Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z parallactically In a parallactic manner. parallax An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position. parallel Equally distant from one another at all points. parallelable Capable of being paralleled, or equalled. parallelarity parallelism parallelepiped A solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms, all opposite faces being similar and parallel. parallelepipedal Having the form of a parallelepiped parallelepipedic Relating to, or having the form of a parallelepiped paralleler One who or that which parallels something. parallelinerved Having the venation arranged in parallel lines of veins paralleling A process of making or becoming figuratively parallel. parallelism The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character. parallelist parallelistic parallelistic Of the nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism. parallelity The condition of being parallel; parallelism. parallelizability The condition of being parallelizable. parallelizable Able to be made parallel. parallelization The act of making things parallel. parallelize To make parallel (to each other). parallelizer A process or algorithm that parallelizes code. parallelless Without a parallel or equal; matchless. parallelly At the same time. parallelness The quality of being parallel. parallelodontid Any clam in the family Parallelodontidae. parallelodromous Having parallel veins, as in lilies. parallelogram A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length. parallelogramic Having the form or properties of a parallelogram parallelogramical parallelogramic parallelogrammatic Having the shape of a parallelogram parallelogrammatically In a parallelogrammatic manner. parallelogrammical Having the properties of a parallelogram. parallelohedral Relating to a parallelohedron. parallelohedron A polyhedron that can tessellate three-dimensional spaces with face-to-face contacts via translations. parallelomania Excessive enthusiasm for finding similarities between texts. parallelometer A tool used in dental laboratories to survey models, design prostheses, and assemble attachments accurately. parallelophobia A reluctance to find similarities between texts. parallelopipedon A parallelopiped. parallelotope A generalization of parallelogram and parallelepiped into a figure of arbitrary dimensionality. parallelwise parallel 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. paralligatorid Any extinct neosuchian crocodyliform in the family Paralligatoridae paralog either of a pair of genes that derive from the same ancestral gene paralogia delirium paralogic Relating to paralogism. paralogical Of or pertaining to paralogism paralogically In a paralogical manner. paralogician A person who uses paralogy paralogics The study of paralogic rhetoric; the study of understanding language by successive approximation. paralogism A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical. paralogist One who makes fallacious arguments or draws illogical conclusions. paralogistic Relating to paralogy; fallacious paralogize To reason falsely; to make a paralogism paralogon A set of paralogous chromosomal regions, derived from a common ancestral region paralogous (of multiple genes at different chromosomal locations in the same organism) Having a similar structure indicating divergence from a common ancestral gene paralogously In a paralogous manner paralogue A pair of genes that derives from the same ancestral gene and now reside at different locations within the same genome. paralogy Paralogism paraloph A crest attaching the paracone to the protocone or the median mure. paralophid Synonym of paracristid. paralophule A small crest attached to the back side of the paracone. paralstonite A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing barium, calcium, carbon, and oxygen. paralumbar Located next to the lumbar region Paralympiad An occurrence of the Paralympic Games. Paralympian One who competes in the Paralympic Games. paralympic Pertaining to the Paralympic Games. Paralympics Synonym of Paralympic Games (“an international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue”). paralysable Able to be paralysed. paralysant Causing paralysis. paralysation paralysis. paralyse British standard spelling of paralyze. paralysedly In a paralysed manner paralyser That which paralyses. paralysis The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs. paralytic Someone suffering from paralysis. paralytical Of or pertaining to paralysis. paralytically In a paralytic manner. paralyzable for which each event happening during the previous event's deadtime restarts the deadtime while remaining uncounted paralyze To afflict with paralysis. paralyzed Partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled. paralyzedly In a state of paralysis. paralyzer One who or that which paralyzes paralyzing That paralyzes. paralyzingly In a paralyzing manner. param dicyandiamide paramaatma The eternal divine or cosmic soul. paramacellodid Any extinct scincomorph lizard of the family Paramacellodidae paramacular Near or alongside the macula paramagnet Any paramagnetic material paramagnetic Exhibiting paramagnetism. paramagnetically In a paramagnetic way. paramagneticlike Having some characteristics of a paramagnetic material paramagnetics The science and technology of paramagnetism and of paramagnetic materials paramagnetism The tendency of magnetic dipoles to align with an external magnetic field; materials that exhibit this tendency become temporary magnets. paramagnetoelectric Describing the effect of an electric field on paramagnetic materials paramagnon Damped magnons existing in a disordered magnetic state. paramahamsa A Hindu spiritual teacher who has become enlightened. paramaleate Any salt or ester of paramaleic acid. paramalignant Beside a malignancy paramania An uncontrollable urge to complain. paramaniac a person suffering from paramania. Paramaribo The capital city of Suriname. paramasticatory Other than masticatory (that does not involve just chewing) paramastoid Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital. paramatta A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino. paramaxillary Beside or beyond the maxilla paramecial Relating to a paramecium. paramecium An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium. paramed A paramedic. paramedial Near or next to the middle. paramedially In a paramedial manner paramedian to one side of the median position paramedic A person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and prepare them for transport to a medical facility. paramedical Of or relating to the provision of emergency medical treatment paramedicalization the trend of people setting more and more value on alternative medicine and different beliefs about wealth and health, which are not authorized by the medical scientists paramedically In a paramedical manner or context. paramedicine That field of medicine practiced by paramedics. paramegistid Any mite in the family Paramegistidae. paramelaconite A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal black mineral containing copper and oxygen. paramelitid Any amphipod in the family Paramelitidae. paramembranous Beyond a membrane paramendozavilite A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, molybdenum, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium. paramenia disordered menstruation parameningeal Across the meninges parameniscal Across or through the meniscus (of the knee) paramenstrual Just before, and just after menstruation paramenstruum The days immediately before and after menstruation parament A type of elaborate robe especially as worn by someone in power or a religious official. paramenta paraments parameral Relating to a paramere paramere One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, such as a starfish parameric Relating to a paramere. paramesangial Relating to a paramesangium paramese In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lowest-pitched fixed note in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, always pitched a perfect fourth below the nete, with two movable notes between them, the trite (lower in pitch) and the paranete (higher in pitch). The paramese was higher-pitched than the mese (the highest-pitched fixed note in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre) by a ratio of 9:8. paramesial Near, or across the median line paramesocolic Located next to the mesocolon paramesonephric Near the mesonephros. paramesonephrotic Synonym of paramesonephric. parameter A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc. parameterization The representation of physical characteristics or properties by parameters rather than as sui generis instances; usually and especially parameterize To describe in terms of parameters. parameterless Taking no parameters; having zero arity. paramethadione An oxazolidinedione anticonvulsant. paramethasone A fluorinated glucocorticoid. parametral Synonym of parametric. parametrectomy Removal of the all or part of the parametrium parametrial Of or pertaining to the parametrium parametric Of, relating to, or defined using parameters. In mathematics, this typically means related to parametrization / parametric equation. parametrical parametric parametricality Synonym of parametricity (which is the more common term for the concept) parametrically In a parametric manner