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Found 8 hits - Term: pacific, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pacific \pacific\ prop. n.
   the pacific ocean, the largest ocean.

   syn: pacific ocean.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
pacific ocean 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pacific \pacif"ic\, a. l. pacificus: cf. f. pacifique. see
   pacify.
   of or pertaining to peace; of a peaceful character; not
   warlike; not quarrelsome; as, a pacific nature or condition.
   wordnet sense 3

   syn: peaceable.
        1913 webster

   2. promoting peace; suited to make or restore peace;
      conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts. wordnet sense 1

   syn: irenic.
        wordnet 1.5

   3. of or pertaining to the pacific ocean; as, pacific
      islands.
      wordnet 1.5

   pacific ocean, the ocean between america and asia, so
      called by magellan, its first european navigator, on
      account of the exemption from violent tempests which he
      enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called also, simply, the
      pacific, and, formerly, the south sea.
      1913 webster

   syn: peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm;
        quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle.
        1913 webster
see also:
pacify pacific ocean pacific south sea 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pacific
     adj 1: promoting peace; "the result of this pacific policy was that
            no troops were called up"
     2: relating to or bordering the pacific ocean; "pacific
        islands"
     3: disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; "the pacific
        temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice
        rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in
        a peaceable and orderly manner" syn: peaceable
     n : the largest ocean in the world syn: pacific ocean
see also:
peaceable pacific ocean 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
91 moby thesaurus words for "pacific":
   appeasing, at peace, at rest, bloodless, broken, calm, chastened,
   civilian, cloistered, conciliatory, concordant, cool, domesticated,
   dovelike, dovish, dwindling, ebbing, even-tenored, gentle, halcyon,
   housebroken, humble, hushed, idyllic, impassive, irenic, isolated,
   lamblike, meek, mild, moldering, mollifying, nonaggressive,
   noncombatant, nonmilitant, nonviolent, orderly, pacificatory,
   pacifist, pacifistic, pacifying, pastoral, peace-loving, peaceable,
   peaceful, peacetime, piping, placative, placatory, placid,
   propitiative, propitiatory, quiescent, quiet, reconciliatory,
   reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, secluded, sequestered,
   sequestrated, serene, sheltered, smooth, soft, soothing, still,
   still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subdued,
   subsiding, tame, tamed, tranquil, unagitated, unbellicose,
   uncontentious, undisturbed, unhostile, unmilitant, unmilitary,
   unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning




[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
pacific, mo city, fips 55910
  location: 38.47833 n, 90.75292 w
  population 1990: 4350 1811 housing units
  area: 8.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 63069
pacific, wa city, fips 52495
  location: 47.26575 n, 122.24672 w
  population 1990: 4622 1815 housing units
  area: 5.1 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 98047

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
pacific -- u.s. county in washington
   population 2000:    20984
   housing units 2000: 13991
   land area 2000:     932.971294 sq. miles 2416.384456 sq. km
   water area 2000:    290.523943 sq. miles 752.453525 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1223.495237 sq. miles 3168.837981 sq. km
   located within:       washington wa, fips 53
   location:             46.538320 n, 123.805494 w
   headwords:
    pacific
    pacific, wa
    pacific county
    pacific county, wa


[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
pacific, mo -- u.s. city in missouri
   population 2000:    5482
   housing units 2000: 2343
   land area 2000:     5.422474 sq. miles 14.044143 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.006320 sq. miles 0.016369 sq. km
   total area 2000:    5.428794 sq. miles 14.060512 sq. km
   fips code:            55910
   located within:       missouri mo, fips 29
   location:             38.481503 n, 90.750015 w
   zip codes 1990:     63069
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    pacific, mo
    pacific


[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
pacific, wa -- u.s. city in washington
   population 2000:    5527
   housing units 2000: 2090
   land area 2000:     2.560997 sq. miles 6.632952 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.001244 sq. miles 0.003222 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.562241 sq. miles 6.636174 sq. km
   fips code:            52495
   located within:       washington wa, fips 53
   location:             47.263272 n, 122.247831 w
   zip codes 1990:     98047
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    pacific, wa
    pacific



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