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1: telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: {palmistry}, {chiromancy}, {chirology}]

1: Sunday before Easter

1: any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves [syn: {palm}]

1: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point [syn: {palmate}]

1: large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics [syn: ...

1: large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics [syn: ...

1: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales [syn: {Palmae}, {family Palmae}, {family P...

1: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales [syn: {family Palmae}, {Palmaceae}, {famil...

1: coextensive with the family Palmae: palms [syn: {order Palmales}]

1: relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot; "the volar surface"; "the palmar muscle" [syn: {volar}]

1: (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin 2: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point [syn: {palm-shaped}]

1: a leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common point

1: in a palmate manner; "palmately cleft"

1: of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed

1: an abnormality in which the fingers are webbed

1: United States golfer (born in 1929) [syn: {Arnold Palmer}, {Arnold Daniel Palmer}]

1: a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific [syn: {Antarctic Peninsula}]

1: any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves [also: {palmettoes} (pl)]

1: a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: {South Carolina}, {SC}]

{palmetto}

{palmy}

{palmy}

1: fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms [syn: {palmister}, {chiromancer}]

1: fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms [syn: {palmist}, {chiromancer}]

1: telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: {palm reading}, {chiromancy}, {chirology}]

1: a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products [syn: {hexadecanoic acid}]

1: an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid

1: resembling a palm tree

1: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in...

1: tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving [syn: {palmyra palm}, {toddy palm}, ...

1: tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving [syn: {palmyra}, {toddy palm}, {wine...

1: a university town in California

1: South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense [syn: {Bulnesia sarmienti}]

1: densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium [syn: {Parkinsonia florida}, {Cercidium floridum}]

1: smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies [syn: {California pompano}, {Palometa simillima}]

1: smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies [syn: {palometa}, {California pompano}]

1: a horse of light tan or golden color with cream or white mane and tail

1: a second-rate prize fighter [syn: {stumblebum}]

1: a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves

1: the quality of being perceivable by touch [syn: {tangibility}, {tangibleness}] [ant: {intangibility}, {intangibility}]

1: capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and...

1: so as to be palpable; "she was palpably nervous"

1: examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse" [syn: {feel}]

1: a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional) [syn: {tactual exploration}]

1: relating to or involving palpation

1: either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" [syn: {eyelid}, {lid}]

1: the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids; continuous with the bulbar conjunctiva [syn: {conjunctival layer of eyelids}, {tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum}]

1: having eyelids v : wink or blink, especially repeatedly

1: repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent)

{palpus}

1: having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart" [syn: {palpitating}]

1: cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" 2: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" [syn: {quiver}, {quake}] 3: beat rapidly...

1: having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart" [syn: {palpitant}]

1: a rapid and irregular heart beat 2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: {shaking}, {shakiness}, {trembling}, {quiver}, {quivering}, {vibration}]

1: (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands [syn: {palatine}]

{palsy}

1: loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: {paralysis}] 2: a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor v : affect with palsy [also: {palsied}]

1: (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals [syn: {chummy}, {matey}, {pally}]

1: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information [syn: {beat around the bush}, {equivocate}, {tergiversate}, {prevaricate}]

1: a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear [syn: {fibbing}]