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  • English Word Paolo Definition An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents.
  • English Word Pap Definition A nipple; a mammilla; a teat.
  • English Word Pap Definition A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon.
  • English Word Pap Definition A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water.
  • English Word Pap Definition Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap.
  • English Word Pap Definition The pulp of fruit.
  • English Word Pap Definition To feed with pap.
  • English Word Papa Definition A child's word for father.
  • English Word Papa Definition A parish priest in the Greek Church.
  • English Word Papabote Definition The upland plover.
  • English Word Papacy Definition The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.
  • English Word Papacy Definition The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.
  • English Word Papacy Definition The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.
  • English Word Papagay Definition See Popinjay, 1 (b).
  • English Word Papain Definition A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America.
  • English Word Papal Definition Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction.
  • English Word Papal Definition Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.
  • English Word Papalist Definition A papist.
  • English Word Papality Definition The papacy.
  • English Word Papalize Definition To make papal.
  • English Word Papalize Definition To conform to popery.
  • English Word Papally Definition In a papal manner; popishly
  • English Word Papalty Definition The papacy.
  • English Word Papaphobia Definition Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • English Word Paparchy Definition Government by a pope; papal rule.
  • English Word Papaver Definition A genus of plants, including the poppy.
  • English Word Papaveraceous Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.
  • English Word Papaverine Definition An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
  • English Word Papaverous Definition Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy.
  • English Word Papaw Definition A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.