A female panther.

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

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

A roofing tile, of peculiar form, having a transverse section resembling an elongated S laid on its side (/).

The act or process of breathing heavily, usually after exertion.

With palpitation or rapid breathing.

A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days.

A pantisocratist.

Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy.

One who favors or supports the theory of a pantisocracy.

The servant or officer, in a great family, who has charge of the bread and the pantry.

An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial.

A slipper for the foot.

An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale.

Of or pertaining to a pantograph; relating to pantography.

A general description; entire view of an object.

Of or pertaining to pantology.

One versed in pantology; a writer of pantology.

A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.

An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.

Universal measurement.

Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.

Of or pertaining to the pantomime; representing by dumb show.

An actor in pantomime; also, a composer of pantomimes.

A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel.

A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds of food.

Eating all kinds of food.

The habit or power of eating all kinds of food.

Same as Pycnogonida.

Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects.

An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.

A garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately.

A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.

Skilled in all kinds of work.

Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft.

See Pannier.

See Panim.

Equipped with armored vehicles; armored; as, a panzer division.

A term used to denote all of the elements or factors which constitute vitality or vital energy.

An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents.

To feed with pap.

The upland plover.

The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.

See Popinjay, 1 (b).

A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America.

A papist.

The papacy.

To conform to popery.

In a papal manner; popishly.

The papacy.

Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church.

A free-lance photographer that specializes in following and photographing celebrities such as movie stars, especially to obtain candid photographs in private situations; as, her dogged pursuit by the paparazzi was believed to be a major factor in Princess Diana's death.

Government by a pope; papal rule.

A genus of plants, including the poppy.

A natural family of herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.

An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.

Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy.

Same as papaya, senses 1 and 2.

A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passiflore/; called also papaw and pawpaw. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender.

A spiritual father; specifically, the pope.

A popinjay.

A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.

To cover or line with paper, especially with wallpaper; to furnish with paper hangings; to wallpaper; as, to paper a room or a house.

A boy who sells or delivers newspapers.

To ignore or conceal (a disagreement or dispute) so as to continue friendly or productive relations; as, to paper over differences.

having a flexible binding; -- of books. Contrasted to hardcover or hardbacked or hardbound.

same as paperback.

A folder wire or plastic fastener for holding sheets of paper together.

One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper.

The application of wallpaper to walls for decorative purposes.

Same as paperhanging.

A dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books.

Documents providing information, esp. of an official nature about a person, vehicle, business, etc. See paper{9}, n.

See under Paper, n.

Work that involves handling or writing documents such as forms, letters, reports, sales records, etc.

Like paper; having the thinness or consistency of paper.

Containing or producing pap; like pap.

A female pope; i. e., the fictitious pope Joan.

A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.

A native or inhabitant of Paphos.

A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with size or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds.

A genus of butterflies.

Resembling the butterfly.

The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.

The typical butterflies.

Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papill/ of the tongue.

Same as Papillose.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papill/; bearing, or covered with, papill/; papillose.

Same as Papillose.

Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.

A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papill/ of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart.

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, papillomata.

Covered with, or bearing, papill/; resembling papill/; papillate; papillar; papillary.

A small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper.

Papillary; papillose.

Having a minute papilla in the center of a larger elevation or depression.

A West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.

Popery; -- an offensive term.

A Roman Catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope; -- an offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.

Of or pertaining to the Church of Rome and its doctrines and ceremonies; pertaining to popery; popish; -- used disparagingly.

The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery.

Conformed to popery.

A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North America.

A tall herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides) of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally; the Cohosh. See also Cohosh.

Resembling the pappus of composite plants.

Same as Papoose.

Furnished with a pappus; downy.

Pappose.

The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Composit/; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.

Like pap; soft; succulent; tender.

The dried ripened fruit of Capsicum annuum or various other species of pepper; also, the mildly pungent condiment prepared from it.

A Pacific island north of Australia; governed by Australia and Indonesia.

Of or pertaining to Papua.

The native black race of Papua or New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.

Covered with papules.

Same as Papula.

Having papul/; papillose; as, a papulose leaf.

Covered with, or characterized by, papul/; papulose.

Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.