8-letter words starting with p
- parakeet — any of numerous small, slender parrots, usually having a long, pointed, graduated tail, often kept as pets and noted for the ability to mimic speech: several species are endangered.
- parakite — a series of linked kites used to attain higher altitudes
- parallax — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
- parallel — parallel processing
- paralogy — false reasoning
- paralyse — to affect with paralysis.
- paralyze — to affect with paralysis.
- parament — a decoration for a room, as a tapestry.
- paramese — a note in ancient Greek music, the note above the mese
- paramita — any of the practices prescribed for one aspiring to nirvana.
- paramour — an illicit lover, especially of a married person.
- paranete — a note in ancient Greek music, the second highest note of the higher of two tetrachords
- paranoea — Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
- paranoia — Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
- paranoid — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- parapara — a small New Zealand tree, Pisonia brunoniana, with sticky fruit and leaves which can trap small birds
- paraquat — a toxic herbicide, C 1 2 H 1 4 N 2 ⋅2CH 3 SO 4 , applied to food and flower crops and to highway borders as a defoliant and weed-killer.
- paraquet — parakeet.
- parasail — a special parachute, kept open with wing-tip holders to help provide lift, used in parasailing.
- parasang — an ancient Persian unit of distance, equal to about 3.5 miles (5.6 km).
- parashah — a portion of the Torah chanted or read each week in the synagogue on the Sabbath.
- parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- paratype — a specimen other than a type specimen that is used for the original description of a taxonomic group and specifically stated to be the one on which the original description of the taxon was based.
- paravail — being below or inferior to all others; specifically, being a tenant of one who holds land of another who is also a tenant: a tenant paravail.
- paravane — an underwater defensive device against mines, consisting of a pair of torpedo-shaped vanes towed at the bow of a ship, usually a minesweeper, by cables that can cut the cable of a moored mine, causing the mine to rise to the surface, where it can be destroyed or removed from the water.
- paravant — first; pre-eminently
- paravent — a screen against a draft or the wind.
- parawing — paraglider.
- paraxial — making a small angle with and lying close to the axis of an optical system: paraxial ray.
- parazoan — any member of a group of invertebrates comprising the phylum Porifera, the sponges.
- parazoon — an animal parasite
- parbreak — to spew or vomit (up or out)
- parceled — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parcener — a joint heir; coheir.
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- parcours — parcourse.
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parental — of or relating to a parent.
- parented — a father or a mother.
- parergon — something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- parfocal — of or relating to different eyepieces (of telescopes or microscopes) that all focus their images in the same plane, so that they can be interchanged without readjusting the instrument.
- pargeter — a plasterer
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- parietal — Anatomy. of, relating to, or situated near the side and top of the skull or the parietal bone.
- parietes — Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parishad — (in India) an assembly
- parishen — a parishioner
- parisian — a native or inhabitant of Paris, France.
- parkette — a small park, usually open to the public and containing amenities like benches and children's play facilities.