Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Parsnip (n.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself.

(1) - Parson (n.) Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher.
(2) - Parson (n.) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.

(1) - Parsonage (n.) Money paid for the support of a parson.
(2) - Parsonage (n.) The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor.
(3) - Parsonage (n.) A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.

(1) - Part (n.) To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.
(2) - Part (n.) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.
(3) - Part (n.) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
(4) - Part (n.) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense.
(5) - Part (n.) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.
(6) - Part (n.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure.
(7) - Part (n.) That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
(8) - Part (n.) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.
(9) - Part (n.) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act.
(10) - Part (n.) One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.
(11) - Part (n.) To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
(12) - Part (adv.) Partly; in a measure.
(13) - Part (n.) To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
(14) - Part (n.) Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.
(15) - Part (n.) To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
(16) - Part (n.) To leave; to quit.
(17) - Part (v. i.) To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.
(18) - Part (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from.
(19) - Part (v. i.) To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from.
(20) - Part (v. i.) To have a part or share; to partake.
(21) - Part (n.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.