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Palmer, päm′ėr, n. a pilgrim from the Holy Land, distinguished by his carrying a branch of palm: a cheat at cards or dice.—ns. Pal′merin, any medieval knightly hero, from the Palmerin romances, the original hero Palmerin
English · e-38699-1813Palmette, pal′met, n. an ornament, somewhat like a palm-leaf, cut or painted on mouldings, &c. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-1814 · brief source recordPalmetto, pal-met′ō, n. a name for several fan-palms, esp. the cabbage-palm of Florida, &c.: a hat made of palmetto-leaves. [Sp.,—L. palma.]
English · e-38699-1815Palmigrade, pal′mi-grād, adj. noting animals that walk on the sole of the foot and not merely on the toes: plantigrade. [L. palma, palm, gradi, to walk.]
English · e-38699-1816Palmiped, pal′mi-pēd, adj. web-footed.—n. a web-footed or swimming bird:—pl. Palmip′edes (-ēz). [L. palma, palm of the hand, pes, pedis, the foot.]
English · e-38699-1817Palmist, pal′mist, or pä′mist, n. one who tells fortunes by the lines and marks of the palm—also Pal′mister (or pä′-).—n. Pal′mistry (or pä′-), the practice of telling fortunes by the lines, &c., of the palm.
English · e-38699-1818Palmyra, pal-mī′ra, n. an East Indian palm furnishing the greater part of the palm-wine of India (Toddy).—adj. and n. Palmyrene′, pertaining to the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra or Tadmor.
English · e-38699-1819Palolo, pa-lō′lō, n. an edible annelid allied to the lugworm, found near Polynesian coral-reefs.
English · e-38699-1820 · brief source recordPalp, palp, n. a jointed sensiferous organ attached in pairs to the labium or maxilla of insects, and thus distinguished from antennæ, which are on the top of the head—also Pal′pus:—pl. Pal′pi.—adjs. Pal′pal; Palped; Pal
English · e-38699-1821Palpable, pal′pa-bl, adj. that can be touched or felt: easily perceived or found out, as lies, &c.: looking as if it might be touched or felt: obvious, gross.—ns. Palpabil′ity, Pal′pableness, quality of being palpable: o
English · e-38699-1822Palpebral, pal′pe-bral, adj. of or pertaining to the eyelids.—adjs. Pal′pebrāte, having eyebrows; Pal′pebrous, having heavy eyebrows. [L. palpebra, the eyelid.]
English · e-38699-1823Palpifer, pal′pi-fėr, n. an outer lobe of the maxilla.—adj. Palpif′erous.
English · e-38699-1824 · brief source recordPalpitate, pal′pi-tāt, v.i. to move often and quickly: to beat rapidly: to throb: to pulsate.—adj. Pal′pitant (arch.), palpitating.—n. Palpitā′tion, act of palpitating: irregular action of the heart, caused by excitement
English · e-38699-1825Palsgrave, palz′grāv, n. one who has charge of a royal household: one of a special order of nobility, esp. one of the hereditary rulers of the Palatinate:—fem. Pals′gravine.
English · e-38699-1826Palstaff, pal′staf, n. an old Celtic and Scandinavian weapon—a wedge of stone or metal fixed by a tongue in a staff. [Dan.,—Ice. pálstafr.]
English · e-38699-1827Palsy, pawl′zi, n. a loss of power or of feeling, more or less complete, in the muscles of the body: paralysis.—v.t. to affect with palsy: to deprive of action or energy: to paralyse:—pa.p. pal′sied. [Fr. paralysie—Gr. p
English · e-38699-1828Palter, pawl′tėr, v.i. to trifle in talk: to use trickery: to dodge: to shuffle: to equivocate.—n. Pal′terer. [Prob. conn. with paltry.]
English · e-38699-1829Paltry, pawl′tri, adj. mean: vile: worthless.—adv. Pal′trily.—n. Pal′triness. [Teut.; Dan. pialter, rags, Low Ger. paltrig, ragged.]
English · e-38699-1830Paludal, pal′ū-dal, adj. pertaining to marshes: marshy—also Pal′ūdine, Palū′dinous, Pal′ūdose, Palus′tral, Palus′trine.—n. Pal′udism, marsh poisoning. [L. palus, paludis, a marsh.]
English · e-38699-1831Paludamentum, pā-lū-da-men′tum, n. a military cloak worn by a Roman Imperator, or by members of his staff.—Also Palū′dament. [L.]
English · e-38699-1832Paly, pā′li, adj. pale: wanting colour: (her.) divided by pales into equal parts.
English · e-38699-1833 · brief source recordPam, pam, n. the knave of clubs at loo.
English · e-38699-1834 · brief source recordPampas, pam′paz, n.pl. vast plains, without trees, in South America, south of the Amazon—north of that river they are called llanos.—n. Pam′pas-grass, a tall, ornamental, reed-like grass with large thick silvery panicles
English · e-38699-1835Pamper, pam′pėr, v.t. to feed with fine food: to gratify to the full: to glut.—ns. Pam′peredness; Pam′perer. [A freq. from pamp, a nasalised form of pap; cf. Low Ger. pampen—pampe, pap.]
English · e-38699-1836Pampero, pam-pā′ro, n. a violent south-west wind which sweeps over the pampas of South America. [Sp.,—pampa, a plain.]
English · e-38699-1837 · brief source recordPamphlet, pam′flet, n. a small book consisting of one or more sheets stitched together, but not bound: a short essay on some interesting subject.—n. Pamphleteer′, a writer of pamphlets.—p.adj. Pamphleteer′ing, writing pa
English · e-38699-1838Pamphract, pam′frakt, adj. (rare) protected completely, as by a coat of mail. [Gr. pam, pan, all, phraktos—phrassein, to fence in.]
English · e-38699-1839Pamphysical, pam-fiz′ik-al, adj. pertaining to nature regarded as embracing all things.
English · e-38699-1840 · brief source recordPampiniform, pam-pin′i-form, adj. curling like the tendril of a vine. [L. pampinus, a tendril.]
English · e-38699-1841 · brief source recordPamplegia, pam-plē′ji-a, n. general paralysis. [Gr. pan, all, plēgē, a blow.]
English · e-38699-1842 · brief source recordPan, pan, n. a broad, shallow vessel for domestic use, or for use in the arts or manufactures: anything resembling a pan in shape, as the upper part of the skull: the part of a firelock which holds the priming.—v.t. to t
English · e-38699-1843Pan, pan, n. the Greek god of pastures, flocks, and woods, worshipped in Arcadia, and fond of music—with goat's legs and feet, and sometimes horns and ears.—n. Pan's′-pipes (see Pandean).
English · e-38699-1844Pan-American, pan-a-mer′i-kan, adj. including all the divisions of America collectively.
English · e-38699-1850 · brief source recordPan-Anglican, pan-ang′gli-kan, adj. representing or including all Christians everywhere who hold the doctrines and polity of the Anglican Church.
English · e-38699-1851Pan-handle, pan′-han′dl, n. the handle of a pan: a long narrow strip projecting like this.
English · e-38699-1894 · brief source recordPan-Presbyterian, pan-pres-bi-tē′ri-an, adj. of or pertaining to the whole body of Presbyterians.—Pan-Presbyterian Council, a council representing all the Presbyterian churches throughout the world.
English · e-38699-1929Pan-Slavic, pan′-slav′ik, adj. pertaining to all the Slavic races.—ns. Pan′-Slav′ism, a movement for the amalgamation of all the Slavonic races into one body, with one language, literature, and social polity; Pan′-Slav′i
English · e-38699-1932Panacea, pan-a-sē′a, n. a universal medicine: (bot.) the plant Allheal (Valeriana officinalis). [Gr. panakeia—pas, pan, all, akos, cure.]
English · e-38699-1845Panache, pa-nash′, n. a plume of feathers, used as a head-dress. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-1846 · brief source recordPanada, pa-nä′da, n. a dish made by boiling bread to a pulp in water, with sweetening and flavour: a batter for forcemeats. [Sp.]
English · e-38699-1847Panæsthesia, pan-es-thē′si-a, n. common sensation, as distinct from special sensations or sense-perceptions.—n. Pansæs′thetism.
English · e-38699-1848Panagia, pa-nā′ji-a, n. an epithet of the Virgin in the Eastern Church: an ornament worn hanging on the breast by Russian bishops—also Panā′ghia.—n. Panagiā′rion, a paten on which the loaf is placed, used in the 'elevati
English · e-38699-1849Panaritium, pan-a-rish′i-um, n. suppurative inflammation in a finger—same as whitlow.
English · e-38699-1852 · brief source recordPanarthritis, pan-är-thrī′tis, n. inflammation involving all the structures of a joint.
English · e-38699-1853 · brief source recordPanary, pan′a-ri, adj. of or pertaining to bread.—n. a storehouse for bread: a pantry. [L. panis, bread.]
English · e-38699-1854 · brief source recordPanathenæa, pan-ath-ē-nē′a, n.pl. the chief national festival of ancient Athens—the lesser held annually, the greater every fourth year.—adjs. Panathenæ′an, Panathenā′ic. [Gr.]
English · e-38699-1855Panax, pa-naks′, n. a genus of shrubs with radiately or pinnately compound leaves and small flowers in compound umbels, the ginseng. [Gr., 'all healing.']
English · e-38699-1856Pancake, pan′kāk, n. a thin cake of eggs, flour, sugar, and milk fried in a pan.—n. Pan′cake-ice, thin ice forming in smooth water.—Pancake Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday.
English · e-38699-1857Panch, panch, n. a thick mat made of strands of rope, used in ships in places to prevent chafing.—Also Paunch.
English · e-38699-1858 · brief source recordPanchatantra, pan-chä-tänt′rä, n. the oldest extant collection of apologues and stories in Sanskrit literature, arranged in five books.
English · e-38699-1859Pancheon, pan′chon, n. a coarse earthenware pan.—Also Panch′in. [Pannikin.]
English · e-38699-1860 · brief source recordPanclastite, pan-klas′tīt, n. an explosive substance of slightly less strength than dynamite, formed of a preparation of nitrogen and carbon. [Gr. pan, all, klastos, broken, klaein, to break.]
English · e-38699-1861Pancratium, pan-krā′ti-um, n. a contest of boxing and wrestling combined.—adjs. Pancrā′tian, Pancrat′ic.—ns. Pancrā′tiast, Pan′cratist. [Gr. pan, all, kratos, strength.]
English · e-38699-1862Pancreas, pan′krē-as, n. a conglomerate gland, lying transversely across the posterior wall of the abdomen, secreting the pancreatic juice which pours with the bile into the digestive system.—adj. Pancreat′ic, pertaining
English · e-38699-1863Pand, pand, n. (Scot.) a narrow curtain over a bed.
English · e-38699-1864 · brief source recordPanda, pan′da, n. a remarkable animal in the bear section of Carnivores found in the south-east Himalayas.—Also Chitwah, or Red bear-cat.
English · e-38699-1865Pandanus, pan-dā′nus, n. the screw-pipe, the typical genus of the Pandaneæ. [Malay.]
English · e-38699-1866 · brief source recordPandation, pan-dā′shun, n. a yielding or warping. [L. pandāre, to bend.]
English · e-38699-1867 · brief source recordPandean, pan-dē′an, adj. of or relating to the god Pan.—n. Pandē′an-pipes, or Pan's′-pipes, a musical instrument composed of reeds of various lengths, said to have been invented by Pan: a syrinx.
English · e-38699-1868Pandect, pan′dekt, n. a treatise containing the whole of any science: (pl.) the digest of Roman or civil law made by command of the Emperor Justinian in the 6th century. [L.,—Gr. pandectes—pas, pan, all, dechesthai, to r
English · e-38699-1869Pandemic, pan-dem′ik, adj. incident to a whole people, epidemic.—n. a pandemic disease.—n. Pandem′ia, a widespread disease. [Gr. pandēmios—pas, pan, all, dēmos, the people.]
English · e-38699-1870Pandemonium, pan-dē-mō′ni-um, n. the great hall of evil spirits, described in Paradise Lost: any disorderly assembly, or loud tumultuous noise. [Gr. pas, pan, all, daimōn, a demon.]
English · e-38699-1871Pander, pan′dėr, n. one who procures for another the means of gratifying his passions: a pimp.—v.t. to play the pander for.—v.i. to act as a pander: to minister to the passions.—ns. Pan′derage, act, employment, or vices
English · e-38699-1872Pandiculation, pan-dik-ū-lā′shun, n. the act of stretching one's self after sleep, &c.: restlessness before fever, hysteria, &c.: yawning.—adj. Pandic′ulāted, stretched out. [L. pandiculāri, -ātus, to stretch one's self
English · e-38699-1873Pandion, pan-dī′on, n. the genus of ospreys or fishing-hawks. [Gr., the father of Procne, who was changed into a swallow.]
English · e-38699-1874Pandit. Same as Pundit.
English · e-38699-1875 · brief source recordPandora, pan-dō′ra, n. a beautiful woman to whom Jupiter, in order to punish the theft of heavenly fire by Prometheus, gave a box containing all the ills of human life, which, on the box being opened, spread over all the
English · e-38699-1876Pandore, pan-dōr′, n. a musical instrument of the lute kind with three or four strings—also Bandore.—n. Pandū′ra, a Neapolitan musical instrument with eight metal wires, played with a quill.—adjs. Pan′durate, -d, Pandū′r
English · e-38699-1877Pandore, pan′dōr, n. an esteemed variety of oysters found near Prestonpans on the Firth of Forth.
English · e-38699-1878 · brief source recordPandour, pan′dōōr, n. a Hungarian foot-soldier in the Austrian service: a robber.—Also Pan′door. [From Pandur, a village in Hungary.]
English · e-38699-1879Pandowdy, pan-dew′di, n. a pudding baked with bread and apples.
English · e-38699-1880 · brief source recordPandy, pan′di, n. a stroke on the palm as a school punishment.—v.t. to slap. [L. pande, hold out, imper. of pandĕre, to hold out.]
English · e-38699-1881Pane, pān, n. a plate of glass: a square in a pattern: a flat division or side in any kind of work: a slash in a dress, showing an under garment, or for the insertion of a piece of cloth of different colour, &c.: a panel
English · e-38699-1882Panegoism, pan-ē′gō-izm, n. Same as Solipsism (q.v.).
English · e-38699-1883 · brief source recordPanegyric, pan-ē-jir′ik, n. an oration or eulogy in praise of some person or event: an encomium.—adjs. Panēgyr′ic, -al.—adv. Panēgyr′ically.—n. Panēgyr′icon, in the Greek Church, a collection of sermons for festivals.—v.
English · e-38699-1884Paneity, pā-nē′i-ti, n. the state of being bread. [L. panis, bread.]
English · e-38699-1885 · brief source recordPanel, pan′el, n. a rectangular piece of any material: (archit.) a flat surface with raised margins, or with a surrounding frame: a thin board on which a picture is painted: (law) a schedule containing the names of those
English · e-38699-1886Paneulogism, pan-ū′lō-jizm, n. indiscriminate eulogy.
English · e-38699-1887 · brief source recordPanful, pan′fool, n. the quantity that a pan will hold:—pl. Pan′fuls.
English · e-38699-1888 · brief source recordPang, pang, v.t. (Scot.) to cram, stuff with food.
English · e-38699-1889 · brief source recordPang, pang, n. a violent but not long-continued pain: a sudden and bitter feeling of sorrow: a throe.—v.t. to cause a pang, to torture.—adj. Pang′less, free from pain. [A form of prong, prob. modified by confusion with F
English · e-38699-1890Pangenesis, pan-jen′e-sis, n. the theory that every separate part of the whole organisation reproduces itself.—adj. Pangenet′ic. [Gr. pas, pan, all, genesis, production.]
English · e-38699-1891Pangolin, pang′gō-lin, n. the scaly ant-eater, a name given to the various species of the genus Manis belonging to the mammalian order Edentata. [Malay.]
English · e-38699-1892Pangrammatist, pan-gram′a-tist, n. one who twists all the letters of the alphabet into sentences, as in the following example: 'John P. Brady, give me a black walnut box of quite a small size.'
English · e-38699-1893Panharmonicon, pan-har-mon′i-kon, n. a mechanical musical instrument of the orchestrion class.—Also Orpheus-harmonica.
English · e-38699-1895 · brief source recordPanhellenic, pan-hel-en′ik, adj. pertaining to all Greece.—ns. Panhellē′nion, or Panhellē′nium, a council representing all the sections of the Greeks; Panhell′enism, a scheme for forming all Greeks into one political bod
English · e-38699-1896Panic, pan′ik, n. extreme or sudden fright: great terror without any visible ground or foundation: a state of terror about investments produced by some startling collapse in credit, impelling men to rush and sell what th
English · e-38699-1897Panicle, pan′i-kl, n. (bot.) a form of the arrangement of flowers on a stalk, in which the cluster is irregularly branched, as in oats.—n. Pan′ic, a grass of the genus Panicum.—adjs. Pan′icled (bot.), furnished with pani
English · e-38699-1898Panidrosis, pan-i-drō′sis, n. a perspiration over the whole body. [Gr. pas, pan, all, hidrōs, perspiration.]
English · e-38699-1899 · brief source recordPanification, pan-i-fi-kā′shun, n. a conversion into bread.—adj. Paniv′orous, eating bread.
English · e-38699-1900 · brief source recordPanionic, pan-ī-on′ik, adj. pertaining to all the Ionian peoples.
English · e-38699-1901 · brief source recordPanisc, pan′isk, n. the god Pan, represented as a satyr.
English · e-38699-1902 · brief source recordPanislamic, pan-is-lam′ik, adj. relating to all Islam, or all the Mohammedan races.—n. Panis′lamism, the idea of union amongst the Mohammedan races.
English · e-38699-1903Panjandrum, pan-jan′drum, n. an imaginary figure of great power and importance, a burlesque potentate.—Also Panjan′darum. [A gibberish word.]
English · e-38699-1904Panlogism, pan′lō-jizm, n. the theory that the universe is an outward manifestation of the Logos.
English · e-38699-1905 · brief source recordPanmelodion, pan-mē-lō′di-on, n. a keyboard musical instrument whose tone is produced by wheels rubbing on metal bars.
English · e-38699-1906 · brief source recordPanmixia, pan-mik′si-a, n. (biol.) cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ.
English · e-38699-1907 · brief source recordPannade, pa-nād′, n. the curvet of a horse.
English · e-38699-1908 · brief source recordPannage, pan′āj, n. food picked up by swine in the woods, mast; also the right to this.
English · e-38699-1909 · brief source recordPannel. Same as Panel.
English · e-38699-1910 · brief source recordPanniculus, pa-nik′ū-lus, n. a thin, sheet-like investment. [L., dim. of pannus, a cloth.]
English · e-38699-1911 · brief source recordPannier, pan′yėr, or pan′i-ėr, n. a bread-basket: one of two baskets thrown across a horse's back, for carrying light produce to market: (archit.) a corbel: a contrivance for puffing out a woman's dress at the hips: a pi
English · e-38699-1912Pannikel, pan′i-kl, n. the brain-pan: (Spens.) the skull. [Dim. of pan.]
