English words: paleornithologist to palladiumize
300 English words, part 10 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 16 have a page of their own.
English words paleornithologist to palladiumize
- paleornithologist noun: A paleontologist who studies fossil birds.
- paleornithology noun: The branch of paleontology that deals with fossil birds.
- paleosalinity noun: Alternative spelling of palaeosalinity.
- paleosaur noun: Alternative form of palaeosaur.
- paleoscience noun: Alternative spelling of palaeoscience.
- paleosea noun: An ancient sea.
- paleoseasonality noun: Ancient seasonality
- paleosecular adjective: Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in magnetic field, in the geologic past
- paleosediment noun: An ancient sediment
- paleosedimentation noun: Ancient sedimentation
- paleoseismic adjective: Pertaining to ancient seismic events.
- paleoseismicity noun: Ancient seismic activity.
- paleoseismogeological adjective: Paleoseismic and geological.
- paleoseismologic adjective: Alternative form of paleoseismological.
- paleoseismological adjective: Of or pertaining to paleoseismology.
- paleoseismologist noun: A person who studies paleoseismology
- paleoseismology noun: The study of ancient rocks and sediments for evidence of seismic events, such as earthquakes and tsunamis, from times before records were kept.
- paleoshelf noun: Ancient continental shelf exposed during low sea levels.
- paleoshoreline noun: Alternative spelling of palaeoshoreline.
- Paleosiberian adjective: Of or relating to a disparate group of linguistic isolates and a few small language families spoken in parts of northeastern Siberia and the Russian Far East.
- paleoslope noun: The slope of a region in prehistoric times
- paleosoil noun: Alternative form of paleosol.
- paleosol noun: A layer of fossil soil buried beneath other sediments or deposits.
- paleosolic adjective: Relating to paleosols.
- paleosource noun: A prehistoric source
- paleosouthern adjective: Relating to the south as it was in prehistoric times
- paleospecies noun: A species that is derived from the paleontological record; chronospecies.
- paleospinothalamic adjective: Of or related to the primitive transmission system for diffuse pain.
- paleospring noun: a spring (water source) that existed in the distant past
- paleostream noun: An ancient river channel or course.
- paleostress noun: Ancient stress (in rocks)
- paleostriatal adjective: Relating to the paleostriatum.
- paleostriatum noun: The globus pallidus.
- paleostructural adjective: Related to paleostructure.
- paleostructurally adverb: In terms of paleostructure.
- paleostructure noun: ancient structure
- paleostudy noun: A paleological study
- paleosubduction noun: Alternative form of palaeosubduction.
- paleosubspecies noun: A paleospecies that is considered a subspecies of an existing species, usually considered the immediate ancestor of the existing species.
- paleosurface noun: A surface (of the Earth) as it existed in prehistoric times.
- paleoswamp noun: A swamp that existed in the distant past.
- paleosynecology noun: A subdivision of paleoecology studying the fossil communities
- paleosystem noun: A prehistoric system.
- paleotechnic adjective: Pertaining to a period where industry is predominantly based on the use of hand tools, craft industries, and the use of coal and iron
- paleotechnology noun: Technology used by ancient peoples.
- paleotectonic adjective: Relating to ancient movement of the Earth's surface
- paleotectonically adverb: In a paleotectonic manner.
- paleotectonics noun: The study of ancient movement of the Earth's surface.
- paleotemperate adjective: That was temperate in prehistoric times
- paleotemperature noun: The temperature at a location in the geologic past
- paleotempestological adjective: Relating to paleotempestology.
- paleotempestology noun: The study of past tropical cyclone activity by means of geological evidence and historical documentary records.
- paleotestamentary adjective: Synonym of vetero-testamentary.
- Paleotethyan adjective: Relating to the Paleo-Tethys.
- paleotetraploid adjective: That became tetraploid in the distant past
- paleotetraploidization noun: Conversion to a paleotetraploid form
- paleotetraploidy noun: The condition of being paleotetraploid
- paleothere noun: Any extinct mammal of the genus Palaeotherium.
- paleotherian adjective: Of or relating to Palaeotherium.
- paleothermal adjective: Relating to palaeothermometry.
- paleothermic adjective: Synonym of paleothermal.
- paleothermometer noun: Anything found in the natural record (such as a tree ring) that can be used to deduce the temperature at some time in the past.
- paleothermometry noun: Alternative spelling of palaeothermometry.
- paleotidal adjective: Alternative form of palaeotidal.
- paleotopographic adjective: Relating to paleotopography
- paleotopographical adjective: Alternative form of paleotopographic.
- paleotopography noun: Prehistoric topography
- paleotranscriptomic adjective: Relating to the sequencing of ancient RNA
- paleotransport verb: To transport in ancient (prehistoric) times
- paleotransported adjective, verb: transported in ancient times
- paleotree noun: An ancient tree
- paleotrophodynamics noun: Ancient trophodynamics
- paleotropical adjective: Alternative form of palaeotropical.
- paleotropics noun: Alternative form of palaeotropics.
- paleotsunami noun: An ancient, unrecorded tsunami
- paleotype noun: Alternative form of palaeotype.
- paleous adjective /ˈpeɪliəs/: chaffy; like chaff
- paleovalley noun: A prehistoric valley
- paleovegetation noun: The vegetation of an area in the distant past
- paleovegetational adjective: Relating to paleovegetation.
- paleovertebrate noun: Any of the ancient vertebrates (typically a dinosaur)
- paleovirological adjective: Relating to paleovirology
- paleovirology noun: The study of ancient, now-extinct viruses.
- paleovirus noun: An ancient virus.
- paleovolcanic adjective: Relating to, or formed by a paleovolcano
- paleovolcanism noun: prehistoric volcanism
- paleovolcano noun: A volcano that formed in prehistoric times (typically before the Tertiary)
- paleovolcanology noun: The study of ancient volcanic activity.
- paleowater noun: Fossil water.
- paleoweather noun: prehistoric weather
- paleoweathering noun: Prehistoric weathering.
- paleowind noun: A prehistoric wind
- paleoxylological adjective: Alternative form of palaeoxylological.
- paleoxylology noun: Alternative form of palaeoxylology.
- paleozoic adjective /ˈpeɪl.iəˌzəʊɪk/: Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods from about 542...
- paleozoogeographer noun: One who studies paleozoogeography.
- paleozoogeographical adjective: Relating to paleozoogeography.
- paleozoogeography noun: The study of the distribution of animal life throughout Earth's past.
- paleozoologic adjective: paleozoological
- paleozoological adjective: Relating to paleozoology.
- paleozoologist noun: Any zoologist whose speciality is paleozoology
- paleozoology noun: The branch of zoology dealing with fossils, and the creatures that were transformed into them
- Palermitan adjective, noun: Of or relating to Palermo on the island of Sicily in Italy.
- Palermo proper noun /pəˈlɜː(ɹ)məʊ/: A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the region of Sicily, Italy.
- palermoite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.
- Palesman noun: A male native or inhabitant of The Pale, the part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the Late Middle Ages.
- palesome adjective: Characterised or marked by paleness
- Palestina proper noun: A barangay of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
- Palestine noun /ˈpæləˌstaɪn/: A Philistine.
- Palestine soup noun: A soup made with Jerusalem artichokes.
- Palestine sunbird noun: A bird which is found in the Middle East and Africa, Cinnyris osea.
- Palestinean adjective, noun: Alternative form of Palestinian.
- Palestinian adjective, noun /pæl.əˈstɪn.i.ən/: Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.
- Palestinian scarf noun: A chequered black and white keffiyeh worn by Palestinian activists.
- Palestinian tumbleweed noun: rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica)
- Palestinianess noun: Alternative spelling of Palestinianness.
- Palestinianisation noun: The process of Palestinianising.
- Palestinianise verb: Alternative spelling of Palestinianize.
- Palestinianism noun: Palestinian nationalism; advocacy of Palestinian independence and autonomy.
- Palestinianist noun: A proponent of Palestinianism, Palestinian nationalism.
- Palestinianization noun: The process of Palestinianizing.
- Palestinianize verb: To make Palestinian; to convert to the culture or style of Palestine.
- Palestinianness noun: The state or quality of being Palestinian.
- Palestinism noun: Support for the establishment of Jewish settlements in Palestine in the early discussions of the Zionist movement.
