<B>palmitin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless crystalline solid, a glyceride of palmitic acid, present in palm oil and, in association with stearin and olein, in solid animal fats. It is used in making soap. </DL>
<A NAME="palmkerneloil">
<B>palm kernel oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white to yellowish fat from the seeds of the palm tree, used in making margarine. </DL>
<A NAME="palmleaf">
<B>palm leaf,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a leaf of a palm tree, used for making hats, baskets, fans, and thatching. adj. <B>palm-leaf.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="palmoil">
<B>palm oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a yellowish or orange-colored, butterlike fat from the fruit of the oil palm, used in cosmetics and to make soap and candles. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British Slang.) money given as a bribe. </DL>
<A NAME="palmprint">
<B>palmprint, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mark or impression made by the palm of the hand. </DL>
<A NAME="palmsugar">
<B>palm sugar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sugar obtained from the sap of certain palm trees; jaggery. </DL>
<A NAME="palmsunday">
<B>Palm Sunday,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the Sunday before Easter Sunday, celebrated in memory of the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem, when palm branches were strewn before Him. </DL>
<A NAME="palmtop">
<B>palmtop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a portable computer small enough to fit the hand. <BR> <I>Ex. If the palmtops come with a Japanese name on the box, they could also mark the end of an era for this region [Silicon Valley] (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="palmwarbler">
<B>palm warbler,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a warbler of eastern North America with a yellow and white breast and chestnut crown, noted for its habit of wagging its tail up and down. </DL>
<A NAME="palmwax">
<B>palm wax,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a waxy substance secreted by certain palm trees. </DL>
<A NAME="palmwine">
<B>palm wine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> wine made from the sap of certain palm trees; toddy. </DL>
<A NAME="palmy">
<B>palmy, </B>adjective, <B>palmier,</B> <B>palmiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>abounding in palms or shaded by palms. <BR> <I>Ex. palmy islands; fairer than Rachel by the palmy well (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>like, having to do with, or derived from palms. <DD><B> 3. </B>flourishing; prosperous; glorious. <BR> <I>Ex. palmy days of peace; in the most high and palmy state of Rome (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) fortunate, thriving. </DL>
<A NAME="palmyra">
<B>palmyra, </B>noun, or <B>palmyra palm</B> or <B>tree,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tropical Asian palm with large, fan-shaped leaves, important for its great variety of uses, such as the wood for timber, the leaves for thatch, baskets, and paper, the sap for a kind of sugar, and the fruit and young roots for food; borassus palm. </DL>
<A NAME="paloblanco">
<B>palo blanco,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several trees or shrubs of the elm family growing in the southwestern United States, having a white wood or bark. </DL>
<A NAME="palolo">
<B>palolo, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several marine worms that burrow in coral reefs of tropical seas, the posterior parts of which, when mature, separate from the anterior parts and rise in swarms to the surface to spawn. One species is found in West Indian waters, another in the south Pacific, where it is gathered for food by the natives. </DL>
<A NAME="palomino">
<B>palomino, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cream-colored or golden-tan horse of Arabian stock. Its mane and tail are usually light colored and its build slender and graceful. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a parade led by a pretty teen-ager riding a palomino (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="palooka">
<B>palooka, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a mediocre or inferior boxer or player of any sport or game. <BR> <I>Ex. In rubber bridge, a pair of utter palookas could conceivably outscore two experts for an evening simply by holding better cards (Maclean's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a stupid, awkward, though frequently muscular lout or hoodlum. </DL>
<A NAME="paloverde">
<B>paloverde, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various shrubs or trees of the pea family, found in the arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. </DL>
<A NAME="palp">
<B>palp, </B>noun. =palpus.</DL>
<A NAME="palpability">
<B>palpability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being palpable. </DL>
<A NAME="palpable">
<B>palpable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>readily seen or heard and recognized; obvious. <BR> <I>Ex. a palpable error. For shore it was, and high ... and palpable to view (Byron).</I> (SYN) perceptible, plain, evident, manifest. <DD><B> 2. </B>that can be touched or felt; tangible. <BR> <I>Ex. A hit, a very palpable hit (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Medicine.) perceptible by palpation. noun <B>palpableness.</B> adv. <B>palpably.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="palpal">
<B>palpal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) having to do with or of the nature of a palpus. </DL>
<A NAME="palpate">
