(zoology) A complex organ (having hooks and suckers) in some parasitic worms.
pashto
pashto
Proper noun
The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan.
pathol
pathos
pathos
noun
(literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
(rhetoric) A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as pity.
(theology, philosophy) In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep and abiding commitment of the heart, as in the notion of "finding your passion" as an important aspect of a fully lived, engaged life.
Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.
photal
potash
potash
noun
(chemistry) An impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts.
(chemistry, archaic) Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash".
A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)
The water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer.
verb
To treat with potassium.
pottah
pottah
noun
(India, historical) A document specifying the conditions on which lands are held; a lease or other document securing rights in land or house property.
