Definition of pali

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Pali (n.) A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc..

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Opalescent :: Opalescent (a.) Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors.
Palification :: Palification (n.) The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm.
Principality :: Principality (n.) Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station..
Pale :: Pale (n.) That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
Christ''s-thorn :: Christ's-thorn (n.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns..
Municipality :: Municipality (n.) A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village..
Palish :: Palish (a.) Somewhat pale or wan.
Phyllosoma :: Phyllosoma (n.) The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp..
Palingenesia :: Palingenesia (n.) See Palingenesis.
Wallaba :: Wallaba (n.) A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles..
Kenogenesis :: Kenogenesis (n.) Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis..
Palindromic :: Palindromic (a.) Alt. of Palindromica.
Paled :: Paled (a.) Inclosed with a paling.
Episcopalianism :: Episcopalianism (n.) The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.
Unprince :: Unprince (v. t.) To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty.
Palissy :: Palissy (a.) Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry..
Palisade :: Palisade (n.) Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.
Palisado :: Palisado (v. t.) To palisade.
Bail :: Bail (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
Sea Crayfish :: Sea crayfish () Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster..
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