English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 123 of 931

parsableadj

Able to be parsed.

parsalmidenoun

A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

Parscalename

A surname.

parseverb

To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.

parsecnoun

Syllabic abbreviation of parallax second.

parselenenoun

Misspelling of paraselene.

parseletnoun

A small modular parsing object or routine (particularly in a Pratt parser) that handles a particular syntactic construct.

parseltonguename

A fictional language of snakes in the Harry Potter universe.

parsemagenoun

A surrealist automatic art technique in which dust from charcoal or chalk is scattered onto water and then skimmed off by passing stiff paper or cardboard just under the surface.

parseméadj

Sprinkled, scattered (usually with something).

parsernoun

A computer program that parses.

parsettensitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic copper red mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

Parseval's theoremname

The result that the Fourier transform is unitary; loosely, that the sum (or integral) of the square of a function is equal to the sum (or integral) of the square of its transform.

Parsinoun

A member of the larger and older of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent (the other community being that of the Iranis).

Parsicadj

Synonym of Parsi.

Parsiesnoun

plural of Parsi

Parsiismnoun

The religion and customs of the Parsis.

parsimoniousadj

Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal, possibly to excess.

parsimoniouslyadv

In a parsimonious manner.

parsimoniousnessnoun

The state or condition of being parsimonious.

parsimonynoun

Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

parsingnoun

The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program).

Parsismnoun

The Parsi sect of Zoroastrianism

Parsistanname

Synonym of Pars

parsleynoun

A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.

parsleyedadj

Prepared with parsley.

parsleylikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of parsley.

parsliedadj

Alternative form of parsleyed.

Parslowname

A surname.

parsnipnoun

A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.

parsniplikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a parsnip.

parsnippyadj

Alternative form of parsnipy.

parsnipyadj

Of, pertaining to, or similar to, or made of, parsnips.

parsonnoun

An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.

parson birdnoun

Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).

parson imparsoneenoun

A clergyman presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.

Parson magnetonnoun

A physical model of subatomic particles, treating electrons and protons as elementary particles.

Parson Trullibernoun

A rude, vulgar country clergyman, devoted to agricultural pursuits.

Parson's Pondname

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

parsonagenoun

The residence of the minister of a parish.

parsonarchynoun

Rule by parsons.

parsondomnoun

parsons collectively; the world of parsons, i.e. the established church

parsonedadj

Provided with a parson.

parsonessnoun

A female parson.

parsonhoodnoun

Synonym of parsonship.

parsonicadj

Of or relating to a parson; clerical.

parsonicaladj

Pertaining to or characteristic of a parson; moralistic.

parsonicallyadv

In the manner of a parson.

parsonishadj

Like, or befitting, a parson, especially pious or conservative.

parsonlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a parson.

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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 123. 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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