| MULTIPARAS | • multiparas n. Plural of multipara. • MULTIPARA n. a mother of two or more children, also PLURIPARA. |
| NULLIPARAS | • nulliparas n. Plural of nullipara. • NULLIPARA n. (Latin) a woman with no children. |
| PARASAILED | • parasailed v. Simple past tense and past participle of parasail. • PARASAIL v. to soar while harnessed to a parachute towed by a car or boat. |
| PARASCENIA | • parascenia n. Plural of parascenium. • PARASCENIUM n. in the Greek theatre, a wing, a side-scene. |
| PARASCEVES | • parasceves n. Plural of parasceve. • Parasceves n. Plural of Parasceve. • PARASCEVE n. among the Jews, the evening before the Sabbath. |
| PARASELENE | • paraselene n. A bright, circular spot, sometimes seen on a lunar halo, caused by refraction through ice crystals. • PARASELENE n. a mock moon; bright patch on a lunar halo. |
| PARASEXUAL | • parasexual adj. (Biology) Exhibiting parasexuality. • parasexual adj. Both parasocial and sexual; being or relating to a one-sided sexual relationship. • PARASEXUAL adj. relating to reproduction that results in recombination of genes from different individuals. |
| PARASHIOTH | • parashioth n. Plural of parashah. • PARASHAH n. (Hebrew) a passage in Jewish literature. |
| PARASITISE | • parasitise v. To live on or in a host organism as a parasite. • PARASITISE v. to infest or live on or with as a parasite, also PARASITIZE. |
| PARASITISM | • parasitism n. (Ecology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other… • parasitism n. (Figuratively) A similar interaction between people. • PARASITISM n. the behavior of a parasite. |
| PARASITIZE | • parasitize v. To live on or in a host organism as a parasite. • PARASITIZE v. to infest or live on or with as a parasite, also PARASITISE. |
| PARASITOID | • parasitoid n. Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host. • PARASITOID n. an insect parasitic in one phase of the life history, thereafter independent. |
| PARASKIING | • paraskiing n. (Disability) a winter sport for handicapped people, a variant of skiing adapted for the disabled. • paraskiing n. (Air sports) a winter sport, a combination of paragliding and skiing. • para-skiing n. Alternative form of paraskiing. |
| PARASOMNIA | • parasomnia n. (Psychiatry, medicine) Any of several sleep disorders. • PARASOMNIA n. any of several sleep disorders characterized by abnormal or unusual behaviour of the nervous system during any of the stages of sleep. |
| PARASTATAL | • parastatal n. (Chiefly Africa) A company, agency, or intergovernmental organization that possesses political clout… • parastatal adj. Pertaining to such a company or group. • PARASTATAL adj. indirectly controlled by the state. |
| PARASTICHY | • parastichy n. (Botany) A secondary spiral of leaves or florets. • 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. |
| PLURIPARAS | • pluriparas n. Plural of pluripara. • PLURIPARA n. (Latin) a mother of two or more children, also MULTIPARA. |
| PRIMIPARAS | • primiparas n. Plural of primipara. • PRIMIPARA n. (Latin) a woman who bears a child for the first time. |