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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: population - pork barrel</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="population"> population, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the people of a city, country, or district. Ex. The impending over-population of the earth can be prevented only by a policy of stabilizing the population of every country (F. S. Bodenheimer). Population ... increases in a geometrical ratio, subsistence in an arithmetical ratio (Thomas R. Malthus). <DD> 2. the number of people. Ex. a population of 1,000,000, an increasing population. <DD> 3. a part of the inhabitants distinguished in any way from the rest. Ex. the urban population. <DD> 4. the act or process of furnishing with inhabitants. <DD> 5. (Statistics.) the entire group of items or individuals from which the samples under consideration are presumed to come. <DD> 6. (Biology.) <DD> a. the aggregate of organisms that inhabit a particular locality or region. <DD> b. a (specified) portion of this aggregate. Ex. the deer population of North America. <DD> 7. Also, Population. (Astronomy.) one of two numbered groups (Population I and II) into which the stars of the various galaxies have been divided for classification, as on the basis of color or position. Ex. The type I population ... is represented by our region of the galaxy and was accordingly the first to be recognized (Robert H. Baker). </DL> <A NAME="populational"> populational, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with population. Ex. Speech tends to be one of the most persistent populational characters (A. L. Kroeber). </DL> <A NAME="populationexplosion"> population explosion,<DL COMPACT><DD> a rapid increase in population caused by a rise in the birth rate, usually accompanied by a decline in the death rate, because of advances, such as in medicine and agricultural output. Ex. There was growing understanding of the danger of the population explosion that threatens the world (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="populationinversion"> population inversion,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) a state in which enough gas molecules are brought down to a lower energy level to prevent the loss of energy all at once. </DL> <A NAME="populationparameter"> population parameter,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Statistics.) a quantity that is constant for a particular distribution of a population but varies for other distributions. </DL> <A NAME="populator"> populator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that populates or peoples. </DL> <A NAME="populism"> populism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> belief in or devotion to the needs, rights, and aspirations of the common people. Ex. He imbibed ... their populism, their bias against the bigwigs and entrenched power (Saturday Night). </DL> <A NAME="populism"> Populism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the principles and policies of the Populists. </DL> <A NAME="populist"> populist, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. characterized by or based upon populism. Ex. populist liberalism. <DD>noun a supporter or advocate of populism. </DL> <A NAME="populist"> Populist, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD>noun a member or supporter of the People's Party, a political party formed in the United States in 1891. The Populists advocated government control of the railroads, limitation of private ownership of land, an increase in currency, and an income tax. <DD>adj. =Populistic. </DL> <A NAME="populistic"> Populistic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Populism or Populists. </DL> <A NAME="populistparty"> Populist Party, =People's Party.</DL> <A NAME="populous"> populous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. full of people; having many people per square mile. Ex. the most populous state of the United States. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) plentiful; abundant. Ex. Mormon crickets, on the other hand, will be less populous this year (Science News Letter). adv. populously. noun populousness. </DL> <A NAME="popup"> pop-up, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. (Baseball.) a pop fly. Ex. A full swing might produce a useless strikeout or pop-up (New Yorker). <DD> 2. a part of a book, greeting card, or child's game, that springs up when a cover or thing it is attached to is opened. <DD>adj. of or having to do with something that pops up. Ex. a pop-up book, a pop-up toaster. </DL> <A NAME="popwine"> pop wine,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a sweet, fruit-flavored wine. Ex. The alcoholic tide has been pushed higher by the ... inexpensive pop wines, which disguise their alcoholic content with sweet fruit flavors (Time). </DL> <A NAME="por"> p.o.r.,<DL COMPACT><DD> pay on return. </DL> <A NAME="porbeagle"> porbeagle, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a voracious shark of northern waters, that attains a length of from 10 to 12 feet. </DL> <A NAME="porcelain"> porcelain, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a very fine earthenware, usually having a translucent white body and a transparent glaze; china. Ex. Teacups are often made of porcelain. (Figurative.) The precious porcelain of human clay (Byron). <DD> 2. a dish or other object made of this material. </DL> <A NAME="porcelainclay"> porcelain clay, =kaolin.</DL> <A NAME="porcelained"> porcelained, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> covered or lined with porcelain. </DL> <A NAME="porcelainenamel"> porcelain enamel, =enamel (def. 1).</DL> <A NAME="porcelainize"> porcelainize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to coat (a surface) with something hard like porcelain. </DL> <A NAME="porcelaneous"> porcelaneous or porcellaneous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resembling porcelain. </DL> <A NAME="porcellanite"> porcellanite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a clay hardened by natural baking, somewhat resembling porcelain or jasper. </DL> <A NAME="porch"> porch, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a covered entrance to a building. <DD> 2. (U.S.) <DD> a. a veranda. <DD> b. a room open to the outside air, often having no walls, or walls of screen or glass. Ex. a sleeping or dining porch. <DD> 3. =portico. </DL> <A NAME="porch"> Porch, noun. the,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the Stoic school of philosophy. <DD> 2. =Stoa. </DL> <A NAME="porchclimber"> porch climber,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a thief who gains entrance to a house by climbing a porch or veranda. </DL> <A NAME="porcine"> porcine, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of pigs or hogs. <DD> 2. like or characteristic of pigs or hogs; swinish. Ex. The porcine head of the churchwarden was not on his shoulders by accident (George MacDonald). </DL> <A NAME="porcupine"> porcupine, noun, pl. -pines or (collectively) -pine.<DL COMPACT><DD> an animal covered with quills or spines growing in its coarse hair. The porcupine is a rodent and there are several kinds, such as the North American porcupine with short quills or the European porcupine with long quills. </DL> <A NAME="porcupineanteater"> porcupine anteater, =echidna.</DL> <A NAME="porcupinefish"> porcupine fish, =sea porcupine.</DL> <A NAME="porcupinegrass"> porcupine grass, =spinifex.</DL> <A NAME="pore"> pore (1), intransitive verb, pored, poring.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to gaze earnestly or steadily. Ex. She pored over the picture book in silence enjoying the colors. <DD> 2. to study long and steadily. Ex. He would rather pore over a book than play. <DD> 3. to meditate or ponder intently. Ex. He pored over the problem until he solved it. noun porer. </DL> <A NAME="pore"> pore (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a very small opening. Sweat comes through the pores in the human skin, and pores in leaves allow for the passage of water and carbon dioxide. The surfaces of pottery and lumber have pores. Ex. Like human skin, soil has holes that are called pores (Science News Letter). <DD> 2. (Astronomy.) one of many dark spots on the surface of the sun. </DL> <A NAME="porgy"> porgy, noun, pl. -gies or (collectively) -gy.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of various saltwater food fishes of Mediterranean and Atlantic waters. The scup and the sea bream or red porgy are two kinds. </DL> <A NAME="porifera"> Porifera, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> the phylum comprising the poriferans. </DL> <A NAME="poriferan"> poriferan, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun any one of a phylum of water animals with highly porous bodies, through which water passes continuously, that live attached to the sea-bottom; sponge. <DD>adj. of or having to do with the sponges. </DL> <A NAME="poriferous"> poriferous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having pores. <DD> 2. of or having to do with the sponges; poriferan. </DL> <A NAME="porism"> porism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geometry.) any one of various differently defined propositions of the ancient Greek mathematicians, especially as an extra proposition or corollary inserted by Euclid's commentators, or as a proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will make a certain problem indeterminate, or capable of innumerable solutions. </DL> <A NAME="pork"> pork, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the meat of a pig or hog, used for food. Ex. salt pork, a roast of pork. <DD> 2. (U.S. Slang.) money from Federal or state appropriations, taxes, licenses, or other fees, spent to confer local benefits for political reasons. </DL> <A NAME="porkbarrel"> pork barrel,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a Federal or state appropriation for a project that will benefit or appeal to a particular body of constituents, although it may not fulfill a need. Ex. Democrats are counting, too, on the traditional election-year pork barrel to help a troubled candidate here and there (Wall Street Journal). adj. pork-barrel. </DL> <A NAME="porkbarreling"> pork-barreling, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD>noun the use of Federal or state appropriations for private or political advantage. <DD>adj. given to or engaged in pork-barreling. Ex. pork-barreling politicians. </DL> <A HREF="porker.dic">NEXT</A>