy, joyous, halcyon, golden, Saturnian.

~Palpable~, a. ~1.~ Tangible, tactile.

~2.~ Manifest, obvious, plain, evident, glaring, unmistakable, gross, easily seen, very perceptible.

~Palpitate~, v. n. Pulsate, throb, flutter, go pit-a-pat.

~Palpitation~, n. Throbbing, fluttering, beating, pulsation, throb.

~Palpi~, n. pl. [L.] (Ent.) Feelers.

~Palsy~, n. Paralysis.

~Palsy~, v. a. Paralyze, benumb, deaden.

~Palter~, v. n. Equivocate, shuffle, dodge, quibble, evade, prevaricate.

~Paltry~, a. ~1.~ Small, little, diminutive, inconsiderable, insignificant, unimportant, petty, miserable, wretched, slight, slender, feeble, trifling, trivial, of no consequence, of no importance.

~2.~ Base, vile, abject, grovelling, low, mean, beggarly, pitiful, despicable, contemptible.

~Pamper~, v. a. ~1.~ Feed to excess, feed luxuriantly.

~2.~ Indulge (unduly), cocker.

~Pamphlet~, n. BROCHURE.

~Panacea~, n. Catholicon, universal medicine, universal remedy.

~Pancake~, n. Flapjack, fritter.

~Pander~, n. Procurer, pimp, male bawd.

~Pander to~, Subserve, minister to.

~Panegyric~, n. Eulogy, eulogium, encomium, tribute of praise.

~Panegyric~, a. Encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, eulogistical, commendatory, laudatory.

~Panegyrical~, a. Encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, eulogistical, commendatory, laudatory.

~Panegyrize~, v. a. Praise (highly), extol, eulogize.

~Panel~, n. (Law.) Array, body of jurors.

~Pang~, n. Pain (sharp and sudden), throe, twinge, gripe.

~Pangolin~, n. Manis, scaly ant-eater.

~Panic~, n. Fright, affright, alarm, terror, consternation, sudden fear.

~Panicle~, n. Compound raceme.

~Panic-stricken~, a. Dismayed, terrified, horrified, appalled, frightened, horror-struck.

~Panoply~, n. Armor (complete), suit of armor.

~Pansy~, n. (Bot.) Heart's-ease, garden violet (Viola tricolor).

~Pant~, v. n. ~1.~ Puff, gasp, blow, breathe hard, lose breath.

~2.~ Long, yearn, hunger, thirst, sigh.

~Pantaloons~, n. pl. Trousers, breeches.

~Pantomime~, n. Dumb show.

~Pantophagous~, a. Omnivorous, all-devouring.

~Pap~, n. ~1.~ Nipple, teat, dug.

~2.~ Food (made soft for infants and weaklings), nutriment, nourishment.

~Papa~, n. Father (so used by children).

~Papaverous~, a. Poppy-like.

~Paper~, n. ~1.~ Document, writing, written instrument.

~2.~ Newspaper, journal.

~3.~ (Com.) Notes, bank-notes, drafts, bills of exchange.

~Papilionaceous~, a. Butterfly-shaped.

~Parable~, n. Fable (in which what is stated as fact is probable, or which is founded on the ordinary incidents of daily life), APOLOGUE, story, NOVEL, short tale, fictitious narrative (intended to illustrate some spiritual truth).

~Parabolic~, a. Figurative, expressed by a parable or similitude.

~Parabolical~, a. Figurative, expressed by a parable or similitude.

~Paraclete~, n. Advocate, Intercessor, Comforter, Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth.

~Parade~, n. ~1.~ Ostentation, display, ceremony, show, pompous exhibition.

~2.~ Pageant, spectacle, pompous procession.

~Parade~, v. a. Display, flaunt, show off.

~Parade~, v. n. Make a show, show off.

~Paradise~, n. ~1.~ Eden, the garden of Eden.

~2.~ Heaven, Elysium, abode of the blessed, place of bliss.

~Paradox~, n. Absurdity (as appears at first sight, yet not so in fact), seeming contradiction.

~Paradoxical~, a. Absurd (to appearance, yet conformable to fact), incredible, puzzling, inconceivable.

~Paragon~, n. Model, pattern, master-piece, CHEF-D'ŒUVRE, BEAU IDEAL, nonesuch, pink.

~Paragraph~, n. ~1.~ Passage, clause, section of a discourse.

~2.~ Item (as in a newspaper), remark, short notice.

~Parallel~, a. ~1.~ Equidistant throughout (as lines).

~2.~ In conformity, in harmony, in accordance.

~3.~ Like, similar, analogous, resembling, allied, of a piece.

~Parallel~, n. ~1.~ Parallel line.

~2.~ Resemblance, similarity, likeness.

~3.~ Comparison.

~Paralysis~, n. Palsy.

~Paralyze~, v. a. Palsy, benumb, deaden.

~Paralogism~, n. Sophistry (unintentional), false reasoning.

~Paralogy~, n. Sophistry (unintentional), false reasoning.

~Paramount~, a. Supreme, superior, preeminent, principal, chief.

~Paramour~, n. ~1.~ Lover (in a bad sense), wooer, gallant.

~2.~ Concubine, mistress.

~Parapet~, n. (Fort.) Breastwork (on a rampart).

~2.~ Breast wall (as on a bridge).

~Paraphernalia~, n. pl. Appendages, ornaments, trappings, equipment.

~Paraphrase~, n. ~1.~ Explanation (by amplifying), exposition.

~2.~ Free translation.

~Paraphrastic~, a. ~1.~ Explanatory (by amplification).

~2.~ Free, loose, diffuse, not literal, not verbal.

~Paraphrastical~, a. ~1.~ Explanatory (by amplification).

~2.~ Free, loose, diffuse, not literal, not verbal.

~Paratonnere~, n. [Fr.] Lightning-rod.

~Parasite~, n. Sycophant, flatterer, toady, fawner, wheedler, flunky, spaniel, lickspittle, pick-thank, toad-eater, time-server, hanger-on.

~Parasitic~, a. Sycophantic, fawning, flattering, wheedling, servile, slavish, meanly submissive.

~Parasitical~, a. Sycophantic, fawning, flattering, wheedling, servile, slavish, meanly submissive.

~Parboil~, v. a. Coddle, boil slightly.

~Parcel~, n. ~1.~ Bundles, package, packet, budget.

~2.~ Set, lot, batch, collection.

~3.~ (Law.) Piece, part, portion, tract, plot, patch.

~Parcel out~, Divide, distribute, apportion, deal out.

~Parch~, v. a. ~1.~ Burn (slightly), scorch, roast.

~2.~ Dry, shrivel, dry up.

~Pardon~, v. a. ~1.~ Remit, overlook, pass over.

~2.~ FORGIVE (especially for a grave offence), absolve, excuse, acquit.

~Pardon~, n. Forgiveness (especially of a grave offence after conviction, and granted to a specified person), remission (of a penalty incurred), absolution, grace, mercy, AMNESTY.

~Pardonable~, a. Excusable, venial, that may be pardoned.

~Pare~, v. a. ~1.~ Peel (by the use of a knife).

~2.~ Clip, cut, shave off.

~Parentage~, n. Extraction, birth, descent, lineage, pedigree, stock.

~Parents~, n. pl. Father and mother.

~Parget~, v. a. Plaster, cover with plaster.

~Pargeter~, n. Plasterer.

~Parhelion~, n. [Gr. pl. Parhelia.] Mock sun.

~Pariah~, n. Outcast, wretch, Troglodyte, miserable person.

~Parity~, n. Equality, analogy, close correspondence.

~Parley~, v. n. Talk, converse, discourse, hold a conference (especially with an enemy).

~Parley~, n. Conference (especially between enemies), talk, discourse, conversation.

~Parliament~, n. House of Lords and House of Commons (of Great Britain and Ireland).

~Parlor~, n. Drawing-room.

~Parody~, n. Travesty, burlesque, caricature.

~Parody~, v. a. Travesty, burlesque, caricature, turn into burlesque.

~Parol~, a. (Law.) Oral, verbal, by word of mouth.

~Parole~, a. (Law.) Oral, verbal, by word of mouth.

~Parol~, n. ~1.~ (Law.) Word of mouth, oral declaration.

~2.~ (Mil.) Word of honor, word of promise, plighted faith.

~Parole~, n. ~1.~ (Law.) Word of mouth, oral declaration.

~2.~ (Mil.) Word of honor, word of promise, plighted faith.

~Paroxysm~, n. (Med.) Exacerbation (of a disease, periodically), fit, convulsion, sudden attack.

~Parquet~, n. [Fr.] Pit, parterre.

~Parricidal~, a. Patricidal.

~Parricide~, n. Patricide.

~Parrot~, n. POLL.

~Parry~, v. a. Ward off, turn aside.

~Parsimonious~, a. Stingy, close, avaricious, niggardly, miserly, mean, penurious, grasping, covetous, close-fisted, sordid, very saving, excessively frugal.

~Parsimony~, n. Stinginess, niggardliness, penuriousness, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, meanness.

~Parson~, n. Minister, priest, clergyman, pastor, ecclesiastic, churchman, divine.

~Part~, n. ~1.~ Piece, portion, fraction, section, division, subdivision.

~2.~ Member, organ, constituent, element, component, ingredient.

~3.~ Share, allotment, lot, dividend.

~4.~ Business, charge, duty, office, function.

~5.~ Side, party, interest, concern, faction.

~Part~, v. a. ~1.~ Divide, sever, dissever, sunder, dismember, subdivide, break, break in pieces, tear asunder.

~2.~ Disunite, separate, disjoin, disconnect, detach, dissociate, keep apart, hold apart.

~3.~ Apportion, allot, share, distribute, parcel out, deal out.

~Part~, v. n. ~1.~ Be broken, be parted, be divided, become separated, go asunder.

~2.~ Quit each other, take leave, bid farewell.

~3.~ Depart, go away, set out.

~Part from~, Leave, be detached from, be separated from.

~Part with~, Relinquish, resign, surrender, lose, give up.

~Partake of~, Participate, partake, share, have a share of, take a part of, have a part of, participate in.

~Partaking~, n. Participation.

~Partake~, v. a. Share, partake of, participate in, have a part of, take a part of.

~Partaker~, n. Participator, sharer, communicant.

~Parterre~, n. [Fr.] Pit, parquet.

~Partial~, a. ~1.~ Incomplete, imperfect, limited, not entire, not total, not general, not universal.

~2.~ Biassed, prejudiced, prepossessed, warped, interested, unfair, unjust, one-sided, not indifferent.

~Partial to~, Fond of.

~Partiality~, n. ~1.~ Unfairness, injustice, favoritism.

~2.~ Fondness, predilection, liking, fancy, inclination, leaning, bent.

~Partially~, ad. Partly, imperfectly, in part, not totally.

~Particeps criminis~, [L.] Accomplice, confederate, abettor, SOCIUS CRIMINIS.

~Participant~, n. Participator, sharer.

~Participate in~, Partake, share, have a part in, take a part in.

~Participation~, n. Partaking.

~Participator~, n. Partaker, sharer.

~Particle~, n. Bit, ATOM, MOLECULE, corpuscle, mote, jot, iota, tittle, whit, grain, scrap, mite, scintilla, ace.

~Particular~, a. ~1.~ Especial, special, specific, not general.

~2.~ Individual, single, separate, distinct, distinction.

~3.~ Minute, exact, precise, nice, scrupulous, fastidious.

~4.~ Peculiar, odd, singular, strange, notable.

~Particular~, n. Instance, circumstance, detail, item, particularity, special point.

~Particularity~, n. ~1.~ Exactness, preciseness, precision.

~2.~ Detail, item, particular, special point.

~3.~ Peculiarity, singularity, characteristic.

~Particularize~, v. a. Specify, mention in detail, set forth minutely.

~Particularize~, v. n. Be particular, descend to particulars, mention particulars.

~Particularly~, ad. ~1.~ Especially, specially, specifically, circumstantially.

~2.~ Separately, singly, distinctly, individually.

~Parting~, n. ~1.~ Breaking, rupture, disruption, severing, tearing asunder.

~2.~ Separation, detachment.

~3.~ Leave-taking.

~Partisan~, n. ~1.~ Adherent, follower, supporter, disciple, champion, votary, party man.

~2.~ Truncheon, staff.

~Partisanship~, n. Championship.

~Partition~, n. ~1.~ Division, separation, distinction.

~2.~ Dividing wall, BULKHEAD.

~Partition~, v. a. ~1.~ Apportion, share, divide into shares, parcel out.

~2.~ Divide by partitions.

~Partitive~, a. (Gram.) Distributive.

~Partitive~, n. (Gram.) Distributive.

~Partly~, ad. In part, in some measure, in some degree, not wholly, not entirely.

~Partner~, n. ~1.~ Associate, colleague, partaker, sharer, participator, participant.

~2.~ Member of a partnership, member of a firm, one of a firm or house.

~Partnership~, n. ~1.~ Union, connection, interest, participation.

~2.~ Copartnership, company, association, society, firm, house.

~Partridge-berry~, n. ~1.~ Wintergreen, teaberry, deerberry, boxberry, mountain-tea (Gaultheria procumbens).

~2.~ Checkerberry, squaw-vine, winter-clover (Mitchella repens).

~Parts~, n. pl. ~1.~ Talents, faculties, powers, abilities, endowments, gifts, genius, calibre.

~2.~ Quarters, regions, districts.

~Parturition~, n. Delivery, labor, travail, child-birth, bringing forth.

~Party~, n. ~1.~ Faction, CABAL, CLIQUE, set, junto, COTERIE, circle, combination, league, confederacy, alliance.

~2.~ Company, assembly, body, gathering, social assemblage.

~3.~ Participator, participant, partaker, sharer.

~4.~ Litigant, plaintiff or defendant.

~5.~ Person, individual, man, one, somebody, some one.

~Party-colored~, a. Variegated, piebald, many-colored, many-hued, divers-colored, of all manner of colors.

~Party-man~, n. PARTISAN.

~Parvenu~, n. [Fr.] Upstart, mushroom, snob, pretentious fellow, pretender to gentility.

~Pasigraphy~, n. Universal language.

~Pasilaly~, n. Universal language.

~Pasquinade~, n. Lampoon, satire.

~Pasquinade~, v. a. [Rare.] Lampoon, satirize, abuse by satire.

~Pass~, v. n. ~1.~ Go, move, proceed, go on, make a transit.

~2.~ Elapse, be spent, pass away.

~3.~ Vanish, disappear, cease, fade, die, be lost.

~4.~ Occur, happen, take place.

~5.~ Circulate, be current, gain currency.

~6.~ Be enacted, be sanctioned by a majority of votes.

~7.~ Be deemed, be considered, be held, be regarded.

~8.~ Answer, do, do well enough.

~9.~ Go unheeded, go unregarded.

~10.~ Make a thrust, make a pass.

~Pass~, v. a. ~1.~ Allow to proceed, let go.

~2.~ Send, transmit, deliver, make over.

~3.~ Go over, go across.

~4.~ Undergo, experience, live through, make trial of.

~5.~ Spend (as time).

~6.~ Omit, neglect, disregard, take no notice of.

~7.~ Overstep, go beyond.

~8.~ Exceed, surpass, excel, transcend.

~9.~ Be enacted by, be passed by.

~10.~ Enact, ratify, sanction by a majority of votes.

~11.~ Utter, deliver, pronounce.

~12.~ Give currency to, put into circulation.

~Pass~, n. ~1.~ Passage, way, road, avenue.

~2.~ Defile, ravine, gorge, narrow passage.

~3.~ Passport, permission to pass.

~4.~ Conjuncture, state, condition.

~5.~ Thrust, push, allonge, lunge, tilt.

~Passable~, a. ~1.~ Fit for travel (as a road).

~2.~ Tolerable, middling, moderate, ordinary, so so, mediocre, pretty good, not very bad.

~Passage~, n. ~1.~ Passing, transit.

~2.~ Road, path, way, avenue, pass, thoroughfare, channel, route.

~3.~ Act, deed, event, occurrence, feat, exploit.

~4.~ Clause, sentence, paragraph, text.

~5.~ Corridor, entry, entry way.

~6.~ Enactment, passing.

~7.~ (Music.) Phrase, part of an air.

~Pass away~, Elapse, lapse, pass, glide, slip away.

~Pass by~, Overlook, disregard, omit, take no notice of, pass over.

~Pass current~, Be received, be admitted, GO DOWN.

~Passé~, a. [Fr.] Past, worn, faded, out of use, out of date.

~Passenger~, n. Traveller, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, tourist.

~Passim~, ad. [L.] Here and there, everywhere.

~Pass in review~, Review, revise, reconsider, re-examine.

~Passion~, n. ~1.~ Suffering (specifically that of Christ by crucifixion).

~2.~ Emotion, ardor, fervor, zeal, rapture, transport, excitement, impulse, glow, strong feeling.

~3.~ Pathos, warmth of feeling, tender emotion.

~4.~ Anger, resentment, wrath, indignation, fury.

~5.~ Love, affection, attachment, fondness, devotion.

~Passionate~, a. ~1.~ Warm, ardent, earnest, vehement, excited, animated, fiery, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, burning, zealous, violent, furious, impetuous, impulsive.

~2.~ Irascible, excitable, choleric, hasty, touchy, hot, peppery, hot- tempered, quick-tempered.

~Passionless~, a. ~1.~ Impassive, unsusceptible, unimpressible, apathetic, cold, phlegmatic, stoical, cold-blooded, without passion or feeling.

~2.~ Cool, calm, collected, unmoved, imperturbable, of a calm temper.

~Passion-week~, n. Holy Week, week before Easter.

~Passive~, a. ~1.~ Quiet, quiescent, inert, inactive, not active.

~2.~ Unresisting, submissive, patient, long-suffering.

~Pass muster~, Answer, do, pass, serve, be sufficient, do well enough.

~Pass off~, Palm, palm off, impose by trick, impose fraudulently.

~Pass on or upon~, ~1.~ Befall, happen to, come upon.

~2.~ Impose upon, palm upon, palm off upon, pass off upon.

~Pass over~, Overlook, disregard, omit, take no notice of, pass by.

~Passport~, n. Pass.

~Password~, n. Watchword, countersign.

~Past~, a. Spent, gone, ended, elapsed, gone by.

~Past~, n. Past time, time gone by.

~Past~, prep. ~1.~ Beyond, out of the reach of.

~2.~ After (in time).

~Past~, ad. By.

~Pastime~, n. Amusement, entertainment, diversion, sport, play, recreation.

~Pastor~, n. ~1.~ Shepherd.

~2.~ Minister, clergyman, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman, divine.

~Pastoral~, a. ~1.~ Rural, rustic, of shepherds.

~2.~ Bucolic.

~3.~ Ministerial, of a pastor.

~Pastoral~, n. Bucolic, idyl, eclogue, pastoral poem.

~Pastorate~, n. Pastorship.

~Pastorship~, n. Pastorate.

~Pasturage~, n. Pasture, grazing land.

~Pasture~, n. Herbage, herbs, pasturage, grass, grazing land.

~Pasture~, v. a. Supply with pasturage, graze, turn out to pasture.

~Pasty~, a. Meat-pie.

~Pat~, a. [Colloquial.] Fit, apt, pertinent, suitable, appropriate.

~Pat~, n. Rap, dab, tap, hit, light blow.

~Pat~, v. a. Rap, dab, tap, strike lightly, hit.

~Patch~, n. ~1.~ Part, piece.

~2.~ Tract, parcel, plot.

~Pate~, n. Head (in a ludicrous sense).

~Patella~, n. [L.] ~1.~ Knee-pan.

~2.~ (Conch.) Limpet.

~Patent~, a. Open, apparent, evident, plain, obvious, manifest, clear, public, conspicuous, unconcealed, palpable, unmistakable, glaring, notorious.

~Paternal~, a. ~1.~ Fatherly.

~2.~ Hereditary.

~Paternal estate~, Patrimony.

~Paternity~, n. Fathership, fatherhood.

~Pater noster~, n. [L.] The Lord's prayer.

~Path~, n. ~1.~ Track (trodden), foot-way, pathway.

~2.~ Road, way, course, route, passage, avenue.

~Pathetic~, a. Affecting, touching, moving, melting, tender, plaintive.

~Pathless~, a. Untrodden, trackless.

~Pathos~, n. ~1.~ Passion, warmth of feeling, tender emotion.

~2.~ Pathetic quality, tender tone.

~Pathway~, n. Path, footway, track.

~Patience~, n. ~1.~ Endurance (without complaint), fortitude, resignation, submission, sufferance, long-sufferance, long-suffering.

~2.~ Perseverance, persistence, indefatigableness, constancy, diligence, assiduity.

~Patient~, a. ~1.~ Submissive, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, passive, long-suffering.

~2.~ Persevering, persistent, diligent, assiduous, indefatigable, constant.

~Patness~, n. [Colloquial.] Suitableness, appropriateness, fitness, propriety, aptness, pertinency.

~Patois~, n. [Fr.] Rustic or provincial dialect.

~Patrician~, n. Nobleman (of ancient Rome).

~Patrician~, a. Noble, senatorial, aristocratic, high-born, not plebeian, well-born.

~Patricidal~, a. Parricidal.

~Patricide~, n. Parricide.

~Patrimony~, n. Inheritance, heritage, paternal or hereditary estate.

~Patriot~, n. Lover of one's country.

~Patriotism~, n. Love of country.

~Patron~, n. Defender, advocate, protector, supporter, favorer, guardian, good genius, tutelary saint.

~Patronage~, n. ~1.~ Favor, countenance, support, assistance, influence, friendship, aid.

~2.~ Custom, good-will (of an established place of business).

~Patronize~, v. a. Favor, countenance, support, aid, assist, help, befriend, make interest for.

~Pattern~, n. ~1.~ Exemplar, model, archetype, prototype, original, precedent.

~2.~ Specimen, sample, example, instance.

~3.~ Figure, style, shape.

~Pattern after~, Imitate, copy, follow.

~Paucity~, n. Fewness, small number.

~Pauhaugen~, n. [Indian name.] Menhaden, hardhead, moss-bunker.

~Paunch~, n. ~1.~ Abdomen, belly.

~2.~ First stomach (of a ruminating animal).

~Pauper~, n. Mendicant, beggar, starveling, poor person (depending on charity).

~Pauperism~, n. Mendicancy, indigence, destitution, beggary, penury, extreme poverty.

~Pause~, n. ~1.~ Stop, cessation, suspension, interruption, rest, halt, intermission, remission, stoppage, stopping, break, CÆSURA.

~2.~ Point, punctuation mark.

~Pause~, v. n. ~1.~ Stop, cease, desist, wait, delay, rest, breathe, stay, break off.

2.~ Hesitate, demur, deliberate, waver.~~Pave the way~, Prepare, make ready, get ready, make preparation, smooth the way.

~Pavilion~, n. ~1.~ Tent.

