Vocabulary : Palatonares to Paleae
Palatonares : The posterior nares. See Nares.
Palatopterygoid : Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.
Palaver : Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery. ;; In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate. ;; To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.
Palavered : of Palaver
Palaverer : One who palavers; a flatterer.
Palavering : of Palaver
Pale : Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. ;; Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon. ;; Paleness; pallor. ;; To turn pale; to lose color or luster. ;; To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. ;; A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket. ;; That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade. ;; A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. ;; A stripe or band, as on a garment. ;; One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it. ;; A cheese scoop. ;; A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened. ;; To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
Palea : The interior chaff or husk of grasses. ;; One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc. ;; A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
Paleaceous : Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.
Paleae : of Palea
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