<B>papalize, </B>intransitive verb, transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to become or make papal. </DL>
<A NAME="papanicolaoutest">
<B>Papanicolaou test</B> or smear, =Pap test.</DL>
<A NAME="paparazzo">
<B>paparazzo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-zi.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) an aggressive photographer or reporter who pursues celebrities wherever they go. <BR> <I>Ex. In Italy ... actors and actresses are woefully harassed by paparazzi everywhere from Via Veneto to Fiumicino airport (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="papas">
<B>papas, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a parish priest of the Greek Church; papa. <BR> <I>Ex. The papas is a prominent figure ... because of his long black gown, his tall steeple hat (Scribner's Magazine).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="papaveraceous">
<B>papaveraceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the poppy family of plants. </DL>
<A NAME="papaverin">
<B>papaverin, </B>noun. =papaverine.</DL>
<A NAME="papaverine">
<B>papaverine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a crystalline alkaloid obtained from opium or made synthetically, used especially in its hydrochloride form. </DL>
<A NAME="papaverinehydrochloride">
<B>papaverine hydrochloride,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white, slightly bitter powder, a non-habit-forming narcotic, used to relax smooth muscles. </DL>
<A NAME="papaw">
<B>papaw, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small North American tree having oblong, yellowish fruit with many beanlike seeds; fetid shrub. It belongs to the custard apple family. <DD><B> 2. </B>its fruit, which is good to eat. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=papaya.</B> Also, <B>pawpaw.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="papaya">
<B>papaya, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tropical American tree that looks like a palm tree with a tuft of large leaves at the top and a fruit with yellowish pulp that looks like a melon. <DD><B> 2. </B>its fruit, which is good to eat. Also, <B>pawpaw.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="papayaceous">
<B>papayaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the family of tropical and subtropical trees typified by the papaya. </DL>
<A NAME="papboat">
<B>pap boat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a boat-shaped, shallow vessel for holding pap to feed infants and invalids. <BR> <I>Ex. Still with this infant (or another) in mind, you might have a look at half dozen or so eightteenth-century pap boats (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="paper">
<B>paper, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a material used for writing, printing, drawing, wrapping packages, and covering walls. Paper is made in thin sheets from wood pulp, rags, or straw. <DD><B> b. </B>a material like paper, such as papyrus. <DD><B> c. </B>a material made from paper pulp, such as papier-mache. <DD><B> 2. </B>a piece or sheet of paper. <BR> <I>Ex. his mind was in its original state of white paper (Charles Lamb).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a piece or sheet of paper with writing or printing on it; document. <BR> <I>Ex. Important papers were stolen.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a wrapper, container, or sheet of paper containing something. <BR> <I>Ex. a paper of pins.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a newspaper; journal. <BR> <I>Ex. He bought the morning papers.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>an article; essay. <BR> <I>Ex. The professor read a paper on the teaching of English.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>a written examination. <DD><B> 8. </B>a written promise to pay money or a note, bill of exchange, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. commercial paper. The rapid rise in consumer installment debt--particularly auto paper--is one of the danger spots in the economy (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>paper money or currency. <DD><B> 10. </B><B>=wallpaper.</B> <DD><B> 11. </B>(Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>a free pass to a theater or other entertainment. <DD><B> b. </B>persons admitted by free passes. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>made of paper. <BR> <I>Ex. a paper napkin or towel.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) like paper; thin or flimsy. <BR> <I>Ex. almonds with paper shells, paper walls.</I> (SYN) frail. <DD><B> 3. </B>existing only on paper; planned but not carried out. <BR> <I>Ex. a paper blockade. These targets are real and not just paper objectives (Journal of the Royal Society of Arts). The proposed ... Oroville Dam ... is still a paper dream (Time).</I> <DD> See also <B>paper profits.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B>having to do with or used for paper. <BR> <I>Ex. a paper holder.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) of, consisting of, or carried on by means of letters to newspapers, pamphlets, or books. <BR> <I>Ex. paper warfare.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cover with wallpaper. <BR> <I>Ex. to paper a room.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to enclose in or cover with paper. <DD><B> 3. </B>to supply with or furnish with paper. <DD><B> 4. </B>to smooth with sandpaper. <DD><B> 5. </B>to write or set down on paper. <DD><B> 6. </B>to write about; describe in writing. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Slang.) to fill (a place of entertainment) with an audience admitted mostly by free passes. <BR> <I>Ex. To get a crowd at the concert, they had to paper the house.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to put up wallpaper; wallpaper. <BR><I>expr. <B>commit to paper,</B> </I>to write down. <BR> <I>Ex. He memorized the message and as soon as he got home committed it to paper.