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Parabolas
- noun - a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve
Paracosms
- noun - a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history
Paradigms
- noun - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
- systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
- the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
- the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"
PARADORES
- unknown - [noun] A state-operated luxury hotel in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries, usually a converted castle or other ancient building.
Paradoxes
- noun - (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"
Paraffins
- noun - (British usage) kerosine
- a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
- from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
Parakeets
- noun - any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
Parallels
- noun - (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes); "parallels never meet"
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
- be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
- duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
- make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
Paralyses
- verb - cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her"
- loss of the ability to move a body part
- make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"
Paralysis
- noun - loss of the ability to move a body part