Phrase Hound found 69 phrases and 37 compound words that contain pale. The most common are listed below. Open pale in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 69
- beyond the paleOf a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, ethics, etc.
- within the paleWithin the boundaries, either physical or metaphorical; especially within the limits of acceptable behavior.
- Pale Blue
- per pale(Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).
- English paleThe town of Calais and its surroundings under English rule, from 1347 to 1558.
- pale in comparisonTo appear small or unimportant in relation to something else.
- pale-throated slothBradypus tridactylus, a sloth that lives in the forests of northern South America.
- pale thrushA thrush (Turdus pallidus), of eastern Asia.
- pale foxVulpes pallida, a fox endemic to the Sahel region of Africa.
- pale clouded yellowA small butterfly (Colias hyale) of the family Pieridae found in most of Europe and large parts of Asia.
- pale aleA beer that uses a warm fermentation and predominantly pale malt, resulting in a lighter colour.
- pale faceAlternative form of paleface: A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts.
- pale maleA white man or boy.
- pale riderDeath, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
- pale blue dotThe planet Earth.
- Pale of SettlementA particular region of Russia from 1791 to 1917, designated for Jews.
- pale-spotted emperorA widespread species of large aeshnid dragonfly, Anax guttatus, of Asia, Australia, and Oceania.
- pale touch-me-notImpatiens pallida, native to eastern North America.
- pale-faced bare-eyePhlegopsis borbae, a species of antbird.
- pale chubZacco platypus, a freshwater fish of East Asia.
- pale swallowtailA species of tiger swallowtail native to western North American, Papilio eurymedon, with the wings a much paler yellow (sometimes white).
- pale-footed bush warblerUrosphena pallidipes, an Oriental warbler in the family Cettiidae, found in southern Asia.
- pale-headed rosellaA broad-tailed, moderate-sized parrot of species Platycercus adscitus, native to northeastern Australia, with a pale yellow head, predominantly white cheeks, a scalloped black and gold back, pale blue underparts, and a blood-red vent.
- pale western cutwormThe moth Agrotis orthogonia.
- pale-browed tinamouA tinamou, Crypturellus transfasciatus.
Compound words 37
- palingpresent participle and gerund of pale
- palyPalewise; vertically striped.
- palenTo make or become pale.
- palewiseDivided by perpendicular vertical lines like pales.
- palesomeCharacterised or marked by paleness
- empaleObsolete form of impale: To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
- paleanthropologyThe scientific study of fossil humans, and the evolution of modern man.
- paleaquultA pale aquult
- paleleafUsed to describe various plants with pale leaves.
- palemouthA species of libellulid dragonfly, Brachydiplax denticauda, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands, having a blue abdomen, dark red eyes and yellow mouthparts.