| painted beauty | (n) American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots, Syn. Vanessa virginiensis |
| painted daisy | (n) spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum, Syn. Chrysanthemum coccineum, Tanacetum coccineum, pyrethrum |
| painted desert | (n) a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona |
| painted greenling | (n) greenling with whitish body marked with black bands, Syn. convictfish, convict fish, Oxylebius pictus |
| painted nettle | (n) perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon, Syn. Coleus blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides, Solenostemon blumei, Joseph's coat |
| painted sandgrouse | (n) sandgrouse of India, Syn. Pterocles indicus |
| painted tongue | (n) Chilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat, Syn. Salpiglossis sinuata |
| painted turtle | (n) freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States, Syn. Chrysemys picta, painted tortoise, painted terrapin |
| painter | (n) an artist who paints |
| painter | (n) a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint |
| Painted | a. As idle as a painted ship
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| painted wolf | n. (Zool.) Same as African wild dog. |
| Painter | n. [ OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantière, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. |
| Painter | n. [ Corrupt. of panther. ] (Zool.) The panther, or puma. [ A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S. ] J. F. Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Painter | n. [ See 1st Paint. ] One whose occupation is to paint;
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| Painterly | a. Like a painter's work. [ Obs. ] “A painterly glose of a visage.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Paintership | n. The state or position of being a painter. [ R. ] Bp. Gardiner. [ 1913 Webster ] |