| palette knife |
a thin, flexible steel blade set in a handle and used by artists to mix colors or clean the palette. |
| palfrey |
a saddle horse, esp. one for women to ride. |
| Pali |
the ancient Indic dialect that is the scriptural language of Buddhism. |
| palimony |
a form of alimony, granted or paid after the separation of an unmarried couple who have lived as though married for a substantial period. |
| palimpsest |
a piece of parchment or other writing material on which a text has been written over one or more earlier texts that are still partially visible. |
| palindrome |
a word, number, phrase, or longer expression with letters or numbers in the same order both backward as forward, such as "level," "1881," and "Able was I ere I saw Elba". |
| paling |
a fence built of pales. [3 definitions] |
| palinode |
a poem whose contents retract something stated in a previous poem. [2 definitions] |
| palisade |
a tall strong fence of pointed stakes. [3 definitions] |
| pall1 |
a heavy cloth covering for a funeral casket, hearse, or tomb. [3 definitions] |
| pall2 |
to become boring or distasteful; cause weariness. |
| palladic |
of or containing tetravalent palladium. |
| Palladium |
a statue of Athena, esp. one placed at the citadel of Troy as divine protection for the city. [2 definitions] |
| palladium |
a chemical element that has forty-six protons in each nucleus and that occurs in pure form as a dense, malleable, corrosion-resistant silver-white solid metal, used esp. as a catalyst and in alloys. (symbol: Pd) |
| palladous |
of or containing divalent palladium. |
| pallbearer |
one of several persons who carry or accompany the casket at a funeral. |
| pallet1 |
a small or temporary bed, or mattress stuffed with straw. |
| pallet2 |
a movable, usu. wooden platform on which freight goods are moved or stored. [2 definitions] |
| palliate |
to lessen the effect of; make less severe, esp. without curing. [2 definitions] |
| palliative |
tending or acting to relieve or palliate. [2 definitions] |
| pallid |
pale or whitened; lacking color. [2 definitions] |