P — The school dictionary · page 21 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15paperworkForms, letters, reports and other papers that must be filled in or kept, especially for school, work or the government.11 sentencespapooseA papoose is a baby carried on its mother's back or in a cradle, wrapped tightly in cloth. The word is old and comes from a North American…5 sentencespapuaPapua is the name of a large area in the western half of the island of New Guinea, now part of Indonesia.9 sentencespapyrusA tall water plant like a reed that grows by the River Nile.11 sentencesparIn golf, par is the number of strokes a good player is expected to need for a hole or a whole course.14 sentencesparableA parable is a short story with a lesson about how to live, especially one told by Jesus in the Bible.9 sentencesparachuteA parachute is a large piece of cloth fixed to a person or thing by strings, which opens in the air and makes them fall slowly and safely.10 sentencesparachutistA person who jumps from an aircraft and floats down using a parachute.7 sentencesparadeA procession of people, bands or floats moving through the streets to celebrate something.13 sentencesparadiseParadise is a perfect, happy place, like a beautiful garden.11 sentencesparadoxA statement or idea that seems to contradict itself or seems impossible, but may still be true.9 sentencesparagraphA paragraph is a group of sentences about one main idea; it starts on a new line, often indented.8 sentencesparakeetA parakeet is a small, often brightly coloured parrot with a long tail.9 sentencesparallaxThe way an object seems to move against a far background when you look at it from two different places, such as with one eye and then the…6 sentencesparallelParallel lines are straight lines that always stay the same distance apart and never meet, like train rails.12 sentencesparalympicsA big international sports competition for athletes with disabilities, such as athletes who are blind, use wheelchairs or have lost limbs,…7 sentencesparalyseTo paralyse someone is to make them lose the ability to move part or all of their body, through injury or illness.10 sentencesparalysisLoss of the ability to move some or all of the body, usually because of injury or illness to the nerves.9 sentencesparameciaParamecia are tiny one-celled living things that live in fresh water and are shaped like a slipper; they swim using tiny hairs called cilia.7 sentencesparameciumA paramecium is a tiny living thing made of just one cell, shaped like a slipper, that lives in ponds and fresh water.9 sentencesparamedicA paramedic is a trained person who gives emergency medical help to sick or hurt people and takes them to hospital in an ambulance.9 sentencesparamilitaryadjective.10 sentencesparamountParamount means more important than anything else.7 sentencesparanoidToo worried that people are against you, talking about you or trying to trick you, without good reason.8 sentencesparapetA parapet is a low wall along the edge of a bridge, roof or tower, to stop people falling off.4 sentencesparaphraseTo paraphrase is to say or write the same thing again in other words.10 sentencesparasiteA parasite is a living thing that lives on or inside another living thing and takes its food from it, often harming it: fleas, lice, ticks…9 sentencesparasiticLiving on or inside another living thing (the host) and taking food from it, often harming it.9 sentencesparasitismA way of living in which one living thing (the parasite) lives on or inside another (the host) and takes food from it, harming it.7 sentencesparasolA parasol is a small umbrella held over the head to keep off the sun.4 sentencesparcelA thing or things wrapped in paper or put in a box so it can be sent by post or given to someone.13 sentencesparchedVery dry because of heat and lack of rain.13 sentencesparchmentA material for writing on, made long ago from the thin, dried skin of a sheep, goat or calf.11 sentencespardonA word you say when you did not hear what someone said and want them to repeat it.13 sentencespareTo cut away the thin outer skin or edge of something, such as fruit or nails, with a knife.8 sentencesparentA parent is a mother or a father.14 sentencesparentageYour parentage is who your parents are.9 sentencesparentalParental means of or about parents, or from a parent.11 sentencesparenthesisA word, phrase or sentence put into another sentence as extra information, marked by brackets, commas or dashes.9 sentencesparingA paring is a thin strip peeled or cut off the skin of a fruit or vegetable.4 sentencesparishA parish is an area that has its own church and priest or vicar, and the people who live there.10 sentencesparishionerA parishioner is a person who lives in a parish or belongs to its church.7 sentencesparisianadjective.10 sentencesparityBeing equal, especially in pay, rank, strength or chances: men and women should have parity of pay.12 sentencesparkA park is a public green place with grass and trees where people play, walk and relax.16 sentencesparklandParkland is open land with grass and trees, used as a park.10 sentencesparliamentA parliament is a group of people elected to make the laws of a country.12 sentencesparliamentaryTo do with a parliament: parliamentary elections, a parliamentary debate.9 sentencesparlorA parlor is an old word for a sitting room in a house where guests were received. It is the American spelling of «parlour».5 sentencesparlourA sitting room in a house kept for receiving visitors or for the family to relax in.10 sentencesparodyA parody is a funny copy of a song, story, film or style that exaggerates it to make people laugh or to make fun of it.10 sentencesparoxysmA sudden, strong burst of a feeling or action that you cannot control: «a paroxysm of laughter», «a paroxysm of rage».8 sentencesparrA parr is a young salmon or trout in its first year or two of life in a river, before it swims to the sea.8 sentencesparrotA parrot is a bird with bright colours and a curved beak. Some parrots can copy words and sounds.12 sentencesparrotfishA parrotfish is a brightly coloured fish of coral reefs with teeth joined into a beak like a parrot's.8 sentencesparsecA unit for measuring huge distances in space, equal to about 3.26 light years, or about 31 million million kilometres.7 sentencesparseeA member of a community of Zoroastrians in India and Pakistan whose families came from Persia (Iran) more than a thousand years ago.9 sentencesparsiA member of a community in India whose ancestors came from Persia (Iran) over a thousand years ago and who follow the Zoroastrian religion.8 sentencesparsleyParsley is a green herb with curly or flat leaves, used to flavour food and to decorate plates.4 sentencesparsnipA long, pale cream root vegetable, shaped like a carrot, with a sweet taste when cooked.8 sentencesparsonA parson is a priest in charge of a church, especially in a country village.4 sentencesparsonageA parsonage is the house where a parson lives, usually next to the church. (old use).5 sentencespartA part is a piece of something bigger. A slice is a part of a cake.17 sentencespartakeTo eat or drink something, usually offered to you.13 sentencesparthenogenesisParthenogenesis is a way some animals and plants have babies from an egg that has not been fertilised, so no father is needed.7 sentencespartialPartial means not complete; only part of something.11 sentencespartialityUnfair support for one person or side over another.11 sentencespartiallyPartially means partly; not completely.11 sentencesparticipantA person who takes part in an activity, an event, a race, a game, a study or a competition.7 sentencesparticipateTo take part or join in an activity or event.10 sentencesparticipatingTaking part or joining in an activity, game, event or lesson.11 sentencesparticipationParticipation is taking part in an activity or event.9 sentencesparticipleA participle is a form of a verb used to make tenses or used like an adjective.10 sentencesparticleA particle is a very small piece or bit of something: dust particles.13 sentencesparticularParticular means one certain thing, not any other: on that particular day.15 sentencesparticularlyEspecially; more than usual or more than others.16 sentencespartisanStrongly supporting one political party or side, often without being fair to the other side.9 sentencespartitionA thin wall or screen that divides a room into parts.11 sentencespartitiveA word or phrase that shows a part of a whole or an amount, such as "some of", "a piece of", "a slice of", "a glass of".9 sentencespartlyPartly means not completely; to some degree, but not all.11 sentencespartnerA partner is a person who does something together with you, like a work or dance partner.14 sentencespartnershipWorking together with someone as partners to do something: «The school works in partnership with the zoo».10 sentencespartridgeA plump brown bird that lives on the ground in fields and is sometimes hunted for food.8 sentencespartyA party is a time when people meet to eat, play and have fun, like a birthday party.13 sentencespas«Pas» means «not» in French, used with «ne»: «je ne sais pas» is «I don't know»; in casual French people often just say «pas».13 sentencespassTo pass something is to give it to the next person.15 sentencespassageA passage is a narrow way, like a corridor or path, that you go along.14 sentencespassedwent past; moved by something.13 sentencespassengerA passenger is a person who travels in a bus, train, car, ship or plane but does not drive or fly it.11 sentencespasserA person who passes by, usually in "passer-by" (plural passers-by): someone walking past a place.11 sentencespassionA very strong feeling, such as love, anger or excitement.11 sentencespassionateHaving or showing very strong feelings, such as love, anger or excitement.9 sentencespassionatelyWith very strong feeling or enthusiasm.12 sentencespassivePassive means letting things happen to you without acting, reacting or taking part: «a passive audience».11 sentencespassoverPassover is a Jewish spring festival that remembers how God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt; families share a special meal call…8 sentencespassportAn official small book from your country's government with your photo, name and date of birth, that you show when you travel to other coun…9 sentencespasswordA password is a secret word or set of letters, numbers and symbols you must type to use a computer, app or account.10 sentencespastThe past is time that has gone, before now.15 sentencespastaPasta is a food made from flour, water and sometimes egg, made into shapes like spaghetti, macaroni or penne and boiled before eating.10 sentencespastePaste is a soft, thick, wet mixture that you can spread, such as glue paste or tomato paste.12 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/2/