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A writer of paragraphs; a paragraphist.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, a paragraph or paragraphs. -- Par`a*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

A paragrapher.

Of or relating to a paragraphist. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

A lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms. [France] Knight.

See Mate, the leaf of the Brazilian holly.

Of or pertaining to Paraguay. -- n.

See Apparel. [Obs.] "In the parail of a pilgrim." Piers Plowman.

Same as Parrakeet.

A train or series of kites on one string and flying tandem, used for attaining great heights and for sending up instruments for meteorological observations or a man for military reconnoissance; also, a kite of such a train.

Designating an acid called paralactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.

A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance related to, if not identical with, glycogen.

A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance.

A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice." [Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis…

See Paraleipsis.

ility to pain, excessive sensibility to pain, and abnormal painful results of stimuli. -- Par`al*ge"sic (#), a.

A dweller by the sea. [R.]

A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.

See Paraleipsis.

Of or pertaining to a parallax.