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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.

panning

The act or process in which heavier ores are concentrated by agitating a sample of crushed ore under water in a shallow pan, thus washing away the lighter particles from the sample; as, panning for gold. See pan{1}, v. t. and pan{1}, v. i.

Pannose

Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth.

Pannus

A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids.

Panoistic

Producing ova only; -- said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.

Panomphean

Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining.

Panoply

Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.

panoptical panoptic

Including everying visible in one view; as, a panoptic aerial photograph of the missile base; a panoptic stain used in microscopy.

Panoramical Panoramic

Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama; exhibiting a very broad view; as, a panoramic view.

Panorpian

Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa. Same as Panorpid.

Panorpid

Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larv/ feed on plant lice.

Panpresbyterian

Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council.

Panpsychism

The theory that all nature is psychical or has a psychical aspect; the theory that every particle of matter has a psychical character or aspect.

Panshon

An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes.

Pansied

Covered or adorned with pansies.

Panslavism

A scheme or desire to unite all the Slavic races into one confederacy.

Pansophical

All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders.

Pansophy

Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator.

Panspermic

Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis.

Panspermy Panspermia

The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation. The theory that life on earth originated from spores or germs that evolved elsewhere in the uiniverse; -- in contradistinction to the theory that life evolved on earth from inanimate matter. This theory, originally suggested by S. Arrhenius in 1907, is sometimes advanced by those who feel that the time required for evolution of life is too long for life to have evolved on Earth from inanimate matter.

Panstereorama

A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like.

Pansy

A plant of the genus Viola (Viola tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.

Pant

A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.

pant

Of or pertaining to pants.

Pantagruelism

The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.

Pantalet

One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children and women; a pant leg; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural.

Pantaloon

A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes.

Pantaloonery

The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery.

Pantamorph

That which assumes, or exists in, all forms.

Pantascopic

Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under Camera.

Pantastomata

One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms.

Pantechnicon

A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.

Pantheism

The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined force and natural laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism. The doctrine denies that God is a rational personality.

Pantheology

A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.

Pantheon

A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome.

Panthera

The genus of large felines including the lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; and saber-toothed tigers.

Pantherine

Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.

pantie

A pair of short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural).

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