~2.~ (Anat.) Auricle, external ear.

~Pavonine~, a. Iridescent, irisated, nacreous.

~Paw~, n. 1~.~ Foot (of beasts with claws).

~2.~ Hand (in contempt).

~Pawl~, n. Click, detent, catch, ratchet.

~Pawn~, n. Pledge (of a chattel to secure a debt), gage, security.

~Pawn~, v. a. Pledge, offer or give as security.

~Pawnee~, n. (Law.) Pledgee.

~Pay~, v. a. ~1.~ Discharge, settle, liquidate, cash.

~2.~ Compensate, recompense, requite, remunerate, reward, make payment to.

~3.~ Punish, take revenge upon, retort upon.

~4.~ (Naut.) Smear (with tar or pitch).

~Pay~, v. n. ~1.~ Make compensation.

~2.~ Be profitable, be remunerative, make a good return, be a good investment, give a good interest.

~Pay~, n. Compensation, recompense, remuneration, reward, requital, wages, salary, stipend, hire, allowance.

~Pay down~, Pay on the spot, pay on delivery.

~Pay for~, ~1.~ Give an equivalent for, bear the expense of.

~2.~ Atone for, make amends for.

~Paying~, a. Remunerative, profitable, gainful, that pays.

~Pay off~, ~1.~ Pay and discharge (as hired men).

~2.~ Punish, pay, take revenge upon, retort upon.

~3.~ (Naut.) Fall off, fall to leeward.

~Pay one's addresses to~, Woo, court, solicit in love, make love to.

~Pay up~, [Colloquial.] Settle, pay arrears, settle an account, square accounts, quit scores, strike a balance, pony up, shell out, fork over, pay the bill, pay the piper, pay the fiddler, come down with the cash.

~Peace~, n. ~1.~ Calm, repose, quiet, tranquillity, stillness, silence.

~2.~ Amity, concord, harmony, truce, ARMISTICE.

~Peaceable~, a. ~1.~ Peaceful, pacific, free from war.

~2.~ Gentle, mild, amicable, friendly, disposed to peace, not quarrelsome.

~3.~ Quiet, tranquil, placid, unmoved, undisturbed, serene.

~Peaceful~, a. ~1.~ Quiet, calm, still, undisturbed, placid, tranquil, serene.

~2.~ Mild, gentle, kindly, friendly.

~Peace-maker~, n. Mediator, intercessor.

~Peace-making~, a. Conciliatory, mild, appeasing.

~Peace-offering~, n. ~1.~ Atonement, satisfaction, amends, reparation, atoning sacrifice.

~2.~ Mediation, olive-branch, intercession.

~Peak~, n. Top (of a mountain), summit, crest, crown, pinnacle.

~Peak~, v. n. ~1.~ Grow thin or lean, become emaciated.

~2.~ Sneak, make a mean figure.

~Peaked~, a. Pointed.

~Peal~, n. Blast, burst, blare, clang.

~Peal~, v. n. Resound, echo, re-echo, boom, thunder, roar.

~Pea-nut~, n. Ground-nut, earth-nut (Arachis hypogæa).

~Pearlash~, n. Sub-carbonate of potassa (impure), calcined potash.

~Pearl-powder~, n. PEARL-WHITE.

~Pearl-white~, n. Pearl-powder, sub-muriate of bismuth.

~Pearly~, a. ~1.~ Abounding in pearls.

~2.~ Clear, pure, transparent, nacreous.

~Peasant~, n. Rustic, countryman, hind, swain.

~Pebble~, n. Stone (of small size), pebble-stone.

~Pebble-stone~, n. Pebble.

~Peccability~, n. Frailty, infirmity, weakness, liability to sin.

~Peccable~, a. Frail, weak, imperfect, erring, sinning, liable to sin.

~Peccadillo~, n. Petty fault, slight offence.

~Peccant~, a. ~1.~ Sinning, erring, guilty, criminal.

~2.~ Morbid, malignant, corrupting, corroding.

~Peculation~, n. Embezzlement.

~Peculiar~, a. ~1.~ That specially pertains, that belongs exclusively.

~2.~ Singular, particular, characteristic, special, exceptional, rare, not common, not general.

~Peculiarity~, n. Individuality, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, characteristic, speciality, singularity.

~Pecuniary~, a. Monetary, financial.

~Pedagogue~, n. [A contemptuous term.] Schoolmaster, teacher.

~Pedant~, n. Pretender to learning.

~Pedantic~, a. Conceited, pragmatical, vain of knowledge, ostentations of learning.

~Pedantical~, a. Conceited, pragmatical, vain of knowledge, ostentations of learning.

~Pedantry~, n. Ostentation of learning, boastful display of knowledge.

~Pedestrian~, n. Foot-traveller, traveller afoot.

~Pedigree~ n. Lineage, descent, ancestry, genealogy, stock, breed, family, race, house, line of ancestors.

~Peel~, v. a. Pare (by stripping or pulling), hull, shell.

~Peel~, v. n. Exfoliate, come off (as skin or rind), peel off, shell off.

~Peel~, n. Rind, skin.

~Peep~, v. n. ~1.~ Chirp (as a chicken), pule, pip.

~2.~ Peer, look slyly.

~Peep of day~, Dawn, morning, aurora, sunrise, prime, prime of day, break of day, early morning, first flush of the morning.

~Peer~, n. ~1.~ Equal, mate, match, compeer.

~2.~ Companion, associate, fellow, comrade.

~3.~ Nobleman, lord.

~Peer~, v. n. Peep, pry, look closely or narrowly.

~Peerless~, a. Unequalled, unmatched, unsurpassed, matchless, without an equal, without a peer.

~Peevish~, a. Fretful, petulant, querulous, irritable, waspish, snappish, pettish, captious, cross, crusty, snarling, testy, churlish, crabbed, acrimonious, irritable.

~Pelf~, n. Money, riches, lucre, mammon, gain, wealth.

~Pellicle~, n. Film, thin skin, thin coating.

~Pell-mell~, ad. Confusedly, irregularly, disorderly, in confusion, in disorder, helter-skelter, at sixes and sevens.

~Pellucid~, a. Clear, transparent, transpicuous, limpid, diaphanous, crystalline, bright, lucid, translucent.

~Pelt~, n. Skin (of a beast with the hair on it), hide.

~Pelts~, n. pl. Skins (as above), peltry, hides.

~Pelt~, v. a. Strike (with something thrown), beat, batter, assail with missiles.

~Peltate~, a. (Bot.) Shield-shaped.

~Peltated~, a. (Bot.) Shield-shaped.

~Pelting~, n. Beating, battering.

~Peltry~, n. Pelts, hides.

~Pen~, v. a. ~1.~ Write, compose, indite.

~2.~ Incage, coop, confine, enclose, impound, imprison, incarcerate, shut up, shut in, hem in, wall in, rail in.

~Pen~, n. Enclosure, COOP, PENFOLD, pinfold, pound.

~Penal~, a. Punitive.

~Penalty~, n. ~1.~ Punishment, penal retribution.

~2.~ Forfeiture, fine.

~Penance~, n. Punishment (self-inflicted or imposed by ecclesiastical authority), mortification, maceration, humiliation, penalty.

~Penchant~, n. [Fr.] Inclination, bent, propensity, proneness, proclivity, disposition, tendency, turn, leaning, predisposition, liking, fondness, predilection.

~Pencil~, n. ~1.~ Brush (made of hair or fine bristles).

~2.~ Crayon.

~Pencil~, v. a. ~1.~ Paint, depict, delineate, portray, sketch.

~2.~ Mark or draw with a pencil.

~Pencilling~, n. Sketch, outline.

~Pendant~, n. ~1.~ Hanging appendage, bob.

~2.~ Ear-ring, ear-drop.

~3.~ (Naut.) Pennant, PENNON.

~Pendent~, a. Hanging, pendulous, suspended, pensile.

~Pendente lite~, [L.] While the suit is pending, pending the suit or action, during litigation.

~Pending~, a. Depending, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, in suspense.

~Pending~, prep. During.

~Pendulous~, a. Hanging, PENDENT.

~Penetrable~, a. Permeable, pervious.

~Penetrate~, v. a. ~1.~ Pierce, perforate, bore, enter, transfix.

~2.~ Discern, understand, comprehend.

~Penetrating~, a. Discerning, intelligent, sagacious, sharp-witted, clear-sighted, acute, keen, quick, shrewd, keen-sighted.

~Penetration~, n. ~1.~ Penetrating.

~2.~ Acuteness, discernment, sagacity, shrewdness, astuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, insight, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Penfold~, n. Pen (for confining strayed beasts), pinfold, pound.

~Penitence~, n. Repentance, contrition, compunction, regret, remorse.

~Penitent~, a. Repentant, contrite.

~Penitent~, n. Repentant.

~Penitentiary~, n. Prison, jail, bridewell, work-house, house of correction.

~Penman~, n. Writer, scribe, chirographer, chirographist, quill- driver.

~Penmanship~, n. Chirography.

~Pennant~, n. (Naut.) Pendant.

~Penniless~, a. Moneyless, destitute, poor, necessitous, needy, indigent, distressed, pinched, reduced, short of money, out of money, out of cash, out of pocket, in need, in want.

~Pennon~, n. ~1.~ Banner, streamer, standard, flag, colors, ensign.

~2.~ Wing, pinion.

~Pensile~, a. Hanging, suspended, pendent, pendulous.

~Pension~, n. Allowance (from a government for past services), annuity.

~Pensive~, a. ~1.~ Thoughtful, meditative, reflective, dreamy, sober.

~2.~ Expressive of sadness.

~Pentagonal~, a. Five-angled, five-cornered.

~Pentecost~, n. Whitsuntide, Whit-Sunday.

~Pent-house~, n. Lean-to.

~Pent-roof~, n. Shed-roof.

~Penult~, n. Penultima, penultimate, last syllable but one, penultimate syllable.

~Penultima~, n. PENULT.

~Penultimate~, n. PENULT.

~Penurious~, a. Parsimonious, covetous, avaricious, illiberal, miserly, niggardly, sordid, mercenary, close, stingy, mean, close- fisted, hard-fisted.

~Penury~, n. Indigence, destitution, beggary, mendicancy, pauperism, extreme poverty.

~People~, n. ~1.~ Tribe, nation, race, clan, family.

~2.~ Population, folks, persons, the public, the community, the bulk of mankind.

~3.~ Commonalty, populace, CANAILLE, rabble, mob, the vulgar, vulgar herd, lower classes, humbler classes, the multitude, the million, the peasantry, the masses.

~People~, v. a. Populate.

~Pepper-grass~, n. Pill-wort (Pilularia globulifera).

~2.~ Pepper-wort (Lepidium sativum).

~Pepperidge~, n. Tupelo, Sour-gum, sour gum-tree (Nyssa multiflora).

~Pepperidge-bush~, n. Barberry.

~Pepper-wort~, n. Pepper-grass (Lepidium sativum).

~Peppery~, a. ~1.~ Hot, pungent, high-seasoned.

~2.~ Irritable, irascible, touchy, testy, waspish, snappish, snarling, churlish, choleric, petulant, excitable, passionate, hasty, quick, like tinder, like touch-wood.

~Peradventure~, ad. [Rare.] Perhaps, PERCHANCE, possibly.

~Perambulate~, v. a. Go around, go about.

~Perambulation~, n. Round, circuit, tour.

~Per annum~, [L.] Annually, by the year.

~Per capita~, [L.] By heads, by polls, according to the number of persons.

~Perceive~, v. a. ~1.~ See, discover, note, notice, remark, observe, descry, behold, discern.

~2.~ Feel, be sensible of.

~3.~ Understand, comprehend, know.

~Per cent.~, [L.] By the hundred.

~Per centum~, [L.] By the hundred.

~Perceptible~, a. Visible, discernible, apparent, in sight, to be seen.

~Perception~, n. ~1.~ Seeing, discernment, sense, taste, sensation.

~2.~ Understanding, notion, idea, apprehension.

~Perch~, n. ~1.~ Roost.

~2.~ Pole, rod.

~Perch~, v. n. Roost, sit on a perch.

~Perchance~, ad. Perhaps, possibly, by chance, haply, PERADVENTURE, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it.

~Perchers~, n. pl. INSESSORES, perching birds.

~Percolate~, v. n. Filter, transude, ooze, exude, strain.

~Percolation~, n. Filtration, straining.

~Percussion~, n. Collision, clash, shock, concussion.

~Percussion-cap~, n. Capsule.

~Per diem~, [L.] By the day.

~Perdition~, n. ~1.~ Ruin, destruction, overthrow, wreck, downfall, utter loss.

~2.~ Eternal death, future misery.

~Peregrination~, n. Travelling, travel, wandering.

~Peremptory~, a. ~1.~ Decisive, express, authoritative, categorical, imperative, positive, absolute.

~2.~ Dogmatical, arbitrary, despotic.

~Perennial~, a. Lasting, enduring, permanent, constant, continual, undying, unceasing, perpetual, uninterrupted, imperishable, deathless, never-failing, immortal.

~Perfect~, a. ~1.~ Complete, consummate, finished, excellent, capital, exquisite, without blemish, not defective, not deficient.

~2.~ Pure, holy, blameless, faultless, without sin.

~Perfect~, v. a. Finish, complete, consummate, elaborate, make perfect, bring to perfection.

~Perfection~, n. ~1.~ Perfectness, maturity, completion, consummation, wholeness, excellence.

~2.~ Excellent quality.

~Perfectly~, ad. Fully, entirely, totally, completely, exactly, accurately.

~Perfectness~, n. PERFECTION.

~Perfidious~, a. Faithless, unfaithful, treacherous, false, dishonest, disloyal, traitorous, false-hearted.

~Perfidiousness~, n. PERFIDY.

~Perfidy~, n. Perfidiousness, treachery, treason, defection, disloyalty, breach of faith, foul play, Punic faith.

~Perforate~, v. a. Pierce, penetrate, bore, transfix, drill, bore through.

~Perforation~, n. Hole, aperture, opening.

~Perform~, v. a. ~1.~ Do, execute, effect, accomplish, achieve, compass, bring about, bring to pass, work out.

~2.~ Observe, fulfil, meet, discharge, satisfy, complete, adhere to, be faithful to, comply with.

~Performance~, n. ~1.~ Accomplishment, execution, completion.

~2.~ Action, deed, act, achievement, exploit, feat.

~Performer~, n. ~1.~ Doer, operator, executor.

~2.~ Actor, player, stage-player, comedian, tragedian.

~Perfume~, n. ~1.~ Fragrance, balminess, aroma, redolence, incense, pleasing scent, grateful odor, sweetness of smell.

~2.~ Sweet-smelling substance.

~Perfume~, v. a. Scent, fill, impregnate or imbue with grateful odor.

~Perfumery~, n. Perfumes.

~Perfunctory~, a. Indifferent, careless, slovenly, heedless, reckless, negligent, slight; done, but not well done; done to be rid of (without a due sense of obligation).

~Perhaps~, ad. Perchance, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, by chance, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it.

~Pericarp~, n. (Bot.) Capsule, pod, seed-vessel, ripened ovary.

~Peril~, n. Danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, venture.

~Peril~, v. a. Risk, endanger, imperil, jeopard, put at hazard, put in danger, expose to danger.

~Perilous~, a. Dangerous, hazardous, RISKY, full of danger, fraught with danger.

~Period~, n. ~1.~ Cycle, circle of time, revolution of time, round of years.

~2.~ Time, term, era, epoch, date, age.

~3.~ End, limit, bound, termination, conclusion.

~4.~ (Rhet.) Sentence (full or completed), proposition.

~5.~ (Gram.) Dot, full stop.

~Periodic~, a. Recurring (regularly).

~Periodical~, a. Recurring (regularly).

~Periodically~, ad. Regularly, statedly, at stated times, at regular times, at fixed periods.

~Peripatetic~, a. Aristotelian, of Aristotle.

~Periphery~, n. Circumference.

~Periphrase~, a. Circumlocution, periphrasis, circuit of words, roundabout expression.

~Periphrasis~, n. [L.] PERIPHRASE.

~Periphrastic~, a. Circumlocutory.

~Periphrastical~, a. Circumlocutory.

~Perish~, v. n. ~1.~ Decay, waste, wither, pass away, be destroyed, be ruined, be lost, come to nought, go to destruction.

~2.~ Die, expire, decease, cease to exist.

~Perishable~, a. ~1.~ Destructible, decaying, liable to decay.

~2.~ Dying, mortal.

~Periwig~, n. Wig, peruke, scratch.

~Perjure one's self~, Forswear one's self, swear falsely, take a false oath, bear false witness, break one's word, break one's faith, play false.

~Perjury~, n. False swearing.

~Perk~, v. n. Be perk, be proud, be perky, be smart.

~Perk~, a. Pert, PERKY.

~Perky~, a. Pert, smart, UPPISH, proud, perk, assuming.

~Permanence~, n. Duration, durability, lastingness, continuance, fixedness.

~Permanency~, n. Duration, durability, lastingness, continuance, fixedness.

~Permanent~, a. Lasting, abiding, fixed, enduring, continuing, durable, stable, steadfast, unchangeable, immutable, perpetual, invariable, constant, persistent.

~Permeable~, a. Pervious, penetrable.

~Permissible~, a. Allowable, admissible, lawful, legal, legitimate, proper.

~Permission~, n. Leave, license, liberty, allowance, consent, permit.

~Permit~, v. a. Allow, let, suffer, license, empower, authorize, warrant, give permission to, give leave to, give carte blanche to.

~Permit~, n. Leave, license, permission, liberty.

~Pernicious~, a. Hurtful, deleterious, injurious, detrimental, baneful, baleful, prejudicial, noxious, mischievous, damaging, disadvantageous, destructive, ruinous, fatal.

~Perpendicular~, a. ~1.~ Vertical, upright, pointing to the zenith.

~2.~ At right angles, making a right angle.

~Perpetrate~, v. a. Do (as something base), commit, perform, execute.

~Perpetration~, n. Commission (as of a crime), doing, performing.

~Perpetual~, a. Endless, unending, everlasting, eternal, ever- during, ceaseless, continual, incessant, unintermitted, uninterrupted, constant, interminable, perennial.

~Perpetuate~, v. a. Eternize, make perpetual.

~Perpetuity~, n. Eternity, endless duration.

~Perplex~, v. a. ~1.~ Entangle, tangle, complicate, involve, snarl, make intricate, make difficult.

~2.~ Embarrass, puzzle, distract, pose, bewilder, beset, mystify, confuse, confound.

~Perplexing~, a. Troublesome, puzzling, embarrassing, bewildering, confusing.

~Perplexity~, n. ~1.~ Intricacy, intricateness, complexity, obscurity, hardness, complication, involution.

~2.~ Concern, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, embarrassment, distraction, doubt, confusion, bewilderment.

~3.~ Embarrassment, difficulty, strait, hobble, pickle, critical situation.

~Per saltum~, [L.] By a leap, by a jump.

~Per se~, [L.] By itself.

~Persecute~, v. a. Oppress, harass, afflict, molest, distress, worry, hunt down, run down, pursue malignantly, drive from pillar to post.

~Perseverance~, n. Steadiness, persistence, persistency, constancy.

~Persevere~, v. n. Persist, be steady, be steadfast, be constant, go on, keep on, hold on, keep one's coarse, keep one's ground, maintain one's ground, stick to it, not give it up, stand firm, stand fast, move heaven and earth, go through fire and water, go all lengths, stick at nothing.

~Persiflage~, n. [Fr.] Banter, raillery, ridicule, jeering, mockery, quizzing, joking, pleasantry, frivolous talk.

~Persist~, v. n. ~1.~ Continue, remain, last, endure.

~2.~ PERSEVERE, be steadfast.

~Persistence~, n. ~1.~ PERSEVERANCE.

~2.~ Obstinacy, contumacy, doggedness, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy, headiness, pig-headedness.

~Persistency~, n. ~1.~ PERSEVERANCE.

~2.~ Obstinacy, contumacy, doggedness, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy, headiness, pig-headedness.

~Persistent~, a. Persevering, constant, steady.

~Person~, n. ~1.~ Individual, man, one, party, somebody, some one, intelligent being, human being, human creature.

~2.~ Body, bodily substance.

~Personage~, n. ~1.~ Assumed character.

~2.~ Person of rank, man of distinction, great person, illustrious person.

~Personal~, a. ~1.~ Individual, private, special.

~2.~ Corporal, exterior, physical, material.

~Personality~, n. Individuality, distinct existence.

~Personally~, ad. ~1.~ Individually, as to one's person.

~2.~ In person, by bodily presence.

~Personate~, v. a. Play, act, act the part of, take the part of.

~Personation~, n. Representation, acting, simulation.

~Personification~, n. (Rhet.) Prosopopœia.

~Perspective~, n. Vista, prospect, view.

~Perspicacious~, a. Discerning, acute, keen, sagacious, shrewd, clear-sighted, keen-sighted, sharp-witted, keen-witted, long-headed, eagle-eyed.

~Perspicaciousness~, n. PERSPICACITY.

~Perspicacity~, n. Perspicaciousness, acuteness, sharpness, shrewdness, discernment, penetration, sagacity, astuteness, insight.

~Perspicuity~, n. Clearness, lucidness, transparency, plainness, intelligibility, perspicuousness.

~Perspicuous~, a. Clear, lucid, plain, transparent, intelligible.

~Perspicuousness~, n. PERSPICUITY.

~Perspiration~, n. ~1.~ Exudation, sweating.

~2.~ Sweat.

~Perspire~, v. n. Sweat.

~Persuade~, v. a. ~1.~ Induce, influence, lead, incite, impel, actuate, set on, prevail upon, bring over, win over, bring round.

~2.~ Convince, satisfy by proof or evidence.

~Persuasion~, n. ~1.~ Influence, inducement, incitement, suasion, bringing over.

~2.~ Conviction, creed, belief, doctrine, tenet, dogma, way of thinking.

~Persuasive~, a. Convincing, cogent, logical, valid, sound, weighty.

~Persuasive~, n. Inducement, incitement.

~Pert~, a. Saucy, forward, bold, impertinent, impudent, flippant.

~Pertain to~, ~1.~ Belong to, appertain to, be the property of.

~2.~ Behoove, befit, beseem, be incumbent on, be the duty of, devolve on.

~3.~ Regard, concern, relate to, refer to, answer to, have relation to.

~Pertinacious~, a. ~1.~ Constant, steady, firm, determined, resolute, steadfast, stanch.

~2.~ Stubborn, obstinate, dogged, wilful, mulish, unyielding, intractable, headstrong, perverse, wayward, CANTANKEROUS, PIG-HEADED.

~Pertinaciousness~, n. PERTINACITY.

~Pertinacity~, n. ~1.~ Resolution, determination, steadiness, constancy, inflexibility, firmness, perseverance, tenacity of purpose.

~2.~ Stubbornness, obstinacy, wilfulness, doggedness, headiness, mulishness.

~Pertinence~, n. Fitness, appropriateness, relevancy, appositeness, suitableness, applicability, propriety, PATNESS.

~Pertinency~, n. Fitness, appropriateness, relevancy, appositeness, suitableness, applicability, propriety, PATNESS.

~Pertinent~, a. Fit, appropriate, suitable, relevant, apposite, adapted, applicable, proper, PAT, apropos, to the point, to the purpose.

~Pertness~, n. Sauciness, forwardness, impertinence, impudence, flippancy.

~Perturbation~, n. Agitation, trepidation, disquiet, uneasiness, excitement, discomposure, worry, vexation.

~Perturbed~, a. Disturbed, disquieted, distressed, agitated, discomposed, excited, worried, vexed.

~Peruke~, n. Wig, periwig, scratch.

~Perusal~, n. Reading.

~Peruse~, v. a. Read.

~Peruvian bark~, Cinchona, Jesuit's bark, Cinchona bark.

~Pervade~, v. a. ~1.~ Permeate, penetrate, pass through.

~2.~ Overspread, fill, run through, be diffused through, be disseminated through.

~Perverse~, a. ~1.~ Distorted (from the right), bad.

~2.~ Obstinate, stubborn, wilful, dogged, mulish, untractable, unyielding, headstrong, pertinacious, wayward, CANTANKEROUS, PIG-HEADED.

~3.~ Cross, petulant, waspish, captious, snappish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, froward, morose, surly, snarling, ill- tempered, ill-natured.

~Perverseness~, n. Petulance, peevishness, churlishness, moroseness, surliness, ill-temper, perversity.

~Perversion~, n. Impairment, injury, vitiation, corruption, debasement, prostitution, abasement.

~Perversity~, n. PERVERSENESS.

~Pervert~, v. a. ~1.~ Distort, stretch, falsify, make an ill use of.

~2.~ Entice, tempt, corrupt.

~Pervious~, a. Permeable, penetrable.

~Pest~, n. ~1.~ Plague, pestilence, infection, fatal epidemic, infectious disease.

~2.~ Contamination, poison, taint, bane, scourge, curse, infliction, nuisance, great annoyance.

~Pester~, v. a. Disturb, annoy, harass, provoke, nettle, trouble, plague, vex, tease, hector, harry, molest, bother, worry, fret, gall, bore, incommode, disquiet, infest, torment, badger, chafe, irritate.

~Pestiferous~, a. PESTILENTIAL.

~Pestilence~, n. Plague, pest, BLIGHT, contagious distemper.

~Pestilential~, a. ~1.~ Pestiferous, infectious, contagious, catching, malignant, poisonous.

~2.~ Mischievous, destructive, deleterious, noxious, ruinous, deadly.

~Pet~, n. ~1.~ Fondling, darling, favorite.

~2.~ MIFF, angry mood, fit of peevishness.

~Pet~, a. Favorite, especially liked.

~Pet~, v. a. Fondle, indulge, caress, make much of.

~Petiole~, n. (Bot.) Leaf-stalk.

~Petition~, n. Request, prayer, supplication, entreaty, suit, solicitation, application, appeal, address.

~Petition~, v. a. Entreat, pray, supplicate, solicit, crave, ask, beg, apply to, make application to, prefer a request to.

~Petitioner~, n. Suppliant, solicitor, applicant, suitor.

~Petitio principii~, [L.] (Logic.) Begging of the question, taking for granted the question in dispute.

~Petit-maître~, n. [Fr.] Coxcomb, dandy, fop, beau, exquisite, popinjay, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man of dress; vain, showy fellow.

~Pet lamb~, Cosset.

~Petrify~, v. a. ~1.~ Change to stone.

~2.~ Make callous, make obdurate.

~3.~ Astonish, amaze, astound, dumfounder, confound, stupefy, take by surprise, strike dumb.

~Petroleum~, n. Rock-oil, mineral oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, Barbadoes tar, Seneca oil.

~Petticoat~, n. Skirt.

~Pettifogger~, n. Petty lawyer.

~Pettish~, a. Peevish, fretful, PETULANT.

~Petty~, a. ~1.~ Little, small, trifling, trivial, frivolous, inconsiderable, unimportant, insignificant, slight, of small moment, of small account.

~2.~ Inferior, of a low grade.

~Petty-chaps~, n. Fig-pecker, fig-eater, becafico, garden warbler, greater petty-chaps (Sylvia hortensis).

~Petulance~, n. Peevishness, fretfulness, testiness, waspishness, crustiness, pettishness, snappishness, irritability, ill-temper.

~Petulant~, a. Irascible, irritable, fretful, peevish, hasty, touchy, testy, crusty, pettish, waspish, choleric, snappish, snarling, cross, crabbed, captious, censorious, acrimonious, perverse, froward, ill-tempered, out of sorts.

~Pewit~, n. Lapwing (Tringa vanellus).

~Phalansterianism~, n. Fourierism, socialism, humanitarianism, Saint Simonianism.

~Phantasm~, n. Vision (fancied), appearance, apparition, spectre, phantom, illusion.

~Phantasmagoria~, n. ~1.~ Magic lantern.

~2.~ Illusive images, optical illusions.

~Phantom~, n. PHANTASM.

~Phantom-like~, a. Spectral.

~Pharisaic~, a. Sanctimonious, hypocritical.

~Pharisaical~, a. Sanctimonious, hypocritical.

~Pharisaism~, n. Hypocrisy, formalism, sanctimoniousness, cant, pietism, phariseeism, assumed piety.

~Phariseeism~, n. PHARISAISM.

~Pharmacopœia~, n. Dispensatory.

~Phascolome~, n. Wombat (Phascolomys ursinus).

~Phase~, n. Appearance (as of the moon or a planet), aspect.

~Phenomenon~, n. [pl. Phenomena.] ~1.~ Appearance, what is seen (as distinguished from its essence or substance).

~2.~ Prodigy, wonder, marvel, miracle.

~Philander~, v. n. Coquet, flirt, make love, make a show of love, affect to be in love, play at courtship.

~Philanthropic~, n. Benevolent, kind, benignant, gracious, humane.

~Philanthropical~, n. Benevolent, kind, benignant, gracious, humane.

~Philanthropy~, n. Humanity, love of mankind, general benevolence, good will to all men.

~Philibeg~, n. [Written also and usually Fillibeg.] Kilt.

~Philippic~, n. Invective.

~Philomel~, n. Nightingale.

~Philomela~, n. Nightingale.

~Philosopher~, n. ~1.~ Searcher after truth, student of first principles, seeker of wisdom.

~2.~ Theorist, theorizer, man of abstractions, speculator.

~Philosophic~, a. ~1.~ Of philosophy.

~Philosophical~, a. ~1.~ Of philosophy.

~2.~ Of a philosopher, of philosophers.

~3.~ Wise, rational, reasonable.

~4.~ Calm, cool, collected, composed, unruffled, sedate, serene, tranquil, imperturbable, stoical, Platonic.

~Philosophy~, n. ~1.~ Science of causes or first principles, science of the absolute, the science of sciences.

~2.~ Principles (of any department of knowledge), laws.

~3.~ Hypothesis, theory, system, doctrine.

~Philosophy of the Academy~, Philosophy of Plato, Platonic philosophy.

~Philosophy of the Garden~, Philosophy of Epicurus, Epicurean philosophy.

~Philosophy of the Lyceum~, Philosophy of Aristotle, Peripatetic philosophy.

~Philosophy of the Porch~, Philosophy of Zeno and the Stoics, Stoical philosophy.

~Philter~, n. Love potion, love charm.

~Phiz~, n. [Humorously so used.] Face, visage, countenance, physiognomy.

~Phlebotomy~, n. Venesection, bloodletting.

~Phlegm~, n. ~1.~ Mucus, excrementitious humor.

~2.~ Apathy, insensibility, dulness, indifference, coldness, sluggishness.

~Phlegmatic~ a. Apathetic, stoical, dull, sluggish, tame, cold, frigid, unfeeling, unsusceptible, impassible, impassive, indifferent, cold-blooded.

~Phonetic~, a. Phonic, phonical.

~Phonetical~, a. Phonic, phonical.

~Phonetics~, n. Phonics, phonology.

~Phonic~, a. PHONETIC.

~Phonical~, a. PHONETIC.

~Phonology~, n. Phonetics, phonics.

~Phosphorus~, n. [Poetical.] The morning star, Lucifer, Venus.

~Phrase~, n. ~1.~ Expression (forming part of a sentence).

~2.~ Idiom, peculiar expression, turn of expression.

~3.~ Style, diction, phraseology, manner of expression, mode of speech.

~Phrase~, v. a. Call, name, style, term, denominate, entitle, designate, christen, dub.

~Phraseology~, n. Diction, style, phrase, manner of expression, mode of speech.

~Phrenitis~, n. [L.] (Med.) Inflammation of the brain.

~Phrenology~, n. Craniology, craniognomy.

~Phrensy~, n. [Written usually Frenzy.] Madness, rage, fury, delirium, insanity, lunacy, aberration of mind.

~Phthisis~, n. (Med.) Consumption (particularly of the lungs), marasmus, emaciation, wasting, atrophy, decline, tabes, pulmonary consumption.

~Phylactery~, n. Charm, amulet, talisman.

~Physic~, n. ~1.~ Drug, medicine, remedy, medicament, NOSTRUM.

~2.~ Cathartic, purge, purgative medicine.

~Physic~, v. Purge, drench, give physic to.

~Physical~, a. ~1.~ Material, corporeal, bodily, natural, sensible.

~2.~ Medicinal, cathartic, purgative.

~Physician~, n. Doctor, medical man.

~Physics~, n. Natural philosophy, science of nature.

~Physiognomy~, n. Face, countenance, PHIZ, visage, cast of countenance, expression of countenance.

~Physiology~, n. Science of life, animal and vegetable economy, science of organized beings, science of the functions of animals and vegetables.

~Phytivorous~, a. Grass-eating, graminivorous, phytophagous.

~Phytophagous~, a. PHYTIVOROUS.

~Picaroon~, n. Pirate, corsair, buccaneer, freebooter, marauder, sea- robber, sea-rover.

~Piccolo~, n. [It.] Octave flute.

~Pick~, v. a. ~1.~ Pluck, pull off, pick off.

~2.~ Open (as a lock).

~3.~ Choose, select, cull, single out, pick out, fix upon, pitch upon.

~4.~ Clean, cleanse.

~Pick~, n. ~1.~ Pickaxe.

~2.~ Choice, selection.

~Pickaxe~, n. (Written also Pickax.) Pick.

~Picket~, n. ~1.~ Stake, pale.

~2.~ (Mil.) Sentinel (on the outposts), guard, watchman, guardsman, sentry.

~Pickings~, n. pl. Refuse, leavings, remnants, remains, odds and ends.

~Pickle~, n. ~1.~ Salt and water (for preserving meat).

~2.~ Vinegar (for preserving meats or vegetables).

~3.~ Sorry condition, sad plight.

~Pickle-herring~, n. Buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, jester, droll, punch, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, merry-Andrew, jack-pudding, punchinello.

~Pick off~, ~1.~ Pluck, pick, pull off.

~2.~ Kill (by shooting, as a marksman).

~Pick out~, Select, cull, choose, single out, fix upon, pitch upon.

~Pick up~, Take up.

~Picturesque~, a. Beautiful (as a scene in a picture), graphic.

~Picture~, n. ~1.~ Painting, drawing, engraving, print.

~2.~ Image, resemblance, semblance, likeness, representation, similitude.

~Picture~, v. a. Paint, draw, represent, delineate, form an image of.

~Piddle~, v. n. ~1.~ [Rare.] Trifle, act with levity, be busy about trifles.

~2.~ [Child's word.] Urinate, make water, void urine.

~Piddling~, a. Trifling, trivial, frivolous, petty, unimportant, insignificant, immaterial, inconsiderable, worthless, of little value or consequence, of no moment.

~Piebald~, a. Motley, mottled, variegated, pied, party-colored, many- hued, many-colored, divers-colored, of various colors.

~Piece~, n. ~1.~ Part, portion, section, fragment, bit, scrap.

~2.~ Composition, writing, lucubration, literary production.

~3.~ Gun, cannon, fire-arm.

~Piecemeal~, ad. In pieces, by fragments, part by part.

~Piece-work~, n. Job-work.

~Pied~, a. Variegated, PIEBALD.

~Pierce~, v. a. ~1.~ Transfix, penetrate, perforate, drill, bore, enter, force a way into.

~2.~ Affect, move, touch, strike, thrill.

~Pierce~, v. n. Penetrate, enter, thrill, force a way.

~Piercing~, a. ~1.~ Penetrating, perforating.

~2.~ Sharp, keen, acute, thrilling.

~Piety~, n. ~1.~ Filial reverence.

~2.~ Godliness, religion, devotion, holiness, sanctity, grace.

~Pig~, n. Young hog.

~Pigeon-berry~, n. Poke, poke-weed, garget (Phytolacca decandra).

~Pigeon-house~, n. Columbary, dove-cot.

~Piggery~, n. Pig-sty, hog-sty, pig-pen.

~Pig-headed~, a. [Colloquial.] Obstinate, stubborn, mulish, dogged, wilful, heady, headstrong, intractable, perverse, cross- grained, self-willed.

~Pigment~, n. Paint, color, coloring matter.

~Pig-pen~, n. PIGGERY.

~Pig-sty~, n. PIGGERY.

~Pigwidgeon~, n. Fairy, elf, fay.

~Pile~, n. ~1.~ Heap, accumulation, mass, collection.

~2.~ Building, structure, edifice, fabric, erection.

~3.~ Large stake.

~4.~ Filament, thread, fibre, staple.

~Pike~, n. ~1.~ Turnpike-gate.

~2.~ [U. S.] Turnpike, turnpike road.

~3.~ (Ich.) Luce, true-jack.

~Pile~, v. a. Accumulate, amass, heap, collect or gather into a heap.

~Piles~, n. pl. (Med.) Hemorrhoids.

~Pilfer~, v. a. Steal (by petty theft), filch, purloin, CABBAGE, bob.

~Pilfer~, v. n. Steal, thieve, practise petty theft.

~Pilfering~, n. Stealing, thieving, thievery, larceny, petty theft, petty larceny.

~Pilgarlic~, n. Wretch, outcast, Pariah, Troglodyte, miserable fellow.

~Pilgrim~, n. Traveller (especially on a religious errand), wanderer, wayfarer, PALMER, crusader.

~Pilgrimage~, n. Journey (especially to some hallowed place), expedition, tour, excursion.

~Pillage~, n. ~1.~ Spoliation, depredation, destruction, devastation, plundering, rapine.

~2.~ Plunder, booty, spoil, prey.

~Pillage~, v. a. Plunder, spoil, despoil, sack.

~Pillar~, n. ~1.~ COLUMN (for supporting something), shaft, post.

~2.~ Prop, support, supporter, maintainer.

~Pillow-block~, n. Plumber-block.

~Pill-wort~, n. Pepper-grass (Pilularia globulifera).

~Pilot~, n. Steersman, guide, conductor.

~Pilot~, v. a. Guide, direct, conduct, steer, have or take the direction of.

~Pilot-bread~, n. Hard-bread, ship-biscuit.

~Pimento~, n. Allspice, Jamaica pepper.

~Pimp~, n. Procurer, pander.

~Pimp~, v. n. Pander.

~Pimple~, n. Blotch, eruption, pustule.

~Pin~, n. ~1.~ Peg, BOLT.

~2.~ Straw (as something of no value), fig, button, rush, feather, farthing, brass farthing.

~Pin~, v. a. ~1.~ Fasten with a pin.

~2.~ Fasten, fix, make fast.

~Pinch~, v. a. ~1.~ Nip, squeeze, compress, gripe.

~2.~ Oppress, straiten, distress.

~Pinch~, v. n. Bear hard.

~Pinch~, n. ~1.~ Nip, gripe.

~2.~ Emergency, exigency, crisis, strait, difficulty, push.

~Pinchbeck~, n. Dutch gold.

~Pinched~, a. Distressed, straitened, reduced, indigent, destitute, needy, poor, necessitous, penniless, moneyless, in need, in want, out of money, out of cash, out of pocket.

~Pine~, v. n. Languish, droop, flag, waste, decay, waste away.

~Pinion~, n. ~1.~ Wing, pennon.

~2.~ Fetter (for the arms).

~Pinion~, v. a. Restrain (by binding the arms), bind, fasten, shackle, fetter, chain.

~Pink~, n. ~1.~ Rose-color.

~2.~ (Ich.) Minnow, minion (Lencisous phoxinus).

~3.~ Paragon, model, BEAU IDEAL.

~Pinnacle~, n. ~1.~ Turret, minaret.

~2.~ Top, summit, apex, acme, zenith, highest point, culminating point, utmost height.

~Pin one's faith upon~, Believe, put confidence in, rely upon, take at one's word.

~Pintado~, n. Guinea hen.

~Pious~, a. ~1.~ Filial.

~2.~ Religious, godly, holy, devout, saintly.

~Pip~, v. n. Chirp (as a chicken), mewl, peep.

~Pipe of peace~, Calumet.

~Piping~, a. ~1.~ Whining, feeble, sickly, weak.

~2.~ Simmering, boiling.

~Pipsissewa~, n. [Indian name.] Winter-green (Chimaphila umbellata).

~Piquancy~, n. ~1.~ Pungency, high flavor.

~2.~ Sharpness, tartness, severity.

~Piquant~, n. ~1.~ Pungent, biting, pricking, stinging, high- flavored, high-seasoned.

~2.~ Sharp, tart, severe, cutting, pointed.

~Pique~, n. Resentment (slight), grudge, umbrage, offence, wounded pride.

~Pique~, v. a. ~1.~ Stimulate, incite, urge, instigate, spur, goad, set on, stir up.

~2.~ Offend, displease, affront, provoke, incense, irritate, chafe, nettle, vex, fret, sting, exasperate, wound, give offence to, give umbrage to.

~Pique one's self~, Plume one's self, take pride.

~Pirate~, n. Corsair, buccaneer, picaroon, free-booter, sea-robber, sea-rover.

~Piratic~, a. Robbing, predatory.

~Piratical~, a. Robbing, predatory.

~Pish~, interj. Pshaw.

~Pismire~, n. Ant, emmet.

~Piston~, n. Plunger.

~Pit~, n. ~1.~ Excavation, hole, cavity, hollow, indentation, dent, dint, depression, dimple.

~2.~ Gulf, abyss.

~3.~ Parquet, parterre.

~Pit against~, Set to fight (as cocks in a pit), set in opposition, match for a contest, set together by the ears.

~Pit-a-pat~, ad. In a flutter, with throbs, with palpitation.

~Pitch~, n. ~1.~ Degree of elevation.

~2.~ Degree, measure, extent, range, rate.

~3.~ (Mus.) Elevation of the key-note.

~Pitch~, v. a. ~1.~ Throw, cast, fling, hurl, toss, launch, send, dart, lance, jaculate.

~2.~ Set (as a tent), fix, plant, place, station, locate, settle, establish.

~Pitch~, v. n. Fall, plunge, throw one's self.

~Pitch-coal~, n. Bituminous coal, caking coal.

~Pitch dark~, Dark as pitch, very dark.

~Pitch into~, [Colloquial.] ATTACK, assail, assault.

~Pitch upon~, Choose, select, decide on, determine on, fix upon.

~Pitchy~, n. Dark, black, dismal, rayless, sunless, Cimmerian.

~Pit-coal~, n. Mineral coal.

~Piteous~, a. ~1.~ Sorrowful, mournful, woful, doleful, rueful, affecting, distressing, grievous, moving pity, exciting compassion.

~2.~ Pitiable, deplorable, wretched, miserable, deserving pity, to be pitied.

~Pith~, n. ~1.~ Heart, marrow.

~2.~ Essence, quintessence, substance, gist, soul, chief part, essential part, vital part.

~3.~ Weight, moment, importance.

~4.~ Force, strength, energy, vigor.

~Pithy~, a. ~1.~ Forcible, energetic.

~2.~ Terse, laconic, brief, concise, short, compact, pointed, sententious, full of meaning, not loose, not verbose, not prolix.

~Pitiable~, a. Deplorable, wretched, miserable, piteous, deserving pity, to be pitied.

~Pitiful~, a. ~1.~ Compassionate, tender, tender-hearted, sympathetic, kind, merciful, lenient, mild.

~2.~ Mean, base, vile, low, paltry, sorry, abject, rascally, contemptible, despicable, insignificant, worthless.

~Pitiless~, a. Merciless, unmerciful, unpitying, relentless, ruthless, implacable, inexorable, cruel, unfeeling, unsympathizing.

~Pittance~, n. ~1.~ Allowance (out of pity or charity), dole, allotment, charity, gift.

~2.~ Modicum, trifle, fragment, small portion, small allowance.

~Pity~, n. Compassion, commiseration, sympathy, fellow-feeling, bowels of compassion, melting mood.

~Pity~, v. a. Commiserate, compassionate, sympathize with, feel for, have pity or compassion for, feel sorry for, condole with.

~Pivot~, v. n. Turn, hinge, depend.

~Pivotal~, a. Turning, hinging, depending.

~Placability~, n. Placableness, forgiving disposition.

~Placable~, a. Appeasable, reconcilable, forgiving.

~Placableness~, n. PLACABILITY.

~Placard~, n. Poster, bill, hand-bill, broadside.

~Placard~, v. a. ~1.~ Advertise (by placards), publish, announce, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad.

~2.~ Post, expose to obloquy.

~Place~, n. ~1.~ Situation, position, locality, location, station, spot, site, ground.

~2.~ Office, charge, function, employment, post.

~3.~ Rank, standing, grade, condition, occupation, calling.

~4.~ Mansion, residence, abode, dwelling seat.

~5.~ Town, village, city.

~Place~, v. a. ~1.~ Put, set, station, lay, settle, deposit, commit, locate, seat, fix, establish, dispose, arrange.

~2.~ Invest, put at interest.

~Placenta~, n. Secundines, after-birth.

~Placid~, a. Quiet, tranquil, undisturbed, unmoved, unruffled, calm, peaceful, halcyon, palmy, serene, composed, collected, cool.

~Placidity~, n. Calmness, quietness, serenity, composure, coolness, tranquillity, imperturbability.

~Plagiarism~, n. Literary theft.

~Plagiarist~, n. Plagiary.

~Plague~, n. ~1.~ Pestilence, pest.

~2.~ Affliction; annoyance, vexation, trouble, nuisance, curse, torment, thorn in one's side.

~Plague~, v. a. Annoy, tease, vex, worry, trouble, molest, torment, harass, harry, disturb, fret, gall, chafe, bore, incommode, bother, pester, badger, hector, irritate, disquiet.

~Plain~, a. ~1.~ Even, level, smooth, flat, plane.

~2.~ Manifest, visible, obvious, clear, unmistakable, apparent, certain, palpable, conspicuous, notable, notorious, glaring, patent, open, evident.

~3.~ Unequivocal, unambiguous, distinct, explicit, intelligible, perspicuous.

~4.~ Simple, unadorned, unvarnished.

~5.~ Homely, ugly, ill-looking, ill-favored, not handsome.

~6.~ Artless, natural, honest, sincere, candid, frank, open, downright, direct, unsophisticated, ingenuous, undesigning, straightforward, single-minded, open-hearted, above-board.

~Plain~, n. Plateau, champaign, savanna, pampas, tableland, champaign country.

~Plain-dealing~, n. Honesty, sincerity, frankness, candor, ingenuousness, openness, truthfulness, plainness, straightforwardness.

~Plain-spoken~, a. Frank, candid, blunt, open, free-spoken, plain of speech.

~Plaint~, n. Lamentation, lament, moan, wail, cry, complaint.

~Plaintiff~, n. Accuser, prosecutor.

~Plaintive~, a. ~1.~ Complaining, lamenting, moaning.

~2.~ Mournful, sorrowful, sad, piteous, woful, rueful, grievous, dirge- like.

~Plait~, n. Fold, doubling, double, PLICATURE, gather.

~Plait~, v. a. ~1.~ Fold, double.

~2.~ Braid, plat, weave, mat.

~Plan~, n. ~1.~ Draft, sketch, plot, drawing, map, chart.

~2.~ Scheme, project, system, method, device, design, contrivance, proposal, proposition.

~Plan~, v. a. ~1.~ Delineate, figure, represent, mark out, chalk out, sketch out.

~2.~ Devise, contrive, scheme, project, plot, invent, design, concoct, digest, lay out, prepare, hatch.

~Plane~, a. Level, flat, even, smooth, plain.

~Plane-tree~, n. ~1.~ [U. S.] Sycamore, button-wood, button-ball-tree, water-beech (Platanus Occidentalis).

~2.~ [Scotland.] Sycamore maple (Acer pseudo-platanus).

~Planetarium~, n. Orrery.

~Plant~, n. Vegetable.

~Plant~, v. a. Fix, establish, settle, found.

~Plant~, v. n. Sow, scatter seed, put in seed.

~Plant-louse~, n. Aphis, vine-fretter, puceron.

~Plant one's self~, Pitch one's tent, take up one's quarters, establish one's self.

~Plash~, v. a. Dash, spatter.

~Plash~, v. n. Splash, dabble in water.

~Plash~, n. ~1.~ Dash, splash.

~2.~ Puddle, pool, collection of standing water.

~Plaster~, n. ~1.~ Mortar, stucco, cement.

~2.~ EMPLASTRUM.

~Plaster~, v. a. Parget, cover with plaster.

~Plasterer~, n. Pargeter.

~Plaster of Paris~, Calcined gypsum or sulphate of lime.

~Plastic~, a. ~1.~ Formative.

~2.~ Soft, pliable, easily moulded.

~Plastic art~, Sculpture.

~Plat~, v. a. Braid, weave, plait, mat.

~Plat~, n. Plot, piece of ground.

~Plate~, n. ~1.~ Lamina, layer.

~2.~ Dish, platter.

~Plateau~, a. Plain (elevated), table-land.

~Platina~, n. Platinum.

~Platitude~, n. ~1.~ Insipidity, flatness, dulness, mawkishness.

~2.~ Twaddle, verbiage, palaver, trash, chatter, stuff, fudge, nonsense, moonshine, flummery, wish-wash, balderdash, jargon, nonsense, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk.

~Platonic~, a. ~1.~ Academic, of Plato.

~2.~ Contemplative, speculative, philosophical, theoretical.

~3.~ Passionless, impassible, unimpressible, cold, apathetic, cool, calm, serene.

~Platter~, n. Large dish.

~Plaudit~, n. Applause, acclamation, clapping of hands, acclaim, shout of approbation.

~Plausible~, a. Specious, colorable, seemingly fair.

~Play~, v. n. ~1.~ Sport, disport, frolic, skip, frisk, gambol, revel, romp, caper, make merry, make fun.

~2.~ Trifle, toy, wanton.

~3.~ Game, gambler.

~4.~ Act (on the stage), take a part.

~Play~, v. a. ~1.~ Put in action, put in operation.

~2.~ Perform on, play on or upon.

~3.~ Act (on the stage), enact, represent, exhibit, perform.

~4.~ Personate, act the part of, take the part of.

~5.~ Engage in, take part in.

~Play~, n. ~1.~ Sport, frolic, amusement, pastime, gambols.

~2.~ Drama, tragedy, comedy or farce, dramatic performance.

~3.~ Practice, use, manner of dealing.

~4.~ Scope, swing, elbow-room, opportunity, liberty of action, a fair field.

~5.~ Gaming, gambling.

~6.~ Motion, movement, activity, exercise, action.

~Player~, n. ~1.~ Performer, operator.

~2.~ Actor, stage-player, tragedian or comedian.

~Playful~, a. Frolicsome, frisky, sportive, merry, jolly, mirthful, DAFT, gamesome, debonair, vivacious, lively, sprightly, full of play, full of fun.

~Play false~, Break one's word, sell one's self, turn traitor, go over to the enemy.

~Play fast and loose~, Be inconstant, be giddy, be fickle or undecided.

~Play second fiddle~, [Colloquial.] Be subordinate, take a subordinate part.

~Play the devil (or the deuce) with~, [Colloquial.] Impair, spoil, injure, hurt, damage, ruin, make bad work with.

~Play the fool~, Cut capers, cut didoes, act the buffoon, act like a fool, make a fool of one's self, play tricks or pranks.

~Play upon~, ~1.~ Perform upon (as a musical instrument).

~2.~ Impose upon, make sport of, make fun of, make merry with.

~Plea~, n. ~1.~ (Law.) Allegation.

~2.~ Defence, excuse, apology, justification, vindication.

~Plead~, v. n. ~1.~ (Law.) Make an allegation, carry on a suit.

~2.~ Reason, argue, offer reasons, use arguments.

~3.~ Apologize, offer apology or justification, make defence.

~Plead~, v. a. ~1.~ Allege, offer in excuse.

~2.~ Argue, discuss, defend, maintain by arguments.

~Pleader~, n. Assertor, vindicator, defender.

~Plead guilty~, Confess guilt, acknowledge the charge, own the soft impeachment, cry peccavi, sing miserere, make a clean breast of it, be down on one's marrow-bones.

~Pleasant~, a. ~1.~ Pleasing, agreeable, delightful, delectable, gratifying, grateful, pleasurable, acceptable, welcome.

~2.~ Cheerful, gay, lively, sprightly, vivacious, merry, good-humored.

~3.~ Witty, facetious, humorous, jocose, jocular, sportive, amusing.

~Pleasantry~, n. ~1.~ Gayety, merriment, sport, fun, frolic.

~2.~ Facetiousness, jocularity, jocoseness, drollery, good humor.

~3.~ Lively or witty remark, sprightly saying.

~Please~, v. a. Gratify, delight, gladden, rejoice, TICKLE, make glad, give joy to, take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, do one's heart good.

~Please~, v. n. ~1.~ Like, prefer, choose.

~2.~ Condescend, be pleased.

~Pleasing~, a. Agreeable, grateful, gratifying, acceptable, welcome, pleasant, delectable, pleasurable, charming, delightful.

~Pleasurable~, a. PLEASING.

~Pleasure~, n. ~1.~ Enjoyment, gratification, comfort, delight, joy, gladness, temporary happiness.

~2.~ Sensuality, voluptuousness, luxury, animal gratification.

~3.~ Will, choice, preference, purpose, wish, mind.

~Plebeian~, a. Ignoble, low, mean, base, vulgar, untitled, base- born, low-born.

~Pledge~, n. ~1.~ Pawn, gage, deposit.

~2.~ Guarantee, security, earnest.

~3.~ Health (in drinking).

~Pledge~, v. a. ~1.~ Pawn, impawn, plight, hypothecate, put in pledge, deposit as security.

~2.~ Engage, commit.

~3.~ Toast, drink to, drink the health of, drink in honor of.

~Pledgee~, n. (Law.) Pawnee.

~Plenary~, a. Full, complete, entire.

~Plenipotentiary~, n. Ambassador, minister, envoy.

~Plenitude~, n. ~1.~ Abundance, fulness, PLENTY.

~2.~ Repletion, plethora.

~Plenteous~, a. Abundant, PLENTIFUL.

~Plentiful~, a. Abundant, ample, copious, full, plenteous, productive, fruitful, exuberant, luxuriant, profuse, PLENTY, in profusion.

~Plenty~, n. ~1.~ Fulness, sufficiency, plenitude, enough, adequate supply.

~2.~ Abundance, copiousness, luxuriance, exuberance, profusion, affluence, fertility, overflow.

~Plenty~, a. [Inelegant.] Abundant, PLENTIFUL.

~Pleonasm~, n. Redundancy, diffuseness, tautology, redundant expression.

~Pleonastic~, a. Redundant, tautological, diffuse.

~Plethora~, n. ~1.~ (Med.) Fulness (of blood), repletion, plenitude.

~2.~ Superabundance, superfluity, redundance, redundancy, excess, surfeit, more than enough, enough and to spare.

~Plethoric~, a. ~1.~ Surcharged, surfeited, overloaded, overcharged, over full.

~2.~ Of a full habit, affected with plethora.

~Pliability~, n. Flexibleness, suppleness, pliancy, pliableness.

~Pliable~, a. ~1.~ Flexible, flexile, pliant, supple, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent.

~2.~ Compliant, yielding, manageable, tractable, DOUGH-FACED, easily persuaded.

~Pliableness~, n. PLIABILITY.

~Pliancy~, n. Pliableness, PLIABILITY.

~Pliant~, a. PLIABLE.

~Plicature~, n. [Rare.] Fold, doubling, double, plait, gather.

~Plight~, v. a. Pledge, pawn, hypothecate, put in pledge, give as security.

~Plight~, n. ~1.~ Pledge, pawn, gage.

~2.~ Condition, state, situation, case, predicament, category, dilemma, FIX, PICKLE.

~Plod~, v. n. ~1.~ Trudge, jog on, travel slowly but steadily.

~2.~ Toil, drudge, moil, hold on, keep on, keep at it, work hard.

~Plodding~, a. Hard-working.

~Plot~, n. ~1.~ Plat, piece of ground.

~2.~ Plan (of a piece of land), draught, sketch, outline.

~3.~ Scheme (especially for a bad purpose), stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination.

~Plot~, v. n. Plan (for some mischief), scheme, contrive, lay a plan, form a plot.

~Plot~, v. a. Plan (as something mischievous), concoct, contrive, project, devise, frame, brew, hatch, compass.

~Ploughland~, n. [Written also Plowland.] ~1.~ Tillage land.

~2.~ Carucate.

~Pluck~, v. a. Pull (quickly), twitch, snatch, jerk, yerk.

~Pluck~, n. Spirit, courage, resolution, manhood, indomitableness, backbone, determination, energy, force, mettle, nerve, hardihood, force of character, strength of will.

~Pluck up~, ~1.~ Eradicate, exterminate, destroy, root out, root up.

~2.~ Summon up (as courage), gather up.

~Plug~, n. Stopple, stopper.

~Plumage~, n. Feathers.

~Plumb~, a. Perpendicular (to the horizon), vertical, upright.

~Plumbago~, n. Black-lead, graphite.

~Plumber-block~, n. Pillow-block.

~Plume~, n. ~1.~ Feather.

~2.~ Crest, tuft.

~Plume one's self~, Boast, glory, pride one's self, pique one's self, take pride.

~Plumose~, a. Feathery.

~Plump~, a. ~1.~ Stout, corpulent, portly, fat, bouncing, chubby, fleshy, round, bonny, obese, burly, in good case.

~2.~ Complete, full, downright, direct, unqualified.

~Plumpness~, n. Corpulency, stoutness, fleshiness, obesity, EMBONPOINT.

~Plunder~, v. a. Pillage, spoil, despoil, rob, rifle, sack, ravage, fleece, strip, lay waste.

~Plunder~, n. ~1.~ Rapine, booty, spoil, pillage, prey.

~2.~ [Southern and Western U. S.] Baggage, luggage.

~Plunderer~, n. Robber, pillager, spoiler.

~Plunge~, v. a. Immerse, submerge, dip, souse, douse, put under water (or other liquid).

~Plunge~, v. n. Dive, pitch, thrust one's self, cast one's self.

~Plunge~, n. Dive, dip, ducking.

~Plunger~, n. ~1.~ Diver.

~2.~ Piston.

~Plus~, ad. [L.] More, in addition.

~Ply~, v. a. ~1.~ Employ, apply, keep busy.

~2.~ Exercise, practise, put in practise, set to work.

~Pneumatics~, n. Science of elastic fluids.

~Pneumatology~, n. Psychology, metaphysics, science of mind, doctrine of spiritual substances.

~Pneumonia~, n. (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs.

~Pneumonic~, a. Pulmonic, pulmonary.

~Poach~, v. a. ~1.~ Cook slightly (as eggs).

~2.~ Steal, filch, purloin, pilfer, CABBAGE, BOB, plunder by stealth.

~Poach~, v. n. Steal game.

~Pock~, n. Pustule (as of small-pox).

~Pocket~, n. Pouch.

~Pocket~, v. a. [Colloquial.] Endure (as an affront), suffer, bear, tolerate, put up with.

~Pod~, n. LEGUME, capsule, seed-vessel.

~Podagra~, n. (Med.) Gout (especially gout in the foot).

~Podagric~, a. Gouty.

~Podagrical~, a. Gouty.

~Poem~, n. Metrical composition, piece of poetry.

~Poesy~, n. POETRY, verse.

~Poet~, n. Bard, author of poems.

~Poetaster~, n. Rhymester, petty poet, inferior poet.

~Poetic~, a. Metrical.

~Poetical~, a. Metrical.

~Poetry~, n. Verse, rhyme, poesy, metrical composition, numbers.

~Poh~, interj. Pshaw, pugh.

~Poignant~, a. ~1.~ Sharp, severe, piercing, penetrating, intense.

~2.~ Pungent, biting, acrid.

~3.~ Keen, pointed, caustic, irritating.

~Point~, n. ~1.~ Sharp end.

~2.~ Cape, headland, projection.

~3.~ Moment, instant, period, verge, eve.

~4.~ Spot, place, station, stage.

~5.~ Degree, grade, state, condition.

~6.~ Object, end, aim, purpose, design.

~7.~ Punctilio, nicety.

~8.~ Question, position, thesis, theme, proposition, text, subject- matter, moot point.

~9.~ Respect, particular aspect.

~10.~ Characteristic, peculiarity, salient trait.

~11.~ Mark (as of punctuation), character, stop.

~12.~ Dot, speck.

~13.~ Sally, witticism, flash of wit, lively turn of thought.

~14.~ Poignancy, sting.

~Point~, v. a. ~1.~ Sharpen, make pointed.

~2.~ Aim, level, direct.

~3.~ Indicate, designate, show, point out, direct attention to.

~4.~ Punctuate.

~Point-blank~, ad. Directly.

~Pointed~, a. ~1.~ Peaked, sharp.

~2.~ Personal, distinct, marked.

~3.~ Epigrammatic, keen, poignant.

~Pointer~, n. Index, hand, director.

~Point out~, Indicate, designate, point, show, direct attention to.

~Poise~, n. Balance, equilibrium, equipoise.

~Poise~, v. a. Balance, hold or place in equilibrium.

~Poison~, n. Venom, virus, bane, pest, noxious influence.

~Poison~, v. a. Infect, taint, contaminate, corrupt, canker.

~Poke~, n. ~1.~ Thrust, push, shove.

~2.~ (Bot.) Garget, pigeon-berry, poke-weed (Phytolacca decandra).

~Poke~, v. n. Grope, feel one's way.

~Poke fun~, [Colloquial, U. S.] Joke, jest, make fun.

~Poke fun at~, [Colloquial, U. S.] Jeer, ridicule, deride, flout, taunt, mock, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at, rail at.

~Poker~, n. [Low, U. S.] BUGBEAR, hobgoblin, spectre, ogre, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones.

~Poke-weed~, n. POKE.

~Polander~, n. Pole.

~Polar lights~, Northern lights, AURORA BOREALIS.

~Pole~, n. ~1.~ Extremity (of an axis or a diameter).

~2.~ Staff, rod, stick.

~3.~ Rod, perch.

~4.~ Shaft, thill.

~5.~ Polander.

~Pole-cat~, n. ~1.~ (Of Europe.) Fitchew, fitchet, foumart (Mustela putorius).

~2.~ (Of North America.) Mink, minx (Mustela vison).

~Polemical~, a. ~1.~ Controversial.

~2.~ Disputatious.

~Polemics~, n. pl. Controversy (especially on theological subjects), disputation.

~Polestar~, n. North star, polar star, lodestar.

~Policy~, n. ~1.~ Administration, management, government, rule, mode of management, course of action.

~2.~ Cunning, art, address, skill, prudence, shrewdness.

~Polish~, v. a. ~1.~ Burnish, furbish, rub up, brighten, make glossy.

~2.~ Refine, civilize.

~Polish~, n. ~1.~ Lustre, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, splendor.

~2.~ Grace, refinement, accomplishment, elegance.

~Polished~, a. ~1.~ Burnished, made bright or glossy.

~2.~ Refined, accomplished, cultivated, elegant, POLITE.

~3.~ Classic, classical, Attic.

~Polite~, a. Accomplished, genteel, cultivated, refined, courteous, civil, affable, complaisant, courtly, gracious, urbane, polished, well- behaved, well-mannered, well-bred.

~Politeness~, n. Courtesy, civility, good manners, courteousness, gentility, affability, complaisance, comity, amenity, suavity, decorum, good-breeding, good manners, obliging manner.

~Politic~, a. ~1.~ Civil, political, CIVIC.

~2.~ Wise, prudent, judicious, discreet, sagacious, prudential, wary, provident.

~3.~ Artful, cunning, shrewd, intriguing, sly, wily, subtle, foxy, Machiavelian.

~Political~, a. Civil, CIVIC, public, politic, national.

~Politician~, n. ~1.~ Statesman, statist.

~2.~ Partisan, dabbler in politics.

~Politics~, n. pl. Political science, political economy, science of government.

~Polity~, n. Form of government, civil constitution.

~Poll~, n. ~1.~ Head.

~2.~ Person, individual.

~Poll~, n. [Colloquial.] Parrot.

~Poll-tax~, n. Capitation tax.

~Pollute~, v. a. ~1.~ Defile, soil, taint, make foul.

~2.~ Corrupt, infect, contaminate, vitiate, deprave, debase, poison.

~Pollution~, n. Defilement, contamination, foulness, taint, impurity, uncleanness, abomination.

~Poltroon~, n. Coward, dastard, craven, milksop, mean wretch.

~Poltroonery~, n. Cowardice, baseness, want of spirit.

~Polygamy~, n. Plurality of wives or of husbands.

~Polygon~, n. Many-sided figure.

~Polype~, n. (Zoöl.) Polypus.

~Polypus~, n. [L. pl. Polypi.] (Zoöl.) Polype.

~Polysyllable~, n. Word of many syllables.

~Pomade~, n. Pomatum.

~Pomatum~, n. Pomade.

~Pommel~, n. [Written also Pummel.] Knob, protuberant part.

~Pommel~, v. a. [Written also Pummel.] Beat, bruise, thrash, flog, WALLOP, LAMM, bang, maul, thwack, LICK.

~Pomp~, n. Parade, display, show, splendor, magnificence, pageantry, flourish, state, ostentation, pompousness, grandeur.

~Pomposity~, n. Boastfulness, boasting, pretension, ostentation.

~Pompous~, a. ~1.~ Showy, ostentatious, stately, lofty, grand, majestic, magnificent, superb, splendid, august, magisterial.

~2.~ Swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, stilted, boastful, grandiloquent, high-flowing, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN, SPREAD-EAGLE.

~Pompousness~, n. ~1.~ Grandeur, magnificence, pageantry, splendor, state, pomp.

~2.~ Pretension, boastfulness, ostentation, pomposity.

~Ponder~, v. a. Consider, weigh, contemplate, study, meditate, think on, reflect upon, deliberate upon, revolve in the mind.

~Ponder~, v. n. Think, muse, reflect, cogitate, meditate, study.

~Ponderous~, a. Heavy, weighty, massive.

~Poinard~, n. Dagger (small), dirk, stiletto.

~Pontiff~, n. Pope, bishop of Rome.

~Pontifical~, a. Popish.

~Pontificate~, n. Popedom, papacy.

~Pony~, n. SHELTIE, small horse.

~Pool~, n. ~1.~ Pond (small), mere, LOCH, lake.

~2.~ Puddle, plash, collection of standing water.

~Poor~, a. ~1.~ Indigent, needy, destitute, necessitous, pinched, distressed, penniless, moneyless, IMPECUNIOUS, seedy, reduced, short of money, out of money, without a penny, out of pocket, out of cash, out at the elbows, out at the heels, in need, in want, hard up, in distress, living from hand to mouth, not worth a farthing, not worth a sou, not rich.

~2.~ Emaciated, lean, thin, meagre, lank, gaunt, skinny, shrunk, fallen away.

~3.~ Barren, sterile, unfruitful, unfertile, unproductive, fruitless, unprolific.

~4.~ Trifling, trivial, slight, small, slender, flimsy, insufficient, inadequate, worthless, unimportant, of little use or worth.

~5.~ Contemptible, despicable, paltry, mean, sorry, beggarly, pitiful, shabby, bad, low.

~6.~ Feeble, languid, weak, bald, tame, jejune, vapid, cold, frigid, dull, prosing, prosy, prosaic, spiritless.

~7.~ Miserable, wretched, unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, ill- starred, unlucky, unhappy.

~Poor~, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] Paupers, indigent people.

~Pop~, n. Report, clap, burst, explosion, detonation.

~Pop~, ad. Suddenly, unexpectedly, on a sudden.

~Pope~, n. Pontiff, bishop of Rome.

~Popedom~, n. Papacy, pontificate.

~Popinjay~, n. Fop, coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, beau, PETIT-MAÎTRE, macaroni, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man-milliner, man of dress; vain, showy fellow.

~Poppy-like~, a. Papaverous.

~Populace~, n. Commonalty, rabble, mob, the people, the crowd, the multitude, the million, the peasantry, the vulgar herd, the common people, the lower classes, the vulgar, the humbler classes, scum of society, dregs of society.

~Popular~, n. ~1.~ Plain, familiar, easy.

~2.~ Received (by the people), accepted, accredited, favorite, liked.

~3.~ Current, prevailing, prevalent, common, general, in vogue, in favor.

~Popularity~, n. ~1.~ Favor (of the people), popular regard or acceptance.

~2.~ Fame, repute, celebrity, vogue.

~Populate~, v. a. People.

~Population~, n. Inhabitants, persons, number of people.

~Populous~, a. Crowded, thickly settled.

~Pop upon~, Come upon (suddenly).

~Porcelain~, n. China, china ware.

~Porch~, n. ~1.~ Portico, entrance way, vestibule.

~2.~ [With The prefixed.] The Stoic philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.

~Pore~, n. Orifice, spiracle, small opening.

~Pore~, v. n. Brood, dwell, look steadily, fix the attention, give one's mind.

~Porker~, n. Hog, pig, sow, swine.

~Porrigo~, n. (Med.) Scald-head, ringworm of the scalp.

~Port~, n. ~1.~ Harbor, haven, roadstead, anchorage.

~2.~ Entrance, passage-way.

~3.~ Embrasure, port-hole.

~4.~ Larboard, left side.

~5.~ Demeanor, behavior, bearing, air, mien, carriage, deportment.

~6.~ Port-wine.

~Portable~, a. Movable, light, handy, convenient, easily transported.

~Portal~, n. Gate, gateway, entrance, passage-way.

~Porte~, n. Turkish court, Sublime Porte.

~Porte-monnaie~, n. [Fr.] Pocket-book, purse.

~Portend~, v. a. Presage, forebode, foretoken, betoken, foreshow, foreshadow, augur, prognosticate, threaten, indicate.

~Portent~, n. Omen (of ill), presage, prognostic, augury, sign, warning.

~Portentous~, a. Ominous (of ill), premonitory, ill-boding.

~Porter~, n. ~1.~ Carrier.

~2.~ CONCIÈRGE, janitor, door-keeper.

~Port-hole~, n. Embrasure, port.

~Portico~, n. ~1.~ Covered walk.

~2.~ Porch, vestibule, entrance-way.

~Portion~, n. ~1.~ Part, piece, fragment, bit, scrap, morsel.

~2.~ Share, allotment, division, parcel, lot, quantity, dividend, quota, contingent.

~Portion~, v. a. ~1.~ Divide, allot, deal out, distribute, parcel out.

~2.~ Endow, supply with a portion.

~Portly~, a. ~1.~ Stately, grand, majestic, magisterial, dignified.

~2.~ Corpulent, stout, plump, fleshy, obese, round, in good case.

~Portmanteau~, n. Valise, travelling bag.

~Portrait~, n. Representation (of a face or a person, drawn or painted), likeness, daguerreotype, photograph, portraiture, MINIATURE.

~Portraiture~, n. PORTRAIT.

~Portray~, v. a. ~1.~ Paint, delineate, depict, draw, sketch, represent.

~2.~ Describe, set forth.

~Portrayal~, n. ~1.~ Delineation, painting, representation, sketch.

~2.~ Description, account.

~Port-wine~, n. Port.

~Pose~, n. Attitude (formally assumed), posture.

~Pose~, v. a. Puzzle, stagger, embarrass, bewilder, perplex, mystify, nonplus, put out, put to a stand.

~Poser~, n. ~1.~ Puzzler, close examiner.

~2.~ Riddle, enigma, mystery, knotty point.

~Position~, n. ~1.~ Station, situation, spot, place, locality, post.

~2.~ Attitude, posture, state, condition.

~3.~ Proposition, principle, thesis, dictum, assertion, doctrine.

~Positive~, a. ~1.~ Express, direct, explicit, determinate, defined, precise, definite, clear, unequivocal, unmistakable, categorical, expressed, laid down, not implied.

~2.~ Real, actual, veritable, substantial, true, absolute, existing in fact, not ideal, not imagined, not negative.

~3.~ Confident, sure, assured, certain, fully convinced.

~4.~ Dogmatic, stubborn, peremptory, obstinate, over-confident, tenacious.

~Positively~, ad. ~1.~ Expressly, explicitly, precisely, categorically, definitely.

~2.~ Actually, really, truly, in fact, in reality.

~3.~ Certainly, surely, assuredly, confidently.

~4.~ Peremptorily, dogmatically.

~Possess~, v. a. ~1.~ Own, have a title to, be seized of.

~2.~ Have, hold, occupy, control.

~3.~ Put in possession.

~Possession~, n. ~1.~ Ownership.

~2.~ Occupation, occupancy, control, tenure.

~Possessions~, n. pl. Property, estate, effects, assets.

~Possessor~, n. ~1.~ Owner, proprietor, master.

~2.~ Holder, occupant.

~Possibility~, n. Potentiality.

~Possible~, a. ~1.~ Potential, IN POSSE.

~2.~ Practicable, feasible, likely.

~Possibly~, ad. Perhaps, perchance, PERADVENTURE, mayhap, haply, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it.

~Post~, n. ~1.~ PILLAR, COLUMN, support.

~2.~ Station, position, seat.

~3.~ Office, employment, place, situation, capacity.

~4.~ Postman, courier, letter-carrier.

~5.~ Mail.

~Post~, v. a. ~1.~ Place, station, set, put, fix, establish.

~2.~ Placard, advertise, announce, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad.

~3.~ Stigmatize (by public notice), vilify, brand, defame, disgrace.

~4.~ Put in the ledger, carry to the ledger.

~5.~ Mail, put in the mail, put in the post-office.

~Posted~, a. ~1.~ Placed, situated.

~2.~ [Colloquial, U. S.] Instructed, well-informed, posted up.

~Posted up~, [Colloquial, U. S.] POSTED, well-informed, booked up.

~Poster~, n. Placard, bill, handbill, broadside.

~Posterior~, a. ~1.~ Subsequent, following, later, after, succeeding, ensuing.

~2.~ Hind, hinder, back, rear.

~Posterity~, n. Descendants, offspring, progeny, after ages, succeeding generations.

~Postfix~, n. Affix, suffix.

~Postilion~, n. Rider, jockey.

~Postman~, n. Courier, post, letter-carrier.

~Post mortem~, [L.] ~1.~ After death.

~2.~ Autopsy, post mortem examination.

~Postpone~, v. a. Defer, delay, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, stave off, let lie over.

~Postscript~, n. Appendix, supplement, CODICIL.

~Postulate~, n. ~1.~ Supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, assumption, theory, speculation, axiom, assumed truth.

~2.~ (Geom.) Self-evident problem.

~Posture~, n. ~1.~ Position, ATTITUDE, POSE.

~2.~ State, condition, situation, phase.

~Posy~, n. ~1.~ Nosegay, bouquet.

~2.~ Inscription (as on a ring), legend, motto.

~Potable~, a. Drinkable, that may be drunk.

~Potash~, n. Potassa, protoxide of potassium.

~Potassa~, n. POTASH.

~Potation~, n. ~1.~ Drinking.

~2.~ Drink, draught.

~Pot-companion~, n. Fellow-drinker.

~Potency~, n. ~1.~ Power, might, efficacy, force, strength, energy, vigor.

~2.~ Authority, influence, sway, control.

~Potent~, a. Powerful, mighty, forcible, puissant, strong, efficacious, cogent, influential.

~Potentate~, n. Monarch, sovereign, king, emperor, prince.

~Potential~, a. Possible, IN POSSE.

~Potentiality~, n. Possibility.

~Pot-bellied~, a. Large-bellied, great-bellied, big-bellied, tun- bellied, abdominous.

~Pother~, n. Bustle, tumult, turmoil, flutter, rumpus, confusion, pudder, huddle, turbulence, hurly-burly.

~Potion~, n. Draught (especially of medicine), dose, drench, cup.

~Pot-pourri~, n. [Fr.] Medley, mixture, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, farrago, jumble, miscellany, salmagundi, gallimaufry, olio, mish-mash, OLLA PODRIDA, MELANGE, confused mass.

~Potter~, v. n. Trifle, PUTTER, busy one's self about trifles.

~Pottery~, n. Earthen ware, clay ware.

~Pouch~, n. Bag (small), sack.

~Poultice~, n. Cataplasm.

~Poultry~, n. Domestic fowls.

~Pounce~, n. Claw, talon, nail.

~Pounce upon~, Seize (as with claws), fall upon.

~Pound~, v. a. ~1.~ Beat, strike.

~2.~ BRAY, bruise, crush, pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate.

~Pour~, v. a. ~1.~ Let flow (by decanting).

~2.~ Emit, let out, give vent to, send forth.

~Pour~, v. n. Flow, issue, stream.

~Pout~, n. ~1.~ Whiting-pout (Morrhua lusca).

~2.~ Cat-fish, horn-pout, horned pout, bull-head (Pimelodus cattus).

~Pout~, v. n. Look sullen (by protruding the lips), look black, show ill-temper.

~Poverty~, n. Indigence, penury, want, destitution, need, necessity, privation, distress, straitened circumstances.

~Powder~, n. ~1.~ Dust, pulverized substance.

~2.~ Gunpowder.

~Powder-post~, n. [U. S.] Dry-rot, sap-rot.

~Powdery~, a. Dusty, mealy, pulverulent, friable.

~Power~, n. ~1.~ Ableness, efficacy, ability, efficiency, cogency, competency, might, capability, force, energy, strength.

~2.~ Faculty, talent, endowment, gift.

~3.~ Authority, authoritativeness, rule, prerogative, sovereignty, sway, control, domination, dominion, influence, command.

~4.~ Sovereign, potentate, governor, ruler, monarch.

~5.~ Host, army, troop.

~6.~ Divinity, angel (good or bad), spirit.

~7.~ [Low.] Good deal, great quantity.

~Powerful~, a. ~1.~ Mighty, potent, active, forcible, puissant, potential.

~2.~ Vigorous, robust, sturdy, strong, able-bodied.

~3.~ Efficacious, effective, cogent, valid.

~Practicability~, n. Feasibility, possibility, practicableness.

~Practicable~, a. Feasible, performable, possible, achievable, attainable.

~Practicableness~, n. PRACTICABILITY.

~Practical~, a. ~1.~ Adapted to practice or use, not speculative, not theoretical.

~2.~ Experienced, versed, proficient, trained, qualified, practised, skilled, thoroughbred, able, AU FAIT.

~Practice~, n. ~1.~ Custom, habit, wont, frequent repetition.

~2.~ Use, usage.

~3.~ Action, actual performance.

~4.~ Exercise (as of a profession), application.

~Practise~, v. a. [Written also Practice.] ~1.~ Do (frequently), perform.

~2.~ Exercise, apply, pursue, carry on.

~Practised~, a. Experienced, instructed, versed, thoroughbred, qualified, skilled, trained, accomplished, proficient, able, practical, AU FAIT.

~Pragmatical~, a. Meddling, officious, meddlesome, impertinent.

~Praise~, n. ~1.~ Commendation, approval, laudation, laud, encomium, approbation, APPLAUSE.

~2.~ Eulogy, eulogium, panegyric, tribute of praise.

~3.~ Glorification, homage, worship, tribute of gratitude.

~Praise~, v. a. ~1.~ Commend, approve, applaud.

~2.~ Extol, eulogize, panegyrize.

~3.~ Magnify, glorify, exalt, worship, bless, do homage to, do honor to.

~Praiseworthy~, a. Commendable, laudable.

~Prank~, n. Caper, antic, trick, gambol, freak, vagary.

~Pranked out~, Bedizened, janty, showy, finical, airy, gairish, flashy.

~Prankish~, a. Sportive, playful, jovial, frolicsome, gamesome, full of play, full of fun.

~Prate~, v. n. Prattle, chat, chatter, tattle, babble, gabble, palaver, be loquacious.

~Prate~, v. a. Tell (foolishly), babble, utter, prate about.

~Prate~, n. Prattle, gabble, chatter, twaddle, palaver, idle talk, childish talk.

~Prater~, n. Chatterer, rattle-head.

~Prattle~, v. n. PRATE, chatter.

~Prattle~, n. PRATE, chatter.

~Pray~, v. a. Ask (earnestly), request, entreat, beseech, supplicate, implore, beg, petition, invoke, conjure, ADJURE, call upon.

~Pray~, v. n. Supplicate, entreat, petition, beg, importune, prefer a petition or request.

~Prayer~, n. Supplication, entreaty, suit, petition, request, SUFFRAGE.

~Prayerful~, a. Devout, religious.

~Preach~, v. a. ~1.~ Proclaim (as in a religious discourse), declare, publish.

~2.~ Inculcate, teach.

~Preach~, v. n. Deliver sermons, discourse on religious subjects.

~Preaching friar~, Blackfriar.

~Preamble~, n. Introduction (especially of a legislative act), preface, introductory part.

~Precarious~, a. Uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, insecure, not to be depended upon.

~Precaution~, n. Forethought, timely care.

~Precatory~, a. Suppliant, beseeching, supplicating, imploring, praying, begging.

~Precautionary~, a. Provident.

~Precede~, v. a. Go before (in place or in time), go ahead of, take the lead of, be anterior to, take precedence of.

~Precedence~, n. ~1.~ Priority (in time), anteriority, antecedence.

~2.~ Preference, superiority, pre-eminence.

~Precedency~, n. ~1.~ Priority (in time), anteriority, antecedence.

~2.~ Preference, superiority, pre-eminence.

~Precedent~, a. Antecedent, PRECEDING.

~Precedent~, n. Authoritative example.

~Preceding~, a. Antecedent, precedent, anterior, previous, prior, precursory.

~Precept~, n. ~1.~ Command, injunction, order, mandate, edict, commandment, behest, dictate, decree, law, ordinance, ordination, regulation, canon.

~2.~ Doctrine, principle, maxim, rule, direction.

~Preceptor~, n. Teacher, tutor, instructor, master, school-master, PEDAGOGUE.

~Precinct~, n. ~1.~ Limit, confine, bound, boundary, border, frontier, marches.

~2.~ District, territorial division.

~Precious~, a. ~1.~ Costly, of great price.

~2.~ Very valuable, of great worth, of great value.

~3.~ Dear, beloved, darling, very estimable, highly esteemed or valued.

~Precious metals~, Gold and silver.

~Precious stones~, Jewels, gems.

~Precipice~, n. Cliff, crag, steep, abrupt declivity.

~Precipitance~, n. ~1.~ Haste, hurry, precipitation, flurry.

~2.~ RASHNESS, TEMERITY, precipitation, recklessness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, presumption, foolhardiness.

~Precipitancy~, n. ~1.~ Haste, hurry, precipitation, flurry.

~2.~ RASHNESS, TEMERITY, precipitation, recklessness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, presumption, foolhardiness.

~Precipitate~, v. a. ~1.~ Throw or hurl headlong.

~2.~ Hasten, hurry, accelerate, speed, expedite, urge forward.

~3.~ (Chem.) Throw down, cause to subside.

~Precipitate~, n. (Chem.) Precipitated substance.

~Precipitate~, a. Hasty, hurried, rash, headlong, reckless, indiscreet.

~Precipitation~, n. ~1.~ Haste, hurry, precipitance, flurry, precipitancy.

~2.~ Rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, foolhardiness, inconsiderateness, temerity, presumption.

~Precipitous~, a. ~1.~ Steep, abrupt.

~2.~ Hasty, rash, heady, headlong, precipitate, reckless, indiscreet.

~Precise~, a. ~1.~ Exact, correct, definite, strict, express, distinct, explicit, nice, well-defined.

~2.~ Formal, ceremonious, stiff, starch, starched, prim, punctilious.

~Precisian~, n. Formalist, martinet.

~Precision~, n. Exactness, preciseness, accuracy, nicety, correctness, truth.

~Preclude~, v. a. Prevent, hinder, debar, impede, restrain, prohibit, inhibit, stop, bar, shut out.

~Precocious~, a. Premature (especially in mental development), too forward.

~Precocity~, n. Prematureness (of the mental faculties).

~Preconcert~, v. a. Premeditate, predetermine, consider beforehand.

~Precursor~, n. ~1.~ Forerunner, predecessor.

~2.~ Messenger, harbinger, herald.

~Precursory~, a. ~1.~ Forerunning, preceding, precedent, antecedent, anterior, prior, previous.

~2.~ Prelusive, prelusory, introductory, prefatory.

~Predacious~, a. Rapacious, PREDATORY.

~Predatory~, a. ~1.~ Plundering, pillaging.

~2.~ Rapacious, ravenous, greedy, voracious, hungry, preying.

~Predecessor~, n. ~1.~ Precursor (in any office or position), forerunner.

~2.~ Ancestor, forefather, progenitor.

~Predestinate~, v. a. Predetermine, foreordain, preordain, predestine, foredoom, appoint beforehand.

~Predestination~, n. Predetermination, foreordination.

~Predestine~, v. a. Predetermine, PREDESTINATE.

~Predetermination~, n. PREDESTINATION.

~Predetermined~, a. Foregone.

~Predicable~, a. Affirmable.

~Predicament~, n. ~1.~ Situation (especially a bad situation), condition, state, position, posture, attitude, plight, case.

~2.~ [Colloquial.] Pass, pinch, push, extremity, exigency, emergency, conjuncture.

~3.~ (Logic.) Category, class.

~Predicant~, n. Dominican, jacobin, black friar, preaching friar.

~Predicate~, v. a. Assert, affirm, aver, declare, allege, propound, say, asseverate, avouch, pronounce.

~Predication~, n. Affirmation, assertion, declaration, averment.

~Predict~, v. a. Foretell, prophesy, prognosticate, presage, augur, divine, forebode, VATICINATE.

~Prediction~, n. Prophecy, prognostication, augury, foreboding, vaticination, divination, soothsaying, foretelling.

~Predictive~, a. Prophetic, presaging, foretelling.

~Predictor~, n. Foreteller, prophet, seer, vaticinator.

~Predilection~, n. Prepossession (in favor of), partiality, preference, inclination, liking, fondness, love.

~Predispose~, v. a. Incline, dispose, bias, fit, prepare, make ready.

~Predisposition~, n. Inclination, disposition, willingness, inclination, propensity, proclivity, leaning, bent, bias, proneness.

~Predominance~, n. Supremacy, ascendency, prevalence, superiority, sovereignty, mastery.

~Predominancy~ n. Supremacy, ascendency, prevalence, superiority, sovereignty, mastery.

~Predominant~, a. Prevailing, prevalent, supreme, ascendant, overruling, dominant, sovereign.

~Predominate~, v. n. Prevail, dominate, rule, preponderate, be supreme, be sovereign, be in the ascendant.

~Pre-eminence~, n. Superiority, supremacy, precedence.

~Pre-eminent~, a. Superior, supreme.

~Pre-engage~, v. a. Preoccupy.

~Preface~, n. Introduction, preamble, proem, PRELUDE, prolegomena, exordium, PROLOGUE, preliminary.

~Prefatory~, a. Introductory, preliminary, prelusive, prelusory, precursory, proemial, preparatory.

~Prefer~, v. a. ~1.~ Offer, present, address, bring forward, set forth.

~2.~ Raise, exalt, promote, advance.

~3.~ Choose, select, elect, pick, pick out, single out, fix upon, pitch upon.

~Preferable~, a. More eligible, more desirable.

~Preferably~, ad. Rather, in preference, by choice.

~Preference~, n. Choice, election, selection, predilection.

~Preferment~, n. Promotion, advancement, exaltation, elevation.

~Prefigure~, v. a. Foreshow, betoken, foreshadow, portend, signify, indicate.

~Pregnant~, a. ~1.~ ENCEINTE, big, with child, in the family way.

~2.~ Fraught, replete, full, teeming.

~Prejudge~, v. a. Forejudge, prejudicate.

~Prejudgment~, n. Prejudice.

~Prejudicate~, v. a. PREJUDGE.

~Prejudice~, n. ~1.~ Prejudgment, prepossession, bias.

~2.~ Harm, mischief, hurt, detriment, injury, damage, disadvantage.

~Prejudice~, v. a. ~1.~ Bias, warp, prepossess.

~2.~ Injure, damage, hurt, impair.

~Prejudicial~, a. Hurtful, mischievous, injurious, detrimental, deleterious, damaging, disadvantageous.

~Prejudiced~, a. Biassed, bigoted, wedded to an opinion.

~Prelate~, n. Bishop.

~Prelection~, n. Lecture, discourse.

~Prelector~, n. Lecturer, reader.

~Preliminary~, a. Introductory, preparatory, prefatory, proemial, prelusive, precursory, previous, prior, precedent.

~Preliminary~, n. Introduction, PRELUDE, preparatory step.

~Prelude~, n. Introduction (to a piece of music), preliminary, preface, preamble, proem, PROLOGUE, exordium.

~Prelusive~, a. Introductory, prefatory, precursory, preliminary, proemial.

~Prelusory~, a. Introductory, prefatory, precursory, preliminary, proemial.

~Premature~, a. ~1.~ Precocious, too forward, ripe too soon.

~2.~ Unseasonable, too early.

~Prematurely~, ad. Precociously, too early, too soon.

~Premeditate~, v. a. Preconcert, consider beforehand.

~Premeditation~, n. Forethought, previous deliberation.

~Premier~, n. Prime minister.

~Premise~, v. a. Preface, lay down beforehand, state at the outset, set forth at the beginning.

~Premise~, v. n. Begin, enter upon the subject, state beforehand.

~Premise~, n. Antecedent proposition.

~Premium~, n. Reward, recompense, bounty, prize, bonus.

~Premonish~, v. a. Forewarn, caution, warn.

~Premonition~, n. Caution, warning.

~Preoccupation~, n. ~1.~ Prepossession.

~2.~ Abstraction, inattention, revery, musing, absence, muse, absence of mind, brown study.

~Preoccupied~, a. Inattentive, absent, absent-minded, lost, dreaming, musing, in a brown study.

~Preordain~, v. a. Predetermine, preestablish, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, foredoom, appoint beforehand.

~Preparation~, n. Provision, making ready.

~Preparatory~, a. Introductory, preliminary, prefatory.

~Prepare~, v. a. ~1.~ Fit, adapt, equip, qualify.

~2.~ Provide, procure, get ready, put in order.

~Prepare~, v. n. Get ready, put things in order, set one's house in order, make arrangements, make provision, take steps, clear the ground, clear the way, smooth the way, clear decks, clear for action, open the way, pave the way, sow the seed.

~Preponderance~, n. ~1.~ Outweighing, preponderation.

~2.~ Superiority, ascendency, superior influence.

~Preponderate~, v. n. ~1.~ Weigh the most, exceed in weight.

~2.~ Prevail, be superior, have the superiority.

~Preponderation~, n. Outweighing, preponderance.

~Prepossess~, v. a. Preoccupy, have prior possession of.

~Prepossessing~, a. Attractive, engaging, winning, fascinating, taking, captivating, bewitching.

~Prepossession~, n. ~1.~ Preoccupation, prior possession.

~2.~ Prejudice, bias, one-sidedness.

~Preposterous~, a. ~1.~ Perverted, having the cart before the horse, reversed.

~2.~ Absurd, unreasonable, ridiculous, irrational, foolish, monstrous.

~Preposterousness~, n. Absurdity, unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness, folly.

~Prepuce~, n. Foreskin.

~Prerequisite~, n. Requirement.

~Prerogative~, n. Privilege, immunity, right, liberty, franchise, advantage.

~Presage~, v. a. ~1.~ Forebode, divine, foreknow, have a presentiment of.

~2.~ Foretell, predict, prophesy, foreshow, betoken, foretoken, prognosticate, augur, VATICINATE.

~Presage~, n. Omen, sign, prognostic, augury, portent, token, foreboding, indication.

~Presbyopia~, n. Far-sightedness.

~Presbyopy~, n. Far-sightedness.

~Presbyopic~, a. Far-sighted, presbytic.

~Presbytic~, a. Far-sighted, presbyotic.

~Prescience~, n. Foreknowledge, foresight, forecast, prevision.

~Prescient~, a. Foreknowing, foreseeing, prophetic.

~Prescribe~, v. a. Direct, order, appoint, ordain, dictate, enjoin, decree.

~Prescript~, n. Direction, decree, ordination, rule, ordinance, law.

~Prescription~, n. ~1.~ Custom, usage.

~2.~ (Med.) Recipe.

~Presence~, n. Mien, air, carriage, port, demeanor, behavior.

~Present~, a. ~1.~ At hand, not absent.

~2.~ Instant, current, existing, not past nor future.

~Present~, n. Gift, donation, donative, benefaction, offering, gratuity, largess, grant, DOUCEUR.

~Present~, v. a. ~1.~ Introduce.

~2.~ Exhibit, offer, bring to notice.

~3.~ Give, bestow, grant, CONFER, give away.

~4.~ Hand, put into one's hands.

~Presentation~, n. ~1.~ Introduction.

~2.~ Exhibition, representation, setting forth.

~3.~ Bestowal, donation, giving.

~Presentiment~, n. Foreboding.

~Presently~, ad. ~1.~ Directly, immediately, at once.

~2.~ Soon, shortly, pretty soon, before long, by and by, in a short time.

~Preservation~, n. ~1.~ Maintenance, conservation, protection.

~2.~ Security, safety, salvation.

~Preservative~, n. Preserver, means of preservation.

~Preservative~, a. Conservative, preservatory.

~Preservatory~, a. Preservative.

~Preserve~, v. a. ~1.~ Keep, guard, protect, defend, secure, shield, uphold, sustain, maintain, spare, save, watch over.

~2.~ Conserve, keep sound, save from decay.

~Preserve~, n. ~1.~ Sweetmeat, confection, comfit, conserve, JAM.

~2.~ Enclosure (for game).

~Preserver~, n. ~1.~ Saviour, protector, defender, guardian.

~2.~ Preservative, means of preservation.

~Preside~, v. n. Command, rule, be at the head, act as chief, have the control, hold the reins, act as president.

~Presignify~, v. a. Prefigure, foreshow, foreshadow, portend, augur, betoken.

~Press~, v. a. ~1.~ Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush.

~2.~ Constrain, compel, force, drive.

~3.~ Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate.

~Press~, v. n. ~1.~ Bear heavily.

~2.~ Hasten, hurry, push, rush.

~3.~ Crowd, throng, force a way.

~Press~, n. ~1.~ Printing-press.

~2.~ Literature, literary publications.

~3.~ Crowd, throng, multitude.

~4.~ Urgency, pressure, hurry.

~Pressing~, a. Urgent, importunate.

~Pressure~, n. ~1.~ Compressing, squeezing, crushing force.

~2.~ Influence, constraining force.

~3.~ Urgency, press, hurry.

~Presumable~, a. Probable, reasonable, likely, credible, that stands to reason.

~Presume~, v. n. ~1.~ Suppose, conjecture, think, surmise, believe.

~2.~ Venture, dare, make bold.

~Presume~, v. a. Consider, deem, think, believe, suppose, take for granted.

~Presumption~, n. ~1.~ Opinion, belief, supposition, conjecture, guess.

~2.~ Arrogance, forwardness, audacity, assurance, effrontery, brass, CHEEK.

~3.~ Probability, ground for believing.

~Presumptive~, a. Grounded on probable evidence.

~Presumptive evidence~, (Law.) Circumstantial evidence.

~Presumptuous~, a. ~1.~ Arrogant, bold, forward, presuming.

~2.~ Venturesome, rash, over-confident, fool-hardy.

~Presuppose~, v. a. Imply, assume, suppose, take for granted.

~Pretence~, n. [Written also Pretense.] ~1.~ Show (to conceal a thing to be done), false appearance, mask, color, simulation, affectation, cant, PRETEXT, clap-trap.

~2.~ Subterfuge, evasion, excuse.

~Pretend~, v. a. Feign, affect, simulate, counterfeit, sham.

~Pretend~, v. n. Make believe, make a show, profess falsely.

~Pretension~, n. ~1.~ Claim, demand.

~2.~ Show, assumption, profession, PRETENCE, make-believe.

~3.~ Conceit, pretentiousness, pertness, priggery.

~Pretentious~, a. [Recent.] Assuming, conceited, vain, pert, flippant, priggish, coxcomical, dashing.

~Pretentiousness~, n. Assumption, conceit, PRETENSION.

~Preternatural~, a. Irregular (as being aside from the ordinary course of nature, but not necessarily SUPERNATURAL or miraculous), abnormal, anomalous, unnatural, inexplicable, strange.

~Pretext~, n. Show (to conceal a thing done), appearance, affectation, simulation, mask, color, PRETENCE.

~Pretty~, a. Beautiful (without dignity or grandeur), HANDSOME, elegant, comely, fine, neat, trim, fair.

~Pretty~, ad. Moderately, tolerably, considerably, in some degree.

~Prevail~, v. n. ~1.~ Predominate, preponderate, succeed, prosper, have the superiority, gain the advantage, be in the ascendant, get the upper hand, have one's own way, carry it, carry all before one, carry the day, win the day, gain the day, win the palm.

~2.~ Obtain, rage, have influence, have sway, have currency, be in vogue, be rife, be the rage.

~Prevailing~, a. ~1.~ Effectual, dominant, predominant, efficacious, preponderating.

~2.~ Received (at the present time), current, established, ordinary, usual, PREVALENT, widely extended, most general.

~Prevail on~, Persuade (by argument), influence, induce.

~Prevail upon~, Persuade (by argument), influence, induce.

~Prevail with~, Persuade (by an appeal to the feelings), influence, induce.

~Prevalence~, n. ~1.~ Superiority, success, predominance, preponderance, prosperity.

~2.~ Influence, efficacy, power, force, strength.

~3.~ Universality, wide extension, general reception.

~Prevalent~, a. ~1.~ Superior, victorious, predominant, successful.

~2.~ Powerful, efficacious, effectual.

~3.~ Received (generally), established, current, ordinary, usual, PREVAILING, widely extended, most general.

~Prevaricate~, v. n. Quibble, shuffle, cavil, palter, dodge, evade the truth, EQUIVOCATE (by loose or indefinite expressions).

~Prevarication~, n. Equivocation, cavil, quibble.

~Prevent~, v. a. Obstruct, HINDER, stop, impede, thwart, intercept, interrupt, obviate, preclude, frustrate, forefend, avert.

~Prevention~, n. Obstruction, stoppage, hinderance, interruption.

~Preventive~, a. Prophylactic.

~Preventive~, n. Prophylactic.

~Previous~, a. Antecedent, prior, former, preceding, anterior, foregoing.

~Previously~, ad. Before, antecedently, beforehand.

~Prevision~, n. Foresight, foreknowledge, prescience.

~Prey~, n. Plunder (to satisfy the appetite), spoil, BOOTY, pillage, rapine, ravin.

~Prey on~ (~or upon~), ~1.~ Plunder, pillage, rob, despoil.

~2.~ Devour, feed upon.

~3.~ Waste, corrode.

~Price~, n. ~1.~ Value (in money), charge, expense, cost.

~2.~ Estimation, worth.

~3.~ Recompense, reward.

~Priceless~, a. Invaluable, inestimable.

~Prick~, v. a. ~1.~ Pierce (with a small hole), perforate, puncture.

~2.~ Spur, goad, incite, impel, urge, rouse, arouse, stimulate, drive.

~3.~ Sting, wound, pain, hurt.

~Prick~, v. n. Spur, ride, gallop, hasten.

~Prick~, n. ~1.~ Goad, point.

~2.~ Puncture.

~Pricked~, a. Acid, sour, tart, sharp.

~Prickleback~, n. Stickleback.

~Prickly pear~, n. Indian fig.

~Prick up the ears~, Listen, attend, hear.

~Pride~, n. ~1.~ Self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-complacency, self-sufficiency, conceit.

~2.~ Haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, superciliousness, assumption, insolence, vain-glory, arrogance, HAUTEUR, presumption.

~3.~ Elevation (of character), dignity, self-respect.

~4.~ Ornament, decoration, splendor, show, lustre, brightness, effulgence, glory.

~Pride one's self on~, Boast, take pride in, rate highly, glory in, pique one's self on, plume one's self on, stand upon.

~Priest~, n. Clergyman, divine, minister, pastor, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman.

~Priestly~, a. Sacerdotal.

~Prig~, n. Puppy, coxcomb; conceited, pert, saucy, or pragmatical fellow.

~Priggery~, n. Pertness, conceit, sauciness, coxcombry.

~Priggish~, a. Conceited, pert, saucy, coxcomical.

~Prim~, a. Formal, stiff, precise, starch, starched, strait-laced, in buckram.

~Primacy~, n. Primateship.

~Prima facie~, [L.] At first sight, on the first view.

~Primary~, a. ~1.~ Primitive, aboriginal, original, primordial, primeval, pristine, first.

~2.~ Chief, principal, leading.

~3.~ Elementary, lowest.

~Primate~, n. Archbishop, metropolitan.

~Primateship~, n. Primacy.

~Prime~, a. ~1.~ First, original, primitive, primal, primeval, primordial, pristine, aboriginal.

~2.~ Highest, chief, principal, best, capital, first-rate.

~Prime~, n. ~1.~ Beginning, opening, first part, earliest stage.

~2.~ Youth, spring of life, early days.

~3.~ Perfection, flower, greatest beauty, health or strength, best days.

~Primitive~, a. ~1.~ Primeval, primal, prime, primordial, original, aboriginal, pristine, primary, first.

~2.~ Radical, underived.

~Prime minister~, n. Premier.

~Primeval~, a. Original, PRIMITIVE.

~Primitive~, a. ~1.~ Original, primeval, primal, primordial, aboriginal, prime, primary pristine, first.

~2.~ Radical, underived.

~Primness~, n. Stiffness, formality.

~Primordial~, a. Original, PRIMITIVE.

~Prince~, n. ~1.~ Sovereign, ruler, monarch, potentate.

~2.~ Sovereign's son (especially the eldest son).

~Princely~, a. ~1.~ Royal, regal, imperial, exalted, august, grand, stately, dignified.

~2.~ Munificent, beneficent, generous, liberal, bounteous, bountiful, noble.

~Princess~, n. ~1.~ Female ruler.

~2.~ Sovereign's daughter.

~3.~ Prince's wife.

~Principal~, n. Chief, main, first, highest, supreme, leading, cardinal, most considerable, most important.

~Principal~, n. ~1.~ Chief, head, leader, chief actor.

~2.~ Master, head master.

~3.~ Employer, constituent.

~4.~ Capital sum (placed at interest).

~Principally~, a. Chiefly, mainly, especially, particularly, above all.

~Principle~, n. ~1.~ Origin, source, cause, spring, mainspring, fountain, groundwork, prime mover, fountain-head.

~2.~ Element, substratum, fundamental or primordial substance.

~3.~ Postulate, axiom, law, elementary proposition, fundamental truth.

~4.~ Doctrine, tenet, dogma, opinion, maxim, rule.

~5.~ Ground, motive, reason.

~6.~ Integrity, uprightness, rectitude, probity, honesty, virtue, righteousness, incorruptibility, goodness, trustworthiness, trustiness, worth, honor.

~Prink~, v. n. Spruce, dress finically.

~Print~, v. a. ~1.~ Impress, imprint, stamp.

~2.~ Make an impress or impression of.

~Print~, n. ~1.~ Impression, impress, mark, stamp.

~2.~ Engraving.

~3.~ Newspaper, journal.

~4.~ Calico, printed cotton cloth.

~Printing~, n. Typography.

~Prior~, a. Former, preceding, previous, anterior, antecedent, precedent, foregoing, precursory.

~Priority~, n. Antecedence, anteriority, precedence.

~Priory~, n. Convent, monastery, cloister, abbey.

~Prismatic Spectrum~, Solar spectrum.

~Prison~, n. Jail, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of correction, DUNGEON.

~Prisoner~, n. Captive.

~Pristine~, a. Primitive, primary, original, aboriginal, primeval, primordial, first.

~Prithee~, [For I pray thee.] Pray, please, do, vouchsafe, be so good as, have the goodness, be good enough, I beseech you.

~Privacy~, n. ~1.~ Secrecy, concealment.

~2.~ Retreat, retirement, seclusion, solitude.

~Private~, n. ~1.~ Secluded, retired, sequestered, isolated.

~2.~ Individual, personal, special, peculiar, particular.

~3.~ Secret, privy, CLANDESTINE, close.

~4.~ Confidential, not to be disclosed or communicated.

~Private~, n. Common soldier.

~Private parts~, Genitals, sexual organs.

~Privation~, n. ~1.~ Deprivation, loss, BEREAVEMENT.

~2.~ Poverty, destitution, want, need, penury, necessity, distress.

~3.~ Absence, negation.

~Privilege~, n. Prerogative, right, claim, advantage, immunity, franchise, liberty, favor.

~Privity~, n. Knowledge, cognizance, private concurrence.

~Privy~, a. ~1.~ Individual, special, private, personal, peculiar, particular.

~2.~ Secret, clandestine.

~3.~ Cognizant of, acquainted with.

~Privy~, n. Necessary, back-house, jakes, water-closet.

~Prize~, n. ~1.~ Reward, premium, trophy.

~2.~ Capture.

~Prize~, v. a. ~1.~ Estimate, rate, appraise.

~2.~ Esteem, value highly.

~Pro and con~, For and against.

~Probability~, n. Likelihood, presumption, appearance of truth, fair chance, favorable chance.

~Probable~, a. Likely, presumable, credible, reasonable, to be expected, that stands to reason.

~Probably~, ad. Apparently, to all appearance, in all probability.

~Probation~, n. ~1.~ Novitiate.

~2.~ Moral trial.

~Probationer~, n. Novice.

~Probe~, v. a. Scrutinize, examine, search, sound, explore, sift, look into.

~Probity~, n. Integrity, uprightness, honesty, worth, rectitude, virtue, goodness, righteousness, trustworthiness, trustiness, principle, sincerity, truthfulness, veracity, honor, justice, equity, fairness, incorruptibility.

~Problem~, n. Question (to be solved), enigma, puzzle, riddle, moot point, point in dispute, point to be solved or settled, question at issue, vexed question.

~Problematical~, a. Uncertain, doubtful, dubious, questionable, disputable, enigmatical, puzzling, unsettled.

~Proboscis~, n. Snout, trunk.

~Procedure~, n. ~1.~ Conduct, practice, course, process, management, course of action, mode of operation.

~2.~ Act, transaction, deed, action, performance, proceeding, measure, step.

~Proceed~, v. n. ~1.~ Progress, advance, go or pass on, move forward, make progress, get on, push on, go ahead, get ahead, make headway, get forward, get along, hold or keep one's course.

~2.~ Arise, spring, come, issue, emanate, originate, flow, follow, result, ensue, accrue, come out, go forth, be derived, be caused, take rise, be owing, be due.

~3.~ Act, conduct one's self, take steps, take measures, set to work, go about any thing.

~Proceeding~, n. Act, deed, transaction, action, measure, performance, step, procedure.

~Proceeds~, n. pl. Product, produce, income, yield, receipts, returns, avails.

~Process~, n. ~1.~ Course, progress.

~2.~ Operation, procedure, proceeding, action, performance, step, transaction, measure, conduct, management, series of measures, mode of operation.

~3.~ (Law.) Suit, trial, action, case.

~4.~ (Anat.) Projection, protuberance.

~Procession~, n. Train, CORTÈGE, turnout, retinue, CAVALCADE.

~Proclaim~, v. a. Announce, publish, declare, promulgate, advertise, trumpet, broach, cry, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, make proclamation of.

~Proclaimer~, n. Promulgator.

~Proclamation~, n. ~1.~ Announcement, publication, promulgation, advertisement.

~2.~ Edict, decree, ordinance, ban.

~Proclivity~, n. Inclination, tendency, proneness, propensity, bias, disposition, leaning, bent, aptitude, predisposition, direction, determination, bearing, drift, turn.

~Procrastinate~, v. a. Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, put off, stave off, lay over, let lie over.

~Procrastinate~, v. n. Delay, wait, lag, loiter, be dilatory.

~Procrastination~, n. Dilatoriness, putting off, delay, tardiness, slowness.

~Procreant~, a. Productive.

~Procreate~, v. a. Generate, engender, beget, breed, produce, propagate, bring into being.

~Procreation~, n. Generation, begetting, production.

~Procreator~, n. Generator, father, sire, begetter.

~Procurement~, n. Management, contrivance, agency, intervention, procuration.

~Procurer~, n. Pimp, pander, bawd.

~Procumbent~, a. Prone, lying down, prostrate.

~Procuration~, n. ~1.~ Agency, PROCUREMENT.

~2.~ Authority as an agent, authority to act for another.

~Procurator~, n. (Law.) Agent, proxy, attorney, deputy, representative.

~Procure~, v. a. ~1.~ Get, acquire, obtain, earn, win, achieve, gain, provide, furnish.

~2.~ Contrive, compass, cause, effect, bring about.

~Prodigal~, a. Wasteful, lavish, extravagant, profuse, too liberal.

~Prodigal~, n. Spendthrift, waster, squanderer.

~Prodigality~, n. Wastefulness, extravagance, excess, profusion, lavishness, unthriftiness, squandering.

~Prodigious~, a. ~1.~ Marvellous, wonderful, portentous, amazing, astonishing, surprising, astounding, strange, startling, extraordinary, uncommon, wondrous, miraculous, very strange, unheard of.

~2.~ Enormous, monstrous, huge.

~Prodigy~, n. ~1.~ Marvel, portent, wonder, miracle.

~2.~ Monster, monstrosity, mooncalf, unnatural product.

~Produce~, v. a. ~1.~ Exhibit, show, bring forward, bring out, bring into view, hold up to view, bring to light.

~2.~ Beget, procreate, engender, generate, propagate, breed, bring into being.

~3.~ Cause, occasion, originate, make, create, effect, give rise to.

~4.~ Yield, bear, furnish, supply, give, afford, impart, render, bestow.

~5.~ Extend, protract, prolong, draw out, lengthen.

~Produce~, n. ~1.~ PRODUCT.

~2.~ Agricultural products.

~Product~, n. ~1.~ Produce, yield, proceeds, returns.

~2.~ Result, effect, work, fruit, production, performance.

~Production~, n. ~1.~ Produce, product, fruit, work, performance.

~2.~ Prolongation, extension, lengthening.

~Productive~, a. Fertile, generative, prolific, fruitful.

~Proem~, n. Preface, introduction, prelude, exordium, prolegomena, preliminary remarks.

~Proemial~, a. Introductory, prefatory, preliminary, precursory.

~Profanation~, n. Desecration, pollution, misuse, abuse.

~Profane~, a. ~1.~ Irreverent, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked, sacrilegious, impious.

~2.~ Unhallowed, impure, polluted.

~3.~ Secular, not sacred.

~Profane~, v. a. Desecrate, pollute, defile, abuse.

~Profaneness~, n. PROFANITY.

~Profanity~, n. ~1.~ Irreverence, profaneness, blasphemy.

~2.~ Profane language.

~Profess~, v. a. ~1.~ Avow, acknowledge, own, confess, declare, affirm, avouch, aver, allege.

~2.~ Pretend, lay claim to.

~Profession~, n. ~1.~ Declaration, avowal, claim.

~2.~ Employment (that requires a learned education), calling, occupation, business, AVOCATION.

~Proffer~, v. a. Tender, offer, volunteer.

~Proffer~, n. Tender, offer, proposal.

~Proficiency~, n. ~1.~ Advancement, improvement, progress.

~2.~ Skill, accomplishment, acquirement, mastery.

~Proficient~, a. Skilled, skilful, conversant, competent, well- versed, qualified, practised, trained, accomplished, able, thoroughbred, finished, good, at home, AU FAIT.

~Proficient~, n. Adept, expert, dab, master-hand, DABSTER, capital hand, good hand.

~Profile~, n. ~1.~ Side-face.

~2.~ Outline, contour.

~Profit~, n. ~1.~ Gain, produce, emolument, return, avails.

~2.~ Advantage, benefit, service, weal, interest, welfare, behoof, behalf, account, utility.

~Profitless~, a. Useless, worthless, fruitless, bootless, unprofitable, valueless, of no use.

~Profligate~, a. Depraved, corrupt, dissolute, corrupted, very wicked, graceless, very vicious, shameless, abandoned.

~Profligate~, n. Debauchee, rake, libertine, man of pleasure.

~Profound~, a. ~1.~ Deep.

~2.~ Penetrating, sagacious, skilled, not superficial.

~3.~ Lively, vivid, strong, deep-felt.

~4.~ Lowly, humble, submissive.

~Profundity~, n. Depth, deepness.

~Profuse~, a. ~1.~ Lavish, prodigal, improvident, extravagant, wasteful, too liberal, too bountiful.

~2.~ Exuberant, over-abounding, in profusion.

~Profuseness~, n. PROFUSION.

~Profusion~, n. ~1.~ Lavishness, excess, prodigality, extravagance, waste.

~2.~ Abundance, exuberance.

~Prog~, n. [Low.] Victuals, FOOD.

~Progenitor~, n. Ancestor, forefather.

~Progeny~, n. Offspring, children, issue, descendants, race, breed, stock, lineage.

~Prognosis~, n. (Med.) Prophasis.

~Prognostic~, a. Foreshowing, foretokening.

~Prognostic~, n. Sign, token, presage, omen, indication, augury, foreboding, prognostication.

~Prognosticate~, v. a. Foretell, predict, foretoken, betoken, prophesy, foreshow, foreshadow, indicate, portend, augur.

~Prognostication~, n. ~1.~ PROGNOSTIC.

~2.~ Augury, prediction, vaticination, prophecy, indication.

~Programme~, n. Order of exercises.

~Progress~, n. ~1.~ Advancement, advance, progression, proficiency.

~2.~ Growth, increase, improvement.

~Progress~, v. n. Advance, proceed, go on, get on, go ahead, get ahead, get forward, get along, make head, make headway, work one's way, make one's way, make progress.

~Progression~, n. Advancement, advance, progress.

~Progressive~, a. ~1.~ Advancing, proceeding.

~2.~ Improving.

~Prohibit~, v. a. ~1.~ Hinder, prevent, debar, preclude, restrain.

