| p
|
the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet |
P |
| pa
|
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk |
dada,
pop,
dad,
daddy,
papa,
pappa |
| pablum
|
worthless or oversimplified ideas |
pap |
| pabulum
|
any substance that can be used as food |
eatable,
edible,
victual,
victuals,
comestible |
| pabulum
|
insipid intellectual nourishment |
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| paca
|
large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food |
Cuniculus paca |
| pace
|
the rate of moving (especially walking or running) |
gait |
| pace
|
the distance covered by a step |
step,
stride,
footstep |
| pace
|
the relative speed of progress or change |
rate |
| pace
|
a step in walking or running |
stride,
tread |
| pace
|
the rate of some repeating event |
tempo |
| pace
|
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride |
yard |
| pacemaker
|
a leading instance in its field |
pacesetter |
| pacemaker
|
a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat |
SA node,
sinoatrial node,
cardiac pacemaker |
| pacemaker
|
an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker |
artificial pacemaker |
| pacemaker
|
a horse used to set the pace in racing |
pacesetter,
pacer |
| pacer
|
a horse used to set the pace in racing |
pacemaker,
pacesetter |
| pacer
|
a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together |
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| pacesetter
|
a leading instance in its field |
pacemaker |
| pacesetter
|
a horse used to set the pace in racing |
pacemaker,
pacer |
| pacha
|
a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt |
pasha |
| pachinko
|
a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board |
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| pachisi
|
an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board |
parchesi,
parchisi |
| pachouli
|
small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes |
patchouli,
patchouly,
Pogostemon cablin |
| pachouli
|
a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant |
patchouli,
patchouly |
| pachuco
|
a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes |
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| pachycephalosaur
|
bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found |
pachycephalosaurus |
| pachycephalosaurus
|
bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found |
pachycephalosaur |
| pachycheilia
|
an abnormal thickness of the lips |
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| pachyderm
|
any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus |
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| pachyderma
|
thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction |
nevoid elephantiasis |
| pachysandra
|
any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover |
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| pachytene
|
the third stage of the prophase of meiosis |
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| pacification
|
the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined |
mollification |
| pacification
|
a treaty to cease hostilities |
peace,
peace treaty |
| pacification
|
actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency |
counterinsurgency |
| pacificism
|
the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable |
pacifism,
passivism |
| pacificism
|
the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration |
pacifism |
| pacificist
|
someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes |
disarmer,
pacifist |
| pacifier
|
someone who tries to bring peace |
reconciler,
make-peace,
peacemaker,
conciliator |
| pacifier
|
anything that serves to pacify |
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| pacifier
|
device used for an infant to suck or bite on |
comforter,
baby's dummy,
teething ring |
| pacifism
|
the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable |
pacificism,
passivism |
| pacifism
|
the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration |
pacificism |
| pacifist
|
someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes |
disarmer,
pacificist |
| pacing
|
(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played |
tempo |
| pacing
|
walking with slow regular strides |
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| pack
|
a large indefinite quantity |
multitude,
battalion,
plurality,
large number |
| pack
|
a complete collection of similar things |
- |
| pack
|
a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) |
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| pack
|
an association of criminals |
ring,
mob,
gang |
| pack
|
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose |
camp,
ingroup,
inner circle,
clique,
coterie |
| pack
|
a group of hunting animals |
- |
| pack
|
a cream that cleanses and tones the skin |
face pack |
| pack
|
a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect |
- |
| pack
|
a bundle (especially one carried on the back) |
- |
| package
|
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together |
parcel,
packet,
bundle |
| package
|
a wrapped container |
parcel |
| package
|
(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory |
software package,
software,
software program,
software system,
computer software |
| packaging
|
the business of packing |
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| packaging
|
a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution |
promotion,
promo,
promotional material,
publicity |
| packaging
|
material used to make packages |
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| packer
|
a workman employed to pack things into containers |
bagger,
boxer |
| packer
|
a wholesaler in the meat-packing business |
meat packer |
| packer
|
a hiker who wears a backpack |
backpacker |
| packet
|
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together |
parcel,
package,
bundle |
| packet
|
(computer science) a message or message fragment |
- |
| packet
|
a small package or bundle |
- |
| packet
|
a boat for carrying mail |
mail boat,
mailboat,
packet boat |
| packhorse
|
a workhorse used as a pack animal |
- |
| packing
|
any material used especially to protect something |
packing material,
wadding |
| packing
|
the enclosure of something in a package or box |
boxing |
| packing
|
carrying something in a pack on the back |
backpacking |
| packinghouse
|
a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed |
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| packinghouse
|
a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products |
packing plant |
| packman
|
someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) |
hawker,
peddler,
pedlar,
pitchman |
| packrat
|
a collector of miscellaneous useless objects |
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| packrat
|
any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects |
Neotoma cinerea,
pack rat,
bushytail woodrat,
trade rat |
| packsack
|
a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder |
rucksack,
haversack,
knapsack,
back pack,
backpack |
| packsaddle
|
a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached |
- |
| packthread
|
a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages |
- |
| pact
|
a written agreement between two states or sovereigns |
accord,
treaty |
| paczki
|
A traditional Polish doughnut. |
- |
| pad
|
a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge |
pad of paper,
tablet |
| pad
|
the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily) |
- |
| pad
|
a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp |
inking pad,
inkpad,
stamp pad |
| pad
|
a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort |
- |
| pad
|
a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched |
launch area,
launch pad,
launching pad,
launchpad |
| pad
|
temporary living quarters |
diggings,
digs,
domiciliation,
lodgings |
