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Meanings of Pandoor:

noun

A member of a military force originally organized in croatia in 1741 by baron franz von trenck (1711–94) to clear the country near the turkish border of robbers, and later enrolled as a regiment in the austrian army, becoming renowned for their ferocity and brutality. hence more generally: a fearsome or brutal soldier from croatia. also figurative.

Meanings of Pandoras:

noun

A burrowing bivalve mollusc with a fragile shell, the unequal valves of which form a ‘box’ with a lid.

Usage examples:

Only one microscopical species, symbion pandora, has been described.

proper noun

The first mortal woman. in one story she was created by zeus and sent to earth with a jar or box of evils in revenge for prometheus' having brought the gift of fire back to the world. she let out all the evils from the container to infect the earth; hope alone remained to assuage the lot of humankind.

Meanings of Pandoura:

noun

A graeco-roman stringed instrument of the lute type, having a small body, a long thick neck, and usually three strings, which has survived in various forms in the balkans, turkey, egypt, and parts of western asia. compare "rebec", "gimbri", "bandurria".

Meanings of Pandours:

noun

A member of a military force originally organized in croatia in 1741 by baron franz von trenck (1711–94) to clear the country near the turkish border of robbers, and later enrolled as a regiment in the austrian army, becoming renowned for their ferocity and brutality. hence more generally: a fearsome or brutal soldier from croatia. also figurative.

Meanings of Pandowdies:

noun

A kind of spiced apple pudding baked in a deep dish.

Usage examples:

Spoon bread and apple pandowdy

Meanings of Pandowdy:

noun

A kind of spiced apple pudding baked in a deep dish.

Usage examples:

Spoon bread and apple pandowdy

Meanings of Pandura:

noun

A graeco-roman stringed instrument of the lute type, having a small body, a long thick neck, and usually three strings, which has survived in various forms in the balkans, turkey, egypt, and parts of western asia. compare "rebec", "gimbri", "bandurria".

Meanings of Pandurate:

adjective

= panduriform .

Meanings of Panduriform:

adjective

Especially of a leaf: rounded at both ends and narrowed in the middle; fiddle-shaped.

Meanings of Pandybat:

noun

A bat used to strike or beat schoolchildren on the palm of the hand as a punishment.

Meanings of Paned:

adjective

Made of strips of different coloured cloth sewn together, or of cloth cut into strips between which ribs or stripes of a different material or colour have been inserted.

Meanings of Panegyric:

noun

A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.

Usage examples:

A panegyric on the pleasures of malt whisky

Meanings of Panegyrics:

noun

A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.

Usage examples:

A panegyric on the pleasures of malt whisky

Meanings of Panegyrist:

noun

A person who praises someone or something, especially in a piece of writing or a formal speech, by saying good things about them and not mentioning any bad things

Usage examples:

The panegyrists are right. she was a woman whose character and career people should admire., he bec…

Meanings of Panegyrized:

verb

Speak or write in praise of; eulogize.

Usage examples:

It has been admired and panegyrized as beautiful, eloquent, grand, and sublime

Meanings of Panegyrizing:

verb

Speak or write in praise of; eulogize.

Usage examples:

It has been admired and panegyrized as beautiful, eloquent, grand, and sublime

Meanings of Panegyry:

noun

A general assembly for religious purposes; a religious festival. chiefly in plural.

Meanings of Panela:

noun

In central and south america: unrefined brown sugar, frequently made into blocks or cone shapes for eating.

Meanings of Paneled:

verb

Cover (a wall or other surface) with panels.

Usage examples:

We panelled the wall around the window

adjective

(of a wall or other surface) covered with panels.

Usage examples:

An elegant panelled dining room

noun

A flat or curved component, typically rectangular, that forms or is set into the surface of a door, wall, or ceiling.

Usage examples:

A layer of insulating material should be placed between the panels and the wall

Meanings of Paneless:

adjective

Of a window or a building: having no panes of glass.

Meanings of Paneling:

verb

Cover (a wall or other surface) with panels.

Usage examples:

We panelled the wall around the window

noun

Panels collectively, when used to decorate a wall.

Usage examples:

The reception's walls are lined with light oak panelling

Meanings of Panelled:

adjective

(of a wall or other surface) covered with panels.

Usage examples:

An elegant panelled dining room

verb

Cover (a wall or other surface) with panels.

Usage examples:

We panelled the wall around the window

Past simple and past participle of panel

Meanings of Panelling:

noun

Panels collectively, when used to decorate a wall.

Usage examples:

The reception's walls are lined with light oak panelling

verb

Cover (a wall or other surface) with panels.

Usage examples:

We panelled the wall around the window

Meanings of Panels:

noun

A flat or curved component, typically rectangular, that forms or is set into the surface of a door, wall, or ceiling.

Usage examples:

A layer of insulating material should be placed between the panels and the wall

verb

Cover (a wall or other surface) with panels.

Usage examples:

We panelled the wall around the window

Meanings of Panes:

noun

A single sheet of glass in a window or door.

Usage examples:

Doors with glass panes require a double-cylinder deadbolt to prevent someone from breaking the glas…