Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Paramorphism (n.) The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involve a change in physical characters without alteration of chemical composition.

(1) - Paramount (n.) The highest or chief.
(2) - Paramount (a.) Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preeminent; as, a paramount duty.

(1) - Paramour (adv.) Alt. of Paramours
(2) - Paramour (n.) Love; gallantry.
(3) - Paramour (n.) A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; -- used of a man or a woman.