Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
pelisse
pelite
pell-mell
pellagra
pellet
pellicle
pellitory
pellucid
pelmanism
pelmet
pelobatid
Pelops
pelorus
pelota
pelt (1)
pelt (2)
peltast
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

U.S. English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

pelmanism

pelmanism [ pélmənizəm ] or Pelmanism [ pélmənizəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
card game involving finding matching pairs: a game in which a pack of cards is laid face down on a table and players try to select matching pairs by remembering their positions from previous attempts

[Early 20th century. After Christopher Louis Pelman, British psychologist]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft