Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 4
Painstaking (n.) 勤勉，刻苦；煞費苦心 The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance. -- Beau. & Fl.
Painstaking (a.) Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" [syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous].
Painsworthy (a.) Worth the pains or care bestowed.
Painsworthy (a.) Worth the expenditure of diligent care and effort.
// A painsworthy task.
Painted (imp. & p. p.) of Paint.
Painting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paint.
Paint (v. t.) To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.
Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. -- 2 Kings ix. 30.
Paint (v. t.) Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. -- Shak.
Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. -- Shak.
Paint (v. t.) To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
Paint (v. t.) Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict ; as, to paint a political opponent as a traitor.
Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. -- Shak.
If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. -- Pope.
Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.
Paint (v. t.) To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
Paint (v. t.) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
Let her paint an inch thick. -- Shak.
Paint (n.) A pigment or coloring substance.
Paint (n.) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
Paint (n.) A cosmetic; rouge. -- Praed.
Paint (n.) A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" [syn: paint, pigment].
Paint (n.) (Basketball) A space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint" [syn: key, paint].
Paint (n.) Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks [syn: rouge, paint, blusher].
Paint (v.) Make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden".
Paint (v.) Apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow".
Paint (v.) Make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times".
Paint (v.) Apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil.
Paint, () Jezebel "painted her face" (2 Kings 9:30); and the practice of painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common (Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the name of Job's daughter (42:14) Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews.
Paint, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1103
Housing Units (2000): 432
Land area (2000): 0.349878 sq. miles (0.906180 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.349878 sq. miles (0.906180 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57544
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.243423 N, 78.846092 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paint, PA
Paint
Painted (a.) Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. -- Coleridge.
Painted (a.) (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.
Painted beauty (Zool.), A handsome American butterfly ({Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors,
Painted cup (Bot.), Any plant of an American genus of herbs ({Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers.
Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows.
Painted finch. See Nonpareil.
Painted lady (Zool.), A bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly.
Painted turtle (Zool.), A common American freshwater tortoise ({Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.
Compare: Delineated
Delineated (a.) Represented accurately or precisely. [Narrower terms: diagrammatic, diagrammatical; drawn; painted].
Delineated (a.) Described in words with sharpness and detail or with vivid imagery. Opposite of undelineated.
Syn: represented, delineate.
Painted (a.) Coated with paint; "freshly painted lawn furniture" [ant: unpainted].
Painted (a.) Lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting; "in public he wore a painted smile".
Painted (a.) Having makeup applied; "brazen painted faces" [ant: unpainted].
Painted (a.) Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" [syn: motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured].
Painter (n.) (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. -- Totten.
Painter (n.) (Zool.) The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] -- J. F. Cooper.
Painter (n.) One whose occupation is to paint; esp.;
Painter (n.) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint.
Painter (n.) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.
Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic.
Painter stainer. A painter of coats of arms. -- Crabb.
Painter stainer. A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.
Poonah painting, () A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work.
Note: Hence: Poonah brush, paper, painter, etc.
Puma (n.) (Zool.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.
Cougar (n.) (Zool.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma.
Puma (n.) Large American feline resembling a lion [syn: cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor].
PUMA, () Power User's Macintosh Association (org., Apple).
PUMA, () Processor Upgradable Modular Architecture
PUMA, () Protected User-Mode Audio (MS, WPE)
PUMA, () Programmable Universal Micro Accelerator
Compare: Boat
Boat (n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as, canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.
Boat (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
Boat (n.) A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or
boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped.
Advice boat. See under Advice.
Boat hook (Naut.), An iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. -- Totten.
Boat rope, A rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a painter.
In the same boat, In the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.] -- F. W. Newman.
Painter (n.) An artist who paints.
Painter (n.) A worker who is employed to cover objects with paint.
Painter (n.) A line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing).
Painter (n.) Large American feline resembling a lion [syn: cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor].
Painter, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
Population (2000): 246
Housing Units (2000): 117
Land area (2000): 0.633974 sq. miles (1.641985 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.633974 sq. miles (1.641985 sq. km)
FIPS code: 60296
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 37.585632 N, 75.783445 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 23420
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Painter, VA
Painter
Painterly (a.) Like a painter's work. [Obs.] "A painterly glose of a visage." -- Sir P. Sidney.
Painterly (a.) Having qualities unique to the art of painting.
Paintership (n.) The state or
position of being a painter. [R.] -- Bp. Gardiner.
Painting (n.) The act or employment of laying on, or adorning
with, paints or colors.
Painting (n.) (Fine Arts) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.
Painting (n.) Color laid on; paint. [R.] -- Shak.