- Palestinocentric adjective: Centred on or emphasizing Palestine or Palestinians
- Palestinological adjective: Of or relating to Palestinology.
- Palestinologist noun: One who studies Palestinology
- Palestinology noun: The academic study of Biblical archaeology in the Holy Land.
- Palestinophile noun: A lover of Palestine and its culture.
- Palestinophilia noun: An affection for, or interest in, things related to Palestine or Palestinians.
- Palestinophilic adjective: Of or pertaining to Palestinophilia.
- palestra noun: Alternative spelling of palaestra.
- palestral adjective: palestric; relating to wrestling
- palestrian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the palestra, or to wrestling
- palestric adjective: Of or relating to the palestra, or to wrestling.
- palestrical adjective: palestric; relating to wrestling
- Palestrina proper noun: A town in Rome, Lazio, Italy; ancient Praeneste.
- Palestrinian adjective: Of or relating to Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
- palet noun: Alternative form of pallet (“diminutive pale”).
- paleta noun: A caramel lollipop.
- paletot noun /ˈpalɪtəʊ/: A loose outer jacket, cloak, coat, overcoat, greatcoat, three-quarter coat.
- Paletta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- palette noun /ˈpælɪt/: A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
- palette knife noun: In painting, a small, edge-less, more or less flexible steel blade used to mix paint on a palette and sometimes to apply paint to a surface.
- palette swap noun, verb: To change the color palette used to render a palettized image.
- palette window noun: A window often with miniaturized graphical user interface widgets housing a collection of related tools/commands for a particular task. The contemporary...
- paletted adjective: palettized
- palettelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a palette.
- palettise verb /ˈpælɪtaɪz/: Alternative spelling of palettize.
- palettization noun: The act or process of palettizing.
- palettize verb /ˈpælɪtaɪz/: To encode (an image) efficiently by mapping its pixels to a palette containing only those colours that are actually present in the image.
- paleways adverb: Palewise.
- palewise adjective, adverb: Divided by perpendicular vertical lines like pales.
- Paley proper noun: A commune in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
- palfrey noun /ˈpɔːl.fɹi/: A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse).
- palfreyed adjective: Mounted on a palfrey.
- palfreyman noun: A groom who specializes in palfreys or good quality riding horses.
- Palghar proper noun: A district of Maharashtra, India.
- Palhares proper noun: A surname from Portuguese.
- palichnology noun: Alternative form of paleoichnology.
- palichthyology noun: Alternative form of palaeoichthyology.
- palicid noun: Any crab in the family Palicidae.
- palifermin noun: A human recombinant keratinocyte growth factor produced in Escherichia coli.
- palification noun: The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm.
- paliform adjective: Resembling a palus.
- paligorskite noun: Alternative form of palygorskite.
- paligraphia noun: A writing disorder characterised by the repetition of syllables, words or phrases.
- paliguanid noun: Any lepidosauromorph in the family Paliguanidae.
- palikar noun: A Greek or Albanian soldier.
- palikarism noun: The lawless warlike practices of certain ancient Greeks.
- palila noun: Loxioides bailleui, a finch-billed species of Hawaiian honeycreeper with a golden-yellow head and breast.
- palilalia noun /ˌpælɪˈleɪliə/: A complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words, which may sound like stuttering.
- palilalic adjective: Of or relating to palilalia.
- Palilia noun: Alternative form of Parilia.
- palillogia noun: Alternative form of palilogia.
- palillogy noun /pəˈlɪləd͡ʒi/: Alternative form of palilogy.
- palilogia noun: Deliberate repetition of a word or a phrase for the sake of emphasis.
- palilogy noun /pəˈlɪləd͡ʒi/: Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.
- palimbacchic adjective: Of or relating to the palimbacchius.
- palimbacchius noun: A metrical foot composed of two long syllables and one short one.
- palimony noun: A form of alimony paid to a former partner in a nonmarital relationship.
- palimpcestuous adjective: Alternative form of palimpsestuous.
- palimpsest noun, verb /ˈpælɪmpsɛst/: A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
- palimpsestic adjective: Relating to palimpsests.
- palimpsestically adverb: In a palimpsestic manner
- palimpsestuous adjective: Pertaining to the textual relationality of a palimpsest; referential to earlier works or self-referential between several meanings of a single text.
