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primitive.adjective
not derived from something else; primary or basic;
of or relating to an earliest or original stage or state; primeval
primitive.noun,.plural.primitives
an unsophisticated person; one that is at a low
or early stage of development; one belonging to an early stage in the development
of an artistic trend
primitively.adverb
primitiveness or
primitivity.noun
Patmos.noun
an island of southeast Greece in the Dodecanese
Islands of the Aegean Sea (map). Saint
John was exiled to the island c.
95 A.D. and wrote the Book
of Revelation here
passivity.noun,.plural.passivities
the condition
or quality
of being passive; inactivity,
quiescence,
or submissiveness
passive.adjective
if you describe someone as passive, you mean that
they do not take resistive
action but instead allow things to occur, believing all is working out
according to some divine
plan (her passive attitude made things peaceful for all of us; he sat there
passively, content
to wait for his father to make the opening move); a passive activity involves
watching, looking at or listening to things rather
than a hectic
involvement of doing things; receiving or subjected
to an action without responding or initiating
an action in return (Emmanuel's example in Matthew
26:50-56); in grammar;
accepting or submitting
without objection
or resistance;
compliant;
not participating,
acting or operating; inert; inactive;
relating to or characteristic
of an inactive or submissive role in a relationship; of, relating
to or being certain.bonds
or shares that do not bear financial interest
passive,
passiveness.nouns
one that is submissive or inactive
passively.adverb
peon.noun,.plural.peons
one bound in servitude;
a menial worker; a drudge;
a foot soldier
peonage.noun
the condition of being a peon under a system by
which debtors are bound in servitude to their creditors until debts made
by or ascribed to them are paid
(government not creating their own zero interest money but putting the
people in debt to a compounding interest system which produces perpetual
debt)
peonage.noun
the condition of being a peon; a system by which
debtors are bound in servitude to their creditors until their debts are
paid
permutation.noun,.plural.permutations
a complete change; a transformation;
the act of altering a given set of objects in a group
permutational.adjective
permute, permuted,
permuting,
permutes.transitive
verbs
to change the order of; to subject to permutation
permutably.adverb
permutable.adjective
permutability.noun,.plural.permutabilities
platinum.noun
symbol
Pt; a silver-white metallic element occurring worldwide, usually mixed
with other metals such as iridium, osmium or nickel; like gold, it is ductile
and malleable, does not oxidize
in air and is used as a catalyst
and in electrical components, jewelry, dentistry and electroplating. Atomic
number 78; atomic weight
195.09; melting point 1,772°C;
boiling point 3,827°C; specific
gravity 21.45; valence 2, 3,
4. 2; color is medium to light gray
precious metal.noun,.plural.precious
metals
precious metals are valuable
metals such as gold, silver, platinum and iridium
precious.adjective
of high cost or worth; valuable; highly esteemed;
cherished; costly; dear; beloved
precious, preciousness.nouns
one who is dear or beloved; a darling
precious, preciously.adverbs
used as an intensive-('he
had precious little concern for others', in other words, so little as to
be almost none)
proselytize,
proselytized,
proselytizing,
proselytizes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
win over to one's way of thinking; if you proselytize, you try to persuade
someone to enter and share in your evil or perhaps good, belief structure
(some evolutionists
rely
upon conjecture
to the point of brainwashing,
in efforts to proselytize others, for example the theory
of evolution is still taught as factual,
in
spite of massive evidence to the contrary,
but for those close-minded
to the true good God of all creation, they suck
it up like sugared coffee and pop); to
convert
someone from one belief, doctrine,
cause or faith to another
intransitive
verb use.to induce
another to convert to one's own religious faith; to induce someone to join
one's own political party or to espouse
one's doctrine
proselytization.noun,.plural.proselytizations
proselytizer.noun,.plural.proselytizers
proselyte.noun,.plural.proselytes
a new convert to a doctrine or religion
proselyte, proselyted,
proselyting,
proselytes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
proselytize a person
intransitive verb use.to
engage in proselytization
proselyter.noun,.plural.proselyters
pledge.noun,.plural.pledges
a solemn
binding promise to do, give or refrain
from doing something (signed a pledge never to reveal the secret); a pledge
of money to a charity; something given or held as security to guarantee
payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation
pledge, pledged,
pledging,
pledges.verbs
transitive verb use-to
offer or guarantee by a solemn binding promise
(pledge loyalty to a nation; pledged their cooperation); devote; promise;
to bind or secure by or as if by a pledge (pledged themselves to the cause);
to deposit as security;
pawn
intransitive verb use-to
make a solemn binding promise; swear
palpable.adjective
capable of being handled, touched or felt; tangible;
easily perceived;
obvious;
perceptible
palpably.adverb
palpability.noun
palpitation.noun,.plural.palpitations
a trembling
or shaking; irregular,
rapid.beating
or pulsation
of the heart
pineal gland.noun,.plural.pineal
glands.(pronounced
'pin ee uhl')
a small, cone shaped organ in the brain of most
vertebrates
that secretes
