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Pantochronometer

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

Pantograph

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

Pantography

A general description; entire view of an object.

Pantologist

One versed in pantology; a writer of pantology.

Pantology

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

Pantometer

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

Pantomime

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

Pantomimist

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

Panton

A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel.

Pantophagist

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

Pantophagy

The habit or power of eating all kinds of food.

Pantoscopic

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.

Pantry

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

pants

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

pantywaist

A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.

Panurgy

Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft.

panzer

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

Panzoism

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

Paolo

An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents.

Pap

To feed with pap.

Papacy

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

Papain

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

Papally

In a papal manner; popishly.

Papaphobia

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

paparazzo

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.

Paparchy

Government by a pope; papal rule.

Papaver

A genus of plants, including the poppy.

Papaveraceae

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

Papaveraceous

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

Papaverine

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

Papaverous

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

Papaw

Same as papaya, senses 1 and 2.

papaya

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.

Papboat

A kind of sauce boat or dish.

Pape

A spiritual father; specifically, the pope.

Paper

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.

paper

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

paper over

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

paperback

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

paperclip

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

paperhanging

The application of wallpaper to walls for decorative purposes.

paperknife

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

papers

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

paperwork

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

papery

Like paper; having the thinness or consistency of paper.

Papescent

Containing or producing pap; like pap.

Papess

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

Papeterie

A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.

Paphian

A native or inhabitant of Paphos.

Papier-mache

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.

Papiliones

The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.

Papilla

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

Papillary

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

Papilloma

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

Papillose

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

Papillote

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

Papillulate

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

Papion

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

Papism

Popery; -- an offensive term.

Papist

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.

Papistical Papistic

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

Papistry

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

Papoose

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

papoose root papooseroot

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.

Pappiform

Resembling the pappus of composite plants.

Pappose

Furnished with a pappus; downy.

Pappus

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.

Pappy

Like pap; soft; succulent; tender.

Paprica Paprika

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

Papua

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

Papuan

Of or pertaining to Papua.

Papuars

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

Papulose

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

Papulous

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

Papyraceous

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

Papyrean

Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous.

Papyrine

Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.

Papyrograph

An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold.

Papyrography

The process of multiplying copies of writings, etc., by means of the papyrograph.

Papyrus

A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.

Paque

See Pasch and Easter.

Par

By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.

Para

The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm.

Parabanic

Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which is obtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystalline substance (C3N2H2O3); -- also called oxalyl urea.

Parablast

A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, the cells of which are especially concerned in forming the first blood and blood vessels.

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