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See Peony.

Pleuropneumonia.

See Pneumonia.

A kind of sausage made of meat partly cooked.

The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.

Any plant of the genus Polygonum.

An object which has a variety of names.

Polyonomous.

nt parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint.

A small glass of beer. [Slang] Pony chaise, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. -- Pony engine, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] -- Pony truck (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. -- Pony truss (Bridge Building), a truss which has so litt…

A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator.

The hypothetical radical C3H5O, regarded as the essential residue of propionic acid and certain related compounds.

A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name. [Written also pseudonyme.]

The using of fictitious names, as by authors.

Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ly, adv. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ness, n.

A complaint or complaining. [Obs.] E. Hall.

The art or practice of using the radiophone.

A mangy or scabby creature. "Aroint thee, with!" the rump-fed ronyon cries. Shak.

Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish. Lord (1630).

ness. Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy undertaking with most austere sanctimony she accomplished. Shak.