9-letter words starting with p
- parablast — the nutritive yolk of a meroblastic ovum or egg.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- parabrake — parachute brake.
- parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
- paraclete — an advocate or intercessor.
- paracrine — relating to a hormone whose release only affects tissue surrounding the gland that secreted it
- paracusia — defective hearing.
- paracusis — defective hearing.
- paradisal — paradisiacal.
- paradoxal — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paradoxer — a proposer of a paradox
- paraffine — paraffin.
- paraffiny — of, relating to, or characteristic of paraffin; covered with or smelling of paraffin
- paraglide — to engage in paragliding.
- paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
- paragraph — a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
- parakelia — a succulent herb of the genus Calandrinia, with purple flowers, that thrives in inland Australia
- paralalia — any of various speech disorders, esp the production of a sound different from that intended
- paralegal — an attorney's assistant, not admitted to the practice of law but trained to perform certain legal tasks.
- paralexia — an impairment of reading ability characterized by the transposition of letters or words.
- parallels — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paralogia — incoherent speech or thinking
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- paralysed — unable to move and with no feeling
- paralyses — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- paralytic — a person affected with paralysis.
- paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- paramatta — a light, twilled dress fabric, having a silk or cotton warp and a woolen weft.
- paramecia — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- paramedic — Military. a medic in the paratroops.
- parameter — formal argument
- paramorph — a pseudomorph formed by a change in crystal structure but not in chemical composition.
- paramount — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paramylum — a polysaccharide occurring as a reserve carbohydrate in the cytoplasm of Euglena
- paranagua — a seaport in S Brazil.
- paranaiba — a river in W Minas Gerais, S central Brazil, flowing W and joining the Rio Grande to form the Paraná River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- paranaque — a city on Luzon, in the N Philippines, on the S of Manila Bay.
- paranasal — situated near the nasal cavities.
- paranoiac — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- paranymph — a groomsman or a bridesmaid.
- parapente — the form of parachute used in this sport
- parapodia — one of the unjointed rudimentary limbs or processes of locomotion of many worms, as annelids.
- pararhyme — a part-rhyme in which the consonants are the same but the vowels are different
- parasceve — preparation
- parasitic — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parasoled — having a parasol
- parataxic — of or characterized by emotional maladjustment.
- parataxis — the placing together of sentences, clauses, or phrases without a conjunctive word or words, as Hurry up, it is getting late! I came—I saw—I conquered.
- parathion — a deep-brown to yellow, poisonous liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 NO 5 PS, used as an insecticide.