palm reading
1: telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: {palmistry}, {chiromancy}, {chirology}]
palm tree
1: any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves [syn: {palm}]
palm-shaped
1: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point [syn: {palmate}]
palma christ
1: large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics [syn: ...
palma christi
1: large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics [syn: ...
Palmaceae
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}, {family P...
Palmae
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: {family Palmae}, {Palmaceae}, {famil...
Palmales
1: coextensive with the family Palmae: palms [syn: {order Palmales}]
palmar
1: relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot; "the volar surface"; "the palmar muscle" [syn: {volar}]
palmate
1: (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin 2: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point [syn: {palm-shaped}]
palmate leaf
1: a leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common point
palmately
1: in a palmate manner; "palmately cleft"
palmatifid
1: of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed
palmature
1: an abnormality in which the fingers are webbed
Palmer
1: United States golfer (born in 1929) [syn: {Arnold Palmer}, {Arnold Daniel Palmer}]
Palmer Peninsula
1: a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific [syn: {Antarctic Peninsula}]
palmetto
1: any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves [also: {palmettoes} (pl)]
Palmetto State
1: a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: {South Carolina}, {SC}]
palmist
1: fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms [syn: {palmister}, {chiromancer}]
palmister
1: fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms [syn: {palmist}, {chiromancer}]
palmistry
1: telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: {palm reading}, {chiromancy}, {chirology}]
palmitic acid
1: a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products [syn: {hexadecanoic acid}]
palmitin
1: an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid
palmy
1: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in...
palmyra
1: tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving [syn: {palmyra palm}, {toddy palm}, ...
palmyra palm
1: tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving [syn: {palmyra}, {toddy palm}, {wine...
palo santo
1: South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense [syn: {Bulnesia sarmienti}]
palo verde
1: densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium [syn: {Parkinsonia florida}, {Cercidium floridum}]
palometa
1: smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies [syn: {California pompano}, {Palometa simillima}]
Palometa simillima
1: smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies [syn: {palometa}, {California pompano}]
palomino
1: a horse of light tan or golden color with cream or white mane and tail
palooka
1: a second-rate prize fighter [syn: {stumblebum}]
paloverde
1: a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves
palpability
1: the quality of being perceivable by touch [syn: {tangibility}, {tangibleness}] [ant: {intangibility}, {intangibility}]
palpable
1: capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and...
palpably
1: so as to be palpable; "she was palpably nervous"
palpate
1: examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse" [syn: {feel}]
palpation
1: a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional) [syn: {tactual exploration}]
palpatory
1: relating to or involving palpation
palpebra
1: either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" [syn: {eyelid}, {lid}]
palpebra conjunctiva
1: the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids; continuous with the bulbar conjunctiva [syn: {conjunctival layer of eyelids}, {tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum}]
palpebrate
1: having eyelids v : wink or blink, especially repeatedly
palpebration
1: repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent)
palpitant
1: having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart" [syn: {palpitating}]
palpitate
1: cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" 2: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" [syn: {quiver}, {quake}] 3: beat rapidly...
palpitating
1: having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart" [syn: {palpitant}]
palpitation
1: a rapid and irregular heart beat 2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: {shaking}, {shakiness}, {trembling}, {quiver}, {quivering}, {vibration}]
palsgrave
1: (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands [syn: {palatine}]
palsy
1: loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: {paralysis}] 2: a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor v : affect with palsy [also: {palsied}]
palsy-walsy
1: (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals [syn: {chummy}, {matey}, {pally}]
palter
1: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information [syn: {beat around the bush}, {equivocate}, {tergiversate}, {prevaricate}]
paltering
1: a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear [syn: {fibbing}]
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paltriness
1: worthlessness due to insignificance [syn: {sorriness}]
paltry
1: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" [syn: {negligible}, {trifling}] 2: contemptibly small in amount; "a m...
Pamelor
1: a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Pamelor) used along with psychotherapy to treat dysthymic depression; may interact dangerously if taken with other drugs [syn: {nortriptyline}]
Pamlico
1: a member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North Carolina 2: the Algonquian language of the Pamlico people
pampas
1: the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina
pampas grass
1: tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps [syn: {Cortaderia selloana}]
pamper
1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: {featherbed}, {cosset}, {cocker}, {baby}, {coddle}, {mollycoddle}, {spoil}, {i...
pampered
1: treated with excessive indulgence; "pampered from earliest childhood, he believed the world had been invented for his entertainment" [syn: {coddled}, {spoiled}]
pamperer
1: someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence [syn: {spoiler}, {coddler}, {mollycoddler}]
pampering
1: overly indulgent; "pampering parents often have spoilt children" [syn: {pampering(a)}] n : the act of indulging or gratifying a desire [syn: {indulgence}, {indulging}, {humoring}]
pamphlet
1: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: {booklet}, {brochure}, {folder}, {leaflet}] 2: a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet [syn: {tract}]
pamphleteer
1: a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
pan
1: cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel [syn: {cooking pan}] 2: (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ear...
Pan American Day
1: a day celebrating political and economic unity among American countries [syn: {April 14}]
pan gravy
1: pan juices thickened and seasoned
pan off
1: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals [syn: {pan}, {pan out}]
pan out
1: be a success; "The idea panned out" 2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals [syn: {pan}, {pan off}]
Pan paniscus
1: small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species [syn: {pygmy chimpanzee}, {bonobo}]
pan roast
1: roast in a pan; "pan-roast that meat"
Pan troglodytes
1: intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests [syn: {chimpanzee}, {chimp}]
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
1: long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees [syn: {eastern chimpanzee}]
Pan troglodytes troglodytes
1: black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees [syn: {central chimpanzee}]
Pan troglodytes verus
1: masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species [syn: {western chimpanzee}]
pan-fry
1: fry in a pan; "pan-fry the dumplings"
Pan-Hellenic
1: of or relating to all the Greeks; "the Olympic Games were a Panhellenic celebration" [syn: {Panhellenic}]
panacea
1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: {nostrum}, {cure-all}]
panache
1: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: {dash}, {elan}, {flair}, {style}] 2: a feathered plume on a helmet
Panadol
1: an analgesic for mild pain; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril and Tylenol and Panadol and Phenaphen and Tempra and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) [syn: {acetaminop...
Panama
1: a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903 [syn: {Republic of Panama}] 2: a stiff straw hat with a flat crown [syn: {boater}, {leghorn}, {Panama hat}, {sailor}...
Panama Canal
1: a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
Panama Canal Zone
1: a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal [syn: {Canal Zone}]
Panama City
1: a resort and fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida 2: the capital and largest city of Panama [syn: {capital of Panama}, {Panamanian capital}]
Panama hat
1: a stiff straw hat with a flat crown [syn: {boater}, {leghorn}, {Panama}, {sailor}, {skimmer}, {straw hat}]
Panama redwood
1: hard heavy red wood of a quira tree [syn: {quira}] 2: large erect shrub of Columbia having large odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant yellow flowers [syn: {Panama...
Panama redwood tree
1: large erect shrub of Columbia having large odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant yellow flowers [syn: {Panama redwood}, {Platymiscium pinnatum}]
Panama tree
1: large deciduous tree native to Panama and from which the country takes its name; having densely leafy crown and naked trunk [syn: {Sterculia apetala}]
Panamanian
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Panama or its people; "Panamanian economy" n : a native or inhabitant of Panama
Panamanian capital
1: the capital and largest city of Panama [syn: {Panama City}, {capital of Panama}]
panamica
1: low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers [syn: {friendship plant}, {panamiga}, {Pilea involucrata}]
panamiga
1: low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers [syn: {friendship plant}, {panamica}, {Pilea involucrata}]
panatela
1: a long slender cigar [syn: {panetela}, {panetella}]
Panax
1: perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng [syn: {genus Panax}]
Panax ginseng
1: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers [syn: {ginseng}, {nin-sin}, {Panax schinseng}, {Panax pseudoginsen...
Panax pseudoginseng
1: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers [syn: {ginseng}, {nin-sin}, {Panax ginseng}, {Panax schinseng}]
Panax quinquefolius
1: North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng [syn: {American ginseng}, {sang}]
Panax schinseng
1: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers [syn: {ginseng}, {nin-sin}, {Panax ginseng}, {Panax pseudoginseng}...
pancake
1: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle [syn: {battercake}, {flannel cake}, {flannel-cake}, {flapcake}, {flapjack}, {griddlecake}, {hotcake}, {hot cake}]
pancake day
1: the last day before Lent [syn: {Mardi Gras}, {Shrove Tuesday}]
pancake turtle
1: voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites [syn: {soft-shelled turtle}]
pancarditis
1: inflammation of the entire heart (the epicardium and the myocardium and the endocardium)
panchayat
1: a village council in India or southern Pakistan [syn: {panchayet}, {punchayet}]
panchayet
1: a village council in India or southern Pakistan [syn: {panchayat}, {punchayet}]
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