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PA - PARACHUTIST
PACE - nouns
• CRACKER a very fast pace ...c1870 sl.
• FADGE a jog-trot, a slow irregular pace ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HOBBLEDEGEE a jog trot; a pace between a walk and a run ...L18 sl.
• HOBBLEDEJEE a jog trot; a pace between a walk and a run ...L18 sl.
• HURRY-ON a quickening of pace ...1983 Aust. sl.
• HURRY-UP a request for a quickening of pace ...1916 Aust. sl.
• MARKET-TROT a slow trot, a pace slightly quicker than walking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PASS a step, a stride, a pace ...1768 Sc.
• RAIK speed, pace, rate ...1768 Sc.
• RAKE a run, rush; speed, a swift pace ...c1460 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. rare
• RAKER an extremely fast pace ...1895 colloq.
• RALLY a sudden rush, a quick involuntary movement, a lurch, like the staggering of a drunk man; a quick pace ...1880 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RATTLE a quick pace; speed; impetus; a dash ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCORE a great pace ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR rate, pace; a quick walk, a race ...1796 Sc.
• SHIG-SHOG a pace between a walk and a trot; a jog-trot; a shaking motion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
ֳ• STRIME a stride, a pace ...B1900 Eng. dial.
PACE - verbs
• FADGE to trot gently; to go at a pace between walking and trotting; to walk with difficulty owing to corpulency ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MAJOR to strut about, to pace up and down with a military air ...1814 Sc.
• PAIK to trudge, to tramp along, to pace ...1827 Sc.
• PARD to pace up and down ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAUGE † to prance, to pace about waiting for one's chance to hover around with some design in mind ...1825 Sc.
• SPANK to go at a quick and lively pace ...19C
• STRIME to walk with long steps; to stride; to pace ...1854 Eng. dial.
PACIFIC - nouns
• PACIFIC SLOPE the countries of the Pacific Rim, esp. as considered places of refuge for wanted criminals ...L19 NZ sl.
PACIFIC - nouns, person
• SAGO a Pacific Islander ...1950s Aust. sl.
PACIFICATION - nouns
• ACQUIETING † a bringing to rest, quieting, or pacification ...1534
PACIFIC ISLANDS - nouns, person
• CANAKA a Pacific Islander, esp. one brought to Australia as an indentured labourer on the Queensland cotton or sugar plantations ...M19 orig. Aust.
• KANAKA a Pacific Islander, esp. one brought to Australia as an indentured labourer on the Queensland cotton or sugar plantations ...M19 orig. Aust.
• QUEGO a Pacific Islander ...1980s NZ sl.
PACIFIED - adjectives
• IMPACABLE † that cannot be pacified or appeased; implacable ...1571
• PACABLE † capable of being pacified, placated, or appeased ...a1834
• PACATE † pacified, brought into a state of peace and calm, tranquil ...1644
• PACIFIABLE capable of being pacified or appeased ...1618
• PACIFICABLE † capable of being pacified or appeased; placable ...1621
• PEACIFIED pacified, peaceable ...1952 Amer. dial.
• REZOLD pacified, having the mind set at rest, restored to a calm state of mind ...Bk1904 Sc.
PACIFIED - nouns
• IMPACABILITY † implacability ...1602
PACIFIED - verbs
• TAKE REST to cease; to be pacified ...1889 Eng. dial.
PACIFIC ISLANDS - nouns, person
• KANAKA any native of the South Pacific islands, esp. (formerly) one abducted to work in Australia ...Aust.
PACIFY - verbs
• ACQUIET † to set at rest, to quiet, to pacify ...1548
• DEMULCE † to soothe, mollify, pacify, appease ...1530
• LAY DOWN † to cause to subside; to pacify, to appease ...1563
• PACIFICATE to give or restore peace to; to appease; to pacify ...1827
• PEACIFY * to make calm, to pacify; to soothe, quiet, or subdue ...1886
• SAY to advise, to direct; to check, to control, to command; to pacify, to silence ...1746 Eng. dial.
PACIFYING - adjectives
• DELENIFICAL †* soothing, pacifying, mitigating; making gentle; assuaging pain ...1656
PACIFYING - nouns
• PACATION the act of pacifying or tranquillizing; the condition of being peaceful and tranquil; pacification ...1658
PACK - nouns
• CANAILLE a pack ...a1680
• FARDEL a bundle, a little pack; a parcel ...a1300 arch.
• FARDLE a bundle, a little pack; a parcel ...a1300 arch.
• KATH a pack ...1920s Aust. sl.
• KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN. a pack ...1920s Aust. sl.
• PACKALD †a pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet ...c1440
• PACKISHNESS † the condition of being a pack ...1672 nonce word
• PAD a small pack or bundle ...1846 Eng. dial.
• WANTEL † a bundle, a burden, a pack ...1599
PACK - verbs
• FARCE † to cram full of; to pack ...c1386
• IMPACK * to pack in; to press closely together in a mass; to pack up ...1611
• PAG to cram, to pack tightly, to stuff, to fill to the utmost ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANG to pack a receptacle tight, to cram full, to stuff, to fill to the utmost ...1637 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUG to thrust, poke or pack into a space ...M19 Eng. dial.
• RAM-JAM to crowd, to pack closely together ...19C Eng. dial.
• SAM(M) to pack carelessly or closely ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SUFFARCINATE †* to truss or stuff up, to pack tightly ...1656
• THRACK to pack full; to stow with care ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAD to pack persons closely ...1850
• YARK to pack tightly; to ram full ...1895 Eng. dial.
• YERK to pack tightly; to ram full ...1895 Eng. dial.
PACKAGE - nouns
• BALE a small package ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BALLOT a bundle, a package ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANNIEL a bundle, a package ...1858 Sc.
• BANYEL a bundle, a package ...1858 Sc.
• BUDGET a pouch or wallet; a package, a bundle ...1818 Amer. dial.
• CHECK a small package, esp. of contraband or narcotics ...20C Amer. sl.
• FARDELLAGE † a package ...1489
PACKED - adjectives
• BAGGAGED packed up ...1821 nonce word
• COBBY crowded, confined, closely packed ...19C Eng. dial.
• HUNCHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNCHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE HERRINGS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE HERRINGS IN A BARREL very crowded; very closely packed together ...1704
• LIKE SARDINES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE SARDINES IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE HERRINGS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE HERRINGS IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE SARDINES IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANG packed tight, stuffed, crammed ...c1560 Sc.
• PANG-FULL full, packed tight, stuffed, crammed ...1842 Sc.
• RAM-JAM tightly packed; full to excess; generally used with 'full' ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCROOCHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUASHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUASHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS FLIES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS HOPS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS THIEVES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PACKED - nouns
• PACK the state of being packed or crowded together; a crush, a squeeze ...1928 Sc.
PACKET - nouns
• PACKALD † a pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet ...c1440
PACKET - verbs
• IMPAQUET † to enclose in a packet ...1699
PACT - adjectives
• PACTIONAL of the nature of a pact or covenant ...1624 chiefly Sc.
• PACTIVE †* settled by covenant; of the nature of a pact or covenant ...1633
• PACTORIAL * pert. to a pact or agreement ...1884 Sc.
• PACTORY †* pert. to a pact or covenant ...1633
PACT - adverbs
• PACTIONALLY by means of a pact or agreement ...1884 Sc.
PACT - nouns
• PACK † a private or clandestine arrangement, pact, or compact; a secret or underhand design agreed upon by two or more persons; a plot, conspiracy, intrigue ...1571
• PACTION the act of making a bargain or pact; a bargain, agreement, pact, contract ...1471 now chiefly Sc.
PACT - verbs
• PACTION to make a pact; to covenant or agree to something ...1640 Sc.
PADDED - adjectives
• GAMBOISED quilted, padded ...1834
PADDLEBOAT - nouns
• PADDLER a paddleboat ...L19 sl.
PADDLING - nouns
• PAIDLE the act of wading or paddling in water ...1866 Sc.
PADDOCK - nouns
• GARSTON † a grassy enclosure; a paddock or field ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GERSTON † a grassy enclosure; a paddock or field ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAWMELL † a small close or paddock ...1736 Eng. dial.
• PARK a grass field; a paddock; an enclosure ...1642 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARROCK a small field or enclosure; a paddock ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PERRICK a small field or enclosure; a paddock ...1677 Eng. dial.
PADLOCK - see LOCK
PAGAN - adjectives
• HEATHENIC † pagan ...1554
PAGAN - nouns, person
• SARACEN † a non-Christian, a heathen, a pagan; an unbeliever, an infidel ...c1250
PAGE - adjectives
• PAGICAL † relating to the pages of a book ...1606
• PAGINAL pert. to a page consisting of or referring to pages ...1646
• PAGINARY pert. to a page consisting of or referring to pages ...1823
PAGE - nouns
• PAGINE † a page or leaf; pages collectively, book, writing ...a1225
PAGE - verbs
• VOLVE † to flip the pages of
PAGEANT - adjectives
• PAGEANTIC * of the nature of or belonging to a pageant ...1825
PAGODA - nouns
• SAMMY-HOUSE an idol temple or pagoda ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
PAIL - see BUCKET
PAIN - adjectives
• BAD ill, sick, in pain; injured ...1716 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEADLESS of persons: intolerant of suffering; impatient of pain ...1885 Eng. dial.
• DAGGING of pain: shooting...1790 Eng. dial.
• DELENIFICAL †* soothing, pacifying, mitigating; making gentle; assuaging pain ...1656
• EASY free from pain, discomfort, or stiffness; supple ...1883 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• GRINDING of pain: excruciating, wearing ...L16
• JOINT-SICK † suffering from pain in the joints; diseased in the joints ...a1618
• LANCINATING chiefly used of pain: acute, darting, piercing ...1762
• NAGGY aching with a dull pain ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• OOLIN of pain: troublesome, gnawing ...1913 Sc.
• QUICKIE of a part of the body: experienced sharp pain or extreme sensitivity ...1984 Amer. dial.
• RACKING torturing causing intense pain, physical or mental ...1667
• RAPID violent; severe; esp. used of pain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAXING of pain: racking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SAIR causing physical pain or distress; sore ...1808 Sc.
• TANGING of a pain, etc.: shooting ...1864 Eng. dial.
• VERBEROUS † smarting with pain ...1688
PAIN - nouns
• ANGUISH pain felt at a distance from the actual wound or seat of disease, commonly known as 'sympathy' ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BALE † physical suffering, torment, pain, woe ...c1250
• BARRAT † trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain ...c1230
• BEDOLING-PAIN a dull, continuous pain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIDE pain, suffering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CATCH a sudden, sharp pain in the back, side, or neck; a stitch ..1954 Amer. dial.
• CATCH-PAIN a sharp, sudden pain, usually in the side ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHARLEY any minor stiffness or pain of the joints or muscles; a Charley horse ...20C Amer. sl.
• DAG a sharp, sudden pain ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DARE harm, pain ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DART a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DIRLING a smarting pain of short duration ...1835 Sc.
• EHA pain; a sore ...1938 Hawaii
• FAKEMENT pain, uneasiness, distress ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GIP pain, actual or figurative ...1910 UK sl.
• GRIP a sudden pain that comes in the side ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GYP pain, actual or figurative ...1910 UK sl.
• HARM † grief, sorrow, pain, trouble, distress, affliction ...a1000
• ILL illness, pain; disease; difficulty ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IRK weariness; pain ...1796 Sc.
• JYP pain, actual or figurative ...1910 UK sl.
• KENNINGTON LANE pain ...20C rhyming sl.
• LANCINATION piercing pain; acute agony ...1649
• LEVATION † an easing or diminishing of grief or pain ...1656
• MARTYRDOM torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering ...c1386
• MARTYRE † torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering ...c1330
• MEANING an indication of pain or lameness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MERRY HELL severe pain ...1963 sl.
• MICHAEL CAINE a pain ...1960s rhyming sl.
• MISERY an ache or pain ...1827 Amer. dial.
• MISERY, THE an ache or pain ...1832 Amer. dial.
• NAG a gnawing; a pang of pain; wearing, laborious toil ...1949 Sc.
• NAIL a sharp pain in the forehead ...1825 Sc.
• NEDEUM a gnawing pain ...1824 Sc.
• OFFENCE † feeling of being hurt; painful or unpleasant sensation, pain ...c1400
• ONTACK an attack or onset of pain, of snow, bad weather, or the like ...1964 Sc.
• OWIE a hurt, pain; a bruise or minor injury ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PAINING * the act of causing or condition of feeling pain; pain, suffering ...c1440
• PAINLINESS †* the condition of being in pain; distressful state ...1435
• PANNEL a pain, hurt ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PANTOD a vague or undefined illness; an imaginary illness; a fit; a violent pain ...1901 Amer. dial.
• QUICK a sudden, sharp pain; a crick in the neck ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUIRK 1. a deep breath drawn when in pain ...1847 Eng. dial.
2. a sudden, sharp pain ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RACK that which causes acute suffering, physical or mental; also, the result produced by this; intense pain or suffering ...1591
• RACKING intense pain ...1896
• RAGE †* violent pain; hence, humorously suggested as a name for a set of teeth ...1486
• RANGLE a wound, fester; a wearisome, rankling pain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RASH a sudden twinge of pain ...1900 Sc.
• RAXER something that pains ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SADDAM HUSSEIN a pain; an irritation; an annoying person ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• SCRITCH a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TAKING † a seizure or attack of disease; a stroke or palsy or the like; an attack of illness; a sudden seizure of pain; a sore, a swelling also, enchantment ...1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANG a sting; an acute pain ...1781 Eng. dial.
• TART a sharp pain ...1881 Eng. dial.
• THEIVIL-PAIN a pain in the side ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THEIVIL-SHOT a pain in the side ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TORMENT † a griping or wringing pain in the bowels ...1578
• TORMENTRY * tormenting feeling; severe suffering, pain, or vexation ...c1386
• TRAVELING PAINS pains, such as toothache, which cause a person to walk the floor ...1918 Amer. dial.
• VERBERATION † a smarting pain, as when beaten with rods, whips, or scourges ...1688
• WARCH † a pain, an ache ...c900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARK † a pain, an ache ...c900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PAIN - verbs
• ACORE † to taste, to feel the smart of, to suffer pain ...c1200
• BEIL to give pain or trouble to ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CATCH of a muscle or joint: to experience sudden sharp pain ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DAG to dart or shoot, as a sudden pain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANGLE to shoot or quiver with pain ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DARE to pain, to grieve, to hurt ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DENGLE to swing, to vibrate, to quiver, to throb, to tingle; to shoot or quiver with pain ...B1900 Sc.
• DERE to pain, to grieve, to hurt ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DILL to soothe; to allay, to assuage, to deaden or take away pain; to still, to deaden sound; to lull a child to sleep; to render insensible by an anaesthetic ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIRR to deaden or alleviate pain, as by the use of laudanum ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAKE to hurt, to cause intense pain to ...1812 Eng. dial.
• FAKE UP to hurt, to cause intense pain to ...1812 Eng. dial.
• GEAL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GELL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JAG to vex, to irritate, to annoy, to trouble; to pain, to rankle ...1888 Eng. dial.
• KILL to cause pain to someone ....1800 UK sl.
• LANCE † of pain: to shoot ...a1300
• LASK † to lower in quality, quantity, or strength, to relax; to shorten life; to alleviate pain ...c1350
• MARTYR to inflict grievous suffering or pain upon; to torment, to torture ...c1240
• NAG to keep up a dull gnawing pain; to ache persistently ...1836
• NAGGLE to fret continually; to pain continuously ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NANG of a pain: to gnaw; to keep up a dull, continuous aching ...1882 Eng. dial.
• NATTER to gnaw, to nag, as pain ...1871 Eng. dial.
• NEDEUM of pain: to gnaw ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NULL to abate; to alleviate pain ...1984 Amer. dial.
• OFFEND † to strike so as to hurt; to wound, to hurt; to give physical pain to; to harm, to injure ...c1385
• OUCH to hurt, to cause pain to ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PANG * to pierce or penetrate with acute physical or mental pain; to pain, to hurt, to ache ...c1502
•PANNEL to pain, to hurt ...1889 Eng. dial.
• POP ONE'S CAP to feel depressed; to suffer pain ...1950s US Black sl. sl.
• PUT THE HURT ON to inflict pain ...2001 UK sl.
• QUETCH † to shrink, to wince, to twitch with pain, and usually in negative clauses ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUITCH † to shrink, to wince, to twitch with pain, and usually in negative clauses ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RACK to inflict mental pain or torture on a person; to torture, to distract the mind, soul, etc. ...1601
• RAMP of pain: to rage ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMP AND ROVE to be in a state of almost unbearable pain ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RASH to twinge with sudden pain ...B1900 Sc.
• RENZIE to writhe with pain ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SING to cry out with pain; to make a noise, to boast, about something ...c1386
• SUFFER † to inflict pain upon ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAKE ON to ache, to be painful ...1893 Eng. dial.
• THRAW to suffer pain ...1805 Sc.
• TIFT to beat like a pulse; to throb; to tingle with pain ...1899 Sc.
• TOLERATE † to endure, to sustain pain or hardship ...1531 obs.
• URN † to pain, to torture ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain ...1950s US Black sl.
• WARCH † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARK † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PAIN - interjections
• DAG-GUM IT! an exclamation caused by sudden pain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1874 Amer. dial.
• HOO-EE-AH! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1874 Amer. dial.
• HOO-HEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOO-WEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1882 Amer. dial.
• MAN, THAT'S A LICK! said of a sudden pain caused by a hard blow on the chest ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OHWEE! used to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1961 Amer. dial.
• OOEY! used to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1961 Amer. dial.
• OO-WEE! used to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1961 Amer. dial.
• SILLY-GRIN! an ironical exclamation imparting pain or misfortune ...1910s Aust. sl.
• UFF-DA! an expression of surprise, aversion, disgust, or pain ...1950 Amer. dial.
• WHOO! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1932 Amer. dial.
• WHOOEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1888 Amer. dial.
• WHOO-HEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOIE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1924 Amer. dial.
PAINED - adjectives
• AGUEFIED pained, stiff, store, as with ague ...1939 Amer. dial.
PAINFUL - adjectives
• ANGUISHOUS painful, causing pain .B1900 Eng. dial.
• BALEFUL † full of pain or suffering; painful ...c1200
• DERF † painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel ...a1225
• ELDRITCH of a sore or wound: painful, fretted ...19C Sc.
• FUNKED-UP hurt, painful ...2000s US sl.
• GYPPY painful; annoying ...2000 UK sl.
• HARROWING acutely distressing or painful ...1810
• LABORIFEROUS †* that takes pains; that endures labour, painful, difficult ...1656
• MISERISH aching; painful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAINABLE †* painful ...1649
• PAINOUS †* painful; severe ...c1400
• PAINSFUL painful ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMPANT extremely painful, agonizing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SALT severe, painful ...1895 Sc.
• SMARTFUL † painful; distressing ...1556
• SORE AS A BOIL, AS very painful, sore ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUGHEND † distressing, painful ...a1225
• TART † of pain, punishment, suffering, discipline, law: sharp, severe, painful, grievous, tender to the touch, smarting, stinging ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIDDEN tender; painful, hard to put up with ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOUCHOUS physically sensitive; tender, painful to the touch ...1894 Amer. dial.
PAINFUL - nouns
• BAPTISM OF FIRE the undergoing of any severe ordeal or painful experience ...1857
• SORE CUP OF TEA something sad, painful, or disgusting ...1889 Eng. dial.
PAINFULNESS - nouns
• LABORIOSITY * painfulness, laboriousness ...1656
PAINKILLER - nouns
• EASING POWDER a drug to ease pain; a painkiller ...1913 Amer. dial.
PAINSTAKING - adjectives
• DEEDIE full of activity; painstaking, earnest ...1852 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEEDY full of activity; painstaking, earnest ...1852 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LABORIOSE † laborious, painstaking ...1727
• PAINFUL painstaking, hardworking, active ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PAINSTAKING - nouns
• PAINFULNESS the quality of taking pains; laboriousness, careful industry, painstaking ...1531 arch.
• PAINING † the taking of pains ...1633
• PAIN-TAKING † painstaking, assiduous effort; sometimes including the notion of enduring pain ...1528
PAINSTAKINGLY - adverbs
• PAINFULLY with great pains, painstakingly, laboriously, with care an effort ...1555 arch.
PAINT - adjectives
• PAINTY belonging to or abounding in paint ...1873
PAINT - nouns
• ALLIGATORING the cracking of paint into patches as a result of contraction or uneven drying ...1911 Amer. dial.
• ARIZONA PAINT JOB no paint at all ...1962 Amer. dial. jocular
• MEXICAN CHROME aluminium paint ...1955 US sl.
• OKIE CHROME aluminium paint ...1961 US sl.
• PAINTINESS the quality of abounding in paint ...1884
• PAINTING † pigment, paint ...1591
• PAINTURE † a substance used in painting; a paint, pigment ...1387
PAINT - verbs
• ARTIST to paint ...1890 Eng. dial.
• DAUB in painting: to lay on colours in a crude or clumsy fashion; to paint coarsely and inartistically ...1630
PAINTED - nouns
• PAINTINGS the painted woodwork of a room, as the doors and skirting-boards ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAINTS the painted woodwork of a room, as the doors and skirting-boards ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PAINTER - adjectives
• PAINTERLY * pert. to a painter; characteristic of painter, artistic ...a1586
PAINTER - nouns, person
• ANIMALIST an artist who makes figures of animals; an animal-painter or sculptor; also, a writer who deals with stories of animals ...1886
• DAUBER a coarse or unskilful painter ...1655
• DAUBSTER a clumsy painter ...1853
• FACE-PAINTER a painter of portraits ...1697
• IMAGER †* a painter ...1591
• LANDSCAPE-WORKER † one who paints landscapes ...1598
• MACHINIST a painter who works mechanically and by rule ...c1801
• PAINTRESS a woman who paints pictures; a female artist ...1741
• PAINTRIX †* a woman who paints pictures; a female artist ...1547
• PUTTY a ship's painter ...1946 naval sl.
PAINTING - nouns
• BUCKEYE an inferior oil-painting, made for the picture trade or for auction rooms ...1881 sl.
• CHEATER a paint roller used to apply paint (it cheats men out of hours of work) ...1969 Amer. dial.
• DAUBING painting coarsely or inartistically; hence, a coarsely or badly executed painting ...1654
• EASELDOM painting as a profession; the whole body of painters ...1860
• FLANDERS PIECE a painting that looks good from a distance but not so good close to ...L17 sl.
• NIGHT-PIECE a painting or picture representing a night scene ...1605
• PAINT †* a painting, a picture ...c1710
• PAINTMENT †* painting, adornment with colours ...1597
• PAINTRY † the act or product of painting ...1511
• PAINTURE † 1. that which is painted; painting, pictorial work; a painting, a picture ...a1225
† 2. the act or art of painting, or depicting objects in colours; style of painting ...c1386
• TABLATURE † a painting; a picture ...1711
PAIR - adjectives
• GEMINATE duplicated, combined in pairs, twin ...1598
• GEMINATED doubled, occurring in pairs ...1802
• GEMINOUS * double; occurring in pairs ...1646
• MARROWLESS not a pair, not matching, odd ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PAIR - adverbs
• PAIR-WISE in pairs ...1831
PAIR - nouns
• GEMELLES † twins; said also of things associated in pairs ...1382
• GEMINI † a couple, a pair ...1598
• GEMMELS † twins; said also of things associated in pairs ...1382
• LAG a pair, a couple ...1902 Eng. dial.
• MARROW † a thing which makes a pair with another ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR a match, an equal; the corresponding one of a pair ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PAIR - verbs
• MARROW † to join, to associate; to match, to pair ...1488
• MATCH † to associate, to join in companionship or cooperation; to put together so as to form a pair or set with another person or thing ...c1470
PAJAMAS - nouns
• BABY DOLLS pajamas for girls consisting of a baggy top and a short trouser bottom ...1957 UK colloq.
• JAMMIES pajamas ...sl.
• JIM-JAMS pajamas ...1994 sl.
• PAN-JAMS drawers worn by child, pyjamas ...1890 Ireland
• PANORAMAS pyjamas ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
PAKISTAN - adjectives
• PAKI Pakistani ...1984 UK sl.
• PAKLISH of Anglo-Pakistani birth ...2003 Aust. sl.
PAKISTAN - nouns
• PAK Pakistan ...1950s sl.
• PAKIS, THE the Pakistani Test Cricket team ...Aust. sl.
PAKISTAN - nouns, person
• HALAL (derogatory) a Muslim, esp. a Pakistani immigrant ...1990s sl.
• PAK (derogatory or offensive) a Pakistani; an immigrant from Pakistan ...1950s sl.
• PAKI (derogatory or offensive) a Pakistani; an immigrant from Pakistan ...1964 sl.
• PAKKI (derogatory or patronizing) a Pakistani; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent; Pakistan ...1964 UK sl.
• SAND NIGGER (offensive) an Arab; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1984 US sl.
• SCHVARTZ (derogatory) a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SCHVARTZA (derogatory) a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SCHWARTZ (derogatory) a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SHVARTZ a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
PALACE - adjectives
• PALACIOUS † of the nature of a palace; splendid, magnificent (as a building) ...1628
• PALASIN †* belonging to the palace or court ...c1400
• PALATIAN * belonging to a palace ...1845
• PALATIATE †* of the nature of a palace; splendid, magnificent (as a building) ...1632
• PALLACIOUS † of the nature of a palace; splendid, magnificent (as a building) ...1628
PALACE - nouns
• BASILIC orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1727-51 arch.
• BASILICA orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1541
• HALL † a large place covered by a roof; in early times applied to any spacious roofed place, without or with subordinate chambers attached; a temple, a palace, a court, a royal residence ...a1175
PALATABLE - adjectives (also see TASTE)
• APPETITIOUS † of the nature of, or suited to, appetite; palatable, desirable, appetizing ...1653
• ONO delicious, sweet, palatable ...1938 Hawaii
• ONOONO delicious, sweet, palatable ...1938 Hawaii
• PALATE †* pleasant to the palate or taste; palatable ...1617
• PALATIVE * pleasing to the palate or taste; palatable ...1682
• SAPID of food: having a pleasant taste, savoury, palatable ...1646
• SAPPIE full of goodness or savour, smooth and palatable ...1823 Sc.
• SAPPY full of goodness or savour, smooth and palatable ...1823 Sc.
• TEETH-RIFE palatable, toothsome ...B1900 Sc.
• TOOTH-RIFE agreeable to the taste; palatable; that of which one can eat a considerable quantity ...1841 Sc.
• TOOTHSOME pleasant to the taste, savoury, palatable ...c1565
• TOOTHY * pleasant to the taste, savoury, palatable ...1864
PALATABLE - verbs
• CANDY to sweeten; to render pleasant or palatable; to give a pleasant appearance to ...1592
• PALATE † to make palatable, to season ...1610
• SUGAR to make palatable or agreeable ...1412-20
• SUGAR-COAT to make palatable ...1870
PALATE - nouns
• GAB palate, taste ...1725 Sc.
• PALACE † the palate or roof of the mouth ...1483
PALAVER - nouns
• PALABRA a word; speech, talk, palaver ...1594
PALE - adjectives
• ASHY pale as ashes: usually of Blacks ...1952 Amer. dial.
• ASHY-PALE pale as ashes: usually of Blacks ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BLAELIKE livid, pale ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRT pale with fear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUNKIT pale ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALLOW pale, wan ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHEESY pale, peaked ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DACKLIE † pale, having a sickly appearance ...1825 Sc.
• DAUNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking ...Irish usage
• DAWNEY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking ...Irish usage
• DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health ...Bk1900 Irish usage
• DEAD † of the face: deadly pale, wan ...c1386
• DEATHLY-LIKE very pale, deathly, colourless in complexion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DONNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking ...Irish usage
• EARTHLY † pale or lifeless as earth ...1588
• FAUCHIE of persons: sickly-looking, pasty-faced, pale ...1911 Sc.
• FAUGH † pale, faint of colour; faded, yellowed ...1824 Sc.
• GREEN having a pale sickly complexion ...ME
• HALISH pale, sickly in appearance; weak; ailing ...1895 Eng. dial.
• HAW discoloured, livid, pale, wan ...c1420 Sc.
• LEW weak; also, of a leaden or pale colour; pale, wan ...c1325 Eng. dial.
• MICKY dull, pale-faced ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALE AS DISHWATER very pale ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PALEY pale, whitish ...1812 Sc.
• PALIE pale or somewhat pale ...c1560 chiefly poetic
• PALLESCENT * growing or becoming pale; rather pale; pallid, wan ...1657
• PALY pale or somewhat pale ...c1560 chiefly poetic
• PAPER-FACED having a thin or pale face ...1597
• SALVY of the complexion: pale, sickly ...1897 Eng. dial.
• TALLOW-HUED as pale as tallow, wan ...B1900
• UNDERDONE of the complexion: pale ...L19 sl.
• UNRUDSOME pale-faced ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PALE - nouns, person
• PALE-FACE a person who has a pale face; a name for a White man attributed to the North American Indians ...1822
PALE - verbs
• CAST COLOUR to lose colour, to become pale, to fade, esp. by the action of light ...c1350
• FALL † of the complexion: to grow pale ...c1369
• FALLOW † 1. to become pale or yellow; hence, to fade, to wither ...a1000
† 2. of the face, etc.: to blanch, to grow pale ...c1205
• IMPALLID †* to render pallid or pale ...1661
• PAINT WHITE † to turn pale ...c1613
• PALEN * to make pale, to cause to turn pale ...1790
• PALISH †* to make pale ...1483
• PALL † 1. to become pale or dim ...1412-20
† 2. to make pale, to dim ...1533
• PALLIFY †* to make pale ...1576
PALENESS - nouns
• PALE † paleness, pallor ...a1547 rare or obs.
PALING - nouns
• PALLESCENCE * a blanching or paling ...1822
PALLID - adjectives
• PAALIE-MAALIE thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PAEWAE of a person: pallid, white-faced, sickly; drooping, spiritless ...1898 Sc.
• PALIE thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless ...1825 Sc.
• PALLESCENT * growing or becoming pale; rather pale; pallid, wan ...1657
• PALLEY-WALLEY thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless ...1923 Sc.
• PEW-WEW of a person: pallid, white-faced, sickly; drooping, spiritless ...1894 Sc.
• POW-WOW † of a person: pallid, white-faced, sickly; drooping, spiritless ...1739 Sc.
• SAPPY pallid, sickly, faint ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WANNIE † wan, pallid ...1555
• WANNY † wan, pallid ...1555
PALLID - nouns
• FRESH-WHITES a pallid complexion ...L19 sl.
PALLID - verbs
• IMPALLID †* to render pallid or pale ...1661
PALLOR - nouns
• HANT BLEACH a pallor ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PALE † paleness, pallor ...a1547 rare or obs.
PALM - nouns
• MITT a hand, fist, or palm ...1893 US sl.
PALMISTRY - nouns
• PLAIN OF MARS, THE in palmistry: the fleshy part of the thumb ..1653
PALMISTRY - nouns, person
• PALMIST one who practices palmistry; one who professes to tell people's characters and fortunes by examining the palms of their hands; a chiromancer ...1886
• PALMISTER * one who practices palmistry; one who professes to tell people's characters and fortunes by examining the palms of their hands; a chiromancer ...a1500
PALMISTRY - verbs
• READ MITTS to practice palmistry ...1951 Amer. sl.
PALM TREE - adjectives
• PALMFUL * abounding in palm trees ...a1618
• PALMY abounding in palms; palm-like ...1667 chiefly poetic
PALM TREE - nouns
• PALMER † a palm tree ...c1470
• PALMETUM a collection of tall and graceful palms of various kinds ...1854
PALPITATE - verbs
• GALVA to throb, to palpitate ...1876 Eng. dial.
• PAT of the heart: to throb, to palpitate ...1814 Sc. nonce use
• QUAP † to beat, to throb, to palpitate, to quiver ...c1374
• QUAVE † to beat, to palpitate; to throb with life ...1387
• QUOB to quiver like jelly; to throb; to palpitate ...1863 Eng. dial.
• QUOP † to beat, to throb, to palpitate ...a1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PALPITATING - adjectives
• PALPITANT palpitating ...1837
• QUOPPY palpitating; having faint sickly feelings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PALPITATION - nouns
• GALAVINS palpitations ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HEART-QUALM an attack of palpitation of faintness of heart ...c1621
• QUAP a throb, a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOB a throb; a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOP a throb, a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEAK JERKS a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety ...a1978 Amer. dial.
• WEAK TREMBLES a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety ...1889 Amer. dial.
PALSIED - adjectives
• PALCH broken down in health; very frail and delicate in constitution; palsied ...1897 Eng. dial.
• PALSIFIED palsied ...1887 Sc.
• PALSY † palsied, affected with palsy ...1563
PALSIED - nouns, person
• PALSY † a palsied person; a paralytic ...a1300
PALSY - adjectives
• PALSICAL † pert. to the palsy; paralytic ...1716
• PALSY † palsied, affected with palsy ...1563
PALSY - verbs
• PALSIFY * to afflict with palsy, to paralyze ...1775
PALTRY - adjectives
• AUCHIMUTY mean, paltry ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BALD bare or destitute of meaning or force; lacking in vividness of description; meagre, trivial, paltry ...1362
• BARE † poor in quality, paltry, worthless ...1399
• BAUBLING † trifling, contemptible, paltry, insignificant ...1601
• DIRTY contemptible, paltry; mean, dishonest ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FOOTLE worthless, paltry, trifling, insignificant ...1894
• INKLING paltry, measly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-LANE paltry...1810 cant
• MALLIFUFF silly, paltry, incapable of energetic action, feckless ...1827 Sc.
• NACKLE-ASS of persons and things: poor, mean, inferior, paltry ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• PALTERING † trifling, worthless, despicable, paltry ...1553
• PALTERLY † paltry, mean, shabby, worthless, mean...1666-7 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PALTHERLY paltry, worthless, mean ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALTING † petty, trifling, paltry ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAULTERLY paltry, worthless, mean ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PICAYUNE mean, contemptible, paltry; of small value or importance ...1856 Amer. colloq.
• PICKSNIFF paltry, despicable ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH contemptible, mean, paltry; good-for-nothing ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROINOUS † coarse, mean, paltry, base, nasty, contemptible ...c1366
• SAIR sorry, paltry, puny, pitiful ...1825 Sc.
• SAIRIE in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SAIRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SARRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SCABBED mean, paltry, worthless, petty; ill-looking, shabby ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCABBIT mean, worthless, shabby, paltry ...1701 Sc.
• SCRATTING paltry ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWLING mean, despicable, paltry; worthless, miserably small ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SNEAKBILL † mean, paltry, sneaking ...1611
• STERQUILINIOUS †* pertaining to a dunghill; hence, dirty, mean, paltry ...c1645
• WAFF 1. feeble, insignificant, paltry; weak, worn-out ...1796 Sc.
2. of things, qualities, etc.: weak, lacking strength or substance, flimsy, shoddy, paltry, of little account ...1810 Sc.
• WAIF † paltry, weak, inferior; worn-out ...1791 Sc.
PALTRY - nouns
• BAUBLE a thing or article of no value; a paltry piece of rubbish, something worthless ...1634
• PALTERINGS † trifles, worthless or paltry things ...1611
PALTRY - nouns, person
• PICKSNIFF an insignificant, paltry, contemptible person ...1862 Eng. dial.
• SNEAKBILL † a term of contempt; a mean, paltry, or sneaking fellow; a starved or thin-faced person ...1562
• SNEAKSBY * a mean-spirited person; a cowardly, creeping scoundrel; a paltry fellow; a sneak ...1580
• THING-O-WOLD a paltry, insignificant person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHIFFMAGIG a trifler; an insignificant, contemptible person; a mean, paltry person ...1871
PAMPER - verbs
• CARRY ONE ON A CHIP to treat very well; to pamper; to spoil ...1933 Amer. dial.
• DAINTY UP †* to pamper or indulge with dainties ...1622
• DANDLE to make much of, to pet, to pamper ...1575
• DAUT to pet, to fondle, to caress, to make much of ...1726 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWT to pet, to fondle, to caress, to make much of ...1726 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FADDLE to make much of a child; to spoil ...1688 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FANT to coddle, to pamper, to make much of ...1840 Eng. dial.
• FEATHER to pamper, to spoil, to treat well; to curry favour with ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FEDDLE †* to make much of; to pamper, to cherish ...1611
• FLOOSTER to flatter, coax, wheedle; to fondle, to make much of ...1890 Ireland
• INGLE to caress, to make much of ...1599 sl.
• MESS OVER to make much of, to spoil, to pamper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS UP to make much of, to spoil, to pamper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS WITH to make much of, to spoil, to pamper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOLLYCODDLE to coddle or treat with excessive kindness; to pamper ...1863 colloq.
• NAMBY-PAMBY to flatter; to pamper ...1812 sl.
• PAMPERIZE to pamper ...a1845 nonce word
• PAMPLE † to indulge, to pamper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAPPE †* to feed, to cram, to pamper ...a1400
• POMPER to pamper, to spoil ...1815 Amer. dial.
• POMP UP to pamper, to flatter, to spoil ...1886 Amer. dial.
• TIDDLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TITTLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TUTOR to indulge, to spoil a child, to pamper ...1927 Amer. dial.
PAMPERED - adjectives
• BUCKET-FED dependent; pampered ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BUCKET-LED dependent; pampered ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DANDILLY petted, pampered, spoiled by too much admiration ...1500-20 Sc.
• MAUNGY spoiled, petted, pampered; cross, peevish, ill-tempered; complaining ...1865 eng. dial.
• POMPED pampered, spoiled ...1886 Amer. dial.
• POMPEYED pampered, spoiled, coddled ...1942 Amer. dial.
PAMPERED - nouns, person
• CADE a spoiled, pampered or petted child ...1877 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CODDLE one who is pampered ...M19 sl.
• MOLLYCODDLE a man or boy who is used to being coddled; an effeminate man ...1833 colloq.
• TIDLING † a pampered or spoiled child; a darling, a pet; a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling ...1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WANTON † a person, esp. a child, spoiled by over-indulgence and excessive leniency; a spoiled child, a pampered pet ...1526
PAMPHLET - nouns
• BOOK a magazine or pamphlet ...1913 Amer. dial.
PAN - nouns
• ISLE OF MAN a pan ...20C rhyming sl.
• TILLIE-PAN † a skillet ...1826 Sc.
• TILLY-PAN † a skillet ...1826 Sc.
PANAMA - nouns
• CROSS ROADS OF THE WORLD Panama ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PANCAKE - nouns
• BATTER a pancake ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BATTERCAKE a pancake ...1840 Amer. dial.
• BATTY-BREADS cornbread pancakes ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BELLY PAD a pancake ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BLANKETS pancakes ...1899 Amer. sl.
• BUNG CLOTH a pancake ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BUNKER PLATES hotcakes, flapjacks, and pancakes ..World War I navy sl.
• COLLISION MATS pancakes; waffles ...World War II Amer. sl.
• EGG-FRAISE † a pancake ...1693
• GANDY a pancake ...1966 Can sl.
• GRIDDLE CAKE a pancake ...1810 Amer. dial.
• GRILL CAKE a pancake ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HORSE BLANKET a pancake ...1958 US logging usage
• JACK a flapjack ...19C US sl.
• LIVER PADS flapjacks ...1942 US jocular
• MANHOLE COVER. a pancake ...1961 US military jocular
• MONKEY BLANKET a pancake ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PADDY-CAKE a pancake or similar quick bread ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PANNACAKE a pancake ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PANNICAKE a pancake ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PANNYCAKE a pancake ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PAT-A-CAKE a pancake or similar quick bread ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PATTY-CAKE a pancake or similar quick bread ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE BLANKET a pancake ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHOE SOLES pancakes ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SINKER a biscuit, a dumpling, a roll, a pancake ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SKILLET BREAD pancakes, a pancake ...1947 Amer. dial.
• SLAP-JACK a pancake ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
PANDA - nouns
• WAH a panda ...1858
PANDEMONIUM - nouns
• PANDOMIE an uproar, chaos, pandemonium, 'hell let loose' ...1911 Sc.
PANG - nouns
• RACKET a pang, a blow to the emotions ...1720 Sc.
PANHANDLER - nouns, person
• MOLL-BUZZER a panhandler who begs from women ...1925 Amer. sl.
PANIC - adjectives
• ALL OF A TISWAS in a state of panic or excited confusion ...1984 UK sl.
• ALL OF A TIZWAS in a state of panic or excited confusion ...1984 UK sl.
• ALL OF A TIZZY in a state of panic or excited confusion ...1984 UK sl.
• PANICFUL full of panic, fearful ...1846
• PANICKED OUT in a complete panic ...1970s US sl.
PANIC - nouns
• ACE-DEUCE a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper ...1921 US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper ...1964 US sl.
• CONFLOPTION a great flurry, confusion, panic, fluster ...19C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FLAP a state of panic, distress, agitation or restlessness ...1916 sl.
• FREAK-OUT a complete panic and loss of control ...1970 US sl.
• PANOPHOBIA a form of melancholia marked by causeless or excessive terror; sudden fear or panic ...1799
• PANSHINE a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle ...a1838 Sc.
• PANSHIT a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle ...a1838 Sc.
• PUCKER panic, contretemps ...1991 Irish sl.
• SCAR a fright; a panic; an object of alarm ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PANIC - nouns, person
• PANIC MERCHANT a person who habitually panics ...1962 Aust. sl.
• PANIC-MONGER one who endeavours to bring about or foster a panic, esp. on a political, social, or financial question; an alarmist; a term of opprobrium ...1849
PANIC - verbs
• ACT AS IF ONE'S KNICKERS WERE ON FIRE to panic, to behave hysterically ...1960s sl.
• FLAP to be or become agitated or flustered; to panic ...1912 sl.
• FREAK to panic ...1964 US sl.
• FREAK OUT to panic ...1964 US sl.
• GAG to panic in the face of a great challenge ...1988 US sl.
• GLIFF † to take fright, to alarm, to startle; to be seized with a panic or sudden fear; to frighten ...1823 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HIT THE PANIC BUTTON to panic, to over-react, to summon aid ...1950s
• JUMP THROUGH ONE'S ASS to go wild with fear or confusion; to panic ...1969 Amer. sl.
• PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON to begin panicking or over-reacting ...Aust. sl.
• PUSH THE BUTTON to panic ...1967 Amer. sl.
PANIC - phrases
• KEEP A TIGHT ASSHOLE to avoid panicking; to keep cool ..1918 Amer. military sl.
PANORAMA - nouns
• MARINORAMA * a panoramic representation of sea views ...1847
PANSY - nouns
• BIDDY'S EYES the pansy, Viola tricolor ...1825 Eng. dial.
• FACE AND HOOD the pansy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANCY † an alleged name for the pansy ...1712
• JACK BEHIND THE GARDEN GATE the pansy, Viola tricolor ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LADIES' DELIGHT the pansy ...1841 Amer. dial.
• MEET-HER-IN-THE-ENTRY-KISS-HER-IN-THE-BUTTERY the pansy, Viola tricolor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREE FACES IN A HOOD the pansy, Viola tricolor ...1831 Eng. dial.
• THREE-FACES-UNDER-A-HOOD a pansy, a violet ...1835 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE-MY-FANCY the pansy, the violet ...1902 Amer. dial.
PANT - verbs
• BELLOWS to walk hurriedly, to go panting along ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAST to pant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOST to pant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HALE to breathe heavily; to pant; to inhale ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HALE FOR BREATH to breathe heavily; to pant; to inhale ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HASSEL to pant or breathe noisily ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HASSLE to pant or breathe noisily ...1928 Amer. dial.
• KEB to pant for breath; to sob ...1888 Eng. dial.
• PANK to pant, to breathe hard ...1663 Eng. dial.
• PANTLE † to pant ...1652 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THOCK to breathe heavily or pant with exertion ...1850 Eng. dial.
• TIFT to breathe hard, to pant ...1807 Eng. dial.
PANTHER - adjectives
• PARDINE * pert. to a leopard or panther ...1859
PANTHER - nouns
• CATAMOUNT † a panther or leopard ...1664
• CATAMOUNTAIN the leopard or panther ...1432-50
• PARD a panther or leopard ...a1300 arch. or poetic
• PARDAL † the panther or leopard ...1553
• PARDALE † the panther or leopard ...1553
PANTING - adjectives
• BLASTIE puffing, panting ...Bk1911 Sc.
PANTING - nouns
• BELLOWSING panting or exhaustion after running ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HASSELING panting, laboured breathing ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HASSLING panting, laboured breathing ...1928 Amer. dial.
• PANTS, THE a fit of panting ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• TIFT a state of gasping or panting; a condition of breathlessness from exertion ...1853 Eng. dial.
PANTOMIME - adjectives
• PANTOMIMIC of the nature of pantomime or mimicry; expressed by dumb show ...a1680
• PANTOMIMICAL * of the nature of pantomime ...1644
PANTOMIME - adverbs
• PANTOMIMICALLY by way of pantomime ...1839
PANTOMIME - nouns
• GALANTY SHOW a shadow pantomime produced by throwing shadows of miniature figures on a wall or screen ...1821
• HARLEQUINADE a kind of pantomime; that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts ...1780
• HARLEQUINERY † pantomime; harlequinade ...1741
PANTOMIME - nouns, person
• PANTALOON in modern pantomime, a character represented as a foolish and vicious old man, the butt of the clown's jokes, and his abettor in his pranks and tricks ...1781
• SCENE-RAT n. a supernumerary in ballet or pantomime ...c1880 theatrical sl.
PANTRY - nouns
• ALMERY a chest or cupboard where food is kept, a pantry ...1768 Eng. dial.
• AMBRY a chest or cupboard where food is kept, a pantry ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AUMBRY a chest or cupboard where food is kept, a pantry ...1768 Eng. dial.
• AUMRY a chest or cupboard where food is kept, a pantry ...1768 Eng. dial.
• BUTTERY a pantry or larder ...1654
• FOOD LOCKER a cupboard for the storage of foodstuffs; a pantry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GLORY HOLE a storage place, esp. one where odds and ends are cached; a pantry ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LOCKER a cupboard for the storage of foodstuffs; a pantry ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MEAL ROOM a pantry ...1842 Amer. dial.
• PANARY †* a storehouse for bread, a pantry ...1611
• PANTERNY a pantry ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PANTONY a pantry ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PANTYR †* a pantry ...c1475
PAPER - adjectives
• FAIR † of paper: not written upon, unused ...c1420
• PAPEREN made of paper ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PAPERN † of paper ...1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAPYRAL made or consisting of paper ...1848 nonce word
• PAPYRIFEROUS producing or yielding papyrus; producing or yielding paper, or a substance resembling or serving as paper ...1656
• PAPYRINE made of papyrus; resembling paper ...1816
PAPER - nouns
• CANADIAN CAPER a paper ...1960s Aust. rhyming sl.
• CHAD the small bit of paper released when a ballot is punched, or a paper punch is used ...1980 Amer. dial.
• HASH waste paper of the lowest quality ...1893
• PALIMPSEST † paper, parchment, or other writing material prepared for writing on and wiping out again, like a slate ...1661
• PAPER-TABLE † a sheet or leaf of paper ...1591
• PAPYROPHOBIA dread of paper ...1790
• PARCHMENT any paper ...1950s Amer. sl.
• QUARRY a sheet of paper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEER a quire of paper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRIVENING-PAPER writing paper ...1896 Sc.
PAPER - nouns, person
• PAPYROPOLIST † a seller of paper ...1656
PAPERWORK - nouns
• BUMF paperwork; official papers ...1889 UK sl.
• BUMF-HUNT a paper-chase ...1889 sl.
• BUMPH paperwork; official papers ...1889 UK sl.
PAPYRUS - adjectives
• PAPYRIAN pert. to or composed of papyrus ...1754
• PAPYRIFEROUS producing or yielding papyrus; producing or yielding paper, or a substance resembling or serving as paper ...1656
• PAPYRINE made of papyrus; resembling paper ...1816
PARABLE - nouns
• PARBOLES † parables ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PARACHUTE - nouns
• BLAST a parachute jump ...1988 Amer. Army sl.
• BROLLY a parachute ...1934 Brit. sl.
• CHUTE a parachute ...1920 sl.
• CIGARETTE ROLL a parachute jump in which the parachute fails to open ...1962 US sl.
• LAUNDRY BAG a parachute ...1955 US military sl.
• LIFE INSURANCE, THE a parachute ...Bk1944 Amer. services sl.
• MAE WEST a parachute malfunction in which a line becomes caught over the canopy, dividing it into two bulging halves ...1958 Amer. parachuting usage
• ROMAN CANDLE a parachute jump in which the parachute fails to open ...1943 sl.
• SILK a parachute ...1933 sl., chiefly US
• UMBRELLA a parachute ...1933 US sl.
PARACHUTE, PARACHUTIST - nouns, person
• ANCHOR a parachutist who hesitates before jumping ...1943 UK sl.
• CHUTIST a parachutist ...World War II Amer. sl.
• RAG STUFFER a parachute rigger ...1991 US sl.
• WHUFFO in hang gliding and parachuting: anyone other than a fellow expert ...1978 US sl.
• WUFFO in hang gliding and parachuting: anyone other than a fellow expert ...1978 US sl.
PARACHUTE - verbs
• CRAB in parachuting: to direct the parachute across the wind direction ...1978 US sl.
• HIT THE SILK to bail out of a plane using a parachute ...1933 US sl. sl.
• STEP OUT to jump using a parachute ...1942 Royal Air Force sl.
• TAKE TO SILK to open a parachute after jumping from a plane ...1933 US sl.
• TAKE TO THE SILK to bale out by parachute ...1933 sl.
• CRACKER a very fast pace ...c1870 sl.
• FADGE a jog-trot, a slow irregular pace ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HOBBLEDEGEE a jog trot; a pace between a walk and a run ...L18 sl.
• HOBBLEDEJEE a jog trot; a pace between a walk and a run ...L18 sl.
• HURRY-ON a quickening of pace ...1983 Aust. sl.
• HURRY-UP a request for a quickening of pace ...1916 Aust. sl.
• MARKET-TROT a slow trot, a pace slightly quicker than walking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PASS a step, a stride, a pace ...1768 Sc.
• RAIK speed, pace, rate ...1768 Sc.
• RAKE a run, rush; speed, a swift pace ...c1460 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. rare
• RAKER an extremely fast pace ...1895 colloq.
• RALLY a sudden rush, a quick involuntary movement, a lurch, like the staggering of a drunk man; a quick pace ...1880 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RATTLE a quick pace; speed; impetus; a dash ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCORE a great pace ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR rate, pace; a quick walk, a race ...1796 Sc.
• SHIG-SHOG a pace between a walk and a trot; a jog-trot; a shaking motion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
ֳ• STRIME a stride, a pace ...B1900 Eng. dial.
PACE - verbs
• FADGE to trot gently; to go at a pace between walking and trotting; to walk with difficulty owing to corpulency ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MAJOR to strut about, to pace up and down with a military air ...1814 Sc.
• PAIK to trudge, to tramp along, to pace ...1827 Sc.
• PARD to pace up and down ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAUGE † to prance, to pace about waiting for one's chance to hover around with some design in mind ...1825 Sc.
• SPANK to go at a quick and lively pace ...19C
• STRIME to walk with long steps; to stride; to pace ...1854 Eng. dial.
PACIFIC - nouns
• PACIFIC SLOPE the countries of the Pacific Rim, esp. as considered places of refuge for wanted criminals ...L19 NZ sl.
PACIFIC - nouns, person
• SAGO a Pacific Islander ...1950s Aust. sl.
PACIFICATION - nouns
• ACQUIETING † a bringing to rest, quieting, or pacification ...1534
PACIFIC ISLANDS - nouns, person
• CANAKA a Pacific Islander, esp. one brought to Australia as an indentured labourer on the Queensland cotton or sugar plantations ...M19 orig. Aust.
• KANAKA a Pacific Islander, esp. one brought to Australia as an indentured labourer on the Queensland cotton or sugar plantations ...M19 orig. Aust.
• QUEGO a Pacific Islander ...1980s NZ sl.
PACIFIED - adjectives
• IMPACABLE † that cannot be pacified or appeased; implacable ...1571
• PACABLE † capable of being pacified, placated, or appeased ...a1834
• PACATE † pacified, brought into a state of peace and calm, tranquil ...1644
• PACIFIABLE capable of being pacified or appeased ...1618
• PACIFICABLE † capable of being pacified or appeased; placable ...1621
• PEACIFIED pacified, peaceable ...1952 Amer. dial.
• REZOLD pacified, having the mind set at rest, restored to a calm state of mind ...Bk1904 Sc.
PACIFIED - nouns
• IMPACABILITY † implacability ...1602
PACIFIED - verbs
• TAKE REST to cease; to be pacified ...1889 Eng. dial.
PACIFIC ISLANDS - nouns, person
• KANAKA any native of the South Pacific islands, esp. (formerly) one abducted to work in Australia ...Aust.
PACIFY - verbs
• ACQUIET † to set at rest, to quiet, to pacify ...1548
• DEMULCE † to soothe, mollify, pacify, appease ...1530
• LAY DOWN † to cause to subside; to pacify, to appease ...1563
• PACIFICATE to give or restore peace to; to appease; to pacify ...1827
• PEACIFY * to make calm, to pacify; to soothe, quiet, or subdue ...1886
• SAY to advise, to direct; to check, to control, to command; to pacify, to silence ...1746 Eng. dial.
PACIFYING - adjectives
• DELENIFICAL †* soothing, pacifying, mitigating; making gentle; assuaging pain ...1656
PACIFYING - nouns
• PACATION the act of pacifying or tranquillizing; the condition of being peaceful and tranquil; pacification ...1658
PACK - nouns
• CANAILLE a pack ...a1680
• FARDEL a bundle, a little pack; a parcel ...a1300 arch.
• FARDLE a bundle, a little pack; a parcel ...a1300 arch.
• KATH a pack ...1920s Aust. sl.
• KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN. a pack ...1920s Aust. sl.
• PACKALD †a pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet ...c1440
• PACKISHNESS † the condition of being a pack ...1672 nonce word
• PAD a small pack or bundle ...1846 Eng. dial.
• WANTEL † a bundle, a burden, a pack ...1599
PACK - verbs
• FARCE † to cram full of; to pack ...c1386
• IMPACK * to pack in; to press closely together in a mass; to pack up ...1611
• PAG to cram, to pack tightly, to stuff, to fill to the utmost ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANG to pack a receptacle tight, to cram full, to stuff, to fill to the utmost ...1637 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUG to thrust, poke or pack into a space ...M19 Eng. dial.
• RAM-JAM to crowd, to pack closely together ...19C Eng. dial.
• SAM(M) to pack carelessly or closely ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SUFFARCINATE †* to truss or stuff up, to pack tightly ...1656
• THRACK to pack full; to stow with care ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAD to pack persons closely ...1850
• YARK to pack tightly; to ram full ...1895 Eng. dial.
• YERK to pack tightly; to ram full ...1895 Eng. dial.
PACKAGE - nouns
• BALE a small package ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BALLOT a bundle, a package ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANNIEL a bundle, a package ...1858 Sc.
• BANYEL a bundle, a package ...1858 Sc.
• BUDGET a pouch or wallet; a package, a bundle ...1818 Amer. dial.
• CHECK a small package, esp. of contraband or narcotics ...20C Amer. sl.
• FARDELLAGE † a package ...1489
PACKED - adjectives
• BAGGAGED packed up ...1821 nonce word
• COBBY crowded, confined, closely packed ...19C Eng. dial.
• HUNCHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNCHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE HERRINGS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE HERRINGS IN A BARREL very crowded; very closely packed together ...1704
• LIKE SARDINES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE SARDINES IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE HERRINGS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE HERRINGS IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE SARDINES IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANG packed tight, stuffed, crammed ...c1560 Sc.
• PANG-FULL full, packed tight, stuffed, crammed ...1842 Sc.
• RAM-JAM tightly packed; full to excess; generally used with 'full' ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCROOCHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUASHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUASHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS FLIES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS HOPS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS THIEVES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PACKED - nouns
• PACK the state of being packed or crowded together; a crush, a squeeze ...1928 Sc.
PACKET - nouns
• PACKALD † a pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet ...c1440
PACKET - verbs
• IMPAQUET † to enclose in a packet ...1699
PACT - adjectives
• PACTIONAL of the nature of a pact or covenant ...1624 chiefly Sc.
• PACTIVE †* settled by covenant; of the nature of a pact or covenant ...1633
• PACTORIAL * pert. to a pact or agreement ...1884 Sc.
• PACTORY †* pert. to a pact or covenant ...1633
PACT - adverbs
• PACTIONALLY by means of a pact or agreement ...1884 Sc.
PACT - nouns
• PACK † a private or clandestine arrangement, pact, or compact; a secret or underhand design agreed upon by two or more persons; a plot, conspiracy, intrigue ...1571
• PACTION the act of making a bargain or pact; a bargain, agreement, pact, contract ...1471 now chiefly Sc.
PACT - verbs
• PACTION to make a pact; to covenant or agree to something ...1640 Sc.
PADDED - adjectives
• GAMBOISED quilted, padded ...1834
PADDLEBOAT - nouns
• PADDLER a paddleboat ...L19 sl.
PADDLING - nouns
• PAIDLE the act of wading or paddling in water ...1866 Sc.
PADDOCK - nouns
• GARSTON † a grassy enclosure; a paddock or field ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GERSTON † a grassy enclosure; a paddock or field ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAWMELL † a small close or paddock ...1736 Eng. dial.
• PARK a grass field; a paddock; an enclosure ...1642 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARROCK a small field or enclosure; a paddock ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PERRICK a small field or enclosure; a paddock ...1677 Eng. dial.
PADLOCK - see LOCK
PAGAN - adjectives
• HEATHENIC † pagan ...1554
PAGAN - nouns, person
• SARACEN † a non-Christian, a heathen, a pagan; an unbeliever, an infidel ...c1250
PAGE - adjectives
• PAGICAL † relating to the pages of a book ...1606
• PAGINAL pert. to a page consisting of or referring to pages ...1646
• PAGINARY pert. to a page consisting of or referring to pages ...1823
PAGE - nouns
• PAGINE † a page or leaf; pages collectively, book, writing ...a1225
PAGE - verbs
• VOLVE † to flip the pages of
PAGEANT - adjectives
• PAGEANTIC * of the nature of or belonging to a pageant ...1825
PAGODA - nouns
• SAMMY-HOUSE an idol temple or pagoda ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
PAIL - see BUCKET
PAIN - adjectives
• BAD ill, sick, in pain; injured ...1716 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEADLESS of persons: intolerant of suffering; impatient of pain ...1885 Eng. dial.
• DAGGING of pain: shooting...1790 Eng. dial.
• DELENIFICAL †* soothing, pacifying, mitigating; making gentle; assuaging pain ...1656
• EASY free from pain, discomfort, or stiffness; supple ...1883 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• GRINDING of pain: excruciating, wearing ...L16
• JOINT-SICK † suffering from pain in the joints; diseased in the joints ...a1618
• LANCINATING chiefly used of pain: acute, darting, piercing ...1762
• NAGGY aching with a dull pain ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• OOLIN of pain: troublesome, gnawing ...1913 Sc.
• QUICKIE of a part of the body: experienced sharp pain or extreme sensitivity ...1984 Amer. dial.
• RACKING torturing causing intense pain, physical or mental ...1667
• RAPID violent; severe; esp. used of pain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAXING of pain: racking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SAIR causing physical pain or distress; sore ...1808 Sc.
• TANGING of a pain, etc.: shooting ...1864 Eng. dial.
• VERBEROUS † smarting with pain ...1688
PAIN - nouns
• ANGUISH pain felt at a distance from the actual wound or seat of disease, commonly known as 'sympathy' ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BALE † physical suffering, torment, pain, woe ...c1250
• BARRAT † trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain ...c1230
• BEDOLING-PAIN a dull, continuous pain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIDE pain, suffering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CATCH a sudden, sharp pain in the back, side, or neck; a stitch ..1954 Amer. dial.
• CATCH-PAIN a sharp, sudden pain, usually in the side ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHARLEY any minor stiffness or pain of the joints or muscles; a Charley horse ...20C Amer. sl.
• DAG a sharp, sudden pain ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DARE harm, pain ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DART a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DIRLING a smarting pain of short duration ...1835 Sc.
• EHA pain; a sore ...1938 Hawaii
• FAKEMENT pain, uneasiness, distress ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GIP pain, actual or figurative ...1910 UK sl.
• GRIP a sudden pain that comes in the side ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GYP pain, actual or figurative ...1910 UK sl.
• HARM † grief, sorrow, pain, trouble, distress, affliction ...a1000
• ILL illness, pain; disease; difficulty ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IRK weariness; pain ...1796 Sc.
• JYP pain, actual or figurative ...1910 UK sl.
• KENNINGTON LANE pain ...20C rhyming sl.
• LANCINATION piercing pain; acute agony ...1649
• LEVATION † an easing or diminishing of grief or pain ...1656
• MARTYRDOM torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering ...c1386
• MARTYRE † torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering ...c1330
• MEANING an indication of pain or lameness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MERRY HELL severe pain ...1963 sl.
• MICHAEL CAINE a pain ...1960s rhyming sl.
• MISERY an ache or pain ...1827 Amer. dial.
• MISERY, THE an ache or pain ...1832 Amer. dial.
• NAG a gnawing; a pang of pain; wearing, laborious toil ...1949 Sc.
• NAIL a sharp pain in the forehead ...1825 Sc.
• NEDEUM a gnawing pain ...1824 Sc.
• OFFENCE † feeling of being hurt; painful or unpleasant sensation, pain ...c1400
• ONTACK an attack or onset of pain, of snow, bad weather, or the like ...1964 Sc.
• OWIE a hurt, pain; a bruise or minor injury ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PAINING * the act of causing or condition of feeling pain; pain, suffering ...c1440
• PAINLINESS †* the condition of being in pain; distressful state ...1435
• PANNEL a pain, hurt ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PANTOD a vague or undefined illness; an imaginary illness; a fit; a violent pain ...1901 Amer. dial.
