English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 114 of 931

pargeternoun

A plasterer.

pargeverinenoun

An antispasmodic drug.

pargeworknoun

pargeting

pargingnoun

A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls; a parge.

parhelionnoun

Synonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”).

parhypatenoun

In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the lichanos and higher than the hypate.

parinoun

Alternative form of peri.

pari passuadv

Simultaneously; likewise, equally.

pari-mutuelnoun

Any betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets.

pariahnoun

Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.

pariahdomnoun

The state of being a pariah or outcast.

pariahismnoun

The act or status of a pariah.

pariahlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a pariah.

pariahshipnoun

The role or status of a pariah.

Pariamanname

A city in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Pariannoun

A native or inhabitant of Paros.

parianwarenoun

Synonym of Parian (type of porcelain)

paricalcitolnoun

An analog of calcitriol (the active form of vitamin D) that is used for the prevention and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism.

paridigitateadj

Having an even number of digits on the hands or feet.

paridocainenoun

An anesthetic drug.

pariesnoun

The wall of any cavity or organ.

parietaladj

Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.

parietal bonenoun

Either of two bones that together form the sides and top of the skull.

parietal foramennoun

An opening in the parietal bone for the emissary vein.

parietal lobenoun

One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain.

parietallyadv

From the parietal cells.

parietarynoun

Any of several species of Parietaria.

parietic acidnoun

An acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina.

parietoalveolaradj

parietal and alveolar

parietobasilaradj

parietal and basilar

parietocentraladj

parietal and central

parietocerebellaradj

parietal and cerebellar

parietofrontaladj

parietal and frontal

parietoinsularadj

relating to the parietal and insular lobes of the brain

parietomastoidadj

Relating to the parietal bone and the mastoid bone

parietooccipitaladj

Of or pertaining to the parietal and occipital lobes or bones.

parietopontineadj

parietal and pontine

parietopsinnoun

Any of a group of opsins in the parietal eye of some lizards

parietosquamosaladj

Relating to, or connecting, the parietal bone and the squamous part of the temporal bone

parietotemporaladj

parietal and temporal

parietotemporopontineadj

parietal, temporal and pontine

parigeninnoun

A curdy white substance obtained by the decomposition of sarsaparillin.

parijatnoun

night jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis).

Parikhname

A surname from Gujarati.

Parikkaname

A surname from Finnish.

parikramanoun

The circumambulation of a sacred place.

parillinnoun

sarsaparillin

parinaricadj

Of or pertaining to a parinaric acid or derivative

Parinaud's oculoglandular syndromenoun

A medical condition characterized by a specific set of symptoms affecting the eye and nearby lymph nodes.

Parinaud's syndromenoun

A group of abnormalities of eye movement and pupil dysfunction, caused by lesions of the upper brain stem.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 114. 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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