| CARAPACIAL | • carapacial adj. Relating to a carapace. • CARAPACIAL adj. of or like a carapace. |
| PARAPENTES | • PARAPENTE n. the sport of jumping off mountains wearing skis and a light parachute, aka paraskiing. |
| PARAPHASIA | • paraphasia n. (Pathology) A symptom of aphasia in which the sufferer substitutes a spoken word different from the one intended. • PARAPHASIA n. a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| PARAPHASIC | • paraphasic adj. Relating to paraphasia. • PARAPHASIC adj. of or like paraphasia, a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| PARAPHILIA | • paraphilia n. (Sexology) An abnormal sexual arousal or attraction, especially to objects or situations that are not… • paraphilia n. (Sexology) Sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity… • PARAPHILIA n. abnormal sexual practices. |
| PARAPHILIC | • paraphilic adj. Of or pertaining to a paraphilia. • paraphilic n. One who has a paraphilia. |
| PARAPHONIA | • paraphonia n. (Music) In Byzantine music, a melodic progression by consonances (fourths and fifths). • paraphonia n. (Medicine) An abnormal condition or alteration of the voice, as at puberty. • PARAPHONIA n. alteration of the voice; as at puberty. |
| PARAPHONIC | • paraphonic adj. Of or relating to paraphony. • PARAPHONIC adj. relating to paraphonia, alteration of the voice; as at puberty. |
| PARAPHRASE | • paraphrase n. A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning. • paraphrase n. (Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise. • paraphrase v. (Transitive, intransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. |
| PARAPHRAST | • paraphrast n. (Rare) someone who paraphrases. • PARAPHRAST n. a paraphraser. |
| PARAPHYSES | • paraphyses n. Plural of paraphysis. • PARAPHYSIS n. a sterile filament or hair borne among the sporangia. |
| PARAPHYSIS | • paraphysis n. (Botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the… • paraphysis n. (Mycology) A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci. • paraphysis n. (Anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon. |
| PARAPINEAL | • parapineal adj. Beside the pineal. • PARAPINEAL adj. beside the pineal gland. |
| PARAPLEGIA | • paraplegia n. (Pathology) A condition where the lower half of a patient’s body is paralyzed and cannot move. • PARAPLEGIA n. paralysis of lower half of body. |
| PARAPLEGIC | • paraplegic adj. Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. • paraplegic n. A person who suffers from paraplegia. • PARAPLEGIC adj. paralysed in the lower half of the body. |
| PARAPODIAL | • parapodial adj. Pertaining to the parapodium. • PARAPODIAL adj. relating to a parapodium, one of the lateral appendages of an annelid. |
| PARAPODIUM | • parapodium n. (Zoology) Any of the paired unjointed lateral outgrowths used for locomotion by worms such as annelids. • parapodium n. (Zoology) A lateral expansion on both sides of the foot in some gastropods, often used as a swimming organ. • PARAPODIUM n. a jointless muscular lateral appendage occurring in pairs in polychaete worms. |
| PARAPRAXES | • parapraxes n. Plural of parapraxis. • PARAPRAXIS n. a slip of the tongue or pen that reveals the unconscious mind. |
| PARAPRAXIS | • parapraxis n. (Psychology) A mistake, such as a slip of the tongue, that reveals a concealed thought or motive. • PARAPRAXIS n. a slip of the tongue or pen that reveals the unconscious mind. |
| ULTRARAPID | • ultrarapid adj. Extraordinarily rapid; of utmost rapidity. • ULTRARAPID adj. very very rapid. |