the hormone.melatonin,
also called epiphysis, pineal body, pineal organ aka.the
pineal gland, is a processing center for what comes to you from the true
God through your DNA aerial, that's
why the satanists want to cut off the aerial's connection by getting you
taking the bioweapons called vaccines and by other
poisonings)
perennial.adjective
lasting or active.through
the year or through many years; lasting an indefinitely
long time; enduring;
appearing again and again; recurrent;
continual
perennial.noun,.plural.perennials
something that recurs or seems to recur on a yearly
or continual basis
perennially.adverb
puke, puked,
puking,
pukes.transitive
and intransitive verbs use
to vomit.ingested.matter
or experience the action of vomiting, perhaps after gagging
puke.noun,.plural.pukes
the act of vomiting; what was vomited up
pitch.noun,.plural.pitches
a black, sticky substance that is used on roofs,
the bottoms of ships, caulking
between the wooden boards of ancient ships, etc, to stop water coming through
(the night is as pitch black here when there is no moon out); any of various
thick, dark, sticky substances obtained from the distillation.residue
of coal tar,
wood tar or petroleum
and used for waterproofing, roofing, caulking
and paving (the ancients used pitch made of Earth and tree resin
to seal the boards in their shipbuilding); any of various
natural bitumens, such as mineral.pitch
or asphalt; a resin.derived
from the sap
of various coniferous
trees, as the pines;.pitch has been used in
caulking of wooden ships for thousands of years, even ancient king Jehoshaphat
tried his hand at shipbuilding (1Kings
22:48,49); the ancient city of Jericho.(map).used
pitch in its walls and by the 1800s road engineers in Europe were using
pitch to seal the spaces between paving stones; pitch is now commonly used
to surface roads throughout the world
pitch, pitched,
pitching,
pitches.transitive
verbs
to smear
or cover with or as if with pitch
pitch dark, pitch
black.adjectives
extremely dark
pitch, pitched,
pitching,
pitches.transitive
verbs
to throw, usually with careful aim; to discard
by throwing (pitched the can out the window into the garbage container);
to trip and fall (he pitched headlong over the bike onto the ground); in
baseball, to throw the ball from the pitcher's mound to the batter; to
play a game as pitcher; a ball so thrown is called a pitch
intransitive verbs use.to
throw or toss something, such as a ball or horseshoe; in baseball, to play
in the position of pitcher; to dip a boat's bow and stern.alternately
intransitive verbs use.to
throw or toss something, such as a ball or horseshoe; in baseball, to play
in the position of pitcher
pitcher.noun,.plural.pitchers
one that pitches; in baseball, the player who
throws the ball from the mound to the batter
pitcher.noun,.plural.pitchers
a container
for liquids, usually having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring
pitch, pitched,
pitching,
pitches.transitive
verbs
set up (pitched a tent; pitch camp; a sales
pitch)
to set at a specified
downward slant
(pitched the roof at a steep angle); to erect or establish; to set at a
particular
level, degree (pitched her expectations high); in music
to set the pitch or key of; to adapt
so as to be applicable;
to adapt
so as to be applicable;
to promote
to sell;
to direct
(pitched his speech to the teenagers in the audience; the sales pitches
are heard throughout the county fair "come and try this", "win this for
the little lady"); to set up living quarters (pitched their tent next to
the quiet river); to settle
pitch in.phrasal
verb.to join forces with others;
help or cooperate
pitch, pitched,
pitching,
pitches.intransitive
verbs
to dip a boat's bow and stern.alternately;
to oscillate
about a lateral.axis
so that the nose lifts or descends
in relation
to the tail of an aircraft
pitch, pitched,
pitching,
pitches.intransitive
verbs
to slope
downward (the hill pitches steeply) the angle
of a roof; a seven iron used in golf
pitch, pitched,
pitching,
pitches.intransitive
verbs
the distinctive.quality
of a sound, dependent primarily
on the frequency
of the sound waves produced by its source, such as a guitar
and a trombone; the rapid alternation
of two tones, either
a whole or a half tone apart; a tremulous
or pulsating.effect
produced by barely.perceptible.minute
and rapid.variations
in the specific.quality
of sound noticed amongst
others of different tones; you can pick out the sound of a guitar and a
trombone both playing the same tone; in printing, the density
of characters in a printed line, usually expressed as characters per inch
high-pitched.adjective
high in pitch, as a voice or musical tone; steeply.sloped,
as a roof; marked
by or indicating.intense.emotion
(a high-pitched debate)
pitch.noun,.plural.pitches
Music: to set the
pitch or key of; pitch is the property of sound that we perceive as higher
and lower tones; the pitch of a sound is how high or low it is (he raised
his voice to an even higher pitch); changes in pitch are caused by differences
in the frequency
at which a sound wave vibrates,
measured in cycles
per second (cps); these samples of four tones of different pitch are shown
with their wave patterns; note that as the frequency increases, the pitch
also increases and the tone sounds higher; pitch determines the placement
of a tone on a musical scale, corresponding
to a standard,
specified
frequency and intensity;
it is often used to tune both instruments and voices to one another. Perfect
or absolute pitch refers to the ability to sing or recognize a given isolated.note....comprised
with Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft
Corporation. All rights reserved.
pitch in.phrasal
verb
to set to work (we are going
to all pitch in and pick up all the garbage that's blown over the street);
to join with others to complete a task;
help
or cooperate
pitch into.or.pitched
into.phrasal
verb
to attack surreptitiously
or directly (the bitch
pitched into destroying Samson:.Judges
16:4-31); assault
pitch on.or.pitch
upon.phrasal
verb
to succeed in choosing or
achieving, usually quickly (pitched on the ideal.solution)
penury.noun
extreme
want or poverty; privation;
destitution;
extreme dearth;
barrenness
or insufficiency
patrician.noun
a n individual of refined
upbringing, manners and tastes; a member of one of the noble
families of the ancient Roman
Republic, which before B.C.E.
the third century, had exclusive rights to the Senate and the magistracies;
used as a title for members of a class of honorary nobility appointed by
the Byzantine emperors; a member
of the hereditary ruling class
in the medieval free cities of
Italy and Germany
patricianly.adverb
patrician.adjective
prune, pruned,
pruning,prunes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
cut off or remove dead or living parts or branches of a plant, for example
to improve shape or growth (the city often prunes trees to keep branches
of trees off of the electrical lines); to remove or cut out as superfluous;
to keep in check; to keep at a certain standard or desired appearance (pruned
the bushes as they were growing over the sidewalk) intransitive verb
use.to remove what is superfluous or undesirable;
to make a facial expression exhibiting ill temper or disgust
pruner.noun,.plural.pruners
an individual or individuals doing work of pruning
prune.noun,.plural.prunes
the partially
dried fruit of any of several varieties.of
the common plum, Prunus domestica; any kind of plum that can be dried without
spoiling
part.noun,.plural.parts
a portion, division, piece or segment
of a whole;
any of several
equal portions or fractions that can constitute
a whole or into which a whole can be divided (a mixture of two parts flour
to one part water); a component
that can be separated from or attached to a system;
a detachable
piece (spare parts for cars); a role
(she has the main part in the play); one's responsibility, duty or obligation;
share (we each do our part to keep the house clean); the line where the
hair on the head is parted; in music, the music or score for a particular
instrument, as in an orchestra
partly.adverb
in part or in some degree;
not completely
part, parted,
parting,
parts.verbs
transitive verb use.to
divide or break into separate parts; to break up a relationship by separating
the elements
involved (parted company); to comb hair, for example, away from a dividing
line, as on the scalp; to divide
into shares or portions
to each one gets a part of the whole
intransitive verb use.to
become divided or separated (the curtain parted in the middle); to go apart
from one another; separate; to separate or divide into ways going in different
directions (the road parts about halfway into the forest)
part.adverb
partially;
in part (part yellow, part green)
part.adjective
not full or complete; partial (a part owner of
the business)
part with.phrasal
verb
to give up or let go of; relinquish
for
the most part.idiom
to the greater extent;
generally
or mostly
in
part.idiom
to
some extent; partly
on the part of.idiom
regarding
or with respect
to the one specified
(a brilliant strategy
it was to be able to see the important tourist parts of 5 countries in
7 days)
part and parcel.idiom
a basic
or essential
part (a part of a window cleaner's job is to make sure that he is safe
coming down the building; the
disciples were part and parcel with the heart and purpose of Christ)
take part.idiom
to join in; participate
(he took part in the celebration)
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