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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

packing needle
noun a large needle used to sew up canvas packages

packinghouse
packing plant noun a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products

packrat
pack rat noun any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects

packsaddle
noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached

packthread
noun a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages

pad
noun the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an animal

pad
inking pad noun a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp

padauk
noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain

Padda
genus Padda noun a genus of Ploceidae

padding
cushioning noun artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort

paddle
boat paddle noun a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

paddle box
paddle-box noun a wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel

paddle steamer
paddle-wheeler noun a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels

paddle-shaped
adjective shaped in the form of a paddle; `paddle-shaped fins`

paddlefish
duckbill 2 Polyodon spathula noun primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout

paddlewheel
paddle wheel noun a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat

paddock
noun pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race

paddy
paddy field noun an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

pademelon
paddymelon noun small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea

Paderewski
Ignace Paderewski noun Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941)

padlock
noun a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut

padouk
noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain

Padre
noun `Father` is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre` is frequently used in the military

padrone
noun an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy

Padua
Padova noun a city in Veneto

Paducah
noun a town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River

paella
noun saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken

Paeonia
genus Paeonia noun peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers

Paeoniaceae
family Paeoniaceae noun perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America

Paganini
Niccolo Paganini noun Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840)

paganism
pagan religion noun any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism

page
noun one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

page
noun a boy who is employed to run errands

page printer
page-at-a-time printer noun a printer that prints one page at a time

pageant
pageantry noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes

pageboy
noun a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward

pageboy
noun a boy who is employed to run errands

Pagellus
genus Pagellus noun sea breams

Paget
Sir James Paget noun English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899)

Paget`s disease
osteitis deformans noun a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities

pagination
folio 1 page number noun the system of numbering pages

paging
noun calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system); `the public address system in the hospital was used for paging`

Pago Pago
Pango Pango noun a port in American Samoa

pagoda
noun an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof

pagoda tree
Plumeria acutifolia noun frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens

Pagophila
genus Pagophila noun a genus of Laridae

Pagophilus
genus Pagophilus noun harp seals

Pagrus
genus Pagrus noun a genus of Sparidae

Paguridae
family Paguridae noun hermit crabs

Pagurus
genus Pagurus noun type genus of the family Paguridae

pahautea
Libocedrus bidwillii noun evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka

Pahlavi
noun the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries

pahoehoe
noun freely flowing lava

paid
adjective marked by the reception of pay; `paid work`; `a paid official`; `a paid announcement`; `a paid check`

paid vacation
noun a vacation from work by an employee with pay granted

paid-up
adjective paid in advance; `paid-up insurance`; `paid-up members`

Paige
Satchel Paige noun United States baseball player; a Black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982)

paigle
noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel

pail
pailful noun the quantity contained in a pail

paillasse
palliasse noun mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust

pain
painfulness noun emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; `the pain of loneliness`

pain threshold
noun the lowest intensity of stimulation at which pain is experienced; `some people have much higher pain thresholds than do other people`

pain unit
noun a unit measuring the intensity of pain

pain-free
unpainful adjective not accompanied by pain sensations; `pain-free surgery`

Paine
noun American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814)

painful
adjective causing physical or psychological pain; `worked with painful slowness`

painfully
distressingly adverb unpleasantly; `his ignorance was painfully obvious`

painfulness
distressingness noun the quality of being painful; `she feared the painfulness of childbirth`

painless
adjective requiring little hard work or exertion; `a painless solution to the problem`

painstakingly
adverb in a fastidious and painstaking manner; `it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling`

painstakingness
noun the trait of being painstaking and careful

paint
noun a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

paint a picture
verb call to mind; `this remark evoked sadness`

paint roller
noun a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint

paintable
adjective lending itself to being painted; `a highly paintable landscape`; `made of sturdy eminently paintable wood`

paintball
noun a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them

paintball gun
noun an air gun used in the game of paintball; designed to simulate a semiautomatic

paintbox
noun a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists` paint

paintbrush
noun a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)

painted
adjective lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting; `in public he wore a painted smile`

painted beauty
Vanessa virginiensis noun American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots

painted cup
noun any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts

painted daisy
pyrethrum 1 Tanacetum coccineum noun spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

Painted Desert
noun a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona

painted greenling
convict fish noun greenling with whitish body marked with black bands

painted nettle
Joseph`s coat 1 Coleus blumei noun perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon

painted sandgrouse
Pterocles indicus noun sandgrouse of India

painted tongue
Salpiglossis sinuata noun Chilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat

painted turtle
painted terrapin noun freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States

painter
noun a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing)

painterly
adjective having qualities unique to the art of painting

painting
noun the occupation of a house painter; `house painting was the only craft he knew`

pair
noun two people considered as a unit

pair
noun a set of two similar things considered as a unit

pair production
pair creation noun the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus

paired
adjective mated sexually

paisa
noun a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan

paisley
noun a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes

Paiute
noun the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute

Paiwanic
noun a Formosan language