palaeopathology

the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence) ;

palaeornithology

the paleobiology of birds ;

palaeozoology

the study of fossil animals ;

palaestra

a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes ;

palaetiology

the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes) ;

palaic

an Anatolian language ;

palankeen

a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers ;

palanquin

a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers ;

palaquium

large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves ;

palaquium gutta

one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha ;

palas

East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye ;

palatability

acceptability to the mind or feelings; "the pursuit of electoral palatability" ; the property of being acceptable to the mouth ;

palatableness

acceptability to the mind or feelings; "the pursuit of electoral palatability" ; the property of being acceptable to the mouth ;

palatal

a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') ;

palate

the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities ;

palatinate

a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine ; a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine ;

palatine

either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits ; the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces ; (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands ; any of various important officials in ancient Rome ;

palatine artery

one of several arteries supplying the face ;

palatine bone

either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits ;

palatine raphe

the seam at the middle of the hard palate ;

palatine tonsil

either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx ;

palatine vein

a vein that drains the region of the palate and empties into the facial vein ;

palatopharyngoplasty

surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) ;

palau

a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean ; a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States ;

palau islands

a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean ;

palaver

loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" ; flattery intended to persuade ;

pale

a wooden strip forming part of a fence ;

pale ale

an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighter ;

pale chrysanthemum aphid

important pest of chrysanthemums ;

pale coral root

plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips; northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska ;

pale violet

leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple ;

pale yellow

a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white ;

paleacrita

geometrid moths ;

paleacrita vernata

moth whose larvae are spring cankerworms ;

paleencephalon

the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex ;

paleface

a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians) ;

paleness

being deficient in color ; the property of having a naturally light complexion ; unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) ;

paleo-american

a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch ;

paleo-american culture

the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America ;

paleo-amerind

a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch ;