| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| paas | noun | Pace, The Easter festival. |
| paca | noun | A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig. |
| pace | noun | A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step., The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; — used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces., Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace., A slow gait; a footpace., Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack., Any single movement, step, or procedure., A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall., A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web., To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps., To proceed; to pass on., To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack., To pass away; to die., To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round., To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground., To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in. |
| pack | noun | A pact., A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods., A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden., A number or quantity of connected or similar things, A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack., A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together., A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves., A shook of cask staves., A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously., A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely., An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment., A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage., To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish., To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater., To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly., Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes., To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot., To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse., To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; — sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school., To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts)., To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5., To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine., To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation., To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well., To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack., To depart in haste; — generally with off or away., To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. |
| paco | noun | Alt. of Pacos |
| pact | verb | An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. |
| pacu | noun | A South American freah-water fish (Myleies pacu), of the family Characinidae. It is highly esteemed as food. |
| page | noun | A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body., A boy child., A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground., A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack., Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania., To attend (one) as a page., One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript., Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history., The type set up for printing a page., To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios. |
| pahi | noun | A large war canoe of the Society Islands. |
| paid | imp., past participle, & adjective | Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney., Satisfied; contented., of Pay |
| pail | noun | A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, — used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover. |
| pain | noun | Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty., Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart., Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth., Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish., See Pains, labor, effort., To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish., To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him., To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child’s faults pain his parents. |
| pair | noun | A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. “A pair of beads.” Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. “Four pair of stairs.” Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.], Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes., Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen., A married couple; a man and wife., A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows., Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote., In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion., To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding., To suit; to fit, as a counterpart., Same as To pair off. See phrase below., To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another., To engage (one’s self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions., To impair. |
| pais | noun | The country; the people of the neighborhood. |
| pale | verb i. | Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue., Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon., Paleness; pallor., To turn pale; to lose color or luster., To make pale; to diminish the brightness of., A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket., That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade., A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; — often used figuratively., A stripe or band, as on a garment., One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it., A cheese scoop., A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened., To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off. |
| pali | noun | pl. of Palus., A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc., of Palus |
| pall | noun | Same as Pawl., An outer garment; a cloak mantle., A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages., Same as Pallium., A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y., A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb., A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; — used to put over the chalice., To cloak., To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls., To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken., To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite., Nausea. |
| palm | noun | The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist., A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; — used in measuring a horse’s height., A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, — used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc., The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; — so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers., The flat inner face of an anchor fluke., Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree., A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing., Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy., To handle., To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle., To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; — usually with off. |
| palp | noun | Same as Palpus., To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel. |
| paly | adjective | Pale; wanting color; dim., Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately. |
| pan- | Alt. of Panto- | |
| pane | noun | The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen., A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern., One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown., A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes., Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash., In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain., One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides., One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond. |
| pang | noun | A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death., To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. |
| pant | verb i. | To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp., Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly., To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; — said of the heart., To sigh; to flutter; to languish., To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out., To long for; to be eager after., A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp., A violent palpitation of the heart. |
| papa | noun | A child’s word for father., A parish priest in the Greek Church. |
| pape | noun | A spiritual father; specifically, the pope. |
| para | noun | A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent. |
| pard | noun | A leopard; a panther. |
| pare | verb t. | To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse’s hoof., To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; — followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies., Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen. |
| park | noun | A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king’s grant., A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like., A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York., A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery., A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown., To inclose in a park, or as in a park., To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc. |
| parr | noun | A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; — called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling., A young leveret. |
| part | noun | One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent., An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient., A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element., A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; — usually in the plural with a collective sense., Quarter; region; district; — usually in the plural., Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; — the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure., That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office., One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction., A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act., One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc., To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever., To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share., To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder., Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants., To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver., To leave; to quit., To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle., To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; — often with from., To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; — followed by with or from., To have a part or share; to partake., Partly; in a measure. |
| pash | verb t. | To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces., The head; the poll., A crushing blow., A heavy fall of rain or snow. |
| pask | noun | See Pasch. |
| pass | verb i. | To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; — usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc., To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands., To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die., To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily., To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly., To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; — followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation., To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress., To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass., To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along., To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass., To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess., To take heed; to care., To go through the intestines., To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed., To make a lunge or pass; to thrust., To decline to take an optional action when it is one’s turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline to make the trump., In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one’s own side., To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc., To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer., To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard., To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed., To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate., To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand., To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence., To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law., To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money., To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad., To emit from the bowels; to evacuate., To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure., To make, as a thrust, punto, etc., An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass., A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary., A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist., A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls., State of things; condition; predicament., Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass., Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit., Estimation; character., A part; a division. |
| past | verb | Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences., A former time or state; a state of things gone by., Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of., Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour., Above; exceeding; more than., By; beyond; as, he ran past. |
| pate | adjective | See Patte., A pie. See Patty., A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place., The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head., The skin of a calf’s head. |
| path | noun | A trodden way; a footway., A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action., To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one)., To walk or go. |
| paul | noun | See Pawl., An Italian silver coin. See Paolo. |
| paum | verb t. & i. | To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards. |
| pave | noun | The pavement., To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court., Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise. |
| pavo | noun | A genus of birds, including the peacocks., The Peacock, a constellation of the southern hemisphere. |
| pawk | noun | A small lobster. |
| pawl | noun | A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel., To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off. |
| pawn | noun | See Pan, the masticatory., A man or piece of the lowest rank., Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1., State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise., A stake hazarded in a wager., To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one’s watch., To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard. |
| payn | noun | Bread. Having |