Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Passionist (n.) A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross.

(1) - Passionless (a.) Void of passion; without anger or emotion; not easily excited; calm.

(1) - Passive (a.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.
(2) - Passive (a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.
(3) - Passive (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission.
(4) - Passive (a.) Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

(1) - Passively (adv.) As a passive verb; in the passive voice.
(2) - Passively (adv.) In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.