pēs

  • 71pēs-2, nasalized pēns- —     pēs 2, nasalized pēns     English meaning: dust, sand     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘staub, Sand”     Material: O.Ind. püm su , püm suka “dust, powder, sand”, Av. pąsnu š ds.; Church Slavic pěsъkъ ‘sand”; presumably as “the wehende, gewehte”… …

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  • 72pes´si|mis´ti|cal|ly — pes|si|mis|tic «PEHS uh MIHS tihk», adjective. 1. having a tendency to look on the dark side of things or to see all the difficulties and disadvantages. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under cynical. (Cf. ↑cynical) 2. expecting the worst: »The lame man was… …

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  • 73pes|si|mis|tic — «PEHS uh MIHS tihk», adjective. 1. having a tendency to look on the dark side of things or to see all the difficulties and disadvantages. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under cynical. (Cf. ↑cynical) 2. expecting the worst: »The lame man was pessimistic… …

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  • 74pes´ti|len´tial|ly — pes|ti|len|tial «PEHS tuh LEHN shuhl», adjective. 1. like a pestilence; having to do with pestilences. 2. causing or likely to cause pestilence; carrying infection: »pestilential vapors (Longfellow). 3. Figurative. harmful; dangerous; pernicious …

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  • 75pes|ti|len|tial — «PEHS tuh LEHN shuhl», adjective. 1. like a pestilence; having to do with pestilences. 2. causing or likely to cause pestilence; carrying infection: »pestilential vapors (Longfellow). 3. Figurative. harmful; dangerous; pernicious: »So… …

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  • 76pes´ti|lent|ly — pes|ti|lent «PEHS tuh luhnt», adjective. 1. often causing death: »Smallpox is a pestilent disease. 2. Figurative. very harmful to morals; destroying peace; noxious; pernicious: »a pestilent den of vice, the pestilent effects of war. 3.… …

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  • 77pes|ti|lent — «PEHS tuh luhnt», adjective. 1. often causing death: »Smallpox is a pestilent disease. 2. Figurative. very harmful to morals; destroying peace; noxious; pernicious: »a pestilent den of vice, the pestilent effects of war. 3. troublesome; annoy …

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  • 78pes anserinus — pes an·se·ri·nus .an sə rī nəs n the combined tendinous insertion on the medial aspect of the tuberosity of the tibia of the sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus muscles * * * [L. “goose s foot”] 1. plexus intraparotideus. 2. the combined… …

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  • 79pes hippocampi — pes hip·po·cam·pi .hip ə kam .pī n the enlarged rostral extremity of the hippocampus * * * [TA] a formation of two or three elevations on the rostral end of the ventricular surface of the hippocampus; called also digitationes hippocampi …

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  • 80pes planovalgus — pes planus flatfoot …

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