parapet
— Noun
– English
~ a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
parapet
— Noun
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~ fortification consisting of a low wall
paraph
— Noun
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~ a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery)
paraphernalia
— Noun
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~ equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
paraphilia
— Noun
– English
~ abnormal sexual activity
paraphrase
— Noun
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~ rewording for the purpose of clarification
paraphrasis
— Noun
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~ rewording for the purpose of clarification
paraphrenia
— Noun
– English
~ a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner
paraphysis
— Noun
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~ a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
paraplegia
— Noun
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~ paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
paraplegic
— Noun
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~ a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down)
parapodium
— Noun
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~ one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing
parapraxis
— Noun
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~ a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
paraprofessional
— Noun
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~ a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional
parapsychologist
— Noun
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~ someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
parapsychology
— Noun
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~ phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes
paraquat
— Noun
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~ a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide
paraquet
— Noun
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~ any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
parasail
— Noun
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~ parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car
parasailing
— Noun
– English
~ gliding in a parasail