English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 81 of 931

Paquelin's thermocauterynoun

thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzene vapour

Paquibatoname

A district of Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.

parnoun

Abbreviation of paragraph.

par avionprep_phrase

By air mail.

par delictumphrase

The par delictum rule prescribes that a party should not obtain satisfaction from a court of law with where his own conduct is wrongful.

par excellenceadv

Because or on account of one's excellence.

par for the courseadj

To be expected; normal; common.

par offverb

To reject, ignore, or spurn.

para alpine skiingnoun

A parasport, an adapted version of alpine skiing

Para grassnoun

An African grass, Urochloa mutica, used for fodder.

para ice hockeynoun

A parasport, an adapted version of ice hockey

para nordic skiingnoun

A parasport, an adapted form of Nordic skiing.

para paranoun

A Japanese type of dance from the 1980s.

para rednoun

Paranitraniline red.

para-acetylaminophenolnoun

A pharmaceutical drug used to treat pain and fever

para-alpinenoun

Ellipsis of para alpine skiing.

para-archerynoun

An adaptation of the sport of archery for athletes with a physical disability.

para-articularlyadv

Alternative form of paraarticularly.

para-astronautnoun

A physically disabled astronaut.

para-athletenoun

a sportsperson with a disability

para-athleticsnoun

The disability-adapted form of athletics (“track and field”).

para-badmintonnoun

An adaptation of the sport of badminton for athletes with a physical disability.

para-communismnoun

An ideology or organization bearing similarities with communism.

para-dressagenoun

An adaptation of the sport of dressage for athletes with a physical disability.

para-equestriannoun

An adaptation of the sport of equestrian for athletes with a physical disability.

para-fascismnoun

A social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices.

para-fascistadj

Of or pertaining to para-fascism.

para-hypotaxisnoun

A linguistic phenomenon in which coordination and subordination (e.g. of conjunctions) are mixed or not distinguished.

para-IPAadj

Symbols commonly used in phonetic transcription alongside the International Phonetic Alphabet, but which are not officially included by the International Phonetic Association.

para-judonoun

An adaptation of the sport of judo for visually impaired athletes.

para-Nordicnoun

Alternative form of para-nordic.

Para-Romaniname

Any of various mixed languages of non-Indo-Aryan classification that contain considerable admixture from the Romani language.

para-shootingnoun

An adaptation of the sport of shooting for athletes with a physical disability.

para-surfernoun

Alternative form of parasurfer.

para-table tennisnoun

An adaptation of the sport of table tennis for athletes with a physical disability.

paraamyloidosisnoun

amyloidosis that affects many parts of the body

paraaortaladj

Beside the aorta.

paraaorticadj

Beyond the aorta

paraarterialadj

Synonym of paravascular.

paraarticularadj

Surrounding a joint.

paraarticularlyadv

In a paraarticular manner; in the area around or near a joint; periarticularly.

parabaiknoun

The traditional form of paper in Burma, made of daphne bark agglutinated into a kind of pasteboard and blackened with charcoal paste, then folded and written on with a steatite pencil.

parabalisticadj

like a parable

paraballismnoun

Ballism that affects both legs.

paraballisticadj

Pertaining to paraballism.

parabanicadj

Pertaining to parabanic acid.

parabanic acidnoun

The imidazolidinone imidazolidine-2,4,5-trione

parabaptistnoun

A person carrying out unlawful baptisms, especially in the early Church.

parabariomicrolitenoun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and tantalum.

parabasaladj

Beyond the base

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 81. 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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