A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.

Fitted for trial or test; experimental; tentative; treating of attempts.

To poise or weigh.

See Peytrel.

Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable.

See Fisher, 2.

a Pekingese.

a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.

A kind of black tea.

See Wax insect, under Wax.

The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.

Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.

The doctrines of Pelagius.

Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast. Compare benthic.

Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also nonoic acid) found in the leaves of the geranium (Pelargonium) and allied plants.

A large genus of plants of the order Geraniace/, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.

Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits.

See Pelican.

A natural family of birds consisting of the pelicans.

Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.

A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants.

A marine or freshwater mollusk having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together; a member of the Pelecypoda.

Same as Lamellibranchia.

same as lamellibranchiate.

See Peregrine.

A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.

A king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles; he was the son of Aeachus.

Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.

Of or pertaining to pelf.

Pelf; also, figuratively, rubbish; trash.

Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.

The American coot (Fulica).

See Pelecoid.

A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation.

A variety of iolite, of a smoky blue color; pelioma.

A livid ecchymosis.

An outer garment for men or women, originally of fur, or lined with fur; a lady's or child's long outer garment, made of silk or other fabric.

A skin or hide; a pelt.

See Pall-mall.

A porpoise.

A customs duty on skins of leather.

An affection of the skin, characterized by redness, especially in exposed areas, scaling and shedding of the skin, and accompanied with severe gastrointestinal disturbance and nervous symptoms. It is due to a deficiency of niacin (vitamin B3; nicotinic acid) and protein in the diet, and may be caused by malnutrition, or, in some cases, by a heavy dependence on maize for food. It was at one time (ca. 1890) endemic in Northern Italy, and was called Alpine scurvy. It may also be caused by alcoholism or diease causing an impairment of nutrition. It is also called St. Ignatius's itch, maidism, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, and psychoneurosis maidica. A variety of pellagra seen in children is called infantile pellagra or kwashiorkor.

One who is afficted with pellagra.

Pertaining to, or affected with, or attendant on, pellagra; as, pellagrous insanity.

To form into small balls; to pelletize.

Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets.

To form into small balls; as, to pelletize ore. The spelling pelletise is mostly British.

A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill.

A thin skin or film.

Of or pertaining to a pellicle.

The redshank; -- so called from its note.

A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain. The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called because it resembles the above.

In utter confusion; with confused violence.

Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque.

In a pellucid manner.

The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air.

The under surface of the foot.

A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.

Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece. A native or an inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.

the southern peninsula of Greece.

Abnormally regular or symmetrical.

An instrument similar to a mariner's compass, but without magnetic needles, and having two sight vanes by which bearings are taken, esp. such as cannot be taken by the compass.

A Basque, Spanish, and Spanish-American game played in a court, in which a ball is struck with a wickerwork racket.

Packs or bales of Spanish wool.

A blow or stroke from something thrown.

A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.

Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ.

A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.

Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate.

Mean; paltry.

Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.

Peltry.

The South American hairy armadillo (Dasypus villosus).

A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps.

Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis.

An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis.

The measurement of the pelvis.

The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.

A large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America.

An order of extinct reptiles including edaphosaurus and dimetrodon.

A breed of dog, the smaller and straight-legged variety of Welsh corgi having pointed ears and a short tail.

Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun.

A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different parts of the body.

A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.

A drawing executed with pen and ink.

A person one comes to know by by frequent friendly correspondence; a pen pal.

Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penal act or offense. Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.

The quality or state of being penal; liability to punishment.

The act of punishing.

To make penal.

Subjected to a penalty.

In a penal manner.

Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass.

To impose penance; to punish.

Free from penance.

Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring.

Penal.

The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.

A penitent.

pl. of Penny. See Penny.

A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; -- called also pennoncel.

A game like b/zique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together.

See Penstock.

To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.

Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil.

The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture.

Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.

Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.

To pen; to confine.

Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character, as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book.

Slope; inclination.

The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.

Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf.

The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola. The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel.

In a pendent manner.

A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse.

An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant.

An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft.

During; as, pending the trail.