<B>palpate</B> (1), transitive verb, <B>-pated,</B> <B>-pating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to examine by the sense of touch. <DD><B> 2. </B>to examine (as a bodily organ or growth) by touching or manipulating with the hands, especially as a preliminary to or in order to confirm a medical diagnosis. </DL>
<A NAME="palpate">
<B>palpate</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) having a palpus or palpi. </DL>
<A NAME="palpation">
<B>palpation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of touching. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Medicine.) examination by touch or feeling, as with the hand. <BR> <I>Ex. Palpation may disclose the pulse to be fast or slow, regular or irregular, strong or weak, and hard or soft (Harbaugh and Goodrich).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="palpebra">
<B>palpebra, </B>noun, pl. <B>-brae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) an eyelid. </DL>
<A NAME="palpebral">
<B>palpebral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an eyelid or the eyelids. </DL>
<A NAME="palpi">
<B>palpi, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>palpus.</B> </DL>
<B>palpitate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-tated,</B> <B>-tating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to beat very rapidly, irregularly, or strongly. <BR> <I>Ex. Your heart palpitates when you are excited.</I> (SYN) throb. <DD><B> 2. </B>to quiver; tremble; flutter. <BR> <I>Ex. His body palpitated with terror. ... fountains palpitating in the heat (Tennyson).</I> adv. <B>palpitatingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="palpitation">
<B>palpitation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a very rapid beating of the heart; throb. <DD><B> 2. </B>a quivering; trembling. <BR> <I>Ex. I was seized with such a palpitation and trembling that I could not stand (Tobias Smollett).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="palpus">
<B>palpus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pi.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of the jointed feelers attached to the mouth of insects, spiders, lobsters, and other arthropods; palp. Palpi are organs of touch or taste. </DL>
<A NAME="palsgrave">
<B>palsgrave, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Historical.) a German count palatine. </DL>
<A NAME="palsgravine">
<B>palsgravine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the wife or widow of a palsgrave. </DL>
<A NAME="palship">
<B>palship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) the state of being pals; comradeship. </DL>
<A NAME="palsied">
<B>palsied, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having the palsy; paralyzed. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) shaking; trembling. <BR> <I>Ex. old palsied houses (Robert Louis Stevenson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="palstave">
<B>palstave, </B>noun, pl. <B>-staves.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaeology.) a form of celt that resembles a chisel, having a tongue that fits directly into a handle. </DL>
<A NAME="palsy">
<B>palsy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sies,</B> verb, <B>-sied,</B> <B>-sying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> paralysis; lessening or loss of power to feel, to move, or to control motion in some part of the body. Palsy occurs especially with Parkinson's disease. <BR> <I>Ex. The man had palsy in his arm.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to afflict with palsy; paralyze. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to make powerless or inert. <BR> <I>Ex. Disappointment palsied her heart (Jane Porter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="palsywalsy">
<B>palsy walsy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) like pals; friendly; closely associated. <BR> <I>Ex. ... in view of the palsy walsy relationship between Roll and Bill (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="palter">
<B>palter, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to talk or act insincerely; trifle deceitfully. <BR> <I>Ex. Do not palter with the truth. Man crouches and blushes ... he palters and steals (Emerson).</I> (SYN) equivocate. <DD><B> 2. </B>to act carelessly; trifle. <BR> <I>Ex. Do not palter with a decision involving life and death. A hunger for music is one of our noblest appetites, and nothing to be paltered with (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to deal crookedly; use tricks and dodges in bargaining; haggle. <BR> <I>Ex. Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor palter'd with Eternal God for power (Tennyson).</I> noun <B>palterer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="paltrily">
<B>paltrily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a paltry manner; despicably; meanly. </DL>
<A NAME="paltriness">
<B>paltriness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being paltry; very slight value; meanness. </DL>
<A NAME="paltry">
<B>paltry, </B>adjective, <B>-trier,</B> <B>-triest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>almost worthless; trifling; petty; mean. <BR> <I>Ex. The thief stole a paltry sum of money from the child. He ... considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost (John L. Motley).</I> (SYN) insignificant. <DD><B> 2. </B>of no worth; despicable; contemptible. <BR> <I>Ex. a paltry trick, a paltry crowd. Pay no attention to paltry gossip. He is a paltry, imitating pedant (Jonathan Swift).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="paludal">
<B>paludal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a marsh or fen; marshy. <DD><B> 2. </B>caused by or arising from a marsh; malarial. </DL>
<A NAME="paludament">
<B>paludament, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of cloak or mantle worn in war by a general in ancient Rome, but later reserved exclusively for the emperor as head of the army. </DL>
