pan-, panto-, pant-
(Greek: all, every, entire)
pantheon
1. A circular temple in Rome that was completed in 27 B.C. and dedicated to all the deities of the world, but which has been used as a Roman Catholic church since A.D. 609.
2. All the deities (gods) of a particular religion considered collectively.
3. A monument or public building commemorating the dead heroes of a nation.
4. A group of people who are the most famous or respected in a particular field.
pantherine: panther
1. Resembling a panther, spotted like a panther; of, belonging to, or characteristic of a panther.
2. Applied to a fierce or savage man.
pantisocracy, pantisocratic
1. A form of social organization in which all are equal in rank and social position.
2. A utopian community in which all are equal and all rule.
pantisocratist
A supporter of pantiscocracy.
pantochronometer
An instrument which functions as a compass, a sundial, and the universal timedial.
pantograph, pantographic
A complete written description of something.
pantomime
1. Some one who acts without speaking but who simply uses gestures and expressions.
2. A performance using gestures and body movements without words.
3. A form of communication by means of gestures and facial expressions.
4. In ancient Rome, a theatrical performance by one masked actor who played all the characters, using only dance, gesture, and expression, and no words; while a chorus narrated the story.
5. Etymology: "mime actor", from Latin pantomimus, "mime, dancer"; from Greek pantomimos, "actor"; literally, "imitator of all"; from panto-, "all" + mimos, "imitator".
pantomnesia
Remembrance of everything a person has ever learned.
pantomorphic
pantophagist
Someone who eats just about everything.
pantophagous, pantophagy
Eating or requiring a variety of foods; eating both animal and vegetable matter; also omnivorous.
Pantosaurus
Means all lizard from Late Jurassic North America. Named by Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) in 1893.
pantothermal
The ability to tolerate a wide range of temperatures.
pantry
panzoon, panzootic, panzoic
A pandemic (wide-spread, universal) disease of animals.
Related "all, every" word unit:
omni-.