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English words: paravector to parentization

300 English words, part 26 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words paravector to parentization

  1. paravector noun: A sum (in some algebras) of a scalar and a vector.
  2. paravenous adjective: Close to a vein
  3. paravent noun: A windscreen.
  4. paraventral noun: Any of the longitudinal rows of dorsal scales that contact the ventral scales in a snake.
  5. paraventricular adjective: Adjacent to a ventricle
  6. paraventure adverb: peradventure; perchance
  7. paraverbal adjective: Of or relating to verbal paralanguage.
  8. paraverbally adverb: In a paraverbal manner.
  9. paravermal adjective: Beyond the vermis
  10. paravermian adjective: Relating to the paravermis
  11. paravermis noun: A form of the vermis found in the intermediate zone of the cerebellum
  12. paravertebral adjective: Located near the vertebral column.
  13. paravertebrally adverb: In a paravertebral direction
  14. paravesical adjective: Outside, but adjacent to the (urinary) bladder
  15. paravestibular adjective: Across a vestibule
  16. paravet noun: Synonym of paraveterinarian.
  17. paraveterinarian noun: An assistant veterinarian
  18. paravian noun /pəˈɹeɪviən/: Any birdlike dinosaur of the clade Paraves, dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to oviraptorosaurs.
  19. paravinogradovite noun: A triclinic-pedial white mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
  20. paravirtual adjective: approximately virtual (in terms of paravirtualization)
  21. paravirtualisation noun: Alternative spelling of paravirtualization.
  22. paravirtualization noun: An approximate virtualization in which the emulated operating system has been modified for convenience or efficiency.
  23. paravirtualize verb: To modify an operating system or software driver to allow paravirtualization.
  24. paravisceral adjective: Beside the viscera
  25. paravisual adjective: Describing an instrument, in the cockpit of an aircraft, that is displayed in the peripheral field of view of the pilot
  26. parawai noun: A fine Maori mat made of muka.
  27. parawing noun: Synonym of Rogallo wing.
  28. parawise adjective, adverb: Of a reply: prepared in paragraphs.
  29. parawollastonite noun: Synonym of wollastonite.
  30. parawulffite noun: A vitreous, dark green mineral.
  31. paraxanthin noun: A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, once thought to be present in small quantities in urine.
  32. paraxanthine noun: A metabolite of caffeine.
  33. paraxazone noun: An antidepressant drug.
  34. paraxial adjective: Lateral to the neural tube.
  35. paraxiality noun: The condition of being paraxial
  36. paraxially adverb: In a paraxial manner.
  37. paraxis noun: A basic helix-loop-helix protein expressed in paraxial mesoderm and developing somites
  38. paraxonic adjective /pæɹəkˈsɒnɪk/: In bearing weight evenly on two parallel axes within the foot, typically the third and fourth digits.
  39. paraxylene noun: An aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene with two methyl substituents.
  40. parazoan noun: Any sponge (of the subkingdom Parazoa)
  41. parazoanthid noun: Any zoanthid of the family Parazoanthidae.
  42. parazodiacal adjective: Adjacent to the zodiac.
  43. parazone noun: A dagger resembling a parazonium
  44. parazonium noun: A long ceremonial dagger from Roman times.
  45. parazygantral adjective: Extending over or beyond the zygantrum
  46. parazygosphenal adjective: In relation to foramina on vertebrae.
  47. parbake verb: To bake (bread or dough) partially so it can be rapidly frozen for storage.
  48. parbendazole noun: The benzimidazole anthelmintic methyl N-(6-butyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)carbamate
  49. Parbhani proper noun: A district of Maharashtra, India.
  50. parboil verb /ˈpɑː.bɔɪl/: To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.
  51. parboiled adjective, verb: partially boiled
  52. parboiler noun: A person or machine that parboils.
  53. parboiling noun, verb: The act by which something is parboiled.
  54. parbreak noun, verb /pɑːˈbɹeɪk/: To vomit, spew out.
  55. parbuckle noun, verb: A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are...
  56. parbunkel noun: Alternative form of parbuckle
  57. parbutty noun: A subordinate village officer in parts of the Madras presidency.
  58. parc noun: Alternative form of park
  59. parc ferme noun: A secure car park where competing cars must be left, and where no maintenance, repairs, or enhancements may be performed, for example during rest periods.
  60. parcel adverb, noun, verb [ˈpʰɑː.səɫ]: A package wrapped, as for shipment or transport.
  61. parcel bomb noun: A bomb, disguised as a parcel, set to explode when unwrapped.
  62. parcel gilt adjective, noun: Partially gilded, especially on the inner side only.
  63. parcel locker noun: An automated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels.
  64. parcel out verb: To divide into portions or chunks; to ration.
  65. parcel-poet noun: A bad poet; a poetaster.
  66. parcel post noun: A postal service involving the shipping of parcels.
  67. parcel shelf noun: A usually removable shelf lying behind the back seats or over the trunk of a car.
  68. parcel tape noun: A pressure-sensitive tape used for closing or sealing corrugated fiberboard boxes.
  69. parcel up verb: To wrap up in a parcel.
  70. parcelation noun: Alternative form of parcellation.
  71. parcelcopter noun: A small-scale unmanned aerial vehicle used to promptly transport a package.
  72. parcelful noun: Enough to fill a parcel.
  73. parceling noun, verb: Alternative form of parcelling.
  74. parcelization noun: Alternative form of parcellization.
  75. parcelize verb: Alternative form of parcellize.
  76. parcelized adjective, verb: Alternative form of parcellized.
  77. Parcell proper noun: A surname.
  78. parcellary adjective: Relating to parcels or divisions of land and their ownership.
  79. parcellate verb: To divide something into sections or parcels.
  80. parcellated adjective, verb: divided into sections or parcels
  81. parcellation noun: division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land.
  82. parcelling noun, verb: One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used also in mousing on the stays, etc.
  83. parcellization noun: fragmentation; subdivision
  84. parcellize verb: To fragment or subdivide
  85. parcellized adjective, verb: fragmented; subdivided
  86. parcelment noun: A division into parcels or portions.
  87. parcels noun, verb: A parcels train, normally carrying nothing but parcels.
  88. parcelwise adjective, adverb: In parcels or allotments; piecemeal, fragmented.
  89. parcen verb /ˈpɑːsɪn/: To divide among parceners
  90. parcenary noun: coparcenary; coheirship.
  91. parcener noun: A coheir, a coparcener
  92. parcenership noun: The role or status of a parcener.
  93. parch noun, verb /pɑɹt͡ʃ/: To burn the surface of, to scorch.
  94. parched adjective, verb /pɑɹt͡ʃt/: Dry.
  95. parched up adjective: Utterly dry; completely lacking water or moisture.
  96. parchedly adverb: In a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness.
  97. parchedness noun: The state or quality of being parched.
  98. parcher noun: One who parches.
  99. parcherry noun: Alternative form of patchery (“living quarters for married soldiers”).
  100. parchesi noun: Alternative form of pachisi.
  101. parching adjective, noun, verb: Causing something or someone to parch; extremely drying.
  102. parchingly adverb: So as to parch or dry out.
  103. parchisi noun: Alternative form of pachisi.
  104. Parchman proper noun: A surname.
  105. parchment noun /ˈpɑːtʃmənt/: Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
  106. parchment paper noun: Cellulose-based paper used in baking as a disposable nonstick surface.
  107. parchment worm noun: A marine polychaete worm of the genus Chaetopterus.
  108. parchmental adjective: Made of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, parchment.
  109. parchmented adjective: Having parchment (envelope of coffee grains).
  110. parchmenter noun: A maker or seller of parchment.
  111. parchmentier noun: Synonym of parchmenter.
  112. parchmentise verb: Alternative form of parchmentize.
  113. parchmentization noun: The process of parchmentizing.
  114. parchmentize verb: To convert to a parchment-like substance, especially by sulfuric acid.
  115. parchmentized adjective, verb /ˈpɑːtʃməntaɪzd/: Transformed via parchmentization.
  116. parchmentless adjective: Without parchment.
  117. parchmentlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
  118. parchmenty adjective: Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
  119. parchorin noun: An intracellular chloride-channel protein
  120. parchy adjective: Reminiscent of being parched; dry.
  121. parciante noun: An irrigator with the right to use an acequia.
  122. parcity noun: sparingness; thrift
  123. parclo noun: Clipping of partial cloverleaf interchange.
  124. parclose noun /ˈpɑːkləʊz/: A partition that closes off part of a building; especially one that separates an altar or chapel from the rest of a church.
  125. parconazole noun: An antifungal drug.
  126. parcook verb: To cook partially.
  127. parcopresis noun: The inability to defecate in the presence of others.
  128. parcourse noun: A path or course, usually public, consisting of various obstacles or areas, designed for exercise purposes.
  129. pard noun /ˈpɑː(ɹ)d/: A leopard; a panther.
  130. pardah noun: Alternative spelling of purdah.
  131. pardal noun: A pard; a panther or leopard.
  132. pardale noun /ˈpɑː(ɹ)deɪl/: A leopard.
  133. pardaliscid noun: Any amphipod in the family Pardaliscidae.
  134. pardalote noun: Any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.
  135. pardao noun: Alternative form of pardo.
  136. pardarinoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  137. pardau noun: Alternative form of pardo.
  138. pardaxin noun: A peptide produced by the Red Sea sole, used as a shark repellent.
  139. Pardee proper noun: A surname.
  140. Pardesi noun: Alternative form of Paradesi.
  141. pardessus noun: A pardessus de viole; a bowed stringed instrument with a fretted neck and five or six strings, the highest pitched member of the viol family.
  142. Pardew proper noun: A surname.
  143. Pardhan noun: A member of an Indian community who are the traditional bards of the Gonds.
  144. pardie interjection /pɑːˈdi/: By God!
  145. pardine adjective: Pertaining to or resembling a leopard.
  146. pardner noun: A friend or companion.
  147. pardo noun: A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.
  148. Pardoe proper noun: A surname.
  149. pardon interjection, noun, verb /ˈpɑːdn̩/: Forgiveness for an offence.
  150. pardon me phrase: Sorry; said as an apology.
  151. pardon mon francais verb: Synonym of pardon my French.
  152. pardon my francais verb: Synonym of pardon my French.
  153. pardon my French verb /ˌpɑːdn̩ maɪ ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃ/: To excuse the speaker's frankness of expression or profanity.
  154. pardon the expression interjection: Synonym of pardon my French.
  155. pardonability noun: Synonym of pardonableness.
  156. pardonable adjective /ˈpɑː(ɹ)dənəbəl/: Capable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon.
  157. pardonableness noun: The quality or state of being pardonable.
  158. pardonably adverb: In a pardonable manner.
  159. pardoned adjective, verb: Forgiven for wrongdoing.
  160. pardonee noun: One who receives a pardon.
  161. pardoner noun /ˈpɑɹdənə/: One who pardons.
  162. pardoning noun, verb: The act by which somebody is pardoned.
  163. pardonless adjective: unpardonable
  164. pardonnez mon français phrase: Synonym of pardon my French.
  165. pardonnez my French verb: Synonym of pardon my French.
  166. pardoprunox noun: A particular antiparkinsonian drug.
  167. Pardubice proper noun: A city and region of the Czech Republic.
  168. Pardue proper noun: A surname.
  169. pardusco noun: A tanager of species Nephelornis oneilli found in Peru.
  170. pare verb /pɛə/: To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
  171. pare down verb: To reduce by paring or a similar gradual process.
  172. pare to the bone verb: To pare down to an extreme degree.
  173. parechesis noun: The repetition of a sound in adjacent or nearby words.
  174. parechetic adjective: Employing or relating to parechesis.
  175. parechoviral adjective: Relating to the parechoviruses
  176. parechovirus noun: Any virus of the genus Parechovirus
  177. parecious adjective: having the male and female organs beside or near each other
  178. parecon noun: Participatory economics.
  179. parecoxib noun: A water-soluble and injectable prodrug of valdecoxib.
  180. paredros noun: An assistant or servant of a god.
  181. parefuningoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  182. paregmenon noun: The juxtaposition of words that have the same roots; using cognate words together, such as "curvaceous curves", "my loving and beloved wife", or "he's a...
  183. paregoric adjective, noun /pæɹɪˈɡɒɹɪk/: A painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain; specifically the traditional patent medicine consisting of camphorated tincture of opium.
  184. pareiasaur noun: Any member of the Pareiasauridae, a family of large parareptiles from the Permian period.
  185. pareiasaurian noun: Any extinct parareptile of the clade †Pareiasauria
  186. pareiasaurid noun: Synonym of pareiasaur.
  187. pareidolia noun /ˌpæɹ.aɪˈdəʊ.li.ə/: The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or...
  188. pareidolic adjective /pæɹ.aɪˈdəʊ.lɪk/: Of or pertaining to pareidolia.
  189. pareil noun: An equal.
  190. pareira noun: Chondrodendron tomentosum, a large tropical liana native to Central and South America, and a source of tubocurare.
  191. pareirine noun: vellosine
  192. Pareja proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
  193. Parekh proper noun: A surname from Gujarati.
  194. Parel proper noun: A neighbourhood of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
  195. parelcon noun: A form of redundancy involving the addition of a syllable, particle, or another word, to the end of a word.
  196. parelectronomic adjective: Of or relating to parelectronomy.
  197. parelectronomy noun: A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed.
  198. Pareles proper noun: A surname.
  199. parelius noun: A parhelion.
  200. parelle noun: A crustaceous lichen yielding orchil, cudbear, and litmus.
  201. parembole noun: A kind of rhetorical parenthesis. The insertion of something relating to the subject in the middle of a period.
  202. paremiographer noun: Alternative form of parœmiographer.
  203. paremiographic adjective: Of or relating to paremiography.
  204. paremiography noun: The collecting of proverbs.
  205. paremiological adjective: Relating to the study of proverbs.
  206. paremiologically adverb: In terms of paremiology.
  207. paremiologist noun: One who studies proverbs.
  208. paremiology noun /pəˌɹiːmiˈɒləd͡ʒi/: The study of proverbs.
  209. paremptosis noun: parembole
  210. paren noun /pəˈɹɛn/: A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
  211. parencephalitis noun: inflammation of the cerebellum
  212. parencephalocele noun: The protrusion of the cerebellum through a defect in the cranium.
  213. parencephalon noun: The cerebellum.
  214. parenchym noun: Alternative form of parenchyma.
  215. parenchyma noun /pəˈɹɛŋ.kɪm.ə/: The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
  216. parenchymal adjective: Of or pertaining to parenchyma.
  217. parenchymally adverb: With regard to the parenchyma
  218. parenchymatic adjective: Synonym of parenchymatous.
  219. parenchymatical adjective: Alternative form of parenchymatic.
  220. parenchymatitis noun: inflammation of the parenchyma
  221. parenchymatous adjective /pa.ɹəŋˈkɪm.ət.əs/: Consisting of or pertaining to parenchyma; parenchymal.
  222. parenchymatously adverb: In a parenchymatous manner
  223. parenchyme noun: Alternative form of parenchyma.
  224. parenchymella noun: A type of larva of a demosponge composed of an envelope of flagellated cells surrounding an internal mass of cells.
  225. parenchymous adjective: Alternative form of parenchymatous.
  226. parenclitic adjective: Relating to a network derived from isolated scalar data, where links between nodes (corresponding to features of the data) are weighted based on the...
  227. parenesis noun: exhortation
  228. parenetic adjective: Relating to parenesis.
  229. parenetical adjective: parenetic
  230. parenetically adverb: In a parenetic manner.
  231. parengo noun: Alternative form of karengo.
  232. Parenica noun: A traditional Slovak cheese that is steamed and usually smoked, and was originally made from sheep's milk.
  233. parens patriae noun: The government authority to act as the parent of a child or individual to protect them from abusive or negligent parents, legal guardian, or caretaker.
  234. parent noun, verb /ˈpɛəɹənt/: A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
  235. parent bug noun: The shield bug Elasmucha grisea, known for showing a high level of parental care.
  236. parent class noun: Synonym of base class
  237. parent company noun: A company that owns or controls one or more other companies.
  238. parent compound noun: The simplest member of a class of compounds, from which the others are formally obtained by substituting radicals for hydrogen atoms.
  239. parent drug noun: The initial compound in a biotransformation reaction, requiring metabolism for activation.
  240. parent-in-law noun: One's spouse's parent.
  241. parent language noun: A language from which a later language is derived.
  242. parent nuclide noun: the nuclide whose radioactive decay product is a specific daughter nuclide
  243. parent-offspring conflict noun: The evolutionary conflict arising from differences in optimal parental investment in an offspring from the standpoint of the parent and the offspring.
  244. parent pointer tree noun: Synonym of in-tree.
  245. parent-teacher association noun: A formal organization composed of parents, teachers, and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a public or private school.
  246. parent-teacher organization noun: Synonym of parent-teacher association.
  247. parent-teacher-student association noun: A formal organization composed of parents, teachers, students, and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a public or private school.
  248. parent-to-be noun: A pregnant person, especially one expecting their first child.
  249. parent trigger noun: A legal maneuver through which parents can change the administration of a poorly performing public school, most notably by transforming it into a charter...
  250. parentage noun: The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
  251. parental adjective, noun /pəˈɹɛn.təl/: Of or relating to a parent.
  252. Parental Accompaniment noun: A former film classification advising that viewers under 15 years of age be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
  253. parental alienation noun: The coercion of a child into behaving in a hostile or fearful manner toward one of the parents.
  254. parental alienation syndrome noun: A supposed disturbance in which children are obsessively preoccupied with depreciation and/or criticism of a parent.
  255. parental control noun: A feature included in some digital television services, computers, mobile devices, software, etc. that allows parents to restrict their children's access to...
  256. parental figure noun: One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a parent for another person or group of people.
  257. parental home noun: A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent, guardian, or a person acting in such a capacity.
  258. parental leave noun: A leave of absence from a job for a parent to take care of a baby.
  259. parental love noun: The love of parents towards their children.
  260. parental rights noun: A political movement aimed at restricting the teaching of gender, sexuality, and race without parental consent.
  261. parental unit noun: The parent or parents present in a family, considered as a unit.
  262. parentalism noun: The act or status of a parent.
  263. parentality noun: The act or status of a parent.
  264. parentally adverb: In a parental manner, like a parent.
  265. parentally challenged adjective: Lacking one or both parents, or having parents who are inadequately supportive or caring.
  266. parentation noun: Something done or said in honour of the dead; obsequies.
  267. parentcraft noun /ˈpɛəɹəntkɹɑːft/: The skills and knowledge used by parents in raising children.
  268. parentdom noun: The realm, world, sphere, influence, jurisdiction, or authority of a parent; parenthood.
  269. Parente proper noun: A surname from Italian.
  270. Parenteau proper noun: A surname.
  271. parentectomy noun: The removal of one or both parents from a child's life.
  272. parented adjective, verb: Having the specified kind or number of parents.
  273. parentela noun /ˌparənˈtiːlə/: An ancestor and all of his or her descendants; all descendants of a person's ancestors of a certain degree.
  274. parentelic adjective: Of or pertaining to a lineage of related people.
  275. parenteral adjective: Administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract, particularly intravenously or by injection.
  276. parenterally adverb: In a parenteral manner (administered avoiding the gastrointestinal tract).
  277. parentese noun: Baby talk, a speech register used by parents talking to their children.
  278. parentheme noun: The expression inside a pair of parentheses.
  279. parenthesis noun /pəˈɹɛn.θə.sɪs/: A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually...
  280. parenthesis-point noun: Synonym of parenthesis.
  281. parenthesise verb: Alternative form of parenthesize.
  282. parenthesization noun: The action or result of parenthesizing.
  283. parenthesize verb /pəˈɹɛnθ.ə.saɪz/: To place text in parentheses.
  284. parenthesized adjective, verb: Between parentheses.
  285. parenthesome noun: A septal pore cap, a microscopic structure of unknown function found in the cells of basidiomycete fungi.
  286. parenthetic adjective /pɛɹɪnˈθɛtɪk/: Of, pertaining to, or as if using parentheses
  287. parenthetical adjective, noun /ˈpæ.ɹən.θɛt.ɪkl̩/: Using, containing, or within parenthesis.
  288. parentheticality noun: The quality of being parenthetical.
  289. parenthetically adverb /ˈpæɹənˌθɛtɪkli/: As an aside, incidentally.
  290. parentheticalness noun: Synonym of parentheticality.
  291. parenthood noun: The state of being a parent
  292. Parenti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
  293. Parentian adjective: Of or relating to Michael Parenti (1933–2026), American political scientist.
  294. parenticide noun /pəˈɹɛn.təˌsaɪd/: The killing of a parent.
  295. parentification noun: A process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as a parent to its own parent or sibling.
  296. parentify verb: To cause (a child) to act as a parent to its own parent or sibling.
  297. parenting noun, verb /ˈpɛəɹəntɪŋ/: The process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood.
  298. parentish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a parent.
  299. parentism noun: Discrimination against parents.
  300. parentization noun: Synonym of parentification.

Part 25 · Part 27 · English words: P

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.