parados
Generally a screen or embankment to protect the rear of a position from enemy attack, from bomb splinters from behind, from enemy fire from a commanding height, or fire from flanking positions. In common English usage since World War II, the term "parados", particularly in trench warfare, has largely been discarded in favour of "rear parapet", which, etymologically speaking, is a contradiction in terms. In some contexts the term "rear traverse" is preferred, but no usage is exclusive.
Generally a screen or embankment to protect the rear of a position from enemy attack, from bomb splinters from behind, from enemy fire from a commanding height, or fire from flanking positions. In common English usage since World War II, the term "parados", particularly in trench warfare, has largely been discarded in favour of "rear parapet", which, etymologically speaking, is a contradiction in terms. In some contexts the term "rear traverse" is preferred, but no usage is exclusive.
In fortifications that were enfiladed by enemy in positions commanding the fort, an internal parados could defilade the enemy, serving as physical protection and blindage. Usages of the term have varied inconsistently according to times and sources. Some sources use parados as a synonym for a traverse; some other sources represent parados as a special class of traverse and not necessarily at the back of any particular position.
In trench warfare parados referred to a bank of earth or similar material behind the rear of the trench, opposite the parapet, affording protection from explosions and fragments when shells or bombs overshot the trench.
Generally a screen or embankment to protect the rear of a position from enemy attack, from bomb splinters from behind, from enemy fire from a commanding height, or fire from flanking positions. In common English usage since World War II, the term "parados", particularly in trench warfare, has largely been discarded in favour of "rear parapet", which, etymologically speaking, is a contradiction in terms. In some contexts the term "rear traverse" is preferred, but no usage is exclusive.
In fortifications that were enfiladed by enemy in positions commanding the fort, an internal parados could defilade the enemy, serving as physical protection and blindage. Usages of the term have varied inconsistently according to times and sources. Some sources use parados as a synonym for a traverse; some other sources represent parados as a special class of traverse and not necessarily at the back of any particular position.
In trench warfare parados referred to a bank of earth or similar material behind the rear of the trench, opposite the parapet, affording protection from explosions and fragments when shells or bombs overshot the trench.

paraganglioma
A rare and typically benign neoplasm that can be found in the abdomen, thorax, or head and neck region.

paragangliomas
plural of paraganglioma

paragangliomata
plural of paraganglioma

paraglioma
Alternative form of paraganglioma.

paragliomas
plural of paraglioma

paragrele
A lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms.

paragreles
plural of paragrele

paragroup
A section of a haplogroup that is not defined by a specific set of markers.

paragroups
plural of paragroup

parahelium
The form of the helium atom in which the spins of the two electrons form a singlet state (a state with zero total spin)

parallettes
A portabilized set of parallel bars consisting of two horizontal bars to be made to stand apart by the user, upon which callisthenic exercises are performed.

paralogon
A set of paralogous chromosomal regions, derived from a common ancestral region

paralogons
plural of paralogon

paramagnon
Damped magnons existing in a disordered magnetic state.

paramagnons
plural of paramagnon

paramosol
A kind of soil found in mountain meadow environments.

paramosols
plural of paramosol

parapore
A canaliculus, typically of a foraminifer

parapores
plural of parapore

parasha
Alternative form of parashah.

parashah
A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).
One of 54 sections of the Torah read weekly by religious Jews, particularly in the synagogue on the morning of the Jewish Sabbath

parashahs
plural of parashah

parashas
plural of parasha

parashiot
plural of parashah

parashioth
plural of parashah

parashiyos
plural of parashah

parashiyot
plural of parashah

parashiyoth
plural of parashah

parashot
plural of parashah

parashoth
plural of parashah

paratheater
A kind of experimental theater in which the audience directly participates.

paratheatre
Alternative form of paratheater.

parathletics
Alternative form of para-athletics.

parbutties
plural of parbutty

parbutty
A subordinate village officer in parts of the Madras presidency.

parclose
A partition that closes off part of a building; especially one that separates an altar or chapel from the rest of a church.
An enclosed area, especially one separated from the main body of a building by a screen or partition.

parcloses
plural of parclose

parentland
The place where an ethnic group originated; the place from which a population immigrated.

parentlands
plural of parentland

parentness
The condition, state, or quality of a parent.

parentship
The condition, state, or status of a parent.

parfumerie
Synonym of perfumery (“shop selling perfumes”).

parfumeries
plural of parfumerie

parkade
A multilevel parking garage.

parkette
A small urban park

parkettes
plural of parkette

parkful
Enough to fill a park.

parkfuls
plural of parkful

parkitecture
A style of 20th-century architecture developed by the United States National Park Service in its efforts to create buildings that harmonized with the natural environment and avoided the regularity and symmetry of the industrial world.

parkland
Land suitable for use as a park.
A landscape characterized by a mixture of treed groves and open grasslands, akin to a Eurasian forest steppe.

parklands
plural of parkland

parksful
plural of parkful

parlatory
A parlor in a convent, for the reception of visitors.

parloir
A room set aside for visitors in a monastery or convent, where they can talk to residents.

parloirs
plural of parloir

parputties
plural of parputty

parputty
Alternative form of parbutty.

parsha
Alternative form of parashah.

parshas
plural of parsha

parshioth
plural of parashah

parsonage
The residence of the minister of a parish.
The house, lands, tithes, etc. set apart for the support of the minister of a parish.

parsonages
plural of parsonage

parsondom
parsons collectively; the world of parsons, i.e. the established church

partyroom
A room where a party is held.

partyrooms
plural of partyroom

parvis
An enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral.
A portico surrounding such a space.
The porch of a church, or the room over it.

parvise
Alternative spelling of parvis.

parvises
plural of parvis
plural of parvise

pasanggrahan
A resthouse in Indonesia.

pasanggrahans
plural of pasanggrahan

passportification
The supply of passports to citizens of another country for national political reasons.

passportization
The act by one country (chiefly Russia) of inducing residents of another country to take up the citizenship of (and possess a passport from) the first country.

passportizations
plural of passportization

passway
A way by which one can pass; a road; a route.

passways
plural of passway

pastiglia
Low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain.

pastizzeria
A shop that sells pastizzi.

pastizzerias
plural of pastizzeria.

pastophori
plural of pastophorus

pastophoria
plural of pastophorium

pastophorium
A small chapel in a temple containing an image of a god.