Pall A pall is a Y-shaped charge. An example of a pall is the green portion of the Flag of South Africa. A pall that stops short of the shield's edges is called a shakefork or pairle. Traditionally, a pall on a shield often indicates a connection with the clergy, particularly bishoprics.
	Palladium Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 46. A rare silver-white transition metal of the platinum group, palladium resembles platinum chemically and is extracted from some copper and nickel ores. It is primarily used as an industrial catalyst and in jewelry.
	Pallas In Greek mythology, there are several male and female deities named "Pallas". One Pallas was an epithet for Athena. According to some sources, Pallas was the playmate of Athena, a daughter of the god Triton_(god), her foster-father. One day, while Pallas and Athena were sparring, Zeus appeared between them with the aegis and Pallas, in her fear, forgot to parry a blow from Athena.
	Pallas's Sandgrouse The Pallas's Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. This species breeds across middle latitudes of central Asia on dry steppes and similar habitats. Its nest is a ground scrape into which 2-3 greenish eggs with cryptic markings are laid. It is a partial bird migration, especially from the northern parts of its range in Kazakhstan and Mongolia, but the extent and distance of the southerly winter movement depends on the amount of snowfall.
	Pallet A pallet is a flat transport structure made of wood or plastic which can support a variety of goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by any mobile forklift or other Jack. The goods are placed on top of the pallet, and can be secured to it by straps or stretch-wrapped plastic film.
	Pallium The Pallium or Pall is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Roman Catholic Church, originally peculiar to the Pope, but for many centuries past bestowed by him on metropolitan bishops and primates as a symbol of the jurisdiction delegated to them by the Holy See.
	Palm oil Palm oil is a form of edible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the Oil palm tree. It is the second-most widely produced edible oil, after soybean oil. However, it may have now surpassed soybean oil as the most widely produced vegetable oil in the world. "The Malaysian oil palm industry recorded a mixed performance in 2005 due to the continued strong growth in production.
	Palm Sunday Palm Sunday is a moveable feast in the liturgical calendar observed by Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestantism Christians. It is the Sunday before Easter Sunday. In the Western church it must always fall on one of the 35 dates between March 15 and April 18.
	Palmitic acid Palmitic acid, or hexadecanoic acid in IUPAC nomenclature, is one of the most common saturated fatty acids found in animals and plants. As its name indicates, it is a major component of the oil from palm trees. The word palmitic is from the French "palmitique", the pith of the palm tree.
	Palmyra Palmyra was in the ancient times an important city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus and 120 km southwest of the Euphrates. It has long been a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert.
	Palomino Palomino is a coat color in horses, consisting of a gold coat and white or flaxen mane and tail. Genetically, the palomino color is created by a dilution gene working on a red base coat. While the breed standard states the ideal color is that of a "newly minted gold coin", the coat color may range from a pale creme, almost-white color, to a deep, dark, chocolate color.
	Pamir Mountains Located in Central Asia, the Pamir Mountains are formed by the junction of the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, and Hindu Kush ranges. They are among the worlds highest mountains. They are also known by the Chinese name of Congling ?? or 'Onion Mountains.'
	Pamlico The Pamlico were a Native Americans in the United States people of North Carolina, U.S.A.. They spoke an Algonquian language also known as Pamlico or Carolina Algonquian.
	Pampas Grass Cortaderia selloana, commonly known as Pampas Grass or Uruguayan Pampas Grass, is a tall grass native to southern South America, including the pampas after which it is named, and Patagonia. Pampas grass is a tall grass, growing in dense tussocks that can reach a height of 3 m.
	Pampers Pampers is a brand of disposable diaper marketed by Procter & Gamble worldwide. Pampers recently unveiled a disposable training pant, called Easy Ups.
	Pamphlet A pamphlet is an unbound booklet. It may consist of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths, or it may consist of a few pages that are folded in half and stapled at the crease to make a simple book. UNESCO requires a publication to have 'at least 5 but not more than 48 pages exclusive of the cover pages' to count as a pamphlet; a longer item is a book.
	Panama The Republic of Panama , commonly known as Panama, is the southernmost country of Central America. A Transcontinental nation#Countries both in North America and South America, its isthmus constitutes the southernmost part of a natural land bridge between the continents of North America and South America.
	Panama Canal The Panama Canal is a major ship canal that traverses the Isthmus of Panama in Central America, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Oceans. The construction of the canal was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. It has had an enormous impact on shipping between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, obviating the long and treacherous route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America.
	Panama Canal Zone The Panama Canal Zone, was a 553 square mile territory inside of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline Its border spanned two of Panama's provinces and was created on November 18, 1903 with the signing of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty.
