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P — Pointer to Porphyry (Part 7 of 11)

    2. Pretension, boastfulness, ostentation, pomposity.

Ponder, v. a. Consider, weigh, contemplate, study, meditate, think on, reflect upon, deliberate upon, revolve in the mind, examine.

Ponder, v. n. Think, muse, reflect, cogitate, meditate, study, deliberate.

Ponderosity, n. Weight, gravity, heaviness, ponderousness

Ponderous, a.

    1. Heavy, weighty, massive, bulky.
    2. Momentous, important, weighty.
    3. Forcible, mighty.

Pond-lily, n. Water-lily (Nymphæa).

Poniard, n. Dagger (small), dirk, stiletto.

Pontiff, n.

    1. High-priest.
    2. Pope, bishop of Rome, Pontifex maximus.

Pontifical, a. Popish, papal.

Pontificate, n. Popedom, papacy.

Pontoon-bridge, n. Bridge of boats, floating bridge.

Pony, n. Sheltie, small horse.

Pooh, interj. Poh, pshaw, pish, pah.

Pool, n.

    1. Pond (small), mere, lake, loch.
    2. Puddle, plash, collection of standing water.

Poor, a.

    1. Indigent, needy, necessitous, pinched, straitened.