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  • English Word Parembole Definition A kind of parenthesis.
  • English Word Parement Definition See Parament.
  • English Word Paremptosis Definition Same as Parembole.
  • English Word Parenchyma Definition The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.
  • English Word Parenchymal Definition Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma.
  • English Word Parenchymatous Definition Alt. of Parenchymous
  • English Word Parenchymous Definition Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration.
  • English Word Parenesis Definition Exhortation.
  • English Word Parenetic Definition Alt. of Parenetioal
  • English Word Parenetioal Definition Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive.
  • English Word Parent Definition One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.
  • English Word Parent Definition That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.
  • English Word Parentage Definition Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage.
  • English Word Parental Definition Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.
  • English Word Parental Definition Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
  • English Word Parentally Definition In a parental manner.
  • English Word Parentation Definition Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies.
  • English Word Parentele Definition Kinship; parentage.
  • English Word Parentheses Definition of Parenthesis
  • English Word Parenthesis Definition A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes.
  • English Word Parenthesis Definition One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase.
  • English Word Parenthesize Definition To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks.
  • English Word Parenthetic Definition Alt. of Parenthetical
  • English Word Parenthetical Definition Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark.
  • English Word Parenthetical Definition Using or containing parentheses.
  • English Word Parenthetically Definition In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses.
  • English Word Parenthood Definition The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent.
  • English Word Parentless Definition Deprived of parents.
  • English Word Parentticide Definition The act of one who kills one's own parent.
  • English Word Parentticide Definition One who kills one's own parent; a parricide.