| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| patting | present participle & vb. noun | of Pat |
| patache | noun | A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure. |
| patagia | plural | of Patagium |
| patamar | noun | A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon. |
| patched | imp. & past participle | of Patch |
| patcher | noun | One who patches or botches. |
| patella | noun | A small dish, pan, or vase., The kneepan; the cap of the knee., A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food., A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus. |
| patency | noun | The condition of being open, enlarged, or spread., The state of being patent or evident. |
| paterae | plural | of Patera |
| pathing | pr.p. & vb. noun | of Path |
| pathway | noun | A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively. |
| patible | adjective | Sufferable; tolerable; endurable. |
| patient | adjective | Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear., Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering., Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor., Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed., Forbearing; long-suffering., ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient., A person under medical or surgical treatment; — correlative to physician or nurse., To compose, to calm. |
| patness | noun | Fitness or appropriateness; striking suitableness; convenience. |
| patonce | adjective | Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; — said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross. |
| patrial | adjective | Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; — said of a noun., A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials. |
| patriot | noun | One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authority and interests., Becoming to a patriot; patriotic. |
| patrist | noun | One versed in patristics. |
| patrole | noun & verb | See Patrol, n. & v. |
| patroon | noun | One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey. |
| pattern | noun | Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine., A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance., Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern., Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern., Something made after a model; a copy., Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker’s pattern., A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it., To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate., To serve as an example for; also, to parallel. |
| patties | plural | of Patty |