English words: parapeptone to parasitisation

300 English words, part 24 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 11 have a page of their own.

English words parapeptone to parasitisation

parapeptone noun: An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.
paraperigone noun: paraperigonium
paraperigonium noun: An anomalous secondary outgrowth of the perianthal meristem with ramifying vasculature.
paraperitoneal adjective: Located near the peritoneum.
parapertussis noun: An acute form of pertussis and caused by Bordetella pertussis
parapet noun /ˈpæɹəpɪt/: A low protective wall.
parapetalous adjective: Growing, or occurring, by the side of a petal.
parapeted adjective: Having a parapet.
parapetless adjective: Without a parapet.
parapetlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a parapet.
parapetted adjective: Having a parapet.
paraph noun, verb /ˈpaɹəf/: A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.
paraphalangeal adjective: Opposite / Beyond a phalange
parapharmaceutical adjective, noun: alternative to pharmaceutical
parapharmacy noun: A shop selling self-care products, but not drugs
parapharyngeal adjective: Beyond the pharynx
paraphasia noun /pæɹəˈfeɪ̯ʒə/: A symptom of aphasia in which the sufferer substitutes a spoken word different from the one intended.
paraphasic adjective: Relating to paraphasia
paraphenomenal adjective: Beyond ordinary phenomena; supernatural or paranormal.
paraphenylene noun: The para isomer of phenylene
paraphenylenediamine noun: The para- isomer of phenylenediamine.
parapherna noun: A woman's property which was not made a part of her marriage dower, but remained her own.
paraphernal adjective: Of or pertaining to a woman's parapherna
paraphernalia noun /ˌpæɹəfəˈneɪli.ə/: Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity.
paraphernalian adjective: Relating to paraphernalia.
paraphernals noun: Synonym of paraphernalia (“married woman’s property besides her dowry”).
parapheromone noun: Any substance that mimics the effect of a pheromone and can be used as a lure
paraphia noun: parapsis; a disorder of the sense of touch
paraphilately noun: The study of things adjacent to postage stamps, such as artistic or ownership stamps or collectors of stamps.
paraphile noun: One who has a paraphilia
paraphilia noun /ˌpæɹəˈfɪliə/: An abnormal sexual arousal or attraction, especially to objects or situations that are not of a sexual nature; typically of extreme or pathological nature.
paraphiliac adjective, noun: One who suffers from paraphilia.
paraphilic adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to a paraphilia.
paraphilically adverb: In a paraphilic manner.
paraphily noun /pæˈɹæfɪlɪ/: Paraphilia.
paraphimosis noun: A medical condition where the foreskin becomes trapped behind the glans.
paraphimotic adjective: Relating to paraphimosis.
paraphlebitis noun: A mild venous thrombosis
paraphobia noun: A mild form of phobia, causing only unwillingness or hesitancy.
paraphone noun: A sound midway between a concord and a discord.
paraphonia noun: In Byzantine music, a melodic progression by consonances (fourths and fifths).
paraphonia clangens noun: An abnormal shrillness of the voice.
paraphonic adjective: Of or relating to paraphony.
paraphony noun: The quality of sound midway between a concord and a discord
paraphosphate noun: Synonym of pyrophosphate.
paraphosphoric adjective: pyrophosphoric
paraphragm noun: A kind of lateral diaphragm in crustaceans.
paraphragma noun: paraphragm.
paraphragmal adjective: Relating to the paraphragm.
paraphrasability noun: The quality of being paraphrasable.
paraphrasable adjective: Able to be paraphrased
paraphrasably adverb: In a paraphrasable way.
paraphrasal adjective, noun: Of or relating to paraphrase.
paraphrase noun, verb /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/: A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.
paraphrase mass noun: A musical setting of the Ordinary of the Mass that uses as its basis an elaborated version of a cantus firmus, typically chosen from plainsong or some other...
paraphraseable adjective: Alternative spelling of paraphrasable.
