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panophobia - according to Scripps-Howard = generalized fear.

panornithic - no definition, no site using it found. I think it is for the birds, all of them.

panpipe - cliché in illustrations, showing Greek minor god Pan playing a wind instrument cosisting of
six or eight whistles of varying length tied togetther side by side. I can remember it being a big deal when
I was a kid, early the spring making whistles from maple sucker which for a short time have bark easy
to slip off intact, so that wood could be removed to made a cavity when bark was replaced. I’ll bet
that very few kids today know how to do it. Or want to.

Pansil - A Buddhist ritual:

In the Theravada tradition, it is customary to pay homage to the Buddha, recite the Three Refuges and undertake to observe the Pancca Sila (Pansil) on visiting a place of worship or at the start of a Buddhist ceremony. One can recite the following stanzas by oneself or invite a Buddhist monk to administer them.
The monk will recite each stanza in pali and the devotee should repeat it after him


pansit - A Chinese noodle dish in the Philippines


pansophism
n.
5< Gr pansophos, all-wise (< pan, all + sophos, wise) + 3ISM6 pretension to universal wisdom or knowledge
pan4so[phist
n.

pantograph
n.
5Fr pantographe: see PANTO3 & 3GRAPH6
1 a mechanical device for reproducing a map, drawing, etc. on the same or a different scale, consisting of a framework of jointed rods in a roughly parallelogram form
2 any similar framework, as an extensible arm for a telephone, a trolley on an electric locomotive, etc.
pan#to[graph$ic
adj.

pantomime
n.
5L pantomimus < Gr pantomimos < pantos (see PANTO3) + mimos, a mimic, actor6
1 in ancient Rome a) an actor who played his part by gestures and action without words b) a drama played in action and gestures to the accompaniment of music or of words sung by a chorus
2 a) any dramatic presentation played without words, using only action and gestures b) the art of acting in this way
3 action or gestures without words as a means of expression
4 in England, a type of entertainment presented at Christmas time, ending in a harlequinade
adj.
of or like pantomime
vt., vi.
3mimed#, 3mim#ing to express or act in pantomime
pan#to[mim$ic 73mim4ik8
adj.
pan4to[mim#ist 73mjm#ist8
n.
papeterie
n.
5MFr < papetier, paper maker, stationer < papier, PAPER6 a box of stationery


Paralipomenon in Douay Bible = Chronicles



par[a[prax[is 73praks4is8
n.,
pl. 3es# 73cz#8 5PARA31 + PRAXIS6 an action in which one‘s conscious intention is not fully carried out, as in the mislaying of objects, slips of the tongue and pen, etc.: thought to


paraquat
n.
5PARA31 (sense 2) + QUAT(ERNARY)6 a highly toxic, soluble yellow solid, CH3 (C5H4N) 2CH3[ 2CH3SO4, used as a herbicide


paratactic
adj.
1 of, relating to, or involving parataxis: also par#a[tac4ti[cal
2 designating or using a style in which sentences or elements within sentences are set down successively with little or no indication of their relationship
par#a[tac4ti[cal[ly
adj.




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On panpipes

I heard a recording. Fascinating. Mesmerizing -for the moment- and never to be returned to.

In other words:

Lovely and finally not worth the return. Kind of like those beings who beat away fitfully at the marimba.


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not worth the return

I know what you mean. I heard a recording of someone playing a violin once. Felt exactly the same way.


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Not worth the return:

Well, there's violinists and violiists, so I suppose there may be panpipers and panpiers. The panpipes must have a use, but I just don't sit down to listen every day to panpipes, though I do to violinists. Maybe I need to find the right piper, you suppose? Seem to have violinists in abundance.


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Dear Faldage: I have spent many wonderful hours listening to Fritz Kreisler, Yehudi Menuhin,Isaac Stern, and Itzhak Perlman. I may have misspelled names. How I wish I didn't have this cruel nerve deafness that makes all music sound out of tune. I pity you if you are serious about being unable to enjoy violin music.


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Pancasila or the five (panca) principles (sila) is also the official underlying philosophy of the Indonesian state. The five principles are:

Kebangsaan -- nationalism
Kemanusiaan -- human-ness/humanitarianism
Keadilan sosial -- social justice
Ketuhanan -- belief in God
Kerakyatan -- supremacy of the people



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Pansit is also found in Indonesia. You may know pansit better as wonton.

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is the Greek for ommissions, and is the name used in the Septuagint for 1 and 2 Chronicles. It refers to the ommissions from the Books of Kings.

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"Pancasila or the five (panca) principles (sila)..."

'Panch' (pronounced as 'punch') is Sanskrit for 'five', and is often used as a prefix for groups of five. eg. 'panchtatv,' the 'tatv' meaning 'element,' the five elements being fire, water, earth, sky and wind.


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Some other panca words in my Indonesian dictionary are:

pancabuta -- the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and ether)

pancacita -- the five ambitions (of the perfect person) -- health, justice, heroism, prosperity, and welfare

pancaindra -- the five senses

pancakembar -- quins

pancalomba -- pentathlon

pancamarga -- the five paths (to leadership)

pancawarsa -- fifth anniversary

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