| pate | (noun) liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned | - |
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| (noun) the top of the head | Synonyms: crown, poll |
| patella | (noun) a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | Synonyms: kneecap, kneepan |
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| patellar | (adjective) near or relating to the patella or kneecap | - |
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| patelliform | (adjective) shaped like a dish or pan | Synonyms: dish-shaped, dished |
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| patency | (noun) the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct | - |
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| (noun) the property of being easy to see and understand | Synonyms: noticeability, noticeableness, obviousness |
| patent | (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, plain, unmistakable |
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| (adjective) (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage | - |
| (noun) an official document granting a right or privilege | Synonyms: letters patent |
| (noun) a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention | Synonyms: patent of invention |
| (verb) make open to sight or notice | - |
| (verb) obtain a patent for | - |
| (verb) grant rights to; grant a patent for | - |
| patented | (adjective) (of devices and processes) protected by patent | - |
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| patentee | (noun) the inventor to whom a patent is issued | - |
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| patently | (adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, plain, plainly |
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| pater | (noun) an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously | - |
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| paterfamilias | (noun) the male head of family or tribe | Synonyms: patriarch |
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| paternal | (adjective) characteristic of a father | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | Synonyms: maternal, parental |
| (adjective) belonging to or inherited from one's father | - |
| (adjective) related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, agnatic |
| paternalism | (noun) the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good | - |
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| paternalistic | (adjective) benevolent but sometimes intrusive | - |
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| paternally | (adverb) in a paternal manner | - |
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| paternity | (noun) the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing | Synonyms: authorship |
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| (noun) the kinship relation between an offspring and the father | Synonyms: fatherhood |
| (noun) the state of being a father | - |
| paternoster | (noun) a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor | - |
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