ophagist, ostreophagous, ostriferous, bivalve, spawn,
cultch, spat.

P

pace, n. amble, rack.

pacifiable, a. placable, appeasable, conciliable.

pacify, v. appease, quiet, calm, mollify, propitiate, tranquilize.

pack, n. bundle, bale, parcel, package; multitude, number, quantity;
gang; shook.

pack, v. compress, stow, truss; load, encumber.

package, n. bundle, packet, bale, parcel, pack, budget, truss,
ceroon.

pact, n. compact, covenant, concordat. See agreement.

pad, n. cushion, bolster; saddle-cloth, housing.

padlock, n. Associated Words: shackle, staple, hasp.

pagan, n. See heathen.

page, n. footboy, buttons (Colloq.); folio.

page number. folio.

pail, n. bucket; piggin.

pain, v. hurt, torture, rack; distress, grieve, afflict, aggrieve.

pain, n. punishment, penalty; suffering, ache, smart, throe, rack,
agony, torture, distress, qualm, discomfort, pang, excruciation, paroxysm,
gripe, twinge, cramp, travail, stitch, crick, anguish; heartache, misery,
dolor. Antonyms: ease, comfort, relief, solace. Associated Words:
anodyne, anaesthetic, analgesic, dolorific, doloriferous, surcease,
anaesthetize.

painful, a. distressing, agonizing, excruciating, dolorous, racking;
toilsome, arduous, difficult.

painstaking, a. diligent, particular, precise, scrupulous.
Antonyms: slovenly, negligent.

paint, n. pigment; cosmetic, rouge.

paint, v. delineate, portray, lim, depict, picture, sketch.

painting, n. Associated Words: easel, palette, grisaille, artist,
art, atelier, studio.

pair, n. two, brace, couple, span, team, yoke, set.

pal, n. (Slang) partner, mate, confederate, associate, accomplice.

palace, n. mansion, castle, pretorium. Associated Words: palatine,
palatial.

palaver, n. cajolery, flummery; conference, debate, talk.

pale, a. pallid, wan, colorless, ghastly, blanched, cadaverous,
etiolate, ashy; dim, faint, indistinct, obscure. Antonyms: ruddy, buxom,
flushed, blowzed.

pale, n. picket; boundary, limit, confine, fence; inclosure.

paleness, n. pallidness, pallor, wanness, colorlessness, etiolation.

pall, v. cloy, sate, satiate, surfeit, glut.

palled, a. surfeited, satiated.

palliate, v. excuse, apologize for, gloss over, extenuate; moderate,
mitigate, temper.

palliation, n. extenuation, glossing over, excuse, apology;
moderation, mitigation, alleviation.

palliative, a. lenitive, mitigative, palliatory, apologetic,
extenuating.

pamper, v. over