| PARASAILINGS | • PARASAILING n. the recreational sport of soaring in a parachute while being towed usually by a motorboat. |
| PARASCENDERS | • parascenders n. Plural of parascender. • PARASCENDER n. a person who takes part in parascending. |
| PARASCENDING | • parascending n. Parasailing. • PARASCENDING n. a sport similar to paragliding, the participant being towed into the wind behind a motor vehicle. |
| PARASCIENCES | • parasciences n. Plural of parascience. • PARASCIENCE n. the study of phenomena which cannot be investigated by rigorous traditional scientific method. |
| PARASITAEMIA | • parasitaemia n. Alternative spelling of parasitemia. • PARASITAEMIA n. the presence of parasites in the blood. |
| PARASITICIDE | • parasiticide n. Any substance used to kill parasites. • PARASITICIDE n. the killing of parasites. |
| PARASITISING | • parasitising v. Present participle of parasitise. • PARASITISE v. to infest or live on or with as a parasite, also PARASITIZE. |
| PARASITIZING | • parasitizing v. Present participle of parasitize. • PARASITIZE v. to infest or live on or with as a parasite, also PARASITISE. |
| PARASITOLOGY | • parasitology n. A study of parasites. • PARASITOLOGY n. a branch of biology dealing with parasites and parasitism esp. among animals. |
| PARASPHENOID | • parasphenoid n. (Anatomy) A bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many vertebrates. • parasphenoid adj. Lying under or alongside the sphenoid. • PARASPHENOID n. a bone of the skull, part of the cranial floor. |
| PARASTICHIES | • parastichies n. Plural of parastichy. • PARASTICHY n. a secondary helix joining leaf-bases on an axis, visible where the leaves are crowded together, e.g. the scales of a pine cone. |
| PARASTICHOUS | • PARASTICHOUS adj. characterised by parastichy, i.e. having a secondary helix joining leaf-bases on an axis. |
| PARASUICIDES | • parasuicides n. Plural of parasuicide. • PARASUICIDE n. a harmful act appearing to be an attempt at suicide. |
| PARASYMBIONT | • parasymbiont n. (Biology) A parasymbiotic symbiont. • PARASYMBIONT n. a partner in parasymbiosis. |
| PARASYNAPSES | • PARASYNAPSIS n. the pairing of chromosomes of paternal and maternal origin before the reducing division. |
| PARASYNAPSIS | • parasynapsis n. The parallel (side-by-side) conjugation of chromosomes. • PARASYNAPSIS n. the pairing of chromosomes of paternal and maternal origin before the reducing division. |
| PARASYNAPTIC | • parasynaptic adj. Relating to parasynapsis. • PARASYNAPTIC adj. of or like a parasynapsis. |
| PARASYNTHETA | • parasyntheta n. Plural of parasyntheton. • PARASYNTHETON n. a word derived from a compound, e.g. come-at-able. |