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							{"P": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Noun", "the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet", ["Letter", "Letter of the alphabet", "Alphabetic character"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Atomic number 15", "Phosphorus"]}, "P.A.": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Per year", "Public address system", "Annually", "Pa system", "P.a."]}, "P.E.": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["P.e.", "Potential energy"]}, "P.M.": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["P.m.", "Post meridiem"]}, "P.O.": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Petty officer", "Po", "P.o."]}, "PA": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pappa", "Papa", "Pop", "Atomic number 91", "Pascal"]}, "PABA": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Para aminobenzoic acid", "Paba"]}, "PABLUM": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a soft form of cereal for infants", ["Cereal"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pablum", "Pap"]}, "PABULUM": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Noun", "insipid intellectual nourishment", ["Food", "Food for thought", "Intellectual nourishment"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Victual", "Victuals", "Eatable", "Comestible", "Pabulum"]}, "PABULUMS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Victual", "Victuals", "Eatable", "Comestible", "Pabulum"]}, "PAC": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Political action committee", "Pac"]}, "PACA": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food", ["Rodent", "Gnawer"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Paca", "Cuniculus paca"]}, "PACAS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Paca", "Cuniculus paca"]}, "PACE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Verb", "walk with slow or fast paces", ["Walk"], ["He paced up and down the hall"]], "3": ["Verb", "measure (distances) by pacing", ["Quantify", "Measure"], ["step off ten yards"]], "4": ["Verb", "regulate or set the pace of", ["Determine", "Shape", "Mold", "Influence", "Regulate"], ["Pace your efforts"]], "2": ["Verb", "go at a pace", ["Travel", "Go", "Move", "Locomote"], ["The horse paced"]]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Footstep", "Step", "Tread", "Rate", "Pace"]}, "PACED": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pace", "Step"]}, "PACEMAKER": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Noun", "a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat", ["Cardiac muscle", "Heart muscle"], []], "3": ["Noun", "an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker", ["Electronic device"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Sinoatrial node", "Sa node", "Pacesetter", "Artificial pacemaker", "Pacer"]}, "PACEMAKERS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Sinoatrial node", "Sa node", "Pacesetter", "Artificial pacemaker", "Pacer"]}, "PACER": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a horse used to set the pace in racing", ["Racehorse", "Race horse", "Bangtail"], []], "2": ["Noun", "a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together", ["Horse", "Equus caballus"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pacemaker", "Pacer", "Pacesetter"]}, "PACERS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pacemaker", "Pacer", "Pacesetter"]}, "PACES": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Footstep", "Step", "Tread", "Rate", "Pace"]}, "PACESETTER": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a leading instance in its field", ["Exemplar", "Example", "Model", "Good example"], ["the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations"]]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pacemaker", "Pacer", "Pacesetter"]}, "PACESETTERS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pacemaker", "Pacer", "Pacesetter"]}, "PACHA": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pasha", "Pacha"]}, "PACHAS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pasha", "Pacha"]}, "PACHYDERM": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus", ["Placental", "Placental mammal", "Eutherian", "Eutherian mammal"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachyderm"]}, "PACHYDERMA": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachyderma", "Nevoid elephantiasis"]}, "PACHYDERMAL": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachydermal", "Pachydermous", "Pachydermatous", "Pachydermic"]}, "PACHYDERMATOUS": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adjective", "of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms", [], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Indurate", "Pachydermal", "Pachydermous", "Pachydermatous", "Callous"]}, "PACHYDERMIC": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachydermal", "Pachydermous", "Pachydermatous", "Pachydermic"]}, "PACHYDERMOUS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachydermal", "Pachydermous", "Pachydermatous", "Pachydermic"]}, "PACHYDERMS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachyderm"]}, "PACHINKO": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board", ["Pinball", "Pinball game"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachinko"]}, "PACHYRHIZUS": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots", ["Rosid dicot genus"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachyrhizus", "Genus pachyrhizus"]}, "PACHYSANDRA": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover", ["Subshrub", "Suffrutex"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachysandra"]}, "PACHYSANDRAS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachysandra"]}, "PACHISI": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board", ["Board game"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Parchisi", "Pachisi", "Parchesi"]}, "PACHISIS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Parchisi", "Pachisi", "Parchesi"]}, "PACHYTENE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "the third stage of the prophase of meiosis", ["Phase", "Stage"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachytene"]}, "PACHOULI": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Patchouly", "Pogostemon cablin", "Patchouli", "Pachouli"]}, "PACHOULIS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Patchouly", "Pogostemon cablin", "Patchouli", "Pachouli"]}, "PACHUCO": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes", ["Adolescent", "Stripling", "Teenager", "Teen"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachuco"]}, "PACHUCOS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pachuco"]}, "PACIFY": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Verb", "cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of", ["Calm", "Calm down", "Quiet", "Tranquilize", "Tranquillize", "Tranquillise", "Quieten", "Lull", "Still"], ["She managed to mollify the angry customer"]], "2": ["Verb", "fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)", ["Establish", "Give"], ["The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"]]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Gruntle", "Appease", "Lenify", "Assuage", "Gentle"]}, "PACIFIC": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adjective", "relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean", [], ["Pacific islands"]], "2": ["Adjective", "disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature", [], ["the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force", "a quiet and peaceable person", "in a peaceable and orderly manner"]], "3": ["Adjective", "promoting peace", [], ["the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up"]]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Peaceable", "Pacific", "Pacific ocean"]}, "PACIFICALLY": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Peaceably", "Pacifically"]}, "PACIFICATION": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined", ["Appeasement", "Calming"], ["a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants", "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"]], "3": ["Noun", "actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency", ["Conflict", "Struggle", "Battle"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Peace treaty", "Mollification", "Counterinsurgency", "Pacification", "Peace"]}, "PACIFICATIONS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Peace treaty", "Mollification", "Counterinsurgency", "Pacification", "Peace"]}, "PACIFICISM": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Passivism", "Pacifism", "Pacificism"]}, "PACIFICIST": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pacificist", "Pacifist", "Disarmer"]}, "PACIFIED": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Gruntle", "Appease", "Lenify", "Assuage", "Gentle"]}, "PACIFIER": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Noun", "anything that serves to pacify", ["Thing"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Teething ring", "Pacifier", "Conciliator", "Baby's dummy", "Peacemaker"]}, "PACIFIERS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Teething ring", "Pacifier", "Conciliator", "Baby's dummy", "Peacemaker"]}, "PACIFIES": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Gruntle", "Appease", "Lenify", "Assuage", "Gentle"]}, "PACIFYING": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Gruntle", "Appease", "Lenify", "Assuage", "Gentle"]}, "PACIFISM": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable", ["Doctrine", "Philosophy", "Philosophical system", "School of thought", "Ism"], []], "2": ["Noun", "the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration", ["Belief"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Passivism", "Pacifism", "Pacificism"]}, "PACIFISMS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Passivism", "Pacifism", "Pacificism"]}, "PACIFIST": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adjective", "opposed to war", [], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pacifist", "Pacificist", "Dovish", "Disarmer", "Pacifistic"]}, "PACIFISTIC": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pacifist", "Dovish", "Pacifistic"]}, "PACIFISTICALLY": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adverb", "in a pacifistic manner", [], ["the pacifistically inclined liberals"]]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pacifistically"]}, "PACIFISTS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pacificist", "Pacifist", "Disarmer"]}, "PACING": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Noun", "walking with slow regular strides", ["Gait"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Step", "Pacing", "Pace", "Tempo"]}, "PACK": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Verb", "fill to capacity", ["Fill", "Fill up", "Make full"], ["This singer always packs the concert halls", "The murder trial packed the court house"]], "3": ["Verb", "compress into a wad", ["Arrange", "Set up"], ["wad paper into the box"]], "6": ["Noun", "a group of hunting animals", ["Animal group"], []], "7": ["Noun", "a cream that cleanses and tones the skin", ["Corrective", "Restorative"], []], "8": ["Noun", "a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect", ["Corrective", "Restorative"], []], "9": ["Noun", "a bundle (especially one carried on the back)", ["Bundle", "Sheaf"], []], "1": ["Verb", "arrange in a container", ["Encase", "Incase", "Case"], ["pack the books into the boxes"]], "4": ["Verb", "carry, as on one's back", ["Transport", "Carry"], ["Pack your tents to the top of the mountain"]], "5": ["Verb", "set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome", ["Appoint", "Name", "Nominate", "Constitute"], ["pack a jury"]], "10": ["Verb", "seal with packing", ["Seal", "Seal off"], ["pack the faucet"]], "12": ["Verb", "load with a pack", ["Load", "Lade", "Laden", "Load up"], []], "13": ["Verb", "treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood", ["Treat", "Care for"], ["The nurse packed gauze in the wound", "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice"]]}, "ANTONYMS": ["unpack"], "SYNONYMS": ["Inner circle", "Tamp", "Ring", "Backpack", "Load down"]}, "PACKABLE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adjective", "capable of being packed", [], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Packable"]}, "PACKAGE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a collection of things wrapped or boxed together", ["Collection", "Aggregation", "Accumulation", "Assemblage"], []], "2": ["Noun", "a wrapped container", ["Container"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": ["hardware", "unbox"], "SYNONYMS": ["Software program", "Package", "Box", "Software", "Packet"]}, "PACKAGED": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adjective", "enclosed in a package or protective covering", [], ["packaged cereals"]]}, "ANTONYMS": ["unbox", "unpackaged"], "SYNONYMS": ["Package", "Box", "Packaged"]}, "PACKAGES": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": ["hardware", "unbox"], "SYNONYMS": ["Software program", "Package", "Box", "Software", "Packet"]}, "PACKAGING": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "the business of packing", ["Commercial enterprise", "Business enterprise", "Business"], ["his business is packaging for transport"]], "3": ["Noun", "material used to make packages", ["Material"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": ["unbox"], "SYNONYMS": ["Box", "Publicity", "Package", "Promotion", "Promotional material"]}, "PACKAGINGS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": ["unbox"], "SYNONYMS": ["Box", "Publicity", "Package", "Promotion", "Promotional material"]}, "PACKED": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Adjective", "pressed together or compressed", [], ["packed snow"]]}, "ANTONYMS": ["unpack"], "SYNONYMS": ["Take", "Jammed", "Mob", "Tamp", "Jam-packed"]}, "PACKER": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a workman employed to pack things into containers", ["Workman", "Workingman", "Working man", "Working person"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Backpacker", "Boxer", "Packer", "Bagger", "Meat packer"]}, "PACKERS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Backpacker", "Boxer", "Packer", "Bagger", "Meat packer"]}, "PACKET": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Noun", "(computer science) a message or message fragment", ["Message"], []], "3": ["Noun", "a small package or bundle", ["Package", "Parcel"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Package", "Mail boat", "Mailboat", "Packet", "Packet boat"]}, "PACKETS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Package", "Mail boat", "Mailboat", "Packet", "Packet boat"]}, "PACKHORSE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a workhorse used as a pack animal", ["Pack animal", "Sumpter", "Workhorse"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Packhorse"]}, "PACKHORSES": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Packhorse"]}, "PACKING": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Noun", "the enclosure of something in a package or box", ["Enclosure", "Enclosing", "Envelopment", "Inclosure"], []], "3": ["Noun", "carrying something in a pack on the back", ["Carry"], ["the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts"]]}, "ANTONYMS": ["unpack"], "SYNONYMS": ["Backpacking", "Backpack", "Load down", "Take", "Pack"]}, "PACKINGHOUSE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed", ["Building", "Edifice"], ["they came from an apple packinghouse"]], "2": ["Noun", "a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products", ["Plant", "Works", "Industrial plant"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Packing plant", "Packinghouse"]}, "PACKINGS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": ["unpack"], "SYNONYMS": ["Backpacking", "Backpack", "Load down", "Take", "Pack"]}, "PACKMAN": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Packman", "Pitchman", "Peddler", "Hawker", "Pedlar"]}, "PACKMEN": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Packman", "Pitchman", "Peddler", "Hawker", "Pedlar"]}, "PACKRAT": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a collector of miscellaneous useless objects", ["Collector", "Aggregator"], []], "2": ["Noun", "any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects", ["Wood rat", "Wood-rat"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Bushytail woodrat", "Trade rat", "Neotoma cinerea", "Packrat", "Pack rat"]}, "PACKS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": ["unpack"], "SYNONYMS": ["Inner circle", "Tamp", "Ring", "Backpack", "Load down"]}, "PACKSACK": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Haversack", "Rucksack", "Packsack", "Backpack", "Knapsack"]}, "PACKSACKS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Haversack", "Rucksack", "Packsack", "Backpack", "Knapsack"]}, "PACKSADDLE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached", ["Saddle"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Packsaddle"]}, "PACKSADDLES": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Packsaddle"]}, "PACKTHREAD": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages", ["String", "Twine"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Packthread"]}, "PACKTHREADS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Packthread"]}, "PACS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Political