| 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. |
| papergirl |
a girl who delivers newspapers, usu. along a specified route. |
| paperhanger |
one who applies wallpaper to walls, esp. as an occupation. [2 definitions] |
| paper knife |
a knife with a long dull blade that is used to open mail or separate the uncut pages of a book. |
| paperless |
combined form of paper. |
| paper money |
currency in paper form, such as a dollar bill or bank note, that is issued by a government or its banks as legal tender. |
| paper nautilus |
an octopuslike mollusk, the female of which has a thin spiral shell in which she can dwell and lay eggs. |
| paper tiger |
a person, group, or nation that seems strong or powerful enough to pose a threat, but is actually weak or ineffectual; empty threat. |