| Passavant's pad | A prominence on the posterior wall of the naso-pharynx formed by contraction of the superior constrictor of the pharynx during swallowing. Synonym: Passavant's bar, Passavant's pad, Passavant's ridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Passavant's ridge | A prominence on the posterior wall of the naso-pharynx formed by contraction of the superior constrictor of the pharynx during swallowing. Synonym: Passavant's bar, Passavant's pad, Passavant's ridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Passavant, Philippas | <person> German physician, 1815-1893. See: Passavant's bar, Passavant's cushion, Passavant's pad, Passavant's ridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passe partout | 1. That by which one can pass anywhere; a safe-conduct. 2. A master key; a latchkey. 3. A light picture frame or mat of cardboard, wood, or the like, usually put between the picture and the glass, and sometimes serving for several pictures. Origin: F, from passer to pass + partout everywhere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| passenger | 1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. 2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc. <zoology> Passenger falcon, the common wild pigeon of North America (Ectopistes migratorius), so called on account of its extensive migrations. Origin: OE. & F. Passager. See Passage, and cf. Messenger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| passeres | <ornithology> An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds. Origin: NL, fr. L. Passer a sparrow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| passeriform | <zoology> Like or belonging to the Passeres. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| passerine | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Passeres. "The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees." (Sydney Smith) Origin: L. Passerinus, fr. Passer a sparrow. <zoology> One of the Passeres. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Passey, R | <person> 20th century British pathologist. See: Harding-Passey melanoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passiflora | <botany> A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreae, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species. Origin: NL, from L. Passio passion (fr. Pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| passion | 1. A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, especially. In the garden upon the cross. "The passions of this time." "To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs." (Acts i. 3) 2. The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; opposed to action. "A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it." (Locke) 3. Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents. "Moldable and not moldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter." (Bacon) 4. The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill. "A passion fond even to idolatry." . "Her passion is to seek roses." "We also are men of like passions with you." (Acts xiv. 15) "The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently understood, without considering the affections and passions, or those modifications or actions of the mind consequent upon the apprehension of certain objects or events in which the mind generally conceives good or evil." (Hutcheson) "The term passion, and its adverb passionately, often express a very strong predilection for any pursuit, or object of taste a kind of enthusiastic fondness for anything." (Cogan) "The bravery of his grief did put me Into a towering passion." (Shak) "The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still." (Pope) "Who walked in every path of human life, Felt every passion." (Akenside) "When statesmen are ruled by faction and interest, they can have no passion for the glory of their country." (Addison) 5. Disorder of the mind; madness. 6. Passion week. See Passion week, below. <botany> Passion flower, any flower or plant of the genus Passiflora; so named from a fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to the instruments of our Savior's crucifixion. The flowers are showy, and the fruit is sometimes highly esteemed (see Granadilla, and Maypop). The roots and leaves are generally more or less noxious, and are used in medicine. The plants are mostly tendril climbers, and are commonest in the warmer parts of America, though a few species are Asiatic or Australian. Passion music, the fifth Sunday in Lent, or the second before Easter. Passion Week, the last week but one in Lent, or the second week preceding Easter. "The name of Passion week is frequently, but improperly, applied to Holy Week." Synonym: Passion, Feeling, Emotion. When any feeling or emotion completely masters the mind, we call it a passion; as, a passion for music, dress, etc.; especially is anger (when thus extreme) called passion. The mind, in such cases, is considered as having lost its self-control, and become the passive instrument of the feeling in question. Origin: F, fr. L. Passio, fr. Pati, passus, to suffer. See Patient. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| passional attitudes | Attitudes expressive of any of the great passions; e.g., anger, lust. Synonym: emotional attitudes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passionist | A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the most Holy Cross. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| passive | Neither spontaneous nor active, not produced by active efforts. Origin: L. Passivus (18 Nov 1997) |
| passive agglutination | Agglutination of particles that have been coated with soluble antigen, by antiserum specific for the adsorbed antigen. Synonym: indirect agglutination. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms :
Synonyms : Infections, Pasteurellaceae, Infection, Pasteurellaceae, Pasteurellaceae Infection
Synonyms : Fever, Shipping, Pneumonic Pasteurellosis
Synonyms : Pastinaca sativa
Synonyms : Pastoral Psychology, Care, Pastoral
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lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance" passive voice: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive" expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences"
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| Pascal's law |
pressure applied anywhere to a body of fluid causes a force to be transmitted equally in all directions; the force acts at right angles to any surface in contact with the fluid; "the hydraulic press is an application of Pascal's law"
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go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" travel by: pass by; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" legislate: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time" elapse: pass by; "three years elapsed" place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" run: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" happen: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House" spend: pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your summer vacation?" base on balls: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" guide: guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days" communicate: transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" evanesce: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" exceed: go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak" a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes" allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed" a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass" transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control" a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" sink: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana" one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass" be identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else; as by denying one's own ancestry or background; "He could pass as his twin brother"; "She passed as a White woman even though her grandfather was Black" throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed" bye: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" fall: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out" a complementary (free) ticket; "the star got passes for his family" cause to pass; "She passed around the plates" crack: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" authorize: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" die: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" excrete: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" passing(a): of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" passing: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
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an impermanent form of acquired immunity in which antibodies against a disease are acquired naturally (as through the placenta to an unborn child) or artificially (as by injection of antiserum)
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| passivism |
pacifism: the doctrine that all violence in unjustifiable
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| PAS | a ballroom dance in fast duple time |
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| PAS | music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble |
| PAS | tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States |
| PAS | tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States |
| PAS | low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems |
| PAS | perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of Gulf states |
| PAS | any plant of the genus Pulsatilla |
| PAS | any plant of the genus Pulsatilla |
| PAS | a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way |
| PAS | success in satisfying a test or requirement |
| PAS | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team |
| PAS | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls |