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Pampiniform

In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.

Pampre

An ornament, composed of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, used for decorating spiral columns.

Pan

To scan (a movie camera), usu. in a horizontal direction, to obtain a panoramic effect; also, to move the camera so as to keep the subject in view.

pan out

To succeed; as, the project didn't pan out.

Pan-American

Of or pertaining to both North and South America.

Pan-Americanism

The principle or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the states of America.

Pan-Anglican

Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England; used less strictly, to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States; as, the Pan-Anglican Conference at Lambeth, in 1888.

Panacean

Having the properties of a panacea.

Panache

A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.

Panade Panada

Bread boiled in water to the consistence of pulp, and sweetened or flavored.

Panamanian

Of or pert. to Panama. A native or citizen of Panama.

panamica

A low stingless nettle (Pilea involucrata) of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.

Panathenaea

The most ancient and important festival of Athens, celebrated in honor of Athena, the tutelary goddess of the city.

Panax

A genus of perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng.

Pancake

A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.

Pancarte

A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions.

Panchway

A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers.

Pancratiast

One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium.

Pancratic

Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.

Pancreas

The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

Pancreatic

Of or pertaining to the pancreas; as, the pancreatic secretion, digestion, ferments.

pancreatin

One of the digestive enzymes of the pancreatic juice.

panda

A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur, which inhabits the mountains of Northern India. It was once thought to be related to the bears, but is now believed to be more closely related to raccoons. It has reddish-brown fur on the back and sides, and black fur on the legs and underside. Called also the lesser panda.

Pandanaceae

A natural family of woody plants including the pandanus tree (the screw pine) and freycinetia.

Pandanales

An order of plants including the families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; and Pandanaceae.

Pandanus

A genus of endogenous plants, native to tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia. See Screw pine.

Pandean

Of or relating to the god Pan.

Pandean pipes

A primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by the god Pan. Called also pipes of Pan, Pan's pipes and Panpipes.

Pandect

A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science.

Pandemic

Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic. A pandemic disease.

Pandemonium

The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits.

Pander

To act the part of a pander.

Panderism

The employment, arts, or practices of a pander.

Pandermite

A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite.

Panderous

Of or relating to a pander; characterizing a pander.

Pandiculation

A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.

Pandora

A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.

pandore

An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore.

Pandour

One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army that served as local militia in Croatia; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came. They were noted for their ruthlessness.

Pandowdy

A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.

Panduriform Pandurate

Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.

Pane

A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.

Paned

Having panes; provided with panes; also, having openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash.

Panegyric

An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.

Panegyrist

One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking.

Panel

To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.

paneled

Decorated with panels or wainscoting; -- used of walls; as, a paneled family room.

paneling

The act or process of forming in panels or decorating with panels.

Paneulogism

Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise.

panfish

Any of numerous small food fishes; especially those not available on the market.

pang

A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.

Pang

To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.

Pangenesis

An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity.

Pangolin

Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.

Pangothic

Of, pertaining to, or including, all the Gothic races.

panhandle

To accost people in a public place and ask for money; to beg.

Panhellenic

Of or pertaining to all Greece, or to Panhellenism; including all Greece, or all the Greeks.

Panhellenism

A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body.

Panhellenium

An assembly or association of Greeks from all the states of Greece.

Panic

A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.

Panic-struck Panic-stricken

Struck with a panic, or sudden fear; thrown into a state of intense fear; as, trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd.

panicky

Same as panic-stricken; as, the travellers became panicky as the snow deepened.

Panicle

A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.

Panicled

Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles; paniculate.

Panicum

A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass.

Panidiomorphic

Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks.

Panislamism

A desire or plan for the union of all Muslim nations for the conquest of the world.

Pannage

The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns. A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.

Panne

A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close.

Pannel

A kind of rustic saddle.

Pannier

A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass

Pannikel

The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest.

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