| parabolic | (adjective) resembling or expressed by parables | Synonyms: parabolical |
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| (adjective) having the form of a parabola | Synonyms: parabolical |
| parabolical | (adjective) resembling or expressed by parables | Synonyms: parabolic |
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| (adjective) having the form of a parabola | Synonyms: parabolic |
| paraboloidal | (adjective) having the shape of a paraboloid | - |
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| paradigmatic | (adjective) of or relating to a typical example | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a grammatical paradigm | - |
| (adjective) related as members of a substitution class | - |
| paradisaic | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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| paradisaical | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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| paradisal | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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| paradisiac | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiacal |
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| paradisiacal | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac |
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| paradoxical | (adjective) seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true | Synonyms: self-contradictory |
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| parallel | (adjective) being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations | - |
| paralytic | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of paralysis | Synonyms: paralytical |
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| (adjective) affected with paralysis | Synonyms: paralyzed |
| paralytical | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of paralysis | Synonyms: paralytic |
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| paralyzed | (adjective) affected with paralysis | Synonyms: paralytic |
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| paramagnetic | (adjective) of or relating to a paramagnet | - |
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| paramedical | (adjective) of or denoting a person who is trained to assist physicians and nurses in their activities | - |
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| parametric | (adjective) of or relating to or in terms of a parameter | - |
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| paramilitary | (adjective) of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit | - |
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| paramount | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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| paranasal | (adjective) adjacent to the nasal cavities | - |
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| paranoid | (adjective) suffering from paranoia | - |
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| paranormal | (adjective) not in accordance with scientific laws | - |
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| (adjective) seemingly outside normal sensory channels | Synonyms: extrasensory |
| paraphrastic | (adjective) altered by paraphrasing | - |
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| paraplegic | (adjective) suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord | - |
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| parapsychological | (adjective) beyond normal physical explanation | - |
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| parasitic | (adjective) of or pertaining to epenthesis | Synonyms: epenthetic |
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| (adjective) relating to or caused by parasites | Synonyms: parasitical |
| (adjective) of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | Synonyms: bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitical |
| parasitical | (adjective) relating to or caused by parasites | Synonyms: parasitic |
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| (adjective) of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | Synonyms: bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic |
| parasiticidal | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic |
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| parasympathetic | (adjective) of or relating to the parasympathetic nervous system | - |
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| parasympathomimetic | (adjective) having an effect similar to that resulting from stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system | - |
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| parched | (adjective) toasted or roasted slightly | - |
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| (adjective) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: adust, baked, scorched, sunbaked |
| pardonable | (adjective) admitting of being pardoned | - |
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| parental | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | Synonyms: maternal, paternal |
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| (adjective) designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced | - |
| parented | (adjective) having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates | - |
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| parenteral | (adjective) located outside the alimentary tract | - |
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| (adjective) administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection) | - |
| parenthetic | (adjective) qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetical |
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| parenthetical | (adjective) qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetic |
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| parentless | (adjective) having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates | Synonyms: unparented |
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| pareve | (adjective) containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism | Synonyms: parve |
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| parheliacal | (adjective) relating to or resembling a parhelion | Synonyms: parhelic |
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| parhelic | (adjective) relating to or resembling a parhelion | Synonyms: parheliacal |
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| parietal | (adjective) of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium | - |
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| paripinnate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex | Synonyms: abruptly-pinnate, even-pinnate |
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| parked | (adjective) that have been left | - |
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| parky | (adjective) appreciably or disagreeably cold | Synonyms: chilly |
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| parliamentary | (adjective) relating to or having the nature of a parliament | - |
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| (adjective) having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament | - |
| (adjective) in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly | - |
| parlous | (adjective) fraught with danger | Synonyms: perilous, precarious, touch-and-go |
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| parochial | (adjective) relating to or supported by or located in a parish | - |
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| (adjective) narrowly restricted in outlook or scope | Synonyms: insular |
| paroicous | (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium | - |
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| parotid | (adjective) relating to or located near the parotid gland | - |
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| parous | (adjective) having given birth to one or more viable children | - |
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| paroxysmal | (adjective) accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms | - |
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| parrotlike | (adjective) mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding | - |
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| parsimonious | (adjective) excessively unwilling to spend | Synonyms: penurious |
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| parted | (adjective) having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes | - |
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| parthenogenetic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, apomictic |
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| partial | (adjective) showing favoritism | - |
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| (adjective) constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety | Synonyms: fractional |
| (adjective) (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for | Synonyms: fond |
| (adjective) being or affecting only a part; not total | - |
| partible | (adjective) (of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided | - |
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| participating | (adjective) taking part in an activity | Synonyms: active |
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| participatory | (adjective) affording the opportunity for individual participation | - |
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| participial | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of participles | - |
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| particolored | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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| particoloured | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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| particular | (adjective) providing specific details or circumstances | - |
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| (adjective) exacting especially about details | Synonyms: finical, finicky, fussy, picky |
| (adjective) first and most important | Synonyms: special |
| (adjective) unique or specific to a person or thing or category | Synonyms: peculiar, special |
| (adjective) surpassing what is common or usual or expected | Synonyms: especial, exceptional, special |
| (adjective) separate and distinct from others of the same group or category | - |
| particularised | (adjective) directed toward a specific object | Synonyms: particularized |
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| particularistic | (adjective) relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.) | - |
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| particularized | (adjective) directed toward a specific object | Synonyms: particularised |
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| particulate | (adjective) composed of distinct particles | - |
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| partisan | (adjective) devoted to a cause or party | Synonyms: partizan |
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| partitive | (adjective) indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts | - |
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| (adjective) (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole | - |
| (adjective) serving to separate or divide into parts | Synonyms: separative |
| partizan | (adjective) devoted to a cause or party | Synonyms: partisan |
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| parturient | (adjective) of or relating to or giving birth | - |
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| (adjective) giving birth | - |
| parve | (adjective) containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism | Synonyms: pareve |
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| parvenu | (adjective) of or characteristic of a parvenu | Synonyms: parvenue |
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| (adjective) characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenue, upstart |
| parvenue | (adjective) of or characteristic of a parvenu | Synonyms: parvenu |
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| (adjective) characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart |