Vocabulary : Pansophical to Panta-
Pansophical : All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders.
Pansophy : Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator.
Panspermatist : Alt. of Panspermist
Panspermic : Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis.
Panspermist : A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist.
Panspermy : The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. ;; The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation.
Panstereorama : A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like.
Pansy : A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.
Pant : To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. ;; Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. ;; To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. ;; To sigh; to flutter; to languish. ;; To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. ;; To long for; to be eager after. ;; A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. ;; A violent palpitation of the heart.
Panta- : Alt. of Panto- ;; See Pan-.
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