Painting (n.) A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
Syn: See Picture.
Painting (n.) Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting b Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" [syn: painting, picture].
Painting (n.) Creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years".
Painting (n.) The act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush".
Painting (n.) The occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew" [syn: painting, house painting].
Painting (n.) The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
Formerly, painting and sculpture were combined in the same work: the ancients painted their statues. The only present alliance between the two arts is that the modern painter chisels his patrons.
Paintless (a.) Not capable of being painted or described. "In paintless patience." -- Savage.
Painture (v. t.) The art of painting. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Dryden.
Painty (a.) Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface.
Pair (n.) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." -- Chaucer. -- Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." -- Macaulay.
Note: [Now mostly or quite disused.]
Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. -- Beau. & Fl.
Pair (n.) Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
Pair (n.) Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
Pair (n.) A married couple; a man and wife. "A happy pair." -- Dryden. "The hapless pair." -- Milton.
Pair (n.) A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
Pair (n.) Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. [Parliamentary Cant].
Note: A member who is thus paired with one who would have voted oppositely is said to be paired for or paired against a measure, depending on the member's position.
Pair (n.) (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.
Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair.
Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal) Three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three "eight spots" etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. "Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand." -- Goldsmith. "That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates]." -- Quarles. [Written corruptly parial and prial.]
Syn: Pair, Flight, Set.
Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares),
that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A "pair of stairs" is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, "flight of stairs."
Pair (v. t.) [See Impair.] To impair. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Pairs Royal (n. pl. ) of Pair
Paired (imp. & p. p.) of Pair
Pairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pair
Pair (v. i.) To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.
Pair (v. i.) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
My heart was made to fit and pair with thine. -- Rowe.
Pair (v. i.) Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
To pair off, To separate from a group in pairs or couples; specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on specified questions or issues. See Pair, n., 6.
Pair (v. t.) To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.
Glossy jet is paired with shining white. -- Pope.
Pair (v. t.) To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. [Parliamentary Cant]
Paired fins. (Zool.) See under Fin.
Pair (v. t.) To impair. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Pair (n.) A set of two similar things considered as a unit [syn: pair, brace].
Pair (n.) Two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad].
Pair (n.) Two people considered as a unit.
Pair (n.) A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value.
Pair (v.) Form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off" [syn: pair, pair off, partner off, couple].
Pair (v.) Bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired With a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn: match, mate, couple, pair, twin].
Pair (v.) Occur in pairs [syn: pair, geminate].
Pair (v.) Arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" [syn: pair, geminate].
Pair (v.) Engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" [syn: copulate, mate, pair, couple].
Pairer (n.) One who impairs. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Pairing (v. i.) The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.
Pairing (v. i.) See To pair off, under Pair, v. i.
Pairing time, The time when birds or other animals pair.
Pairing (n.) The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union].
Pairing (n.) The act of grouping things or people in pairs.
Pairment (n.) Impairment. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Pais (n.) (O. E. Law) The country; the people of the neighborhood.
Note: A trial per pais is a trial by the country, that is, by a jury; and matter in pais is matter triable by the country, or jury.
PAIS, or PAYS. A French word signifying country. In law, matter in pais is matter of fact in opposition to matter of record: a trial per pais, is a trial by the country, that is, by a jury.
Paisano (n.) (Zool.) The chaparral cock; the roadrunner.
Paisano (n.) A compatriot.
Paisano (n.) A comrade; a pal; a buddy.
Paise (n.) [Obs.] See Poise. -- Chapman.
Pajock (n.) A peacock. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Pakfong (n.) See Packfong.
Pakistan (n.) 巴基斯坦 A country in South Asia formerly part of British India.
Syn: West Pakistan.
Pakistan (n.) A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 [syn: Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, West Pakistan].
Pakistani (prop. a.) Of or relating to Pakistan or its people or language; as, Pakistani mountain passes.
Pakistani (prop. n.) A native or inhabitant of Pakistan.
Pakistani (a.) 巴基斯坦人；巴基斯坦的 Belonging to or relating to Pakistan or its people.
Pal (n.) A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate. [Slang]
Pal (n.) A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick]
Pal (v.) Become friends; act friendly towards [syn: pal, pal up, chum up].
PAL, () Paradox Application Language (Borland, DB).
PAL, () Phase Alternating Line.
PAL, () Privileged Architecture Library (DEC, Alpha).
PAL, () Processor Abstraction Layer.
PAL, () Programmable Array Logic.
PAL, () Paradox Application Language.
PAL, () For the AVANCE distributed persistent operating system.
["PAL Reference Manual", M. Ahlsen et al, SYSLAB WP-125, Stockholm 1987].
["AVANCE: An Object Management System", A. Bjornerstedt et al, SIGPLAN Notices 23(11):206-221 (OOPSLA '88) (Nov 1988)]. [What is it?]
PAL, () An object-oriented Prolog-like language.
["Inheritance Hierarchy Mechanism in Prolog", K. Akama, Proc Logic Prog '86, LNCS 264, Springer 1986, pp. 12-21].
PAL, () PDP Assembly Language.
PAL, () Pedagogic Algorithmic Language.
PAL, () Programmable Array Logic.
PAL, () Phase alternating line. (2001-04-02)
Palace (n.) The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception. -- Chaucer.
Palace (n.) The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.
Palace (n.) Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house.
Palace car. See under Car.
Palace court, () A court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.] -- Mozley & W.
Palace (n.) A large and stately mansion [syn: palace, castle].
Palace (n.) The governing group of a kingdom; "the palace issued an order binding on all subjects".
Palace (n.) A large ornate exhibition hall.
Palace (n.) Official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign).
Palace, () A proprietary multi-user virtual reality-like talk system.
The Palace is distinguished from most other VR-like systems in that it is only two-dimensional rather than three; rooms, avatars, and "props" are made up of relatively small 2D bitmap images.
Palace is a crude hack, or lightweight, depending on your point of view. (1997-09-14)
Palace, () Used now only of royal dwellings, although originally meaning simply (as the Latin word palatium, from which it is derived, shows) a building surrounded by a fence or a paling. In the Authorized Version there are many different words so rendered, presenting different ideas, such as that of citadel or lofty fortress or royal residence (Neh. 1:1; Dan. 8:2). It is the name given to the temple fortress (Neh. 2:8) and to the temple itself (1 Chr. 29:1). It denotes also a spacious building or a great house (Dan. 1:4; 4:4, 29: Esther 1:5; 7:7), and a fortified place or an enclosure (Ezek. 25:4). Solomon's palace is described in 1 Kings 7:1-12 as a series of buildings rather than a single great structure. Thirteen years were spent in their erection. This palace stood on the eastern hill, adjoining the temple on the south.
In the New Testament it designates the official residence of Pilate or that of the high priest (Matt. 26:3, 58, 69; Mark 14:54, 66; John 18:15). In Phil. 1:13 this word is the rendering of the Greek praitorion, meaning the praetorian cohorts at Rome (the life-guard of the Caesars). Paul was continually chained to a soldier of that corps (Acts 28:16), and hence his name and sufferings became known in all the praetorium. The "soldiers that kept" him would, on relieving one another on guard, naturally spread the tidings regarding him among their comrades. Some, however, regard the praetroium (q.v.) as the barrack within the palace (the palatium) of the Caesars in Rome where a detachment of these praetorian guards was stationed, or as the camp of the guards placed outside the eastern walls of Rome.
"In the chambers which were occupied as guard-rooms," says Dr. Manning, "by the praetorian troops on duty in the palace, a number of rude caricatures are found roughly scratched upon the walls, just such as may be seen upon barrack walls in every part of the world. Amongst these is one of a human figure nailed upon a cross. To add to the 'offence of the cross,' the crucified one is represented with the head of an animal, probably that of an ass. Before it stands the figure of a Roman legionary with one hand upraised in the attitude of worship. Underneath is the rude, misspelt, ungrammatical inscription, Alexamenos worships his god. It can scarcely be doubted that we have here a contemporary caricature, executed by one of the praetorian guard, ridiculing the faith of a Christian comrade."
Palace, (n.) A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called a palace; that of the Founder of his religion was known as a field, or wayside. There is progress.
Palacious (a.) Palatial. [Obs.] -- Graunt.
Paladin (n.) A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. -- Sir W. Scott.
Paladin (n.) Someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter, hero, paladin].
Palaeo- () See Paleo-.
Paleo- , () A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic, paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also pal[ae]o-.]
Palaeographer (n.) Same as Paleographer.
Paleographer (n.) One skilled in paleography; a paleographist. Paleographic
Paleographer (n.) An archeologist skilled in paleography [syn: paleographer, paleographist].
Palaeographic (a.) Same as Paleographic.
Palaeographer (a.) Alt. of Palaeographic
Palaeographic (a.) See Paleographer, Paleographic, etc.
Palaeotype (n.) (Phon.) A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use. -- Ellis. -- Pa`l[ae]*o*typ"ic*al, a. -- Pa`l[ae]*o*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.
Palaestra (n.) See Palestra.
Palestra (n.; pl.) [Written also pal[ae]stra.] (Antiq.) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general.
Palestra (n.; pl.) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling. Palestric Palestrian
Palaestra (n.) A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra, palaestra].