English · e-38699-1913 · brief source recordPannikin, pan′i-kin, n. a small pan or saucer.
English · e-38699-1914 · brief source recordPannose, pan′ōs, adj. (bot.) like felt in texture. [L. pannosus—pannus, cloth.]
English · e-38699-1915 · brief source recordPannus, pan′us, n. an opaque vascular membrane over the cornea: a tent for a wound: a birth-mark on the skin. [L., 'cloth.']
English · e-38699-1916Pannuscorium, pan-us-kō′ri-um, n. a leather-cloth for boots. [L. pannus, cloth, corium, leather.]
English · e-38699-1917 · brief source recordPanocha, pa-nō′cha, n. a Mexican coarse sugar.
English · e-38699-1918 · brief source recordPanochia, pa-nō′chi-a, n. bubo in the groin or armpit. [Gr. cheia, a hole.]
English · e-38699-1919 · brief source recordPanoistic, pan-ō-is′tik, adj. producing ova only—opp. to Meroistic. [Gr. ōon, an egg.]
English · e-38699-1920 · brief source recordPanophobia, pan-ō-fō′bi-a, n. a morbid fear of everything. [Gr. pas, pan, all, phobos, fear.]
English · e-38699-1921 · brief source recordPanophthalmitis, pan-of-thal-mī′tis, n. suppurative inflammation of the whole eye.
English · e-38699-1922 · brief source recordPanoply, pan′ō-pli, n. complete armour: a full suit of armour.—adj. Pan′oplied, dressed in panoply: completely armed.—n. Pan′oplist, one so armed. [Gr. panoplia—pas, pan, all, hopla (pl.), arms.]
English · e-38699-1923Panopticon, pan-op′ti-kon, n. a prison so constructed that all the prisoners can be watched from one point: an exhibition room. [Gr. pas, pan, all, horaein, fut. opsesthai, to see.]
English · e-38699-1924Panorama, pan-ō-rä′ma, n. a wide or complete view: a picture giving views of objects in all directions: a picture representing a number of scenes unrolled and made to pass before the spectator.—adj. Panora′mic. [Gr. pan,
English · e-38699-1925Panotitis, pan-ō-tī′tis, n. inflammation in both the middle and internal ear.
English · e-38699-1926 · brief source recordPanotype, pan′ō-tīp, n. a picture made by the collodion process.
English · e-38699-1927 · brief source recordPanpharmacon, pan-far′ma-kon, n. a universal remedy.
English · e-38699-1928 · brief source recordPansclerosis, pan-skle-rō′sis, n. complete thickening and hardening of the interstitial tissue of a part.
English · e-38699-1930 · brief source recordPanser, pan′sėr, n. an ancient piece of armour for the abdomen. [O. Fr. pansiere—panse, the belly—L. pantex, the belly.]
English · e-38699-1931Pansophy, pan′sō-fi, n. a scheme of universal knowledge, esp. that of the educational reformer, John Amos Comenius (1592-1671): the pretence of universal wisdom.—adjs. Pansoph′ic, -al. [Gr. pas, pan, all, sophia, wisdom.
English · e-38699-1933Panspermatism, pan-sper′ma-tizm, n. the theory of the widespread diffusion of germs—also Pansper′my.—n. Pansper′matist, a holder of this.—adj. Pansper′mic. [Gr. pas, pan, all, sperma, seed.]
English · e-38699-1934Panstereorama, pan-ster-ē-ō-rä′ma, n. a model showing every part in proportional relief, as of a building. [Gr. pas, pan, all, stereos, solid, horama, a view.]
English · e-38699-1935Pansy, pan′zi, n. a species of violet developed by cultivation into large blossoms of great variety of colour—also Heart's-ease, Love-in-idleness:—pl. Pan′sies.—adj. Pan′sied. [Fr. pensée—penser, to think—L. pensāre, to
English · e-38699-1936Pant, pant, v.i. to breathe hard and quickly: to show excitement by quickness of breathing: to gasp: to throb: to desire ardently: to heave, as the breast: to bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, &c.—v.t. to gas
English · e-38699-1937Pantagamy, pan-tag′a-mi, n. a system of communistic marriage, once practised in the Oneida community. [Gr. panta, all, gamos, marriage.]
English · e-38699-1938Pantagogue, pan′ta-gōg, n. a medicine once believed capable of purging away all morbid humours. [Gr. panta, pas, all, agōgos, drawing out—agein, to lead.]
English · e-38699-1939Pantagraph, Pantagraphic, -al. Same as Pantograph, &c.
English · e-38699-1940 · brief source recordPantagruelism, pan-ta-grōō′el-izm, n. the theories and practice of Pantagruel as described by Rabelais (1483-1553)—burlesque ironical buffoonery as a cover for serious satire: empirical medical theory and practice.—adj.
English · e-38699-1941Pantaleon, pan-tal′ē-on, n. a musical instrument invented about 1700 by Pantaleon Hebenstreit, a very large dulcimer.
English · e-38699-1942 · brief source recordPantalets, pan-ta-lets′, n.pl. long frilled drawers, once worn by women and children: a removable kind of ruffle worn at the feet of women's drawers.
English · e-38699-1943Pantaloon, pan-ta-lōōn′, n. in pantomimes, a ridiculous character, a buffoon: (orig.) a ridiculous character in Italian comedy, also a garment worn by him, consisting of breeches and stockings all in one piece: (pl.) a k
English · e-38699-1944Pantatrophy, pan-tat′ro-fi, n. general atrophy of the whole body.
English · e-38699-1945 · brief source recordPantechnicon, pan-tek′ni-kon, n. a place where every species of workmanship is sold, or where furniture, &c., is stored. [Gr. pas, pan, all, technē, art.]
English · e-38699-1946Panter, pan′tėr, n. (obs.). Same as Panther.
English · e-38699-1947 · brief source recordPantheism, pan′thē-izm, n. the form of monism which identifies mind and matter, making them manifestations of one absolute being: the doctrine that there is no God apart from nature or the universe, everything being cons
English · e-38699-1948Pantheon, pan′thē-on, n. a temple dedicated to all the gods, esp. the round one at Rome, built by Agrippa in 27 B.C.: all the gods of a nation considered as one body: a complete mythology. [L. panthēon—Gr. pantheion (hie
English · e-38699-1949Panther, pan′thėr, n. a fierce, spotted, carnivorous quadruped of Asia and Africa:—fem. Pan′theress. [Fr. panthère—L.,—Gr. panthēr.]
English · e-38699-1950Pantile, pan′tīl, n. a tile with a curved surface, convex or concave with reference to its width: a tile whose cross-section forms a double curve, forming a tegula and imbrex both in one.—adj. dissenting—chapels being of
English · e-38699-1951Pantisocrasy, pan-ti-sok′ra-si, n. a Utopian community in which all are of equal rank or social position. [Gr. pas, pantos, all, isos, equal, kratein, to rule.]
English · e-38699-1952Pantler, pant′lėr, n. (Shak.) the officer in a great family who had charge of the bread and other provisions. [Fr. panetier—L. panis, bread.]
English · e-38699-1953Pantochronometer, pan-tō-kro-nom′e-tėr, n. a combination of compass, sun-dial, and universal sun-dial.
English · e-38699-1954 · brief source recordPantoffle, pan′tof'l, n. a slipper. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-1955 · brief source recordPantograph, pan′tō-graf, n. an instrument for copying drawings, plans, &c. on the same, or a different, scale from the original.—adjs. Pantograph′ic, -al, pertaining to, or done by, a pantograph.—n. Pantog′raphy, general
English · e-38699-1956Pantology, pan-tol′o-ji, n. universal knowledge: a view of all branches of knowledge: a book of universal information.—adj. Pantolog′ic.—n. Pantol′ogist. [Gr. pas, pantos, all, logia, description.]
English · e-38699-1957Pantometer, pan-tom′e-tėr, n. an instrument for measuring angles and perpendiculars.—n. Pantom′etry.
English · e-38699-1958 · brief source recordPantomime, pan′tō-mīm, n. one who expresses his meaning by action without speaking: a play or an entertainment in dumb show: an entertainment in a theatre, usually about Christmas-time, in which some well-known story is
English · e-38699-1959Pantomorph, pan′tō-morf, n. that which exists in all shapes.—adj. Pantomor′phic.
English · e-38699-1960 · brief source recordPanton, pan′ton, n. a horse-shoe for curing a narrow and hoof-bound heel: an idle fellow.
English · e-38699-1961 · brief source recordPantophagy, pan-tof′a-ji, n. morbid hunger for all kinds of food.—n. Pantoph′agist.—adj. Pantoph′agous. [Gr. panta, all, phagein, to eat.]
English · e-38699-1962Pantoscope, pan′tō-skōp, n. a panoramic camera: a very wide-angled photographic lens.—adj. Pantoscop′ic, giving a wide range of vision.
English · e-38699-1963Pantostomatous, pan-tō-stom′a-tus, adj. ingesting food at any point on the surface of the body.
English · e-38699-1964 · brief source recordPantry, pan′tri, n. a room or closet for provisions and table furnishings, or where plate, knives, &c. are cleaned. [Fr. paneterie, a place where bread is distributed—Low L. panitaria—L. panis, bread.]
English · e-38699-1965Pants, n.pl. (coll.) trousers, abbrev. of pantaloons.
English · e-38699-1966 · brief source recordPanurgic, pan-ur′jik, adj. able to do all kinds of work. [Gr. pan, all, ergon, work.]