	Panama City Panama City , population 708,738, is the capital of Panama, located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, at . Panama City is the political, administrative and cultural center of the country. Juan Carlos Navarro is the current mayor of the city.
	Panama hat A Panama hat or just Panama is a traditional brimmed hat that is made from the plaited leaves of the panama-hat palm. Despite the name, genuine Panama hats are made in Ecuador, not Panama; their naming comes from the fact that they came to prominence during the construction of the Panama Canal.
	Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng, is a species of ginseng native to eastern North America. It is a Perennial plant dicot of the family Araliaceae. Due to the popularity of this plant, it has been overharvested and is rare in most parts of the U.S.
	Pancake Pancakes are a kind of flatbread prepared from a batter that is baked on a hot griddle or frying pan. They exist in several variations in many different local cuisines. Most pancakes are quick breads, although some are also made using a yeast-raised or fermented batter.
	Panchen Lama The Panchen Lama is the second highest ranking lama after the Dalai Lama in the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The successive Panchen lamas form a tulku reincarnation lineage which are said to be the incarnations of Amitabha. The name, meaning "great scholar", is a Tibetan contraction of the Sanskrit pa??ita and the Tibetan chenpo.
	Pancho Villa Doroteo Arango Armbula — better known as Francisco Villa or, in its diminutive form, Pancho Villa — was one of the foremost leaders and best known generals of the Mexican Revolution, between 1911 and 1920, and provisional Governor of Chihuahua in 1913 and 1914.
	Pancreas The pancreas is an organ in the digestive system that serves two major functions: * exocrine - producing pancreatic juice containing Digestion enzymes. * endocrine system - producing several important hormones, including insulin. Anatomy
	Pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer is a cancer within the pancreas. Each year about 32,180 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with this condition, and more than 60,000 in Europe. Depending on the extent of the tumour at the time of diagnosis, the prognosis is generally regarded as poor, with few victims still alive 5 years after diagnosis, and complete remission still extremely rare.
	Panda car The phrase panda car is given to small or medium-sized police car operated by Policing in the United Kingdom. They are used for ordinary patrol work, with larger and more powerful vehicles being used for emergency response, traffic patrol and special services.
	Pandanales Pandanales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. Such an order is recognized by the APG II system, of 2003, which places this in the monocots and uses this circumscription: * order Pandanales *: family Cyclanthaceae *: family Pandanaceae
	Pandanus Pandanus is a large genus of between 600-700 species of tree- or shrub-like flowering plants in the family Pandanaceae. The genus is native to the Old World tropics and western Pacific Ocean islands, with the largest number of species in Madagascar and Malesia.
	Pandanus tectorius Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus, occurring in northern Queensland, Australia and Indonesia east through the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. Its exact native range is unknown due to extensive cultivation; it may be an early Polynesian culture introduction to many of the more isolated Pacific islands on which it occurs.
	Pandora In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman, fashioned by Zeus as part of the punishment of mankind for Prometheus' theft of the secret of fire. The myth of Pandora is very old, appears in several distinct versions, and has been interpreted in many ways. In all literary versions, however, the myth is a kind of theodicy, addressing the question of why there is evil in the world.: Hesiod, both in his Theogony and in Works and Days, ca.
	Panga Panga is the common South African name for Pterogymnus laniarius, a small wiktionary:oceanodromous fish, native to the south-east Atlantic Ocean and south-west Indian Ocean. They are cold-blooded with white flesh. Their scales are generally pink in color with whitish underbelly and blue-green stripes running laterally along its sides.
	Pangaea Pangaea or Pangea is the name given to the supercontinent that is believed to have existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, before the process of plate tectonics separated each of the component continents into their current configuration. The name was apparently first used by the German people Alfred Wegener, chief proponent of the continental drift theory, in 1920.
	Pangolin Pangolins or scaly anteaters are mammals in the Scientific classification Pholidota. There is only one extant Scientific classification and one genus of pangolins, comprising eight species. Pangolins have large scale on their skin and are found in tropical regions of Africa and Asia.
	Panicle A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with Pedicel flowers attached along the secondary branches. This type of inflorescence is largely characteristic of grasses like oat and crabgrass*, as well as other plants such as pistachio and mamoncillo.
	Panicum Panicum is a large genus of about 450 species of Poaceae native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are large, perennial grasses, growing to 1-3 m tall. The flowers are produced in a well-developed panicle often up to 60 cm in length with numerous seeds, which are 3-6 mm long and 1-2 mm broad.
	Panipat Panipat is a historic as well as an ancient city in the Panipat District in Haryana state, India, The city has a population of 216,000. Panipat was one of the five cities founded by the Pandava brothers during the times of Mahabharata; its historic name being Paneprastha.
	Panjandrum Panjandrum, or The Great Panjandrum was one of a number of highly experimental projects, including the Hedgehog, that were developed by the Royal Navy's Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development in the final years of World War II. The DMWD had been asked to come up with a device capable of penetrating the ten-foot high, seven-foot thick concrete defences that made up part of the Atlantic Wall.
	Pannier A pannier is a basket, bag, or similar container, possibly large, and carried either in pairs slung over the back of a working animal, or attached to a bicycle or motorcycle. It is sometimes also called a saddlebag. Traditional panniers for animal transport are typically made of wicker, while bicycle panniers are usually of nylon or other synthetic fabric.
	Panopticon The Panopticon is a type of prison building designed by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham. The concept of the design is to allow an observer to observe all prisoners without the prisoners being able to tell if they are being observed or not, thus conveying a "sentiment of an invisible omniscience":
	Panorama In its most general sense, a panorama is any wide view of a physical space. It has also come to refer to a wide-angle representation of such a view whether in painting, drawing, photography, film/video, or a three-dimensional model. Further, the motion-picture term, panning or panning, is derived from "panorama".
	Pansy The Pansy or Pansy Violet is a cultivated garden flower. It is derived from the wildflower called the Heartsease or Johnny Jump Up, and is sometimes given the subspecies name Viola tricolor hortensis. However, many garden varieties are hybrids and are referred to as Viola wittrockiana.
	Panther lily The Panther lily, or Lilium pardalinum, is a native of damp areas in the coastal ranges of California. Typically it grows to about 2 meters high, the tallest and most vigorous plants can reach up to 2.5 meters. The flowers are turks-cap shaped, red-orange, with numerous brown spots, usually flowering in July.
	Panthera Panthera is a genus of the family Felidae , which contains four well-known living species: the tiger, lion, leopard, and jaguar. The genus comprises about half of the big cats. One meaning of the word panther is to designate cats of this family.
	Pantiles The name pantiles originally referred to a form of tile used in paving and roofing. Today the name is most often used to refer to an area in the town of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England which formerly used such tiling.
	Pantograph A pantograph is a Linkage connected in a special manner based on parallelograms so that they move in a fixed relationship to each other. The first pantograph was constructed in 1630 by Christoph Scheiner, who used the device to re-create diagrams. One arm contained a small pointer while the other held a drawing implement, and by moving the pointer over a diagram, a copy of the diagram was drawn on another piece of paper.
	Pantomime In Great Britain, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Ireland pantomime refers to a theatrical genre, usually performed around the Christmas and New Year holiday season.
	Pantothenic acid Pantothenic acid, also called vitamin B5, is a water-soluble vitamin required to sustain life. Pantothenic acid is needed to form coenzyme-A , and is critical in the metabolism and synthesis of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Its name is derived from the Greek pantothen meaning "from everywhere" and small quantities of pantothenic acid are found in nearly every food, with high amounts in whole grain cereals, legumes, Egg s, meat, and royal jelly.
	Pantry In a late medieval Hall, there were separate rooms for the various service functions and food storage. A pantry was where bread was kept and food preparation associated with it done. There were similar rooms for storage of bacon and other meats, alcoholic drinks and cooking. In more modern usage, a pantry is a room in a domestic house used for food storage.
	Pants Pants are clothing for the body above the ankles and below the waist. The term is an abbreviation of pantaloons, a plurale tantum. However, it has two distinct meanings which vary between regions: *In American English, pants refers to a long outer garment worn over the hips and legs, which in British English are called trousers.
	Pantyhose Pantyhose are sheer, close fitting coverings of the body from the waist to the feet, most frequently worn by women. Like stockings they are usually made of nylon. The one-piece pantyhose garment appeared in the 1960s and provided a convenient alternative to stockings. The term 'pantyhose' originated in the United States, referring to the combination of 'Undergarment' with sheer nylon hosiery.
	Panzer Panzer refers to an armoured tank or other vehicle, usually a World War II Nazi Germany model. The term is rarely, if ever, used outside this context. Panzer also describes armoured forces, as in "panzer division". Panzer is a loanword from German language.
	Paolo Veronese Paolo Veronese was an important Venice Renaissance painter. His birth name was Paolo Cagliari or Paolo Caliari; he became known as "Veronese" from his birthplace in Verona. Veronese studied the local art in Verona in his youth, then moved briefly to Mantua in 1548 before settling in Venice.
	Pápa P?pa is a historical town in Veszpr?m county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, and noted for its baroque architecture. With its 33,000 inhabitants, it is the cultural, economic and tourism centre of the region. P?pa is one of the centres of the Reformed faith in Transdanubia, as the existence of numerous ecclesiastical heritage sites and museums suggest.
	Papal bull A Papal bull is a special kind of letters patent or charter issued by a pope and named for the seal that was appended to the end to authenticate it. Papal bulls were originally issued by the pope for many kinds of communication of a public nature, but after the 15th century, only for the more formal or solemn of occasions.
	Papal Cross The Papal Cross is a large white Christian cross situated in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. The Cross was erected for the visit of Pope John Paul II in September 1979. At the Cross, the Pope held Mass for over a million people. Following his death on April 2, 2005, people gathered in tribute to Pope John Paul at the Cross, leaving flowers and tokens of remembrance for him.
	Papal States The Papal States or State of the Church was one of the major historical states of Italy before the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia . The Papal States comprised those territories over which the Pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense before 1870.
	Papaver Papaver is a genus of poppy, belonging to the Poppy family. Its 120-odd species include the opium poppy and corn poppy. These are Annual plant, biennial and perennial hardy, frost-tolerant plants growing natively in the temperate climates of Eurasia, Africa and North America.
	Papaveraceae Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants. The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, and is also known as the "poppy family". It is a cosmopolitan family occurring in temperate and subtropical climates. Most are herbaceous plants, but a few are shrubs and small trees.
	Papaverine Papaverine is an opium alkaloid used primarily in the treatment of visceral spasm, vasospasm, and occasionally in the treatment of erectile dysfunction. While it is found in the opium poppy, papaverine differs in both structure and pharmacological action from the other opium alkaloids.
	Papaya The papaya, also known as mamo, tree melon, fruta bomba, lechosa , or pawpaw is the fruit of the tree Carica papaya, in the genus Carica. It is a small unbranched tree, the single stem growing to 5-10 m tall, with the spirally arranged leaf confined to the top of the trunk; the lower trunk is conspicuously scarred with the leaf scars of where older leaves and fruit were borne.
	Papeete Papeete is the capital of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune in France of Papeete is located on the island of Tahiti, in the French Polynesia#Administrative divisions of the Windward Islands, of which Papeete is the administrative capital.
	Paper Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the amalgamation of plant fibres, which are subsequently held together without extra binder, largely by hydrogen bonds and to a small degree by fiber entanglement. The fibres used are usually natural and composed of cellulose. The most common source of these kinds of fibres is wood pulp from pulpwood trees, largely softwoods such as spruce.
	Paper Birch Paper Birch, also known as Canoe Birch or American White Birch, is a species of birch native to northern North America, from Newfoundland west to Alaska, south to Pennsylvania and Washington, with small isolated populations further south in mountains to North Carolina and Colorado.
	Paper chromatography Paper chromatography is an analytical chemistry technique for separating and identifying compounds that are or can be colored, especially pigments. This method has been largely replaced by thin layer chromatography, however it is still a powerful teaching tool. Two-way paper chromatography, also called two-dimensional chromatography, involves using two solvents and rotating the paper 90 in between.
	Paper doll Paper dolls are figures cut out of paper, with separate clothes usually held onto the dolls by folding tabs. They have been inexpensive children's toys for almost two hundred years. Today, many artists are turning paper dolls into an art form. Paper dolls have been used for advertising, appeared in magazines and newspapers, and covered a variety of subjects and time periods.
	Paper Dolls The television drama Paper Dolls aired for 14 episodes on American Broadcasting Company from September, 1984 to December, 1984. The series was set around a modelling agency and starred Lloyd Bridges, Morgan Fairchild, Mimi Rogers, Nicolette Sheridan, Anne Schedeen, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro, Dack Rambo, Terry Farrell, Richard Beymer and Geoffrey Blake.
	Paper mill A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from Wood_pulp and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier Machine or similar apparatus. These establishments have been noted for producing an obnoxious odour in the general surroundings. The undesirable odour is caused principally by process by-products, specifically the hydrogen sulfide and other reduced sulfur gases resulting from the cooking process.
	Paper Mulberry The Paper Mulberry or Tapacloth tree is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to eastern Asia. Other names include Halibun and Kalivon. It is a small deciduous tree growing to 15 metres tall. The leaf are variable in shape, unlobed ovate cordate to deeply lobed, with lobed leaves more frequent on fast-growing young plants; they are 7-20 cm long, with a rough surface above, fuzzy-downy below and a finely serrated margin.