overhang
overhang (n)
A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over.
overleap
overleap (v)
To leap beyond.
overlord
overlord (n)
One who holds supremacy over another.
overpass
overpass (v)
To pass across or over, as a river.
overpay
overpay (v)
To pay or reward in excess.
overpower
overpower (v)
To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power.
overproduction
overproduction (n)
Excessive production.
overreach
overreach (v)
To stretch out too far.
overrun
overrun (v)
To infest or ravage.
oversee
oversee (v)
To superintend.
overseer
overseer (n)
A supervisor.
overshadow
overshadow (v)
To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison.
overstride
overstride (v)
To step beyond.
overthrow
overthrow (v)
To vanquish an established ruler or government.
overtone
overtone (n)
A harmonic.
overture
overture (n)
An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet.
overweight
overweight (n)
Preponderance.
pacify
pacify (v)
To bring into a peaceful state.
packet
packet (n)
A bundle, as of letters.
pact
pact (n)
A covenant.
pagan
pagan (n)
A worshiper of false gods.
pageant
pageant (n)
A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one.
palate
palate (n)
The roof of the mouth.
palatial
palatial (adj)
Magnificent.
paleontology
paleontology (n)
The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms.
palette
palette (n)
A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting.
palinode
palinode (n)
A retraction.
pall
pall (v)
To make dull by satiety.
palliate
palliate (v)
To cause to appear less guilty.
pallid
pallid (adj)
Of a pale or wan appearance.
palpable
palpable (n)
perceptible by feeling or touch.
palsy
palsy (n)
Paralysis.
paly
paly (adj)
Lacking color or brilliancy.
pamphlet
pamphlet (n)
A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest.
pamphleteer
pamphleteer (v)
To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones.
panacea
panacea (n)
A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.
Pan-American
Pan-American (adj)
Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.
pandemic
pandemic (adj)
Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease.
pandemonium
pandemonium (n)
A fiendish or riotous uproar.
panegyric
panegyric (n)
A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
panel
panel (n)
A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame.
panic
panic (n)
A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear.
panoply
panoply (n)
A full set of armor.
panorama
panorama (n)
A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene.
pantheism
pantheism (n)
The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.
Pantheon
Pantheon (n)
A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof.
pantomime
pantomime (n)
Sign-language.
pantoscope
pantoscope (n)
A very wide-angled photographic lens.
papacy
papacy (n)
The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papyrus
papyrus (n)
The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans.
parable
parable (n)
A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.
paradox
paradox (n)
A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief.
paragon
paragon (n)
A model of excellence.
parallel
parallel (v)
To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts.
parallelism
parallelism (n)
Essential likeness.
paralysis
paralysis (n)
Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles.
paralyze
paralyze (v)
To deprive of the power to act.
paramount
paramount (adj)
Supreme in authority.
paramour
paramour (n)
One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress.
paraphernalia
paraphernalia (n)
Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.
paraphrase
paraphrase (v)
Translate freely.
pare
pare (v)
To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything.
parentage
parentage (n)
The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.
Pariah
Pariah (n)
A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
parish
parish (n)
The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor.
Parisian
Parisian (adj)
Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.
parity
parity (n)
Equality, as of condition or rank.
parlance
parlance (n)
Mode of speech.
parley
parley (v)
To converse in.
parliament
parliament (n)
A legislative body.
parlor
parlor (n)
A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.
parody
parody (v)
To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
paronymous
paronymous (adj)
Derived from the same root or primitive word.
paroxysm
paroxysm (n)
A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
parricide
parricide (n)
The murder of a parent.
parse
parse (v)
To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.
parsimonious
parsimonious (adj)
Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.
partible
partible (adj)
Separable.
participant
participant (n)
One having a share or part.
participate
participate (v)
To receive or have a part or share of.
partition
partition (n)
That which separates anything into distinct parts.
partisan
partisan (adj)
Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.
passible
passible (adj)
Capable of feeling of suffering.
passive
passive (adj)
Unresponsive.
pastoral
pastoral (adj)
Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.
paternal
paternal (adj)
Fatherly.
paternity
paternity (n)
Fatherhood.
pathos
pathos (n)
The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.
patriarch
patriarch (n)
The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right.
patrician
patrician (adj)
Of senatorial or noble rank.
patrimony
patrimony (n)
An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.
patriotism
patriotism (n)
Love and devotion to one's country.
patronize
patronize (v)
To exercise an arrogant condescension toward.
patronymic
patronymic (adj)
Formed after one's father's name.
patter
patter (v)
To mumble something over and over.
paucity
paucity (n)
Fewness.
pauper
pauper (n)
One without means of support.
pauperism
pauperism (n)
Dependence on charity.
pavilion
pavilion (n)
An open structure for temporary shelter.
payee
payee (n)
A person to whom money has been or is to be paid.
peaceable
peaceable (adj)
Tranquil.
