Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PAPULAE

PAP'ULAE, noun [Latin] Pimples; blisters; eruptions on the skin.

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PAPULOSE

PAP'ULOSE, adjective Covered with vesicular points or with little blisters; as a papulose leaf.

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PAPULOUS

PAP'ULOUS, adjective Full of pimples or pustules.

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PAPYRUS

PAPY'RUS, noun [Latin] An Egyptian plant, a kind of reed, of which the ancients made paper.

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PAR

P'AR, noun [Latin par equal, paro.]1. State of equality; equal value; equivalence without discount or premium. Bills of exchange are at par above par or below par Bills are at p...

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PARABLE

PAR'ABLE, noun [Latin parabilis.] Easily procured. [Not used.]PAR'ABLE, noun [Latin parabola; Gr. to throw forward or against, to compare to or against; as in confero, collatum,...

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PARABOLA

PARAB'OLA, noun [Latin See Parable.] A conic section arising from cutting a cone by a plane parallel to one of its sides, or parallel to a plane that touches one of its sides.

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PARABOLE

PARABOLE, noun parab'oly. [See Parable.] In oratory, similitude; comparison.

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PARABOLIC

PARABOL'ICPARABOL'ICAL, adjective Expressed by parable or allegorical representation; as parabolical instruction or description.1. [from parabola.] Having the form of a parabola...

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PARABOLICAL

PARABOL'ICAL, a. Expressed by parable or allegorical representation; as parabolical instruction or description.1. [from parabola.] Having the form of a parabola; as a parabolic ...

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PARABOLICALLY

PARABOL'ICALLY, adverb By way of parable.1. In the form of a parabola.

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PARABOLIFORM

PARABOL'IFORM, adjective Having the form of a parabola.

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PARABOLISM

PARAB'OLISM, noun [from parabola.] In algebra, the division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved or multiplied in the first term.

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PARABOLOID

PARAB'OLOID, noun [Gr. form.] In geometry, a paraboliform curve whose ordinates are supposed to be in the subtriplicate, subquadruplicate, etc., ratio of their respective abscis...

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PARACELSIAN

PARACEL'SIAN, noun A physician who follows the practice of Paracelsus, a Swiss physician of celebrity, who lived at the close of the fifteenth century.PARACEL'SIAN, adjective De...

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PARACENTESIS

PARACENTE'SISPARACEN'TESY, noun [Gr. through, and to pierce.] The operation in surgery called tapping.

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PARACENTESY

PARACEN'TESY, n. [Gr. through, and to pierce.] The operation in surgery called tapping.

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PARACENTRIC

PARACEN'TRICPARACEN'TRICAL, adjective [Gr. beyond, and center.] Deviating from circularity.

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PARACENTRICAL

PARACEN'TRICAL, a. [Gr. beyond, and center.] Deviating from circularity.

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PARACHMENT-MAKER

P'ARACHMENT-MAKER, noun One who dresses skins for parchment.

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PARACHRONISM

PARACH'RONISM, noun [Gr. beyond, and time.] An error in chronology; a mistake in regard to the true date of an event.

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PARACHUTE

PAR'ACHUTE, noun [Gr. against.] In aerostation, an instrument to prevent the rapidity of descent.

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PARACLETE

PAR'ACLETE, noun [Gr. to call.] Properly, an advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the consoler, comforter or intercessor, a term applied to the Holy Spirit.

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PARADE

PARA'DE, noun [Latin paro.]1. In military affairs, the place where troops assemble for exercise, mounting guard or other purpose.2. Show; ostentation; display.Be rich, but of yo...

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PARADED

PARA'DED, participle passive Assembled and arrayed.

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PARADIGM

PARADIGM, noun par'adim. [Gr. example, to show.] An example; a model. In grammar, an example of a verb conjugated in the several modes, tenses and persons.

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PARADIGMATIC

PARADIGMAT'ICPARADIGMAT'ICAL, adjective Exemplary. [Little used.]