• QUICK a sudden, sharp pain; a crick in the neck ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUIRK 1. a deep breath drawn when in pain ...1847 Eng. dial.
2. a sudden, sharp pain ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RACK that which causes acute suffering, physical or mental; also, the result produced by this; intense pain or suffering ...1591
• RACKING intense pain ...1896
• RAGE †* violent pain; hence, humorously suggested as a name for a set of teeth ...1486
• RANGLE a wound, fester; a wearisome, rankling pain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RASH a sudden twinge of pain ...1900 Sc.
• RAXER something that pains ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SADDAM HUSSEIN a pain; an irritation; an annoying person ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• SCRITCH a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TAKING † a seizure or attack of disease; a stroke or palsy or the like; an attack of illness; a sudden seizure of pain; a sore, a swelling also, enchantment ...1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANG a sting; an acute pain ...1781 Eng. dial.
• TART a sharp pain ...1881 Eng. dial.
• THEIVIL-PAIN a pain in the side ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THEIVIL-SHOT a pain in the side ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TORMENT † a griping or wringing pain in the bowels ...1578
• TORMENTRY * tormenting feeling; severe suffering, pain, or vexation ...c1386
• TRAVELING PAINS pains, such as toothache, which cause a person to walk the floor ...1918 Amer. dial.
• VERBERATION † a smarting pain, as when beaten with rods, whips, or scourges ...1688
• WARCH † a pain, an ache ...c900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARK † a pain, an ache ...c900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PAIN - verbs
• ACORE † to taste, to feel the smart of, to suffer pain ...c1200
• BEIL to give pain or trouble to ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CATCH of a muscle or joint: to experience sudden sharp pain ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DAG to dart or shoot, as a sudden pain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANGLE to shoot or quiver with pain ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DARE to pain, to grieve, to hurt ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DENGLE to swing, to vibrate, to quiver, to throb, to tingle; to shoot or quiver with pain ...B1900 Sc.
• DERE to pain, to grieve, to hurt ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DILL to soothe; to allay, to assuage, to deaden or take away pain; to still, to deaden sound; to lull a child to sleep; to render insensible by an anaesthetic ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIRR to deaden or alleviate pain, as by the use of laudanum ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAKE to hurt, to cause intense pain to ...1812 Eng. dial.
• FAKE UP to hurt, to cause intense pain to ...1812 Eng. dial.
• GEAL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GELL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JAG to vex, to irritate, to annoy, to trouble; to pain, to rankle ...1888 Eng. dial.
• KILL to cause pain to someone ....1800 UK sl.
• LANCE † of pain: to shoot ...a1300
• LASK † to lower in quality, quantity, or strength, to relax; to shorten life; to alleviate pain ...c1350
• MARTYR to inflict grievous suffering or pain upon; to torment, to torture ...c1240
• NAG to keep up a dull gnawing pain; to ache persistently ...1836
• NAGGLE to fret continually; to pain continuously ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NANG of a pain: to gnaw; to keep up a dull, continuous aching ...1882 Eng. dial.
• NATTER to gnaw, to nag, as pain ...1871 Eng. dial.
• NEDEUM of pain: to gnaw ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NULL to abate; to alleviate pain ...1984 Amer. dial.
• OFFEND † to strike so as to hurt; to wound, to hurt; to give physical pain to; to harm, to injure ...c1385
• OUCH to hurt, to cause pain to ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PANG * to pierce or penetrate with acute physical or mental pain; to pain, to hurt, to ache ...c1502
•PANNEL to pain, to hurt ...1889 Eng. dial.
• POP ONE'S CAP to feel depressed; to suffer pain ...1950s US Black sl. sl.
• PUT THE HURT ON to inflict pain ...2001 UK sl.
• QUETCH † to shrink, to wince, to twitch with pain, and usually in negative clauses ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUITCH † to shrink, to wince, to twitch with pain, and usually in negative clauses ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RACK to inflict mental pain or torture on a person; to torture, to distract the mind, soul, etc. ...1601
• RAMP of pain: to rage ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMP AND ROVE to be in a state of almost unbearable pain ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RASH to twinge with sudden pain ...B1900 Sc.
• RENZIE to writhe with pain ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SING to cry out with pain; to make a noise, to boast, about something ...c1386
• SUFFER † to inflict pain upon ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAKE ON to ache, to be painful ...1893 Eng. dial.
• THRAW to suffer pain ...1805 Sc.
• TIFT to beat like a pulse; to throb; to tingle with pain ...1899 Sc.
• TOLERATE † to endure, to sustain pain or hardship ...1531 obs.
• URN † to pain, to torture ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain ...1950s US Black sl.
• WARCH † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARK † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PAIN - interjections
• DAG-GUM IT! an exclamation caused by sudden pain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1874 Amer. dial.
• HOO-EE-AH! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1874 Amer. dial.
• HOO-HEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOO-WEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1882 Amer. dial.
• MAN, THAT'S A LICK! said of a sudden pain caused by a hard blow on the chest ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OHWEE! used to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1961 Amer. dial.
• OOEY! used to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1961 Amer. dial.
• OO-WEE! used to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1961 Amer. dial.
• SILLY-GRIN! an ironical exclamation imparting pain or misfortune ...1910s Aust. sl.
• UFF-DA! an expression of surprise, aversion, disgust, or pain ...1950 Amer. dial.
• WHOO! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1932 Amer. dial.
• WHOOEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1888 Amer. dial.
• WHOO-HEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOIE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. ...1924 Amer. dial.
PAINED - adjectives
• AGUEFIED pained, stiff, store, as with ague ...1939 Amer. dial.
PAINFUL - adjectives
• ANGUISHOUS painful, causing pain .B1900 Eng. dial.
• BALEFUL † full of pain or suffering; painful ...c1200
• DERF † painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel ...a1225
• ELDRITCH of a sore or wound: painful, fretted ...19C Sc.
• FUNKED-UP hurt, painful ...2000s US sl.
• GYPPY painful; annoying ...2000 UK sl.
• HARROWING acutely distressing or painful ...1810
• LABORIFEROUS †* that takes pains; that endures labour, painful, difficult ...1656
• MISERISH aching; painful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAINABLE †* painful ...1649
• PAINOUS †* painful; severe ...c1400
• PAINSFUL painful ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMPANT extremely painful, agonizing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SALT severe, painful ...1895 Sc.
• SMARTFUL † painful; distressing ...1556
• SORE AS A BOIL, AS very painful, sore ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUGHEND † distressing, painful ...a1225
• TART † of pain, punishment, suffering, discipline, law: sharp, severe, painful, grievous, tender to the touch, smarting, stinging ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIDDEN tender; painful, hard to put up with ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOUCHOUS physically sensitive; tender, painful to the touch ...1894 Amer. dial.
PAINFUL - nouns
• BAPTISM OF FIRE the undergoing of any severe ordeal or painful experience ...1857
• SORE CUP OF TEA something sad, painful, or disgusting ...1889 Eng. dial.
PAINFULNESS - nouns
• LABORIOSITY * painfulness, laboriousness ...1656
PAINKILLER - nouns
• EASING POWDER a drug to ease pain; a painkiller ...1913 Amer. dial.
PAINSTAKING - adjectives
• DEEDIE full of activity; painstaking, earnest ...1852 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEEDY full of activity; painstaking, earnest ...1852 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LABORIOSE † laborious, painstaking ...1727
• PAINFUL painstaking, hardworking, active ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PAINSTAKING - nouns
• PAINFULNESS the quality of taking pains; laboriousness, careful industry, painstaking ...1531 arch.
• PAINING † the taking of pains ...1633
• PAIN-TAKING † painstaking, assiduous effort; sometimes including the notion of enduring pain ...1528
PAINSTAKINGLY - adverbs
• PAINFULLY with great pains, painstakingly, laboriously, with care an effort ...1555 arch.
PAINT - adjectives
• PAINTY belonging to or abounding in paint ...1873
PAINT - nouns
• ALLIGATORING the cracking of paint into patches as a result of contraction or uneven drying ...1911 Amer. dial.
• ARIZONA PAINT JOB no paint at all ...1962 Amer. dial. jocular
• MEXICAN CHROME aluminium paint ...1955 US sl.
• OKIE CHROME aluminium paint ...1961 US sl.
• PAINTINESS the quality of abounding in paint ...1884
• PAINTING † pigment, paint ...1591
• PAINTURE † a substance used in painting; a paint, pigment ...1387
PAINT - verbs
• ARTIST to paint ...1890 Eng. dial.
• DAUB in painting: to lay on colours in a crude or clumsy fashion; to paint coarsely and inartistically ...1630
PAINTED - nouns
• PAINTINGS the painted woodwork of a room, as the doors and skirting-boards ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAINTS the painted woodwork of a room, as the doors and skirting-boards ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PAINTER - adjectives
• PAINTERLY * pert. to a painter; characteristic of painter, artistic ...a1586
PAINTER - nouns, person
• ANIMALIST an artist who makes figures of animals; an animal-painter or sculptor; also, a writer who deals with stories of animals ...1886
• DAUBER a coarse or unskilful painter ...1655
• DAUBSTER a clumsy painter ...1853
• FACE-PAINTER a painter of portraits ...1697
• IMAGER †* a painter ...1591
• LANDSCAPE-WORKER † one who paints landscapes ...1598
• MACHINIST a painter who works mechanically and by rule ...c1801
• PAINTRESS a woman who paints pictures; a female artist ...1741
• PAINTRIX †* a woman who paints pictures; a female artist ...1547
• PUTTY a ship's painter ...1946 naval sl.
PAINTING - nouns
• BUCKEYE an inferior oil-painting, made for the picture trade or for auction rooms ...1881 sl.
• CHEATER a paint roller used to apply paint (it cheats men out of hours of work) ...1969 Amer. dial.
• DAUBING painting coarsely or inartistically; hence, a coarsely or badly executed painting ...1654
• EASELDOM painting as a profession; the whole body of painters ...1860
• FLANDERS PIECE a painting that looks good from a distance but not so good close to ...L17 sl.
• NIGHT-PIECE a painting or picture representing a night scene ...1605
• PAINT †* a painting, a picture ...c1710
• PAINTMENT †* painting, adornment with colours ...1597
• PAINTRY † the act or product of painting ...1511
• PAINTURE † 1. that which is painted; painting, pictorial work; a painting, a picture ...a1225
† 2. the act or art of painting, or depicting objects in colours; style of painting ...c1386
• TABLATURE † a painting; a picture ...1711
PAIR - adjectives
• GEMINATE duplicated, combined in pairs, twin ...1598
• GEMINATED doubled, occurring in pairs ...1802
• GEMINOUS * double; occurring in pairs ...1646
• MARROWLESS not a pair, not matching, odd ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PAIR - adverbs
• PAIR-WISE in pairs ...1831
PAIR - nouns
• GEMELLES † twins; said also of things associated in pairs ...1382
• GEMINI † a couple, a pair ...1598
• GEMMELS † twins; said also of things associated in pairs ...1382
• LAG a pair, a couple ...1902 Eng. dial.
• MARROW † a thing which makes a pair with another ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR a match, an equal; the corresponding one of a pair ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PAIR - verbs
• MARROW † to join, to associate; to match, to pair ...1488
• MATCH † to associate, to join in companionship or cooperation; to put together so as to form a pair or set with another person or thing ...c1470
PAJAMAS - nouns
• BABY DOLLS pajamas for girls consisting of a baggy top and a short trouser bottom ...1957 UK colloq.
• JAMMIES pajamas ...sl.
• JIM-JAMS pajamas ...1994 sl.
• PAN-JAMS drawers worn by child, pyjamas ...1890 Ireland
• PANORAMAS pyjamas ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
PAKISTAN - adjectives
• PAKI Pakistani ...1984 UK sl.
• PAKLISH of Anglo-Pakistani birth ...2003 Aust. sl.
PAKISTAN - nouns
• PAK Pakistan ...1950s sl.
• PAKIS, THE the Pakistani Test Cricket team ...Aust. sl.
PAKISTAN - nouns, person
• HALAL (derogatory) a Muslim, esp. a Pakistani immigrant ...1990s sl.
• PAK (derogatory or offensive) a Pakistani; an immigrant from Pakistan ...1950s sl.
• PAKI (derogatory or offensive) a Pakistani; an immigrant from Pakistan ...1964 sl.
• PAKKI (derogatory or patronizing) a Pakistani; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent; Pakistan ...1964 UK sl.
• SAND NIGGER (offensive) an Arab; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1984 US sl.
