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noun - a road, a thoroughfare
- a scenic freeway
- a surface road with a landscaped median
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| pedicab |
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noun
- A tricycle having a hooded cab to seat paying passengers
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| perch |
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noun (perch or perches)
- A freshwater bony fish of the family Percidae, or similar fish such as the grouper.
verb (perch, es)
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch; to roost.
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
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proper noun (or Phí¦ton)
- (Greek mythology) the son of the sun god Helios who was killed by Zeus while trying to drive his father's chariot across the sky
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| pickup |
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noun
- Alternative spelling of pick up.
- A shortened form of pick up truck.
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| pike |
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noun (plural pikes for the weapon and for the fish)
- A weapon similar to a spear with a hooked barb near the tip.
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
- A turnpike.
verb - (context, AU, slang) to quit or back out of a promise.
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| pillion |
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noun - a pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.
- a similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger.
- the person riding in the pillion.
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| pneumatic |
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noun
- (gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).
adjective
- Of, or related to air or other gases
- Of, or related to pneumatics
- Powered by, or filled with compressed air
- (zoology) Having cavities filled with air
- Spiritual; Of, or related to the pneuma
- (context, of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy (especially during sex)
- "Every one says I'm awfully pneumatic," said Lenina reflectively, patting her own legs. - Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (chapter 6)
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| portage |
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noun
- An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways
- The route used for such carrying
- A charge made for carrying something
verb to portage
- (nautical) To carry a boat overland
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| post chaise |
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noun
- A horse-drawn carriage, closed and with four-wheels. Historically, used to transport mail and passengers.
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| pound |
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noun
- A unit of weight: of 16 ounces in the avoirdupois system (= 453.592 g) or of 12 troy ounces in the troy weight, troy system (= 373.242 g). Its symbol is lb.
- pound-force, Pound-force.
- The symbol
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- A unit of currency used in Cyprus; Egypt; Lebanon; the United Kingdom and its dependency, dependencies; and formerly in the Republic of Ireland (which now uses the euro) and Israel (which now uses the sheqel). Its symbol is <big>£</big>.
verb
- (transitive) To strike (something or someone) hard repeatedly.
- (transitive) to crush to pieces; to pulverize
- (transitive) (slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- You really pounded that beer!
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| PRT |
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initialism - Person Requiring Treatment
- Personal Rapid Transit
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