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Pachycarpous
() Having the pericarp thick.
Pachydactyl
() A bird or other animal having thick toes.
Pachydactylous
() Having thick toes.
Pachyderm
() One of the Pachydermata.
Pachydermal
() Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition.
Pachydermata
() A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group.
Pachydermatous
() Of or pertaining to the pachyderms.
Pachydermatous
() Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.
Pachydermoid
() Related to the pachyderms.
Pachyglossal
() Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossae), including the iguanas and agamas.
Pachymeningitis
() Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.
Pachymeter
() Same as Pachometer.
Pachyote
() One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears.
Pacifiable
() Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable.
Pacific
() Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition.
Pacificable
() Placable.
Pacifical
() Of or pertaining to peace; pacific.
Pacification
() The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.
Pacificator
() One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker.
Pacificatory
() Tending to make peace; conciliatory.
Pacfier
() One who pacifies.
Pacified
() of Pacify
Pacifying
() of Pacify
Pacify
() To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity.
Pacinian
() Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century.
Pack
() A pact.
Pack
() A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.
Pack
() A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
Pack
() A number or quantity of connected or similar things
Pack
() A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
Pack
() A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
Pack
() A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
Pack
() A shook of cask staves.
Pack
() A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
Pack
() A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
Pack
() An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
Pack
() A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.
Packed
() of Pack
Packing
() of Pack
Pack
() To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
Pack
() To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.
Pack
() To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
Pack
() Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.
Pack
() To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
Pack
() To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
Pack
() To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
Pack
() To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).
Pack
() To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
Pack
() To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
Pack
() To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.