para-¹ /par-ə-/

1. Denoting: beside
2. Faulty
3. Disordered
4. Abnormal
5. False
6. A polymer of
7. A compound related to
8. Closely resembling, or parallel to, as in paramedic, paramilitary
9. (in organic chemistry) having substituted atoms or groups attached to two opposite carbon atoms of the benzene ring, commonly represented by p-

paramedˈic and paramedˈical noun and adjective

(a person) helping doctors or supplementing medical work (see also under para-²)

para-² /par-ə-/

Denoting parachute

parˈabrake noun

A parachute used to help brake an aircraft when it has landed

parˈadoctor noun

A doctor who parachutes to patients in remote areas

parˈadrop noun

An airdrop (also transitive verb)

parˈafoil noun

A form of steerable parachute, consisting of air-filled nylon cells

parˈaglider noun

A glider with inflatable wings

parˈagliding noun

The sport of drifting through the air to the ground while wearing a modified type of parachute, after having been towed into the air by, or jumping from, a plane

parˈakiting noun

The sport of soaring suspended from a parachute which is being towed

parˈamedic or paramedˈico noun (pl parˈamedics or paramedˈicos)

A paradoctor (see also under para-¹)

parˈamedic or paramedˈical adjective

parˈasailing noun

A sport similar to paragliding, the participant wearing water-skis and a modified type of parachute, and being towed into the air by a motorboat

parˈascending noun

A sport similar to paragliding, the participant being towed into the wind behind a motor vehicle

para¹ /pärˈə/

1. A small Turkish coin
2. 1/40 of a piastre
3. 1/100 of a Yugoslav dinar

Pará /pä-räˈ/

A city, state, and estuary of Brazil

pará grass noun

Piassava

pará nut noun

Brazil nut

pará rubber noun

Rubber produced from the tree Hevea brasiliensis

para² /parˈə/

par³ /pär/ or para /parˈə/

paralympics /pa-rə-limˈpiks/

A series of sporting events for people with physical and learning disabilities, running parallel to the traditional Olympic games

paralymˈpian noun

A competitor in paralympics

paralympˈic adjective

• oppignoration
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• oppilate
• oppilated
• oppilates
• oppilating
• oppilation
• oppilations
• oppilative
• oppo
• opponencies
• opponency
• opponent
• opponents
• opportune
• opportunely
• opportuneness
• opportunenesses
• opportunism
• opportunisms
• opportunist
• opportunistic
• opportunistic infection
• opportunistic infections
• opportunistic species