English words: parabiont to paradenitis
300 English words, part 20 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 14 have a page of their own.
English words parabiont to paradenitis
- parabiont noun: An organism or community engaged in or united in a state of parabiosis
- parabiosis noun: The (natural or surgical) union of parts of two organisms, especially in such a way as to cause them to share their vascular systems. Organisms so joined...
- parabiotic adjective: relating to parabiosis
- parabiotically adverb: In a parabiotic manner
- parablast noun: A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, whose cells are involved in the formation of the first blood and blood vessels.
- parablastic adjective: Of or pertaining to the parablast.
- parable adjective, noun, verb /ˈpaɹəbəl/: A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
- parablelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a parable.
- parablepsia noun /pæɹəˈblɛpsɪə/: Alternative form of parablepsis.
- parablepsis noun: A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it.
- parablepsy noun /ˈpæɹəˌblɛpsɪ/: Alternative form of parablepsis.
- parabodonid noun: A parasitic flagellate of the order Parabodonida
- parabola noun /pəˈɹæb.ə.lə/: The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed...
- parabolanus noun: In the early Eastern Church, a lay assistant to the clergy for tending the sick.
- parabolar adjective: parabolic
- parabolaster noun: A curve analogous to a parabola; or of a higher degree.
- parabolic adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
- parabolic comet noun: A comet whose orbit is parabolic and so makes only a single visit to the inner solar system
- parabolic cup noun: Synonym of mastos (“type of Ancient Greek drinking vessel”).
- parabolic mirror noun: A curved mirror with a reflecting surface that forms part of a paraboloid (as opposed to, for example, a sphere)
- parabolic reflector noun: A reflector with a curved reflecting surface that forms part of a paraboloid (as opposed to, for example, a sphere)
- parabolical adjective: parabolic
- parabolically adverb: In the form of a parabola.
- parabolicity noun: The condition of being parabolic
- parabolicness noun: The quality of being parabolic.
- paraboliform adjective: Shaped like a parabola; parabolic.
- parabolise verb: Alternative form of parabolize.
- parabolism noun: The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term.
- parabolist noun: A teller of parables.
- parabolization noun: Conversion to parabolic form
- parabolize verb: To speak in parables.
- parabolizer noun: One who speaks in parables.
- paraboloid noun: Short for elliptic paraboloid
- paraboloid of revolution noun: A surface of revolution formed by revolving a parabola around its axis.
- paraboloidal adjective: Having a paraboloid shape.
- paraboloidic adjective: Alternative form of paraboloidal.
- parabomb noun: A bomb dropped by parachute.
- parabombing noun: Bombing by parachute.
- paraboson noun: The equivalent of a boson in any of several parastatistics.
- parabosonic adjective: Of or pertaining to a paraboson.
- parabotanist noun: A botanist who collects plants for a herbarium
- parabotulism noun: Synonym of lamziekte.
- parabrachial adjective: Of or relating to a horseshoe-shaped strip of grey matter in the brain, comprising the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus, the lateral parabrachial nucleus, and the...
- parabrake noun: Synonym of drag parachute.
- parabranchia noun: A modified osphradium of certain gastropod molluscs that functions as a gill
- parabranchial adjective: Situated near the gills
- parabrandtite noun: A triclinic colorless mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
- parabrella noun: An umbrella that can also serve as a parasol.
- parabronchial adjective: Relating to the parabronchus.
- parabronchiolitis noun: inflammation of the parabronchia
- parabronchitis noun: inflammation of the parabronchium
- parabronchium noun: parabronchus
- parabronchus noun: Any of very many small air passages ('air capillaries') in the lungs of birds
- parabrotulid noun: Any fish in the family Parabrotulidae.
- parabuccal adjective: Beyond the cheeks (typically without the use of the larynx)
- parabular adjective: Relating to, or in the form of, a parable.
- parabulbar adjective: Alongside the brainstem
- parabullary adjective: Across a bulla
- parabuntal noun: A type of fine straw hat.
- parabutlerite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.
- parabutoporin noun: A cationic amphipathic antibiotic peptide present in scorpion venom
- paracaecal adjective: Beyond the caecum
- paracaine noun: Synonym of proparacaine.
- paracalanid noun: Any copepod in the family Paracalanidae.
- paracalcarine adjective: Beside the calcarine sulcus
- paracalcitol noun: Alternative form of paricalcitol.