paraphraser noun: One who paraphrases.
paraphrasia noun: Alternative form of paraphasia.
paraphrasic adjective: Misconstruction of paraphasic.
paraphrasing noun, verb: A paraphrased statement.
paraphrasis noun /pəˈræfrəsɪs/: The practice of paraphrasing: use of different words.
paraphrasist noun: Synonym of paraphraser.
paraphrast noun: Someone who paraphrases.
paraphrastic adjective: Pertaining to a paraphrase.
paraphrastical adjective: Alternative form of paraphrastic.
paraphrastically adverb: In a paraphrastic manner.
paraphrenia noun: Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.
paraphrenic adjective, noun /ˌpæ.ɹəˈfɹɛnɪk/: Having or pertaining to paraphrenia.
paraphrenitis noun: Inflammation of any tissue adjacent to the diaphragm.
paraphylactic adjective: Synonym of anaphylactic.
paraphyletic adjective: Of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.
paraphyletically adverb: In a paraphyletic manner.
paraphyletism noun: The condition of being paraphyletic
paraphyllium noun: Any of the tiny branched or stipuliform organs between the leaves of some leafy bryophytes
paraphyllum noun: A small foliaceous organ between the leaves of some mosses.
paraphylum noun: A member of a paraphyletic group of taxa
paraphyly noun: The condition of being paraphyletic
paraphysate adjective: Having paraphyses
paraphyseal adjective: Relating to a paraphysis
paraphysical adjective: Relating to paraphysics.
paraphysicist noun: One who studies paraphysics.
paraphysics noun: The study of paranormal activity and the occult as it applies to physical phenomena.
paraphysiological adjective: Describing movement of a joint that is greater than normal physiological movement, but is less than that which would cause damage
paraphysis noun: A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
paraphysoid noun: A hyphal thread between the asci of a fungus.
parapierrotite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, sulfur, and thallium.
parapineal adjective: Beside the pineal
parapinopsin noun: Any of a group of opsins in the parapineal gland of some fish
parapithecid noun: Any extinct primate in the family Parapithecidae.
parapithecine noun: Synonym of parapithecid.
parapituitary adjective: Near the pituitary gland.
paraplacental adjective: Across / through the placenta
paraplanner noun: An assistant to a financial planner.
paraplanning noun: The work of a paraplanner; assistance with financial planning.
paraplasm noun: The outer part of the protoplasm, as opposed to the more granular and fibrillary inner part (the granuloplasm).
paraplasma noun: paraplasm
paraplasmic adjective: Relating to paraplasm
paraplast noun: A mixture of paraffin and a plastic resin that is used for tissue embedding
paraplastic adjective: paraplasmic
paraplatyarthrid noun: Any isopod of the genus Paraplatyarthrus
paraplectenchyma noun: A modification of hyphal tissue, in which (unlike prosenchyma) the individual hyphae cannot easily be distinguished.
paraplectenchymatous adjective: Having a cellular structure superficially like parenchyma of vascular plants with hyphae going in all directions.
paraplectic adjective: Alternative form of paraplegic.
paraplegia noun: A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.
paraplegic adjective, noun /ˌpɛɹəˈplid͡ʒɪk/: Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. Paralyzed from the lower half of the body down.
paraplegin noun: A metalloprotease associated with paraplegia
paraplegy noun: Dated form of paraplegia.
parapleurolophocercous adjective: Relating to cercaria of the genus Parapleurolophocerca
parapleuron noun: Alternative form of parapleurum.
parapleurum noun: One of the pleura or sternal side-pieces in a beetle, etc.
parapluie noun: An umbrella.
parapneumonic adjective: Relating to parapneumonia.
parapod noun: parapodium
parapodial adjective: Pertaining to the parapodium.
parapodiapophyseal adjective: parapodial and apophyseal
parapodium noun: Any of the paired unjointed lateral outgrowths used for locomotion by worms such as annelids.
parapolice noun: Law enforcement agents considered ancillary or subsidiary to the regular police force.
parapolitical adjective: Of or pertaining to parapolitics.
parapolitics noun: Political practices and arrangements that are unacknowledged and that intend to misinform or obfuscate a hidden agenda.
parapontine adjective: Adjacent to the pons.
parapophyseal adjective: Relating to the parapophysis.
parapophysial adjective: Relating to the parapophysis.
parapophysis noun: The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra.
parapore noun: A canaliculus, typically of a foraminifer
parapornographic adjective: Characteristic of or associated with parapornography.
parapornography noun: Literary work that is about sex or eroticism.
parapositronium noun: The state of a positronium exotic atom in which the positron and electron have antiparallel spins
parapowerlift verb: To take part in parapowerlifting.
parapowerlifter noun: One who performs parapowerlifting.
parapowerlifting noun, verb /ˌpærəˈpaʊərˌlɪftɪŋ/: A strength parasport, consisting of a single-rep benchpress.
parapox noun: A disease caused by a parapoxvirus; found chiefly in cows, sheep, goats, and squirrels
parapoxviral adjective: Relating to parapoxviruses.
parapoxvirus noun: Any of many poxviruses, of the genus Parapoxvirus, that have a spiral coat.
parapraxia noun: parapraxis
parapraxial adjective: Of, or relating to, a parapraxis
parapraxis noun: A mistake, such as a slip of the tongue, that reveals a concealed thought or motive.
paraprobiotic noun: An inactivated probiotic
paraproct noun: Any of various appendages surrounding the anus of some insects.
paraproctitis noun: A purulent inflammation of the cellular tissues surrounding the rectum.
paraproctium noun: The connective tissue that surrounds the rectum.
paraproduct noun: A non-commutative bilinear operator acting on functions that in some sense is like the product of the two functions it acts on.
paraprofessional adjective, noun: A person who is trained to assist a professional: for example, an assistant to an educator.
paraprofessional educator noun: A teaching assistant.
paraprofessionalism noun: The state or work of a paraprofessional.
paraprofessionally adverb: By, or in a way that relates to, paraprofessionals.
parapropamol noun: A non-narcotic analgesic drug.
paraprosdokian noun /ˌpæɹəˌpɹoʊsˈdoʊkiən/: A figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or...
paraprostate adjective: Alternative form of paraprostatic.
paraprostatic adjective: Beyond (or around) the prostate gland.
paraprotaspid adjective: Of or relating to paraprotaspis.
paraprotaspis noun: The third and last molt stage of the protaspis
paraprotein noun: A protein found in the blood only as a result of disease
paraproteinaemia noun: Alternative form of paraproteinemia.
paraproteinaemic adjective: Alternative form of paraproteinemic.
paraproteinemia noun: The presence of (abnormally large amounts of) paraproteins in the blood.
paraproteinemic adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting, paraproteinemia.
paraproteinuria noun: The presence of paraproteins in the urine
parapsidal adjective: Relating to the parapsis.
parapsis noun: The lateral part(s) of the mesoscutum of certain hymenopteran insects
parapsoriasis noun: A skin disorder characterized by a superficial resemblance to psoriasis (red, scaly lesions), rather than by its underlying etiology.
parapsychic adjective, noun: parapsychological
parapsychical adjective: parapsychic
parapsychically adverb: In a parapsychic manner.
parapsychism noun: Parapsychic ability.
parapsychological adjective: Of or pertaining to parapsychology.
parapsychologically adverb: By means of, or in terms of, parapsychology.
parapsychologist noun: A person who studies parapsychology.
parapsychology noun /ˌpɛɹəˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/: The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.
parapteral adjective: Relating to the parapterum.
parapteron noun: A small lateral sclerite on the thorax of an insect
parapterum noun: In certain insects, a parapteron
parapterygoid adjective: Near the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull.
paraptosis noun: A particular form of programmed cell death, defined by cytoplasmic vacuolation, independent of caspase activation and inhibition, and lack of apoptotic...
paraptotic adjective: Relating to paraptosis.
parapublic adjective: Having ties to both public and private sectors; partially funded or managed by the government.
parapyramidal adjective: Beyond the pyramidal tract
paraquadrate adjective: Synonym of squamosal.
paraquadratic adjective: Over the quadrate or the quadratojugal
paraquark noun: The equivalent of a quark in any of several parastatistics.
paraquarkonium noun: An antiparallel form of orthoquarkonium.
paraquat noun: A poisonous yellow herbicide derived from bipyridine
paraquel noun: sidequel
paraquet noun: Dated form of parakeet.
paraquinone noun: 1,4-benzoquinone
pararabin noun: A form of arabin present in agar
pararammelsbergite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic and nickel.
Pararctalian adjective: Of or relating to the Pararctalia.
pararealgar noun: A crumbly arsenic sulfide material that forms gradually from realgar under exposure to light.
pararectal adjective: Near or around the rectum.
parareka noun: Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”).
parareligion noun: A secular belief system having certain aspects of religion.
parareligious adjective: Relating to a parareligion
pararenal adjective: Located next to the kidney.
parareptile noun: Any member of subclass or clade †Parareptilia of extinct reptiles.
parareptilian adjective: Of or relating to the Parareptilia.
pararescue noun: A military career field whose practitioners parachute into enemy territory to provide emergency medical help and to rescue fellow soldiers.
pararescueman noun: A soldier who parachutes into hostile territory to rescue fellow soldiers.
pararescuer noun: A person who practises pararescue.
pararesonance noun: autorhythmicity
pararetroviral adjective: Relating to a pararetrovirus
pararetrovirus noun: Any of several reverse transcribing viruses that replicate through an RNA intermediate
pararhotacism noun: Inability to pronounce the letter R, rhotacism.
pararhyme noun: Synonym of consonance.
pararobertsite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
pararosanilin noun: Alternative form of pararosaniline.
pararosaniline noun: A basic magenta dye having a triphenylmethane structure.
pararotavirus noun: A distinct form of rotavirus that does not react with antigens specific to rotaviruses
pararower noun: Someone engaged in pararowing.
pararowing noun: The disability-adapted form of rowing.
pararsenolamprite noun: An orthorhombic lead gray mineral containing antimony and arsenic.
pararthria noun: disordered articulation of speech
pararthrum noun: Part of the vertebra of metatherians
pararubral adjective: Beyond the red nucleus
paras noun: Abbreviation of paragraphs.
parasacral adjective: Adjacent to the sacrum.
parasafranine noun: The compound C₂₀H₁₈N₄, obtainable from mauveine.
parasagittal adjective: Situated alongside of or adjacent to a sagittal location or a sagittal plane.
parasagittally adverb: In a parasagittal direction
parasail noun, verb: A wing-shaped parachute that lifts a rider in a harness when towed by a motorboat etc
parasailer noun: Alternative spelling of parasailor.
parasailing noun, verb: A recreational activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle (usually a boat) while attached to a specially designed parachute, known as a parasail.
parasang noun /ˈpaɹəsaŋ/: A historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance...
parasaurolophin noun: Any hadrosaurid of the tribe Parasaurolophini
parasaurolophus noun: Parasaurolophus, a herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period of what is now North America that walked both as a biped and a quadruped.
parascapular adjective: Over the scapula.
parascarosis noun: A disease (typically in horses) caused by roundworms of the genus Parascaris
parascend verb: To take part in parascending.
parascender noun: A person who takes part in parascending
parascending noun: parasailing
parascenium noun: One of two apartments adjoining the ancient stage, probably used as dressing rooms.
parasceve noun /ˈpaɹəˌsiːv/: Alternative form of Parasceve.
paraschachnerite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal tin white mineral containing mercury and silver.
paraschematic adjective: parasynthetic
paraschizophrenia noun: Borderline schizophrenia.
paraschizophrenic adjective: Related to paraschizophrenia
paraschoepite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
parascholarship noun: Scholarship that is carried out outside the academic mainstream.
parascholzite noun: A monoclinic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.
parascience noun: A branch of knowledge that is not mainstream science or is carried out in a subsidiary capacity.
parascientific adjective: Relating to, or involving, parascience.
parascientifically adverb: By means of or in terms of parascience.
parascientist noun: One who carries out parascience.
parascorodite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
parascrobal adjective: Of an area, lateral to the scrobes.
parascutal adjective: Across or beyond a scutum
parascutellar adjective: Near the scutellum.
parascylliid noun: Any shark in the family Parascylliidae.
parasecretion noun: A secretion abnormality
parasegment noun: Any of a series of compartments, in developing insects, that overlap the visible segments
parasegmental adjective: Of or pertaining to parasegments.
paraseismic adjective: That resists the destructive effects of an earthquake.
paraselective adjective: regioselective of the para- position in a benzene ring
paraselene noun: Synonym of moon dog.
paraselenic adjective: Relating to a paraselene.
parasellar adjective: Near or covering the sella turcica
parasensory adjective: extrasensory; beyond the normal powers of perception
paraseptal adjective: Located near the septum
parasequence noun: A relatively conformable, genetically related succession of beds and bedsets bounded by marine flooding surfaces and their correlative surfaces.
parasequential adjective: not in the intended order.
parasession noun: A session or meeting that runs in parallel with another, or serves as an alternative.
parasexual adjective: Exhibiting or relating to parasexuality.
parasexualism noun: The condition of being parasexual
parasexuality noun: A phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any sexual process and the chromosome count is doubled.
parasexually adverb: In a parasexual way.
parasha noun: Alternative form of parashah.
parashah noun: A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).
Parashurama proper noun: The sixth avatar of Vishnu.
parasibirskite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
parasigmatism noun: Synonym of sigmatism.
parasigmoid adjective, noun: Across the ends of the sigmoid colon
parasiloxanthin noun: A carotenoid found in catfish, C₄₀H₅₈O₂
parasinus adjective, noun: Beyond a sinus.
parasinusoidal adjective: Over or beyond a sinusoid
parasiopesis noun: Synonym of paralipsis.
parasisal noun: A high-quality, finely woven straw material frequently used in professional millinery for creating hats and fascinators.
parasitaemia noun: Alternative spelling of parasitemia.
parasitaemic adjective: Alternative form of parasitemic.
parasital adjective: parasitic
parasitaphelenchid noun: Any nematode of the family Parasitaphelenchidae
parasitary adjective: Parasitic.
parasitation noun: parasitization
parasite noun, verb /ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/: An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing...
parasite aircraft noun: A component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air-launched by a larger carrier aircraft or mother ship to support the primary mission of...
parasitelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a parasite.
parasitemia noun: The presence of parasites in the blood
parasitemic adjective: Relating to parasitemia
parasitengone noun: Any mite of the clade Parasitengona.
parasitic adjective, noun /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
parasitic drag noun: A type of aerodynamic drag that acts on any object when the object is moving through a fluid.
parasitic element noun: A circuit element or property that is present within an electrical component, and has a negative effect on the performance of the circuit.
parasitic gap noun: A construction wherein the dropping of an argument is dependent on a covarying argument having been fronted in a local context, as in "Which book did she...
parasitic jaeger noun: Synonym of Arctic skua.
parasitical adjective: Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic.
parasitically adverb: In a parasitic manner.
parasiticalness noun: The state or quality of being parasitical.
parasiticidal adjective: Killing parasites.
parasiticide noun /ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/: Any substance used to kill parasites.
parasitid noun: Any mite in the family Parasitidae.
parasitiform noun: Any tick or mite of the superorder Parasitiformes
parasitisation noun: Alternative spelling of parasitization.

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.