Nouns in english starting with P

• Parascalops — Noun – English ～ brewer's moles
• Parascalops breweri — Noun – English ～ mole of eastern North America
• Parashurama — Noun – English ～ an incarnation of Vishnu who rid the earth of Kshatriyas
• parasitaemia — Noun – English ～ a condition in which parasites are present in the blood
• Parasitaxus — Noun – English ～ one species: parasite yew
• parasite — Noun – English ～ an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
• parasite — Noun – English ～ a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
• parasitemia — Noun – English ～ a condition in which parasites are present in the blood
• parasitic jaeger — Noun – English ～ a variety of jaeger
• parasitism — Noun – English ～ the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
• parasol — Noun – English ～ a handheld collapsible source of shade
• parasol mushroom — Noun – English ～ edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores; found in open woodlands in autumn
• parasympathetic — Noun – English ～ originates in the brain stem and lower part of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system: stimulates digestive secretions; slows the heart; constricts the pupils; dilates blood vessels
• Parathelypteris — Noun – English ～ terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America
• Parathelypteris novae-boracensis — Noun – English ～ slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris
• parathion — Noun – English ～ a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide
• parathormone — Noun – English ～ hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands; regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting
• parathyroid — Noun – English ～ any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland
• parathyroid gland — Noun – English ～ any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland
• parathyroid hormone — Noun – English ～ hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands; regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting

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