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1: common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies [syn: {bird's-foot violet}, {Johnny-jump-up}, {wood violet}, {Viola pedata}]

1: the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine) 2: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: {gasp}] v 1: breathe noisily, as when one is...

1: the leg of a pair of trousers [syn: {trouser leg}]

1: communicate by hooting and panting, as of primates

1: a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes 2: a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man 3: trousers worn in former times

1: dressed in trousers [syn: {breeched}, {trousered}]

1: a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture)

1: (rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods 2: the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as...

1: of or relating to pantheism [syn: {pantheistic}] n : someone who believes that God and the universe are the same

1: of or relating to pantheism [syn: {pantheist}]

1: all the gods of a religion 2: a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes 3: (antiquity) a temple to all the gods

1: a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis [syn: {jaguar}, {Panthera onca}, {Felis onca}] 2: a leopard in the ...

1: nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat [syn: {ocelot}, {Felis pardalis}]

1: lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers [syn: {leopard lily}, {Lilium pardalinum}]

1: lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers [syn: {genus Panthera}]

1: large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male [syn: {lion}, {king of beasts}]

1: a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis [syn: {jaguar}, {panther}, {Felis onca}]

1: large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots [syn: {leopard}]

1: large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered [syn: {tiger}]

1: large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur [syn: {snow leopard}, {ounce}]

1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) [syn: {panty}, {scanty}, {step-in}]

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

1: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: {blown}, {gasping}, {out of breath(p)}, {pursy}, {short-winded}, {winded}] n 1: breathing heavily (as after exertion) [syn: {heaving}] 2: any fabric used...

1: as someone winded and out of breath; "he came running after us pantingly" [syn: {gaspingly}]

1: an abbreviation of pantomime

1: mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale

1: a performance using gestures and body movements without words [syn: {mime}, {dumb show}] v : act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an ...

1: an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression [syn: {mime}, {mimer}, {mummer}, {pantomimist}]

1: an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression [syn: {mime}, {mimer}, {mummer}, {pantomimer}]

1: a vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acids; occurs in many foods [syn: {pantothenic acid}]

1: a vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acids; occurs in many foods [syn: {pantothen}]

1: generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic; commonly conceded to be ancestral to marsupial and placental mammals [syn: {subclass Pantotheria}]

1: distributed throughout the tropics [syn: {pantropical}]

1: distributed throughout the tropics [syn: {pantropic}]

1: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines [syn: {larder}, {buttery}]

1: a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table [syn: {butler}]

1: (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" [syn: {trousers}] 2: (usually in the plural) u...

1: a home appliance in which trousers can be hung and the wrinkles pressed out [syn: {trouser press}]

1: a slack suit for women

1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) [syn: {pantie}, {scanty}, {step-in}]

1: a woman's undergarment that combines a girdle and panties

1: a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings

1: a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: {sissy}, {pansy}, {milksop}, {Milquetoast}]

1: equipped with armored vehicles; "a panzer division" n : an armored vehicle or tank

1: Italian painter of the venetian school (1528-1588) [syn: {Veronese}, {Paolo Veronese}]

1: Italian painter of the venetian school (1528-1588) [syn: {Veronese}, {Paola Caliari}]

1: worthless or oversimplified ideas [syn: {pablum}] 2: a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders [syn: {soft diet}, {spoon food}] 3: the small projection of a ...

1: a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells [syn: {cervical smear}, {Papanicolaou smear}]

1: a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer [syn: {Papanicolaou test}, {smear test}]

1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: {dad}, {dada}, {daddy}, {pa}, {pappa}, {pater}, {pop}]

1: oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971) [syn: {Duvalier}, {Francois Duvalier}]

1: the government of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: {pontificate}]

1: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit [syn: {papaya}, {pawpaw}, {papaya tree}, {melon tree}, {Carica papaya}]

1: a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer

1: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation" [syn: {apostolic}, {apostolical}, {pontifical}]

1: a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) [syn: {bull}]

1: a cross with three crossbars

1: belief of the Roman Catholic Church that God protects the Pope from error when he speaks about faith or morality

1: (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status [syn: {nuncio}]

1: a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells [syn: {cervical smear}, {Pap smear}]

1: a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer [syn: {Pap test}, {smear test}]

{paparazzo}

1: a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines [also: {paparazzi} (pl)]

1: type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers [syn: {genus Papaver}]