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>on paper,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>in writing or print. </I> <I>Ex. I like your idea. Let's get it down on paper.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>in theory. <BR> <I>Ex. The form of their constitution, as it is on paper, admits not of coercion. But necessity introduced it in practice (American Museum).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>paper over,</B> </I>to smooth over or cover up (a quarrel, disagreement, or the like). <BR> <I>Ex. The two sides were still able to paper over their differences and agree to a compromise program (Baltimore Sun).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>papers,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>documents telling who or what one is. </I> <I>Ex. My former husband's papers are in the safe.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a ship's papers (the documents of a ship showing where it is registered, who owns it, and other particulars). <BR> <I>Ex. A fine ship named the Redbridge ... Her papers had been made out for Alicant (Macaulay).</I> noun <B>paperer.</B> adj. <B>paperlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="paperback">
<B>paperback, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a book with a binding of heavy paper, especially one that is sold at a low price and to a mass market. <BR> <I>Ex. The print is doing for painting what the paperback did for literature (Time). Paperbacks are not only cheaper than the hard-cover books but to the students they seem ... easier to read (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>bound in heavy paper. <BR> <I>Ex. A two-volume paperback reissue of a famous work (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with paperback books. <BR> <I>Ex. the paperback market.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="paperbacked">
<B>paperbacked, </B>adjective. =paperback.</DL>
<A NAME="paperbark">
<B>paperbark, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various Australian trees, the bark of which peels off in layers. </DL>
<A NAME="paperbirch">
<B>paper birch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large North American birch, having a tough, durable white bark used by the Indians in making canoes and tents, and yielding a valuable timber; canoe birch; white birch. </DL>
<A NAME="paperboard">
<B>paperboard, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> pasteboard; cardboard. <BR> <I>Ex. Old newspapers, an important ingredient in paperboard (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<B>paperboy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a boy who delivers or sells newspapers; newsboy. </DL>
<A NAME="paperchase">
<B>paper chase,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the game of hare and hounds when paper is used for the "scent." </DL>
<A NAME="paperchromatography">
<B>paper chromatography,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the separation of mixtures of chemical compounds by the use of filter paper as the adsorbing material. </DL>
<A NAME="paperclay">
<B>paper clay,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fine variety of clay used to give paper a smooth, shiny surface. </DL>
<A NAME="paperclip">
<B>paper clip,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flat, looped piece of wire forming a clip for holding papers together. </DL>
<A NAME="papercurtain">
<B>paper curtain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) an obstacle consisting of red tape and bureaucratic indirection, especially one set up by a governmental body to restrict or prevent the free flow of information and maintain secrecy. <BR> <I>Ex. a paper curtain hampering the issue of visitors' permits.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="papercutter">
<B>paper cutter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a machine or device equipped with one or more heavy knifelike blades for cutting, or for trimming the edges of, paper, especially in bulk. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=paper knife.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="paperdoll">
<B>paper doll,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the figure of a person cut out of a sheet of paper or cardboard for use as a child's doll. </DL>
<A NAME="paperelectrophoresis">
<B>paper electrophoresis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a form of paper chromatography in which the mixture to be separated is moved across the filter paper by passing an electric current through the paper. </DL>
<A NAME="paperfactor">
<B>paper factor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a terpene of the balsam fir which is a naturally occurring insect juvenile hormone. <BR> <I>Ex. Paper factor is highly effective in killing the cotton stainer bug, which destroys up to half the cotton crop in Asia, Africa and South America each year (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="papergold">
<B>paper gold,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a monetary reserve of the International Monetary Fund; Special Drawing Rights. <BR> <I>Ex. Paper gold ... has been designed toprovide managed money on an international scale, to provide steady additions to the supply of money reserves unrelated to the vagaries of gold mining (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="paperhanger">
<B>paper hanger,</B> or <B>paperhanger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose business is to cover walls with wallpaper. </DL>
<A NAME="paperhanging">
<B>paper hanging,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the work or business of a paper hanger. </DL>
<B>papering, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of one who papers, especially the work of a paper hanger. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=wallpaper.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. a room ... with such large-figured papering on the walls as inn rooms have (Charlotte Bronte).</I> </DL>
