pangloss

an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire ;

pango pango

a port in American Samoa ;

pangolin

toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites ;

panhandle

the handle of a pan ; a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia" ;

panhandler

a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money ;

panhysterectomy

surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes ;

panic

an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety ; sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building" ;

panic attack

a sudden attack of fear ;

panic button

a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency; "the circuit is operated by a panic button"; "when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button" ;

panic disorder

an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks; the attacks are usually severe but brief ;

panic grass

any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder ;

panicle

compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers ;

panicled aster

a variety of aster ;

panicum

panic grass ;

panicum capillare

North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land ;

panicum miliaceum

extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage ;

panicum texanum

annual weedy grass used for hay ;

panicum virgatum

grass of western America used for hay ;

panini

Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC) ;

panipat

battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761 ;

panjabi

the Indic language spoken by most people in Punjab in northwestern India ; a member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India ;

panjandrum

an important or influential (and often overbearing) person ;

pannier

set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips ; a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person ; either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle) ;

pannikin

a small pan or cup (usually of tin) ;

panocha

fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts ;

panoche

fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts ;

panofsky

art historian (1892-1968) ;

panonychus

a genus of Tetranychidae ;

panonychus ulmi

small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest ;

panoply

a complete and impressive array ;

panopticon

a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791 ; an area where everything is visible ;

panorama

a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene ; the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" ;

panoramic sight

gunsight (a telescopic device for an artillery piece) that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle ;

panoramic view

a situation or topic as if viewed from an altitude or distance ;

panorpidae

a family of insects of the order Mecoptera ;

panpipe

a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together ;

pansa

the tenth month of the Hindu calendar ;

pansexual

a person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds ;

pansinusitis

inflammation of all of the paranasal sinuses ;

pansy

offensive terms for an openly homosexual man ; a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive ; large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors ;