| pallidly | (adverb) in a manner lacking interest or vitality | Synonyms: dimly, palely |
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| pallidness | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: achromasia, lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallor, wanness |
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| pallidum | (noun) the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus | Synonyms: globus pallidus, paleostriatum |
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| pallium | (noun) cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome | - |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back | - |
| (noun) (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell | Synonyms: mantle |
| (noun) the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex |
| pallone | (noun) an Italian game similar to tennis | - |
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| pallor | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: achromasia, lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, wanness |
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| pally | (adjective) (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals | Synonyms: chummy, matey, palsy-walsy |
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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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| palometa | (noun) smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies | Synonyms: California pompano, Palometa simillima |
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| palomino | (noun) a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail | - |
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| palooka | (noun) a second-rate prize fighter | Synonyms: stumblebum |
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| paloverde | (noun) a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves | - |
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| palpability | (noun) the quality of being perceivable by touch | Synonyms: tangibility, tangibleness |
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| palpable | (adjective) capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt | Synonyms: tangible |
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| (adjective) so intense as to be almost touched or felt | - |
| (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable |
| (adjective) (medicine) can be felt by palpation | - |
| palpably | (adverb) so as to be palpable | - |
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| palpate | (verb) examine (a body part) by palpation | Synonyms: feel |
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| palpation | (noun) a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional) | Synonyms: tactual exploration |
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| palpatory | (adjective) relating to or involving palpation | - |
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| palpebra | (noun) either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye | Synonyms: eyelid, lid |
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| palpebrate | (adjective) having eyelids | - |
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| (verb) wink or blink, especially repeatedly | - |
| palpebration | (noun) repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent) | - |
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| palpitant | (adjective) having a slight and rapid trembling motion | Synonyms: palpitating |
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| palpitate | (verb) beat rapidly | Synonyms: flutter |
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| (verb) shake with fast, tremulous movements | Synonyms: quake, quiver |
| (verb) cause to throb or beat rapidly | - |
| palpitating | (adjective) having a slight and rapid trembling motion | Synonyms: palpitant |
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| palpitation | (noun) a rapid and irregular heart beat | - |
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| (noun) a shaky motion | Synonyms: quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration |
| palsgrave | (noun) (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands | Synonyms: palatine |
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| palsied | (adjective) affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor | - |
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| palsy | (noun) loss of the ability to move a body part | Synonyms: paralysis |
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| (noun) a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor | - |
| (verb) affect with palsy | - |
| palter | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, tergiversate |
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| paltering | (noun) a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear | Synonyms: fibbing |
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| paltriness | (noun) worthlessness due to insignificance | Synonyms: sorriness |
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| paltry | (adjective) contemptibly small in amount | Synonyms: measly, miserable |
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| (adjective) not worth considering | Synonyms: negligible, trifling |