Nouns

pantie

noun

short underpants for women or children (usually used in the...

pantile

noun

a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap

pantomimist

noun

an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial exp...

pantryman

noun

a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who h...

papain

noun

a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used a...

papaverine

noun

an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium...

papaw

noun

fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples

paperboard

noun

a cardboard suitable for making posters

paperer

noun

one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper

paperhanger

noun

one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper

paperhanging

noun

the application of wallpaper

papilloma

noun

a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass

papism

noun

offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman C...

pappus

noun

calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in...

papuan

noun

any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea o...

papule

noun

a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (a...

paraboloid

noun

a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coo...

paracelsus

noun

Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illn...

paracentesis

noun

centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis

paraclete

noun

the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles...

paradiddle

noun

the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly...

paragonite

noun

a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium

paragrapher

noun

a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial...

paralanguage

noun

the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular mean...

paraldehyde

noun

a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is...

paralipsis

noun

suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of si...

paralipomenon

noun

(Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books...

parallelepiped

noun

a prism whose bases are parallelograms

paralogism

noun

an unintentionally invalid argument

parallelogram

noun

a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and e...

paramaribo

noun

the capital and largest city and major port of Surinam

paramagnet

noun

magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportion...

paramedical

noun

a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give...

paramnesia

noun

(psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasi...

parang

noun

a stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia

paraparesis

noun

a slight paralysis or weakness of both legs

paraph

noun

a flourish added after or under your signature (originally t...

paraphrasis

noun

rewording for the purpose of clarification

paraplegia

noun

paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a res...

parapodium

noun

one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid th...

paraprofessional

noun

a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who...

parasympathetic

noun

originates in the brain stem and lower part of the spinal co...

parathion

noun

a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide

parathyroid

noun

any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within th...

paratyphoid

noun

any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resemblin...

parcae

noun

any of the three Roman goddesses of fate or destiny; identif...

parceling

noun

the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distri...

paregmenon

noun

juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense a...

paregoric

noun

medicine used to treat diarrhea

parenchyma

noun

animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an orga...