| pad
|
the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger |
- |
| padauk
|
tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain |
Pterocarpus indicus,
padouk,
amboyna |
| padauk
|
the wood of any of the padauk trees, used in decorative cabinetwork. |
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| padder
|
a highwayman who robs on foot |
footpad |
| padding
|
artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort |
cushioning |
| paddle
|
small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games |
- |
| paddle
|
a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel |
- |
| paddle
|
an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board |
- |
| paddle
|
a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat |
boat paddle |
| paddlefish
|
primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout |
duckbill,
Polyodon spathula |
| paddler
|
someone paddling a canoe |
canoeist |
| paddlewheel
|
a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat |
paddle wheel |
| paddock
|
pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race |
- |
| paddy
|
an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown |
rice paddy,
paddy field |
| paddy
|
rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field |
- |
| paddymelon
|
small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea |
pademelon |
| pademelon
|
small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea |
paddymelon |
| padlock
|
a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut |
- |
| padouk
|
tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain |
padauk,
Pterocarpus indicus,
amboyna |
| padre
|
a chaplain in one of the military services |
Holy Joe,
military chaplain,
sky pilot |
| padrone
|
an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy |
- |
| padrone
|
an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S. |
- |
| paean
|
a formal expression of praise |
panegyric,
pean,
encomium,
eulogy |
| paean
|
(ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) |
pean |
| paederast
|
a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner |
pederast,
child molester |
| paederasty
|
sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) |
pederasty |
| paediatrician
|
a specialist in the care of babies |
pediatrician,
pediatrist,
baby doctor |
| paediatrics
|
the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children |
pediatric medicine,
pediatrics,
pedology |
| paedophile
|
an adult who is sexually attracted to children |
pedophile |
| paedophilia
|
a sexual attraction to children |
pedophilia |
| paella
|
saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken |
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| paeony
|
any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers |
peony |
| pagan
|
a person who does not acknowledge your god |
infidel,
heathen,
gentile |
| pagan
|
a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew) |
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| pagan
|
someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures |
hedonist,
pleasure seeker |
| paganism
|
any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism |
heathenism,
pagan religion |
| page
|
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains |
- |
| page
|
a boy who is employed to run errands |
pageboy |
| page
|
a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings |
- |
| page
|
in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood |
varlet |
| pageant
|
an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes |
pageantry |
| pageant
|
a rich and spectacular ceremony |
pageantry |
| pageantry
|
a rich and spectacular ceremony |
pageant |
| pageantry
|
an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes |
pageant |
| pageboy
|
a boy who is employed to run errands |
page |
| pageboy
|
a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward |
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| pager
|
an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged |
beeper |
| pagination
|
the system of numbering pages |
folio,
page number,
paging |
| paging
|
calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system) |
- |
| paging
|
the system of numbering pages |
folio,
page number,
pagination |
| pagoda
|
an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof |
- |
| pahautea
|
evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka |
mountain pine,
Libocedrus bidwillii |
| pahoehoe
|
freely flowing lava |
- |
| paigle
|
Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel |
Primula elatior,
oxlip |
| paigle
|
early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers |
Primula veris,
cowslip |
| pail
|
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top |
bucket |
| pail
|
the quantity contained in a pail |
pailful |
| pailful
|
the quantity contained in a pail |
pail |
| paillasse
|
mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust |
palliasse |
| pain
|
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
hurting |
| pain
|
emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid |
painfulness |
| pain
|
a somatic sensation of acute discomfort |
pain sensation,
painful sensation |
| pain
|
a bothersome annoying person |
nuisance,
pain in the neck |
| pain
|
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness |
infliction,
annoyance,
pain in the ass,
pain in the neck,
bother,
botheration |
| painfulness
|
emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid |
pain |
| painfulness
|
the quality of being painful |
distressingness |
| painkiller
|
a medicine used to relieve pain |
pain pill,
analgesic,
anodyne |
| painlessness
|
The quality of being free from pain, without pain or trouble. |
- |
| painlessness
|
Ease; lack of difficulty. |
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| pains
|
an effortful attempt to attain a goal |
strain,
nisus,
striving |
| painstakingness
|
the trait of being painstaking and careful |
conscientiousness |
| paint
|
a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating |
pigment |
| paint
|
(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court |
key |
| paint
|
makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks |
blush,
rouge,
blusher |
| paintball
|
a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball |
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| paintball
|
a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them |
- |
| paintbox
|
a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint |
- |
| paintbrush
|
a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint) |
- |
| painter
|
an artist who paints |
- |
| painter
|
a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint |
- |
| painter
|
a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing) |
- |
| painter
|
large American feline resembling a lion |
mountain lion,
panther,
puma,
catamount,
cougar,
Felis concolor |
| painting
|
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface |
picture |
| painting
|
creating a picture with paints |
- |
| painting
|
the act of applying paint to a surface |
- |
| painting
|
the occupation of a house painter |
house painting |
| pair
|
a set of two similar things considered as a unit |
brace |
| pair
|
two items of the same kind |
duet,
span,
duo,
couple,
brace,
twosome,
yoke,
couplet,
distich,
duad,
dyad,
twain |
| pair
|
two people considered as a unit |
- |
| pair
|
a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value |
- |
| pairing
|
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes |
union,
mating,
sexual union,
conjugation,
coupling |
| pairing
|
the act of grouping things or people in pairs |
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| paisa
|
a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan |
- |
| paisley
|
a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes |
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