| 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] |
| pallium |
a cloak worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome; himation. [3 definitions] |
| pall-mall |
a popular seventeenth-century game in which a boxwood ball was struck with a mallet in order to drive it through an iron ring at the end of a playing alley. [2 definitions] |
| pallor |
unnatural paleness, esp. of the face. |
| palm1 |
the inner surface of the hand, between the wrist and the base of the fingers. [4 definitions] |
| palm2 |
any of numerous mainly tropical evergreen plants, usu. an unbranched tree having a crown of large divided leaves, or fronds. [3 definitions] |
| palmate |
shaped like a hand with the fingers extended and spread, as various natural forms such as leaves. [2 definitions] |
| palm crab |
a large land-dwelling crab of the South Pacific that feeds on coconuts. |
| palmer |
a pilgrim, esp. of medieval Europe, who carried a palm leaf as a sign of having made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. |
| palmetto |
any of various low-growing palms that have fan-shaped leaves. |
| palmistry |
the practice or art of foretelling one's future or divining one's character by interpreting the lines or creases on the palm. |
| palmitic acid |
a fatty acid obtained from palm oil and other natural oils and fats that is used in making soaps. |
| palm leaf |
a leaf, esp. of a palmetto, that is used in making hats, fans, and the like. |
| palm off |
to sell or get someone to accept (something) by deception, as by misrepresenting it. |
| palm oil |
a yellow oil obtained from the fruit of various palms, used in making soaps, candles, cosmetics, and in some food products, such as chocolate. |
| Palm Sunday |
in many Christian churches, the Sunday before Easter, commemorating the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. |
| palm tree |
any of numerous, mainly tropical, evergreen plants, usu. unbranched and having a crown of large divided leaves, or fronds. |