- palin- prefix: forms terms, of Greek origin, related to repetition or recurrence
- Palin-esque adjective: Alternative form of Palinesque.
- Palin-ism noun: Alternative form of Palinism.
- palinacousis noun: An auditory form of perseveration: continuing to hear a sound after the physical noise has disappeared.
- palinactinodromous adjective: Having three or more primary veins originating near the base of the leaf, with additional branching above.
- palinacusis noun: Alternative form of palinacousis.
- palinal adjective: Directed or moved backward
- palinally adverb: In a palinal manner
- palincestuous adjective: Alternative form of palimpsestuous.
- palindromatic adjective: Palindromic (of, relating to, or being a palindrome).
- palindrome noun /ˈpælɪndɹəʊm/: A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character,...
- palindromia noun: A relapse or recurrence of a disease.
- palindromic adjective, noun: Of, relating to, or being a palindrome.
- palindromically adverb: In a palindromic manner
- palindromicity noun: The state or quality of being palindromic.
- palindromist noun: One who composes palindromes.
- palindromization noun: The conversion of a word (or other string of characters) into a palindrome
- palindromize verb: To turn into a palindrome.
- Palinesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of U.S. politician Sarah Palin.
- paling noun, verb /ˈpeɪlɪŋ/: A pointed stick used to make a fence.
- paling board noun: A pale (wood)
- palingenesia noun /ˌpæ.lɪn.d͡ʒɪˈniːzɪ.ə/: Rebirth; regeneration.
- palingenesian adjective: Relating to palingenesis.
- palingenesic adjective /ˌpælɪnd͡ʒɪˈniːsɪk/: Pertaining to palingenesis.
- palingenesis noun /ˌpælɪnˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/: Rebirth; regeneration; (countable) an instance of this.
- palingenesist noun: One who believes in palingenesis or rebirth.
- palingenesy noun /ˌpælɪnˈd͡ʒɛnɪsi/: Rebirth; regeneration.
- palingenetic adjective: Of or pertaining to palingenesis.
- palingenetical adjective: palingenetic
- palingenetically adverb: In a palingenetic manner.
- palingenic adjective: Relating to palingenesis.
- palingeny noun: palingenesis; regeneration
- palingesia noun: palingenesis
- Palinism noun: The political philosophy associated with U.S. public figure Sarah Palin.
- Palinista noun: A devoted admirer of US public figure Sarah Palin.
- palinka noun: A traditional fruit brandy in the Carpathian Basin, known under several names, and invented in the Middle Ages.
- palinode noun /ˈpælɪnəʊd/: An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation.
- palinodial adjective: Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction.
- palinodic adjective: Of or relating to a palinode.
- palinodist noun: The author of a palinode.
- palinopia noun: Alternative form of palinopsia.
- palinopsia noun: A visual disturbance that causes images to persist to some extent even after their corresponding stimulus has left.
- palinspastic adjective /pælɪnˈspæstɪk/: Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.
- palinspastically adverb: In a palinspastic fashion.
- palintocia noun: The refunding of interest; restitution for usury.
- palintrope noun: A part of the ventral valve of some brachiopods between the beak and the hinge line.
- palinurid noun: Any lobster-like crustacean in the family Palinuridae
- palinuroid adjective: Relating to the members of superfamily Palinuroidea
- paliperidone noun /ˌpæl.ɪˈpɛɹ.ɪˌdoʊn/: 9-hydroxyrisperidone, an atypical antipsychotic drug.
- palipraxia noun: A repetitive complex movement; hyperkinesis.
- palirrhea noun: A recurring discharge
- palisade noun, verb /ˈpæl.ɪˌseɪ̯d/: A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
- palisade cell noun: Any of a layer of elongated cells, near the surface of leaves, that have chloroplasts that absorb a major portion of the light energy used by the leaf.
- palisade-hedge noun: A hedge or boundary formed by a row of stakes or posts, similar to a palisade.
- palisade mesophyll noun: Synonym of palisade tissue.
- palisade parenchyma noun: A layer of plant tissue located just beneath the upper epidermis of a leaf.
- palisade tissue noun: A layer of closely packed, cylindrical cells located beneath the upper epidermis of a leaf, and primarily responsible for photosynthesis.
