pandeiro
A type of hand-held frame drum with a round wooden frame and six pairs of metal discs fit along the sides, and an animal skin or nylon head; similar to a tambourine but with head tension that can be tuned and crisper, drier, and less sustained jingles, used in a number of Brazilian music forms.
A square double-skinned frame drum, often with a bell inside, used in medieval Spanish/Moorish music.

pandeiros
plural of pandeiro

pannikinful
The quantity that a pannikin will hold.

pannikinfuls
plural of pannikinful

pannikinsful
plural of pannikinful

pansil
A rite of vowing to abstain from a number of unethical behaviors.

pantload
A large amount.

pantloads
plural of pantload

parachor
A poorly-characterised quantity derived from the molecular weight of a liquid and its surface tension

parachors
plural of parachor

paragrapher
A writer of paragraphs; a paragraphist.
Something having a certain number, or type, of paragraphs.

paragraphers
plural of paragrapher

parameter
A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
A variable that describes a property or characteristic of some system (material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof.
A variable that describes a property or characteristic of some system (material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof.
A variable that describes a property or characteristic of some system (material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof.
An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time.
An actual value given to such a formal parameter.
A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others.
In the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.
Clipping of uniformizing parameter.
The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane.
The fundamental axial ratio for a given species.

parameters
plural of parameter

parametre
Misspelling of parameter.

paramountcies
plural of paramountcy

paramountcy
The condition or fact of being paramount; precedence, supremacy; (countable) an instance of this.

paramounts
plural of paramount

parapeptone
An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.

parapeptones
plural of parapeptone

paraproteinaemia
Alternative form of paraproteinemia.

paraproteinaemias
plural of paraproteinaemia

paraproteinemia
The presence of (abnormally large amounts of) paraproteins in the blood.

paraproteinemias
plural of paraproteinemia

pargana
An administrative unit of British Raj, consisting of a number of villages. Since Indian independence, replaced by the block or tahsil.

parganah
Alternative form of pargana.

parganahs
plural of parganah

parganas
plural of pargana

parlament
Obsolete form of parliament.

parlaments
plural of parlament

parliament
A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament).
A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owls.
Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread.
a length of time for which a parliament is summoned, in modern times therefore the period between two consecutive elections.

parliaments
plural of parliament

parsa
A Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes; a parasang.

parsas
plural of parsa

passel
An indeterminately large quantity or group.

passels
plural of passel

passemeasure
Alternative form of passymeasure.

passemeasures
plural of passemeasure

patencies
plural of patency

patency
The condition or state of being patent.
The degree of openness (of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter); the relative absence of blockage or obstruction, and measured in percent.
Obviousness; clarity.

patentcy
Alternative form of patency.

pathion
A 32-dimensional hypercomplex number that is a nonassociative extension of a sedenion.

pathions
plural of pathion

pathoscore
An estimated numerical measure of pathogenicity

pathoscores
plural of pathoscore

pathwidth
A measure of a path decomposition of a graph.

pathwidths
plural of pathwidth

patrilineage
Lineage based upon the paternal line; a group of descendants related through a common male lineage.

patrilineages
plural of patrilineage

paucities
plural of paucity

paucity
Fewness in number; too few.
A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.

payout
An amount of money paid out.
The value of dividends paid to shareholders.

payouts
plural of payout

paysheet
A document indicating the amount of money to be paid to an employee.

paysheets
plural of paysheet

peakwidth
The width of a peak, typically measured at half the height of the peak

peakwidths
plural of peakwidth

pearch
Obsolete form of perch, a unit of measurement.

pearches
plural of pearch

pecke
Obsolete form of peck (dry measure).

peckes
plural of pecke

peckful
Enough to make up a peck (dry measure, quarter of a bushel).

peckfuls
plural of peckful

pecksful
plural of peckful

pecul
Alternative form of picul.

peculs
plural of pecul

pedometrics
The measurement of the characteristics of soil.

peecul
Alternative form of picul.

peecull
Alternative form of picul.

peeculls
plural of peecull

peeculs
plural of peecul

penalties
plural of penalty

penalty
A legal sentence.
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
In sports:
In sports:
A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event.

pence
plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).

pences
plural of pence

pencilful
The amount that can be held in a pencil (medicinal bougie).
The amount of paint, water, ink, etc. that can be held on a paintbrush.
The quantity of lead (or graphite) that fills a pencil.
The amount that can be written with a pencil.

penetrameter
Alternative spelling of penetrometer.

penetrameters
plural of penetrameter

penetrometer
A mechanical device that measures the ease of penetration of an object into a semisolid
A device that measures the penetrating power of electromagnetic radiation (especially X-rays)

penetrometers
plural of penetrometer

penill
Alternative form of pennill.

penills
plural of penill

pennant
A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
A small flag with pointed end, formerly carried by cavalry or other mounted troops to serve as a rallying point or ceremonial unit identification.
The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.
A commemorative flag, traditionally triangular and made of felt, typically used to show support for a particular athletic team.
A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
A sandstone between coal measures in parts of South Wales
Either of two species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Macrodiplax, of the tropics and subtropics.

pennants
plural of pennant