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

pajama
pyjama noun (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers

Pakistan
Islamic Republic of Pakistan noun a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

Pakistani
adjective of or relating to Pakistan or its people or language; `Pakistani mountain passes`; `Pakistani soldiers`

Pakistani monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Pakistan

Pakistani rupee
noun the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa

palace
noun official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)

Palaemon
genus Palaemon noun type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus

Palaemonidae
family Palaemonidae noun prawns

Palaic
noun an Anatolian language

palanquin
palankeen noun a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers

Palaquium
genus Palaquium noun large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves

Palaquium gutta
noun one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha

palatability
palatableness noun the property of being acceptable to the mouth

palatable
toothsome adjective acceptable to the taste or mind; `palatable food`; `a palatable solution to the problem`

palatably
adverb in a palatable way

palatal
palatalized adjective produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y`) or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch` in `chin` or `j` in `gin`)

palate
roof of the mouth noun the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

palatial
adjective suitable for or like a palace; `palatial furnishings`; `a palatial yacht`

Palatinate
Pfalz noun a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine

palatine
adjective of or relating to a palace

palatine artery
arteria palatina noun one of several arteries supplying the face

palatine raphe
noun the seam at the middle of the hard palate

palatine vein
vena palatina noun a vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial vein

palatoglossal
adjective relating to the palate and tongue

palatopharyngoplasty
PPP noun surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)

Palau
Republic of Palau noun a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States

Palau
Belau noun a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean

Palau Islands
Belau noun a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean

palaver
hot air noun loud and confused and empty talk; `mere rhetoric`

pale
pallid adjective lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; `a pale rendition of the aria`; `pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender`; `a pallid performance`

pale ale
noun an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighter

pale chrysanthemum aphid
noun important pest of chrysanthemums

pale violet
striped violet noun leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple

pale yellow
straw noun a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white

pale-colored
pale-hued adjective having a pale color

pale-faced
adjective having a pale face

Paleacrita
genus Paleacrita noun geometrid moths

Paleacrita vernata
noun moth whose larvae are spring cankerworms

paleencephalon
paleoencephalon noun the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex

paleface
noun a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians)

palely
adverb in a pale manner; without physical or emotional color; `his wife, always palely appealing`

paleness
pallidity noun being deficient in color

paleness
noun the property of having a naturally light complexion

Paleo-American culture
Paleo-Amerind culture noun the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America

Paleo-American
Paleo-Amerind noun a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch

paleoanthropological
adjective of or concerned with the scientific study of human fossils

paleoanthropology
palaeoanthropology noun the scientific study of human fossils

paleobiology
palaeobiology noun a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms

paleobotany
palaeobotany noun the study of fossil plants

Paleocene
Paleocene epoch noun from 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals

paleocerebellum
noun the anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammals

paleoclimatology
palaeoclimatology noun the study of the climate of past ages

paleocortical
adjective of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum

paleodendrology
palaeodendrology noun the branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees

paleoecology
palaeoecology noun the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology

paleoethnography
palaeoethnography noun the ethnography of paleolithic humans

paleogeography
palaeogeography noun the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs

paleogeology
palaeogeology noun the study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks

paleographer
paleographist noun an archeologist skilled in paleography

paleography
noun the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)

paleolith
noun a stone tool from the Paleolithic age

paleolithic
palaeolithic adjective of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic); `paleolithic artifacts`

Paleolithic Age
Paleolithic noun second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC

paleology
palaeology noun the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities

paleomammalogy
noun the paleobiology of ancient mammals

paleontological
palaeontological adjective of or relating to paleontology

paleontologist
palaeontologist noun a specialist in paleontology

paleontology
palaeontology noun the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains

paleopathology
palaeopathology noun the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)

paleornithology
palaeornithology noun the paleobiology of birds

Paleozoic
adjective of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era

paleozoology
palaeozoology noun the study of fossil animals

Palestine
Canaan noun an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism

Palestine Islamic Jihad
Palestinian Islamic Jihad noun a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas

Palestine Liberation Front
PLF noun a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border

Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO noun a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat`s al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority

Palestine National Authority
Palestinian National Authority noun combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO

Palestinian
adjective of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants; `Palestinian guerrillas`

Palestinian Hizballah
noun a little known Palestinian group comprised of members of Hamas and Tanzim with suspected ties to the Lebanese Hizballah; responsible for suicide bombings in Israel

palestra
palaestra noun a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes

Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina noun Italian composer (1526-1594)

paletiology
palaetiology noun the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes)

palette
pallet noun the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

palette knife
noun a spatula used by artists for mixing or applying or scraping off oil paints

palfrey
noun especially a light saddle horse for a woman

Palgrave
Francis Turner Palgrave noun English poet (1824-1897)

Pali
noun an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism

palilalia
noun a pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated

palimony
noun support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends

palimpsest
noun a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible

palindrome
noun a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward

palingenesis
recapitulation noun emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

palingenetic
adjective of or relating to palingenesis

Palinuridae
family Palinuridae noun spiny lobsters

Palinurus
genus Palinurus noun type genus of the family Palinuridae

palisade
noun fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

palish
adjective slightly pale

Paliurus
genus Paliurus noun thorny Eurasian shrubs

Paliurus spina-christi
noun thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit

pall
cerement noun burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped