paleencephalon
1: the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex [syn: {paleoencephalon}, {palaeencephalon}]
paleface
1: a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians)
palely
1: in a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely entertaining show" [syn: {pallidly}, {dimly}] 2: in a pale manner; without physical or emotional color; "his wife, always palely appealing"
paleness
1: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: {lividness}, {lividity}, {luridness}, {pallidness}, {pallor}, {wanness}, {achromasia}] 2: the property...
Paleo-American
1: a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch [syn: {Paleo-Amerind}, {Paleo-Indian}]
Paleo-American culture
1: the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America [syn: {Paleo-Amerind culture}, {Paleo-Indian culture}]
Paleo-Amerind
1: a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch [syn: {Paleo-American}, {Paleo-Indian}]
Paleo-Amerind culture
1: the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America [syn: {Paleo-American culture}, {Paleo-Indian culture}]
Paleo-Indian
1: a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch [syn: {Paleo-American}, {Paleo-Amerind}]
Paleo-Indian culture
1: the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America [syn: {Paleo-American culture}, {Paleo-Amerind culture}]
paleoanthropology
1: the scientific study of human fossils [syn: {palaeoanthropology}, {human paleontology}, {human palaeontology}]
paleobiology
1: a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms [syn: {palaeobiology}]
paleobotany
1: the study of fossil plants [syn: {palaeobotany}]
Paleocene
1: from 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals [syn: {Paleocene epoch}]
Paleocene epoch
1: from 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals [syn: {Paleocene}]
paleocerebellum
1: the anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammals
paleoclimatology
1: the study of the climate of past ages [syn: {palaeoclimatology}]
paleocortex
1: the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum [syn: {archipallium}]
paleocortical
1: of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum
paleodendrology
1: the branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees [syn: {palaeodendrology}]
paleoecology
1: the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology [syn: {palaeoecology}]
paleoencephalon
1: the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex [syn: {paleencephalon}, {palaeencephalon}]
paleoethnography
1: the ethnography of paleolithic humans [syn: {palaeoethnography}]
paleogeography
1: the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs [syn: {palaeogeography}]
paleogeology
1: the study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks [syn: {palaeogeology}]
paleography
1: the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
paleolith
1: a stone tool from the Paleolithic age
paleolithic
1: of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts" [syn: {palaeolithic}] n : second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years...
Paleolithic Age
1: 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 [syn: {Paleolithic}, {Palaeolithic}]
paleology
1: the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities [syn: {palaeology}]
paleontological
1: of or relating to paleontology [syn: {palaeontological}]
paleontologist
1: a specialist in paleontology [syn: {palaeontologist}, {fossilist}]
paleontology
1: the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains [syn: {palaeontology}, {fossilology}]
paleopathology
1: the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence) [syn: {palaeopathology}]
paleostriatum
1: the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus [syn: {pallidum}, {globus pallidus}]
Paleozoic
1: from 544 million to about 230 million years ago [syn: {Paleozoic era}]
Paleozoic era
1: from 544 million to about 230 million years ago [syn: {Paleozoic}]
paleozoology
1: the study of fossil animals [syn: {palaeozoology}]
Palermo
1: the capital of Sicily; located in northwestern Sicily; an important port for 3000 years
Palestine
1: a British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948 2: an ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean; a place of pil...
Palestine Authority
1: 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 [syn: {Palestine National Autho...
Palestine Islamic Jihad
1: a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestime and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Ha...
Palestine Liberation Front
1: 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 Lebanes...
Palestine Liberation Organization
1: 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; i...
Palestine National Authority
1: 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 [syn: {Palestinian National Aut...
Palestinian
1: of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants; "Palestinian guerrillas" n 1: a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine [syn: {Palestinian Arab}] 2: an ethnic group of Arabs fo...
Palestinian Arab
1: a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine [syn: {Palestinian}]
Palestinian Hizballah
1: 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
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
1: a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestime and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Ha...
Palestinian National Authority
1: 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 [syn: {Palestine National Autho...
palestra
1: a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: {palaestra}] [also: {palestrae} (pl)]
Palestrina
1: Italian composer (1526-1594) [syn: {Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina}]
paletiology
1: the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes) [syn: {palaetiology}]
palette
1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art [syn: {pallet}] 2: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used...
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palette knife
1: a spatula used by artists for mixing or applying or scraping off oil paints
palfrey
1: especially a light saddle horse for a woman
Palgrave
1: English poet (1824-1897) [syn: {Francis Turner Palgrave}]
Pali
1: an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
palilalia
1: a pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated
palimony
1: support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends
palimpsest
1: 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
1: a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
paling
1: a fence made of upright pickets [syn: {picket fence}]
palingenesis
1: emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species [syn: {recapitulation}] [ant: {cenogenesis}] [also:...
palingenetic
1: of or relating to palingenesis [ant: {cenogenetic}]
Palinuridae
1: spiny lobsters [syn: {family Palinuridae}]
Palinurus
1: type genus of the family Palinuridae [syn: {genus Palinurus}]
palisade
1: fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground v : surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: {wall}, {fence}, {fence in}, {surround}]
Paliurus
1: thorny Eurasian shrubs [syn: {genus Paliurus}]
Paliurus spina-christi
1: thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit [syn: {Christ's-thorn}, {Jerusalem thorn}]
pall
1: a sudden numbing dread [syn: {chill}] 2: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: {shroud}, {cerement}, {winding-sheet}, {winding-clothes}] 3: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for...
Pall Mall
1: a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs
pall-mall
1: a 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet
Palladian
1: referring to or relating to or having the style of architecture created by Andrea Palladio; "the much imitated arch and column compositions known as the Palladian motif"
Palladio
1: highly original and much imitated Italian architect (1508-1580) [syn: {Andrea Palladio}]
palladium
1: a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in je...
Pallas
1: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva [syn: {Athena}, {Athene}, {Pallas Athena}, {Pallas Athene}] 2: a large ast...
Pallas Athena
1: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva [syn: {Athena}, {Athene}, {Pallas}, {Pallas Athene}]
Pallas Athene
1: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva [syn: {Athena}, {Athene}, {Pallas}, {Pallas Athena}]
Pallas's cat
1: small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia [syn: {manul}, {Felis manul}]
pallas's sandgrouse
1: Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly [syn: {Syrrhaptes paradoxus}]
pallasite
1: a meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron
pallbearer
1: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn: {bearer}]
pallet
1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art [syn: {palette}] 2: a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it 3: a hand tool with...
pallette
1: one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor [syn: {palette}]
palliasse
1: mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust [syn: {paillasse}]
palliate
1: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" [syn: {extenuate}, {mitigate}] 2: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve you...
palliation
1: easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause 2: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: {extenuation}, {mitigation}]
palliative
1: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear [syn: {alleviative}, {alleviatory}, {lenitive}, {mitigative}, {mitigatory}] n : remedy that alleviates pain without curing [syn: {alleviant}, {...
pallid
1: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: {pale}, {wan}] 2: (of light) lacking in intensity...
pallid bat
1: drab yellowish big-eared cave-dwelling bat [syn: {cave bat}, {Antrozous pallidus}]
pallidly
1: in a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely entertaining show" [syn: {palely}, {dimly}]
pallidness
1: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: {lividness}, {lividity}, {luridness}, {paleness}, {pallor}, {wanness}, {achromasia}]
pallidum
1: the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus [syn: {globus pallidus}, {paleostriatum}]
pallium
1: the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the gray matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum [syn: {cerebral cortex}, {cerebral mantle}, {cortex}] 2: (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks...
pallone
1: an Italian game similar to tennis
pallor
1: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: {lividness}, {lividity}, {luridness}, {paleness}, {pallidness}, {wanness}, {achromasia}]
pally
1: (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals [syn: {chummy}, {matey}, {palsy-walsy}] [also: {palliest}, {pallier}]
palm
1: the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers [syn: {thenar}] 2: a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand 3: any plant of the family Palmae having an u...
Palm Beach
1: a resort town in southeast Florida on an island on the Atlantic coast
palm cat
1: spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies [syn: {palm civet}]
palm civet
1: spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies [syn: {palm cat}]
palm family
1: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales [syn: {Palmae}, {family Palmae}, {Palmacea...
palm nut
1: see o any oil palm [syn: {palm kernel}]
palm off
1: sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive [syn: {foist off}, {fob off}]
palm oil
1: oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm
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