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Phrases 1
- sub-paras.plural of sub-para: Part of a longer paragraph that can be considered alone, as in a legal document.
Compound words 25
- parasiteAn organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
- parasitesplural of parasite: An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to …
- parasailingA recreational activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle (usually a boat) while attached to a specially designed parachute, known as a parasail.
- parasolsplural of parasol: A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
- parashahA section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).
- parasailA wing-shaped parachute that lifts a rider in a harness when towed by a motorboat etc
- parasangA historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance travelled in one hour, and generally assumed to be equivalent to about six kilometres.
- paraspermIn species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile sperm.
- mamparasplural of mampara: A fool; a buffoon.
- momparasplural of mompara: A fool.