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Parlors
- noun - a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
- reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
Parlous
- adjective - fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
Paroles
- noun - (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
- a promise; "he gave his word"
- a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password"
- release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"
Parries
- noun - (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
Parrots
- noun - a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
- repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"
- usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
Parsecs
- noun - a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
Parsers
- noun - a computer program that divides code up into functional components; "compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code"
Parsons
- noun - a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
- military clergyman
- United States sociologist (1902-1979)
Parties
- noun - a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen"
- a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner"
- a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"
- an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"
- an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"
- Celebrate
- have or participate in a party; "The students were partying all night before the exam"
Pasangs
- noun - large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
- wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions