shih tzu 
(shē dz)
(shē dz)n.
A dog of a breed developed in China, probably from a Tibetan breed, having a long flowing coat, short legs, a square muzzle, and a tail that curls over the back.
[Mandarin shīzi (gǒu), lion (dog), shih tzu, from Middle Chinese ʂr̩ tsz̩´, lion, from earlier *srij-tsəʔ, probably from Tocharian B ṣecake, lion (with the second syllable of the Tocharian word reanalyzed as the Old Chinese noun formative suffix *tsəʔ; see GYOZA); akin to Tocharian A śiśäk, lion, of unknown origin.]
shih tzu- periodic law
- periodic motion
- periodic sentence
- Periodic Table
- periodontal
- periodontally
- periodontia
- periodontic
- periodontical
- periodontics
- periodontist
- perionychium
- periosteal
- periosteous
- periosteum
- periostitic
- periostitis
- periostracum
- periotic
- peripatetic
- peripatus
- peripeteia
- peripetia
- peripety
- peripheral