Papaveraceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.
Papaverine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
Papaverous (a.) Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy.
Papaw (n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.
Papaw (n.) A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself.
Papboat (n.) A kind of sauce boat or dish.
Papboat (n.) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.
Pape (n.) A spiritual father; specifically, the pope.
Papejay (n.) A popinjay.
Paper (n.) A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.
Paper (n.) A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
Paper (n.) A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.
Paper (n.) A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.
Paper (n.) Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.
Paper (n.) Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.
Paper (n.) A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
Paper (n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.
Paper (a.) Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.
Papered (imp. & p. p.) of Paper
Papering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paper
Paper (v. t.) To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.
Paper (v. t.) To fold or inclose in paper.
Paper (v. t.) To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.
Paperweight (n.) See under Paper, n.
Papery (a.) Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of paper.
Papescent (a.) Containing or producing pap; like pap.
Papess (n.) A female pope; i. e., the fictitious pope Joan.
Papeterie (n.) A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.
Paphian (a.) Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites.
Paphian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Paphos.
Papier-mache (n.) A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds.
Papilio (n.) A genus of butterflies.
Papilionaceous (a.) Resembling the butterfly.
Papilionaceous (a.) Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea.
Papilionaceous (a.) Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceae) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust.
Papiliones (n. pl.) The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.
Papilionides (n. pl.) The typical butterflies.
Papillae (pl. ) of Papilla
Papilla (n.) Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue.
Papillar (a.) Same as Papillose.
Papillary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillae; bearing, or covered with, papillae; papillose.
Papillate (v. t. & i.) To cover with papillae; to take the form of a papilla, or of papillae.
Papillate (a.) Same as Papillose.
Papilliform (a.) Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.
Papillomata (pl. ) of Papilloma
Papilloma (n.) A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillae of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart.
Papillomatous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, papillomata.
Papillose (a.) Covered with, or bearing, papillae; resembling papillae; papillate; papillar; papillary.
Papillote (n.) a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper.
Papillous (a.) Papillary; papillose.
Papillulate (a.) Having a minute papilla in the center of a larger elevation or depression.
Papion (n.) A West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.
Papism (n.) Popery; -- an offensive term.
Papist (n.) A Roman catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope; -- an offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.
Papistic (a.) Alt. of Papistical
Papistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Church of Rome and its doctrines and ceremonies; pertaining to popery; popish; -- used disparagingly.
Papistry (n.) The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery.
Papized (a.) Conformed to popery.
Papoose (n.) A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North America.
Pappiform (a.) Resembling the pappus of composite plants.
Pappoose (n.) Same as Papoose.
Pappose (a.) Furnished with a pappus; downy.
Pappous (a.) Pappose.
Pappus (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.
Pappy (a.) Like pap; soft; succulent; tender.
Papuan (a.) Of or pertaining to Papua.
Papuars (n. pl.) The native black race of Papua or New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.
Papulae (pl. ) of Papula
Papula (n.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.
Papula (n.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
Papular (a.) Covered with papules.
Papular (a.) Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of papules; as, a papular eruption.
Papules (pl. ) of Papule
Papule (n.) Same as Papula.
Papulose (a.) Having papulae; papillose; as, a papulose leaf.
Papulous (a.) Covered with, or characterized by, papulae; papulose.
Papyraceous (a.) Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.
Papyrean (a.) Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous.
Papyrine (n.) Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.
Papyrograph (n.) An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold.
Papyrography (n.) The process of multiplying copies of writings, etc., by means of the papyrograph.
Papyri (pl. ) of Papyrus
Papyrus (n.) A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.
Papyrus (n.) The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.
Papyrus (n.) A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.
Paque (n.) See Pasch and Easter.
Par (n.) See Parr.
Par (prep.) By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.
Par (n.) Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
Par (n.) Equality of condition or circumstances.
Para- () A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.
Para- () A prefix denoting: (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. Ortho-, and Meta-. Also used adjectively.
Para (n.) A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.
Parabanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which is obtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystalline substance (C3N2H2O3); -- also called oxalyl urea.
Parablast (n.) A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, the cells of which are especially concerned in forming the first blood and blood vessels.
Parablastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the parablast; as, the parablastic cells.
Parable (a.) Procurable.
Parable (n.) A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ.
Parable (v. t.) To represent by parable.
Parabolas (pl. ) of Parabola