pampas, n. plain, (in South America) campo, prairie, grassland, savanna, veld, meadow or meadowland, pasture or pasture land; steppe, tundra, champaign, Brit, heath, Chiefly Brit, moors or moorland; wold, plateau, tableland, mesa.
pamper, v. coddle, mollycoddle, cocker, cosher, cosset, pet, dandle; indulge, caress, favor, baby, Obs. fondle, humor; dote on, cater to, wait on hand and foot, overindulge, spoil, SI. spoil rotten.
pamphlet, n. brochure, booklet, leaflet, folder, chap-book; treatise, monograph, tractate, tract, essay; bill, playbill, program; bulletin, notice, advertisement, Inf. ad, circular; handbill, U.S. flyer, broadside, broadsheet, handout, throwaway.
pamphleteer, n. (all of pamphlets) writer, author, essayist.
pan, n. 1. frying pan, griddle, skillet, spider; bread pan, cake pan, pie plate or pan, baking dish, ramekin, patty pan, omelet pan, pizza pan; saucepan, stewpan, Chiefly Brit, casserole, small kettle or pot, Chiefly Brit, pannikin; chafing dish, pressure cooker, steamer, roaster, broiler or broiler pan.
2. bedpan, metal pot, potty, chamber pot.
3. Slang, face, visage, SI. mug, SI. phiz, SI. puss, SI. kisser.
4. depression, indentation, dent, dint, dip; hollow, crater, concavity, cavity, pit, hole, excavation.
-v. 5. (all of gold, etc.) pan for, sift for, search for, look for.
6. Informal, criticize, find fault, pick apart, take apart, pick to pieces; Inf. knock, SI. put down, shoot down, Inf. slam.
7. pan out Informal, turn out, work out, come out or along.
panacea, n. cure-all, elixir, cure for all ills, cure for what ails you, universal cure or remedy, nostrum; alem bic, philosopher's stone, magic wand, magic potion, magic ingredient; magic solution or answer, magic or secret formula, abracadabra, open sesame.
panache, n. 1. plume, feathers, tuft, crest; embellishment, ornament, decoration.
2. brilliance, glitter, splendor, magnificence, grandness, grand manner; flamboyance, razzle-dazzle, ostentation, £clat, pretentiousness, boldness, self-assurance; verve, spirit, animation, zest, dash, gusto, enthusiasm, dan; style, elegance, smartness, chic, discrimination; sophistication, worldliness, savoir-faire, savoir-vivre, flair, taste, good taste, cultivation; lordly air, class, distinction, nobility, that certain something, that je ne sais quoi; SI. it, SI. oomph, SI. pizzazz.
pancake, n. 1. flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, bat-tercake, flapcake, flannel cake, buckwheat cake, potato pancake, Jewish Cookery, latke; crepe, blini, blintz, tortilla, (in India) chapati; fritter, fried cake, fried mush.
2. pancake make-up, make-up, cake make-up, powder; greasepaint, clown white; wrinkle eraser, skin softener, beautifier.
pandemic, adj. 1. (all of diseases) epidemic, pestilential, pestilent, pestiferous, (of animals) Vet. Med. epizootic, (of plants) epiphytotic; infectious, contagious, communicable, catching, zymotic.
2. general, widespread, extensive, broad, wide, far-reaching; universal, global, world-wide; rife, rampant; wholesale, indiscriminate.
-n. 3. epidemic, zymosis, pestilence, plague, pandemia, scourge, (of animals) Pathol, epizootic, (of animals) epizooty, (of animals) murrain, (of plants) epiphytotic; bubonic plague, black plague, black death; white plague, tuberculosis, TB, consumption, phthisis, pulmonary phthisis.