action committee", "Pac"]}, "PACT": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pact", "Accord", "Treaty"]}, "PACTS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pact", "Accord", "Treaty"]}, "PAD": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge", ["Paper"], []], "2": ["Noun", "the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)", ["Leaf", "Leafage", "Foliage"], []], "3": ["Verb", "line or stuff with soft material", ["Stuff"], ["pad a bra"]], "4": ["Verb", "add padding to", ["Fill", "Fill up", "Make full"], ["pad the seat of the chair"]], "7": ["Noun", "the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger", ["Structure", "Anatomical structure", "Complex body part", "Bodily structure", "Body structure"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Tablet", "Lard", "Digs", "Inking pad", "Trudge"]}, "PADAUK": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain", ["Tree"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Amboyna", "Pterocarpus indicus", "Padouk", "Padauk"]}, "PADAUKS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Amboyna", "Pterocarpus indicus", "Padouk", "Padauk"]}, "PADDA": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a genus of Ploceidae", ["Bird genus"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Padda", "Genus padda"]}, "PADDED": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Lard", "Trudge", "Embellish", "Padded", "Tramp"]}, "PADDER": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Padder", "Footpad"]}, "PADDERS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Padder", "Footpad"]}, "PADDY": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent", ["Irishman"], []], "2": ["Noun", "an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown", ["Field"], []], "3": ["Noun", "rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field", ["Rice"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Paddy", "Mickey", "Mick", "Paddy field", "Rice paddy"]}, "PADDIES": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Paddy", "Mickey", "Mick", "Paddy field", "Rice paddy"]}, "PADDYMELON": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pademelon", "Paddymelon"]}, "PADDING": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort", ["Artifact", "Artefact"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Lard", "Padding", "Aggrandise", "Tramp", "Fill out"]}, "PADDINGS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Padding", "Cushioning"]}, "PADDLE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Verb", "propel with a paddle", ["Boat"], ["paddle your own canoe"]], "2": ["Noun", "a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel", ["Blade", "Vane"], []], "3": ["Verb", "swim like a dog in shallow water", ["Swim"], []], "4": ["Noun", "a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat", ["Oar"], []], "6": ["Verb", "stir with a paddle", ["Stir"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Splash around", "Spank", "Toddle", "Paddle", "Waddle"]}, "PADDLED": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": 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{}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Splash around", "Spank", "Dabble", "Paddle", "Waddle"]}, "PADDOCK": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race", ["Pen"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Paddock"]}, "PADDOCKS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Paddock"]}, "PADEMELON": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea", ["Wallaby", "Brush kangaroo"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pademelon", "Paddymelon"]}, "PADEREWSKI": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941)", [], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Ignace jan paderewski", "Paderewski", "Ignace paderewski"]}, "PADLOCK": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Verb", "fasten with a padlock", ["Lock"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Padlock"]}, "PADLOCKED": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Padlock"]}, "PADLOCKING": {"MEANINGS": {}, 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"ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palaeornithology", "Paleornithology"]}, "PALAEOZOOLOGY": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palaeozoology", "Paleozoology"]}, "PALAESTRA": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palaestra", "Palestra"]}, "PALAESTRAS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palaestra", "Palestra"]}, "PALAETIOLOGY": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Paletiology", "Palaetiology"]}, "PALAIC": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "an Anatolian language", ["Anatolian", "Anatolian language"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palaic"]}, "PALANKEEN": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palanquin", "Palankeen"]}, "PALANQUIN": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers", ["Litter"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palanquin", "Palankeen"]}, "PALANQUINS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palanquin", "Palankeen"]}, "PALAQUIUM": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "large genus of Malaysian 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way", [], []]}, "ANTONYMS": ["unpalatably"], "SYNONYMS": ["Palatably"]}, "PALATAL": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adjective", "relating to or lying near the palate", [], ["palatal index", "the palatine tonsils"]], "2": ["Adjective", "produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')", [], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palatalized", "Palatine", "Palatalised", "Palatal"]}, "PALATALIZE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Verb", "pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate", ["Pronounce", "Articulate", "Enounce", "Sound out", "Enunciate", "Say"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palatalise", "Palatalize"]}, "PALATALIZED": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palatalised", "Palatal", "Palatalize", "Palatalized", "Palatalise"]}, "PALATALS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Palatal"]}, "PALATE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "the upper surface of the 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"Tt", "Palau", "Belau", "Pelew"]}, "PALAVER": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Noun", "loud and confused and empty talk", ["Nonsense", "Bunk", "Nonsensicality", "Meaninglessness", "Hokum"], ["mere rhetoric"]], "3": ["Verb", "have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds", ["Parley"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Wheedle", "Cajolery", "Cajole", "Blab", "Tittle-tattle"]}, "PALAVERED": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Wheedle", "Cajole", "Blab", "Tittle-tattle", "Blarney"]}, "PALAVERING": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Wheedle", "Cajole", "Blab", "Tittle-tattle", "Blarney"]}, "PALAVERS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Wheedle", "Cajolery", "Cajole", "Blab", "Tittle-tattle"]}, "PALE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adjective", "very light colored; highly diluted with white", [], ["pale seagreen", "pale blue eyes"]], "2": ["Adjective", "(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble", [], ["the pale light of a half 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"SYNONYMS": ["Palely", "Pallidly", "Dimly"]}, "PALENESS": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Noun", "the property of having a naturally light complexion", ["Complexion", "Skin color", "Skin colour"], []], "3": ["Noun", "being deficient in color", ["Color property"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pallidity", "Achromasia", "Luridness", "Lividity", "Blondness"]}, "PALENESSES": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pallidity", "Achromasia", "Luridness", "Lividity", "Blondness"]}, "PALEO-AMERICAN": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch", ["Indian", "American indian", "Red indian"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Paleo-amerind", "Paleo-indian", "Paleo-american"]}, "PALEO-AMERIND": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Paleo-amerind", "Paleo-indian", "Paleo-american"]}, "PALEOANTHROPOLOGY": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "the scientific study 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["Picosecond"]}, "PICOSECONDS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Picosecond"]}, "PICOT": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "an edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon", ["Sewing stitch", "Embroidery stitch"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Picot"]}, "PICOTS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Picot"]}, "PICRIS": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed", ["Asterid dicot genus"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Genus picris", "Picris"]}, "PICS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Picture", "Motion-picture show", "Pic", "Picture show", "Movie"]}, "PICTOGRAPH": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a graphic character used in picture writing", ["Character", "Grapheme", "Graphic symbol"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pictograph"]}, "PICTOGRAPHIC": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adjective", "consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs", [], ["a 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{"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Urinate", "Relieve oneself", "Water", "Puddle", "Pissing"]}, "PISSING": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Urinate", "Wee", "Pass water", "Make", "Piddle"]}, "PISTACHIO": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts", ["Nut tree"], []], "2": ["Noun", "nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel", ["Edible nut"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pistachio", "Pistachio tree", "Pistacia vera", "Pistachio nut"]}, "PISTACHIOS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pistachio", "Pistachio tree", "Pistacia vera", "Pistachio nut"]}, "PISTACIA": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit", ["Dicot genus", "Magnoliopsid genus"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Genus pistacia", "Pistacia"]}, "PISTE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a flat rectangular area for fencing bouts", 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vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower", ["Pistil"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pistillode"]}, "PISTILS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pistil"]}, "PISTOL": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a firearm that is held and fired with one hand", ["Firearm", "Piece", "Small-arm"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pistol", "Side arm", "Shooting iron", "Handgun"]}, "PISTOLEER": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed)", ["Soldier"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pistoleer"]}, "PISTOLS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pistol", "Side arm", "Shooting iron", "Handgun"]}, "PISTOL-WHIP": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Verb", "beat with a pistol", ["Beat", "Beat up", "Work over"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pistol-whip"]}, "PISTOL-WHIPPING": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pistol-whip"]}, "PISTON": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976)", [], []], 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the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on", ["Area"], []], "7": ["Noun", "(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled", ["Area"], []], "8": ["Noun", "a trap in the form of a concealed hole", ["Trap"], []], "9": ["Noun", "a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate", ["Excavation"], ["a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"]], "3": ["Verb", "remove the pits from", ["Remove", "Take", "Take away", "Withdraw"], ["pit plums and cherries"]]}, "ANTONYMS": ["Heaven"], "SYNONYMS": ["Fossa", "Hell", "Pitfall", "Perdition", "Oppose"]}, "PITA": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling", ["Flatbread"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pocket bread", "Pita"]}, "PITAHAYA": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Noun", "highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach", ["Edible fruit"], []]}, 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large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn", ["Vegetable", "Veggie", "Veg"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pumpkin vine", "Cucurbita pepo", "Pumpkin", "Autumn pumpkin"]}, "PUMPKINS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pumpkin vine", "Cucurbita pepo", "Pumpkin", "Autumn pumpkin"]}, "PUMPKINSEED": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "small brilliantly colored North American sunfish", ["Sunfish", "Centrarchid"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pumpkinseed", "Lepomis gibbosus"]}, "PUMPS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Pump", "Heart", "Ticker"]}, "PUN": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Verb", "make a play on words", ["Joke", "Jest"], ["Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"]]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Punning", "Wordplay", "Paronomasia", "Pun"]}, "PUNCH": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Verb", "deliver a quick blow to", ["Hit"], ["he punched me in the stomach"]], "2": ["Verb", "drive forcibly as if 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"Penalise", "Punish", "Punished"]}, "PUNISHES": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Penalize", "Penalise", "Punish"]}, "PUNISHING": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adjective", "resulting in punishment", [], ["the king imposed a punishing tax"]]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Grueling", "Penalize", "Punish", "Gruelling", "Hard"]}, "PUNISHMENT": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "the act of punishing", ["Social control"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Penalisation", "Penalization", "Penalty", "Punishment"]}, "PUNISHMENTS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Penalisation", "Penalization", "Penalty", "Punishment"]}, "PUNITIVE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adjective", "inflicting punishment", [], ["punitive justice", "punitive damages"]]}, "ANTONYMS": ["rehabilitative"], "SYNONYMS": ["Punitive", "Punitory"]}, "PUNITIVELY": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Adverb", "in a punishing manner", [], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Penally", "Punitively", "Punitorily"]}, "PUNITORY": {"MEANINGS": {}, 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[]]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Henry purcell", "Purcell"]}, "PURCHASABLE": {"MEANINGS": {"2": ["Adjective", "available for purchase", [], ["purchasable goods", "many houses in the area are for sale"]]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Purchasable", "For sale", "Dishonest", "Venal", "Corruptible"]}, "PURCHASE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "the acquisition of something for payment", ["Acquisition"], ["they closed the purchase with a handshake"]], "2": ["Noun", "something acquired by purchase", ["Acquisition"], []], "3": ["Noun", "a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage", ["Influence"], ["he could get no purchase on the situation"]]}, "ANTONYMS": ["sell"], "SYNONYMS": ["Purchase", "Buy", "Leverage"]}, "PURCHASED": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": ["sell"], "SYNONYMS": ["Purchase", "Buy"]}, "PURCHASER": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Purchaser", "Buyer", "Emptor", "Vendee"]}, "PURCHASERS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Purchaser", "Buyer", 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"ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Purge", "Katharsis", "Purgation", "Purging", "Purification"]}, "PURGATIONS": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Purge", "Katharsis", "Purgation", "Purging", "Purification"]}, "PURGATIVE": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels", ["Medicine", "Medication", "Medicament", "Medicinal drug"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Evacuant", "Purgative", "Aperient", "Cathartic", "Physic"]}, "PURGATIVES": {"MEANINGS": {}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Aperient", "Cathartic", "Purgative", "Physic"]}, "PURGATORY": {"MEANINGS": {"1": ["Noun", "a temporary condition of torment or suffering", ["Situation"], ["a purgatory of drug abuse"]], "2": ["Noun", "(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins", ["Imaginary place", "Mythical place", "Fictitious place"], []]}, "ANTONYMS": [], "SYNONYMS": ["Purgatory"]}, 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