Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Pangolin (n.) Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.

(1) - Panic (a.) By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
(2) - Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.
(3) - Panic (a.) Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm.
(4) - Panic (n.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.