| paliphrasia | In speech, involuntary repetition of words or sentences. See: echolalia. Synonym: palilalia. Origin: G. Palin, again, + phrasis, speech (05 Mar 2000) |
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| palisade | 1. A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense. 2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes. <botany> Palisade cells, a nematoid worm (Strongylus armatus), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal. Origin: F. Palissade, cf. Sp. Palizada, It. Palizzata, palizzo, LL. Palissata; all fr. L. Palus a stake, pale. See Pale a stake. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palisade layer | The deepest layer of the epidermis, composed of dividing stem cells and anchoring cells. Synonym: basal cell layer, columnar layer, germinative layer, palisade layer, stratum basale, stratum cylindricum, stratum germinativum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palisade parenchyma | <plant biology> Tissue found in the upper layers of the leaf mesophyll, consisting of regularly shaped, elongated parenchyma cells, orientated perpendicular to the leaf surface, which are active in photosynthesis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| palissander | <botany> Violet wood. Synonym: rosewood. Origin: F. Palissandre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palissy | Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry. Palissy ware, glazed pottery like that made by Bernard Palissy; especially, that having figures of fishes, reptiles, etc, in high relief. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pall | 1. An outer garment; a cloak mantle. "His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold." (Spenser) 2. A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages. 3. Same as Pallium. "About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into England, the one for London, the other for York." (Fuller) 4. A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y. 5. A large cloth, especially, a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb. "Warriors carry the warrior's pall." (Tennyson) 6. A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; used to put over the chalice. Origin: OE. Pal, AS. Pael, from L. Pallium cover, cloak, mantle, pall; cf. L. Palla robe, mantle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pall-mall | A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. Alternative forms: pail-mail and pell-mell. Origin: OF. Palemail, It. Pallamagio; palla a ball (of German origin, akin to E. Ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. Malleus. See lst Ball, and Mall a beetle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palla | Origin: L. See Pall a cloak] An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palladic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or derived from, palladium; used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with palladious compounds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palladious | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; used specifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palladium | <chemistry> A rare metallic element of the light platinum group, found native, and also alloyed with platinum and gold. It is a silver-white metal resembling platinum, and like it permanent and untarnished in the air, but is more easily fusible. It is unique in its power of occluding hydrogen, which it does to the extent of nearly a thousand volumes, forming the alloy Pd2H. It is used for graduated circles and verniers, for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry. It was so named in 1804 by Wollaston from the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered in 1802. Symbol Pd. Atomic weight.2. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pallah | <zoology> A large South African antelope (aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general colour is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Synonym: roodebok. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pallanesthesia | Absence of pallesthesia. Synonym: apallesthesia. Origin: G. Pallo, to quiver, + anaisthesia, insensibility (05 Mar 2000) |
| pallas | Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palatine bone |
The palatine bone is a bone situated at the back part of the nasal cavity between the maxilla and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid. It contributes to the walls of three cavities: the floor and lateral wall of the nasal cavity, the roof of the mouth, and the floor of the orbit; it enters into the formation of two foss? the pterygopalatine and pterygoid foss? and one fissure, the inferior orbital fissure. ...
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| palynology |
The study of preserved pollen remains, which may give information on the environment surrounding a site.
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| pallium |
A cloak worn by a bishop which is considered a major symbol of his office.
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| palate |
The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate).
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| palynology |
The study of fossil pollen. Palynology allows prehistoric plant species to be identified.
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| PAL | board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used |
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| PAL | one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor |
| PAL | the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art |
| PAL | a spatula used by artists for mixing or applying or scraping off oil paints |
| PAL | (archaic) especially a light saddle horse for a woman |
| PAL | English poet (1824-1897) |
| PAL | a pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated |
| PAL | support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends |
| PAL | a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible |
| PAL | a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward |
| PAL | a fence made of upright pickets |
| PAL | losing color |