- paracalliopiid noun: Any amphipod in the family Paracalliopiidae.
- paracallosal adjective: Beside or beyond the corpus callosum
- paracallus noun: A substance resembling the callus of sieve-tubes, but differing in reaction and chemical constitution.
- paracancerous adjective: Located near cancerous cells or tissue
- paracanoe noun: A water sport, similar to canoeing, for athletes with a range of physical disabilities.
- paracanoeist noun: A person who competes in paracanoe
- paracanonical adjective: Outside of a canon of literature
- paracapillary adjective: Surrounding the capillaries.
- paracapsular adjective: Alongside a capsule
- paracarcinoma noun: paracancerous tissue
- paracarcinomatous adjective: Remotely related to a carcinoma
- paracardiac adjective: Near the heart
- paracardial adjective: Outside the pericardium
- paracarmine noun: A cytological stain composed of carminic acid and calcium chloride
- paracarpel noun: An organ attached to a carpel.
- Paracas proper noun: The capital city of Paracas district, Pisco, Ica, Peru.
- paracasein noun: casein coagulated with chymosin
- paracaseinate noun: Any salt of paracasein
- paracaspase noun: Any of a family of caspases found in animals and slime moulds
- paracaval adjective: Beyond or next to the vena cava
- paracavernous adjective: On the far side of the cavernous sinus
- paracavitary adjective: Across, or throughout a cavity
- paracellular adjective: Between cells.
- paracellularly adverb: In a paracellular fashion.
- paracellulose noun: A substance that forms the epidermal cells of plants.
- Paracelsan adjective: Paracelsian.
- paracelsian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Paracelsus
- Paracelsic adjective: Of or pertaining to Paracelsus
- paracelsin noun: A peptide antibiotic present in a Trichoderma species
- Paracelsist noun: A Paracelsian.
- Paracelsistic adjective: Relating to Paracelsianism.
- Paracelsus proper noun /ˌpæɹəˈsɛlsəs/: The adopted name of Philippus von Hohenheim, a Swiss thinker of the 16th century known for his pioneering scientific work and his research into the occult...
- paraceltitid noun: Any extinct cephalopod in the family Paraceltitidae.
- paracentesis noun: A medical procedure involving needle drainage of fluid from a body cavity, most commonly the abdomen.
- paracentral adjective: Adjacent to the centre
- paracentrally adverb: In a paracentral manner or direction
- paracentric adjective, noun: Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a centre.
- paracentrical adjective: Synonym of paracentric.
- paracentromeric adjective: Across a centromere
- paracentrone noun: A particular carotenoid.
- paracephalodium noun: A mat of hyphae covering cyanobacteria, originating from a squamulose lichen with a green algal photobiont.
- paracerathere noun: Any of the rhinocerotoid members of the genus Paraceratherium, containing the largest known terrestrial mammals in Earth's history.
- paracerebellar adjective: Across or throughout the cerebellum
- paracerebral adjective: Throughout the brain
- paracervical adjective: Adjacent to the cervix
- paracervix noun: The connective tissue of the pelvic floor
- paracetaldehyde noun: paraldehyde
- paracetamol noun /ˌpæ.ɹəˈsɛt.əm.ɒl/: A synthetic compound used as a drug to relieve and reduce fever, usually taken in tablet form.
- paracharmonium noun: The form of charmonium in which the spins of the two quarks align oppositely.
- Parachinar proper noun: The largest city of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas administrative region of Pakistan.
- parachlamydial adjective: Relating to bacteria of the genus Parachlamydia or family Parachlamydiaceae
- parachloralose noun: A toxic isomer of chloralose with IUPAC name...
- parachlorophenoxyacetate noun: A synthetic compound that is esterized with dimethylaminoethanol to produce centrophenoxine.
- parachlorophenylalanine noun: A synthetic amino acid that acts as a selective and irreversible inhibitor of tryptophan hydroxylase.
- parachoanal adjective: Above or beyond the choana
- parachor noun: A poorly-characterised quantity derived from the molecular weight of a liquid and its surface tension
- parachordal adjective, noun: Alongside the notochord in the embryonic skull.
- parachorial adjective: Beyond the chorion.
- parachromatin noun: Synonym of linin (“material that connects the chromatin granules”).
