Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Packer (n.) A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.

(1) - Packet (v. i.) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
(2) - Packet (v. t.) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
(3) - Packet (v. t.) To make up into a packet or bundle.
(4) - Packet (n.) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat.
(5) - Packet (n.) A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.

(1) - Packing (n.) A trick; collusion.
(2) - Packing (n.) Same as Filling.
(3) - Packing (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
(4) - Packing (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides.
(5) - Packing (n.) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint.
(6) - Packing (n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious
(7) - Packing (n.) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.
(8) - Packing (n.) The act or process of one who packs.
(9) - Packing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pack