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Passage
- noun - a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
- a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a short section of a musical composition
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- the act of passing something to another person
- the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
Passive
- adjective - expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences"
- 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"
- 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"
Pastime
- noun - a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly); "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"
- Hobby
Pasture
- noun - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
- bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
- feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
Piscine
- adjective - of or relating to fish
Pismire
- noun - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
Pistole
- - The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.
Postage
- noun - a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid
- the charge for mailing something
Posture
- noun - a rationalized mental attitude
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
- behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength";
- characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"