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PHYLLOXERA n. 2 definitions
A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe.
PIERAGE n.
Same as Wharfage. Smart.
PIGNERATE v. 2 definitions
To pledge or pawn. [Obs.]
PILIFERA n.
Same as Mammalia.
PIPERACEOUS a.
Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceæ) of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.
PIPERAZINE; PIPERAZIN n.
A crystalline substance, (C2H4NH)2, formed by action of ammonia on ethylene bromide, by reduction of pyrazine, etc. It is a strong base, and is used as a remedy for gout.
PLATYPTERA n.
A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies (Perla).
PLEUROPTERA n.
A group of Isectivora, including the colugo.
PLUNDERAGE n.
The embezzlement of goods on shipboard. Wharton.
PLURILITERAL a. 2 definitions
A pluriliteral word.
PNEUMOTHERAPY n.
The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air.
POLYCHOERANY n.
A government by many chiefs, princes, or rules. [Obs.] Cudworth.
POLYPIFERA n.
The Anthozoa.
POMERANIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea. -- n.
PONDERABILITY n.
The quality or state of being ponderable.
PONDERABLE a.
Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight. -- Pon"der*a*ble*ness, n.
PONDERAL a.
Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma. [R.] Arbuthnot.
PONDERANCE n.
Weight; gravity. [R.] Gregory.
PONDERARY a.
Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary system. [R.] M'Culloch.
PONDERATE v. 2 definitions
To consider; to ponder. [R.]
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