• SCHVARTZ (derogatory) a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SCHVARTZA (derogatory) a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SCHWARTZ (derogatory) a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
• SHVARTZ a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person ...1961 US sl.
PALACE - adjectives
• PALACIOUS † of the nature of a palace; splendid, magnificent (as a building) ...1628
• PALASIN †* belonging to the palace or court ...c1400
• PALATIAN * belonging to a palace ...1845
• PALATIATE †* of the nature of a palace; splendid, magnificent (as a building) ...1632
• PALLACIOUS † of the nature of a palace; splendid, magnificent (as a building) ...1628
PALACE - nouns
• BASILIC orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1727-51 arch.
• BASILICA orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1541
• HALL † a large place covered by a roof; in early times applied to any spacious roofed place, without or with subordinate chambers attached; a temple, a palace, a court, a royal residence ...a1175
PALATABLE - adjectives (also see TASTE)
• APPETITIOUS † of the nature of, or suited to, appetite; palatable, desirable, appetizing ...1653
• ONO delicious, sweet, palatable ...1938 Hawaii
• ONOONO delicious, sweet, palatable ...1938 Hawaii
• PALATE †* pleasant to the palate or taste; palatable ...1617
• PALATIVE * pleasing to the palate or taste; palatable ...1682
• SAPID of food: having a pleasant taste, savoury, palatable ...1646
• SAPPIE full of goodness or savour, smooth and palatable ...1823 Sc.
• SAPPY full of goodness or savour, smooth and palatable ...1823 Sc.
• TEETH-RIFE palatable, toothsome ...B1900 Sc.
• TOOTH-RIFE agreeable to the taste; palatable; that of which one can eat a considerable quantity ...1841 Sc.
• TOOTHSOME pleasant to the taste, savoury, palatable ...c1565
• TOOTHY * pleasant to the taste, savoury, palatable ...1864
PALATABLE - verbs
• CANDY to sweeten; to render pleasant or palatable; to give a pleasant appearance to ...1592
• PALATE † to make palatable, to season ...1610
• SUGAR to make palatable or agreeable ...1412-20
• SUGAR-COAT to make palatable ...1870
PALATE - nouns
• GAB palate, taste ...1725 Sc.
• PALACE † the palate or roof of the mouth ...1483
PALAVER - nouns
• PALABRA a word; speech, talk, palaver ...1594
PALE - adjectives
• ASHY pale as ashes: usually of Blacks ...1952 Amer. dial.
• ASHY-PALE pale as ashes: usually of Blacks ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BLAELIKE livid, pale ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRT pale with fear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUNKIT pale ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALLOW pale, wan ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHEESY pale, peaked ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DACKLIE † pale, having a sickly appearance ...1825 Sc.
• DAUNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking ...Irish usage
• DAWNEY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking ...Irish usage
• DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health ...Bk1900 Irish usage
• DEAD † of the face: deadly pale, wan ...c1386
• DEATHLY-LIKE very pale, deathly, colourless in complexion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DONNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking ...Irish usage
• EARTHLY † pale or lifeless as earth ...1588
• FAUCHIE of persons: sickly-looking, pasty-faced, pale ...1911 Sc.
• FAUGH † pale, faint of colour; faded, yellowed ...1824 Sc.
• GREEN having a pale sickly complexion ...ME
• HALISH pale, sickly in appearance; weak; ailing ...1895 Eng. dial.
• HAW discoloured, livid, pale, wan ...c1420 Sc.
• LEW weak; also, of a leaden or pale colour; pale, wan ...c1325 Eng. dial.
• MICKY dull, pale-faced ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALE AS DISHWATER very pale ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PALEY pale, whitish ...1812 Sc.
• PALIE pale or somewhat pale ...c1560 chiefly poetic
• PALLESCENT * growing or becoming pale; rather pale; pallid, wan ...1657
• PALY pale or somewhat pale ...c1560 chiefly poetic
• PAPER-FACED having a thin or pale face ...1597
• SALVY of the complexion: pale, sickly ...1897 Eng. dial.
• TALLOW-HUED as pale as tallow, wan ...B1900
• UNDERDONE of the complexion: pale ...L19 sl.
• UNRUDSOME pale-faced ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PALE - nouns, person
• PALE-FACE a person who has a pale face; a name for a White man attributed to the North American Indians ...1822
PALE - verbs
• CAST COLOUR to lose colour, to become pale, to fade, esp. by the action of light ...c1350
• FALL † of the complexion: to grow pale ...c1369
• FALLOW † 1. to become pale or yellow; hence, to fade, to wither ...a1000
† 2. of the face, etc.: to blanch, to grow pale ...c1205
• IMPALLID †* to render pallid or pale ...1661
• PAINT WHITE † to turn pale ...c1613
• PALEN * to make pale, to cause to turn pale ...1790
• PALISH †* to make pale ...1483
• PALL † 1. to become pale or dim ...1412-20
† 2. to make pale, to dim ...1533
• PALLIFY †* to make pale ...1576
PALENESS - nouns
• PALE † paleness, pallor ...a1547 rare or obs.
PALING - nouns
• PALLESCENCE * a blanching or paling ...1822
PALLID - adjectives
• PAALIE-MAALIE thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PAEWAE of a person: pallid, white-faced, sickly; drooping, spiritless ...1898 Sc.
• PALIE thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless ...1825 Sc.
• PALLESCENT * growing or becoming pale; rather pale; pallid, wan ...1657
• PALLEY-WALLEY thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless ...1923 Sc.
• PEW-WEW of a person: pallid, white-faced, sickly; drooping, spiritless ...1894 Sc.
• POW-WOW † of a person: pallid, white-faced, sickly; drooping, spiritless ...1739 Sc.
• SAPPY pallid, sickly, faint ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WANNIE † wan, pallid ...1555
• WANNY † wan, pallid ...1555
PALLID - nouns
• FRESH-WHITES a pallid complexion ...L19 sl.
PALLID - verbs
• IMPALLID †* to render pallid or pale ...1661
PALLOR - nouns
• HANT BLEACH a pallor ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PALE † paleness, pallor ...a1547 rare or obs.
PALM - nouns
• MITT a hand, fist, or palm ...1893 US sl.
PALMISTRY - nouns
• PLAIN OF MARS, THE in palmistry: the fleshy part of the thumb ..1653
PALMISTRY - nouns, person
• PALMIST one who practices palmistry; one who professes to tell people's characters and fortunes by examining the palms of their hands; a chiromancer ...1886
• PALMISTER * one who practices palmistry; one who professes to tell people's characters and fortunes by examining the palms of their hands; a chiromancer ...a1500
PALMISTRY - verbs
• READ MITTS to practice palmistry ...1951 Amer. sl.
PALM TREE - adjectives
• PALMFUL * abounding in palm trees ...a1618
• PALMY abounding in palms; palm-like ...1667 chiefly poetic
PALM TREE - nouns
• PALMER † a palm tree ...c1470
• PALMETUM a collection of tall and graceful palms of various kinds ...1854
PALPITATE - verbs
• GALVA to throb, to palpitate ...1876 Eng. dial.
• PAT of the heart: to throb, to palpitate ...1814 Sc. nonce use
• QUAP † to beat, to throb, to palpitate, to quiver ...c1374
• QUAVE † to beat, to palpitate; to throb with life ...1387
• QUOB to quiver like jelly; to throb; to palpitate ...1863 Eng. dial.
• QUOP † to beat, to throb, to palpitate ...a1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PALPITATING - adjectives
• PALPITANT palpitating ...1837
• QUOPPY palpitating; having faint sickly feelings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PALPITATION - nouns
• GALAVINS palpitations ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HEART-QUALM an attack of palpitation of faintness of heart ...c1621
• QUAP a throb, a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOB a throb; a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOP a throb, a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEAK JERKS a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety ...a1978 Amer. dial.
• WEAK TREMBLES a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety ...1889 Amer. dial.
PALSIED - adjectives
• PALCH broken down in health; very frail and delicate in constitution; palsied ...1897 Eng. dial.
• PALSIFIED palsied ...1887 Sc.
• PALSY † palsied, affected with palsy ...1563
PALSIED - nouns, person
• PALSY † a palsied person; a paralytic ...a1300
PALSY - adjectives
• PALSICAL † pert. to the palsy; paralytic ...1716
• PALSY † palsied, affected with palsy ...1563
PALSY - verbs
• PALSIFY * to afflict with palsy, to paralyze ...1775
PALTRY - adjectives
• AUCHIMUTY mean, paltry ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BALD bare or destitute of meaning or force; lacking in vividness of description; meagre, trivial, paltry ...1362
• BARE † poor in quality, paltry, worthless ...1399
• BAUBLING † trifling, contemptible, paltry, insignificant ...1601
• DIRTY contemptible, paltry; mean, dishonest ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FOOTLE worthless, paltry, trifling, insignificant ...1894
• INKLING paltry, measly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-LANE paltry...1810 cant
• MALLIFUFF silly, paltry, incapable of energetic action, feckless ...1827 Sc.
• NACKLE-ASS of persons and things: poor, mean, inferior, paltry ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• PALTERING † trifling, worthless, despicable, paltry ...1553
• PALTERLY † paltry, mean, shabby, worthless, mean...1666-7 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PALTHERLY paltry, worthless, mean ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALTING † petty, trifling, paltry ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAULTERLY paltry, worthless, mean ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PICAYUNE mean, contemptible, paltry; of small value or importance ...1856 Amer. colloq.
• PICKSNIFF paltry, despicable ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH contemptible, mean, paltry; good-for-nothing ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROINOUS † coarse, mean, paltry, base, nasty, contemptible ...c1366
• SAIR sorry, paltry, puny, pitiful ...1825 Sc.
• SAIRIE in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SAIRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SARRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SCABBED mean, paltry, worthless, petty; ill-looking, shabby ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCABBIT mean, worthless, shabby, paltry ...1701 Sc.
• SCRATTING paltry ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWLING mean, despicable, paltry; worthless, miserably small ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SNEAKBILL † mean, paltry, sneaking ...1611
• STERQUILINIOUS †* pertaining to a dunghill; hence, dirty, mean, paltry ...c1645
• WAFF 1. feeble, insignificant, paltry; weak, worn-out ...1796 Sc.
2. of things, qualities, etc.: weak, lacking strength or substance, flimsy, shoddy, paltry, of little account ...1810 Sc.
• WAIF † paltry, weak, inferior; worn-out ...1791 Sc.
PALTRY - nouns
• BAUBLE a thing or article of no value; a paltry piece of rubbish, something worthless ...1634
• PALTERINGS † trifles, worthless or paltry things ...1611
PALTRY - nouns, person
• PICKSNIFF an insignificant, paltry, contemptible person ...1862 Eng. dial.
• SNEAKBILL † a term of contempt; a mean, paltry, or sneaking fellow; a starved or thin-faced person ...1562
• SNEAKSBY * a mean-spirited person; a cowardly, creeping scoundrel; a paltry fellow; a sneak ...1580
• THING-O-WOLD a paltry, insignificant person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHIFFMAGIG a trifler; an insignificant, contemptible person; a mean, paltry person ...1871
PAMPER - verbs
• CARRY ONE ON A CHIP to treat very well; to pamper; to spoil ...1933 Amer. dial.
• DAINTY UP †* to pamper or indulge with dainties ...1622
• DANDLE to make much of, to pet, to pamper ...1575
• DAUT to pet, to fondle, to caress, to make much of ...1726 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWT to pet, to fondle, to caress, to make much of ...1726 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FADDLE to make much of a child; to spoil ...1688 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FANT to coddle, to pamper, to make much of ...1840 Eng. dial.
• FEATHER to pamper, to spoil, to treat well; to curry favour with ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FEDDLE †* to make much of; to pamper, to cherish ...1611
• FLOOSTER to flatter, coax, wheedle; to fondle, to make much of ...1890 Ireland
• INGLE to caress, to make much of ...1599 sl.
• MESS OVER to make much of, to spoil, to pamper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS UP to make much of, to spoil, to pamper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS WITH to make much of, to spoil, to pamper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOLLYCODDLE to coddle or treat with excessive kindness; to pamper ...1863 colloq.
• NAMBY-PAMBY to flatter; to pamper ...1812 sl.
• PAMPERIZE to pamper ...a1845 nonce word
• PAMPLE † to indulge, to pamper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAPPE †* to feed, to cram, to pamper ...a1400
• POMPER to pamper, to spoil ...1815 Amer. dial.
• POMP UP to pamper, to flatter, to spoil ...1886 Amer. dial.
• TIDDLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TITTLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TUTOR to indulge, to spoil a child, to pamper ...1927 Amer. dial.
