Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
panning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Pan |
panacea |
noun |
A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction., The herb allheal. |
panache |
noun |
A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers. |
pancake |
noun |
A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack. |
pandean |
adjective |
Of or relating to the god Pan. |
pandect |
noun |
A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science., The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law. |
pandoor |
noun |
Same as Pandour. |
pandora |
noun |
A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it., A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex. |
pandore |
noun |
An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore. |
pandour |
noun |
One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; — so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came. |
paneled |
imp. & past participle |
of Panel |
panfuls |
plural |
of Panful |
pangful |
adjective |
Full of pangs. |
panical |
adjective |
See Panic, a. |
panicle |
noun |
A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end. |
panicum |
noun |
A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass. |
pannade |
noun |
The curvet of a horse. |
pannage |
noun |
The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; — called also pawns., A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods. |
pannary |
adjective |
See Panary. |
pannier |
noun |
A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass, A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy’s missiles., A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London., A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle. |
pannose |
adjective |
Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth. |
panoply |
noun |
Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor. |
panshon |
noun |
An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, — used for holding milk and for various other purposes. |
pansied |
adjective |
Covered or adorned with pansies. |
pansies |
plural |
of Pansy |
panting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Pant |
panther |
noun |
A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoologists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body., In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar. |
pantile |
noun |
A roofing tile, of peculiar form, having a transverse section resembling an elongated S laid on its side (/). |
pantler |
noun |
The servant or officer, in a great family, who has charge of the bread and the pantry. |
panurgy |
noun |
Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft. |
panyard |
noun |
See Pannier. |