| COMPARABLE | • comparable adj. (Often with to) Able to be compared (to). • comparable adj. (Often with to) Similar (to); like. • comparable adj. (Mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order. |
| COMPARABLY | • comparably adv. In a comparable manner. • COMPARABLE adv. that can be compared. |
| PARABEMATA | • parabemata n. Plural of parabema. • PARABEMA n. (Greek) in Byzantine architecture, a chapel walled off from the bema. |
| PARABIOSES | • parabioses n. Plural of parabiosis. • PARABIOSIS n. the fusion of two organisms, like Siamese twins or animals joined for research. |
| PARABIOSIS | • parabiosis n. (Physiology) The (natural or surgical) union of parts of two organisms, especially in such a way as… • parabiosis n. The fusion of two embryos to form conjoined twins. • parabiosis n. A transient physiological state of suspension of obvious vital activities such as to enable an organism… |
| PARABIOTIC | • parabiotic adj. Relating to parabiosis. • PARABIOTIC adj. relating to parabiosis. |
| PARABLASTS | • parablasts n. Plural of parablast. • PARABLAST n. the yolk of an egg, such as a hen's egg, that undergoes meroblastic cleavage. |
| PARABLEPSY | • parablepsy n. False vision. • parablepsy n. (Obsolete) scribal error. • PARABLEPSY n. false vision; oversight, also PARABLEPSIS. |
| PARABOLISE | • parabolise v. Alternative form of parabolize. • PARABOLISE v. to set forth by parable; to treat as a parable, also PARABOLIZE. |
| PARABOLIST | • parabolist n. A narrator of parables. • PARABOLIST n. a teller of parables. |
| PARABOLIZE | • parabolize v. (Intransitive) To speak in parables. • parabolize v. (Transitive) To make (a mirror etc) parabolic. • PARABOLIZE v. to set forth by parable; to treat as a parable, also PARABOLISE. |
| PARABOLOID | • paraboloid n. (Mathematics) A surface having a parabolic cross section parallel to an axis, and circular or elliptical… • PARABOLOID n. a surface or solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis. |
| PARABRAKES | • parabrakes n. Plural of parabrake. • PARABRAKE n. a parachute as used to slow an aeroplane. |