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 somatic sensation of acute discomfort | Synonyms: pain sensation, painful sensation |
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(noun) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, nuisance, pain in the ass, pain in the neck |
(noun) emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid | Synonyms: painfulness |
(noun) a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder | Synonyms: hurting |
(verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | Synonyms: ail, trouble |
(verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: anguish, hurt |
pained | (adjective) emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed | Synonyms: injured, offended |
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painful | (adjective) causing physical or psychological pain | - |
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(adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable |
(adjective) causing physical discomfort | Synonyms: irritating |
(adjective) causing misery or pain or distress | Synonyms: afflictive, sore |
painfully | (adverb) unpleasantly | Synonyms: distressingly |
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(adverb) in or as if in pain | Synonyms: sorely |
painfulness | (noun) the quality of being painful | Synonyms: distressingness |
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(noun) emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid | Synonyms: pain |
painkiller | (noun) a medicine used to relieve pain | Synonyms: analgesic, anodyne, pain pill |
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painless | (adjective) not causing physical or psychological pain | - |
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(adjective) requiring little hard work or exertion | - |
painlessly | (adverb) without pain | - |
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painlessness | (noun) The quality of being free from pain, without pain or trouble. | - |
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(noun) Ease; lack of difficulty. | - |
pains | (noun) an effortful attempt to attain a goal | Synonyms: nisus, strain, striving |
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painstaking | (adjective) characterized by extreme care and great effort | Synonyms: conscientious, scrupulous |
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painstakingly | (adverb) in a fastidious and painstaking manner | Synonyms: fastidiously |
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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) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks | Synonyms: blush, blusher, rouge |
(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 |
(verb) apply paint to; coat with paint | - |
(verb) apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil | - |
(verb) make a painting of | - |
(verb) make a painting | - |
paintable | (adjective) lending itself to being painted | - |
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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 | - |
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(noun) a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball | - |
paintbox | (noun) a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint | - |
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paintbrush | (noun) a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint) | - |
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painted | (adjective) coated with paint | - |
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(adjective) having makeup applied | - |
(adjective) lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting | - |
(adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
painter | (noun) large American feline resembling a lion | Synonyms: catamount, cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, panther, puma |
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(noun) a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing) | - |
(noun) an artist who paints | - |
(noun) a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint | - |
painterly | (adjective) having qualities unique to the art of painting | - |
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painting | (noun) creating a picture with paints | - |
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(noun) the occupation of a house painter | Synonyms: house painting |
(noun) the act of applying paint to a surface | - |
(noun) graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface | Synonyms: picture |
pair | (noun) two people considered as a unit | - |
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(noun) a set of two similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: brace |
(noun) a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value | - |
(noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
(verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, couple, mate |
(verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, match, mate, twin |
(verb) arrange in pairs | Synonyms: geminate |
(verb) occur in pairs | Synonyms: geminate |
(verb) form a pair or pairs | Synonyms: couple, pair off, partner off |
paired | (adjective) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem | Synonyms: opposite |
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(adjective) occurring in pairs or as a pair | Synonyms: mated |
(adjective) matched for breeding | - |
pairing | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, mating, sexual union, union |
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(noun) the act of grouping things or people in pairs | - |
paisa | (noun) a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan | - |
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paisley | (noun) a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes | - |
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pajama | (noun) (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers | Synonyms: jammies, pj's, pyjama |
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(noun) a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries | Synonyms: pyjama |
pakchoi | (noun) Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves | Synonyms: bok choi, bok choy, Brassica rapa chinensis, Chinese white cabbage, pak choi |
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pal | (noun) a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | Synonyms: brother, buddy, chum, crony, sidekick |
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(verb) become friends; act friendly towards | Synonyms: chum up, pal up |
palace | (noun) official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign) | - |
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(noun) a large and stately mansion | Synonyms: castle |
(noun) a large ornate exhibition hall | - |
(noun) the governing group of a kingdom | - |
paladin | (noun) someone who fights for a cause | Synonyms: champion, fighter, hero |
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palaeencephalon | (noun) the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: paleencephalon, paleoencephalon |
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palaeoanthropology | (noun) the scientific study of human fossils | Synonyms: human palaeontology, human paleontology, paleoanthropology |
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palaeobiology | (noun) a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms | Synonyms: paleobiology |
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palaeobotany | (noun) the study of fossil plants | Synonyms: paleobotany |
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palaeoclimatology | (noun) the study of the climate of past ages | Synonyms: paleoclimatology |
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palaeodendrology | (noun) the branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees | Synonyms: paleodendrology |
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palaeoecology | (noun) the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology | Synonyms: paleoecology |
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palaeoethnography | (noun) the ethnography of paleolithic humans | Synonyms: paleoethnography |
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palaeogeography | (noun) the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs | Synonyms: paleogeography |
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palaeogeology | (noun) the study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks | Synonyms: paleogeology |
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palaeolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic) | Synonyms: paleolithic |
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palaeology | (noun) the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities | Synonyms: paleology |
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palaeontological | (adjective) of or relating to paleontology | Synonyms: paleontological |
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palaeontologist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: fossilist, paleontologist |
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palaeontology | (noun) the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains | Synonyms: fossilology, paleontology |
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palaeopathology | (noun) the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence) | Synonyms: paleopathology |
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palaeornithology | (noun) the paleobiology of birds | Synonyms: paleornithology |
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palaeozoology | (noun) the study of fossil animals | Synonyms: paleozoology |
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palaestra | (noun) a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes | Synonyms: palestra |
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palaetiology | (noun) the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes) | Synonyms: paletiology |
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palankeen | (noun) a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers | Synonyms: palanquin |
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palanquin | (noun) a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers | Synonyms: palankeen |
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palas | (noun) East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye | Synonyms: Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma, dak, dhak |
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palatability | (noun) the property of being acceptable to the mouth | Synonyms: palatableness |
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(noun) acceptability to the mind or feelings | Synonyms: palatableness |
palatable | (adjective) acceptable to the taste or mind | Synonyms: toothsome |
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palatableness | (noun) the property of being acceptable to the mouth | Synonyms: palatability |
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(noun) acceptability to the mind or feelings | Synonyms: palatability |
palatably | (adverb) in a palatable way | - |
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palatal | (adjective) relating to or lying near the palate | Synonyms: palatine |
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(adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatalised, palatalized |
(noun) a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') | - |
palatalise | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalize |
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palatalised | (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatal, palatalized |
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palatalize | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalise |
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palatalized | (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatal, palatalised |
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palate | (noun) the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities | Synonyms: roof of the mouth |
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palatial | (adjective) relating to or being a palace | - |
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(adjective) suitable for or like a palace | - |
palatinate | (noun) a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine | - |
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palatine | (adjective) of or relating to a palace | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives | - |
(adjective) relating to or lying near the palate | Synonyms: palatal |
(noun) either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits | Synonyms: os palatinum, palatine bone |
(noun) (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands | Synonyms: palsgrave |
(noun) any of various important officials in ancient Rome | - |
palatoglossal | (adjective) relating to the palate and tongue | - |
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palatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: PPP, UPPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
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palaver | (noun) loud and confused and empty talk | Synonyms: empty talk, empty words, hot air, rhetoric |
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(noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: blandishment, cajolery |
(verb) have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds | - |
(verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle |
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
pale | (adjective) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress | Synonyms: pallid, wan |
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(adjective) lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness | Synonyms: pallid |
(adjective) very light colored; highly diluted with white | - |
(adjective) not full or rich | - |
(adjective) (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble | Synonyms: pallid, sick, wan |
(noun) a wooden strip forming part of a fence | Synonyms: picket |
(verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, blench |
paleencephalon | (noun) the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: palaeencephalon, paleoencephalon |
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paleface | (noun) (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians) | - |
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palely | (adverb) in a pale manner; without physical or emotional color | - |
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(adverb) in a manner lacking interest or vitality | Synonyms: dimly, pallidly |
paleness | (noun) being deficient in color | Synonyms: pallidity |
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(noun) the property of having a naturally light complexion | Synonyms: blondness, fairness |
(noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: achromasia, lividity, lividness, luridness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
paleoanthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the scientific study of human fossils | - |
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paleoanthropology | (noun) the scientific study of human fossils | Synonyms: human palaeontology, human paleontology, palaeoanthropology |
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paleobiology | (noun) a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms | Synonyms: palaeobiology |
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paleobotany | (noun) the study of fossil plants | Synonyms: palaeobotany |
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paleocerebellum | (noun) the anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammals | - |
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paleoclimatology | (noun) the study of the climate of past ages | Synonyms: palaeoclimatology |
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paleocortex | (noun) the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: archipallium |
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paleocortical | (adjective) of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | - |
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paleodendrology | (noun) the branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees | Synonyms: palaeodendrology |
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paleoecology | (noun) the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology | Synonyms: palaeoecology |
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paleoencephalon | (noun) the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: palaeencephalon, paleencephalon |
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paleoethnography | (noun) the ethnography of paleolithic humans | Synonyms: palaeoethnography |
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paleogeography | (noun) the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs | Synonyms: palaeogeography |
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paleogeology | (noun) the study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks | Synonyms: palaeogeology |
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paleographer | (noun) an archeologist skilled in paleography | Synonyms: paleographist |
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paleographist | (noun) an archeologist skilled in paleography | Synonyms: paleographer |
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paleography | (noun) the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them) | - |
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paleolith | (noun) a stone tool from the Paleolithic age | - |
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paleolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic) | Synonyms: palaeolithic |
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paleology | (noun) the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities | Synonyms: palaeology |
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paleomammalogy | (noun) the paleobiology of ancient mammals | - |
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