Name Report For First Name PAX:
PAX
First name PAX's origin is English. PAX means "peaceful". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with PAX below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of pax.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with PAX and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with PAX - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming PAX
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES PAX AS A WHOLE:
paxtun paxtonNAMES RHYMING WITH PAX (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ax) - Names That Ends with ax:
obax ajax bax dax jax fairfax leaxNAMES RHYMING WITH PAX (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (pa) - Names That Begins with pa:
paaveli paavo pabla pablo pacho pachu'a paciencia paco pacorro padarn paddy paden padgett padma padraic padraig padraigin padriac padric padruig paegastun paeivi paella pafko pag page paget pahana paharita paien paige paili paine paislee paiton paityn pajackok paki pakuna pakwa palaemon palamedes palassa palba palban paliki pall pallatin pallaton palmer palmere palmira paloma palomydes palsmedes palt-el palti pamela pamuy pamuya pan panagiota panagiotis pancho pancratius pandara pandareos pandarus pandora pannoowau panphila pansy pant panteleimon panthea panya paola paolo papan papandr paquita parfait paris parisch park parke parker parkin parkins parkinson parlan parle parmis parnall parnel parnell parnella parounag parr parrishNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH PAX:
First Names which starts with 'p' and ends with 'x':
perdix phoenix phoenyx pollux porrexEnglish Words Rhyming PAX
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES PAX AS A WHOLE:
| carapax | noun (n.) See Carapace. |
| epaxial | adjective (a.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal. |
| hypaxial | adjective (a.) Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal. |
| pax | noun (n.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches. |
| noun (n.) A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc. | |
| noun (n.) Friendship, or a friend; -- esp. in the phrases to make pax with, to make friends with, to be good pax, to be good friends; also, truce; -- used esp. interjectionally. |
| paxillose | adjective (a.) Resembling a little stake. |
| paxillus | noun (n.) One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| paxwax | noun (n.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax. |
| paxywaxy | noun (n.) See Paxwax. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH PAX (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ax) - English Words That Ends with ax:
| addax | noun (n.) One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, / Oryx, nasomaculatus). |
| anthrax | noun (n.) A carbuncle. |
| noun (n.) A malignant pustule. | |
| noun (n.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.] | |
| noun (n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever. |
| anticlimax | noun (n.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. |
| beeswax | noun (n.) The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed. |
| bombax | noun (n.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax. |
| borax | noun (n.) A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. |
| cephalothorax | noun (n.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax. |
| chafewax | noun (n.) Alt. of Chaffwax |
| chaffwax | noun (n.) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. |
| coax | noun (n.) A simpleton; a dupe. |
| verb (v. t.) To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe. |
| donax | noun (n.) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc. |
| earwax | noun (n.) See Cerumen. |
| endothorax | noun (n.) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects. |
| entothorax | noun (n.) See Endothorax. |
| fallax | noun (n.) Cavillation; a caviling. |
| flax | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed. |
| noun (n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing. |
| glossanthrax | noun (n.) A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue. |
| haematothorax | noun (n.) Same as Hemothorax. |
| hemoothorax | noun (n.) An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura. |
| hoax | noun (n.) A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. |
| verb (v. t.) To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. |
| hydrothorax | noun (n.) An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest. |
| hyrax | noun (n.) Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman. |
| jedding ax | noun (n.) A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part. |
| lax | noun (n.) A looseness; diarrhea. |
| verb (v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. | |
| verb (v. t.) Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. | |
| verb (v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. |
| limax | noun (n.) A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See Slug. |
| mastax | noun (n.) The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food. |
| noun (n.) The lore of a bird. |
| mesothorax | noun (n.) The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera. |
| metathorax | noun (n.) The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera. |
| myeloplax | noun (n.) One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast. |
| opopanax | noun (n.) The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. |
| packwax | noun (n.) Same as Paxwax. |
| parallax | noun (n.) The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different stations, or points of view. |
| noun (n.) The apparent difference in position of a body (as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional point, as the earth's center or the sun. |
| pickax | noun (n.) Alt. of Pickaxe |
| pinax | noun (n.) A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet. |
| pneumatothorax | noun (n.) See Pneumothorax. |
| pneumothorax | noun (n.) A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax. |
| poleax | noun (n.) Alt. of Poleaxe |
| pollax | noun (n.) A poleax. |
| prothorax | noun (n.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera. |
| pyopneumothorax | noun (n.) Accumulation of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the pleural cavity. |
| relax | noun (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews. |
| noun (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors. | |
| noun (n.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind. | |
| noun (n.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels. | |
| noun (n.) Relaxation. | |
| adjective (a.) Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless. | |
| verb (v. i.) To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. | |
| verb (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous. | |
| verb (v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study. |
| sax | noun (n.) A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates. |
| smilax | noun (n.) A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla. |
| noun (n.) A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. |
| storax | noun (n.) Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant. |
| styrax | noun (n.) A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances. Styrax officinalis yields storax, and S. Benzoin yields benzoin. |
| noun (n.) Same as Storax. |
| surtax | noun (n.) An additional or extra tax. |
| verb (v. t.) To impose an additional tax on. |
| syntax | noun (n.) Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism. |
| noun (n.) That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language. |
| supertax | noun (n.) A tax in addition to the usual or normal tax; specif., in the United Kingdom, an income tax of sixpence for every pound in addition to the normal income tax of one shilling and twopence for every pound, imposed, by the Finance Act of 1909-1910 (c. 8, ss 66, 72), on the amount by which the income of any person exceeds /3,000 when his total income exceeds /5,000. |
| tax | noun (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. |
| noun (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government. | |
| noun (n.) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like. | |
| noun (n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses. | |
| noun (n.) A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. | |
| noun (n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health. | |
| noun (n.) Charge; censure. | |
| noun (n.) A lesson to be learned; a task. | |
| noun (n.) To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government. | |
| noun (n.) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court. | |
| noun (n.) To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride. |
| thorax | noun (n.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest. |
| noun (n.) The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera. | |
| noun (n.) The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix. | |
| noun (n.) A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH PAX (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (pa) - Words That Begins with pa:
| paage | noun (n.) A toll for passage over another person's grounds. |
| paard | noun (n.) The zebra. |
| paas | noun (n.) Pace |
| noun (n.) The Easter festival. |
| pabular | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food. |
| pabulation | noun (n.) The act of feeding, or providing food. |
| noun (n.) Food; fodder; pabulum. |
| pabulous | adjective (a.) Affording pabulum, or food; alimental. |
| pabulum | noun (n.) The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum. |
| pac | noun (n.) A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper. |
| paca | noun (n.) A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig. |
| pacable | adjective (a.) Placable. |
| pacane | noun (n.) A species of hickory. See Pecan. |
| pacate | adjective (a.) Appeased; pacified; tranquil. |
| pacated | adjective (a.) Pacified; pacate. |
| pacation | noun (n.) The act of pacifying; a peacemaking. |
| pace | noun (n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step. |
| noun (n.) The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces. | |
| noun (n.) Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace. | |
| noun (n.) A slow gait; a footpace. | |
| noun (n.) Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack. | |
| noun (n.) Any single movement, step, or procedure. | |
| noun (n.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall. | |
| noun (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web. | |
| verb (v. i.) To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. | |
| verb (v. i.) To proceed; to pass on. | |
| verb (v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack. | |
| verb (v. i.) To pass away; to die. | |
| verb (v. t.) To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round. | |
| verb (v. t.) To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground. | |
| verb (v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in. |
| pacing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pace |
| paced | adjective (a.) Having, or trained in, [such] a pace or gait; trained; -- used in composition; as, slow-paced; a thorough-paced villain. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Pace |
| pacer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces. |
| pacha | noun (n.) See Pasha. |
| () The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet. |
| pachacamac | noun (n.) A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe. |
| pachak | noun (n.) The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients. |
| pachalic | noun (a. & n.) See Pashalic. |
| pachisi | noun (n.) Alt. of Parchesi |
| () Alt. of Parchisi |
| parchesi | noun (n.) A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India. |
| noun (n.) See Pachisi. | |
| () Alt. of Parchisi |
| pachometer | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter. |
| pachonta | noun (n.) A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata. |
| pachycarpous | adjective (a.) Having the pericarp thick. |
| pachydactyl | noun (n.) A bird or other animal having thick toes. |
| pachydactylous | adjective (a.) Having thick toes. |
| pachyderm | noun (n.) One of the Pachydermata. |
| pachydermal | adjective (a.) Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition. |
| pachydermata | noun (n. pl.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group. |
| pachydermatous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms. |
| adjective (a.) Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule. |
| pachydermoid | adjective (a.) Related to the pachyderms. |
| pachyglossal | adjective (a.) Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossae), including the iguanas and agamas. |
| pachymeningitis | noun (n.) Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain. |
| pachymeter | noun (n.) Same as Pachometer. |
| pachyote | noun (n.) One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears. |
| pacifiable | adjective (a.) Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable. |
| pacific | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition. |
| pacificable | adjective (a.) Placable. |
| pacifical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to peace; pacific. |
| pacification | noun (n.) The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. |
| pacificator | noun (n.) One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker. |
| pacificatory | adjective (a.) Tending to make peace; conciliatory. |
| pacfier | noun (n.) One who pacifies. |
| pacifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pacify |
| pacinian | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century. |
| pack | noun (n.) A pact. |
| noun (n.) A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods. | |
| noun (n.) A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. | |
| noun (n.) A number or quantity of connected or similar things | |
| noun (n.) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack. | |
| noun (n.) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together. | |
| noun (n.) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves. | |
| noun (n.) A shook of cask staves. | |
| noun (n.) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously. | |
| noun (n.) A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely. | |
| noun (n.) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment. | |
| noun (n.) A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage. | |
| noun (n.) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish. | |
| noun (n.) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater. | |
| noun (n.) To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly. | |
| noun (n.) Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes. | |
| noun (n.) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. | |
| noun (n.) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse. | |
| noun (n.) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school. | |
| noun (n.) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). | |
| noun (n.) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5. | |
| noun (n.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine. | |
| noun (n.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated. | |
| noun (n.) The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation. | |
| verb (v. i.) To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well. | |
| verb (v. i.) To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. | |
| verb (v. i.) To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away. | |
| verb (v. i.) To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something; | |
| verb (v. t.) to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. |
| packing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pack |
| noun (n.) The act or process of one who packs. | |
| noun (n.) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close. | |
| noun (n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious | |
| noun (n.) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint. | |
| noun (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides. | |
| noun (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc. | |
| noun (n.) Same as Filling. | |
| noun (n.) A trick; collusion. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH PAX:
English Words which starts with 'p' and ends with 'x':
| palapteryx | noun (n.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand. |
| paradox | noun (n.) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact. |
| perdix | noun (n.) A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera. |
| perplex | adjective (a.) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. |
| adjective (a.) To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. | |
| adjective (a.) To plague; to vex; to tormen. | |
| adjective (a.) Intricate; difficult. |
| persecutrix | noun (n.) A woman who persecutes. |
| petrosilex | noun (n.) Felsite. |
| phalanx | noun (n.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. |
| noun (n.) Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union. | |
| noun (n.) A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. | |
| noun (n.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. | |
| noun (n.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers. |
| pharynx | noun (n.) The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias. |
| phenix | noun (n.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality. |
| noun (n.) A southern constellation. | |
| noun (n.) A marvelous person or thing. |
| phlox | noun (n.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers. |
| phoenix | noun (n.) Same as Phenix. |
| noun (n.) A genus of palms including the date tree. |
| phorminx | noun (n.) A kind of lyre used by the Greeks. |
| pix | noun (n. & v.) See Pyx. |
| pnyx | noun (n.) The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc. |
| pollex | noun (n.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing. |
| pollux | noun (n.) A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini. Cf. 3d Castor. |
| noun (n.) Same as Pollucite. |
| pompholyx | noun (n.) Impure zinc oxide. |
| noun (n.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullae, without inflammation or fever. |
| pontifex | noun (n.) A high priest; a pontiff. |
| poorbox | noun (n.) A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed. |
| postfix | noun (n.) A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix. |
| verb (v. t.) To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word; to suffix. |
| pox | noun (n.) Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, -- the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases. |
| verb (v. t.) To infect with the pox, or syphilis. |
| prefix | noun (n.) That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure. |
| verb (v. t.) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement. | |
| verb (v. t.) To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently. |
| prehallux | noun (n.) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux. |
| princox | noun (n.) A coxcomb; a pert boy. |
| prolix | adjective (a.) Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon. |
| adjective (a.) Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer. |
| proscolex | noun (n.) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia. |
| prosecutrix | noun (n.) A female prosecutor. |
| protectrix | noun (n.) A woman who protects. |
| prox | noun (n.) "The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes." |
| pseudodox | noun (n.) A false opinion or doctrine. |
| adjective (a.) Not true in opinion or doctrine; false. |
| pulex | noun (n.) A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. See Flea. |
| pyx | noun (n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved. |
| noun (n.) A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. | |
| noun (n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. | |
| noun (n.) Same as Pyxis. | |
| verb (v. t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. |
| pepper box | noun (n.) A buttress on the left-hand wall of a fives court as the game is played at Eton College, England. |
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