peaceful
peaceful (adj)
Tranquil.
peccable
peccable (adj)
Capable of sinning.
peccadillo
peccadillo (n)
A small breach of propriety or principle.
peccant
peccant (adj)
Guilty.
pectoral
pectoral (adj)
Pertaining to the breast or thorax.
pecuniary
pecuniary (adj)
Consisting of money.
pedagogics
pedagogics (n)
The science and art of teaching.
pedagogue
pedagogue (n)
A schoolmaster.
pedagogy
pedagogy (n)
The science and art of teaching
pedal
pedal (n)
A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines.
pedant
pedant (n)
A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning.
peddle
peddle (v)
To go about with a small stock of goods to sell.
pedestal
pedestal (n)
A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase.
pedestrian
pedestrian (n)
One who journeys on foot.
pediatrics
pediatrics (n)
The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.
pedigree
pedigree (n)
One's line of ancestors.
peddler
peddler (n)
One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.
peerage
peerage (n)
The nobility.
peerless
peerless (adj)
Of unequaled excellence or worth.
peevish
peevish (adj)
Petulant. (irritable)
pellucid
pellucid (adj)
Translucent.
penalty
penalty (n)
The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law.
penance
penance (n)
Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence.
penchant
penchant (n)
A bias in favor of something.
pendant
pendant (n)
Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use.
pendulous
pendulous (adj)
Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part.
pendulum
pendulum (n)
A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock.
penetrable
penetrable (adj)
That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force.
penetrate
penetrate (v)
To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.
penetration
penetration (n)
Discernment.
peninsular
peninsular (adj)
Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water.
penitence
penitence (n)
Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
penitential
penitential (adj)
Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
pennant
pennant (n)
A small flag.
pension
pension (n)
A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her.
pentagram
pentagram (n)
A figure having five points or lobes.
pentavalent
pentavalent (adj)
Quinqeuvalent.
pentad
pentad (n)
The number five.
pentagon
pentagon (n)
A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides.
pentahedron
pentahedron (n)
A solid bounded by five plane faces.
pentameter
pentameter (n)
In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet.
pentathlon
pentathlon (n)
The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.
penultimate
penultimate (adj)
A syllable or member of a series that is last but one.
penurious
penurious (adj)
Excessively sparing in the use of money.
penury
penury (n)
Indigence.
perambulate
perambulate (v)
To walk about.
perceive
perceive (v)
To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses.
perceptible
perceptible (adj)
Cognizable.
perception
perception (n)
Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world.
percipience
percipience (n)
The act of perceiving.
percipient
percipient (n)
One who or that which perceives.
percolate
percolate (v)
To filter.
percolator
percolator (n)
A filter.
percussion
percussion (n)
The sharp striking of one body against another.
peremptory
peremptory (adj)
Precluding question or appeal.
perennial
perennial (adj)
Continuing though the year or through many years.
perfectible
perfectible (adj)
Capable of being made perfect.
perfidy
perfidy (n)
Treachery.
perforate
perforate (v)
To make a hole or holes through.
perform
perform (v)
To accomplish.
perfumery
perfumery (n)
The preparation of perfumes.
perfunctory
perfunctory (adj)
Half-hearted.
perhaps
perhaps (adv)
Possibly.
perigee
perigee (n)
The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth.
periodicity
periodicity (n)
The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.
peripatetic
peripatetic (adj)
Walking about.
perjure
perjure (v)
To swear falsely to.
perjury
perjury (n)
A solemn assertion of a falsity.
permanence
permanence (n)
A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature.
permanent
permanent (adj)
Durable.
permeate
permeate (v)
To pervade.
permissible
permissible (adj)
That may be allowed.
permutation
permutation (n)
Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.
pernicious
pernicious (adj)
Tending to kill or hurt.
perpendicular
perpendicular (adj)
Straight up and down.
perpetrator
perpetrator (n)
The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
perpetuate
perpetuate (v)
To preserve from extinction or oblivion.
perquisite
perquisite (n)
Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.
persecution
persecution (n)
Harsh or malignant oppression.
perseverance
perseverance (n)
A persistence in purpose and effort.
persevere
persevere (v)
To continue striving in spite of discouragements.
persiflage
persiflage (n)
Banter.
persist
persist (v)
To continue steadfast against opposition.
persistence
persistence (n)
A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.
personage
personage (n)
A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.
personal
personal (adj)
Not general or public.
personality
personality (n)
The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.
personnel
personnel (n)
The force of persons collectively employed in some service.
perspective
perspective (n)
The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view.
perspicacious
perspicacious (adj)
Astute.
perspicacity
perspicacity (n)
Acuteness or discernment.
perspicuous
perspicuous (adj)
Lucid.
perspiration
perspiration (n)
Sweat.
perspire
perspire (v)
To excrete through the pores of the skin.
persuade
persuade (v)
To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection.