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