English · e-38699-1967 · brief source recordPanzoism, pan-zō′izm, n. the sum of the elements that make up vital force. [Gr. pas, pan, all, zōē, life.]
English · e-38699-1968 · brief source recordPap, pap, n. soft food for infants: pulp of fruit: nourishment: (slang) the emoluments or perquisites of public office.—v.t. to feed with pap.—adjs. Papes′cent, Pap′py.—ns. Pap′meat, soft food for infants; Pap′spoon, a s
English · e-38699-1969Pap, pap, n. a nipple or teat: a woman's breast: a round conical hill, as the Paps of Jura.
English · e-38699-1970 · brief source recordPapa, pa-pä′, or pä′pa, n. father: a bishop: a priest of the Greek Church. [Imit.]
English · e-38699-1971 · brief source recordPapacy, pā′pa-si, n. the office of the Pope: the authority of the Pope: popery: the Popes, as a body.—adj. Pā′pal, belonging to, or relating to, the Pope or to popery: popish.—v.t. Pā′palise, to make papal.—v.i. to confo
English · e-38699-1972Papain, pä′pa-in, n. a nitrogenous body, isolated from the juice of the papaw, one of the digestive ferments applied in some cases of dyspepsia, either internally or for the predigestion of food.
English · e-38699-1973Papaverous, pa-pav′ėr-us, adj. resembling or having the qualities of the poppy.—adj. Papaverā′ceous, of or like the poppy. [L. papaver, the poppy.]
English · e-38699-1974Papaw, pa-paw′, n. the tree Carica papaya, or its fruit, native to South America, but common in the tropics, the trunk, leaves, and fruit yielding papain (q.v.), the leaves forming a powerful anthelmintic: the tree Asimi
English · e-38699-1975Paper, pā′pėr, n. the material made from rags or vegetable fibres on which we commonly write and print: a piece of paper: a written or printed document or instrument, note, receipt, bill, bond, deed, &c.: a newspaper: an
English · e-38699-1976Papeterie, pap-e-trē′, n. a box containing paper, &c., for writing purposes: stationery. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-1977 · brief source recordPaphian, pā′fi-an, adj. pertaining to Paphos in Cyprus, sacred to Aphrodite: lascivious.—n. a native of Paphos, a votary of Aphrodite: a whore.
English · e-38699-1978Papier-mâché, pap′yā-mä′shā, n. a material consisting either of paper-pulp or of sheets of paper pasted together, which by a peculiar treatment resembles varnished or lacquered wood in one class of articles made of it, a
English · e-38699-1979Papilionaceous, pa-pil-yo-nā′shus, adj. (bot.) having a flower shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the bean, pea, &c. [L. papilio, -onis, a butterfly.]
English · e-38699-1980Papilla, pa-pil′a, n. one of the minute elevations on the skin, esp. on the upper surface of the tongue and on the tips of the fingers, and in which the nerves terminate: (bot.) a nipple-like protuberance:—pl. Papill′æ.—
English · e-38699-1981Papillote, pap′il-ōt, n. a curl-paper, from its fancied resemblance to a butterfly. [Fr., from papillot, old form of papillon, butterfly—L. papilio.]
English · e-38699-1982Papist, pā′pist, n. an adherent of the Pope: a name slightingly given to a Roman Catholic—(prov.) Pā′pish, Pā′pisher.—n. Pā′pism, popery.—adjs. Pāpist′ic, -al, pertaining to popery, or to the Church of Rome, its doctrine
English · e-38699-1983Papoose, pap-ōōs′, n. a N. Amer. Indian infant, usually wrapped up, fixed to a board, and thus carried by its mother or hung up for safety.—Also Pappoose′.
English · e-38699-1984Pappus, pap′us, n. (bot.) the fine hair or down which grows on the seeds of some plants: the first hair on the chin.—adjs. Pappif′erous, bearing a pappus; Pappōse′, Papp′ous, provided or covered with down. [L. pappus—Gr.
English · e-38699-1985Papuan, pap′ū-an, adj. pertaining to Papua or New Guinea.—n. an inhabitant of Papua: one of a race of black colour, dolichocephalic, with rough and frizzly hair, inhabiting many of the islands of the Pacific near Austral
English · e-38699-1986Papulose, pap′ū-lōs, adj. full of pimples—also Pap′ūlous.—n. Pap′ūla, a small inflammatory pustule, a pimple:—pl. Pap′ūlæ.—adj. Pap′ūlar.—ns. Papūlā′tion, the development of papules; Pap′ūle, a pimple.—adj. Papulif′erous
English · e-38699-1987Papyrus, pa-pī′rus, n. an Egyptian sedge, now scarcely found there, from the inner pith (byblos) of which the ancients made their paper: a manuscript on papyrus:—pl. Papy′rī.—adjs. Papyrā′ceous, Pap′yral, Papyr′ēan, Pap′
English · e-38699-1988Par, pär, n. state of equality: equal value, the norm or standard: state or value of bills, shares, &c. when they sell at exactly the price marked on them—i.e. without premium or discount: equality of condition.—v.t. to
English · e-38699-1989Par, pär, n. Same as Parr.
English · e-38699-1990 · brief source recordPara, pa-rä′, n. a coin of copper, silver, or mixed metal in use in Turkey and Egypt, the 40th part of a piastre, and worth about 1⁄18th of a penny in Turkey and 1⁄16th in Egypt.
English · e-38699-1991Parabaptism, par-a-bap′tizm, n. uncanonical baptism.
English · e-38699-1992 · brief source recordParabasis, pa-rab′a-sis, n. the chief of the choral parts in ancient Greek comedy, usually an address from the poet to the public. [Gr., para, beside, basis—bainein, to walk.]
English · e-38699-1993Parabema, par-a-bē′ma, n. in Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture, the chapel of the prothesis or the diaconicon, or sacristy, where divided by walls from the bema or sanctuary:—pl. Parabē′mata.—adj. Parabemat′ic.
English · e-38699-1994Parablast, par′a-blast, n. the supplementary or nutritive yolk of a meroblastic egg or metovum—as distinguished from the archiblast, or formative yolk.—adj. Parablast′ic. [Gr. para, beside, blastos, a germ.]
English · e-38699-1995Parable, par′a-bl, n. a comparison: a fable or story of something which might have happened, told to illustrate some doctrine, or to make some duty clear: (B.) an apologue, proverb (Ps. lxxviii. 2, Hab. ii. 6).—v.t. to r
English · e-38699-1996Parablepsis, par-a-blep′sis, n. false vision.—Also Par′ablepsy. [Gr. para, beside, blepsis—bleptein, to see.]
English · e-38699-1997 · brief source recordParabola, par-ab′o-la, n. (geom.) a curve or conic section, formed by cutting a cone with a plane parallel to its slope (for illustration, see Cone).—adjs. Parabol′ic; Parabol′iform.—n. Parab′oloid, the solid which would
English · e-38699-1998Parabolanus, par-a-bō-lā′nus, n. in the early Eastern Church, a lay assistant to the clergy for waiting on the sick. [Gr. parabolos, reckless.]
English · e-38699-1999Parabole, par-ab′o-le, n. (rhet.) a parable, a comparison or similitude. [Gr.; cf. Parable.]
English · e-38699-2000 · brief source recordParacelsian, par-a-sel′si-an, adj. of or relating to the famous Swiss philosopher and physician, Paracelsus (1490-1541), or resembling his theories or practice. The name was coined for himself by Theophrastus Bombastus v
English · e-38699-2001Paracentesis, par-a-sen-tē′sis, n. (surg.) the perforation of a cavity with a trocar, &c., tapping. [Gr., para, beside, kentein, to pierce.]
English · e-38699-2002Paracentral, par-a-sen′tral, adj. situated next a centrum.—adj. Paracen′tric, approaching to the centre or receding from it.
English · e-38699-2003Parachordal, par-a-kōr′dal, adj. (biol.) lying alongside the cranial part of the notochord. [Gr. para, beside, chordē, a chord.]
English · e-38699-2004Parachromatism, par-a-krō′ma-tizm, n. colour-blindness. [Gr. para, beside, chroma, colour.]
English · e-38699-2005 · brief source recordParachronism, par-ak′ron-izm, n. an error in dating an event by which it is made to appear later than it really was. [Gr., para, beside, chronos, time.]
English · e-38699-2006Parachrose, par′a-krōs, adj. (min.) changing colour by exposure to weather. [Gr., para, beside, chroa, colour.]
English · e-38699-2007 · brief source recordParachute, par′a-shōōt, n. an apparatus like an umbrella for descending safely from a balloon.—v.t. and v.i. to descend by means of such.—n. Par′achutist. [Fr., for par' à chute, from Fr. parer—L. parāre, to prepare, chu
English · e-38699-2008Paraclete, par′a-klēt, n. the Comforter, Advocate, or Intercessor of John, xiv. 16, 26, 1 John, ii. 1, &c.—the Holy Ghost or Spirit.—ns. Paraclēt′ice, Paraclēt′icon, an office-book in the Greek Church containing the trop
English · e-38699-2009Paracme, pa-rak′mē, n. (biol.) the decadence of an evolutionary series of organisms after reaching its highest point of development. [Gr. para, beside, akmē, a point.]
English · e-38699-2010Paracolpitis, par-a-kol-pī′tis, n. inflammation of the outer coat of the vagina. [Gr. para, beside, kolpos, the womb.]
English · e-38699-2011 · brief source recordParacorolla, par-a-kō-rol′a, n. (bot.) a crown or appendage of a corolla, usually as a nectary. [Gr. para, beside, L. corolla.]
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