Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Pauperization (n.) The act or process of reducing to pauperism.

(1) - Pauperize (v. t.) To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry.

(1) - Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
(2) - Pause (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.
(3) - Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
(4) - Pause (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
(5) - Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
(6) - Pause (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
(7) - Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
(8) - Pause (n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
(9) - Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
(10) - Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
(11) - Pause (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

(1) - Pauser (n.) One who pauses.