| Palace of Westminster |
the official name of the building where the British parliament meets; Houses of Parliament. |
| Palacio Nacional |
in Mexico, a national palace built in 1693 by the conquistador, Hernán Cortés. [2 definitions] |
| paladin |
one who fights heroically for a noble cause. |
| palanquin |
in East Asian countries, a boxlike passenger carriage transported by means of poles on the shoulders of several men. |
| palatable |
acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. [2 definitions] |
| palatal |
of or relating to the palate. [3 definitions] |
| palatalize |
to articulate (a nonpalatal sound) as a palatal. |
| palate |
the roof of the mouth, which separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity and consists of a bony front section and a soft muscular back section. [2 definitions] |
| palatial |
of, resembling, or relating to a palace. [2 definitions] |
| palatinate |
the territory or rulership of a palatine. |
| palatine |
belonging or suited to a palace. [5 definitions] |
| palaver |
idle conversation or discussion, esp. at length. [4 definitions] |
| palazzo |
(Italian) a grand or majestic building or house; palace. |
| pale |
lacking intensity of color. [5 definitions] |
| paleethnology |
the study of the earliest humans. |
| paleface |
(slang) a white person, as distinguished from an American Indian. |
| paleo- |
(sometimes cap.) old; prehistoric; ancient. |
| Paleocene |
of, relating to, or designating the geological epoch at the start of the Tertiary Period, from approximately 65 million to 54 million years ago, when birds and early mammals appeared. [2 definitions] |
| paleoclimate |
the earth's climate in a former geologic time period. |
| paleodataset |
an organized collection of data about former geologic time periods. |
| Paleogene |
see tertiary. |