Webster's Dictionary 1913

811

Pará cress

Pará cress. An annual asteraceous herb (Spilances oleracea) grown in tropical countries as a pungent salad, and also used medicinally.

812

Para grass

Pa‐ra″ grass′ (?). (Bot.) A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.

813

Pará grass

Pará grass. (a) A tall rather coarse grass (Panicum molle) grown in the tropics for pasturage, and introduced into the southern United States. (b) Piassaba fiber.

814

Para nut

Pa‐ra″ nut′ (pȧ‐rä″ nŭt′). (Bot.) The Brazil nut.

815

Pará nut

Pará nut. The Brazil nut.

816

Pará rubber

Pará rubber. The caoutchouc obtained from the South American euphorbiaceous tree Hevea brasiliensis, hence called the Pará rubber tree, from the Brazilian river and seaport name...

817

Para-

Par″a– (?). [Gr. παρά beside; prob. akin to E. for- in forgive. Cf. For-.] 1. A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing ...

818

Para-anæsthesia

{ ‖Par′a–an′æs‐the″si‐a, –an′es‐the″si‐a } (?), n. [NL.; para- + anæsthesia.] (Med.) Anæsthesia of both sides of the lower half of the body.

819

Parabanic

Par′a‐ban″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which is obtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystalline substance (C3N2H2O3); — als...

820

Parablast

Par″a‐blast (?), n. [Cf. Gr. � to grow beside. See Para-, and -blast.] (Biol.) A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, the cells of which are...

821

Parablastic

Par′a‐blas″tic (?), a.(Biol.) Of or pertaining to the parablast; as, the parablastic cells.

822

Parable

Par″a‐ble (?), a. [L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide.] Procurable. Sir T. Browne.

823

Parable (2)

Par″a‐ble, n. [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. � a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. � to throw beside, compare; παρά beside + � to throw; cf...

824

Parable (3)

Par″a‐ble, v. t. To represent by parable.Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. Milton.

825

Parabola

Pa‐rab″o‐la (?), n.; pl.Parabolas (#). [NL., fr. Gr. �; — so called because its axis is parallel to the side of the cone. See Parable, and cf. Parabole.] (Geom.) (a) A kind of c...

826

Parabole

‖Pa‐rab″o‐le (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �. See Parable.] (Rhet.) Similitude; comparison.

827

Parabolic

{ Par′a‐bol″ic (?), Par′a‐bol″ic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. παραβολικόσ figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See Parable.]1. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; alle...

828

Parabolically

Par′a‐bol″ic‐al‐ly (păr′ȧ‐bŏl″ĭ‐kal‐ly̆), adv. 1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner.2. In the form of a parabola.

829

Paraboliform

Par′a‐bol″i‐form (–ĭ‐fôrm), a. [Parabola + -form.] Resembling a parabola in form.

830

Parabolism

Pa‐rab″o‐lism (pȧ‐răb″ō̍‐lĭz'm), n. [From Parabola.] (Alg.) The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term.

831

Parabolist

Pa‐rab″o‐list (–lĭst), n. A narrator of parables.

832

Paraboloid

Pa‐rab″o‐loid (–loid), n. [Parabola + -oid: cf. F. paraboloïde.] (Geom.) The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose ...

833

Paraboloidal

Par′a‐bo‐loid″al (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.

834

Parabronchium

‖Par′a‐bron″chi‐um (?), n.; pl.Parabronchia (#). [NL. See Para-, Bronchia.] (Anat.) One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium.

835

Paracelsian

Par′a‐cel″si‐an (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or in conformity with, the practice of Paracelsus, a Swiss physician of the 15th century. Ferrand.

836

Paracelsian (2)

Par′a‐cel″si‐an, n. A follower of Paracelsus or his practice or teachings. Hakewill.

837

Paracelsist

Par′a‐cel″sist (?), n. A Paracelsian.