| PARABEN | • paraben n. Any of a group of chemicals used as preservatives in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, wherein the hydrogen… • PARABEN n. any of a group of chemicals widely used as preservatives in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. |
| PARABLE | • parable n. A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy. • parable v. (Transitive) To represent by parable. • parable adj. (Obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable. |
| PARACME | • paracme n. A point beyond the highest or greatest. • paracme n. (Medicine) A point after the crisis of a fever is past. • paracme n. (Biology) The decadence of an evolutionary series of organisms after reaching its highest point of development. |
| PARADED | • paraded v. Simple past tense and past participle of parade. • PARADE v. to march in a public procession. |
| PARADER | • parader n. A person who parades things, or takes part in a parade. • PARADER n. one who parades. |
| PARADES | • parades n. Plural of parade. • parades v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parade. • PARADE v. to march in a public procession. |
| PARADOR | • parador n. A simple hotel or bed and breakfast in Spanish-speaking countries. • PARADOR n. (Spanish) a building such as a convent converted to a hotel. |
| PARADOS | • parados n. (Military) Generally a screen or embankment to protect the rear of a position from enemy attack, from… • PARADOS n. (French) an earthworks defending against a rear attack. |
| PARADOX | • paradox n. An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa. • paradox n. A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome. • paradox n. A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true. |
| PARAFLE | • parafle n. Alternative form of paraffle. • PARAFLE n. (Scots) a pretentious display, a fuss, also PARAFFLE. |
| PARAGES | • parages n. Plural of parage. • PARAGE n. equality of birth or rank. |
| PARAGON | • paragon n. A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others. • paragon n. (Obsolete) A companion; a match; an equal. • paragon n. (Obsolete) Comparison; competition. |
| PARAMOS | • paramos n. Plural of paramo. • Paramos prop.n. Plural of Paramo. • PARAMO n. (Spanish) a bare windswept elevated plain in South America. |
| PARANGS | • parangs n. Plural of parang. • PARANG n. (Malay) a large sheath-knife. |
| PARANYM | • paranym n. A euphemistic synonym. • PARANYM n. a euphemism; a word whose meaning is altered to conceal an evasion or untruth e.g. liberation for conquest. |
| PARAPET | • parapet n. A low protective wall. • parapet n. Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof. • parapet n. (Military) A fortification consisting of a wall. |
| PARAPHS | • paraphs n. Plural of paraph. • PARAPH v. to append a paragraph to, to initial. |
| PARASOL | • parasol n. A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun. • parasol n. A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails. • parasol n. (Architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun. |
| PARATHA | • paratha n. An Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc. • PARATHA n. (Hindi) a flat round cake of unleavened bread, traditionally eaten as an accompaniment to Indian food. |
| PARAZOA | • Parazoa prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Animalia – the sponges. • PARAZOON n. any member of the Parazoa, sponges, also PARAZOAN. |