1: Old World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers [syn: {Iceland poppy}]

1: annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit [syn: {prickly poppy}]

1: showy annual of California with red flowers [syn: {western poppy}]

1: California wild poppy with bright red flowers [syn: {wind poppy}, {flaming poppy}, {Stylomecon heterophyllum}]

1: subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers [syn: {Iceland poppy}, {arctic poppy}]

1: commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers [syn: {oriental poppy}]

1: annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated [syn: {corn poppy}, {field poppy}, {Flanders poppy}]

1: southwestern Asian herb with grayish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium [syn: {opium poppy}]

1: herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits [syn: {family Papaveraceae}, {poppy family}]

1: an order of dicotyledonous plants [syn: {Rhoeadales}, {order Rhoeadales}, {order Papaverales}]

1: an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive [syn: {Kavrin}]

1: small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit [syn: {pawpaw}, {papaw tree}, {Asimina triloba}] 2: fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples [syn: {pa...

1: small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit [syn: {pawpaw}, {papaw}, {Asimina triloba}]

1: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit [syn: {papaia}, {pawpaw}, {papaya tree}, {melon tree}, {Carica papaya}] 2: large oval m...

1: trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves [syn: {Caricaceae}, {family Caricaceae}]

1: juice from papayas

1: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit [syn: {papaya}, {papaia}, {pawpaw}, {melon tree}, {Carica papaya}]

1: the capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti

1: made of paper; "they wore paper hats at the party" n 1: a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses 2: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); ...

1: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases [syn: {sack}, {poke}, {carrier bag}]

1: small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes [syn: {American white birch}, {paperbark birch}, {canoe birch}, {Betula cordifolia}, {Betula papyrifera}]

1: a chain made of loops of colored paper; used to decorate a room

1: an outdoor game; the hares start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and the hounds try to catch them before they reach a designated spot [syn: {hare and hounds}]

1: chromatography that uses selective adsorption on a strip of paper

1: a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together; "the paper clip was invented in 1900" [syn: {paperclip}, {gem clip}]

1: a disposable paper cup for holding drinks [syn: {Dixie cup}, {drinking cup}]

1: currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie [syn: {paper money}, {folding money}]

1: a cutting implement for cutting sheets of paper to the desired size

1: a piece of paper cut or folded into the shape of a human being

1: electrophoresis carried out on filter paper [syn: {carrier electrophoresis}]

1: a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place

1: a device for inserting sheets of paper into a printer or typewriter; "the job was delayed because the paper feed was clogged"

1: Brazilian vine that tends to flower continuously [syn: {Bougainvillea glabra}]

1: reserve assets in the International Monetary Fund; designed to supplement reserves of gold and convertible currencies used to maintain stability in the foreign exchange market [syn: {special drawin...

1: dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books [syn: {letter opener}, {paperknife}]

1: an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from from the investor's cost [ant: {paper profit}]

1: a mill where paper is manufactured

1: currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie [syn: {folding money}, {paper currency}]

1: shrubby Asiatic tree having bark (tapa) that resembles cloth; grown as a shade tree in Europe and America; male flowers are pendulous catkins and female are urn-shaped followed by small orange-red ...

1: cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells [syn: {nautilus}, {Argonaut}, {Argonauta argo}]

1: tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times [syn: {papyrus}, {Egyptian paper reed}, {Egyptian paper rush}, {paper rush}, {Cyperus papyrus}]

1: a disposable plate made of cardboard

1: an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price [ant: {paper loss}]

1: the route taken when delivering newspapers every day [syn: {paper route}]

1: the route taken when delivering newspapers every day [syn: {paper round}] 2: the job of delivering newspapers regularly

1: tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times [syn: {papyrus}, {Egyptian paper reed}, {Egyptian paper rush}, {paper plant}, {Cyperus papyrus}]

1: a long narrow strip of paper

1: thin as paper; "her blouse was paper thin"

1: the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual; "he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth"

1: a disposable towel made of absorbent paper

1: absorbent paper used as toweling

1: the written evidence of someone's activities; "this paper trail consisted mainly of electronically stored information"

1: any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper

1: a daffodil having star-shaped white blossoms; often grown indoors to bloom in the winter [syn: {Narcissus papyraceus}]

1: a book with paper covers [syn: {paperback book}, {paperback}, {softback book}, {softback}, {soft-cover book}, {soft-cover}]

1: a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork