Words beginning with P
The letter P
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A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
paraguay
A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.
Parakletos
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paralegal
One who assists a lawyer in routine legal work, but who is without qualified status as a solicitor or barrister (England and Wales),…
parallel
Equally distant from one another at all points.
paralytic
Someone suffering from paralysis.
parameter
A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equ…
paramilitary
A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.
paramount
Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
paran
A latitude where, at some longitude at a given moment in time, two celestial bodies (or mathematical points, or any such bodies'/poi…
paraphrased
simple past and past participle of paraphrase
parapsychology
The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.
parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus, a herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period of what is now North America that walked both as …
paraskevidekatriaphobia
Alternative form of paraskavedekatriaphobia.
paratha
An Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.
pardon
Forgiveness for an offence.
parechovirus
Any virus of the genus Parechovirus
pareidolia
The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing …
parenchyma
The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
parents
plural of parent
paresthesia
A sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause.
parfait
A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with …
parham
A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3060).
Pari Passu
Simultaneously; likewise, equally.
pariah
Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable ca…
Paribas
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parietal
Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
paris
plural of pari.
Paris Hilton
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Paris Saint Germain
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