paleness, n. 1. pallor, pallidness, sallowness, whiteness, wanness, ashenness, pastiness; lividness, ghostliness, bloodlessness, anemia; achromatism, colorlessness, etiolation.
2. dullness, dunness, dimness; faintness, weakness, imperceptibility; obscurity, vagueness, fuzziness, nebulousness; unclearness, obfuscation, bleariness,
palfrey, n. mount, riding horse, steed, horse, saddle horse; charger, cavalry horse, remount; cowpony, range horse, race horse, Brit, hack, cob; Thoroughbred, Arab, quarter horse, hunter, child's pony,
palimpsest., n. re-inscription,Latin, codexrescriptus, overwriting, re-used parchment or scroll,
paling, n. 1. fence, picket fence, log fence, balustrade; pen, fold, palisade.
2. picket, slat, upright, member,
palinode, n. recantation, retraction, recall, disavowal, disaffirmation, denial; contradiction, gainsay; withdrawal, revocation, rescindment; disclaimer, disclamation.
palisade, n. 1. stockade, fenced area, enclosure, pen, pound, paddock, corral; (in South Africa) kraal, yard, prison yard, concentration camp.
2. palisades cliffs, bluff, incline, precipice; rocky eminence, palisado, scarp, escarpment; rocky headland, tor, promontory, ridge; Cliffs of Dover, New Jersey Palisades.
-v. 3. fortify, barricade, fence, enfence, enclose, pen up, impound, corral.
pall1, n. 1. shroud, winding sheet, graveclothes,
cerements, cerecloth, covering, concealment.
2. coffin, casket, sarcophagus.
3. damper, damp, check; disheartener, wet blanket, cold water.
4. somberness, seriousness, gravity; gloom, heaviness, melancholy; disheartenment, discouragement, dismay.
pall1, v. 1. glut, sate, fill, satiate, stuff, overfeed,
overfill, cloy, surfeit; gorge, engorge, cram.
2. make dull, bore; make impatient, irk, annoy; weary, sicken, tire, overdo, jade,
palladium, n. safeguard, defense, protection, protector, guard; shelter, refuge, haven, asylum, security; shield, buckler, aegis, screen, armor, mail, cover, Rare, muniment; fortification, fortress, stronghold, garrison, fort, tower of strength; bulwark, bastion, rampart, parapet, redoubt; wall, barricade, buttress, palisade.
pallet, n. straw mattress, Chiefly Brit, paillasse, pad, cushion, Inf. tick; bedding, litter, shakedown, sleeping bag, blanket roll, Sl. hay; bed, cot, bunk, berth, recliner, Brit, lair, U.S. Sl. sack, Brit. Sl. kip, Brit. Sl. doss.