English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 108 of 931

paraunitaryadj

Of or relating to a kind of matrix that occurs in the construction of filter banks used in multirate digital systems.

paraurethraladj

Lying alongside the urethra

parauterineadj

Situated beyond the uterus

parautochthonousadj

Of rock, having a character intermediate between that of autochthonous rock (which is native to its location) and allochthonous rock.

paravaccinianoun

An infection resulting in milker's nodules, caused by contact with cattle that have pseudocowpox.

paravaginaladj

Adjacent to the wall of the vagina.

paravaginallyadv

Adjacent to the wall of the vagina.

paravailadj

At the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).

paravaleadj

Obsolete spelling of paravail.

paravalvaradj

Synonym of paravalvular.

paravalvularadj

Beyond a (heart) valve

paravanenoun

A device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it cuts the moorings of submerged mines.

paravantadv

Pre-eminently; first.

paravaricealadj

Adjacent to or near a varix; usually with reference to an esophageal varix.

paravascularadj

Synonym of glymphatic.

paravascularlyadv

In a paravascular manner

paravauntadv

perhaps; peradventure

paravauxitenoun

A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.

paravectornoun

A sum (in some algebras) of a scalar and a vector.

paravenousadj

Close to a vein

paraventnoun

A windscreen.

paraventralnoun

Any of the longitudinal rows of dorsal scales that contact the ventral scales in a snake.

paraventricularadj

Adjacent to a ventricle

paraventureadv

peradventure; perchance

paraverbaladj

Of or relating to verbal paralanguage.

paraverballyadv

In a paraverbal manner.

paravermaladj

Beyond the vermis

paravermianadj

Relating to the paravermis

paravermisnoun

A form of the vermis found in the intermediate zone of the cerebellum

paravertebraladj

Located near the vertebral column.

paravertebrallyadv

In a paravertebral direction

paravesicaladj

Outside, but adjacent to the (urinary) bladder

paravestibularadj

Across a vestibule

paravetnoun

Synonym of paraveterinarian.

paraveterinariannoun

An assistant veterinarian

paraviannoun

Any birdlike dinosaur of the clade Paraves, dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to oviraptorosaurs.

paraviansnoun

plural of paravian

paravinogradovitenoun

A triclinic-pedial white mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.

paravirtualadj

approximately virtual (in terms of paravirtualization)

paravirtualisationnoun

Alternative spelling of paravirtualization.

paravirtualizationnoun

An approximate virtualization in which the emulated operating system has been modified for convenience or efficiency.

paravirtualizeverb

To modify an operating system or software driver to allow paravirtualization.

paravisceraladj

Beside the viscera

paravisualadj

Describing an instrument, in the cockpit of an aircraft, that is displayed in the peripheral field of view of the pilot

parawainoun

A fine Maori mat made of muka.

parawingnoun

Synonym of Rogallo wing.

parawiseadj

Of a reply: prepared in paragraphs.

parawollastonitenoun

Synonym of wollastonite.

parawulffitenoun

A vitreous, dark green mineral.

paraxanthinnoun

A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, once thought to be present in small quantities in urine.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 46,516 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 931 pages, and you are currently viewing page 108. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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