parascholarship
Scholarship that is carried out outside the academic mainstream.

parascience
Science that is nonmainstream or carried out in a subsidiary capacity.

parasciences
plural of parascience

parasiloxanthin
A carotenoid found in catfish, C₄₀H₅₈O₂

paratherapist
A paraprofessional trained to assist a therapist.

paratherapists
plural of paratherapist

paratrooper
A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.

paratroopers
plural of paratrooper

paravane
A device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it cuts the moorings of submerged mines.
A towed underwater object with hydrofoils, of diverse uses.

paravanes
plural of paravane

parcelcopter
A small-scale unmanned aerial vehicle used to promptly transport a package.

parcelcopters
plural of parcelcopter

parcels
plural of parcel

parcenaries
plural of parcenary

parcenary
coparcenary; coheirship.

parentships
plural of parentship

parkage
Area for parking (motor vehicles).

parkages
plural of parkage

parkway
A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way.
A scenic freeway.
A divided highway with a landscaped median.
A tree lawn.

parkways
plural of parkway

parliamentaries
plural of parliamentary

parliamentary
Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament.
Having the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament.
Of a class of train which, by an act of parliament, ran both ways along a line, at least once each day, at the rate of one penny per mile.

parral
Alternative form of parrel.

parrals
plural of parral

parrel
A sliding loop of rope or metal, around the mast of a ship, to which a yard or gaff is fitted.

parrels
plural of parrel

parsonhood
Synonym of parsonship.

parsonships
plural of parsonship

partisanry
Synonym of partisanship.

partisanships
plural of partisanship

partizanship
Alternative spelling of partisanship.

partizanships
plural of partizanship

partnerings
plural of partnering

partnerships
plural of partnership

partyboat
Alternative form of party boat.

partyboats
plural of partyboat

partyship
Membership of, or compliance with, a political party.

parvclasses
plural of parvclass

pashaships
plural of pashaship

passade
A pass or thrust.
A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.
A brief romantic or sexual relationship; a fling.

passades
plural of passade

passado
Alternative form of passade.

passadoes
plural of passado

passados
plural of passado

passcard
A card that allows the bearer to pass a security checkpoint.

passcards
plural of passcard

passimeter
A pocket pedometer.
A turnstile operated from a ticket booth or by a ticket machine.

passimeters
plural of passimeter

pastorships
plural of pastorship

patache
A dispatch-boat; a small vessel used to communicate between the vessels of a fleet.
A horse-drawn carriage with two wheels used in France.

pataches
plural of patache

patamar
A sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
A courier or messenger travelling on foot.

patamars
plural of patamar

patelships
plural of patelship

patenteeships
plural of patenteeship

patents
plural of patent

paternities
plural of paternity

paternity
Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
Parental descent from a father.
Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.
Authorship.

pathovar
A strain of bacteria, or set of strains, with similar characteristics.

pathovarieties
plural of pathovariety

pathovariety
Synonym of pathovar.

pathovars
plural of pathovar

patientcare
The care of patients; healthcare.

patimar
Alternative form of patamar.

patimars
plural of patimar

patois
A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti).
Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language based primarily on English and African languages but also having influences from Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi.
Jargon or cant.

patriality
The right to reside in the United Kingdom, free from the constraints of immigration policy.

patriarchships
plural of patriarchship

patriclan
A clan, with membership determined by patrilineal descent from a common ancestor.

patriclans
plural of patriclan

patrocinium
The distinctive relationship in Ancient Roman society between a patron and a client.

patrocladistics
Patristic cladistics.

patrocladogram
A patristic cladogram.

patrocladograms
plural of patrocladogram

patronship
Patronage, the act or especially the formalized state of being a backer or supporter (of something).
Synonym of patroonship.

patronships
plural of patronship

patroonry
Land ownership by patroons.

patroonship
The position or office of a patroon; landownership (originally of a Dutch colony).
An estate run by a patroon, or under a similar system.

patroonships
plural of patroonship

pattamar
Alternative form of patamar.

pattamars
plural of pattamar

pattello
Alternative form of putelee.

pattelloes
plural of pattello

pattemar
Alternative form of patamar.

pattemars
plural of pattemar

pattimar
Alternative form of patamar.

pattimars
plural of pattimar

patwari
An official who visits agricultural lands and maintains records of their ownership and tilling.

patwaries
plural of patwari

patwaris
plural of patwari

paunceway
Alternative form of panchway.

paunceways
plural of paunceway

paunchway
Alternative form of panchway.

paunchways
plural of paunchway

paunsway
Alternative form of panchway.

paunsways
plural of paunsway

paussid
Any beetle in the former family Paussidae, now considered to be the carabid subfamily Paussinae.

paussids
plural of paussid

pavesade
A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in battle, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

pavesades
plural of pavesade

pavettamine
The cardiotoxin (2R,4S)-1-amino-5-[[(2S,4R)-5-amino-2,4-dihydroxypentyl]amino]pentane-2,4-diol present in the coffee plant and other plants in family Rubiaceae.

pavisade
A row of shields hung on the side of a ship to protect it at war and discourage boarding by enemies.

pavisades
plural of pavisade

pavisor
A foot soldier trained in the use of the pavais.

pavisors
plural of pavisor

pawnticket
A ticket issued by a pawnbroker to the customer, by which they can later redeem the pawned article.

pawntickets
plural of pawnticket

payeeships
plural of payeeship

payload
That part of a cargo that produces revenue.
The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.
That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.
The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it.
The actual data in a data stream.

payloads
plural of payload

paymasterships
plural of paymastership

pby
Abbreviation of probably.

pcm
Initialism of per calendar month.

peapod
The pod of the pea plant, that holds the seeds (the peas) until they ripen
The pod and its contents as a vegetable; the mangetout
A hybrid nanomaterial consisting of spheroidal fullerenes encapsulated within a carbon nanotube.
A small rowboat traditionally used for fishing and lobstering in Maine.

peapods
plural of peapod

pearler
A pearl diver.
A boat used in pearl fishing.
A machine for pearling grain.

pearlers
plural of pearler

peasantships
plural of peasantship

peculation
The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.

peculations
plural of peculation

ped
A pedestrian.
A pedestal.
A motorcycle.
A pedophile.

pedalboat
a pedalo