PAMPERED - adjectives
• BUCKET-FED dependent; pampered ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BUCKET-LED dependent; pampered ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DANDILLY petted, pampered, spoiled by too much admiration ...1500-20 Sc.
• MAUNGY spoiled, petted, pampered; cross, peevish, ill-tempered; complaining ...1865 eng. dial.
• POMPED pampered, spoiled ...1886 Amer. dial.
• POMPEYED pampered, spoiled, coddled ...1942 Amer. dial.
PAMPERED - nouns, person
• CADE a spoiled, pampered or petted child ...1877 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CODDLE one who is pampered ...M19 sl.
• MOLLYCODDLE a man or boy who is used to being coddled; an effeminate man ...1833 colloq.
• TIDLING † a pampered or spoiled child; a darling, a pet; a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling ...1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WANTON † a person, esp. a child, spoiled by over-indulgence and excessive leniency; a spoiled child, a pampered pet ...1526
PAMPHLET - nouns
• BOOK a magazine or pamphlet ...1913 Amer. dial.
PAN - nouns
• ISLE OF MAN a pan ...20C rhyming sl.
• TILLIE-PAN † a skillet ...1826 Sc.
• TILLY-PAN † a skillet ...1826 Sc.
PANAMA - nouns
• CROSS ROADS OF THE WORLD Panama ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PANCAKE - nouns
• BATTER a pancake ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BATTERCAKE a pancake ...1840 Amer. dial.
• BATTY-BREADS cornbread pancakes ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BELLY PAD a pancake ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BLANKETS pancakes ...1899 Amer. sl.
• BUNG CLOTH a pancake ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BUNKER PLATES hotcakes, flapjacks, and pancakes ..World War I navy sl.
• COLLISION MATS pancakes; waffles ...World War II Amer. sl.
• EGG-FRAISE † a pancake ...1693
• GANDY a pancake ...1966 Can sl.
• GRIDDLE CAKE a pancake ...1810 Amer. dial.
• GRILL CAKE a pancake ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HORSE BLANKET a pancake ...1958 US logging usage
• JACK a flapjack ...19C US sl.
• LIVER PADS flapjacks ...1942 US jocular
• MANHOLE COVER. a pancake ...1961 US military jocular
• MONKEY BLANKET a pancake ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PADDY-CAKE a pancake or similar quick bread ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PANNACAKE a pancake ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PANNICAKE a pancake ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PANNYCAKE a pancake ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PAT-A-CAKE a pancake or similar quick bread ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PATTY-CAKE a pancake or similar quick bread ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE BLANKET a pancake ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHOE SOLES pancakes ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SINKER a biscuit, a dumpling, a roll, a pancake ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SKILLET BREAD pancakes, a pancake ...1947 Amer. dial.
• SLAP-JACK a pancake ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
PANDA - nouns
• WAH a panda ...1858
PANDEMONIUM - nouns
• PANDOMIE an uproar, chaos, pandemonium, 'hell let loose' ...1911 Sc.
PANG - nouns
• RACKET a pang, a blow to the emotions ...1720 Sc.
PANHANDLER - nouns, person
• MOLL-BUZZER a panhandler who begs from women ...1925 Amer. sl.
PANIC - adjectives
• ALL OF A TISWAS in a state of panic or excited confusion ...1984 UK sl.
• ALL OF A TIZWAS in a state of panic or excited confusion ...1984 UK sl.
• ALL OF A TIZZY in a state of panic or excited confusion ...1984 UK sl.
• PANICFUL full of panic, fearful ...1846
• PANICKED OUT in a complete panic ...1970s US sl.
PANIC - nouns
• ACE-DEUCE a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper ...1921 US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper ...1964 US sl.
• CONFLOPTION a great flurry, confusion, panic, fluster ...19C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FLAP a state of panic, distress, agitation or restlessness ...1916 sl.
• FREAK-OUT a complete panic and loss of control ...1970 US sl.
• PANOPHOBIA a form of melancholia marked by causeless or excessive terror; sudden fear or panic ...1799
• PANSHINE a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle ...a1838 Sc.
• PANSHIT a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle ...a1838 Sc.
• PUCKER panic, contretemps ...1991 Irish sl.
• SCAR a fright; a panic; an object of alarm ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PANIC - nouns, person
• PANIC MERCHANT a person who habitually panics ...1962 Aust. sl.
• PANIC-MONGER one who endeavours to bring about or foster a panic, esp. on a political, social, or financial question; an alarmist; a term of opprobrium ...1849
PANIC - verbs
• ACT AS IF ONE'S KNICKERS WERE ON FIRE to panic, to behave hysterically ...1960s sl.
• FLAP to be or become agitated or flustered; to panic ...1912 sl.
• FREAK to panic ...1964 US sl.
• FREAK OUT to panic ...1964 US sl.
• GAG to panic in the face of a great challenge ...1988 US sl.
• GLIFF † to take fright, to alarm, to startle; to be seized with a panic or sudden fear; to frighten ...1823 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HIT THE PANIC BUTTON to panic, to over-react, to summon aid ...1950s
• JUMP THROUGH ONE'S ASS to go wild with fear or confusion; to panic ...1969 Amer. sl.
• PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON to begin panicking or over-reacting ...Aust. sl.
• PUSH THE BUTTON to panic ...1967 Amer. sl.
PANIC - phrases
• KEEP A TIGHT ASSHOLE to avoid panicking; to keep cool ..1918 Amer. military sl.
PANORAMA - nouns
• MARINORAMA * a panoramic representation of sea views ...1847
PANSY - nouns
• BIDDY'S EYES the pansy, Viola tricolor ...1825 Eng. dial.
• FACE AND HOOD the pansy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANCY † an alleged name for the pansy ...1712
• JACK BEHIND THE GARDEN GATE the pansy, Viola tricolor ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LADIES' DELIGHT the pansy ...1841 Amer. dial.
• MEET-HER-IN-THE-ENTRY-KISS-HER-IN-THE-BUTTERY the pansy, Viola tricolor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREE FACES IN A HOOD the pansy, Viola tricolor ...1831 Eng. dial.
• THREE-FACES-UNDER-A-HOOD a pansy, a violet ...1835 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE-MY-FANCY the pansy, the violet ...1902 Amer. dial.
PANT - verbs
• BELLOWS to walk hurriedly, to go panting along ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAST to pant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOST to pant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HALE to breathe heavily; to pant; to inhale ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HALE FOR BREATH to breathe heavily; to pant; to inhale ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HASSEL to pant or breathe noisily ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HASSLE to pant or breathe noisily ...1928 Amer. dial.
• KEB to pant for breath; to sob ...1888 Eng. dial.
• PANK to pant, to breathe hard ...1663 Eng. dial.
• PANTLE † to pant ...1652 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THOCK to breathe heavily or pant with exertion ...1850 Eng. dial.
• TIFT to breathe hard, to pant ...1807 Eng. dial.
PANTHER - adjectives
• PARDINE * pert. to a leopard or panther ...1859
PANTHER - nouns
• CATAMOUNT † a panther or leopard ...1664
• CATAMOUNTAIN the leopard or panther ...1432-50
• PARD a panther or leopard ...a1300 arch. or poetic
• PARDAL † the panther or leopard ...1553
• PARDALE † the panther or leopard ...1553
PANTING - adjectives
• BLASTIE puffing, panting ...Bk1911 Sc.
PANTING - nouns
• BELLOWSING panting or exhaustion after running ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HASSELING panting, laboured breathing ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HASSLING panting, laboured breathing ...1928 Amer. dial.
• PANTS, THE a fit of panting ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• TIFT a state of gasping or panting; a condition of breathlessness from exertion ...1853 Eng. dial.
PANTOMIME - adjectives
• PANTOMIMIC of the nature of pantomime or mimicry; expressed by dumb show ...a1680
• PANTOMIMICAL * of the nature of pantomime ...1644
PANTOMIME - adverbs
• PANTOMIMICALLY by way of pantomime ...1839
PANTOMIME - nouns
• GALANTY SHOW a shadow pantomime produced by throwing shadows of miniature figures on a wall or screen ...1821
• HARLEQUINADE a kind of pantomime; that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts ...1780
• HARLEQUINERY † pantomime; harlequinade ...1741
PANTOMIME - nouns, person
• PANTALOON in modern pantomime, a character represented as a foolish and vicious old man, the butt of the clown's jokes, and his abettor in his pranks and tricks ...1781
• SCENE-RAT n. a supernumerary in ballet or pantomime ...c1880 theatrical sl.
PANTRY - nouns
• ALMERY a chest or cupboard where food is kept, a pantry ...1768 Eng. dial.
• AMBRY a chest or cupboard where food is kept, a pantry ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AUMBRY a chest or cupboard where food is kept, a pantry ...1768 Eng. dial.
• AUMRY a chest or cupboard where food is kept, a pantry ...1768 Eng. dial.
• BUTTERY a pantry or larder ...1654
• FOOD LOCKER a cupboard for the storage of foodstuffs; a pantry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GLORY HOLE a storage place, esp. one where odds and ends are cached; a pantry ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LOCKER a cupboard for the storage of foodstuffs; a pantry ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MEAL ROOM a pantry ...1842 Amer. dial.
• PANARY †* a storehouse for bread, a pantry ...1611
• PANTERNY a pantry ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PANTONY a pantry ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PANTYR †* a pantry ...c1475
PAPER - adjectives
• FAIR † of paper: not written upon, unused ...c1420
• PAPEREN made of paper ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PAPERN † of paper ...1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAPYRAL made or consisting of paper ...1848 nonce word
• PAPYRIFEROUS producing or yielding papyrus; producing or yielding paper, or a substance resembling or serving as paper ...1656
• PAPYRINE made of papyrus; resembling paper ...1816
PAPER - nouns
• CANADIAN CAPER a paper ...1960s Aust. rhyming sl.
• CHAD the small bit of paper released when a ballot is punched, or a paper punch is used ...1980 Amer. dial.
• HASH waste paper of the lowest quality ...1893
• PALIMPSEST † paper, parchment, or other writing material prepared for writing on and wiping out again, like a slate ...1661
• PAPER-TABLE † a sheet or leaf of paper ...1591
• PAPYROPHOBIA dread of paper ...1790
• PARCHMENT any paper ...1950s Amer. sl.
• QUARRY a sheet of paper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEER a quire of paper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRIVENING-PAPER writing paper ...1896 Sc.
PAPER - nouns, person
• PAPYROPOLIST † a seller of paper ...1656
PAPERWORK - nouns
• BUMF paperwork; official papers ...1889 UK sl.
• BUMF-HUNT a paper-chase ...1889 sl.
• BUMPH paperwork; official papers ...1889 UK sl.
PAPYRUS - adjectives
• PAPYRIAN pert. to or composed of papyrus ...1754
• PAPYRIFEROUS producing or yielding papyrus; producing or yielding paper, or a substance resembling or serving as paper ...1656
• PAPYRINE made of papyrus; resembling paper ...1816
PARABLE - nouns
• PARBOLES † parables ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PARACHUTE - nouns
• BLAST a parachute jump ...1988 Amer. Army sl.
• BROLLY a parachute ...1934 Brit. sl.
• CHUTE a parachute ...1920 sl.
• CIGARETTE ROLL a parachute jump in which the parachute fails to open ...1962 US sl.
• LAUNDRY BAG a parachute ...1955 US military sl.
• LIFE INSURANCE, THE a parachute ...Bk1944 Amer. services sl.
• MAE WEST a parachute malfunction in which a line becomes caught over the canopy, dividing it into two bulging halves ...1958 Amer. parachuting usage
• ROMAN CANDLE a parachute jump in which the parachute fails to open ...1943 sl.
• SILK a parachute ...1933 sl., chiefly US
• UMBRELLA a parachute ...1933 US sl.
PARACHUTE, PARACHUTIST - nouns, person
• ANCHOR a parachutist who hesitates before jumping ...1943 UK sl.
• CHUTIST a parachutist ...World War II Amer. sl.
• RAG STUFFER a parachute rigger ...1991 US sl.
• WHUFFO in hang gliding and parachuting: anyone other than a fellow expert ...1978 US sl.
• WUFFO in hang gliding and parachuting: anyone other than a fellow expert ...1978 US sl.
PARACHUTE - verbs
• CRAB in parachuting: to direct the parachute across the wind direction ...1978 US sl.
• HIT THE SILK to bail out of a plane using a parachute ...1933 US sl. sl.
• STEP OUT to jump using a parachute ...1942 Royal Air Force sl.
• TAKE TO SILK to open a parachute after jumping from a plane ...1933 US sl.
• TAKE TO THE SILK to bale out by parachute ...1933 sl.