| parquet | (noun) seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle | - |
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| (noun) a floor made of parquetry | Synonyms: parquet floor |
| parqueterie | (noun) a patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor | Synonyms: parquetry |
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| parquetry | (noun) a patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor | Synonyms: parqueterie |
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| parr | (noun) a young salmon up to 2 years old | - |
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| (noun) the young of various fishes | - |
| parrakeet | (noun) any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots | Synonyms: parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parroket, parroquet |
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| parricide | (noun) the murder of your own father or mother | - |
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| (noun) someone who kills his or her parent | - |
| parroket | (noun) any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots | Synonyms: parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroquet |
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| parroquet | (noun) any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots | Synonyms: parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket |
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| parrot | (noun) usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds | - |
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| (noun) a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated | - |
| parrotfish | (noun) gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth | Synonyms: polly fish, pollyfish |
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| parry | (noun) a return punch (especially by a boxer) | Synonyms: counter, counterpunch |
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| (noun) (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword | - |
| parsec | (noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years | Synonyms: secpar |
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| parser | (noun) a computer program that divides code up into functional components | - |
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| parsimoniousness | (noun) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily | Synonyms: parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift |
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| (noun) extreme stinginess | Synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness |
| parsimony | (noun) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily | Synonyms: parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, thrift |
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| (noun) extreme stinginess | Synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness, tightness |
| parsley | (noun) aromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely and used to garnish food | - |
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| (noun) annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves | Synonyms: Petroselinum crispum |
| parsnip | (noun) whitish edible root; eaten cooked | - |
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| (noun) a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root | Synonyms: Pastinaca sativa |
| (noun) the whitish root of cultivated parsnip | - |
| parson | (noun) a person authorized to conduct religious worship | Synonyms: curate, minister, minister of religion, pastor, rector |
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| parsonage | (noun) an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector | Synonyms: rectory, vicarage |
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| part | (noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: function, office, role |
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| (noun) the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | Synonyms: contribution, share |
| (noun) something less than the whole of a human artifact | Synonyms: portion |
| (noun) an item that is an instance of some type | Synonyms: piece |
| (noun) a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | Synonyms: parting |
| (noun) one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole | Synonyms: division, section |
| (noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: character, persona, role, theatrical role |
| (noun) that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation | - |
| (noun) the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music | Synonyms: voice |
| (noun) the extended spatial location of something | Synonyms: region |
| (noun) a portion of a natural object | Synonyms: piece |
| (noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | Synonyms: percentage, portion, share |
| (noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component, component part, constituent, portion |
| partaker | (noun) someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share | Synonyms: sharer |
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| parterre | (noun) seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies) | Synonyms: parquet circle |
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| (noun) an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern | - |
| parthenocarpy | (noun) (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds | - |
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| parthenogenesis | (noun) process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods | Synonyms: parthenogeny |
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| (noun) human conception without fertilization by a man | Synonyms: parthenogeny, virgin birth |
| parthenogeny | (noun) process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods | Synonyms: parthenogenesis |
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| (noun) human conception without fertilization by a man | Synonyms: parthenogenesis, virgin birth |
| parthenote | (noun) a cell resulting from parthenogenesis | - |
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| partial | (noun) the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant | Synonyms: partial derivative |
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| (noun) a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency | Synonyms: overtone, partial tone |
| partiality | (noun) an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives | Synonyms: partisanship |
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| (noun) a predisposition to like something | Synonyms: fancy, fondness |
| partialness | (noun) the state of being only a part; not total; incomplete | - |
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| participant | (noun) someone who takes part in an activity | Synonyms: player |
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| (noun) a person who participates in or is skilled at some game | Synonyms: player |
| participation | (noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | Synonyms: engagement, involution, involvement |
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| (noun) the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) | Synonyms: involvement |
| participial | (noun) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | Synonyms: participle |
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| participle | (noun) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | Synonyms: participial |
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| particle | (noun) a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs | - |
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| (noun) a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions | Synonyms: subatomic particle |
| (noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, speck |
| particular | (noun) a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | Synonyms: specific |
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| (noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class | Synonyms: particular proposition |
| (noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, item |
| particularisation | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularization |
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| particularism | (noun) a focus on something particular | - |
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| particularity | (noun) the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance | Synonyms: specialness |
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| particularization | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularisation |
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| particulate | (noun) a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) | Synonyms: particulate matter |
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| parting | (noun) the act of departing politely | Synonyms: farewell, leave-taking, leave |
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| (noun) a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | Synonyms: part |
| partisan | (noun) a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: partizan |
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| (noun) a fervent and even militant proponent of something | Synonyms: drumbeater, zealot |
| (noun) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | Synonyms: enthusiast, partizan |
| partisanship | (noun) an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives | Synonyms: partiality |
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| partita | (noun) (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century | - |
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| (noun) one of the variations contained in a partita | - |
| partition | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation |
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| (noun) a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) | Synonyms: divider |
| (noun) (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit | - |
| partitioning | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation |
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| (noun) an analysis into mutually exclusive categories | Synonyms: breakdown |
| partitionist | (noun) an advocate of partitioning a country | - |
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| partitive | (noun) word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole | - |
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| partizan | (noun) a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: partisan |
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| (noun) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | Synonyms: enthusiast, partisan |
| partner | (noun) an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest | Synonyms: collaborator, cooperator, pardner |
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| (noun) a person's partner in marriage | Synonyms: better half, married person, mate, spouse |
| (noun) a person who is a member of a partnership | - |
| partnership | (noun) a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses | - |
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| (noun) the members of a business venture created by contract | - |
| (noun) a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal | - |
| partridge | (noun) small Old World gallinaceous game birds | - |
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| (noun) a popular North American game bird; named for its call | Synonyms: bobwhite, bobwhite quail |
| (noun) valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada | Synonyms: Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grouse |
| (noun) heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds | Synonyms: tinamou |
| (noun) flesh of either quail or grouse | - |
| partridgeberry | (noun) creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries | Synonyms: boxberry, Mitchella repens, twinberry |
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| parts | (noun) the local environment | - |
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| partsong | (noun) a song with two or more voice parts | - |
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| parturiency | (noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, travail |
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| parturition | (noun) the process of giving birth | Synonyms: birth, birthing, giving birth |
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| party | (noun) an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment | - |
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| (noun) a gathering of people for pleasure | - |
| (noun) an organization to gain political power | Synonyms: political party |
| (noun) a band of people associated temporarily in some activity | Synonyms: company |
| (noun) a person involved in legal proceedings | - |
| partygoer | (noun) someone who is attending a party | - |
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| parvenu | (noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, upstart |
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| parvis | (noun) a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral) | - |
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| parvo | (noun) any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease | Synonyms: parvovirus |
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| parvovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease | Synonyms: parvo |
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| pas | (noun) (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet) | - |
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| pasang | (noun) wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions | Synonyms: bezoar goat, Capra aegagrus |
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| (noun) large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns | Synonyms: oryx |
| pascal | (noun) a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter | Synonyms: Pa |
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| paseo | (noun) a path set aside for walking | Synonyms: walk, walkway |
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| pasha | (noun) a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt | Synonyms: pacha |
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| paspalum | (noun) tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States | Synonyms: dallis grass, dallisgrass, Paspalum dilatatum |
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| pasqueflower | (noun) any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone | Synonyms: pasque flower |
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| pasquinade | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
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| pass | (noun) (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team | Synonyms: flip, toss |
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| (noun) a usually brief attempt | Synonyms: crack, fling, go, offer, whirl |
| (noun) (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate | Synonyms: passing, passing game, passing play |
| (noun) (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls | Synonyms: base on balls, walk |
| (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: passing, qualifying |
| (noun) a flight or run by an aircraft over a target | - |
| (noun) a permit to enter or leave a military installation | Synonyms: liberty chit |
| (noun) any authorization to pass or go somewhere | Synonyms: passport |
| (noun) an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent | Synonyms: bye |
| (noun) a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions | Synonyms: laissez passer |
| (noun) a complimentary ticket | - |
| (noun) a difficult juncture | Synonyms: head, straits |
| (noun) one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer) | - |
| (noun) the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks | Synonyms: mountain pass, notch |
| (noun) a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs | Synonyms: strait, straits |
| (noun) (military) a written leave of absence | - |
| passado | (noun) (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | Synonyms: lunge, straight thrust |
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| passage | (noun) a journey usually by ship | Synonyms: transit |
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| (noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body | Synonyms: enactment |
| (noun) the act of passing something to another person | Synonyms: handing over |
| (noun) the act of passing from one state or place to the next | Synonyms: transition |
| (noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | Synonyms: passing |
| (noun) a way through or along which someone or something may pass | - |
| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passageway |
| (noun) a section of text; particularly a section of medium length | - |
| (noun) a short section of a musical composition | Synonyms: musical passage |
| (noun) the motion of one object relative to another | Synonyms: passing |
| passageway | (noun) a passage between rooms or between buildings | - |
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| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passage |
| passbook | (noun) a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | Synonyms: bankbook |
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| passel | (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
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| passementerie | (noun) a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment | Synonyms: trim, trimming |
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| passenger | (noun) a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it | Synonyms: rider |
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| passer | (noun) (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass | Synonyms: forward passer |
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| (noun) a person who passes by casually or by chance | Synonyms: passer-by, passerby |
| (noun) a student who passes an examination | - |
| (noun) a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group | - |
| passerby | (noun) a person who passes by casually or by chance | Synonyms: passer-by, passer |
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| passerine | (noun) perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless | Synonyms: passeriform bird |
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| passing | (noun) going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it | Synonyms: overtaking |
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| (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, qualifying |
| (noun) (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate | Synonyms: pass, passing game, passing play |
| (noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | Synonyms: passage |
| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, release |
| (noun) the motion of one object relative to another | Synonyms: passage |
| (noun) the end of something | - |
| passion | (noun) the trait of being intensely emotional | Synonyms: heat, warmth |
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| (noun) any object of warm affection or devotion | Synonyms: love |
| (noun) a strong feeling or emotion | Synonyms: passionateness |
| (noun) a feeling of strong sexual desire | - |
| (noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: cacoethes, mania |
| (noun) something that is desired intensely | Synonyms: rage |
| passionateness | (noun) a strong feeling or emotion | Synonyms: passion |
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| passionflower | (noun) any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit | Synonyms: passionflower vine |
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| passive | (noun) the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb | Synonyms: passive voice |
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| passiveness | (noun) the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative | Synonyms: passivity |
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| (noun) submission to others or to outside influences | Synonyms: passivity |
| passivism | (noun) the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable | Synonyms: pacificism, pacifism |
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| passivity | (noun) the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative | Synonyms: passiveness |
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| (noun) submission to others or to outside influences | Synonyms: passiveness |
| passkey | (noun) key that secures entrance everywhere | Synonyms: master, master key, passe-partout |
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| passport | (noun) any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission | Synonyms: recommendation |
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| (noun) a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country | - |
| (noun) any authorization to pass or go somewhere | Synonyms: pass |
| password | (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, watchword, word |
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| past | (noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past | Synonyms: past tense |
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| (noun) the time that has elapsed | Synonyms: past times, yesteryear |
| (noun) a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret) | - |
| pasta | (noun) shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg | Synonyms: alimentary paste |
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| (noun) a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient | - |
| paste | (noun) a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes | Synonyms: spread |
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| (noun) an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard | Synonyms: library paste |
| (noun) any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency | - |
| (noun) a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry | - |
| pasteboard | (noun) stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper | - |
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| pastel | (noun) any of various pale or light colors | - |
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| paster | (noun) an adhesive label | Synonyms: gummed label, sticker |
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| (noun) a workman who pastes | - |
| pastern | (noun) the part between the fetlock and the hoof | Synonyms: fetter bone |
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