All English words - page 3962

Advisory or hortatory; = paraenetic .

An abnormal sensation, typically tingling or pricking (‘pins and needles’), caused chiefly by pressure on or damage to peripheral nerves.

Of, relating to, or affected with paraesthesia.

A flammable, whitish, translucent, waxy solid consisting of a mixture of saturated hydrocarbons, obtained by distillation from petroleum or shale and used in candles, cosmetics, polishes, and sealing and waterproofing compounds.

Of or relating to paraffin or a paraffin; consisting or characteristic of paraffins.

Treated with paraffin.

Of the nature of or resembling paraffin or a paraffin.

A flammable, whitish, translucent, waxy solid consisting of a mixture of saturated hydrocarbons, obtained by distillation from petroleum or shale and used in candles, cosmetics, polishes, and sealing and waterproofing compounds.

Of, relating to, or suggestive of paraffin; covered or smeared with paraffin; smelling of paraffin.

A structure of fabric designed to function as both a parachute and an aerofoil, providing lift that enables the person or object supported to glide.

Paraformaldehyde, especially as a commercial product.

A white crystalline solid, obtained by the evaporation of an aqueous solution of formaldehyde (methanal), which is a polymer of formaldehyde and is used as a disinfectant, fumigant, and bactericide, and as an intermediate in chemical synthesis; polyoxymethylene, (hcho)ₙ.

Paraformaldehyde, especially as a commercial product.

Any of the small aggregates of chromaffin cells found in association with autonomic ganglia and nerves. also: any of the small collections of glomus cells found in association with certain blood vessels, acting as chemoreceptors.

A central cavity in a sponge, open to the exterior through ostia.

Situated next to the stomach or gastric cavity; specifically designating either of a pair of canals arising from the stomach of a ctenophore adjacent to the pharynx.

Lineage, descent, or rank; especially noble or high lineage. also: the qualities of courtesy, generosity, etc., held to be proper to a person of noble lineage.

A set of minerals which were formed together, especially in a rock, or with a specified mineral.

Paragenetic.

Originally: any disorder of the sense of taste. in later use: specifically illusory perception of taste.

A wide canopy resembling a parachute that is attached to a person's body by a harness in order to allow them to glide through the air after jumping from or being hauled to a height.

Serum globulin; (in early use) specifically a serum globulin believed to participate in the formation of fibrin (now historical).

The outer lobe of the ligula in certain insects.

Of the nature of or relating to a paraglossa.

Either of the two lobes forming the labium in many crustaceans.