| Pangaea |
in plate tectonics, the single land mass that was composed of all the land on Earth until it began breaking into smaller continents 300 million years ago. |
| pangolin |
a toothless mammal of Africa and Asia that feeds on ants and termites and rolls into a ball when attacked; scaly anteater. |
| panhandle1 |
the handle of a pan. [2 definitions] |
| panhandle2 |
(informal) to beg for money on the street. [2 definitions] |
| Panhellenic |
of or pertaining to all Greece or all Greeks. [3 definitions] |
| Panhellenism |
the historical theory or advocacy of Greek political unification. |
| panic |
a sudden, usu. irrational terror that often provokes wild behavior and spreads to many other individuals. [6 definitions] |
| panicle |
an irregularly branching cluster of flowers. |
| panic-stricken |
overcome by panic; unable to act because of fear; terrified. |
| panjandrum |
a pompous or pretentious official. |
| pannier |
a large basket, often carried on a person's back, or as one of a pair carried by a pack animal. |
| panocha |
a coarse sugar made in Mexico. [2 definitions] |
| panoply |
an impressive covering or array of things. [2 definitions] |
| panorama |
a full, wide view of an extensive area. [3 definitions] |
| panoramic |
allowing or presenting a wide unbroken view of landscape and the like. |
| panpipe |
a primitive musical instrument made of a series of reeds or pipes of graduated lengths bound together, that is played by blowing across the open uppermost ends. |
| pansophism |
a claim or pretension to universal wisdom or knowledge. |
| pansy |
a garden plant, related to the violet, that has flat, rounded, velvety flowers of various intense colors, or the flower of this plant. [2 definitions] |
| pant |
to breathe in rapid short gasps, as after hard exercise. [5 definitions] |
| Pantagruel |
in the sixteenth-century French satire Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais, a giant, good-natured, drunken jokester. |
| pantalets |
long women's drawers with ruffles along the lower edge of each leg. |