Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Palatal (n.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.
(2) - Palatal (a.) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.
(3) - Palatal (a.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

(1) - Palate (v. t.) To perceive by the taste.
(2) - Palate (n.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
(3) - Palate (n.) Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste.
(4) - Palate (n.) Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.
(5) - Palate (n.) The roof of the mouth.

(1) - Palatial (n.) A palatal letter.
(2) - Palatial (a.) Palatal; palatine.
(3) - Palatial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures.

(1) - Palatinate (v. t.) To make a palatinate of.
(2) - Palatinate (n.) The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine.

(1) - Palatine (n.) A palatine bone.
(2) - Palatine (a.) Of or pertaining to the palate.
(3) - Palatine (n.) The Palatine hill in Rome.
(4) - Palatine (n.) One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
(5) - Palatine (a.) Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.