| palmistry | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. chirology, chiromancy, palm reading, palmistry | telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand. |
| ~ fortune telling, soothsaying, foretelling, divination | the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means. |
| flatfish | | |
| n. (food) | 1. flatfish | sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets. |
| ~ saltwater fish | flesh of fish from the sea used as food. |
| ~ flounder | flesh of any of various American and European flatfish. |
| ~ fillet of sole, sole | lean flesh of any of several flatfish. |
| ~ halibut | lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific. |
| n. (animal) | 2. flatfish | any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side. |
| ~ acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish | a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays. |
| ~ heterosomata, order heterosomata, order pleuronectiformes | flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes. |
| ~ flounder | any of various European and non-European marine flatfish. |
| ~ righteye flounder, righteyed flounder | flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head. |
| ~ holibut, halibut | marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes. |
| ~ lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder | flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head. |
| ~ tongue-fish, tonguefish | left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value. |
| ~ sole | right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European. |
| palm | | |
| n. (body) | 1. palm, thenar | the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers. |
| ~ region, area | a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.; "in the abdominal region" |
| ~ hand, manus, mitt, paw | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
| ~ thenar | the fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. palm | a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| n. (plant) | 3. palm, palm tree | any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves. |
| ~ arecaceae, family arecaceae, family palmaceae, family palmae, palm family, palmaceae, palmae | 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. |
| ~ sago palm | any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago. |
| ~ feather palm | palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves. |
| ~ fan palm | palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves. |
| ~ calamus | any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes. |
| ~ fishtail palm | attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage. |
| ~ coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut palm, coconut tree, cocos nucifera, coconut | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics. |
| ~ corozo, corozo palm | any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts. |
| ~ euterpe oleracea, cabbage palm | Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young. |
| ~ cabbage tree, livistona australis, cabbage palm | Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young. |
| ~ nipa fruticans, nipa palm | any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds. |
| ~ raffia farinifera, raffia palm, raffia ruffia | a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks. |
| ~ lady palm | any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants. |
| ~ royal palm, roystonea regia | tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba. |
| ~ roystonea oleracea, cabbage palm | West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young. |
| ~ tree | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms. |
| n. (communication) | 4. decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon | an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event. |
| ~ accolade, honor, laurels, award, honour | a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.; "an award for bravery" |
| ~ congressional medal of honor, medal of honor | the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty'. |
| ~ distinguished service medal | a United States military decoration for meritorious service in wartime duty of great responsibility. |
| ~ distinguished service cross | a United States Army decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy. |
| ~ navy cross | a United States Navy decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy. |
| ~ distinguished flying cross | a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight. |
| ~ air medal | a United States Air Force decoration for meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight. |
| ~ silver star, silver star medal | a United States military decoration for gallantry in action. |
| ~ bronze star, bronze star medal | a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight). |
| ~ order of the purple heart, purple heart | a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action. |
| ~ oak leaf cluster | a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before. |
| ~ victoria cross | a British military decoration for gallantry. |
| ~ distinguished conduct medal | a British military decoration for distinguished conduct in the field. |
| ~ distinguished service order | a British military decoration for special service in action. |
| ~ croix de guerre | a French military decoration for gallantry. |
| ~ medaille militaire | a French military decoration. |
| v. (contact) | 5. handle, palm | touch, lift, or hold with the hands.; "Don't handle the merchandise" |
| ~ field | catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket. |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| ~ fumble | handle clumsily. |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| ~ manhandle | handle roughly.; "I was manhandled by the police" |
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