Palpiform () Having the form of a palpus.

Palpiger () That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in insects.

Palpigerous () Bearing a palpus.

Palpitant () Palpitating; throbbing; trembling.

Palpitated () of Palpitate

Palpitating () of Palpitate

Palpitate () To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement.

Palpitation () A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.

Palpless () Without a palpus.

Palpocil () A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.

Palpi () of Palpus

Palpus () A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.

Palsgrave () A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.

Palsgravine () The consort or widow of a palsgrave.

Palsical () Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic.

Palsied () Affected with palsy; paralyzed.

Palstave () A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age.

Palster () A pilgrim's staff.

Palsies () of Palsy

Palsy () Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.

Palsied () of Palsy

Palsying () of Palsy

Palsy () To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.

Palsywort () The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.

Paltered () of Palter

Paltering () of Palter

Palter () To haggle.

Palter () To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

Palter () To babble; to chatter.

Palter () To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.

Palterer () One who palters.

Palterly () Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily.

Paltock () A kind of doublet; a jacket.

Paltrily () In a paltry manner.

Paltriness () The state or quality of being paltry.

Paltry () Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.

Paludal () Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy.

Paludament () See Paludamentum.

Paladumenta () of Paludamentum

Paludamentum () A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.

Paludicolae () A division of birds, including the cranes, rails, etc.

Paludicole () Marsh-inhabiting; belonging to the Paludicolae

Paludinae () of Paludina

Paludinas () of Paludina

Paludina () Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.

Paludinal () Inhabiting ponds or swamps.

Paludine () Of or pertaining to a marsh.

Paludinous () Paludinal. (b) Like or pertaining to the genus Paludina.

Paludinous () Of or pertaining to a marsh or fen.

Paludism () The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes; malarial disease or disposition.

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