arame | (noun) an edible seaweed with a mild flavor | - |
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avaram | (noun) evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia | Synonyms: Cassia auriculata, Senna auriculata, tanner's cassia |
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carambola | (noun) deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert | Synonyms: star fruit |
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(noun) East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit | Synonyms: Averrhoa carambola, carambola tree |
caramel | (adjective) having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown | Synonyms: caramel brown |
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(noun) a medium to dark tan color | Synonyms: buff, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown |
(noun) firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk | - |
(noun) burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food | Synonyms: caramelized sugar |
caramelise | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
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(verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
caramelize | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
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(verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
garambulla | (noun) small berrylike fruit | - |
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(noun) arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit | Synonyms: garambulla cactus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans |
nonparametric | (adjective) not involving an estimation of the parameters of a statistic | - |
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paramagnet | (noun) magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it | - |
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paramagnetic | (adjective) of or relating to a paramagnet | - |
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paramagnetism | (noun) materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed | - |
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paramecia | (noun) any member of the genus Paramecium | Synonyms: paramecium |
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paramecium | (noun) any member of the genus Paramecium | Synonyms: paramecia |
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paramedic | (noun) a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment | Synonyms: paramedical |
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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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(noun) a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment | Synonyms: paramedic |
parameter | (noun) a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves | Synonyms: parametric quantity |
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(noun) a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data | - |
(noun) (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program | Synonyms: argument |
(noun) any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance | - |
parametric | (adjective) of or relating to or in terms of a parameter | - |
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parametritis | (noun) inflammation of connective tissue adjacent to the uterus | - |
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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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(noun) a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) | Synonyms: paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit |
paramnesia | (noun) (psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality | - |
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paramount | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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paramountcy | (noun) the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority | - |
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paramour | (noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man | Synonyms: concubine, courtesan, doxy |
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(noun) a woman's lover | Synonyms: fancy man |
paramyxovirus | (noun) a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles | - |
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