facepalm | (noun) the act of putting your hand to cover your face to show disappointment or despair | - |
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napalm | (noun) gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers | - |
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palm | (noun) the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers | Synonyms: thenar |
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(noun) an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event | Synonyms: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, ribbon |
(noun) any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves | Synonyms: palm tree |
(noun) a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand | - |
(verb) touch, lift, or hold with the hands | Synonyms: handle |
palmar | (adjective) relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot | Synonyms: volar |
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palmate | (adjective) of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point | Synonyms: palm-shaped |
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(adjective) (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin | - |
palmately | (adverb) in a palmate manner | - |
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palmatifid | (adjective) of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed | - |
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palmature | (noun) an abnormality in which the fingers are webbed | - |
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palmetto | (noun) any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves | - |
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palmist | (noun) fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms | Synonyms: chiromancer, palmister |
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palmister | (noun) fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms | Synonyms: chiromancer, palmist |
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palmistry | (noun) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | Synonyms: chirology, chiromancy, palm reading |
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palmitin | (noun) an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid | - |
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palmlike | (adjective) resembling a palm tree | - |
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palmy | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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palmyra | (noun) tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving | Synonyms: Borassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm |
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tripalmitin | (noun) a triglyceride of palmitic acid | Synonyms: glycerol tripalmitate |
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