10-letter words starting with p
- parallel c — 1. (language, parallel) Never implemented, but influenced the design of C*. [Details?] 2. C for the transputer by 3L. 3. (PC) Extensions to C developed at the University of Houston providing a shared memory SIMD model on message passing computers. E-mail: Ridgway Scott <[email protected]>.
- paralleled — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- parallelly — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- paralogize — to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of assumptions.
- paralympic — of or relating to the Paralympics
- paralyzant — to affect with paralysis.
- paramagnet — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- paramaribo — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- paramatman — absolute Atman.
- paramecium — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- parameters — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
- parametric — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
- paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
- paranormal — of or relating to the claimed occurrence of an event or perception without scientific explanation, as psychokinesis, extrasensory perception, or other purportedly supernatural phenomena.
- paraphasia — a defect of speech in which the normal flow of words is interrupted by inappropriate words and phrases
- paraphasic — of, resembling, or exhibiting paraphasia
- paraphilia — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
- paraphonia — a disorder of the voice, usually caused by disease
- paraphonic — of, relating to, or characterized by paraphonia
- paraphrase — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- paraphrast — a person who paraphrases.
- paraphyses — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- paraphysis — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- parapineal — situated beside the pineal gland
- paraplegia — paralysis of both lower limbs due to spinal disease or injury.
- paraplegic — paralysis of both lower limbs due to spinal disease or injury.
- parapodial — of, relating to, or resembling a parapodium
- parapodium — one of the unjointed rudimentary limbs or processes of locomotion of many worms, as annelids.
- parapraxes — a slip of the tongue or pen, forgetfulness, misplacement of objects, or other error thought to reveal unconscious wishes or attitudes.
- parapraxis — a slip of the tongue or pen, forgetfulness, misplacement of objects, or other error thought to reveal unconscious wishes or attitudes.
- pararescue — a rescue, as of persons caught in a disaster, accomplished by parachutists.
- pararthria — incoherence or disorder of speech
- paraselene — a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon.
- parasexual — of or relating to any form of reproduction in which the recombination of genes occurs by a process other than the fusion of gametes
- parasitism — Biology. a relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.
- parasitize — to live on (a host) as a parasite.
- parasitoid — an organism that practices parasitoidism.
- paraskiing — the sport of jumping off high mountains wearing skis and a light parachute composed of inflatable fabric tubes that form a semirigid wing
- parasomnia — any of several sleep disorders characterized by abnormal or unusual behaviour of the nervous system during any of the stages of sleep
- parastatal — working with the government in an unofficial capacity.
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- paratactic — of, relating to, or involving parataxis
- parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
- paratroops — of or relating to a paratrooper or a parachute unit: paratroop boots.
- parawalker — a metal structure fitted over the body to enable a disabled person to walk
- parcel net — a large bag made of netting attached inside (the boot or trunk of) a car and used to store loose items, such as groceries, sports equipment, or parcels, etc
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.