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Capivi :: Capivi (n.) A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.

Pivot :: Pivot (n.) A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns..

Pivot :: Pivot (n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch..

Pivot :: Pivot (n.) Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise..

Pivot :: Pivot (n.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.

Pivot :: Pivot (v. t.) To place on a pivot.

Pivotal :: Pivotal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle..

Pivoted :: Pivoted (imp. & p. p.) of Pivo.

Pivoting :: Pivoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pivo.

Pupivora :: Pupivora (n. pl.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects..

Pupivorous :: Pupivorous (a.) Feeding on the pupae of insects.