Vocabulary : Pangolin to Panical

Pangolin : Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.
Pangothic : Of, pertaining to, or including, all the Gothic races.
Panhandle : The handle of a pan; hence, fig., any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho.
Panhandle State : West Virginia; -- a nickname.
Panhellenic : Of or pertaining to all Greece, or to Panhellenism; including all Greece, or all the Greeks.

Panhellenism : A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body.
Panhellenist : An advocate of Panhellenism.
Panhellenium : An assembly or association of Greeks from all the states of Greece.
Panic : A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass. ;; Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. ;; A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic. ;; By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
Panical : See Panic, a.

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