| participle |
in grammar, a verb form that combines with certain auxiliary verbs ("be" or "have") to give a verb in a sentence a particular aspect, either "perfect" or "progressive," or voice, either "active" or "passive." Participles can also serve the function of adjectives. |
| 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] |
| parting |
a division; separation. [4 definitions] |
| parting of the ways |
a separation or point of departure. |
| partisan |
a person who is strongly or actively devoted to some cause, idea, group, or person. [4 definitions] |
| partita |
in music, a series of related instrumental pieces, such as a suite. |
| partite |
divided into parts (usu. used in combination). |
| partition |
the division of something, such as a territory, enclosure, or concept, into parts. [6 definitions] |
| partly |
in some degree or measure; in part. |
| partner |
a person associated with another in a common activity; associate. [6 definitions] |
| partnerless |
combined form of partner. |
| partnership |
in law, the joint ownership of a business. [2 definitions] |