| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| paladin | noun | A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. |
| palaeo- | See Paleo-. | |
| palamme | plural | of Palama |
| palanka | noun | A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses. |
| palatal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones., Uttered by the aid of the palate; — said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk., A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y. |
| palatic | adjective | Palatal; palatine., A palatal. |
| palato- | A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to, or connection with, the palate; as in palatolingual. | |
| palaver | noun | Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery., In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate., To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully. |
| paleola | noun | A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule. |
| paleous | adjective | Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous. |
| palesie | noun | Alt. of Palesy |
| paletot | noun | An overcoat., A lady’s outer garment, — of varying fashion. |
| palette | noun | A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments., One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows., A breastplate for a breast drill. |
| palfrey | noun | A saddle horse for the road, or for state occasions, as distinguished from a war horse., A small saddle horse for ladies. |
| palissy | adjective | Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry. |
| palling | present participle & vb. noun | of Pall |
| pallial | adjective | Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. |
| pallium | noun | A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment., A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall., The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle., The mantle of a bird. |
| pallone | noun | An Italian game, played with a large leather ball. |
| palming | present participle & vb. noun | of Palm |
| palmary | adjective | Palmar., Worthy of the palm; palmy; preeminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work. |
| palmate | noun | A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate., Alt. of Palmated |
| palmite | noun | A South African plant (Prionium Palmita) of the Rush family, having long serrated leaves. The stems have been used for making brushes. |
| palmyra | noun | A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts. |
| palsied | adjective | Affected with palsy; paralyzed., of Palsy |
| palster | noun | A pilgrim’s staff. |
| palsies | plural | of Palsy |
| paltock | noun | A kind of doublet; a jacket. |
| paludal | adjective | Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy. |
| palulus | noun | Same as Palus. |