Parillin (n.) A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.
Paring (v. t.) The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
Paring (v. t.) That which is pared off.
Paripinnate (a.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.
Paris (n.) A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.
Paris (n.) The chief city of France.
Parish (n.) That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.
Parish (n.) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.
Parish (n.) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
Parish (n.) In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.
Parish (a.) Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.
Parishen (n.) A parishioner.
Parishional (a.) Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial.
Parishioner (n.) One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.
Parisian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France.
Parisian (a.) Of or pertaining to Paris.
Parisienne (n.) A female native or resident of Paris.
Parisology (n.) The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
Parisyllabic (a.) Alt. of Parisyllabical
Parisyllabical (a.) Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
Paritor (n.) An apparitor.
Paritory (n.) Pellitory.
Parity (n.) The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.
Park (n.) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.
Park (n.) A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
Park (n.) A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York.
Park (n.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery.
Park (n.) A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
Parked (imp. & p. p.) of Park
Parking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Park
Park (v. t.) To inclose in a park, or as in a park.
Park (v. t.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc.
Parker (n.) The keeper of a park.
Parkeria (n.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.
Parkesine (n.) A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.
Parkleaves (n.) A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
Parlance (n.) Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance.
Parlando (a. & adv.) Alt. of Parlante
Parlante (a. & adv.) Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.
Parle (v. i.) To talk; to converse; to parley.
Parle (n.) Conversation; talk; parley.
Parleys (pl. ) of Parley
Parley (n.) Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.
Parleyed (imp. & p. p.) of Parley
Parleying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parley
Parley (v. i.) To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.
Parliament (n.) A parleying; a discussion; a conference.
Parliament (n.) A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws.
Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws.
Parliament (n.) In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts.
Parliamental (a.) Parliamentary.
Parliamentarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Parliament.
Parliamentarian (n.) One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I.
Parliamentarian (n.) One versed in the rules and usages of Parliament or similar deliberative assemblies; as, an accomplished parliamentarian.
Parliamentarily (adv.) In a parliamentary manner.
Parliamentary (a.) Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority.
Parliamentary (a.) Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act.
Parliamentary (a.) According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion.
Parlor (n.) A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.
Parlor (n.) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without.
Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor.
Parlor (n.) Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained.
Parlous (a.) Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.
Parlous (a.) Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.
Parmesan (a.) Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy.
Parnassia (n.) A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.
Parnassian (a.) Of or pertaining to Parnassus.
Parnassian (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.
Parnassus (n.) A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
Paroccipital (a.) Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
Parochial (a.) Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties.
Parochialism (n.) The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.
Parochiality (n.) The state of being parochial.
Parochialize (v. t.) To render parochial; to form into parishes.
Parochially (adv.) In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes.
Parochian (a.) Parochial.
Parochian (n.) A parishioner.
Parodic (a.) Alt. of Parodical
Parodical (a.) Having the character of parody.
Parodist (n.) One who writes a parody; one who parodies.
Parodies (pl. ) of Parody
Parody (n.) A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
Parody (n.) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
Parodied (imp. & p. p.) of Parody
Parodying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parody
Parody (v. t.) To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
Paroket (n.) See Paroquet.
Parol (n.) A word; an oral utterance.
Parol (n.) Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal.
Parol (a.) Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence.
Parole (n.) A word; an oral utterance.
Parole (n.) Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like.
Parole (n.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.
Parole (n.) Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.
Parole (a.) See 2d Parol.
Paroled (imp. & p. p.) of Parole
Paroling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parole
Parole (v. t.) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
Paromology (n.) A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
Paronomasia (n.) A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.