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Parasital
- - Of or pertaining to parasites; parasitic.
Parasites
- noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- 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
Parasitic
- adjective - of or pertaining to epenthesis
- of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"
- relating to or caused by parasites; "parasitic infection"
Parataxis
- - The mere ranging of propositions one after another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; -- opposed to syntax.
Parathion
- noun - a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide
Paraunter
- - Peradventure. See Paraventure.
Parboiled
- verb - cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them"
Parbuckle
- - A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out. (b) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
Parceling
- verb - cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"
- divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
- make into a wrapped container
- the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
Parcelled
- verb - cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"
- divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
- make into a wrapped container