8-letter words starting with par
- parabema — an architectural feature of an Orthodox church
- parables — a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- parabola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabole — a simile
- parachor — a scientific quantity defined by a formula involving surface tension, mass, and density
- paradigm — Grammar. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
- parading — a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
- paradise — a town in N California.
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- paradrop — airdrop.
- paraffin — a white or colorless, tasteless, odorless, water-insoluble, solid substance not easily acted upon by reagents, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons chiefly of the alkane series, obtained from crude petroleum: used in candles, for forming preservative coatings and seals, for waterproofing paper, etc.
- paraffle — an extravagant display
- parafoil — a structure, usually made of a strong yet light fabric, having a shape similar to that of an airplane wing, and used as a kite or a parachute.
- paraform — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- paragoge — the addition of a sound or group of sounds at the end of a word, as in the nonstandard pronunciation of height as height-th or once as once-t.
- paragram — a play on words; a pun
- paraguay — a republic in central South America between Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. 157,047 sq. mi. (406,750 sq. km). Capital: Asunción.
- paraison — parison.
- 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)
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