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  • English Word Parepididymis Definition A small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near the epididymis in man and some other animals, and supposed to be a remnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body.
  • English Word Parer Definition One who, or that which, pares; an instrument for paring.
  • English Word Parergon Definition See Parergy.
  • English Word Parergy Definition Something unimportant, incidental, or superfluous.
  • English Word Paresis Definition Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation.
  • English Word Parethmoid Definition Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
  • English Word Parethmoid Definition A parethmoid bone.
  • English Word Paretic Definition Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis.
  • English Word Parfay Definition By my faith; verily.
  • English Word Parfit Definition Perfect.
  • English Word Parfitly Definition Perfectly.
  • English Word Parforn Definition Alt. of Parfourn
  • English Word Parfourn Definition To perform.
  • English Word Pargasite Definition A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende.
  • English Word Pargeboard Definition See Bargeboard.
  • English Word Parget Definition To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses.
  • English Word Parget Definition To paint; to cover over.
  • English Word Parget Definition To lay on plaster.
  • English Word Parget Definition To paint, as the face.
  • English Word Parget Definition Gypsum or plaster stone.
  • English Word Parget Definition Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
  • English Word Parget Definition Paint, especially for the face.
  • English Word Pargeted Definition of Parget
  • English Word Pargeter Definition A plasterer.
  • English Word Pargeting Definition of Parget
  • English Word Pargeting Definition Plasterwork; esp.: (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.
  • English Word Pargetory Definition Something made of, or covered with, parget, or plaster.
  • English Word Parhelia Definition of Parhelion
  • English Word Parhelic Definition Of or pertaining to parhelia.
  • English Word Parhelion Definition A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. Paraselene.