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Pannier
() A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.
Pannier
() A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.
Panniered
() Bearing panniers.
Pannikel
() The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest.
Pannikin
() A small pan or cup.
Pannose
() Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth.
Pannus
() A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids.
Panoistic
() Producing ova only; -- said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.
Panomphean
() Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining.
Panoplied
() Dressed in panoply.
Panoply
() Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.
Panopticon
() A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen.
Panopticon
() A room for the exhibition of novelties.
Panorama
() A complete view in every direction.
Panorama
() A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point.
Panorama
() A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator.
Panoramic
() Alt. of Panoramical
Panoramical
() Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama.
Panorpian
() Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa.
Panorpian
() Same as Panorpid.
Panorpid
() Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice.
Panpharmacon
() A medicine for all diseases; a panacea.
Panpresbyterian
() Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council.
Pansclavic
() Alt. of Pansclavonian
Pansclavism
() Alt. of Pansclavonian
Pansclavist
() Alt. of Pansclavonian
Pansclavonian
() See Panslavic, Panslavism, etc.
Panshon
() An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes.
Pansied
() Covered or adorned with pansies.
Panslavic
() Pertaining to all the Slavic races.
Panslavism
() A scheme or desire to unite all the Slavic races into one confederacy.
Panslavist
() One who favors Panslavism.
Panslavonian
() See Panslavic.
Pansophical
() All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders.
Pansophy
() Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator.
Panspermatist
() Alt. of Panspermist
Panspermist
() A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist.
Panspermic
() Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis.
Panspermy
() The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop.
Panspermy
() The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation.
Panstereorama
() A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like.
Pansies
() of Pansy
Pansy
() A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.
Panted
() of Pant
Panting
() of Pant
Pant
() To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
Pant
() Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
Pant
() To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
Pant
() To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
Pant
() To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.