English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 103 of 931

paraschematicadj

parasynthetic

paraschizophrenianoun

Borderline schizophrenia.

paraschizophrenicadj

Related to paraschizophrenia

paraschoepitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.

parascholarshipnoun

Scholarship that is carried out outside the academic mainstream.

parascholzitenoun

A monoclinic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.

parasciencenoun

Science that is nonmainstream or carried out in a subsidiary capacity.

parascientificadj

Relating to, or involving, parascience.

parascientificallyadv

By means of or in terms of parascience.

parascientistnoun

One who carries out parascience.

parascoroditenoun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.

parascutaladj

Across or beyond a scutum

parasecretionnoun

A secretion abnormality

parasegmentnoun

Any of a series of compartments, in developing insects, that overlap the visible segments

parasegmentaladj

Of or pertaining to parasegments.

paraseismicadj

That resists the destructive effects of an earthquake.

paraselectiveadj

regioselective of the para- position in a benzene ring

paraselenenoun

Synonym of moon dog.

paraselenicadj

Relating to a paraselene.

parasellaradj

Near or covering the sella turcica

parasensoryadj

extrasensory; beyond the normal powers of perception

paraseptaladj

Located near the septum

parasequencenoun

A relatively conformable, genetically related succession of beds and bedsets bounded by marine flooding surfaces and their correlative surfaces.

parasequentialadj

not in the intended order.

parasessionnoun

A session or meeting that runs in parallel with another, or serves as an alternative.

parasexualadj

Exhibiting or relating to parasexuality.

parasexualitynoun

A phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any sexual process and the chromosome count is doubled.

parasexuallyadv

In a parasexual way.

parashahnoun

A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).

parashiyosnoun

plural of parashah

Parashuramaname

The sixth avatar of Vishnu.

parasibirskitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.

parasigmatismnoun

Synonym of sigmatism.

parasigmoidadj

Across the ends of the sigmoid colon

parasiloxanthinnoun

A carotenoid found in catfish, C₄₀H₅₈O₂

parasinusadj

Beyond a sinus.

parasinusoidaladj

Over or beyond a sinusoid

parasiopesisnoun

Synonym of paralipsis.

parasitaladj

parasitic

parasitaryadj

Parasitic.

parasitationnoun

parasitization

parasitenoun

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 towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.

parasitelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a parasite.

parasitemianoun

The presence of parasites in the blood

parasitemicadj

Relating to parasitemia

parasitengonenoun

Any mite of the clade Parasitengona.

parasiticadj

Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.

parasiticaladj

Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic.

parasiticallyadv

In a parasitic manner.

parasiticalnessnoun

The state or quality of being parasitical.

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