parlor
The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
A comfortable room in a public house.
A covered open-air patio.
A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.
A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.
A shed used for milking cattle; a milking parlor.

parlors
plural of parlor

parlour
Commonwealth standard spelling of parlor.

parlours
plural of parlour

parmaceti
Obsolete spelling of parmacety.

parmacetis
plural of parmaceti

parmacetties
plural of parmacetty

parmacetty
Obsolete spelling of parmacety.

parmacety
Spermaceti.
A sperm whale.

parser
A computer program that parses.
One who parses.

parsers
plural of parser

parthenolide
A sesquiterpene lactone which occurs naturally in the plant feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium); used for the relief of migraine

participatress
A female participant.

participatresses
plural of participatress

partonym
Synonym of meronym.

partonyms
plural of partonym

parturiometer
A device for determining the force of the uterine contractions during childbirth.

parturiometers
plural of parturiometer

pasiniazid
The drug 4-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid;pyridine-4-carbohydrazide used to treat TB and leprosy

passbook
A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account or current account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute.
A book that passes between a trader and a customer, used to record credit purchases.
A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas.

passbooks
plural of passbook

passcode
A string of characters used for authentication on a digital device.

passcodes
plural of passcode

passivizer
A term, in some languages, that is used to convert a verb into the passive

passivizers
plural of passivizer

passometer
An instrument for measuring the number of paces taken by a walker.

passometers
plural of passometer

passthought
A thought used to gain admittance or access to something.

passthoughts
plural of passthought

password
A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word but nowadays often an alphanumeric string or a phrase.

passwords
plural of password

pastel
Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender.
A drawing made with any of those colors.
A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
A crayon made from such a paste.
Woad.

pastels
plural of pastel

pasteuriser
Alternative form of pasteurizer.

pasteurisers
plural of pasteuriser

pasteurizer
A machine or device for pasteurizing something (e.g. milk).
A person who pasteurizes.

pasteurizers
plural of pasteurizer

pastile
Obsolete form of pastille (“medicinal lozenge”).

pastiles
plural of pastile.

pastille
A flavoured candy or sweet, often round and somewhat flat in shape.
Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet.
Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet.
A medicinal pill, originally made of compressed herbs.
A candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses.

pastimer
One engaged in sport or amusement.

pastimers
plural of pastimer

pasturage
A pasture; land that is used for pasture.
The grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock and found in a pasture.
The right to graze livestock on a pasture.

pasturages
plural of pasturage

pastureland
Land used for pasture, on which livestock can graze.

pasturelands
plural of pastureland

patchbay
A device that connects the inputs and outputs of a number of electric musical instruments such that they may be routed together.

patchbays
plural of patchbay

patchboard
A component of a manual telephone switchboard, or of various early data processing equipment, in which circuits are completed with cords on a matrix of connections.

patchboards
plural of patchboard

paten
The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site.

patens
plural of paten

paterero
Obsolete form of pederero.

patereroes
plural of paterero

patereros
plural of paterero

pathogeneses
plural of pathogenesis

pathogenesis
The origin and development of a disease.
The mechanism whereby something causes a disease.

pathogenesy
Obsolete form of pathogenesis.

pathomechanisms
plural of pathomechanism

pathometer
A lie detector.

pathometers
plural of pathometer

pathopoiesia
Misspelling of pathopoiesis.

pathopoiesis
Synonym of pathogenesis.

patibulum
The crossbar of a cross used for crucifixion.

patibulums
plural of patibulum

patiromer
An oral medication used to treat high blood potassium levels.

patress
an adapting plate or mounting used to fix an object to a surface or a substrate where the difference in character between the object and that to which it is mounted prevents direct mounting, eg in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface

patresses
plural of patress

patrices
plural of patrix

patrix
A pattern or die used to manufacture a matrix

patrolpersons
plural of patrolperson

patten
Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.
A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing.
An ice skate.
An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.
The base of a pillar.

pattens
plural of patten

pattipan
Alternative form of pattypan.

pattipans
plural of pattipan

pattress
Alternative spelling of patress.

pattresses
plural of pattress

pattypan
A pan used for baking patties.
A small variety of squash with a scalloped rim and creamy white flesh; a pattypan squash.

pattypans
plural of pattypan

paul
An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.

pauls
plural of paul

paver
A flat stone used to pave a pathway, such as a walkway to one's home.
One who paves; one who lays pavement.
A road paving machine, a machine to lay asphalt on roads.

pavers
plural of paver

pawl
A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.

pawls
plural of pawl

pawpad
Synonym of digital pad.

pawpads
plural of pawpad

payao
A raft used to attract and catch fish in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Philippines.

payaos
plural of payao

peavee
Alternative spelling of peavy.

peavees
plural of peavee

peavey
Alternative spelling of peavy.

peaveys
plural of peavey

peavies
plural of peavy

peavy
A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.

peckings
plural of pecking

pedal
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
A stirrup.
The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ.