PaamaA small island dominated by hills in the province of Malampa, Vanuatu.
PaameseThe language of the island of Paama in Northern Vanuatu.
paanA psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.
paarA hypothesized shifting of four geologic blocks: northeast Africa west of Red Sea and north of the Ethiopian valley, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Horn of Africa east of the rift valleys, which is used to explain the structural features of the area.
PaaratteA locality in the Shire of Corangamite, south western Victoria, Australia
paariteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal tin white mineral containing bismuth, copper, iron, lead, and sulfur.
PABAPara-aminobenzoic acid, a member of the B-complex family of vitamins that can be synthesized by the human body from folic acid, and used primarily as an active ingredient in sunscreen, but also is necessary for some intestinal bacteria.
pabulumFood or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.
pacA moccasin with a sole made of leather or deerskin.
pacaAny of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.
pacaraA large tree of the mimosa family, Enterolobium contortisiliquum, which yields wood good for carpentry.
PacaraimaA municipality in the northwest of the state of Roraima, Brazil.
pacaranaA large, rare, slow-moving rodent, Dinomys branickii, with a thick, furry tail, native to South America, the second-largest rodent after the capybara.
paceiteA tetragonal-dipyramidal dark blue mineral containing calcium, carbon, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.
pacelineA formation in which riders (especially bicycle racers) travel in a line, one close behind the other, in order to conserve energy and travel faster by riding in the draft of the riders in front. The foremost rider periodically drops to the rear to allow another to take his or her place.
PachelbelianOf or relating to Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), German composer.
pachinkoA mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
pachisiAn ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of their counters around the board.
PachonThe ninth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pachon has been in roughly May.
pachrangaA kind of Indian pickle prepared with five vegetables.
pachtA system of tax farming in the Dutch Republic, where tax was not collected by the government, but by a private individual who had leased the right to collect the tax.
pachycormidAny extinct fish in the family Pachycormidae.
pachycormiformAny extinct fish of the order Pachycormiformes
pachycurareA compound belonging to a class of neuromuscular-blocking agents that are structurally bulky and usually associated with nondepolarising activity.
pachydactylyThe condition of being pachydactylous.
pachydermA member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir.
pachydermoperiostosisA rare genetic disorder characterized mainly by pachydermia, periostosis, and finger clubbing (swelling of tissue with loss of normal angle between nail and nail bed).
pachydermousOf mosses: having the cells or capsules firm and resistant.
pachydermyA condition in which the skin thickens and becomes hardened or verrucous.
pachydictyolA bicyclic tetraterpenoid alcohol present in brown algae of the genus Dictyota.
pachydiscidAny in the family Pachydiscidae of extinct ammonites.
pachygyriacongenital malformation of the cerebral hemisphere, resulting in unusually thick convolutions of the cerebral cortex and typically causing developmental delay and seizures
pachylaelapidAny mite in the family Pachylaelapidae.
pachylosisA hypertrophic skin disorder characterised by rough, dry, thickened skin.
pachymaranA glucan, derived from Basidiomycetes, used as an enzyme substrate
pachymeningealRelating to the thick part of the meninges