| panty girdle |
a girdle with a crotch and legs that can vary in length from very short to mid-thigh to knee-length. |
| pantyhose |
a close-fitting, see-through, stretchable garment worm by women that covers the feet, legs, and lower torso. |
| pantywaist |
(informal) a weak, cowardly, or unmasculine man or boy. |
| panzer |
an armored vehicle, esp. a tank used by the Germans in World War II. [2 definitions] |
| pap |
soft, semiliquid, or bland food, as for infants. [2 definitions] |
| papa |
(informal) father; dad. |
| papacy |
the office or authority of the pope. [3 definitions] |
| papain |
an enzyme that digests protein, obtained from the juice of unripe papayas, and used for tenderizing meat and aiding digestion. |
| papal |
of, concerning, or issued by the pope, the Roman Catholic Church, or its government. |
| paparazzo |
a reporter or photographer, often free-lance, who aggressively seeks out celebrities in order to photograph them or write sensational articles about them for the popular media. |
| papaw |
a tree of central and southern North America that bears purple flowers and small fleshy edible fruit. [2 definitions] |
| papaya |
the oblong yellow fruit of a palmlike tropical American tree, or the tree itself. |
| paper |
a thin substance made from any of a variety of fibrous materials, used for writing, wrapping, decorating walls, and the like. [12 definitions] |
| paperback |
a book having a flexible paper cover. [2 definitions] |
| paper birch |
a North American birch with tough white paperlike bark that curls and peels easily from the tree. |
| paperboard |
a material made of paper pulp or layers of paper compressed into sheets; cardboard; pasteboard. |
| paperbound |
of a book, bound in paper; not hardcover; paperback. |
| paperboy |
a boy who delivers newspapers, usu. along a specified route. |
| paper clip |
a flexible wire or plastic clasp bent into loops, that holds papers together. |
| paper cutter |
a power-driven machine or hand-operated device used to cut or trim a quantity of paper. |
| paperer |
one who covers walls with paper; paperhanger. |