| compander | (noun) a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus. | - |
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| expand | (verb) grow vigorously | Synonyms: boom, flourish, thrive |
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| (verb) exaggerate or make bigger | Synonyms: amplify, blow up, inflate |
| (verb) become larger in size or volume or quantity | - |
| (verb) expand the influence of | Synonyms: extend |
| (verb) make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity | - |
| (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
| (verb) extend in one or more directions | Synonyms: spread out |
| expandability | (noun) A physical property of gases, denoting that they expand to fill their containers. | - |
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| expandable | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandible, expansible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandible, expansible |
| expanded | (adjective) increased in extent or size or bulk or scope | - |
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| expander | (noun) an electronic device that increases the dynamic range of the audio signal. | - |
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| expandible | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expansible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandable, expansible |
| panda | (noun) large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae | Synonyms: Ailuropoda melanoleuca, coon bear, giant panda, panda bear |
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| (noun) reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas | Synonyms: Ailurus fulgens, bear cat, cat bear, lesser panda, red panda |
| pandanus | (noun) any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves | Synonyms: screw pine |
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| (noun) fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats) | - |
| pandar | (noun) someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) | Synonyms: fancy man, pander, panderer, pimp, ponce, procurer |
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| pandeism | (noun) the belief that God created the universe and its phenomena by becoming the universe, thereafter the sole manifestation of God | - |
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| pandemic | (adjective) epidemic over a wide geographical area | - |
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| (adjective) existing everywhere | - |
| (noun) an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world | - |
| pandemonium | (noun) a state of extreme confusion and disorder | Synonyms: bedlam, chaos, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness |
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| pander | (noun) someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) | Synonyms: fancy man, pandar, panderer, pimp, ponce, procurer |
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| (verb) arrange for sexual partners for others | Synonyms: pimp, procure |
| (verb) yield (to); give satisfaction to | Synonyms: gratify, indulge |
| panderer | (noun) someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) | Synonyms: fancy man, pandar, pander, pimp, ponce, procurer |
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| (noun) a person who serves or caters to the vulgar passions or plans of others (especially in order to make money) | - |
| pandiculation | (noun) yawning and stretching (as when first waking up) | - |
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| pandowdy | (noun) deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust | Synonyms: dowdy |
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| pandurate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center | Synonyms: fiddle-shaped, panduriform |
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| panduriform | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center | Synonyms: fiddle-shaped, pandurate |
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| repand | (adjective) having a slightly undulating margin | - |
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| spandex | (noun) an elastic synthetic fabric | - |
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| spandrel | (noun) an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them | Synonyms: spandril |
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| spandril | (noun) an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them | Synonyms: spandrel |
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