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  • English Word Palliating Definition of Palliate
  • English Word Palliation Definition The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.
  • English Word Palliation Definition Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.
  • English Word Palliation Definition That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised.
  • English Word Palliative Definition Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
  • English Word Palliative Definition That which palliates; a palliative agent.
  • English Word Palliatory Definition Palliative; extenuating.
  • English Word Pallid Definition Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.
  • English Word Pallidity Definition Pallidness; paleness.
  • English Word Pallidly Definition In a pallid manner.
  • English Word Pallidness Definition The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness.
  • English Word Palling Definition of Pall
  • English Word Palliobranchiata Definition Same as Brachiopoda.
  • English Word Palliobranchiate Definition Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods.
  • English Word Pallium Definition A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.
  • English Word Pallium Definition A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall.
  • English Word Pallium Definition The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle.
  • English Word Pallium Definition The mantle of a bird.
  • English Word Palliums Definition of Pallium
  • English Word Pallometa Definition A pompano.
  • English Word Pallone Definition An Italian game, played with a large leather ball.
  • English Word Pallor Definition Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion.
  • English Word Palm Definition The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
  • English Word Palm Definition A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.
  • English Word Palm Definition A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
  • English Word Palm Definition The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
  • English Word Palm Definition The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
  • English Word Palm Definition Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree.
  • English Word Palm Definition A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
  • English Word Palm Definition Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.