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- PALMARYWorthy of the palm; preeminent; superior.
- PALMATEHaving three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
- PALMATEDHaving digits connected by a thin membrane; webbed.
- PALMERA pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.
- PALMETTOAny of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens.
- PALMIPEDA web-footed bird.
- PALMYRAA palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
- PALPABLECapable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
- PALPATETo examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
- PALPEBRALOf, pertaining to, or located on or near the eyelids.
- PALUDALPertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, .
- PALUDAMENTSynonym of paludamentum.
- PALUDICAlternative form of paludal.
- PALUDINOUSPaludinal: characteristic of or relating to marsh, swamp or fen.
- PALUDOSEGrowing or living in marshy places; marshy.
- PANACHEAn ornamental plume on a helmet.
- PANARITIUMSThe purulent inflammation of a digit.
- PANARYA pantry or storehouse for bread.
- PANDOUROne of a class of Croatian skirmishers serving in the Austrian army.
- PANDURATEHaving a shape reminiscent of a fiddle; obovate with a pair of sinuous indentations near the base.
- PANICUMAny of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses.
- PANLOGISMThe Hegelian doctrine that the universe is the act or realization of Logos, and therefore logic and ontology are the same study.
- PANSOPHYComplete and universal knowledge, or a system of such universal knowledge.
- PANTHEISMThe belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.
- PANTRYA small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.
- PANZERA tank, especially a German one of World War II.
- PAPACYThe office of a pope.
- PAPALHaving to do with the pope or the papacy.
- PAPILIOAny butterfly of the genus Papilio.
- PAPILLONA small dog of a certain toy spaniel breed having large upright ears with a shape that resembles butterfly wings.
- PAPISTA Roman Catholic, especially one whose loyalties are seen to be with the papacy in Rome.
- PAPULEA small, inflammatory, irritated spot on the skin, similar in appearance to a pimple, but not containing pus.
- PARADEAn organized display of a group of people, particularly Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for
- PARADISIACOf or like Paradise; heavenly, delightful.
- PARADOSGenerally a screen or embankment to protect the rear of a position from enemy attack, from bomb splinters from behind, from enemy fire from a commanding height, or fire from flanki
- PARAMENTA type of elaborate robe especially as worn by someone in power or a religious official.
- PARBOILTo boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.
- PARCELA package wrapped, as for shipment or transport.
- PARENTA person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
- PARENTALOf or relating to a parent.
- PARENTHETICOf, pertaining to, or as if using parentheses
- PARGEA coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls.
- PARIESThe wall of any cavity or organ.
- PARIETALOf or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
- PARITYEquality; comparability of strength or intensity.
- PARLEParley; talk.
- PARMESANA hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma or its neighboring province Reggio Emilia.
- PARONYCHIAAn infection of the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
- PAROUSHaving given birth.
- PARRICIDALRelated to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder of one's immediate family.
- PARSNIPA biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
- PARSONAn Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
- PARTAKETo take part in an activity; to participate. [with in]
- PARTIALExisting as a part or portion; incomplete.
- PARTIBLEDivisible, able to be divided or partitioned.
- PARTICIPLEA form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there
- PARTITEDivided into parts.
- PARTITIONAn action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
- PARTYA person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
- PARVANIMITYThe state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
- PARVENUA person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained s
- PARVENUEFemale equivalent of parvenu.
- PASTERNThe part of a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof.
- PASTORSomeone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd.
- PASTORALOf or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock.
- PASTURELand, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
- PATEThe head, particularly the top or crown.
- PATELLAThe sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap.
- PATERFather.
- PATERAA broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
- PATERNALOf or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
- PATERNITYFatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
- PATIBULARYPertaining to the gallows or hanging.
- PATRIALDerived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.
- PATRIARCHALCharacteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
- PATRICIANA member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by s
- PATRICIDEThe murder of one's father.
- PATRIMONYA right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
- PATROLOGYthe study of the lives and works (especially the writings) of the Church Fathers.
- PATRONOne who protects or supports; a defender or advocate. A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.
- PATRONALpatron; protecting; favouring
- PATRONIZETo act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
- PATROONOne of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.
- PATTENAny of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
- PATTERNModel, example. Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- PATULOUSOpen; spread; exposed
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PAUNCHThe first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
- PAUPEROne who is extremely poor.
- PAVETo cover something with paving slabs.
- PAVEEDTo cover something with paving slabs.
- PAVEMENTA paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
- PAVIDfearful, timid
- PAVILIONAn ornate tent.
- PAVISMost usually, a very large shield fitted with a stand, like a small moveable wall, carried in front to protect all or most of the bearer's body that could be positioned independent
- PAVONEA peacock.
- PAVONIANOf or pertaining to the peacock
- PAYNIMA pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew.
- PEARAn edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
- PEARLA shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especial