| Parthia |
an ancient country in southwest Asia originating in what is now northeastern Iran. |
| Parthian shot |
an unfriendly or sharp remark or gesture made as one departs; parting shot. |
| partial |
not complete. [4 definitions] |
| partiality |
the condition of being partial. [3 definitions] |
| partially |
partly; not completely. |
| partial tone |
in music, any of the pure tones that make up a complex tone; harmonic. |
| participant |
a person who participates or takes part. [2 definitions] |
| participate |
to take part; share (usu. fol. by in). |
| participation |
the act or an instance of participating. [2 definitions] |
| participial |
of, like, pertaining to, or formed with a participle. [2 definitions] |
| participle |
in grammar, a verbal form that may serve as an adjective, as "broken" in "a broken doll"; a gerund, as "scaling" in "Scaling the wall was difficult"; a preposition, as "considering" in "Considering the odds, their victory was astonishing";and an element in verb phrases, as "coming" in "They are coming tomorrow". |
| particle |
a minute quantity or piece; speck; trace. [2 definitions] |
| particle beam |
a stream of atomic or subatomic particles projected at extremely high speed and used in research, as into nuclear reactions, or in military weaponry. |
| particle board |
any of several boardlike building materials made by compressing wood chips, flakes, or sawdust with a bonding resin. |
| parti-colored |
having two or more different colors; variegated. |
| particular |
of or pertaining to a single person, thing, or event and only to that single person, thing, or event. [7 definitions] |
| particularism |
complete devotion to one particular party, system, or the like. [3 definitions] |
| particularity |
the state or condition of being particular. [4 definitions] |
| particularize |
to state or specify in detail. [3 definitions] |
| particularly |
in or to an unusual or particular degree. [3 definitions] |
| particulate |
relating to or made of distinct particles. [2 definitions] |