| Pod |
n. |
A bag; a pouch. |
| Pod |
n. |
A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous. |
| Pod |
n. |
A considerable number of animals closely clustered together;
said of seals. |
| Pod |
v. i. |
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods. |
| Podagra |
n. |
Gout in the joints of the foot;
applied also to gout in other parts of body. |
| Podagric |
a. |
Alt. of Podagrical |
| Podagrical |
a. |
Pertaining to the gout; gouty; caused by gout. |
| Podagrical |
a. |
Afflicted with gout. |
| Podagrous |
a. |
Gouty; podagric. |
| Podalgia |
n. |
pain in the foot, due to gout, rheumatism, etc. |
| Podarthra |
pl. |
of Podarthrum |
| Podarthrum |
n. |
The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes. |
| Podded |
imp. & p. p. |
of Pod |
| Podded |
a. |
Having pods. |
| Podder |
n. |
One who collects pods or pulse. |
| Podding |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Pod |
| Podesta |
n. |
One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. |
| Podesta |
n. |
A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy. |
| Podetia |
pl. |
of Podetium |
| Podetium |
n. |
A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss. |
| Podetiums |
pl. |
of Podetium |
| Podge |
n. |
A puddle; a plash. |
| Podge |
n. |
Porridge. |
| Podgy |
a. |
Fat and short; pudgy. |
| Podia |
pl. |
of Podium |
| Podical |
a. |
Anal;
applied to certain organs of insects. |
| Podiceps |
n. |
See Grebe. |
| Podium |
n. |
A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. |
| Podium |
n. |
The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began. |
| Podium |
n. |
The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers. |
| Podium |
n. |
The foot. |
| Podley |
n. |
A young coalfish. |
| Podo- |
|
A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology. |
| Podobranch |
n. |
One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea. |
| Podobranchia |
n. |
Same as Podobranch. |
| Podobranchiae |
pl. |
of Podobranchia |
| Podocarp |
n. |
A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit. |
| Podocephalous |
a. |
Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk. |
| Podogynium |
n. |
Same as Basigynium |
| Podophthalmia |
n. pl. |
The stalk-eyed Crustacea,
an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda. |
| Podophthalmic |
a. |
Alt. of Podophthalmous |
| Podophthalmite |
n. |
The eyestalk of a crustacean. |
| Podophthalmous |
a. |
Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels. |
| Podophthalmous |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia. |
| Podophyllin |
n. |
A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances. |
| Podophyllous |
a. |
Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs. |
| Podophyllous |
a. |
Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminae, beneath a horse's hoof. |
| Podophyllum |
n. |
A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi. |
| Podophyllum |
n. |
The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum),
used as a cathartic drug. |
| Podoscaph |
n. |
A canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, for walking on water. |
| Podosperm |
n. |
The stalk of a seed or ovule. |
| Podostomata |
n. pl. |
An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura. |
| Podotheca |
n. |
The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile. |
| Podothecae |
pl. |
of Podotheca |
| Podrida |
n. |
A miscellaneous dish of meats. See Olla-podrida. |
| Podura |
n. |
Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail. |
| Podurae |
pl. |
of Podura |
| Poduras |
pl. |
of Podura |
| Podurid |
n. |
Any species of Podura or allied genera. |
| Podurid |
a. |
Pertaining to the poduras. |
