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- English Word Parousia Definition The last day.
- English Word Parovarium Definition A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoophoron.
- English Word Paroxysm Definition The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.
- English Word Paroxysm Definition Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
- English Word Paroxysmal Definition Of the nature of a paroxysm; characterized or accompanied by paroxysms; as, a paroxysmal pain; paroxysmal temper.
- English Word Paroxytone Definition A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
- English Word Parquet Definition A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit.
- English Word Parquet Definition Same as Parquetry.
- English Word Parquetage Definition See Parquetry.
- English Word Parqueted Definition Formed in parquetry; inlaid with wood in small and differently colored figures.
- English Word Parquetry Definition A species of joinery or cabinet-work consisting of an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colors, -- used especially for floors.
- English Word Parquette Definition See Parquet.
- English Word Parr Definition A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling.
- English Word Parr Definition A young leveret.
- English Word Parrakeet Definition Alt. of Parakeet
- English Word Parral Definition Alt. of Parrel
- English Word Parraqua Definition A curassow of the genus Ortalida, allied to the guan.
- English Word Parrel Definition The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.
- English Word Parrel Definition A chimney-piece.
- English Word Parrhesia Definition Boldness or freedom of speech.
- English Word Parricidal Definition Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide.
- English Word Parricide Definition Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.
- English Word Parricide Definition The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
- English Word Parricidious Definition Parricidal.
- English Word Parried Definition of Parry
- English Word Parries Definition of Parry
- English Word Parrock Definition A croft, or small field; a paddock.
- English Word Parrot Definition In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.
- English Word Parrot Definition Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
- English Word Parrot Definition To repeat by rote, as a parrot.