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Parlornouna room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relaxverified
Parlormaidnouna maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the doorverified
Parlournouna room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relaxverified
Parlourmaidnouna maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the doorverified
Parnassianounany of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercupverified
Parol Evidence RulenounMWEa rule that oral evidence cannot be used to contradict the terms of a written contractverified
Paroxetimenouna selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil)verified
Parrot FevernounMWEan atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birdsverified
Pars IntermedianounMWEa thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitaryverified
Parsecnouna unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arcverified
Parsleynounaromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely and used to garnish foodverified
Part MusicnounMWEvocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment)verified
Part of SpeechnounMWEone of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical contextverified
Parted LeafnounMWEa leaf having margins incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobesverified
Partial AbortionnounMWEtermination of pregnancy without expulsion of all of the products of conceptionverified
Partial BreachnounMWEa breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damagesverified
Partial CorrelationnounMWEa correlation between two variables when the effects of one or more related variables are removedverified
Partial DerivativenounMWEthe derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constantverified
Partial Differential EquationnounMWEa differential equation involving a functions of more than one variableverified
Partial TonenounMWEa harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequencyverified
Partial VeilnounMWEmembrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growthverified
Partial VerdictnounMWEin criminal law, a finding that the defendant is guilty of some charges but innocent of othersverified
Participantnouna living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research: (i) Obtains information or biospecimens through intervention or interaction with the individual, and uses, studies, or analyzes the information or biospecimens; or (ii) Obtains, uses, studies, analyzes, or generates identifiable private information or identifiable biospecimens.Role
Participant RolenounMWE(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clauseverified
Participation FinancingnounMWEa loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them aloneverified
Participation LoannounMWEa loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them aloneverified
Particle AcceleratornounMWEa scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particlesverified
Particle BoardnounMWEwallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheetsverified