English Words: P

4,417 words · Page 9 of 89

Paralympiannoun

One who competes in the Paralympic Games.

Paralympicadj

Pertaining to the Paralympic Games.

Paralympicsname

Synonym of Paralympic Games (“an international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue”).

paralysingadj

Alternative spelling of paralyzing.

paralysisnoun

The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.

paralyticnoun

Someone suffering from paralysis.

paralyzeverb

To afflict with paralysis.

paralyzedadj

Partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled.

paralyzingadj

That paralyzes.

paramnoun

dicyandiamide

paramagneticadj

Exhibiting paramagnetism.

paramedicnoun

A person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and prepare them for transport to a medical facility.

paramedicaladj

Of or relating to the provision of emergency medical treatment

parameternoun

A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.

parameterizedadj

Alternative form of parametrized.

parametricadj

Of, relating to, or defined using parameters. In mathematics, this typically means related to parametrization / parametric equation.

paramilitarynoun

A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.

paramountadj

Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.

paramournoun

A person who is the object of one's love, especially in an affair or romance; a lover; also, a sexual partner.

Paramusname

A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

parangnoun

A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.

paranoianoun

A psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others.

paranoidadj

Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.

paranormaladj

Of events, experiences, or phenomenona, that cannot be explained by current scientific understanding or natural laws.

Paranáname

A river in central and southern South America.

parapetnoun

A low protective wall.

paraphernalianoun

Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity.

paraphrasenoun

A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.

paraphrasingnoun

A paraphrased statement.

paraplegianoun

A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.

paraplegicadj

Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. Paralyzed from the lower half of the body down.

parapsychologynoun

The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.

Parasname

A surname.

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.

parasiticadj

Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.

parasitismnoun

Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.

parasitologynoun

The study of parasites.

parasolnoun

A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.

parasympatheticadj

Of or relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that inhibits or opposes the effects of the sympathetic nervous system. It consists of nerves arising from the brain and the lower end of the spinal cord and supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands.

parathanoun

an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.

parathyroidadj

Situated near the thyroid gland.

paratransitnoun

An auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand.

paratroopernoun

A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.

parcelnoun

A package wrapped for shipment.

parcelsnoun

A parcels train, normally carrying nothing but parcels.

parchedadj

Dry.

parchmentnoun

Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.

pardnoun

A leopard; a panther.

Pardewname

A surname.

pardonoun

A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 4,417 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 89 pages, and you are currently viewing page 9. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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