- palisade-tree noun: A tree, typically with a straight, vertical trunk, that is used as a fence or enclosure, or as part of a defensive wall, similar to a palisade or stockade.
- palisade trench noun: A defensive structure combining a palisade with a trench (a ditch), often used to fortify an area or boundary.
- palisade worm noun: A nematoid worm, Strongylus equinus, which parasitizes the blood vessels of a horse, producing aneurysms, often fatal.
- palisaded adjective, verb: Fortified or surrounded with a palisade.
- palisadic adjective: Relating to a palisade. (all senses)
- palisading noun, verb: A row of palisades set in the ground.
- palisadoderm noun: A type of outer skin of a fungus where all the ends of the hyphae all reach the same height and form a palisade of long inflated cells.
- palisander noun: rosewood
- palish adjective: somewhat pale
- palishly adverb: In a palish manner.
- Palissy ware noun: Ceramics produced in the style of the famous French potter Bernard Palissy, characterized by three-dimensional modelled animals, often aquatic creatures...
- palistrophe noun: chiasmus
- palistrophic adjective: Exhibiting palistrophe.
- palitaw noun: A small, flat, sweet rice cake eaten in the Philippines.
- palitza noun: The epigonation.
- palivizumab noun: A humanized monoclonal antibody used in the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections.
- Palk proper noun /ˈpɔːlk/: A surname.
- Palka proper noun: A surname.
- palkee garee noun: Alternative form of palkigari.
- palkee-garry noun: Alternative form of palkigari.
- palki noun: Synonym of palanquin.
- palki gari noun: Alternative form of palkigari.
- palkigari noun: A carriage or cart considered similar-looking to a palanquin, particularly (historical) those instituted for regular service between major towns in British...
- palkigharry noun: Alternative form of palkigari.
- Palko proper noun: A surname.
- Palko test noun: A judicial test as to whether a US state is bound by the United States Bill of Rights in relation to a specific right claimed by the plaintiff, hinging on...
- pall noun, verb /pɔːl/: Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes.
- pall-bearer noun: Alternative form of pallbearer.
- pall inverted noun: Synonym of pall reversed.
- pall mall noun /ˈpæl ˌmæl/: A cigarette of the British Pall Mall brand.
- pall on verb: To come to be annoying, boring or grating to (someone).
- pall reversed noun: An ordinary that looks like an upside-down 'Y' (⅄).
- palla noun: A traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.
- palladacycle noun: Any of several groups of organometallic heterocycles containing an atom of palladium in the ring; they are used as coupling catalysts
- palladacyclic adjective: Of or pertaining to a palladacycle
- palladate noun: Any of several oxyanions of palladium, or the corresponding salts
- palladation noun: Any reaction in which a palladium atom is bound to an organic compound.
- palladian adjective, noun /pəˈleɪdɪən/: Of or relating to Pallas, an epithet of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and potentially to other female Greek figures such as Pallas the daughter of Triton...
- Palladian window noun: A window consisting of a central light with a semicircular arch over it, carried on an impost consisting of a small entablature, under which, and enclosing...
- Palladianism noun: Palladian architecture
- Palladianize verb: To erect or remodel in the style of the Palladian school of architecture.
- palladianized adjective, verb: Coated with palladium.
- palladic adjective: Of or pertaining to palladium.
- palladide noun: Any binary compound of palladium and a more electropositive metal
- palladiferous adjective: Containing or producing palladium.
- palladin noun: A protein that is a component of actin-containing microfilaments that control cell shape.
- Palladino proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- palladio- prefix: palladium
- palladious adjective: palladous.
- Palladism noun: A type of Satanism; a particular Satanic sect or following.
- Palladist noun: A type of Satanist.
- palladium noun /pəˈleɪdi.əm/: A safeguard.
- palladium black noun: A coarse, sponge-like form of elemental palladium that offers a large surface area for hydrogen adsorption and can be used as a catalyst for hydrogenation...
- palladium hydride noun: A form of metallic palladium that has adsorbed a substantial amount of elemental hydrogen into the interstices of its structure.
- palladium nitrate noun: A nitrate compound of palladium with the chemical formula Pd(NO₃)₂.
- palladiumize verb: To coat with palladium.
Part 9 · Part 11 · English words: P
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.