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Pseudo-romantic
a.
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Falsely romantic.
Pseudoscope
n.
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An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope.
Pseudoscopic
a.
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Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image.
Pseudoscorpiones
n. pl.
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An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.
Pseudosphere
n.
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The surface of constant negative curvature generated by the revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in non-Euclidian space to the sphere in ordinary space. An important property of the surface is that any figure drawn upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or altering in size any of its elements.
Pseudospore
n.
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A peculiar reproductive cell found in some fungi.
-lae
pl.
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of Pseudostella
Pseudostella
n.
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Any starlike meteor or phenomenon.
Pseudostomata
pl.
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of Pseudostoma
Pseudostoma
n.
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A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true aperture among them.
Pseudo-symmetric
a.
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Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.
Pseudo-symmetry
n.
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A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite.
Pseudotetramera
n. pl.
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A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints.
Pseudotineae
pl.
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of Pseudotinea
Pseudotinea
n.
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The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria).
Pseudoturbinal
a.
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See under Turbinal.
Pseudovaries
pl.
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of Pseudovary
Pseudovary
n.
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The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called also pseudovarium.
Pseudova
pl.
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of Pseudovum
Pseudovum
n.
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An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of Paedogenesis.
Pshaw
interj.
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Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc.
Pshaw
v. i.
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To express disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as by the exclamation " Pshaw!"
Psilanthropic
a.
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Pertaining to, or embodying, psilanthropy. "A psilanthropic explanation."
Psilanthropism
n.
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Psilanthropy.
Psilanthropist
n.
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One who believes that Christ was a mere man.
Psilanthropy
n.
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The doctrine of the merely human existence of Christ.
Psilology
n.
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Love of empty of empty talk or noise.
Psilomelane
n.
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A hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring in smooth, botryoidal forms, and massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray color.
Psilopaedes
n. pl.
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birds whose young at first have down on the pterylae only; -- called also Gymnopaedes.
Psilopaedic
a.
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Having down upon the pterylae only; -- said of the young of certain birds.