Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 2 compound words that contain parsons. The most common are listed below. Open parsons in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- Parsons GreenA residential area of London, with a small green in Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2476).
- Parsons codeA simple notation used to identify a piece of music through the falling and rising motion of its pitch.
- Parsons problemA kind of computer programming puzzle in which the respondent is asked to choose from a selection of source code fragments in order to construct a program that will solve a given problem.
- Parsons problemsplural of Parsons problem: A kind of computer programming puzzle in which the respondent is asked to choose from a selection of source code fragments in order to construct a program that will solve a given problem.
- Parsons tableA modernist square or rectangular table whose four legs are square in cross section, flush with the edges of the top, and equal to it in thickness.
- Parsons IslandAn island of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
- Fleet parsonsplural of Fleet parson: A clergyman based in or near the Fleet Prison, who performed Fleet marriages (a kind of clandestine marriage). The practice continued up to the 18th century
- hedge parsonsplural of hedge parson: A poor and generally illiterate parson.
- Parsons codesplural of Parsons code: A simple notation used to identify a piece of music through the falling and rising motion of its pitch.
- Parsons puzzleSynonym of Parsons problem: A kind of computer programming puzzle in which the respondent is asked to choose from a selection of source code fragments in order to construct a program that will solve a given problem.
- Parsons puzzlesplural of Parsons puzzle: A kind of computer programming puzzle in which the respondent is asked to choose from a selection of source code fragments in order to construct a program that will solve a given problem.
- Parsons tablesplural of Parsons table: A modernist square or rectangular table whose four legs are square in cross section, flush with the edges of the top, and equal to it in thickness.
- parsons' nosesplural of parson's nose: Synonym of pope's nose (“tail end piece of cooked fowl”).
Compound words 2
- ParsonsianOf or relating to Talcott Parsons (1902–1979), American sociologist.
- parsonshipsplural of parsonship: The role, status, or office of a parson.