- parachromatism noun: Partial colour blindness (a mild defect in colour vision)
- parachromatoblepsia noun: Synonym of parachromatopsia.
- parachromatophorous adjective: Of a bacterium: having pigment granules contained in the cell wall.
- parachromatopsia noun: dichromatism
- parachromophoric adjective: Applied to bacteria whose pigment is an excretory product but adheres to the organisms.
- parachronic adjective: Existing in a separate timeline or temporal dimension; pertaining to such existence or to connection or movement between timelines.
- parachronism noun /pəˈɹækɹənɪzəm/: An error in chronological order in which something is ascribed a later time than the actual one; metachronism.
- parachronistic adjective: Belonging to an earlier time; too old to be used; primitive; out of date.
- parachrose adjective /ˈpæɹ.ə.kɹoʊs/: Changing colour by exposure to weather.
- parachrysotile noun: An orthorhombic polytype of chrysotile.
- parachurch noun: A Christian organization that engages in social welfare and evangelism without restricting itself to a specific religious denomination.
- parachutable adjective: Capable of being deployed by parachute.
- parachute noun, verb /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/: A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float...
- parachute candidate noun: A candidate who runs for political office in an area where they do not live and with which they have no previous connection.
- parachute flare noun: A flare that deploys a small parachute to slow down its descent.
- parachute panties noun: Very large panties.
- parachute pants noun: A style of trousers characterized by the use of nylon, especially ripstop nylon, associated with breakdancing culture in the 1980s.
- parachute payment noun: A significant amount of money paid to a departing employee as part of their departure.
- parachute roll noun: A rolling maneuver performed by a parachutist at the point of impact in order to distribute the physical shock and reduce the risk of injury.
- parachuteless adjective: Without a parachute.
- parachutelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a parachute.
- parachuter noun: One who uses a parachute; a parachutist.
- parachutic adjective: Of or relating to a parachute.
- parachuting noun, verb: The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.
- parachutism noun: The act of jumping from an aircraft using a parachute.
- parachutist noun: Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport.
- paracicatricial adjective: Associated with scar tissue
- paracingular adjective: Synonym of paracingulate.
- paracingulate adjective: Beyond or above a corresponding cingulate structure
- paracingulate cortex noun: The medial prefrontal cortex of the human brain.
- paracingulin noun: A protein, a paralog of cingulin, involved in junction assembly and maintenance.
- paracitidal adjective: Synonym of paracytic.
- paraclade noun: A group of paraphyletic or monophyletic evolutionary lineages
- paracladial adjective: Relating to a paracladium.
- paracladium noun: A branch that has the same branching structure as the main axis
- paraclausithyron noun: A motif in classical love poetry, the lament of a shut-out lover.
- paracleavage noun: cleavage of 1,4 substituents
- paraclete noun /ˈpæɹəkliːt/: An advocate or helper.
- paracletic adjective: Relating to a paraclete or Paraclete
- paraclimactic adjective: Relating to a paraclimax.
- paraclimax noun: A relatively stable community of foreign plants established after the destruction, by humans, of a native habitat.
- paraclinical adjective: Of or relating to techniques or findings that are not purely clinical, but may be related, such as those of pathology or radiology.
- paraclinically adverb: In a paraclinical manner
- paraclinoid adjective: Opposite the clinoid process
- paraclival adjective: Beyond the clivus
- paracloacal adjective: Through the cloaca
- paraclone noun: Any of a colony of stem cells that have differing capacities for growth.
- paraclose noun: Alternative form of parclose.
- paracmastic adjective: Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis.
- paracmastical adjective: paracmastic
- paracme noun: A point beyond the highest or greatest.
- paracoccal adjective: Relating to the paracocci
- paracoccidioid adjective: Relating to or composed of fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides.
- paracoccidioidal adjective: Relating to the Paracoccidioides.
- paracoccidioidin noun: An antigen prepared from the pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
- paracoccidioidoma noun: A paracoccidioidal lesion
- paracoccidioidomycosis noun: Mycosis caused by a fungus of the genus Paracoccidioides.
- paracoccidioidomycotic adjective: Relating to paracoccidioidomycosis.
- paracoccin noun: A lectin found in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.
- paracoccus noun: Any bacterium of the genus Paracoccus.
- paracoccygeal adjective: Adjacent to the coccyx.
- paracodeine noun: dihydrocodeine
- paracolic adjective: Lateral to the colon, usually with reference to the ascending colon and descending colon and the compartments of the peritoneal cavity.
- paracolon noun: Any of diverse bacteria of the former genus Paracolobactrum
- paracolonial adjective: Relating to settler colonialism.
- paracolonialism noun: Settler colonialism.
- paracolonic adjective: Related to the paracolons
- paracolpitis noun: Inflammation of the outer coat of the vagina.
- paracommissural adjective: Over or across a commissure
- paracompact adjective: In which every open cover admits an open locally finite refinement.
- paracompactification adjective: A construction yielding a paracompact space.
- paracompactifying adjective: That makes something paracompact.
- paracompactness noun: The state or condition of being paracompact.
- paracomplete adjective: Omitting the law of excluded middle, for example by introducing a third truth value.
- paracompleteness noun: The property of being paracomplete.
- paracomplex adjective: Pertaining to the category of all metric spaces and all CW-complexes.
- paracomposition noun: An extension of the paralinearization of non-smooth functions, used to flatten pairs of surfaces by changing variables.
- paraconal adjective: Relating to a paracone
- paraconductivity noun: An enhanced conductivity induced in a material by a nearby superconductive field
- paracondylar adjective: Over or beyond a condyle
- paracone noun: A cusp in the buccal corner of an upper molar tooth in mammals
- paraconformable adjective: Exhibiting paraconformity.
- paraconformity noun: A type of unconformity in which strata are parallel; there is no apparent erosion and the unconformity surface resembles a simple bedding plane.
- paraconglomerate noun: A conglomerate in which large fragments are separated by abundant fine-grained matrix.
- paraconic acid noun: A carboxylic acid 5-oxotetrahydro-3-furancarboxylic acid that is isomeric with itaconic acid, citraconic acid, and mesaconic acid
- paraconid noun: The mesiobuccal cusp of a lower molar tooth
- paraconine noun: A base, produced by Hugo Schiff in the 1870s, resembling and isomeric with coniine, obtained from butyric aldehyde and ammonia.
- paraconodont noun: Any conodont of the order †Paraconodontida.
- paraconsistency noun: The property of being paraconsistent.
- paraconsistent adjective /pæɹəkənˈsɪstənt/: Dealing with contradictions in a discriminating way, in order to avoid acceptance of one from entailing acceptance of all contradictions.
- paraconsistent logic noun: A particular formal logical system which allows some contradictions to be true without all contradictions or all statements becoming true; i.e. in which the...
- paraconsistentization noun: Conversion to a paraconsistent form.
- paraconsistently adverb: In a paraconsistent fashion.
- paracontact noun: Having the property that every open cover has an open refinement that is locally finite.
- paracontrast noun: A visual phenomenon where the perceived brightness of a stimulus is reduced when it is preceded by an adjacent visual stimulus.
- paracontrolled adjective: Pertaining to a paracontrolled distribution.
- paracontrolled distribution noun: A distribution d ∈ C^α is called paracontrolled by u ∈ C^α if there exists d′ ∈ Cᵝ such that d − d′ ≺ u ∈ C^(α+β).
- paraconule noun: A conule located between a paracone and a metacone.
- paracope noun: A minor delirium
- paracoprid noun: Any dung beetle that excavates below a pile of dung
- paracopulatory adjective: Designating female animal behaviour that stimulates a male to initiate sexual intercourse.
- paracoquimbite noun: A trigonal-rhombohedral light violet mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.
- paracord noun: A lightweight nylon rope, originally used for the suspension lines of parachutes.
- paracordist noun: A person who uses a paracord.
- paracorolla noun: A secondary or inner corolla, like that on the daffodil
- paracoronal adjective: parallel to the long axis of the sacrum
- paracoronoid adjective: Above the coronoid process
- paracorporeal adjective: Describing any device, implanted in the heart, that transfers oxygenated blood from the left atrium
- paracortex noun: The portion of a lymph node immediately surrounding the medulla.
- paracortical adjective: Relating to the paracortex.
- paracosm noun /ˈpæɹəˌkɒz(ə)m/: A detailed imaginary world, especially one created by a child.
- paracosmic adjective: Of, related to, or characteristic of a paracosm.
- paracosmos noun: The realm of imagination; an imaginary world.
- paracostal adjective: Through the ribs
- paracostibite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing antimony, cobalt, and sulfur.
