Palpitated (imp. & p. p.) of Palpitate
Palpitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palpitate
Palpitate (v. i.) To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement.
Palpitation (n.) A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.
Palpless (a.) Without a palpus.
Palpocil (n.) A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.
Palpi (pl. ) of Palpus
Palpus (n.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.
Palsgrave (n.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.
Palsgravine (n.) The consort or widow of a palsgrave.
Palsical (a.) Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic.
Palsied (a.) Affected with palsy; paralyzed.
Palstave (n.) A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age.
Palster (n.) A pilgrim's staff.
Palsies (pl. ) of Palsy
Palsy (n.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.
Palsied (imp. & p. p.) of Palsy
Palsying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palsy
Palsy (v. t.) To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.
Palsywort (n.) The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.
Paltered (imp. & p. p.) of Palter
Paltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palter
Palter (v. i.) To haggle.
Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
Palter (v. i.) To babble; to chatter.
Palter (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.
Palterer (n.) One who palters.
Palterly (a. & adv.) Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily.
Paltock (n.) A kind of doublet; a jacket.
Paltrily (adv.) In a paltry manner.
Paltriness (n.) The state or quality of being paltry.
Paltry (superl.) Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.
Paludal (a.) Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy.
Paludament (n.) See Paludamentum.
Paladumenta (pl. ) of Paludamentum
Paludamentum (n.) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.
Paludicolae (n. pl.) A division of birds, including the cranes, rails, etc.
Paludicole (a.) Marsh-inhabiting; belonging to the Paludicolae
Paludinae (pl. ) of Paludina
Paludinas (pl. ) of Paludina
Paludina (n.) 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.
Paludinal (a.) Inhabiting ponds or swamps.
Paludine (a.) Of or pertaining to a marsh.
Paludinous (a.) Paludinal. (b) Like or pertaining to the genus Paludina.
Paludinous (a.) Of or pertaining to a marsh or fen.
Paludism (n.) The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes; malarial disease or disposition.
Paludose (a.) Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.
Palule (n.) See Palulus or Palus.
Paluli (pl. ) of Palulus
Palulus (n.) Same as Palus.
Pali (pl. ) of Palus
Palus (n.) One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.
Palustral (a.) Of or pertaining to a bog or marsh; boggy.
Palustrine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.
Paly (a.) Pale; wanting color; dim.
Paly (a.) Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.
Pam (n.) The knave of clubs.
Pament (n.) A pavement.
Pampano (n.) Same as Pompano.
Pampas (n. pl.) Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.
Pampered (imp. & p. p.) of Pamper
Pampering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pamper
Pamper (v. t.) To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.
Pamper (v. t.) To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination.
Pampered (a.) Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant.
Pamperer (n.) One who, or that which, pampers.
Pamperize (v. t.) To pamper.
Pampero (n.) A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage.
Pamperos (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting the pampas of South America.
Pamphlet (n.) A writing; a book.
Pamphlet (n.) 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.
Pamphlet (v. i.) To write a pamphlet or pamphlets.
Pamphleteer (n.) A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler.
Pamphleteer (v. i.) To write or publish pamphlets.
Pampiniform (a.) In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.
Pampre (n.) An ornament, composed of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, used for decorating spiral columns.
Pamprodactylous (a.) Having all the toes turned forward, as the colies.
Pan- () Alt. of Panto-
Panta- () Alt. of Panto-
Panto- () Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous.
Pan (n.) A part; a portion.
Pan (n.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
Pan (n.) A leaf of gold or silver.
Pan (v. t. & i.) To join or fit together; to unite.
Pan (n.) The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel.
Pan (n.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented.
Pan (n.) A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing.
Pan (n.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.
Pan (n.) The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
Pan (n.) The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
Pan (n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
Pan (n.) The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.
Pan (n.) A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.
Panned (imp. & p. p.) of Pan
Panning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pan
Pan (v. t.) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.
Pan (v. i.) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.
Pan (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.
Panabase (n.) Same as Tetrahedrite.
Panacea (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.