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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,095 words match “VERSE”

PENTAMETER n.
A verse of five feet.
PENTASTICH n.
A composition consisting of five verses.
PERINEUM n.
The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum.
PERTINACIOUS a.
Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
PERVERSITY n.
The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.
PETROLOGIST n.
One who is versed in petrology.
PHILATELIST n.
One versed in philately; one who collects postage stamps.
PHILOLOGIST n.
One versed in philology.
PHILOSOPHER n.
One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18.
PHILOSOPHIC; PHILOSOPHICAL a.
Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool. -- Phil`o*soph"ic*al*ly, adv.
PHONETICIAN n.
One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
PHONETIST n.
One versed in phonetics; a phonologist.
PHONOGRAPHER n.
One versed or skilled in phonography.
PHONOLOGIST n.
One versed in phonology.
PHONOTYPIST n.
One versed in phonotypy.
PHRENOLOGIST n.
One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.
PHYSA n.
A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond.
PHYSICIST n.
One versed in physics.
PHYSIOLOGIST n.
One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.
PHYTOLITHOLOGIST n.
One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.
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