paperhanger | (noun) one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper | Synonyms: paperer |
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(noun) someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money | - |
paperhanging | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: papering |
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papering | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: paperhanging |
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paperknife | (noun) dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books | Synonyms: letter opener, paper knife |
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paperlike | (adjective) of or like paper | Synonyms: chartaceous, papery |
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papermaking | (noun) the craft of making paper | - |
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papers | (noun) writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) | Synonyms: document, written document |
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paperweight | (noun) a weight used to hold down a stack of papers | - |
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paperwork | (noun) work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. | - |
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papery | (adjective) of or like paper | Synonyms: chartaceous, paperlike |
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(adjective) thin and paperlike | - |
papilla | (noun) a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather | - |
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(noun) a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell | - |
(noun) (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf | - |
papillary | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling papilla | Synonyms: papillose |
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papillate | (adjective) resembling or covered with papillae | - |
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papilledema | (noun) swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure | - |
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papilliform | (adjective) shaped like a papilla | - |
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papilloma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass | Synonyms: papillary tumor, papillary tumour, villoma |
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papillon | (noun) small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat | - |
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papillose | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling papilla | Synonyms: papillary |
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papism | (noun) offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: popery |
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(noun) the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome | Synonyms: Roman Catholicism, Romanism |
papist | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Romanism | Synonyms: papistic, papistical, popish, R.C., Roman, Roman Catholic, Romanist, romish |
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(noun) an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy | - |
papistic | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Romanism | Synonyms: papist, papistical, popish, R.C., Roman, Roman Catholic, Romanist, romish |
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papistical | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Romanism | Synonyms: papist, papistic, popish, R.C., Roman, Roman Catholic, Romanist, romish |
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papoose | (noun) an American Indian infant | Synonyms: pappoose |
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papooseroot | (noun) tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: blue cohosh, blueberry root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, papoose root, squaw root, squawroot |
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papovavirus | (noun) any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas | - |
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pappa | (noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | Synonyms: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pop |
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pappoose | (noun) an American Indian infant | Synonyms: papoose |
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pappose | (adjective) (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles | - |
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pappus | (noun) calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions | - |
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paprika | (noun) a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos | - |
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(noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
papule | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox) | - |
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papulovesicle | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: vesicopapule |
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papyrus | (noun) a document written on papyrus | - |
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(noun) tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times | Synonyms: Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush |
(noun) paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans | - |
par | (noun) (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course | - |
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(noun) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | Synonyms: equality, equation, equivalence |
(verb) make a score (on a hole) equal to par | - |
para | (noun) a soldier in the paratroops | Synonyms: paratrooper |
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(noun) 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia | - |
(noun) (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered | Synonyms: parity |
parable | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: allegory, apologue, fable |
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(noun) (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message | - |
parabola | (noun) a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve | - |
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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 |
parabolograph | (noun) An outdated instrument for drawing parabolas. | - |
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paraboloid | (noun) a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis | - |
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paraboloidal | (adjective) having the shape of a paraboloid | - |
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paracentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: abdominocentesis |
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parachute | (noun) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | Synonyms: chute |
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(verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: chute, jump |
parachuter | (noun) a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute | Synonyms: parachute jumper, parachutist |
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parachuting | (noun) descent with a parachute | Synonyms: jump |
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parachutist | (noun) a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute | Synonyms: parachute jumper, parachuter |
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paracosm | (noun) a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history | - |
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parade | (noun) a visible display | - |
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(noun) a ceremonial procession including people marching | - |
(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things | - |
(verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: promenade, troop |
(verb) walk ostentatiously | Synonyms: exhibit, march |
parader | (noun) walks with regular or stately step | Synonyms: marcher |
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paradiddle | (noun) the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously | Synonyms: drum roll, roll |
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paradigm | (noun) a standard or typical example | Synonyms: epitome, image, prototype |
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(noun) the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time | - |
(noun) the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) | Synonyms: substitution class |
(noun) systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word | - |
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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paradise | (noun) any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | Synonyms: Eden, heaven, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la |
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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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paradox | (noun) (logic) a statement that contradicts itself | - |
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paradoxical | (adjective) seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true | Synonyms: self-contradictory |
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paradoxically | (adverb) in a paradoxical manner | - |
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paraesthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paresthesia |
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paraffin | (noun) from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings | Synonyms: paraffin wax |
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(noun) (British usage) kerosine | Synonyms: paraffin oil |
(noun) a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2) | Synonyms: alkane, alkane series, methane series, paraffin series |
parafovea | (noun) area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea | - |
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paragliding | (noun) gliding in a parasail | Synonyms: parasailing |
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paragneiss | (noun) a gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock. | - |
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paragon | (noun) an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | Synonyms: beau ideal, idol, perfection |
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(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, saint |
paragonite | (noun) a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium | - |
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paragram | (noun) a pun made by changing the letters of a word, especially the initial letter. | - |
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paragraph | (noun) one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line | - |
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(verb) write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher | - |
(verb) write about in a paragraph | - |
(verb) divide into paragraphs, as of text | - |
paragrapher | (noun) a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper) | - |
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parahoma | (noun) ritual drink prepared from Haoma plant. | - |
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parakeet | (noun) any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots | Synonyms: paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet |
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paralanguage | (noun) the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings | Synonyms: paralinguistic communication |
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paraldehyde | (noun) a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent | Synonyms: ethanal trimer |
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paralegal | (noun) a person with specialized training who assists lawyers | Synonyms: legal assistant |
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paraleipsis | (noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | Synonyms: paralepsis, paralipsis, preterition |
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paralepsis | (noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | Synonyms: paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition |
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paralipsis | (noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | Synonyms: paraleipsis, paralepsis, preterition |
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parallax | (noun) the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object | - |
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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 | - |
(noun) something having the property of being analogous to something else | Synonyms: analog, analogue |
(noun) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Synonyms: latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude |
(noun) (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes) | - |
(verb) make or place parallel to something | Synonyms: collimate |
(verb) be parallel to | - |
(verb) duplicate or match | Synonyms: duplicate, twin |
parallelepiped | (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms | Synonyms: parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon |
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parallelepipedon | (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms | Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon |
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parallelism | (noun) similarity by virtue of corresponding | Synonyms: correspondence |
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parallelize | (verb) place parallel to one another | - |
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parallelogram | (noun) a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length | - |
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parallelopiped | (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms | Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopipedon |
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parallelopipedon | (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms | Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped |
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paralogism | (noun) an unintentionally invalid argument | - |
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paralyse | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyze |
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(verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyze |
paralysis | (noun) loss of the ability to move a body part | Synonyms: palsy |
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paralytic | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of paralysis | Synonyms: paralytical |
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(adjective) affected with paralysis | Synonyms: paralyzed |
(noun) a person suffering from paralysis | - |
paralytical | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of paralysis | Synonyms: paralytic |
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paralyze | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyse |
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(verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyse |
paralyzed | (adjective) affected with paralysis | Synonyms: paralytic |
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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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