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Parial
- - See Pair royal, under Pair, n.
Parian
- - Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the Aegean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble.
Paries
- noun - (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls"
Paring
- verb - (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel; "she could peel an apple with a single long paring"
- a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
- cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"
- decrease gradually or bit by bit
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
- strip the skin off; "pare apples"
- Trim, clip
Parish
- noun - a local church community
- the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
Parity
- noun - (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
- (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity; "parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data"
- (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"
- (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
- functional equality
Parkas
- noun - a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
Parked
- verb - maneuver a vehicle into a parking space; "Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?"
- place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker"
- that have been left; "there were four parked cars across the street"
Parkee
- - An outer garment made of the skins of birds or mammals, worn by Eskimos, etc.
Parker
- noun - United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)
- United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967)