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PHYSIOL'OGY, n. [Gr. nature, to discourse.] 1. According to the Greek, this word...
PHYSY, for fusee. [Not used.]
PHYTIV'OROUS, a. [Gr. a plant, and L. voro, to eat.] Feeding on plants or herbag...
PHYTOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the description of plants.
PHYTOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a plant, and description.] A description of plants.
PHYT'OLITE, n. [Gr. a plant, and a stone.] A plant petrified, or fossil vegetable.
PHYTOL'OGIST, n. [See Phytology .] One versed in plants, or skilled in phytology...
PHYTOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a plant, and discourse.] A discourse or treatise of plants, ...
PIABA, n. A small fresh water fish of Brazil, about the size of the minnow, much...
PI'ACLE,n. [L. piaculum.] An enormous crime. [Not used.]
PIAC'ULOUS, a. [L. piacularis, from pio, to expiate.] 1. Expiatory; having power...
PI'ANET, n. [L. pica or picus.] A bird, the lesser woodpecker. 1. The magpie.
PI'ANIST, n. A performer on the forte-piano, or one well skilled in it.
PIANO-FORTE, n. [L. planus,plain, smooth; L. fortis, strong.] A keyed musical in...
PIAS'TER, n. An Italian coin of about 80 cents value, or 3s.7d. sterling. but th...
PIAZ'ZA, n. [Eng. id.] In building, a portico or covered walk supported by arche...