| pap | (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, mammilla, nipple, teat, tit |
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| (noun) worthless or oversimplified ideas | Synonyms: pablum |
| (noun) a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders | Synonyms: soft diet, spoon food |
| papa | (noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | Synonyms: dad, dada, daddy, pa, pappa, pop |
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| papacy | (noun) the government of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: pontificate |
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| papaia | (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | Synonyms: Carica papaya, melon tree, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw |
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| papain | (noun) a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer | - |
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| paparazzo | (noun) a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines | - |
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| papaverine | (noun) an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive | Synonyms: Kavrin |
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| papaw | (noun) fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples | Synonyms: pawpaw |
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| (noun) small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit | Synonyms: Asimina triloba, papaw tree, pawpaw |
| papaya | (noun) large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh | - |
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| (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | Synonyms: Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw |
| paper | (noun) the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher | Synonyms: newspaper |
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| (noun) a medium for written communication | - |
| (noun) an essay (especially one written as an assignment) | Synonyms: composition, report, theme |
| (noun) a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses | - |
| (noun) a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements | Synonyms: newspaper |
| (noun) a business firm that publishes newspapers | Synonyms: newspaper, newspaper publisher |
| (noun) a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses | - |
| paperback | (noun) a book with paper covers | Synonyms: paper-back book, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback book |
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| paperboard | (noun) a cardboard suitable for making posters | Synonyms: poster board, posterboard |
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| paperboy | (noun) a boy who sells or delivers newspapers | - |
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| paperclip | (noun) a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together | Synonyms: gem clip, paper clip |
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| paperer | (noun) one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper | Synonyms: paperhanger |
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| paperhanger | (noun) one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper | Synonyms: paperer |
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| (noun) someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money | - |
| paperhanging | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: papering |
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| papering | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: paperhanging |
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| paperknife | (noun) dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books | Synonyms: letter opener, paper knife |
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| papermaking | (noun) the craft of making paper | - |
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| papers | (noun) writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) | Synonyms: document, written document |
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| paperweight | (noun) a weight used to hold down a stack of papers | - |
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| paperwork | (noun) work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. | - |
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| papilla | (noun) a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather | - |
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| (noun) a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell | - |
| (noun) (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf | - |
| papilledema | (noun) swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure | - |
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| papilloma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass | Synonyms: papillary tumor, papillary tumour, villoma |
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| papillon | (noun) small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat | - |
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| papism | (noun) offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: popery |
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| (noun) the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome | Synonyms: Roman Catholicism, Romanism |
| papist | (noun) an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy | - |
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| papoose | (noun) an American Indian infant | Synonyms: pappoose |
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| papooseroot | (noun) tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: blue cohosh, blueberry root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, papoose root, squaw root, squawroot |
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| papovavirus | (noun) any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas | - |
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| pappa | (noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | Synonyms: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pop |
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| pappoose | (noun) an American Indian infant | Synonyms: papoose |
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| pappus | (noun) calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions | - |
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| paprika | (noun) a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos | - |
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| (noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
| papule | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox) | - |
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| papulovesicle | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: vesicopapule |
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| papyrus | (noun) a document written on papyrus | - |
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| (noun) tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times | Synonyms: Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush |
| (noun) paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans | - |