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.

Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity.

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.

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.

A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.

Pendulous.

To swing as a pendulum.

A pendulum.

A European titmouse (Parus pendulinus, syn. Aegithalus pendulinus). It is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with feathers.

The state or quality of being pendulous.

Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.

In a pendulous manner.

The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hanging loosely; pendulosity.

A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.

A natural family of tropical prawns.

A genus of curassows, including the guans.

A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain.

The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.

Penetralia.

The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace.

The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power or quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia.

Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold.

To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.

Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor.

In a penetrating manner.

The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun.

The quality of being penetrative.

A squid.

See Pinfold.

The pangolin.

Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.

A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.