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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>PANTOLOG</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="pantographic"> pantographic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or produced by a pantograph. adv. pantographically. </DL> <A NAME="pantography"> pantography, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a general description; entire view of an object. <DD> 2. the process of copying by means of the pantograph. </DL> <A NAME="pantologist"> pantologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies or is versed in universal knowledge. </DL> <A NAME="pantology"> pantology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; universal knowledge. </DL> <A NAME="pantomime"> pantomime, noun, verb, -mimed, -miming.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a play without words, in which the actors express themselves by gestures. <DD> 2. gestures without words; dumb show. Ex. As ... he could not speak a word of French ... he was obliged to convey this sentiment into pantomime (Leslie Stephen). <DD> 3. a dramatized tale with broad comedy, music, and dancing, common in England during the Christmas season. <DD> 4. a mime or mimic, especially in the ancient Roman theater. Ex. In come troops of dancers from Lydia, or pantomimes from Alexandria (Cardinal Newman). <DD>v.t. to express by gestures; represent by dumb show. Ex. Thomas pantomimed infinite perplexity (H. G. Wells). <DD>v.i. to express oneself by dumb show. </DL> <A NAME="pantomimic"> pantomimic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, in, or like pantomime. Ex. pantomimic gestures which ... are substituted for intelligible words (Macaulay). adv. pantomimically. </DL> <A NAME="pantomimist"> pantomimist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an actor in a pantomime. <DD> 2. a person who writes or composes pantomimes. </DL> <A NAME="pantothenicacid"> pantothenic acid,<DL COMPACT><DD> a yellow, oily hydroxy acid, a constituent of the vitamin B complex, which promotes growth, found in plant and animal tissues, especially liver, yeast, bran, and molasses. Ex. The B vitamin they found useful for this detoxifying purpose is pantothenic acid (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="pantoum"> pantoum, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a French and English adaptation of the Malay pantun, consisting of a series of stanzas of four lines rhyming abab, bcbc, cdcd, and so forth, the last rhyme being a. </DL> <A NAME="pantropic"> pantropic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> drawn to or having an affinity for many kinds of tissues. Ex. a pantropic virus. </DL> <A NAME="pantry"> pantry, noun, pl. -tries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small room in which food, dishes, silverware, or table linen are kept. Ex. A pantry adjoins the kitchen. (SYN) buttery. <DD> 2. =butler's pantry. </DL> <A NAME="pantryman"> pantryman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> a man employed in a pantry. </DL> <A NAME="pants"> pants, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. trousers. Ex. He tore his pants putting his hands in his pockets all the time. I let him have a charge of No. 5 shot in the seat of the pants (Geoffrey Household). <DD> 2. drawers, especially women's; underpants. expr. beat the pants off, (Slang.) to beat soundly or completely. Ex. All told, the BBC beat the pants off ITV (Sunday Times). expr. bore the pants off, (Slang.) to bore completely. Ex. [He] is oblivious to the comedy of the situation, to the element of farce in the picture of Her Majesty boring the pants off himself and his fellow-guests (Listener). expr. catch with one's pants down, (Slang.) to catch off one's guard or unprepared. Ex. We have realigned our whole sales operations toward the German civilian market so as not to be caught with our pants down in the event of a military pullout (Wall Street Journal). expr. scare the pants off, to scare thoroughly. Ex. In the case of the Angry Brigade, whose real aims are undeclared (unless it is to scare the pants off authority), I can appreciate why they reject the ballot box (Manchester Guardian Weekly). expr. wear the pants, (Slang.) to play the dominant or masculine role. Ex. Over 90% of the West's nuclear power will remain in American hands, anyway. "Uncle Sam will still wear the pants," stresses a high official (William Beecher). </DL> <A NAME="pantshoes"> pantshoes, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> shoes designed to be worn with flaring or bell-bottomed trousers. </DL> <A NAME="pantskirt"> pantskirt, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a divided skirt resembling trousers; culottes. </DL> <A NAME="pantssuit"> pants suit,<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman's or girl's suit consisting of matching jacket and trousers. </DL> <A NAME="pantsuit"> pantsuit, noun. =pants suit.</DL> <A NAME="pantun"> pantun, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Malay verse form, usually of four lines in which the first and third, and the second and fourth, rhyme. </DL> <A NAME="panty"> panty, noun, pl. -ties. Usually, panties.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of undergarment with short legs, worn by women and children. It fits around the waist and the lower torso. Also, pantie. </DL> <A NAME="pantygirdle"> panty girdle,<DL COMPACT><DD> a girdle with short legs, worn as a panty. Ex. If worn tightly, the doctors say, panty girdles ... may act like tourniquets (Time). </DL> <A NAME="pantyhose"> pantyhose, noun, or panty hose,<DL COMPACT><DD> an undergarment that combines panty and hose. Also, pantihose. </DL> <A NAME="pantyraid"> panty raid,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a raid made as a prank by male college students on a women's dormitory to steal their undergarments. </DL> <A NAME="pantywaist"> pantywaist, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. an undergarment in two pieces with short pants buttoning to the shirt at the waist, worn especially by children. <DD> 2. (U.S. Slang.) a somewhat effeminate man or boy; sissy. Ex. That pantywaist ... doesn't even like beer (Time). <DD>adj. (U.S. Slang.) of, having to do with, or like a somewhat effeminate man or boy. </DL> <A NAME="panung"> panung, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a piece of colorful cloth worn like a sarong by men and women in Thailand. </DL> <A NAME="panurge"> Panurge, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel) a clever, likeable rogue, boon companion of Pantagruel. </DL> <A NAME="panzer"> panzer or Panzer, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. armored, or mechanized and armored. A panzer division consists largely of tanks. <DD>noun a mechanized and armored force. Ex. On May 26, 1940, Gort's army was in full retreat from Hitler's Panzers toward the Channel ports (Time). </DL> <A NAME="pap"> pap (1), noun, verb, papped, papping.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. very soft food for infants or invalids. <DD> 2. money or other favors from a government official; political patronage. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) ideas or facts watered down to a characterless consistency to make them palatable, considered as innocuous and as unsuitable for adults as baby food. Ex. He loathed the pseudoscientific pap which is fed to judges in patent cases and never concocted any of it himself (Harper's). <DD>v.t. to feed with pap. </DL> <A NAME="pap"> pap (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD> 1. a teat or nipple. <DD> 2. something resembling a teat or nipple in form. </DL> <A NAME="papa"> papa (1) noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> father; daddy. </DL> <A NAME="papa"> papa (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Greek Orthodox Church.) <DD> a. a parish priest. <DD> b. the patriarch of Alexandria. <DD> 2. (Rare.) a pope. </DL> <A NAME="papa"> Papa, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a code name for the letter p, used in transmitting radio messages. </DL> <A NAME="papabile"> papabile, adjective, noun, pl. -li.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) <DD>adj. of papal quality or caliber; capable of being elected pope. Ex. The cardinals who are "papabile" ... are well known to the other cardinals (Xavier Rynne). <DD>noun a cardinal regarded as a possible successor to a pope. </DL> <A NAME="papacy"> papacy, noun, pl. -cies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the position, rank, or authority of a pope. <DD> 2. the time during which a pope rules. <DD> 3. all the popes. <DD> 4. government by a pope. </DL> <A NAME="papagayo"> Papagayo, noun, pl. -yos.<DL COMPACT><DD> a violent northeast wind with tornadic whirls that descends during October to May from the mountains into the Gulf of Papagayo, at the northwest corner of Costa Rica and the southwest corner of Nicaragua. </DL> <A NAME="papago"> Papago, noun, pl. -gos or -go.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of an American Indian people of southwestern North America. <DD> 2. the Piman language of this people. </DL> <A NAME="papain"> papain, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the half-ripe fruit of the papaya, resembling both pepsin and trypsin in its action. <DD> 2. a preparation of this in the form of a grayish powder, used medicinally to assist digestion. </DL> <A NAME="papal"> papal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with a pope. Ex. a papal letter. (SYN) pontifical. <DD> 2. of the papacy. <DD> 3. of the Roman Catholic Church. Ex. papal ritual. adv. papally. </DL> <A NAME="papalbull"> papal bull,<DL COMPACT><DD> a formal announcement or official order from a pope. </DL> <A NAME="papalcross"> papal cross,<DL COMPACT><DD> a cross with three transoms; triple cross. </DL> <A NAME="papalcrown"> papal crown, =tiara.</DL> <A NAME="papalinfallibility"> papal infallibility,<DL COMPACT><DD> the Roman Catholic doctrine, proclaimed by the first Vatican Council in 1870, that the Pope can commit no error when he speaks as the head of the church to define, in matters of faith and morals, what is to be accepted by all Roman Catholics as the teaching laid down by Jesus Christ and the Apostles. </DL> <A NAME="papalism"> papalism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the papal system. </DL> <A NAME="papalist"> papalist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an adherent of the papal system or the papacy. </DL> <A HREF="papalize.dic">NEXT</A>