Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 9
Panacea (n.) (Bot.) The herb allheal.
Panacea (n.) (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia.
Panacea (n.) Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all].
Panacea (n.) [ C usually singular ] （能解決一切問題的）萬能之計，靈丹妙藥 Something that will solve all problems.
// Technology is not a panacea for all our problems.
Panacea (n.) [ C usually singular ] 包治百病的藥，萬靈藥 Something that will cure all illnesses.
Panacean (a.) Having the properties of a panacea. [R.] "Panacean dews." -- Whitehead.
Panache (n.) A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.
A panache of variegated plumes. -- Prescott.
Panache (n.) A pleasingly flamboyant style or manner; flair [4]; verve. Panada
Panache (n.) Distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan, flair, panache, style].
Panache (n.) A feathered plume on a helmet.
Panada (n.) Alt. of Panade
Panade (n.) Bread boiled in water to the consistence of pulp, and sweetened or flavored. [Written also panado.]
Panade (n.) A dagger. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Panama hat () A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata).
Panama hat (n.) A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown [syn: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat].
Pan-American (a.) Of or pertaining to both North and South America.
Pan-Anglican (a.) Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England; used less strictly, to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States; as, the Pan-Anglican Conference at Lambeth, in 1888.
Panary (a.) Of or pertaining to bread or to breadmaking.
Panary (n.) A storehouse for bread. -- Halliwell. Panatella Panatela
Pancake (n.) [C] 鬆餅，薄煎餅，薄烤餅；【空】（失速）平墜著陸，平降 A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack. "A pancake for Shrove Tuesday." -- Shak.
Pancake (n.) A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle [syn: pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel- cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake].
Pancake (n.) A thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
Pancake (n.) Also called P ancake landing. An airplane landing made by pancaking.
Pancake (v.) (Used without object), (pan·caked, pan·cak·ing.) (Of an airplane or the like) To drop flat to the ground after leveling off a few feet above it.
Pancake (v.) (Used with object) (pan·caked, pan·cak·ing.) (Informal) To flatten, especially as the result of a collision or other mishap.
// The car had been pancaked by the bus.
Pancake (v.) (Used with object) To cause (an airplane) to pancake.
Pancarte (n.) A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions. [Obs.] -- Holinshed.
Pance (n.) The pansy.
Panch (n.) See Paunch.
Panchway (n.) A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers.
Pancratian (a.) Pancratic; athletic.
Pancratiast (n.) One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium.
Pancratiastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the pancratium.
Pancratic (a.) Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.
Pancratic (a.) Alt. of Pancratical.
Pancratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pancratium; athletic.
Pancratist (n.) An athlete; a gymnast.
Pancratium (n.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
Pancratium (n.) A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus Hymenocallis.
Pancreas (n.) 【解】胰腺；胰臟 The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
Pancreas (n.) A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin.
Pancreatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the pancreas; as, the pancreatic secretion, digestion, ferments.
Pancreatin (n.) One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion.
Pancy (n.) See Pansy.
Panda (n.) A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.
Pandanus (n.) A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine.
Pandar (n.) Same as Pander.
Pandarism (n.) Same as Panderism.
Pandarize (v. i.) To pander.
Pandarous (a.) Panderous.
Pandean (a.) Of or relating to the god Pan.
Pandect (n.) 全論；（常複數）法律全書；（P-）（用複數）羅馬法典 A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science.
[Thou] a pandect mak'st, and universal book. -- Donne.
Pandect (n.) pl. The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law. -- Kent.
Pandemic (a.) （疾病）全國流行的；普遍的 Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic. -- n. A pandemic disease. -- Harvey.
Pandemic (n.) 流行病；流傳中的疫情 A pandemic disease. -- Harvey.
Pandemic (a.) Epidemic over a wide geographical area; "a pandemic outbreak of malaria".
Pandemic (a.) Existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war".
Pandemic (n.) An epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world.
Pandemic (a.) (Specialized) (Of a disease) （疾病）大規模流行的，廣泛蔓延的 Existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants.
// In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.
Pandemic (n.) [ C ] (Specialized) 大流行病 A pandemic disease.
// A pandemic of influenza.
// An influenza pandemic.
Pandemonium (n.) 地獄；極端混亂嘈雜的地方；大混亂 The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits. -- Milton.
Pandemonium (n.) An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage.
Pandemonium (n.) A condition of unrestrained disorder and chaotic, riotous uproar.
Pandemonium (n.) A state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness].
Pandemonium (n.) Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer. When disturbed by his voice the ancient echoes clamor appropriate responses most gratifying to his pride of distinction.
Pander (n.) A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.
Pander (n.) Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
Pandered (imp. & p. p.) of Pander.
Pandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pander.
Pander (v. t.) To play the pander for.
Pander (v. i.) To act the part of a pander.
Panderage (n.) The act of pandering.
Panderism (n.) The employment, arts, or practices of a pander.
Panderly (a.) Having the quality of a pander.
Pandermite (n.) A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite.
Panderous (a.) Of or relating to a pander; characterizing a pander.
Pandiculated (a.) Extended; spread out; stretched.
Pandiculation (n.) 伸懶腰 A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.
Pandiculation (n.) (（初醒時等）本能的欠伸；伸體呵欠 Yawning and stretching (as when first waking up).
Pandit (n.) See Pundit.
Pandoor (n.) Same as Pandour.
Pandora (n.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.
Pandora (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.
Pandore (n.) An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore.
Pandour (n.) One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came.
Pandowdy (n.) A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.
Pandurate (a.) Alt. of Panduriform
Panduriform (a.) Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.
Pane (n.) The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.
Pane (n.) A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.
Pane (n.) One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
Pane (n.) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes.
Pane (n.) Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash.
Pane (n.) In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
Pane (n.) One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
Pane (n.) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.
Paned (a.) Having panes; provided with panes; also, having openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash. "Paned hose." -- Massinger.
Paned (a.) (Mach.) Having flat sides or surfaces; as, a six-paned nut.
Panegyric (a.) An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.
Panegyric (a.) Alt. of Panegyrical.
Panegyrical (a.) Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory. "Panegyric strains." -- Pope. -- Pan`e*gyr"ic*al*ly, adv.
Some of his odes are panegyrical. -- Dryden.
Panegyric (a.) Formally expressing praise [syn: encomiastic, eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical].
Panegyric (n.) A formal expression of praise [syn: encomium, eulogy, panegyric, paean, pean].
Panegyris (n.) A festival; a public assembly. [Obs.] -- S. Harris.
Panegyrist (n.) One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking.
If these panegyrists are in earnest. -- Burke.
Panegyrist (n.) An orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics [syn: eulogist, panegyrist].
Panegyrized (imp. & p. p.) of Panegyrize.
Panegyrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Panegyrize.
Panegyrize (v. t.) To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.
Panegyrize (v. i.) To indulge in panegyrics. -- Mitford.
Panegyry (n.) A panegyric. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Panel (n.) [C] (Arch.) 嵌板，鑲板；壁板；鏡板；【機】控制板；操縱盤；儀表盤；專門小組；評判小組；專題討論小組；參加猜謎節目的小組 [G] A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
Panel (n.) (Law) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury.
Panel (n.) (Law) (Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. -- Burrill.
Panel (n.) Hence: Any group of persons selected to judge a contest, conduct a discussion, serve as advisers, or participate in any group activity in which they will provide information or make judgments.
Panel (n.) Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
Panel (n.) (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
Panel (n.) (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. -- Gwilt.
Panel (n.) (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.
Panel (n.) (Mining) A heap of dressed ore.
Panel (n.) (Mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
Panel (n.) (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
Panel (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
Panel (n.) (A["e]ronautics) A segment of an a["e]roplane wing. In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.
Panel game, A method of stealing money in a panel house.
Panel house, A house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft from customers by accomplices of the inmates.
Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc.
Panel thief, One who robs in a panel house.
Paneled (imp. & p. p.) of Panel.
Panelled () of Panel.
Paneling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Panel.
Panelling () of Panel.
Panel (v. t.) （用鑲板等）鑲嵌（門，牆等）[（+in/with）]；把……分格；選定（陪審團） To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.
Paneled back (Arch.), The paneled work covering the window back. See Window back.
Panel (n.) Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something.
Panel (n.) A committee appointed to judge a competition [syn: jury, panel].
Panel (n.) (Law) A group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) [syn: panel, venire].
Panel (n.) A group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc.
Panel (n.) A soft pad placed under a saddle.
Panel (n.) A piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails [syn: gore, panel].
Panel (n.) (Computer science) A small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel' [syn: dialog box, panel].
Panel (n.) Electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree" [syn: control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel].
Panel (v.) Decorate with panels; "panel the walls with wood."
Panel (v.) Select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors" [syn: empanel, impanel, panel].
Panel (), practice. A schedule or roll containing the names of jurors, summoned by virtue of a writ of venire facias, and annexed to the writ. It is returned into the court whence the venire issued. Co. Litt. 158, b.