Nouns

pastorate

noun

the position of pastor

pasturage

noun

bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses...

pataca

noun

the basic unit of money in Macao

patchboard

noun

telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcor...

patentee

noun

the inventor to whom a patent is issued

patency

noun

the property of being easy to see and understand

paterfamilias

noun

the male head of family or tribe

paternalism

noun

the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates...

paternoster

noun

a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move...

pathogenesis

noun

the origination and development of a disease

patrai

noun

a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnes...

patras

noun

a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnes...

paton

noun

South African writer (1903-1988)

patrial

noun

a person who has the right to be considered legally a Britis...

patriarchate

noun

a form of social organization in which a male is the family...

patrilineage

noun

line of descent traced through the paternal side of the fami...

patrology

noun

the writings of the early Church Fathers

pauperism

noun

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

pavior

noun

a machine for laying pavement

pavis

noun

(Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the who...

pawl

noun

a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a...

paynim

noun

a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Mus...

peaceableness

noun

a state that is calm and tranquil

peacoat

noun

a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket

peafowl

noun

very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised...

peag

noun

small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashio...

pearlfish

noun

found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumb...

pearlwort

noun

any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having...

pearmain

noun

any of several varieties of apples with red skins

peary

noun

United States Arctic explorer and United States naval office...

peasecod

noun

husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas

peavy

noun

a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs

pectoralis

noun

either of two large muscles of the chest

peculation

noun

the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted...

pedant

noun

a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book le...

pedesis

noun

the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or l...

pediatrist

noun

a specialist in the care of babies

pedicab

noun

a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Ori...

pedicel

noun

a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; a...

pedicle

noun

a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; a...

pediculicide

noun

a chemical agent that kills lice

pediculosis

noun

infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in sever...

pediment

noun

a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sl...

pedlar

noun

someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the stree...

pedology

noun

the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infan...

pedodontist

noun

a dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth

peduncle

noun

a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of th...

peepul

noun

fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks...

peeress

noun

a woman of the peerage in Britain

peewit

noun

small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North Am...