| 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. |
| pantaloons |
men's tightfitting trousers secured by straps under the insteps, worn esp. in the nineteenth century. |
| pantheism |
the religious or philosophical doctrine that God is in all things and all things are part of God. |
| pantheon |
a temple dedicated to all of a people's gods. [4 definitions] |
| panther |
a leopard, esp. a black one with no spots. [2 definitions] |
| panties |
brief underpants for women or children. |
| pantile |
a curved roofing tile laid so the down curve of one tile overlaps with the up curve of the one beside it. |
| panto- |
all. |
| pantograph |
a jointed mechanical device in the shape of a parallelogram with styluses that enables one to create copies of drawings, diagrams, maps, and the like to any desired scale. |
| pantomime |
a type of theatrical performance in which stories, meanings, or emotions are expressed by gestures, movements, and facial expressions, usu. without speech; mime. [5 definitions] |
| pantothenic acid |
an organic acid considered to be part of the vitamin B complex, present in most animal and plant tissues and vital for cell growth. |
| pantry |
a small room, usu. adjoining a kitchen, where kitchen and table supplies and food are kept. [2 definitions] |
| pants |
an outer garment that covers the area below the waist, reaching any of various lengths down to the feet, and covering each leg separately; trousers. [2 definitions] |
| pants suit |
variant of pantsuit. |
| pantsuit |
a woman's suit jacket with matching pants. |
| panty |
singular form of "panties," a short lower-body undergarment typically worn by women and girls (singular form used typically as part of a compound word or to refer to underpants that are attached to a garment.) |
| panty girdle |
a girdle with a crotch and legs that can vary in length from very short to mid-thigh to knee-length. |