(botany) A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.

An extensive building on the north bank of the River Thames in London, housing the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. / (obsolete) To hide or disguise. / To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.

(obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed. / (obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.

(geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods from about 542 to 250 million years ago, from the age of trilobites to that of reptiles.

(geology) The Paleozoic era.

A surname.

(Scouting) Alternative letter-case form of palm

One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement. / A village in Cook County, Illinois. / A hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland. / A town in Montgomery County, New York.

(anatomy) Either of a pair of bones that are situated behind and between the maxillae, in humans are of extremely irregular form, and make up parts of the eye socket, the nasal cavity, and the hard palate.