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  • paisley/ˈpeɪzli/nounC1A pattern of curved teardrop shapes.
  • palatable/ˈpæl.ə.tə.bəl/adjectiveC22 meaningsPleasant enough to eat.
  • palate/ˈpæl.ət/nounC22 meaningsA person's ability to judge flavours.
  • palate cleansernounC1A small taste served to clear the mouth between courses.
  • palatial/pəˈleɪʃəl/adjectiveC1As grand and spacious as a palace.
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Having little colour in the face, from illness, fear or shock.
  • pall/pɔːl/nounC12 meaningsA cloth spread over a coffin.
  • pallbearernounC1Somebody who helps carry a coffin at a funeral.
  • palletise/ˈpælɪtaɪz/verbC1To load goods onto a wooden platform for handling.
  • pallid/ˈpælɪd/adjectiveC1Unhealthily pale.
  • pallor/ˈpælɚ/nounC1An unhealthy paleness of the face.
  • palm/pɑːm/nounB13 meaningsThe flat inside surface of the hand, from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
  • palpable/ˈpælpəbəl/adjectiveC1So strong it can almost be touched.
  • palpitation/ˌpælpɪˈteɪʃən/nounC1A rapid fluttering of the heart.
  • palsy/ˈpɔːlzi/nounC1A trembling or paralysis of part of the body.
  • paltry/ˈpɒltɹi/adjectiveC1Contemptibly small in amount or value.
  • pan/pæn/nounB13 meaningsA flat metal cooking container with a long handle.
  • panacea/ˌpænəˈsiːə/nounC1A supposed cure for every problem there is.
  • panache/pəˈnæʃ/nounC1Stylish confidence in the way you do things.
  • pandemonium/ˌpæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.əm/nounC1Wild uproar and confusion.
  • pander/ˈpændə/verbC1To give people exactly what they want, however low.
  • pane/ˈpeɪ̯n/nounB2+2 meaningsOne single sheet of glass in a window.
  • panned/pænd/adjectiveC1Harshly criticised by reviewers.
  • pannier/ˈpæn.ɪ.ə/nounC1A bag hung at the side of a rack.
  • panning/ˈpænɪŋ/nounC12 meaningsSwinging the camera sideways to follow movement.
  • panorama/ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/nounC1A wide uninterrupted view.
  • panoramic/ˌpænəˈɹæmɪk/adjectiveC1Taking in a wide sweep of view.
  • papal/ˈpeɪpəl/adjectiveC1To do with the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • paper overphraseC1To hide a problem instead of solving it.
  • paper trailnounC1The records an action leaves behind it.
  • paperyadjectiveC1Thin and dry to the touch.
  • par for the course/ˈpɑː fə ðə ˈkɔːs/phraseC1Exactly the sort of trouble you should have expected.
  • para/ˈpɑːɹə/nounC1A soldier of an airborne regiment.
  • paracordnounC1Very strong thin cord useful for a hundred jobs.
  • paradigm/ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/nounC12 meaningsThe whole framework of thinking a field shares.
  • paragon/ˈpæɹəɡən/nounC1A perfect example of some quality.
  • parallel/ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/adjectiveB25 meaningsRunning side by side at the same distance apart, never meeting.
  • paralysis/pəˈɹæləsəs/nounB2+2 meaningsA complete loss of movement in part of the body.
  • parameter/pəˈɹæm.ɪ.tə/nounC14 meaningsA value that is set in advance and that determines how a system, model or process behaves.
  • paranoid/ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/adjectiveB23 meaningsWrongly convinced that other people mean you harm.
  • parapet/ˈpæɹəpɪt/nounC1A low wall along the edge of a roof or bridge.
  • paraphernalia/ˌpæɹəfəˈneɪli.ə/nounC1The odds and ends needed for an activity.
  • parasite/ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/nounC1A living thing that feeds on another and gives nothing back.
  • paratrooper/ˈpæɹətɹuːpə/nounC1A soldier trained to drop from an aircraft.
  • parcel[ˈpʰɑː.səɫ]nounB1+2 meaningsA wrapped box sent through the post.
  • pardon/ˈpɑːdn̩/nounA13 meaningsSaid as a question when you did not hear something.
  • pare/pɛə/verbC1To trim the outer layer off something.
  • parental/pəˈɹɛn.təl/adjectiveC1Relating to a parent or parents.
  • pariah/pəˈɹaɪə/nounC1Somebody everybody refuses to have anything to do with.
  • parish/ˈpæɹɪʃ/nounC1The smallest local district, once tied to a church.
  • parity/ˈpæɹɪti/nounC1Being equal in status, pay or value.
  • parley/ˈpɑːli/nounC1A talk between enemies to discuss terms.
  • parliament/ˈpɑːləmənt/nounB2+2 meaningsThe elected assembly that debates and makes laws.
  • parliamentary/ˌpɑːləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/adjectiveC1To do with the assembly that makes a country's laws.
  • parrot/ˈpæɹət/nounB12 meaningsA colourful bird that can copy speech.
  • parry/ˈpæɹ.i/verbC12 meaningsTo block a blow and push it away.
  • parson/ˈpɑːs(ə)n/nounC1A rural Protestant minister of an earlier age, holding the living of his church, chiefly in American usage.
  • partake/pɑɹˈteɪk/verbC1To take a share of food or of an activity.
  • partial/ˈpɑɹʃəl/adjectiveC13 meaningsOnly part of the whole.
  • partiality/pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/nounC12 meaningsUnfair favouring of one side.