Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Paries (n.) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.

(1) - Parietal (n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
(2) - Parietal (n.) One of the parietal bones.
(3) - Parietal (a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.
(4) - Parietal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.
(5) - Parietal (a.) Of pertaining to the parietes.
(6) - Parietal (a.) Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
(7) - Parietal (a.) Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.

(1) - Paring (v. t.) That which is pared off.
(2) - Paring (v. t.) The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
(3) - Paring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pare