| paca | (noun) large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food | Synonyms: Cuniculus paca |
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| pace | (noun) a step in walking or running | Synonyms: stride, tread |
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| (noun) the relative speed of progress or change | Synonyms: rate |
| (noun) a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride | Synonyms: yard |
| (noun) the distance covered by a step | Synonyms: footstep, step, stride |
| (noun) the rate of moving (especially walking or running) | Synonyms: gait |
| (noun) the rate of some repeating event | Synonyms: tempo |
| (verb) measure (distances) by pacing | Synonyms: step |
| (verb) regulate or set the pace of | - |
| (verb) walk with slow or fast paces | - |
| (verb) go at a pace | - |
| pacemaker | (noun) a horse used to set the pace in racing | Synonyms: pacer, pacesetter |
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| (noun) an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker | Synonyms: artificial pacemaker |
| (noun) a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat | Synonyms: cardiac pacemaker, SA node, sinoatrial node |
| (noun) a leading instance in its field | Synonyms: pacesetter |
| pacer | (noun) a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together | - |
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| (noun) a horse used to set the pace in racing | Synonyms: pacemaker, pacesetter |
| pacesetter | (noun) a horse used to set the pace in racing | Synonyms: pacemaker, pacer |
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| (noun) a leading instance in its field | Synonyms: pacemaker |
| pacha | (noun) a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt | Synonyms: pasha |
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| pachinko | (noun) a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board | - |
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| pachisi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: parchesi, parchisi |
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| pachouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: patchouli, patchouly |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: patchouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
| pachuco | (noun) a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes | - |
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| pachycephalosaur | (noun) bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found | Synonyms: pachycephalosaurus |
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| pachycephalosaurus | (noun) bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found | Synonyms: pachycephalosaur |
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| pachycheilia | (noun) an abnormal thickness of the lips | - |
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| pachyderm | (noun) any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus | - |
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| pachyderma | (noun) thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction | Synonyms: nevoid elephantiasis |
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| pachydermal | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms | Synonyms: pachydermatous, pachydermic, pachydermous |
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| pachydermatous | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms | Synonyms: pachydermal, pachydermic, pachydermous |
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| (adjective) emotionally hardened | Synonyms: callous, indurate |
| pachydermic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms | Synonyms: pachydermal, pachydermatous, pachydermous |
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| pachydermous | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms | Synonyms: pachydermal, pachydermatous, pachydermic |
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| pachysandra | (noun) any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover | - |
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| pachytene | (noun) the third stage of the prophase of meiosis | - |
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| pacific | (adjective) promoting peace | - |
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| (adjective) disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature | Synonyms: peaceable |
| pacifically | (adverb) in a peaceable manner | Synonyms: peaceably |
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| pacification | (noun) the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined | Synonyms: mollification |
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| (noun) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | Synonyms: counterinsurgency |
| (noun) a treaty to cease hostilities | Synonyms: peace, peace treaty |
| pacificism | (noun) the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable | Synonyms: pacifism, passivism |
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| (noun) the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration | Synonyms: pacifism |
| pacificist | (noun) someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | Synonyms: disarmer, pacifist |
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| pacifier | (noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, comforter, teething ring |
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| (noun) anything that serves to pacify | - |
| (noun) someone who tries to bring peace | Synonyms: conciliator, make-peace, peacemaker, reconciler |
| pacifism | (noun) the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable | Synonyms: pacificism, passivism |
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| (noun) the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration | Synonyms: pacificism |
| pacifist | (adjective) opposed to war | Synonyms: dovish, pacifistic |
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| (noun) someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | Synonyms: disarmer, pacificist |
| pacifistic | (adjective) opposed to war | Synonyms: dovish, pacifist |
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| pacifistically | (adverb) in a pacifistic manner | - |
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| pacify | (verb) fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) | - |
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| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, placate |
| pacing | (noun) walking with slow regular strides | - |
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| (noun) (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played | Synonyms: tempo |
| pack | (noun) a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) | - |
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| (noun) a bundle (especially one carried on the back) | - |
| (noun) a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect | - |
| (noun) a cream that cleanses and tones the skin | Synonyms: face pack |
| (noun) a group of hunting animals | - |
| (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle |
| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: gang, mob, ring |
| (noun) a complete collection of similar things | - |
| (noun) a large indefinite quantity | Synonyms: battalion, large number, multitude, plurality |
| (verb) treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood | - |
| (verb) arrange in a container | - |
| (verb) load with a pack | Synonyms: load down |
| (verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: bundle, compact, wad |
| (verb) seal with packing | - |
| (verb) press down tightly | Synonyms: tamp, tamp down |
| (verb) carry, as on one's back | - |
| (verb) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily | Synonyms: compact |
| (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, mob, pile, throng |
| (verb) hike with a backpack | Synonyms: backpack |
| (verb) fill to capacity | - |
| (verb) set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome | - |
| (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: carry, take |
| packable | (adjective) capable of being packed | - |
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| package | (noun) a wrapped container | Synonyms: parcel |
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| (noun) (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory | Synonyms: computer software, software, software package, software program, software system |
| (noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: bundle, packet, parcel |
| (verb) put into a box | Synonyms: box |
| packaged | (adjective) enclosed in a package or protective covering | - |
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| packaging | (noun) the business of packing | - |
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| (noun) material used to make packages | - |
| (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: promo, promotion, promotional material, publicity |
| packed | (adjective) pressed together or compressed | - |
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| (adjective) extremely crowed or filled to capacity | Synonyms: jam-packed, jammed |
| packer | (noun) a workman employed to pack things into containers | Synonyms: bagger, boxer |
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| (noun) a wholesaler in the meat-packing business | Synonyms: meat packer |
| (noun) a hiker who wears a backpack | Synonyms: backpacker |
| packet | (noun) a small package or bundle | - |
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| (noun) a boat for carrying mail | Synonyms: mail boat, mailboat, packet boat |
| (noun) (computer science) a message or message fragment | - |
| (noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: bundle, package, parcel |
| packhorse | (noun) a workhorse used as a pack animal | - |
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| packing | (noun) the enclosure of something in a package or box | Synonyms: boxing |
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| (noun) carrying something in a pack on the back | Synonyms: backpacking |
| (noun) any material used especially to protect something | Synonyms: packing material, wadding |
| packinghouse | (noun) a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products | Synonyms: packing plant |
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| (noun) a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed | - |
| packman | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, peddler, pedlar, pitchman |
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| packrat | (noun) any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects | Synonyms: bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea, pack rat, trade rat |
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| (noun) a collector of miscellaneous useless objects | - |
| packsack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, backpack, haversack, knapsack, rucksack |
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| packsaddle | (noun) a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached | - |
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| packthread | (noun) a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages | - |
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| pact | (noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | Synonyms: accord, treaty |
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| paczki | (noun) A traditional Polish doughnut. | - |
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