~2.~ Forbid, inhibit, disallow, interdict.

~Prohibition~, n. Interdiction, interdict, inhibition, disallowance, embargo.

~Prohibitive~, a. PROHIBITORY.

~Prohibitory~, a. Restrictive, prohibiting, prohibitive.

~Project~, v. a. ~1.~ Throw, cast, throw out.

~2.~ Scheme, devise, contrive, frame, plan, plot, concoct, brew.

~3.~ Delineate (as a sphere upon a plane).

~Project~, v. n. Protrude, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be prominent.

~Project~, n. Plan, scheme, contrivance, devise, design, proposal.

~Projectile~, n. Missile.

~Projection~, n. ~1.~ Propulsion, throwing.

~2.~ Planning, designing, contriving.

~3.~ Prominence, protuberance, bulge, process.

~4.~ Plan, delineation, map.

~Projector~, n. Schemer, designer, planner.

~Prolegomena~, n. pl. Introduction, preface, prelude, prologue, preamble, proem, preliminary remarks.

~Prolétaire~, n. [Fr.] Laboring class, proletariat.

~Proletarian~, a. [Rare.] Mean, vulgar, vile, plebeian.

~Proletariat~, n. PROLÉTAIRE, laboring class.

~Proletary~, n. Churl, peasant, rustic, clodhopper, countryman, ploughman, lout, clown, boor, hind, laboring man.

~Prolific~, a. Fruitful, fertile, productive, generative, teeming.

~Prolix~, a. ~1.~ Diffuse, wordy, verbose, loose, long, long-spun, spun-out, long-winded, discursive, rambling, not concise.

~2.~ Tiresome, tedious, uninteresting, wearisome.

~Prolixity~, n. Diffuseness, prolixness, verbosity, tedious length.

~Prolixness~, n. Prolixity.

~Prolocutor~, n. Speaker, spokesman.

~Prologue~, n. Introduction (to a play), preface.

~Prolong~, v. a. Lengthen, protract, extend, continue, draw out.

~Prolongation~, n. Extension, protraction, lengthening.

~Promenade~, n. Walk, stroll.

~Promenade~, v. n. Take a walk.

~Prominence~, n. ~1.~ Protuberance, projection, bulge, process.

~2.~ Conspicuousness, eminence, distinction, celebrity.

~Prominent~, a. ~1.~ Protuberant, projecting.

~2.~ Conspicuous, eminent, celebrated, distinguished, famous.

~Promiscuous~, a. Mixed, mingled, miscellaneous, indiscriminate, confused.

~Promise~, n. ~1.~ Word, engagement, assurance, pledge.

~2.~ Promising character.

~Promise~, v. a. ~1.~ Pledge, engage, covenant, assure.

~2.~ Give expectation of, excite a hope of.

~Promise~, v. n. Engage, agree, stipulate, bargain, be sworn, pledge one's self, plight one's word, pass one's word, give assurance, make an agreement, tie one's self.

~Promising~, a. Encouraging, giving ground of hope.

~Promissory note~, Note of hand.

~Promontory~, n. Headland, foreland, cape.

~Promote~, v. a. ~1.~ Forward, advance, further, encourage, help, assist.

~2.~ Elevate, exalt, raise, prefer.

~Promotion~, n. ~1.~ Furtherance, encouragement, advancement.

~2.~ Elevation, preferment.

~Prompt~, a. ~1.~ Ready, quick, apt.

~2.~ Early, timely, punctual.

~Prompt~, v. a. ~1.~ Incite, induce, stimulate, impel, engage, incline, dispose, urge, set on, draw on.

~2.~ Put in mind, give the cue to.

~3.~ Dictate, suggest, hint.

~Promptitude~, n. PROMPTNESS.

~Promptness~, n. Readiness, quickness, alacrity, alertness, promptitude.

~Promulgate~, v. a. Publish, announce, proclaim, declare, advertise, trumpet, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, make promulgation of.

~Promulgation~, n. Announcement, advertisement, publication, declaration.

~Prone~, a. ~1.~ Prostrate (with the face downwards), recumbent, lying, flat.

~2.~ Sloping, inclining.

~3.~ Disposed, inclined, tending.

~Proneness~, n. Disposition, tendency, proclivity, inclination, bias, bent, propensity, aptness, turn, leaning, predisposition.

~Pronounce~, v. a. ~1.~ Utter (with proper accent and tone), speak, enunciate, ARTICULATE.

~2.~ Declare, affirm.

~3.~ Deliver (as an oration).

~Pronunciamento~, n. Proclamation, announcement, declaration, manifesto.

~Proof~, n. ~1.~ Test, trial, essay, experiment, ordeal.

~2.~ Demonstration, certification, attestation, satisfactory evidence.

~3.~ Proof-sheet.

~Proof-sheet~, n. Proof.

~Prop~, v. a. Support, sustain, uphold, hold up, shore up.

~Prop~, n. Support, stay, brace, FULCRUM.

~Propagate~, v. a. ~1.~ Multiply, increase, continue.

~2.~ Spread, diffuse, disseminate, circulate, extend, spread abroad.

~3.~ Generate, beget, engender, procreate, breed, produce, bring into being.

~Propagation~, n. ~1.~ Multiplication, increase, continuance.

~2.~ Dissemination, diffusion, extension, enlargement.

~3.~ Generation, procreation, breeding.

~Propel~, v. a. Impel, drive forward, push forward, urge on.

~Propensity~, n. Inclination, PRONENESS.

~Proper~, a. ~1.~ Particular, peculiar, individual, special, specific, not common.

~2.~ Fit, fitting, befitting, suitable, appropriate, meet, seemly, convenient, adapted, becoming, right, legitimate.

~Property~, n. ~1.~ Quality, attribute, peculiarity, characteristic, nature.

~2.~ Wealth, estate, goods, possessions, one's own.

~3.~ Ownership, exclusive right.

~Prophasis~, n. (Med.) Prognosis.

~Prophecy~, n. Prediction, prognostication, vaticination, foretelling, divination.

~Prophesy~, v. a. Predict, foretell, prognosticate, VATICINATE, divine.

~Prophet~, n. Predicter, foreteller, seer, soothsayer, vaticinator.

~Prophetic~, a. Predictive, foretelling, predicting.

~Prophylactic~, a. (Med.) Preventive, preservative.

~Prophylactic~, n. (Med.) Preventive, preservative.

~Propinquity~, n. ~1.~ Nearness, proximity, vicinity, neighborhood.

~2.~ Kindred, affinity.

~Propitiate~, v. a. Conciliate, appease, pacify, reconcile, gain the favor of, make propitious, make favorable.

~Propitiation~, n. ~1.~ Conciliation, reconciliation, pacification.

~2.~ Atonement, expiation, satisfaction, reparation, atoning sacrifice.

~Propitious~, a. ~1.~ Gracious, benevolent, benign, kind.

~2.~ Auspicious, lucky, happy, fortunate, favorable, opportune, prosperous, promising, in a fair way.

~Proportion~, n. ~1.~ Symmetry, symmetrical relation.

~2.~ Share, lot, part, portion.

~Proportion~, v. a. Adjust (in proper relations), regulate, graduate, put in proportion.

~Proportionable~, a. PROPORTIONAL.

~Proportionably~, ad. PROPORTIONALLY.

~Proportional~, a. Proportionate, proportionable, symmetrical, correspondent.

~Proportionally~, ad. Proportionably, proportionately, in proportion, PRO RATA.

~Proportionate~, a. PROPORTIONAL.

~Proportionately~, ad. PROPORTIONALLY.

~Proposal~, n. Offer (of something to be done), proffer, tender, overture, PROPOSITION.

~Propose~, v. a. Offer (for consideration), proffer, tender, propound, enounce, present, suggest, recommend, move, hold out.

~Propose~, v. n. [Recent.] Intend, design, mean, purpose, have the intention, propose to one's self.

~Proposition~, n. ~1.~ Offer (of something to be considered), proffer, tender, overture, suggestion, PROPOSAL.

~2.~ Position, thesis, statement, declaration, dictum, doctrine.

~3.~ (Logic.) Period, complete sentence.

~Propound~, v. a. PROPOSE.

~Proprietary~, n. PROPRIETOR.

~Proprietor~, n. Possessor, owner, proprietary.

~Propriety~, n. ~1.~ Fitness (to a proper standard or rule), appropriateness, suitableness, seemliness, justness, correctness, accuracy, consonance, adaptation, reasonableness.

~2.~ Decorum, decency, good behavior, proper formality.

~Propulsive~, a. Propelling.

~Pro-rata~, [L.] Proportionally, proportionably, proportionately, in proportion.

~Prorogation~, n. Adjournment.

~Prorogue~, v. a. Adjourn (as Parliament).

~Prosaic~, a. ~1.~ Prosy, unpoetical.

~2.~ Dull, flat, bald, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining, tiresome, tedious, prosing, vapid, tame, humdrum.

~Proscribe~, v. a. ~1.~ Banish, exile, outlaw, doom to destruction.

~2.~ Exclude, interdict, prohibit, reject, forbid, shut out.

~3.~ Denounce, censure, condemn.

~Proscription~, n. ~1.~ Banishment, exile, outlawry.

~2.~ Exclusion, interdiction, prohibition.

~3.~ Denunciation, censure, condemnation.

~Prosecute~, v. a. ~1.~ Pursue, continue, follow out, carry out, carry on, persevere in.

~2.~ Arraign, take the law of, bring before a court.

~Prosecution~, n. ~1.~ Pursuit.

~2.~ Arraignment, bringing to trial.

~Prosecutor~, n. Plaintiff, accuser.

~Proselyte~, n. Convert, catechumen.

~Proselyte~, v. a. Convert, bring over.

~Proser~, n. Bore, buttonholder, tedious narrator.

~Prosing~, a. Dull, flat, stupid, PROSAIC.

~Prosopopœia~, n. (Rhet.) Personification.

~Prospect~, n. ~1.~ View, survey, display, sight, scene, show, spectacle, vista, perspective.

~2.~ Landscape, scenery, picture, bird's-eye view.

~3.~ Expectation, anticipation, contemplation, calculation, expectance, foreseeing, promise, presumption, hope, trust, ABEYANCE.

~Prospective~, a. Future, coming.

~Prospective~, n. ~1.~ Distant view.

~2.~ View, prospect, contemplation.

~Prospectively~, ad. In the future, hereafter.

~Prospectus~, n. Plan (of a literary work), outline, scheme.

~Prosper~, v. a. Favor, befriend, aid, forward, help, make successful.

~Prosper~, v. n. SUCCEED, flourish, thrive, go on well, be successful.

~Prosperity~, n. Success, thrift, welfare, happiness, well-being, luck, good fortune, good luck, run of luck, palmy days, halcyon days, smiles of fortune.

~Prosperous~, a. ~1.~ Successful, thriving, flourishing, fortunate, lucky, happy, well off, well to do.

~2.~ Favorable, propitious, auspicious, good, golden, bright.

~Prostitute~, v. a. Misuse, abuse, misapply, pervert, make a bad use of.

~Prostitute~, n. Courtesan, STRUMPET.

~Prostitution~, n. ~1.~ Misuse, abuse, perversion, profanation.

~2.~ Unlawful sexual intercourse (on the part of a woman, for hire), harlotry.

~Prostrate~, a. ~1.~ Prostrated, prone, stretched out.

~2.~ Exhausted, fainting, sinking, overcome.

~Prostrate~, v. a. ~1.~ Overthrow, overturn, level, fell, demolish, destroy, ruin, throw down, lay flat, bring to the ground.

~2.~ Exhaust, reduce, overcome, depress, bring low.

~Prostration~, n. ~1.~ Overthrow, destruction, demolition.

~2.~ Exhaustion, depression.

~Prosy~, a. ~1.~ Prosaic, unpoetical.

~2.~ Dull, flat, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining, tiresome, tedious.

~Protect~, v. a. Defend (by a covering), guard, shield, screen, shelter, house, preserve, secure, save.

~Protection~, n. ~1.~ Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard, preservation.

~2.~ Shield, ægis, buckler, palladium.

~Protective~, a. Defensive.

~Protector~, n. Guardian, champion, defender.

~Pro tempore~, [L.] For the time, for the time being, for the present occasion.

~Protest~, v. n. Declare (solemnly), aver, affirm, assert, asseverate, avow, profess, attest, testify.

~Protest~, v. a. Declare (solemnly), assert, affirm.

~Protest~, n. Declaration (made in a formal manner against something).

~Protestation~, n. Declaration, asseveration, affirmation, averment, avowal.

~Protoplast~, n. PROTOTYPE.

~Prototype~, n. Original pattern, model, type, exemplar, example, archetype, protoplast.

~Protract~, v. a. Prolong, continue, draw out, lengthen, spin out.

~Protrude~, v. a. ~1.~ Shoot out, thrust forward, push forth.

~2.~ Beetle, jut out, hang over.

~Protrude~, v. n. Project, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be prominent.

~Protuberance~, n. Prominence, projection, swelling, bulge, process, excrescence.

~Protuberant~, a. Projecting, prominent, salient, bulging.

~Proud~, a. ~1.~ Conceited, over-weening, egotistical, assuming.

~2.~ Arrogant, haughty, supercilious, presumptuous, lordly, lofty, vain-glorious, high-spirited, high-strung.

~3.~ Grand, stately, noble.

~Prove~, v. a. ~1.~ Demonstrate, show, manifest, confirm, establish, evidence, evince, substantiate, verify, make good.

~2.~ Try, test, examine, make trial of, put to the test, experiment upon, submit to the test or proof.

~Prove~, v. n. Turn out, be found to be.

~Provender~, n. Food (as hay, corn, &c., for brutes), fodder, forage.

~Proverb~, n. Adage, maxim, saying, dictum, saw, aphorism, apothegm, by-word.

~Provide~, v. a. ~1.~ Prepare, procure, get ready, make ready.

~2.~ Supply, furnish, stock.

~Provide~, v. n. ~1.~ Cater, furnish supplies.

~2.~ Take measures, make provision.

~3.~ Stipulate, bargain, contract, engage, agree, covenant.

~Provided~, conj. If, on condition, with the understanding.

~Providence~, n. ~1.~ Forethought, forecast, timely care.

~2.~ Divine government, divine superintendence.

~Provident~, a. Careful (for the future), prudent, discreet, cautious, forecasting, frugal, economical.

~Province~, n. ~1.~ Territory, region, tract, domain, district.

~2.~ Dependency, colony.

~3.~ Business, employment, function, duty, charge, calling, office, part, post, capacity.

~Provincial~, a. ~1.~ Of a province, of provinces.

~2.~ Rude, unpolished, unrefined, rustic, countrified.

~Provision~, n. ~1.~ Providing, provident care.

~2.~ Preparation, provident measures or steps.

~3.~ Stock, store, hoard, fund.

~4.~ Proviso, stipulation, clause.

~Provisions~, n. pl. FOOD, victuals, provender, fare, eatables, viands, subsistence, BREAD.

~Provisional~, a. Temporary, provisory.

~Provisionally~, ad. Temporarily, for the present occasion.

~Proviso~, n. Condition, provision, clause, conditional stipulation.

~Provisory~, a. PROVISIONAL.

~Provocation~, n. ~1.~ Incitement, stimulus, stimulant, incentive, provocative.

~2.~ Affront, offence, indignity, insult.

~Provocative~, a. Stimulating, exciting, that excites or provokes.

~Provocative~, n. Stimulant, stimulus, incentive, provocation.

~Provoke~, v. a. ~1.~ Excite, stimulate, arouse, awaken, incite, move, kindle, inflame, animate, instigate, impel, stir up, work up.

~2.~ Exasperate, incense, enrage, chafe, anger, irritate, exacerbate, nettle, offend, affront, infuriate, give offence or umbrage to, put out, put out of humor, work into a passion, lash into fury, raise one's ire, raise one's dander, make one's blood boil, drive one mad.

~Provoking~, a. Irritating, vexing, vexatious, annoying, tormenting, aggravating, offensive.

~Prow~, n. Bow, stern, beak.

~Prowess~, n. Bravery, valor, intrepidity, courage, gallantry, heroism, fearlessness, daring.

~Proximate~, a. Next, nearest, immediate, close, not remote.

~Proximity~, n. Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood.

~Proximo~, n. [L.] Next month.

~Proxy~, n. Substitute, agent, deputy, representative, LOCUM TENENS.

~Prudence~, n. Discretion (accompanied with forecast), caution, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, common sense, judiciousness, judgment, wisdom (applied to the ordinary affairs of life), sense, tact, GUMPTION, ballast.

~Prudent~, a. ~1.~ Discreet, cautious, careful, circumspect, wary, considerate, judicious, provident, prudential.

~2.~ Frugal, economical.

~Prudential~, a. Politic, PRUDENT.

~Prudery~, n. Coyness, demureness, stiffness, affected reserve.

~Prudish~, a. Coy, demure, reserved, over-modest, affectedly modest.

~Prune~, v. a. Lop, trim, clip, dock, cut short.

~Prune~, n. Dried plum.

~Prurience~, n. Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.

~Pruriency~, n. Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.

~Prurient~, a. Itching, longing, hankering, craving, lustful.

~Prussian blue~, Ferrocyanide of iron, ferrocyanuret of iron.

~Prussic acid~, Hydrocyanic acid.

~Pry~, v. n. Peer, pry, search, look closely or narrowly.

~Prying~, a. Curious, inquisitive, peering, scrutinizing.

~Psalm~, n. Sacred song.

~Psalmody~, n. Psalm-singing.

~Psalm-singing~, n. Psalmody.

~Psalm-tune~, n. Choral.

~Psalter~, n. Book of Psalms.

~Pseudonyme~, n. False name.

~Pshaw~, interj. Poh, pugh, fiddle-stick, nonsense, fudge.

~Psora~, n. [L.] (Med.) Scabies, the itch.

~Psychological~, a. Metaphysical.

~Psychology~, n. Metaphysics, pneumatology, science of mind.

~Public~, a. ~1.~ Of the whole, not private.

~2.~ Open, notorious, generally known.

~3.~ Common, general.

~Public~, n. [Preceded by The.] Persons, men, society, the people, the community, the world.

~Publican~, n. Tax-gatherer.

~Publication~, n. ~1.~ Promulgation, proclamation, divulgation.

~2.~ Literary production (book, pamphlet, magazine, &c.).

~Public-house~, n. Inn, tavern, house of entertainment.

~Publicity~, n. Notoriety, currency.

~Publish~, v. a. ~1.~ Promulgate, proclaim, blaze, blazon, announce, declare, disclose, divulge, reveal, advertise, impart, communicate, broach, make known, spread abroad, blaze abroad.

~2.~ Issue (as a book), emit, send forth, bring out.

~Puceron~, n. Plant-louse, vine-fretter, aphis.

~Pucker~, v. a. Corrugate, cockle, wrinkle, gather into wrinkles or folds.

~Pucker~, n. ~1.~ Fold, wrinkle.

~2.~ [Vulgar.] Confusion, bother, perplexity, agitation, flurry, bustle, flutter, excitement, discomposure, fever, fret, tremor, perturbation, FUSS.

~Pudder~, n. Bustle, tumult, turmoil, confusion, pother.

~Pudding-stone~, n. Conglomerate.

~Puddle~, n. Pool (of dirty water).

~Puerile~, a. ~1.~ Boyish, childish, juvenile, youthful.

~2.~ Foolish, trifling, trivial, idle, silly, senseless, nonsensical.

~Puerility~, n. ~1.~ Boyishness, childishness, youthfulness, juvenility.

~2.~ Folly, foolishness, nonsense.

~Puff~, n. Whiff, sudden gust.

~Puff~, v. n. ~1.~ Blow in puffs.

~2.~ Pant, breathe hard.

~Puff~, v. a. ~1.~ Blow.

~2.~ Praise (extravagantly).

~Puff up~, Inflate, swell, blow up.

~Puffed up~, Conceited, proud, haughty, overweening, vainglorious.

~Puffer~, n. (Ich.) Globe-fish.

~Puffin~, n. Coulter-neb, Labrador auk (Alca arctica).

~Puffy~, a. ~1.~ Swelled, swollen, tumid.

~2.~ Bombastic, inflated, extravagant, turgid, tumid, pompous.

~Pugh~, interj. Pshaw, poh.

~Pugilism~, n. Boxing, fisticuffs.

~Pugilist~, n. Boxer, bully, prize-fighter.

~Pugnacious~, a. Quarrelsome, fighting, contentious.

~Pugnacity~, n. Quarrelsomeness.

~Pugnis et calcibus~, [L.] With fists and heels, with all one's might, TOOTH AND NAIL, HAMMER AND TONGS.

~Puissance~, n. Power, force, strength, might, potency.

~Puissant~, a. Powerful, strong, mighty, forcible, potent.

~Puke~, v. n. Vomit, spew.

~Puke~, v. a. Vomit, spew, cast up, throw up.

~Pule~, v. n. Whine, whimper, cry.

~Pull~, v. a. ~1.~ Draw, haul, tug, drag.

~2.~ Pluck, gather.

~3.~ Tear, rend, draw apart.

~Pull~, v. n. Tug, give a pull.

~Pull in one's horns~, [Colloquial.] Repress one's ardor, restrain one's pride, cease boasting, draw in one's horns.

~Pullulate~, v. n. Germinate, bud, shoot, sprout, vegetate, push, grow, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.

~Pullulation~, n. Germination, budding, sprouting.

~Pull up~, ~1.~ [Active.] Draw up, haul up.

~2.~ [Active.] Extirpate, eradicate, destroy, pluck up.

~3.~ [Neuter.] Stop, halt.

~Pulmonary~, a. Pulmonic.

~Pulmonic~, n. Pulmonary.

~Pulp~, n. Soft part, soft mass.

~Pulpit~, n. Desk, sacred desk.

~Pulsate~, v. n. Beat, throb.

~Pulsation~, n. Beating, beat, throbbing, throb.

~Pulsatory~, a. Throbbing.

~Pulse~, n. ~1.~ Beating or throbbing of an artery.

~2.~ Legumes, fruit of leguminous plants.

~Pulverable~, a. Crumbling, brittle, friable, crisp, pulverizable, easily crumbled.

~Pulverizable~, a. PULVERABLE, that may be pulverized.

~Pulverize~, v. a. Triturate, comminute, bruise, grind, bray, levigate, reduce to powder.

~Pulverulent~, a. Dusty, powdery.

~Pun~, n. Quibble, clinch, calembour, play upon words.

~Pun~, v. n. Quibble, play upon words, make a pun.

~Punch~, v. a. ~1.~ Perforate, bore, pierce.

~2.~ Push, poke.

~Punch~, n. ~1.~ Borer.

~2.~ Push, poke.

~3.~ Horse (short and thick).

~4.~ Buffoon (of a puppet-show), clown, harlequin, punchinello, merry-Andrew, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, pickle-herring, jack- pudding.

~Pummel~, n. [Written also and preferably Pommel.] Knob, protuberant part.

~Pummel~, v. a. [Written also and preferably Pommel.] Beat, bruise, thrash, flog, drub, bang, maul, thwack, WALLOP, LICK.

~Punchinello~, n. Buffoon, PUNCH.

~Punctilio~, n. Nicety (of behavior), nice point.

~Punctilious~, a. Nice, exact, particular, precise, scrupulous, over- scrupulous, punctual.

~Punctual~, a. ~1.~ Nice, exact, PUNCTILIOUS.

~2.~ Prompt, seasonable, timely.

~Punctuality~, n. ~1.~ Nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulous exactness.

~2.~ Promptness.

~Punctuate~, v. a. Point.

~Puncture~, n. Small hole.

~Puncture~, v. a. Prick, perforate.

~Pungency~, n. ~1.~ Acridness, acrimony, causticity, poignancy, piquancy, sharpness.

~2.~ Keenness, pointedness, smartness.

~Pungent~, a. ~1.~ Stinging, stimulating, pricking, sharp, biting, burning, hot, peppery, piercing, penetrating, piquant, acrid, caustic.

~2.~ Acute, keen, acrimonious, severe, distressing, poignant.

~Punic~, a. ~1.~ Of the Carthaginians.

~2.~ Faithless, perfidious, treacherous, unworthy of trust.

~Punic faith~, Treachery, perfidiousness.

~Punish~, v. a. Chastise, castigate, lash, chasten, discipline, correct, scourge, whip.

~Punishment~, n. Chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty.

~Punitive~, a. Penal.

~Punk~, n. ~1.~ Prostitute, STRUMPET.

~2.~ Touchwood, spunk, agaric, amadou, German tinder.

~Punner~, n. PUNSTER.

~Punster~, n. Punner, quibbler.

~Puny~, a. ~1.~ Weak, feeble, inferior.

~2.~ Little, small, petty, diminutive, tiny, dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean, stunted, Liliputian.

~Pup~, n. Puppy, whelp, young dog.

~Pupa~, n. Chrysalis, aurelia.

~Pupil~, n. ~1.~ (Anat.) Apple of the eye.

~2.~ Learner, scholar, disciple, student, tyro, neophyte, CATECHUMEN, ELEVE.

~3.~ (Law.) Ward.

~Pupilage~, n. Nonage, minority, boyhood, girlhood.

~Puppy~, n. Pup, whelp, young dog.

~Purblind~, a. Dim-sighted, near-sighted, short-sighted, myopic.

~Purchase~, v. a. ~1.~ Buy, bargain for.

~2.~ [Rare.] Obtain, acquire, procure, get, gain.

~Purchase~, n. Bargain.

~Purchaser~, n. Buyer.

~Pure~, a. ~1.~ Clean, clear, unsullied, unstained, undefiled, spotless, unspotted, fair, immaculate, untainted, untarnished, unpolluted, uncorrupted.

~2.~ Innocent, guiltless, guileless, true, virtuous, upright, honest, incorrupt, holy.

~3.~ Genuine, unadulterated, unmixed, real, perfect.

~4.~ Modest, chaste.

~5.~ Mere, absolute, sheer.

~6.~ Classic, classical, Attic.

~Pureness~, n. PURITY.

~Purgative~, a. Cathartic, abstergent, cleansing, purifying, evacuant.

~Purgative~, n. Purge, physic, cathartic, purgative medicine.

~Purgatory~, n. Limbo, hell, infernal regions, shades below.

~Purge~, v. a. Cleanse, clear, purify, clarify, free from impurity.

~Purge~, n. PURGATIVE.

~Purging~, n. (Med.) Diarrhœa, relax, flux.

~Purification~, n. ~1.~ Cleansing, purifying.

~2.~ Defecation, clearing, clarification, depuration.

~Purify~, v. a. ~1.~ Clear, clean, cleanse, clarify, purge, free from impurity, make pure.

~2.~ Defecate (as liquors).

~Purism~, n. Nicety (in the use of words), fastidiousness, squeamishness, daintiness, euphuism, affected elegance, finical style.

~Puritanic~, a. Strict, rigid, ascetic.

~Puritanical~, a. Strict, rigid, ascetic.

~Purity~, n. ~1.~ Cleanness, clearness, immaculateness.

~2.~ Innocence, virtue, guiltlessness, guilelessness, holiness, honesty, integrity.

~3.~ Genuineness, excellence.

~4.~ Modesty, chastity.

~Purl~, v. n. Murmur, ripple, gurgle.

~Purlieus~, n. pl. [Used generally in a bad sense.] Environs, suburbs, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, outskirts, confines.

~Purloin~, v. a. Steal, rob, pilfer, filch, BOB, CABBAGE.

~Purport~, n. Design, meaning, signification, import, significance, drift, tenor, scope, sense, tendency, gist, intent, spirit.

~Purport~, v. a. Intend, mean, signify, import.

~Purpose~, n. Aim, intent, intention, design, object, end, drift, view, final cause.

~Purpose~, v. a. Intend, design, mean, meditate, think of, have in mind, resolve upon, propose to one's self.

~Purpose~, v. n. Intend, design, mean, have in mind.

~Purposely~, ad. Intentionally, designedly, by design, on purpose.

~Pursuance~, n. Pursuit, prosecution, following out.

~Pursuant to~, Agreeable to, conformable to, according to, in pursuance of.

~Pursue~, v. a. ~1.~ Follow, chase, hunt, track, hound, go after, give chase to.

~2.~ Continue, prosecute, conduct, keep up, carry on, persist in, engage in, follow up.

~3.~ Seek, strive for, try to obtain.

~Pursuit~, n. ~1.~ Chase, race.

~2.~ Pursuance, prosecution, following out.

~Pursuit of~, ~1.~ Chase after.

~2.~ Prosecution of, search for, endeavor after.

~Pursy~, a. ~1.~ Fat, corpulent, fleshy, plump.

~2.~ Short-breathed, short-winded.

~Purulence~, n. ~1.~ Suppuration, secretion of pus.

~2.~ Pus, matter, purulent matter.

~Purulency~, n. ~1.~ Suppuration, secretion of pus.

~2.~ Pus, matter, purulent matter.

~Purvey~, v. n. Provide, cater, procure provisions, provide food.

~Purveyor~, n. Provider, caterer.

~Purview~, n. Limit, sphere, scope, extent.

~Pus~, n. Purulence, matter, purulent matter.

~Push~, v. a. ~1.~ Thrust, impel (by pressure), hustle, jostle, elbow, crowd.

~2.~ Urge, press forward.

~3.~ Force, press, drive.

~4.~ Importune, tease.

~Push~, v. n. ~1.~ Thrust, make a thrust.

~2.~ Endeavor, strive, try, exert one's self.

~3.~ Pullulate, bud, sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow, burst out, put forth, shoot forth.

~Push~, n. ~1.~ Thrust.

~2.~ Trial, test, exigence, extremity, emergency, pinch.

~Pusillanimity~, n. Cowardice, cowardliness, timidity, poltroonery, recreancy, effeminacy, faint-heartedness.

~Pusillanimous~, a. Cowardly, timorous, recreant, effeminate, spiritless, weak, mean-spirited, faint-hearted, DOUGH-FACED.

~Pustule~, n. Ulcer, fester, imposthume, gathering, pimple, blotch, blain, sore.

~Put~, v. a. ~1.~ Place, set, lay, deposit, commit.

~2.~ Impose, enjoin, levy, inflict.

~3.~ Propose, offer, state, present, bring forward.

~4.~ Oblige, compel, force, constrain.

~5.~ Incite, urge, entice, induce.

~Put a Flea in one's ear~, Annoy by a cutting remark, sting by a sharp reply.

~Put about~, (Naut.) Tack.

~Putative~, a. Reputed, supposed, commonly esteemed.

~Put away~, ~1.~ Lay away, set aside.

~2.~ Renounce, discard, reject, put off.

~3.~ Divorce.

~Put by~, ~1.~ Lay by, lay aside.

~2.~ Thrust aside, turn off.

~Put down~, ~1.~ Deposit, lay down.

~2.~ Repress, crush, baffle, overthrow, destroy.

~3.~ Degrade, humiliate, abash, shame, disconcert, humble.

~Put forth~, [Active.] ~1.~ Exert, bring into play, bring into action.

~2.~ Extend, thrust out.

~3.~ Emit, send out, throw out.

~4.~ Publish, issue.

~Put forth~, [Neuter.] ~1.~ Leave port, put to sea.

~2.~ Bud, shoot, germinate, pullulate, push, vegetate, grow.

~Put in~, [Active.] Introduce, insert, interpose, bring in.

~Put in~, [Neuter.] Make a harbor, enter a port.

~Put in for~, Make a claim, offer one's self for, be a candidate for.

~Put in one's oar~, [Colloquial.] Interfere, meddle, intermeddle, THRUST ONE'S NOSE IN.

~Put off~, [Active.] ~1.~ Discard, renounce, reject, cast aside, lay aside.

~2.~ Defeat, frustrate, disappoint, turn aside, baffle.

~3.~ Defer, delay, procrastinate, postpone.

~4.~ Get rid of, dispose of.

~Put off~, [Neuter.] Leave shore, put to sea, put forth.

~Put on~, ~1.~ Invest with.

~2.~ Assume, take on.

~3.~ Impose, inflict.

~4.~ Impute to, charge upon.

~5.~ (Law.) Rest upon, submit to.

~Put one's shoulder to the wheel~, Render assistance, lend a hand.

~Put out~, ~1.~ Eject, expel, banish.

~2.~ Extend, protrude, hold out, stretch forth.

~3.~ Emit, send out, throw out, shoot out.

~4.~ Extinguish.

~5.~ Publish, issue.

~6.~ Dislocate, luxate.

~7.~ Confuse, disconcert, interrupt.

~8.~ Offend, displease, anger, provoke.

~Put out of countenance~, Shame, mortify, abash, PUT TO SHAME.

~Put over~, ~1.~ Place in command of, give authority over.

~2.~ Defer, postpone, put off.

~Putter~, v. n. [U. S.] Trifle, potter, busy one's self about trifles.

~Put to~, ~1.~ Unite, add to.

~2.~ Expose, refer to, give over to.

~Put to death~, Kill.

~Put to flight~, Cause to flee, scatter in flight.

~Put to it~, Distressed, perplexed, puzzled, embarrassed, staggered, posed, nonplussed, at one's wits' end, put to one's shifts.

~Put to rights~, Adjust, regulate, set in order, set to rights.

~Put to sea~, Set sail, put forth, put off.

~Put to shame~, Shame, abash, mortify, make ashamed, put to the blush, put out of countenance, put down.

~Put to the blush~, PUT TO SHAME.

~Put up~, ~1.~ Store, pack away.

~2.~ Expose, offer publicly.

~3.~ Put away, lay away, set aside.

~Put up~, Lodge, stay, STOP, take lodgings.

~Put up with~, Endure (without complaint), bear, tolerate, suffer, POCKET, submit to, make the best of.

~Putrefy~, v. a. Corrupt, rot, render putrid.

~Putrefy~, v. n. Rot, decay, decompose, become rotten, become putrid.

~Putrescence~, n. Rottenness.

~Putrid~, a. Rotten, decayed, corrupt, putrefied, carious.

~Puzzle~, v. a. Perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, stagger, pose, nonplus, confuse, mystify.

~Puzzle~, n. ~1.~ Riddle, enigma, mystery, poser, knotty point.

~2.~ Perplexity, embarrassment, quandary, nonplus.

~Pygmean~, a. Dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, stunted, Liliputian, pygmy.

~Pygmy~, n. Dwarf, hop o' my thumb.

~Pygmy~, a. Dwarfish, PYGMEAN.

~Pyre~, n. Funeral pile.

~Pyriform~, a. Pear-shaped.

~Pyroligneous spirit~, n. Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, PYROXYLIC SPIRIT.

~Pyrosis~, n. (Med.) Water-brash, water-qualm.

~Pyrotechnic~, a. Of fire-works.

~Pyrotechnical~, a. Of fire-works.

~Pyrotechnics~, n. Pyrotechny.

~Pyrotechnist~, n. Manufacturer of fire-works.

~Pyrotechny~, n. Pyrotechnics.

~Pyroxylic acid~, n. PYROXYLIC SPIRIT.

~Pyroxylic spirit~, n. Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, methylic alcohol, pyroxylic acid, pyroligneous spirit.

~Pyroxyline~, n. Gun-cotton.

~Pyrrhonism~, n. Scepticism, unbelief, incredulity, universal doubt.

~Pyrrhonist~, n. Sceptic, doubter.

~Pyx~, n. Box (especially that in which the host is kept), tabernacle.

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~Quack~, n. Charlatan, empiric, mountebank, impostor, pretender, HUMBUG.

~Quackery~, n. Charlatanism, charlatanry, empiricism, humbug, mummery, imposition, pretension.

~Quadrangular~, a. Four-cornered.

~Quadrate~, n. Square.

~Quadrate with~, Fit, suit, agree with, correspond with, tally with, coincide with, comport with, square with, fall in with, chime in with.

~Quadrilateral~, a. Four-sided.

~Quadruped~, n. Four-footed animal.

~Quadruple~, a. Fourfold.

~Quære~, v. n. [L. imperative.] Inquire, seek, question, see.

~Quaff~, v. a. Drink (copiously).

~Quaggy~, a. Boggy, marshy, swampy.

~Quagmire~, n. Bog, fen, slough, morass, marsh, swamp.

~Quail~, v. n. Cower, shrink, flinch, faint, blench, quake, tremble, be quelled, give way, lose courage, lose spirits, be cast down.

~Quaint~, a. Odd, strange, singular, whimsical, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, unique, curious, droll, fantastic, fanciful, far- fetched, out of the way.

~Quake~, v. n. Shake, tremble, shudder, quiver.

~Quaker~, n. Friend.

~Qualification~, n. ~1.~ Fitness, suitableness, capability, endowment, accomplishment.

~2.~ Modification, limitation, restriction.

~3.~ Abatement, diminution, mitigation, allowance, grains of allowance.

~Qualify~, v. a. ~1.~ Fit, adapt, capacitate, propose, empower, enable, make fit, make suitable, make capable.

~2.~ Modify, limit, restrict, restrain.

~3.~ Soften, abate, diminish, mitigate, ease, assuage, moderate, temper.

~Quality~, n. ~1.~ Property, attribute, nature, characteristic, peculiarity.

~2.~ Disposition, humor, temper, mood, character.

~3.~ Rank, condition, station, standing, status.

~4.~ [With The prefixed.] Nobility, gentry, NOBLESSE, aristocracy, persons of rank.

~5.~ Brand, chop.

~Qualm~, n. ~1.~ Throe, pang, agony, sudden attack.

~2.~ Sickness (of the stomach), nausea.

~3.~ Twinge (of conscience), scruple.

~Qualmish~, a. Sick (at the stomach), inclined to vomit, queasy.

~Quandary~, n. Difficulty, perplexity, doubt, puzzle, uncertainty, embarrassment, nonplus, strait, dilemma.

~Quantity~, n. ~1.~ Amount, aggregate, sum.

~2.~ Part, portion, share.

~3.~ Length, duration.

~Quantum sufficit~, [L.] Enough, as much as suffices.

~Quarrel~, n. Brawl, feud, affray, fray, contention, altercation, wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, difference, disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze, falling out.

~Quarrel~, v. n. Wrangle, squabble, bicker, BRAWL, dispute, spar, jangle, TIFF, fall out, have words, have an altercation, be at variance, have a bone to pick, pick a quarrel.

~Quarrelling~, n. QUARREL.

~Quarrelsome~, a. Irascible, choleric, irritable, petulant, cross, contentious, disputatious, litigious.

~Quarry~, n. ~1.~ Stone-pit, stone-bed.

~2.~ Prey (especially that of the hunting falcon), game, object of the chase.

~Quart~, n. Two pints, fourth part of a gallon.

~Quarter~, n. ~1.~ Fourth part.

~2.~ District, region, territory, locality, place.

~3.~ Mercy (granted by a conqueror).

~Quarter~, v. a. ~1.~ Divide in four equal parts.

~2.~ Divide, separate into parts or compartments.

~3.~ Lodge, BILLET, furnish with quarters (as soldiers).

~Quarter~, v. n. Lodge, abide, have lodgings.

~Quarters~, n. pl. ~1.~ Stations, posts, cantonments.

~2.~ Lodging, dwelling, abode, habitation, headquarters.

~Quartz~, n. Silex, silica, ROCK-CRYSTAL.

~Quash~, v. a. ~1.~ Crush, subdue, quell, repress, suppress, extinguish, put down.

~2.~ (Law.) Annul, nullify, overthrow, cancel, make void.

~Quasi~, [L.] Apparently, as if, as though, as it were, in a certain sense, to a certain extent, in a manner.

~Quaver~, v. n. Tremble, shake, quiver.

~Quaver~, n. (Mus.) ~1.~ Shake.

~2.~ Eighth-note, eighth of a semibreve, quarter of a minim, half of a crotchet.

~Quay~, n. Wharf.

~Quean~, n. Jade, hussy, base woman, sorry wench.

~Queasy~, a. ~1.~ Qualmish, sick (at the stomach), inclined to vomit.

~2.~ Fastidious, squeamish, difficult, over-nice, over-delicate, hard to please.

~Queer~, a. Odd, strange, singular, droll, whimsical, quaint, curious, fantastic, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, unique.

~Quell~, v. a. ~1.~ Subdue, suppress, crush, reduce, overcome.

~2.~ Repress, restrain, check, smother, curb, bridle, lay, rein in.

~3.~ Quiet, calm, still, compose, lull, hush, tranquillize, pacify.

~4.~ Moderate, assuage, mitigate, allay, appease, alleviate, mollify, soften, dull, soothe, blunt, deaden.

~Quench~, v. a. ~1.~ Extinguish, put out.

~2.~ Destroy, still, stifle, repress, check, suppress, put an end to.

~3.~ Allay, slake, cool.

~Querimonious~, a. QUERULOUS.

~Querist~, n. Inquirer, interrogator, investigator.

~Querulous~, a. Complaining, murmuring, querimonious, petulant, peevish, cross, dissatisfied, discontented, fault-finding.

~Query~, n. Question, inquiry, interrogatory.

~Query~, v. n. Make inquiry, ask questions.

~Query~, v. a. ~1.~ Question, inquire into.

~2.~ Doubt, controvert, dispute, hesitate to believe, consider questionable.

~Quest~, n. Search.

~Question~, n. ~1.~ Interrogation, examination.

~2.~ Interrogatory, query, inquiry.

~3.~ Discussion, disquisition, investigation, trial.

~4.~ Dispute, controversy, doubt.

~5.~ Proposition, motion, topic, point.

~Question~, v. a. ~1.~ Interrogate, ask, catechise, examine, inquire of, put questions to.

~2.~ Doubt, query, controvert, dispute, call in question, hesitate to believe, consider questionable.

~Questionable~, a. Doubtful, uncertain, equivocal, problematical, disputable, controvertible, debatable.

~Quibble~, n. ~1.~ Evasion (by verbal subtlety), cavil, subterfuge, prevarication, equivocation, sophism, quiddity, trifling nicety.

~2.~ Pun, clinch, CALEMBOUR, play upon words.

~Quibble~, v. n. ~1.~ Cavil, shuffle, prevaricate, equivocate, practise evasion, evade the truth.

~2.~ Pun, play upon words.

~Quick~, a. ~1.~ Active, nimble, agile, alert, brisk, prompt, ready.

~2.~ Rapid, swift, speedy, fleet, hasty, expeditious, hurried, flying.

~3.~ Dexterous, adroit, skilful, expert, apt.

~4.~ Acute, clever, sharp, shrewd, keen, intelligent, sagacious, discerning.

~5.~ Hasty, choleric, passionate, testy, irritable, touchy, waspish, petulant, irascible, peppery, snappish.

~Quick~, ad. QUICKLY.

~Quicken~, v. a. ~1.~ Vivify, revive, resuscitate, reinvigorate, refresh, make alive, give life to.

~2.~ Hasten, accelerate, speed, hurry, expedite, despatch.

~3.~ Stimulate, sharpen, excite, incite.

~Quickens~, n. QUICK-GRASS.

~Quicken-tree~, n. Rowan-tree, mountain ash (European), fowler's service-tree (Pyrus aucuparia or Sorbus aucuparia).

~Quick-grass~, n. Knot-grass, dog-wheat, dog's-grass, couch-grass, wheat-grass, twitch-grass, quitch-grass, quickens (Triticum repens).

~Quick-lime~, n. Caustic lime.

~Quickly~, ad. Speedily, swiftly, rapidly, soon, quick, immediately, with haste, with celerity, without delay, post-haste.

~Quickness~, n. ~1.~ Celerity, expedition, velocity, speed, speediness, fleetness, rapidity, swiftness, despatch.

~2.~ Activity, briskness, nimbleness, readiness, promptness, promptitude, alertness, agility, smartness.

~3.~ Dexterity, adroitness, expertness, dexterousness, aptness, aptitude, facility, knack.

~4.~ Sharpness, penetration, keenness, acuteness, sagacity, shrewdness.

~Quick-sighted~, a. Sharp-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-eyed, eagle- eyed, hawk-eyed.

~Quicksilver~, n. Mercury, hydrargyrum.

~Quick-witted~, a. Witty, smart, nimble-witted.

~Quid~, n. [Low.] Cud.

~Quiddity~, n. ~1.~ Essence, nature.

~2.~ Quibble, cavil, evasion, sophism, subterfuge, prevarication, equivocation, trifling nicety.

~Quiddle~, v. [Colloquial, U. S.] Dawdle, waste time in trifles, be busy about trifles.

~Quiddle~, n. [Colloquial, U. S.] Trifler, dawdler.

~Quiddler~, n. [Colloquial, U. S.] Trifler, dawdler.

~Quid pro quo~, [L.] Equivalent.

~Quidnunc~, n. Newsmonger.

~Quiescence~, n. ~1.~ Rest, repose, quiet, quietude, stillness, calmness, calm, tranquillity, peace.

~2.~ Suspense, intermission, remission, dormancy, abeyance.

~Quiescent~, a. ~1.~ Quiet, resting, still, dormant, motionless, at rest, at a stand, stock-still, standing still.

~2.~ Silent, not sounded.

~Quiet~, n. Rest, repose, stillness, peace, tranquillity, calm, calmness, quietude, quiescence, quietness.

~Quiet~, v. a. ~1.~ Stop, suspend, arrest, interrupt, intermit, discontinue, put a stop to.

~2.~ Tranquillize, calm, compose, lull, pacify, appease, soothe, sober.

~3.~ Still, silence, hush.

~4.~ Moderate, allay, assuage, mitigate, mollify, alleviate, soften, dull, blunt.

~Quietness~, n. QUIET.

~Quietude~, n. QUIET.