- paracotylar adjective: Extending across or beyond a cotyle
- paracousia noun: paracusis
- paracoxal adjective: Relating to a paracoxite
- paracoxite noun: The basal, lateral part of the posterior coxal fold
- paracranial adjective: Relating to the paracranium
- paracranially adverb: In a paracranial manner
- paracranium noun: The external periosteum that covers the outer surface of the skull
- paracresol noun: One of the three isomeric forms or recognized varieties of cresol.
- paracress noun: The plant Acmella oleracea, used for culinary purposes in northern Brazil and Madagascar.
- paracriminal adjective: Associated with or profiting from crime without actually being illegal.
- paracrinal adjective: Synonym of paracrine.
- paracrinally adverb: In a paracrine manner
- paracrine adjective /pæɹəkɹaɪn/: Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather than into the bloodstream
- paracrinely adverb: In a paracrine manner
- paracriny noun: The secretion of paracrine hormones
- paracristid noun: The primary crest of the mammalian trigonid
- paracrocodylomorph noun: Any archosaur of the clade Paracrocodylomorpha
- paracrostic noun: A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.
- paracryptodiran noun: Any extinct turtle of the infraorder †Paracryptodira
- paracryptodire noun: Alternative form of paracryptodiran.
- paracrystal noun: Any crystalline material that has a highly distorted lattice with unit cells of highly variable shape and size
- paracrystalline adjective: Of or pertaining to a paracrystal
- paracrystallinity noun: The condition of being paracrystalline
- paracultural adjective: Operating alongside or parallel to a culture.
- paracusia noun: A form of hallucination that involves perceiving sounds without auditory stimulus.
- paracusia acris noun: An intense and incessant acuity of hearing.
- paracusia duplicata noun: Synonym of diplacusis.
- paracusia willisii noun: A clinical symptom observed in patients suffering from bilateral conductive deafness involving a sensation wherein it is possible to hear more easily in the...
- paracusis noun: Impaired or incorrect hearing.
- paracyanogen noun: A polymer of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercury(II) cyanide.
- paracycling noun: The sport of cycling adapted for people who have various disabilities.
- paracyclist noun: A cyclist with a disability.
- paracyclophane noun: Any cyclophane in which the aliphatic bridge connects the 1,4 (para) positions of the benzene ring
- paracyesis noun: Synonym of ectopic pregnancy.
- paracymbial adjective: Relating to the paracymbium.
- paracymbium noun: In certain male spiders, an appendage extending from the cymbium.
- paracymene noun: cymene
- paracyst noun: The antheridium of an ascomycete
- paracystitis noun: inflammation of the connective tissue surrounding the bladder
- paracytic adjective: Describing cells other than those found normally in a specific location
- Parada proper noun: A surname.
- paradactyl noun: The side of a bird's toe
- paradactylum noun: Synonym of paradactyl (“side of a toe or finger”).
- paradamite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal light yellow mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc.
- paradata noun: Metadata depicting how a data-value was created, altered, or otherwise operated upon.
- parade noun, verb /pəˈɹeɪd/: Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.
- parade-goer noun: Alternative form of paradegoer.
- parade ground noun: A large area of firm ground, formerly usually adjacent to fortifications and now usually a paved area at a military base or school, where soldiers or cadets...
- parade lap noun: A lap before a race begins, in which the drivers go relatively slowly around the track to warm up their tyres and ensure that conditions are safe.
- parade of horribles noun: A parade featuring a progression of people wearing comic and grotesque costumes, commonly accompanied by floats and models representing monsters.
- parade of horrors noun: Alternative form of parade of horribles.
- parade passed someone by phrase: Someone missed out on the joys of life, an opportunity, or popular movement
- parade rest noun: A position of rest in which the feet are 12 inches apart and the hands clasped behind the back, or the left hand is behind the back and the right hand holds...
- parade square noun: A large area of firm ground, often a paved area at a military base or school, where soldiers or cadets present themselves for inspection ("parade") and...
- paradeful adjective: Like a parade; ostentatious; triumphant.
- paradegoer noun: A person attending a parade
- paradeless adjective: Not having a parade.
- paradelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a parade.
- paradelle noun: A ridiculously restrictive poetic form consisting of four sestets that must repeat lines and reuse all previous words according to a fixed pattern.
- paradenitis noun: inflammation of the surrounding tissues of a gland
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.