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Palmistry
- noun - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
Palpatory
- adjective - relating to or involving palpation
Pan Gravy
- noun - pan juices thickened and seasoned
- the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
Panspermy
- - The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. (b) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation. (c) The theory that life on earth originated from spores or germs that evolved elsewhere in the uiniverse; -- in contradistinction to the theory that life evolved on earth from inanimate matter. This theory, originally suggested by S. Arrhenius in 1907, is sometimes advanced by those who feel that the time required for evolution of life is too long for life to have evolved on Earth from inanimate matter.
Pantingly
- - With palpitation or rapid breathing.
Pantology
- - A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.
Paper Boy
- - A boy who sells or delivers newspapers.
Papillary
- adjective - of or relating to or resembling papilla
Paraplegy
- - Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord.
Parcenary
- - The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.