8 letter word starting with pa

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pabulous adjective Affording pabulum, or food; alimental.
pacation noun The act of pacifying; a peacemaking.
pachalic adjective & noun See Pashalic.
parchesi noun A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India., See Pachisi.
pachonta noun A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata.
pachyote noun One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears.
pacified imp. & past participle of Pacify
pacinian adjective Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century.
packeted imp. & past participle of Packet
packfong noun A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.
paddling present participle & vb. noun of Paddle
padelion noun A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady’s mantle.
padishah noun Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; — a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia.
padrones plural of Padrone
paduasoy noun A rich and heavy silk stuff.
paducahs noun pl. See Comanches.
paeonine noun An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also red coralline.
pagandom noun The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism.
paganish adjective Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish.
paganism noun The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.
paganity noun The state of being a pagan; paganism.
paganize verb t. To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism., To behave like pagans.
pagehood noun The state of being a page.
pagodite noun Agalmatolite; — so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.
pagurian noun Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit.
pahoehoe noun A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a.
pailfuls plural of Pailful
pailmall noun & adjective See Pall-mall.
painable adjective Causing pain; painful.
painless adjective Free from pain; without pain.
painting present participle & vb. noun of Paint, The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors., The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture., Color laid on; paint., A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
painture verb t. The art of painting.
pairment noun Impairment.
palatial adjective Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures., Palatal; palatine., A palatal letter.
palatine adjective Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges., One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count., The Palatine hill in Rome., Of or pertaining to the palate., A palatine bone.
palative adjective Pleasing to the taste; palatable.
palatize verb t. To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound.
paleface noun A white person; — an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians.
paleness noun The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness.
palenque noun pl. A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.
paleolae plural of Paleola
palestra noun A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general., A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.
palewise adverb In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise.
palgrave noun See Palsgrave.
paliform adjective Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.
palilogy noun The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, “The living, the living, he shall praise thee.”
palinode noun An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode., A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.
palinody noun See Palinode.
palisade noun A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense., Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes., To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.
palisado noun A palisade., To palisade.
palladic adjective Of, pertaining to, or derived from, palladium; — used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with palladious compounds.
palliard noun A born beggar; a vagabond., A lecher; a lewd person.
palliate adjective Covered with a mant/e; cloaked; disguised., Eased; mitigated; alleviated., To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide., To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults., To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease.
pallidly adverb In a pallid manner.
palliums plural of Pallium
palmaria plural of Palmarium
palmated adjective Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread., Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers., Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed., Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; — said of certain corals, antlers, etc.
palmette noun A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; — often called the honeysuckle ornament.
palmetto noun A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamaerops, / Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.
palmiped adjective Web-footed, as a water fowl., A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet.
palmitic adjective Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62ยก C.
palmitin noun A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryl tripalmitate.
palpable adjective Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form., Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors.
palpator noun One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.
palpebra noun The eyelid.
palpifer noun Same as Palpiger.
palpiger noun That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in insects.
palpless adjective Without a palpus.
palpocil noun A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.
palsical adjective Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic.
palstave noun A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age.
palsying present participle & vb. noun of Palsy
paltered imp. & past participle of Palter
palterer noun One who palters.
palterly adjective & adverb Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily.
paltrily adverb In a paltry manner.
paludina noun Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.
paludine adjective Of or pertaining to a marsh.
paludism noun The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes; malarial disease or disposition.
paludose adjective Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.
pampered imp. & past participle of Pamper, Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant.
pamperer noun One who, or that which, pampers.
pamperos noun pl. A tribe of Indians inhabiting the pampas of South America.
pamphlet noun A writing; a book., A small book consisting of a few sheets of printed paper, stitched together, often with a paper cover, but not bound; a short essay or written discussion, usually on a subject of current interest., To write a pamphlet or pamphlets.
panabase noun Same as Tetrahedrite.
panacean adjective Having the properties of a panacea.
pancarte noun A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions.
panchway noun A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers.
pancreas noun The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
pandanus noun A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine.
pandemic adjective Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic., A pandemic disease.
pandered imp. & past participle of Pander
panderly adjective Having the quality of a pander.
pandowdy noun A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.
panegyry noun A panegyric.
panelled of Panel
paneling present participle & vb. noun of Panel, A forming in panels; panelwork.
paneless adjective Without panes.
pangless adjective Without a pang; painless.
pangolin noun Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.
panicled adjective Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles; paniculate.
pannikel noun The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest.
pannikin noun A small pan or cup.
panorama noun A complete view in every direction., A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point., A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator.
panorpid noun Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice.
pansophy noun Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 — 1671), a Moravian educator.
pantable noun See Pantofle.
pantalet noun One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children and women; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; — chiefly in the plural.
pantheon noun A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome., The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.
pantofle noun A slipper for the foot.
pantries plural of Pantry
panurgic adjective Skilled in all kinds of work.
panzoism noun A term used to denote all of the elements or factors which constitute vitality or vital energy.
papabote noun The upland plover.
papalist noun A papist.
papality noun The papacy.
papalize verb t. To make papal., To conform to popery.
paparchy noun Government by a pope; papal rule.
papering present participle & vb. noun of Paper
papillae plural of Papilla
papillar adjective Same as Papillose.
papistic adjective Alt. of Papistical
papistry noun The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery.
pappoose noun Same as Papoose.
papulose adjective Having papulae; papillose; as, a papulose leaf.
papulous adjective Covered with, or characterized by, papulae; papulose.
papyrean adjective Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous.
papyrine noun Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.
parabola noun A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus., One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = /. See under Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes.
parabole noun Similitude; comparison.
parading present participle & vb. noun of Parade
paradigm noun An example; a model; a pattern., An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection., An illustration, as by a parable or fable.
paradise noun The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation., The abode of sanctified souls after death., A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness., An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc., A churchyard or cemetery., To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
paradoxy noun A paradoxical statement; a paradox., The quality or state of being paradoxical.
paraffin noun Alt. of Paraffine
paragoge noun The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without., Coaptation.
paragram noun A pun.
parakeet noun Same as Parrakeet., Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; — called also paroquet and paraquet.
paralian noun A dweller by the sea.
parallax noun The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different stations, or points of view., The apparent difference in position of a body (as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the earth’s surface, and as seen from some other conventional point, as the earth’s center or the sun.
parallel adjective Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes., Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; — used with to and with., Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage., A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc., Direction conformable to that of another line,, Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity., A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson’s parallel between Dryden and Pope., Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart., One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map., One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress., A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page., To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else., Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like., To equal; to match; to correspond to., To produce or adduce as a parallel., To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.
paralogy noun False reasoning; paralogism.
paralyse verb t. Same as Paralyze.
paralyze verb t. To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy., Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts.
parament noun Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; — chiefly in the plural.
paramere noun One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish.
paramour noun A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; — used of a man or a woman., Love; gallantry., Alt. of Paramours
paranoia noun Mental derangement; insanity.
para nut The Brazil nut.
parapegm noun An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place.
paraphed imp. & past participle of Paraph
paraquet noun Alt. of Paraquito
parasang noun A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles.
parasita noun pl. An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc., A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata.
parasite noun One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another’s expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant., A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; — sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte., A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia., An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc., An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager., An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.
parauque noun A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South America. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker.
paravail adjective At the bottom; lowest.
paravant adverb Alt. of Paravant, In front; publicly., Beforehand; first.
paraxial adjective On either side of the axis of the skeleton.
parbreak verb i. & t. To throw out; to vomit., Vomit.
parceled imp. & past participle of Parcel
parcener noun A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate.
parching present participle & vb. noun of Parch, Scorching; burning; drying.
parclose noun A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church.
pardoned imp. & past participle of Pardon
pardoner noun One who pardons., A seller of indulgences.
parelcon noun The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.
parement noun See Parament.
parental adjective Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations., Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
parergon noun See Parergy.
parfitly adverb Perfectly.
parfourn verb t. To perform.
pargeted imp. & past participle of Parget
pargeter noun A plasterer.
parhelic adjective Of or pertaining to parhelia.
parhelia plural of Parhelion
parietes plural of Paries, The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium., The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
parietal adjective Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them., Resident within the walls or buildings of a college., Of pertaining to the parietes., Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals., Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; — said of a placenta., One of the parietal bones., One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
parietic adjective Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.
parieto- A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.
parillin noun A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; — called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.
parishen noun A parishioner.
parisian noun A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France., Of or pertaining to Paris.
paritory noun Pellitory.
parkeria noun A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.
parlance noun Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance.
parlando adjective & adverb Alt. of Parlante
parlante adjective & adverb Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.
parleyed imp. & past participle of Parley
parmesan adjective Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy.
parodist noun One who writes a parody; one who parodies.
parodies plural of Parody
parodied imp. & past participle of Parody
paroling present participle & vb. noun of Parole
paronymy noun The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymous words.
paroquet noun Same as Parrakeet.
parotoid adjective Resembling the parotid gland; — applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs., A parotoid gland.
parousia noun The nativity of our Lord., The last day.
paroxysm noun The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions., Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
parraqua noun A curassow of the genus Ortalida, allied to the guan.
parroter noun One who simply repeats what he has heard.
parrotry noun Servile imitation or repetition.
parrying present participle & vb. noun of Parry
parsoned adjective Furnished with a parson.
parsonic adjective Alt. of Parsonical
partable adjective See Partible.
partaken past participle of Partake
partaker noun One who partakes; a sharer; a participator., An accomplice; an associate; a partner.
parterre noun An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on., The pit of a theater; the parquet.
parthian adjective Of or pertaining to ancient Parthia, in Asia., A native Parthia.
partible adjective Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible.
particle noun A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust., Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue., A crumb or little piece of concecrated host., The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity., A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.
partisan noun An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest., The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy., Any member of such a corps., Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal., Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps., A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
partyism noun Devotion to party.
parvolin noun A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel.
pashalic noun The jurisdiction of a pasha.
pasilaly noun A form of speech adapted to be used by all mankind; universal language.
passable adjective Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats., Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current., Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.
passably adverb Tolerably; moderately.
passager noun A passenger; a bird or boat of passage.
passeres noun pl. An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.
passible adjective Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impressions from external agents.
pass-key noun A key for opening more locks than one; a master key.
passless adjective Having no pass; impassable.
passover noun A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb., The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the paschal lamb.
passport noun Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water., A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter., A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct., Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
passuses plural of Passus
password noun A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
pastille noun A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, — used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room., An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche., See Pastel, a crayon.
pastoral adjective Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life., Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter., A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic., A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life., A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.
pastorly adjective Appropriate to a pastor.
pastries plural of Pastry
pastured imp. & past participle of Pasture
pasturer noun One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See Agister.
patacoon noun See Pataca.
patagium noun In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body., One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.
patching present participle & vb. noun of Patch
patchery noun Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy.
patellae plural of Patella
patellar adjective Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneepan.
patented imp. & past participle of Patent
patentee noun One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.
patently adverb Openly; evidently.
paterero noun See Pederero.
paternal adjective Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care., Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate.
pathetic adjective Expressing or showing anger; passionate., Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.
pathless adjective Having no beaten path or way; untrodden; impenetrable; as, pathless woods.
patience noun The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc., The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance., Constancy in labor or application; perseverance., Sufferance; permission., A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk’s rhubarb., Solitaire.
patronal adjective Patron; protecting; favoring.
pattemar noun See Patamar.
pattened adjective Wearing pattens.
pattered imp. & past participle of Patter
patterer noun One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler.
pattypan noun A pan for baking patties., A patty.
patulous adjective Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers.
pauldron noun A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece.
paunched imp. & past participle of Paunch
pavement noun That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks., To furnish with a pavement; to pave.
pavesade noun A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.
pavidity noun Timidity.
pavilion noun A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts., A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile., A flag, colors, ensign, or banner., Same as Tent (Her.), That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant., The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube., A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky., To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.
pavonian adjective Of or pertaining to a peacock.
pavonine adjective Like, or pertaining to, the genus Pavo., Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent.
pawnable adjective Capable of being pawned.
paxillus noun One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.
paxywaxy noun See Paxwax.
parterie noun Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum Spartum and Stipa (/ Macrochloa) tenacissima, kinds of grass used in Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and mattresses.