Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Parcenary (n.) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.

(1) - Parcener (n.) A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate.

(1) - Parch (v. i.) To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.
(2) - Parch (v. t.) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.
(3) - Parch (v. t.) To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.

(1) - Parchment (n.) The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
(2) - Parchment (n.) The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum.

(1) - Pard (n.) A leopard; a panther.