English words: paradental to paragraphos

300 English words, part 21 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 17 have a page of their own.

English words paradental to paragraphos

paradental adjective: Of or relating to a family of inflammatory odontogenic cysts that typically appear in relation to crown or root of partially erupted molars.
paradentary noun: A small dentigerous element in the lower jaw of some atherinomorph neoteleost fish
paradentosis noun: Alternative form of periodentosis.
parader noun: A person who parades things, or takes part in a parade.
paraderm noun: The part of the vitellus of the ovum that furnishes cells which contribute to the body of the embryo.
paradermal adjective: parallel to the skin or to the surface of an organ
Paradesi noun: Synonym of Paradesi Jew.
Paradesi Jew noun: One of the descendants of the Sephardic immigrants to South Asia (where they mostly settled in Cochin and Madras) fleeing persecution in Spain.
paradessence noun: The quality of appealing to and promising to satisfy multiple contradictory desires.
paradiapause noun: facultative diapause
paradiapaused adjective: Having undergone paradiapause
paradiapophyseal adjective: That covers the diapophysis
paradiapophysis noun: A covering of the diapophysis
paradiastole noun /ˌpɛrədaɪˈæstəli/: A form of euphemism in which a positive synonym is substituted for a negative word.
paradiastolic adjective: of, or pertaining to paradiastole
paradiazine noun: Synonym of pyrazine.
paradichlorobenzene noun: 1,4-dichlorobenzene, an organic compound used as a pesticide (i.e., mothballs) and a deodorant.
paradiddle noun, verb /ˈpæɹəˌdɪdəl/: A percussive exercise (one of 26 drum rudiments per the National Association of Rudimental Drummers or one of 40 per the Percussive Arts Society) which...
paradiddle diddle noun /ˈpæɹəˌdɪdəl dɪdəl/: A percussive exercise (one of many rudiments) which involves playing six even strokes in the order ‘right left right right left left’ or ‘left right left...
paradidymis noun: A small collection of convoluted tubules situated in front of the lower part of the spermatic cord, above the head of the epididymis.
paradifferential adjective: Describing an extension of differential calculus that deals with nonlinear hyperbolic and similar functions.
paradigalla noun: Either of two species of birds of the genus Paradigalla in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae.
paradigm noun /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/: A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
paradigm leveling noun: Regularisation of a paradigm, alignment of irregular forms on regular forms; replacement of irregular forms by regular forms in an inflection.
paradigm shift noun: A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current...
paradigma noun /paɹ.əˈdɪɡ.ma/: A written pattern of inflection for parts of speech, especially organized into a tabular form.
paradigmal adjective: Relating to a paradigm
paradigmatic adjective, noun /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/: Of or pertaining to a paradigm.
paradigmatical adjective: Alternative form of paradigmatic.
paradigmatically adverb: In a way or to an extent that is paradigmatic.
paradigmaticism noun: a strong and rigid allegiance to a paradigm
paradigmaticity noun: The quality or condition of being paradigmatic.
paradigmaticness noun: The condition of being paradigmatic
paradigmatize verb: To set forth as a model or example.
paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde noun: An organic compound containing amine and aldehyde moieties, used in Ehrlich's reagent for determination of hydrazine and Kovac's reagent for microbiology's...
parading noun, verb /pəˈɹeɪdɪŋ/: The act of one who parades.
paradingly adverb: Like a parade; ostentatiously; triumphantly.
paradiorthosis noun /ˌpæɹəˌdaɪɔː(ɹ)ˈθoʊsɪs/: A false correction.
paradiploid adjective: Less than polyploid and greater than diploid
paradiplomatic adjective: Not based on textual evidence alone
paradisaeid noun: A member of the bird family Paradisaeidae; a bird of paradise
paradisaeine adjective: Relating to or characteristic of the paradisaeids
paradisaic adjective: Of or relating to paradise (or heaven)
paradisaical adjective /ˌpæɹədɪˈsaɪ.ɪkəl/: Of or relating to paradise (or heaven).
paradisaically adverb: In a paradisaical manner.
paradisal adjective /paɹəˈdʌɪs(ə)l/: Like paradise; paradisiacal.
paradise noun, verb /ˈpæɹədaɪs/: The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
paradise bird noun: Synonym of bird of paradise.
paradise crane noun: Synonym of blue crane.
paradise-crow noun: Any of the genus Lycocorax.
paradise duck noun: Synonym of paradise shelduck.
paradise flycatcher noun: Any of Terpsiphone spp., birds of Africa and Asia.
paradise nut noun: The selenium-rich nut of various Lecythis species.
paradise on earth noun: An ideal or idyllic place.
paradise parrot noun: A colourful, medium-sized parrot, Psephotus pulcherrimus, native to the grassy woodlands of the Queensland - New South Wales border area of northeastern...
paradise pie noun: astrapia.
paradise shelduck noun: Tadorna variegata, a species of shelduck that is endemic to New Zealand, with striking plumage.
paradise skipper noun: Any butterfly in the genus Abantis.
paradise syndrome noun: The feeling of profound dissatisfaction, emptiness, or depression that occurs in highly successful people who have achieved their major goals, leaving them...
paradise tree noun: Synonym of tree of heaven
paradisean adjective: paradisiacal
paradisefish noun: Macropodus opercularis, a freshwater gourami of East Asia.
paradisiac adjective /ˌpæɹəˈdɪziæk/: Of or like Paradise; heavenly, delightful.
paradisiacal adjective /pæɹədɪˈsaɪəkəl/: Of or resembling paradise.
paradisiacally adverb: In a paradisiac way.
paradisial adjective: paradisiacal
paradisian adjective: paradisiacal
paradisic adjective /ˌpæɹəˈdɪzɪk/: paradisiacal
paradisical adjective: Alternative form of paradisiacal.
paradiver noun: A military operative who is dropped from an aircraft into water, combining the roles of paratrooper and frogman.
Parado proper noun: A barangay of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
paradocrasite noun: A monoclinic-sphenoidal silver white mineral containing antimony and arsenic.
paradoctor noun: A doctor on a pararescue team.
paradol noun: A ketonic phenol, 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)decan-3-one, that is responsible for the flavour of grains of paradise.
paradon noun: Synonym of baryton.
parador noun: A simple hotel or bed and breakfast in Spanish-speaking countries.
paradormancy noun: A temporary dormancy in some plants
paradormant adjective: Relating to paradormancy
parados noun /ˈpaɹədɒs/: Generally a screen or embankment to protect the rear of a position from enemy attack, from bomb splinters from behind, from enemy fire from a commanding...
paradosis noun: religious teaching based on tradition or on the parables of Jesus
paradox noun /ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/: An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
paradox acacia noun: Synonym of kangaroo acacia.
paradox of fiction noun: The paradox that (i) people have emotional responses to fictitious events, and (ii) one must believe that something truly exists in order to be emotionally...
paradox of saving noun: Synonym of paradox of thrift.
paradox of thrift noun: A paradox in which an increase in autonomous saving leads to a decrease in aggregate demand and thus a decrease in gross output which will in turn lower...
paradox of tolerance noun: The idea that, if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance, thereby undermining the...
paradox sunflower noun: Helianthus paradoxus, a halophytic sunflower of the Southwestern US.
paradoxally adverb: Synonym of paradoxically.
paradoxer noun: Person who comes up with a paradox.
paradoxic adjective: Alternative form of paradoxical.
paradoxical adjective /ˌpæɹəˈdɒksɪkəl/: Having self-contradictory properties.
paradoxical embolism noun: A free-floating mass, located inside blood vessels, that can travel from one site in the blood stream to another. It may be solid (like a blood clot),...
paradoxical frog noun /ˌpæɹəˈdɒksɪkəl fɹɒɡ/: Pseudis paradoxa, a species of frog unusual because it is larger as a tadpole (up to 25 cm or 10 in. long) than as an adult (about a quarter of that length).
paradoxical intention noun: A psychotherapeutic technique used to treat anxiety by repeatedly rehearsing the anxiety-inducing pattern of thought or behaviour, often with exaggeration...
paradoxical rage reaction noun: An aggressive behaviour sometimes manifested by patients taking certain drugs, such as benzodiazepines.
paradoxical sleep noun: Synonym of REM sleep.
paradoxical undressing noun: Removal of one's clothes while disoriented from hypothermia.
paradoxicality noun: The quality of being paradoxical.
paradoxically adverb /ˌpaɹəˈdɒksɪkli/: In a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox.
paradoxicalness noun: The state or quality of being paradoxical.
paradoxician noun: A person who formulates or uses paradoxes.
paradoxid noun: Any of the genus Paradoxides of large trilobites.
paradoxidid noun: Any member of the family Paradoxididae of trilobites.
paradoxism noun: An avant-garde movement in the arts etc, based on heavy use of contradictions and paradoxes, founded by F. Smarandache in the 1980s.
paradoxist noun: One who holds incorrect or eccentric beliefs; a bad scientist; a crank.
paradoxling noun: A small paradox.
paradoxographer noun: A writer of paradoxography.
paradoxographic adjective: Relating to paradoxography.
paradoxographical adjective: Relating to paradoxography.
paradoxography noun /ˌpæ.ɹə.dɒkˈsɒ.ɡɹə.fi/: A type of classical literature dealing with the occurrence of abnormal or inexplicable phenomena of the natural or human world.
paradoxologist noun: One who studies paradoxes.
paradoxology noun: The use of paradoxes.
paradoxornithid noun: Any in the family Paradoxornithidae, principally parrotbills.
paradoxosomatid noun: Any millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae.
paradoxure noun: Any member of the species in the genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.
paradoxurine adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to, the genus Paradoxurus.
paradoxy noun: A paradoxical statement; a paradox.
paradrogue noun: Synonym of drogue (“conical device for aerial refuelling”).
paradrop noun, verb: A delivery of goods or equipment by dropping of a parachute
paraductal adjective: Above or over a duct
paraductular adjective: Alongside a duct
paradun noun: A kind of fly used in fishing.
parae noun: Synonym of green laver.
paraedrite noun: Synonym of rutile.
paraeducator noun: A paraprofessional educator; a teacher's assistant responsible for helping students in the classroom.
paraelectric adjective: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting paraelectricity
paraelectrical adjective: Alternative form of paraelectric.
paraelectrically adverb: By means of, or in terms of, paraelectricity.
paraelectricity noun: The temporary polarization of a material in the presence of an electric field
paraelectromagnon noun: An electromagnon that is active when in a paramagnetic environment
paraenesis noun /pəˈɹiːnɪsɪs/: Advice or exhortation, particularly of a moral or religious nature.
paraenetic adjective: Alternative form of parenetic.
paraenetical adjective /paɹiːˈnɛtɪk(ə)l/: Giving advice; advisory, hortatory.
paraenetically adverb: Alternative form of parenetically.
paraepiglottic adjective: Over, or beyond the epiglottis
paraesophageal adjective: Across the esophagus
paraesthesia noun: Alternative spelling of paresthesia.
paraesthesis noun: paresthesia
paraesthetic adjective: Alternative form of paresthetic.
paraetymology noun: Synonym of folk etymology.
paraexciton noun: An exciton whose spin is antiparallel to that of its hole
paraexcitonic adjective: Of or pertaining to paraexcitons
parafacial adjective: Relating to the area between the ptilinal fissure and the compound eye of insects.
parafalcine adjective: Above or behind a falx
parafango noun: A mixture of mud and paraffin used in thermotherapy.
parafascicular adjective: posterior to the intralaminar nuclei of the thalamus
parafasciole noun: A broad zone next to the fasciole
parafascism noun: Alternative spelling of para-fascism.
parafeminism noun: A variety of feminism that seeks to better the conditions of women but considers men and women to be fundamentally different.
parafencer noun: One who takes part in parafencing.
parafencing noun: The disability-adapted form of fencing.
parafermion noun: The equivalent of a fermion in any of several parastatistics
parafermionic adjective: Of or pertaining to parafermions
paraffin noun, verb /ˈpæɹ.ə.fɪn/: A petroleum-based thin and colourless fuel oil.
paraffin oil noun: Any of the mineral burning oils associated with the manufacture of paraffin.
paraffin paper noun: wax paper
paraffin scale noun: unrefined paraffin
paraffin test noun: An early test using hot paraffin wax to take a cast of a suspect's hand, which was then sprayed with a reagent to gauge the presence of propellant particles...
paraffin wax noun: A waxy white solid hydrocarbon mixture used to make candles, wax paper, lubricants, and sealing materials.
paraffinate verb: To paraffin.
paraffinated adjective, verb: treated with paraffin
paraffine noun, verb: Dated form of paraffin.
paraffiner noun: A machine for sealing a product in paraffin wax.
paraffinic adjective: Of or pertaining to paraffin, or to the alkanes
paraffinic acid noun: The organic compound with chemical formula C₂₄H₄₈O₂.
paraffining noun, verb: The action of coating with paraffin
paraffinise verb: Alternative form of paraffinize.
paraffinised adjective, verb: Alternative form of paraffinized.
paraffinization noun: The embedding of a tissue sample in paraffin wax prior to microtoming
paraffinize verb: To embed a tissue sample in paraffin wax prior to microtoming.
paraffinoid adjective: Resembling paraffin; aliphatic
paraffinoma noun: Sclerosing lipogranuloma, a skin condition characterized by a granulomatous and fibrotic reaction that occurs in the subcutaneous fat from the injection of...
paraffiny adjective: Resembling or characteristic of paraffin.
paraffle noun /pəˈɹæ.fəl/: An ostentatious display.
parafibromin noun: A protein that inhibits cell proliferation and suppresses some tumors
parafibular adjective: Across or through the fibula
parafilariasis noun: infection with Parafilaria parasites
parafiliariosis noun: infection with nematodes of the genus Parafilaria
parafilm noun: plastic film used to seal laboratory containers
parafiscal adjective: Relating to charges levied by quangos and similar semi-governmental bodies
parafissural adjective: Across or through a fissure
paraflagellar adjective: Describing a fibrillar structure within the flagella of a protist.
parafle noun: Alternative form of paraffle.
paraflexus noun: A flexus in front of the paracone.
paraflight noun: An instance of paraflying
parafloccular adjective: Relating to the paraflocculus
paraflocculus noun: The lateral part of the flocculus of the cerebellum
paraflu noun: Parainfluenza.
paraflutizide noun: A thiazide diuretic.
parafluvial adjective: Describing the area next to a river
paraflying noun: parasailing
parafocal adjective: Alternative form of parfocal.
parafoil noun: A parachute, kite or glider with an aerofoil-shaped fabric canopy or wing.
parafollicular adjective: Near a follicle; applied to certain cells, adjacent to the thyroid follicles, that produce and secrete calcitonin.
paraform noun: Synonym of paraformaldehyde.
paraformaldehyde noun: A solid oligomer of formaldehyde that is used as a fumigant, and as a fixative in histology
paraformalin noun: A solution of paraformaldehyde in water
paraformer noun: An electrical transformer that uses magnetic inductance
parafossette noun: Synonym of paraflexus.
parafoulbrood noun: A bacterial disease of bees.
parafovea noun: A region in the retina: part of the macula lutea that circumscribes the fovea and is circumscribed by the perifovea.
parafoveal adjective: Surrounding the perifovea
parafoveally adverb: Using the perifovea
parafoveolar adjective: Through or across the foveola
parafrag noun: A kind of small bomb dropped with a parachute, and pre-scored to break into one-inch pieces.
parafransoletite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
parafront noun: altarcloth
parafrontal adjective: situated across the front
parafuchsin noun: A tri(aminophenyl)methane hydrochloride; an important red biologic stain used in Schiff reagent to detect cellular DNA (Feulgen stain), mucopolysaccharides...
parafunction noun, verb: An abnormal (especially habitual) movement of part of the body.
parafunctional adjective: Related to a parafunction (abnormal body movement).
parafunctionality noun: The quality of being parafunctional.
Parag proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
paragalactan noun: A reserve substance in the seeds of lupins.
paragammacism noun: Inability to produce the sound /g/, gammacism.
paraganglial adjective: Relating to the paraganglion
paraganglioma noun: A rare and typically benign neoplasm that can be found in the abdomen, thorax, or head and neck region.
paraganglion noun: A chromaffin body; a small group of chromaphil cells in the abdomen, connected with the ganglia of the sympathetic trunk and the ganglia of the celiac,...
paraganglionic adjective: Relating to paraganglia.
paragaster noun: The cavity of the sac of a sponge.
paragastric adjective: Lying alongside the gastric cavity.
paragastrioceratid noun: Any ammonite in the family Paragastrioceratidae.
parage noun /ˈpaɹɪd͡ʒ/: Lineage, parentage; rank, especially as high or noble.
paragenesis noun: An ordered chronological sequence of mineral formations.
paragenetic adjective: related to paragenesis
paragenetically adverb: In terms of paragenesis.
paragenic adjective: Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual; said of peculiarities of structure, character, etc.
paragenital adjective: Alongside the genitals
parageosynclinal adjective: Relating to a parageosyncline.
parageosyncline noun: A geosyncline within or adjacent to a craton and usually less elongated, shallower, and less persistent than an orthogeosyncline.
parageusia noun: The abnormal presence of an unpleasant taste in the mouth, sometimes caused by medications.
parageusic adjective: Of or relating to parageusia.
parageusis noun: Alternative form of parageusia.
paragigantocellular adjective: Beyond the gigantocellular reticular nucleus
paraglacial adjective: Describing the unstable conditions following the retreat of a glacier
paraglenal adjective: Relating to the coracoid of a fish.
paraglide verb: To take part in paragliding.
paraglider noun: One who paraglides.
paraglider pilot noun: Synonym of paraglider (“one who paraglides”)
paragliding noun, verb /ˈpæɹəɡlaɪdɪŋ/: The sport of gliding with a paraglider.
paraglioma noun: Alternative form of paraganglioma.
paraglobin noun: Synonym of paraglobulin.
paragloboside noun: neolactotetraosylceramide
paraglobulin noun: Synonym of fibrinoplastin.
paraglossa noun: One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua of certain insects.
paraglossal adjective: Relating to the paraglossae.
paraglossia noun: Inflammation of the muscles and connective tissue under the tongue.
paraglottic adjective: Beyond the glottis
paraglottic space noun: A site within the larynx whose lateral border is the thyroid cartilage and posterior (dorsal) border is the pyriform sinus.
paragnath noun: Alternative form of paragnathus.
paragnatha noun: Paragnathi (lobes forming the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea).
paragnathous adjective: having both mandibles of equal length, with the tips meeting, as in certain birds
paragnathus noun: One of the two lobes forming the lower lip, or metastoma, of Crustacea.
paragneiss noun: A gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock.
paragneissic adjective: Of or relating to paragneiss.
paragnosia noun: The false recognition of a meaning etc. that is not actually present, in cases of aphasia.
paragoge noun /ˌpæɹəˈɡəʊd͡ʒi/: The addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word, either through natural development or as a grammatical function.
paragogic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word.
paragogical adjective: Synonym of paragogic.
paragogically adverb: In a paragogic manner.
paragogue noun: Alternative form of paragoge.
paragogy noun: Alternative form of paragoge.
paragon noun, verb /ˈpæɹəɡən/: A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
paragonimiasis noun: A food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani, in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked...
paragonite noun: A mineral related to muscovite.
paragonitic adjective: Of or relating to the mineral paragonite.
paragonize verb: To paragon; to compare or parallel.
paragonless adjective: Without a paragon.
Paragould proper noun: A city, the county seat of Greene County, Arkansas, United States.
paragram noun: A play on words; a pun.
paragrammatic adjective: paragrammatical
paragrammatical adjective: Relating to, or employing, anomalous grammar.
paragrammatically adverb: With the use of anomalous grammar.
paragrammatism noun: The confused or incomplete use of grammatical structures, found in certain forms of speech disturbance.
paragrammatist noun: A punster, someone who makes puns.
paragramme noun: Alternative form of paragram.
paragrandine noun: An instrument with a rod, supposed to avert the occurrence of hailstorms.
paragranulin noun: A particular peptide sequence within granulins
paragraph noun, verb /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːf/: A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
paragraph break noun: A place within written content representing a semantic departure where one paragraph ends and another begins; usually represented visually with at least a...
paragraph character noun: Synonym of pilcrow.
paragraph mark noun: Synonym of pilcrow.
paragraph marker noun: Synonym of pilcrow.
paragraph sign noun: Synonym of pilcrow.
paragraphed adjective, verb: Containing, or organised into paragraphs.
paragraphemic adjective: Describing any feature of a text that is obvious to a reader (such as a sudden change in font, use of italics or handwriting etc)
paragrapher noun: A writer of paragraphs; a paragraphist.
paragraphia noun: A language disorder in which the patient writes one word in place of another.
paragraphic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or written in paragraphs.
paragraphical adjective: Alternative form of paragraphic.
paragraphically adverb: In paragraphs; divided into paragraphs.
paragraphing noun, verb: A division into paragraphs.
paragraphism noun: The writing of paragraphs, especially (dated) the writing of sensational or tawdry short pieces in a newspaper.
paragraphist noun: A writer of paragraphs.
paragraphistic adjective: Of or relating to paragraphism.
paragraphization noun: The act or result of paragraphizing; arrangement into paragraphs.
paragraphize verb: To arrange into paragraphs.
paragraphless adjective: Without paragraphs; written as a solid mass of text without paragraph breaks.
paragraphlet noun: A short paragraph.
paragraphos noun: In Ancient Greek papyri, anything written beside the main text, such as a marginal note or sign to mark the close or beginning of a sentence, or (in a...

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.