Palaestric (a.) See Palestric.
Palaetiologist (n.) One versed in palaetiology.
Palaetiology (n.) The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth ; the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes, such as geological causes. -- Pa*l[ae]`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.
Syn: paletiology.
Palaetiology (n.) The explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes) [syn: paletiology, palaetiology].
Palamme (n. pl. ) of Palama
Palama (n.) A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.
Palamedeae (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.
Palampore (n.) See Palempore.
Palempore (n.) A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bed coverings. [Written also palampore, palampoor, etc.] -- De Colange.
Palanka (n.) (Mil.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
Palanquin (n.) An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place. [Written also palankeen.]
Palapteryx (n.) (Paleon.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.
Palatability (n.) Palatableness.
Palatable (a.) Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice. Opposite of unpalatable.
Palatable (a.) Palatability n. ,Palatableness n. , Palatably adv. , Having a pleasant or agreeable taste.
Palatable (a.) Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice. Opposite of unpalatable.
Palatable (a.) Acceptable to the taste or mind; "palatable food"; "a palatable solution to the problem" [syn: {palatable}, {toothsome}] [ant: {unpalatable}].
Palatable (a.) Pleasant or acceptable to someone.
Palatable (a.) Agreeable to the palate or taste.
Palatable (a.) Agreeable or acceptable to the mind.
Palatableness (n.) The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.
Palatableness (n.) The property of being acceptable to the mouth [syn: palatability, palatableness] [ant: unpalatability, unpalatableness].
Palatableness (n.) Acceptability to the mind or feelings; "the pursuit of electoral palatability" [syn: palatability, palatableness].
Palatably (adv.) In a palatable manner.
Palatably (adv.) In a palatable way [ant: unpalatably].
Palatal (a.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.
Palatal (a.) (Phonetics) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.
Palatal (n.) (Phon.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.
Palatal (a.) Relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils" [syn: palatal, palatine].
Palatal (a.) Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') [syn: palatal, palatalized, palatalised].
Palatal (n.) A semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast').
Palatalize (v. t.) To palatize.
Palatalize (v. t.) (Phon.) To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; especially: to pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate; as, to palatalize a letter or sound; to palatize.
See palatalized.
Palatalize (v.) Pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate [syn: palatalize, palatalise].
Palate (n.) (Anat.) The roof of the mouth.
Note: The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum.
Palate (n.) Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.
Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. -- Pope.
Palate (n.) Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. -- T. Baker.
Palate (n.) (Bot.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
Palate (v. t.) To perceive by the taste. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Palate (n.) The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities [syn: palate, roof of the mouth].
Palatial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures. "Palatial style." -- A. Drummond.
Palatial (a.) (Anat.) Palatal; palatine. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Palatial (n.) A palatal letter. [Obs.] -- Sir W. Jones.
Palatial (a.) Relating to or being a palace; "the palatial residence".
Palatial (a.) Suitable for or like a palace; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht".
Palatic (a.) (Anat.) Palatal; palatine.
Palatic (n.) (Phon.) A palatal. [R.]
Palatinate (n.) The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine. -- Howell.
Palatinate (v. t.) To make a palatinate of. [Obs.] -- Fuller
Palatinate (n.) A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine [syn: Palatinate, Pfalz].
Palatinate (n.) A territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine.
Palatine (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal.
Palatine bones (Anat.), A pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.
Palatine (n.) (Anat.) A palatine bone.
Palatine (a.) Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
Palatine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Palatinate.
Palatine (a.) Of or pertaining to a Palatine [1].
Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and County.
Palatine hill, or The palatine, One of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C[ae]sars. See also Palatine Hill in the vocabulary, and Palace.
Palatine (n.) One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
Palatine (n.) The Palatine hill in Rome.
Palatine (a.) Relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils" [syn: palatal, palatine].
Palatine (a.) Of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives.
Palatine (a.) Of or relating to a palace.
Palatine (n.) Any of various important officials in ancient Rome.
Palatine (n.) (Middle Ages) The lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands [syn: palatine, palsgrave].
Palatine (n.) The most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces.
Palatine (n.) Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits [syn: palatine, palatine bone, os palatinum].
Palatine, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 65479
Housing Units (2000): 26223
Land area (2000): 12.973365 sq. miles (33.600860 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.133511 sq. miles (0.345792 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 13.106876 sq. miles (33.946652 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57225
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 42.116885 N, 88.040613 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 60067 60074
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Palatine (a.) Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
Palatine (n.) One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
Palatine (n.) The Palatine hill in Rome.
Palatine (a.) Of or pertaining to the palate.
Palatine (n.) A palatine bone.