Paper Tigers Paper Tigers is the second album by the Sweden rock band The Caesars, first released in 2005.
	Paper towel A paper towel is a piece of non-absorbent paper made for the general purposes of towels but is most often used for drying hands. There are two distinct classes of paper towels in existence: the "domestic" paper towel, and the "institutional" paper towel. Invented in 1907 by Arthur Scott, the paper towel has ascended to provide a simple and efficient method of cleaning.
	Paper wasp Paper wasps are wasps of the family Vespidae, in the strict sense those belonging to the subfamily Polistinae, but the term is used colloquially to include some members of the subfamilies Vespinae and Stenogastrinae which also make nests out of paper. The wasps gather fibres from old wood and dry dead plant stems, chew them, and mix with saliva to make a water-resistant gray or brown paper.
	Paperclip A paper clip is a device which holds several sheets of paper together by means of pressure: it leaves the paper intact and can be easily removed.
	Papermaking Papermaking refers to the process of making modern-day paper, a material which is ubiquitous today for writing and packaging. The invention of papermaking is usually ascribed to the China court official Cai Lun. Papermaking is one of the Four Great Inventions of ancient China, alongside the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
	Paphiopedilum Paphiopedilum is a genus in the orchid family of approximately 77 species native to South China, India, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. The genus has been given its own subtribe, the Paphiopedilinae.
	Papier-mâché Papier-mch, sometimes called paper-mach, is a construction material that consists of pieces of paper, sometimes reinforced with textiles, stuck together using a wet paste. The crafted object becomes solid when the paste dries. A form of papier-mch had existed in China for hundreds of years until a much stronger version was patented by Henry Clay of Birmingham England in 1702.
	Papillary muscle In anatomy, the papillary muscles of the heart serve to limit the movements of the mitral valve and tricuspid valves and prevent them from being inverted. It is important to note they do not close or open the valves, which close passively in response to blood pressure gradients.
	Papoose *A papoose is an English loanword whose present meaning is "an Native Americans in the United States child". The word came originally from the Narragansett. *Child carriers were used by Native American indians and went by many names, but in the United States and the United Kingdom, the term papoose is used to a child carrier, many of which are similar to those used by Indians.
	Paprika Paprika is a powdered seasoning made from sweet red peppers, Capsicum annuum, also referred to as bell peppers. It is typically available either "sweet" that is, mild, or "hot", that is, spicy . In Hungary and adjacent countries, as well as Japan, Scandinavia, and Indonesia, paprika refers to bell peppers generally.
	Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea or PNG, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands . It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia.
	Papyrus Papyrus is an early form of paper made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland Cyperaceae that grows to 5 meters in height and was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt. Papyrus is first known to have been used in Ancient Egypt , but it was also widely used throughout the History of the Mediterranean region, as well as inland parts of Europe and south-west Asia.
	Pará Par |- | align=center colspan=2 | Par is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country. Neighboring states are Amap, Maranho, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas, Brazil and Roraima.
	Para rubber tree The Par rubber tree, often simply called rubber tree, is a tree belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae and the most important member of the genus Hevea. It is of major economical importance because its sap-like extract can be collected and is the primary source of natural rubber.
	Parable A parable is a story in prose or verse that is told to illustrate a religious or ethical idea. However, it differs from a fable in some ways. The word comes from the Greek pa?a???, which was the name given by Greece rhetorician to any fictive illustration in the form of a brief narrative.
	Parabola The parabola is a conic section generated by the intersection of a right circular conical surface and a plane parallel to a generating straight line of that surface. A parabola can also be defined as locus of Point s which are equality distance from a given point and a given line .
	Parabolic reflector A parabolic reflector is a Mirror device, formed in the shape of a paraboloid of revolution. Parabolic reflectors can either collect or distribute energy such as light, sound, or radio waves. The parabolic reflector functions due to the geometric properties of the paraboloid shape: if the angle of incidence to the inner surface of the collector equals the angle of reflection, then any incoming ray that is parallel to the axis of the dish will be reflected to a central point, or "focus".
	Paraboloid In mathematics, a paraboloid is a quadric, a type of surface in three dimensions, described by the equation: , or . There are two kinds of paraboloid: elliptic and hyperbolic. The elliptic paraboloid is shaped like an oval cup and can have a maximum or minimum point.
	Paracelsus Paracelsus was an alchemy, physician, astrologer, and general occultist. Born Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, he took the name Paracelsus later in life, meaning "beside or similar to Aulus Cornelius Celsus", a Roman physician from the I century AD.
	Paracheirodon Paracheirodon is a genus of freshwater fish in the characin family of order Characiformes. The type species is Paracheirodon innesi, the well-known neon tetra, and the Paracheirodon species are among the fishes known as tetras.
	Parachute A parachute is a soft fabric device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating Drag . Parachutes are generally used to slow the descent of a person or object to Earth or another celestial body within an Celestial body atmosphere. Drogue parachutes are also sometimes used to aid horizontal deceleration of a vehicle .
	Parachuting Parachuting, or skydiving, is an activity involving the breaking of a free-fall from a height using a parachute. The history of skydiving began with a descent from a balloon by Andr-Jacques Garnerin in 1797. Skydiving has been used by the military since the early 1900s, including use in World War I and World War II.
	Parade A parade is an organized procession of people along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by float or sometimes large lighter-than-air balloons with complex shapes. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebration s of some kind.
	Paradiddle In percussion, the paradiddle is a four-note sticking pattern consisting of two alternating notes followed by a diddle. The basic pattern is RLRR or LRLL. If multiple paradiddles are played in succession, they are always alternate between starting with one hand and starting with the other.
	Paradise The word paradise is derived from the Avestan word pairidaeza, which is a compound of pairi-, a cognate of the Greek language ' peri-, and -diz, a cognate of the English dough. An associated word is the Sanskrit word paradesha which literally means supreme country.
	Paradox A paradox is an apparently Truth Proposition or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition . Typically, either the statements in question do not really imply the contradiction, the puzzling result is not really a contradiction, or the premises themselves are not all really true or cannot all be true together.
	Paragraph A paragraph is a self-contained unit of a discourse in a written text dealing with a particular point or idea, or the words of a speaker. The start of a paragraph is indicated by beginning on a new line and ending without running to the next passage. Sometimes the first line is indented, and sometimes it is indented without beginning a new line.
	Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, bordering Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest, and is located in the very heart of South America.
	Paraldehyde Paraldehyde is the cyclic form of three acetaldehyde molecules. A colourless to pale yellow pungent liquid, it is sparingly soluble in water and highly soluble in alcohol. It has industrial and medical uses. It was first synthesized in 1829 by Wildenbusch. Paraldehyde decomposes in air, turning brown and producing an odour of acetic acid.
	Parallax Parallax, or more accurately motion parallax is the change of angular displacement of two stationary points relative to each other as seen by an observer, due to the motion of an observer. Simply put, it is the apparent shift of an object against a background due to a change in
	Parallel port In computing, a parallel port is a type of physical interface used in conjunction with a cable to connect separate peripherals in a computer system. Over a parallel port, binary information is transferred in parallel: each bit in a particular value is sent simultaneously as an electrical pulse across a separate wire, in contrast to a serial port, which requires each bit to be sent in series over a single wire.
	Parallelepiped In geometry, a parallelepiped or parallelopipedon is a three-dimensional figure like a cube, except that its faces are not squares but parallelograms. Three equivalent definitions of parallelepiped are *a prism of which the base is a parallelogram, *a hexahedron of which each face is a parallelogram,
	Parallelogram A parallelogram is a four-sided plane figure that has two sets of opposite parallel sides. Every parallelogram is a polygon, and more specifically a quadrilateral. Special cases of a parallelogram are the rhombus, in which all four sides are of equal length, the rectangle, in which the two sets of opposing, parallel sides are perpendicular to each other, and the square, in which all four sides are of equal length and the two sets of opposing, parallel sides are perpendicular to each other.
	Paramagnetism Paramagnetism is a form of magnetism which only occurs in the presence of an externally applied magnetic field. Paramagnetic materials are attracted to magnetic fields, hence have a relative magnetic permeability greater than unity . However, unlike ferromagnetism which are also attracted to magnetic fields, paramagnets do not retain any magnetisation in the absence of an externally applied magnetic field.
	Paramaribo Paramaribo is the capital of Suriname, located in the Paramaribo district, with a population of roughly 250,000 people. It lies on the Suriname River, approximately 15 kilometre inland from the Atlantic Ocean. Paramaribo is located at 552' North, 5510' West .
	Paramecium Paramecium is a well-known genus of ciliate protozoa, formerly known as slipper animalcules from their slipper shape. They are commonly studied as a representative of the ciliate group. Paramecia are unicellular and slipper-shaped, ranging from 50 to 300 m in length, depending on species.
	Paramedic A paramedic is a trained medical professional who responds to Medical emergency and Physical trauma emergencies in the pre-hospital setting for the purpose of stabilizing a patient's condition before and during transportation to an appropriate medical facility, usually by ambulance.
	Parameter In mathematics, statistics, and the mathematical sciences, parameters are quantities that define certain characteristics of systems or mathematical functions. When evaluating the function over a domain or determining the response of the system over a period of time, the independent variables are modulated, while the parameters are held constant.
	Paraná River The Paran River is a river in south central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina over a course of some 2,570 kilometers. This length increases to 3,998 km if the distance is counted from the headwaters of the Paranaiba River in Brazil. It is considered second in size only to the Amazon River among South American rivers.
	Paranthropus The robust australopithecines, members of the extinct hominin genus Paranthropus, were bipedal hominins that probably descended from the gracile australopithecine hominins . All species of Paranthropus were bipedal, and many lived during a time when species of the genus Homo , were prevalent.
	Parapet A parapet consists of a dwarf wall along the edge of a roof, or round a lead flat, terrace walk, etc., to prevent persons from falling over, and as a protection to the defenders in case of a siege. The word comes from the Italian language parapetto and/or the French language parapet, from Italian para, imperative of Italian parare and petto, ultimately from the Latin pectus; the German language use the term Brustwehr, and in Norwegian brystvern whic
	Paraphilia In psychology and sexology, paraphilia is a term that describes a family of philias that reference sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity. Paraphilia is also used to imply non-mainstream sexual practices without necessarily implying any dysfunction or moral deviance.
	Parapodium Parapodia, singular parapodium, are paired un-jointed lateral outgrowths. They are characteristic of Polychaeta. Parapodia are either uniramous or biramous. In the latter case, the dorsal lobes or branches are called notopodia and the ventral branches neuropodia.
	Paraquat Paraquat is the trade name for N,N'-Dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium dichloride or viologen, a quaternary ammonium herbicide. It is dangerously poisonous to humans. Other members of this class include diquat, cyperquat, diethamquat, difenzoquat, and morfamquat. All of these are easily reduced to the radical ion, which generates superoxide radical that reacts with unsaturated membrane lipids.
	Parasailing Parasailing, also known as parascending, is a recreational activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle while attached to a parachute. The boat then drives off, carrying the parascender into the air. The parascender has little or no control over the parachute. There are 5 parts of a parasail.
	Parasitic worm Parasitic worms or helminths are worm-like organisms that live and feed off of a living host receiving nourishment and protection while disrupting its host's nutrient absorption, causing weakness and disease. Parasitic worms' sizes range from a quarter-inch pinworms to 30-foot tapeworms.
	Parasol mushroom The parasol mushroom is a fungus with a large, prominent fruiting body that is aptly named after a lady's parasol. It is a fairly common species on well-drained soils. Most frequently, it is found solitary or in large groups and fairy rings in pastures and more rarely, in woodland.
	Parasympathetic nervous system The parasympathetic nervous system is one of three divisions of the autonomic nervous system. Sometimes called the rest and digest system, the parasympathetic system conserves energy as it slows the heart rate, increases intestinal and gland activity, and relaxes sphincter muscles in the gastrointestinal tract.
	Parathion Parathion, also called parathion-ethyl or diethyl parathion, is an organophosphate compound. Like many other organophosphate insecticides, it is a very potent insecticide and acaricide. It was originally developed by IG Farben in the 1940s. It is highly toxic to non-target organisms.
	Parathyroid gland The parathyroid glands are small endocrine system glands in the neck, usually located behind the thyroid gland, which produce parathyroid hormone. In rare cases the parathyroid glands are located within the thyroid glands. Most often there are four parathyroid glands but some people have six or even eight.
	Paratrooper Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an Airborne forces. Paratroopers offer a tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, thereby allowing them to be positioned in areas not accessible by land.
	Parazoa The Parazoa are an ancestral subkingdom of animals, literally translated as "beside the animals". Parazoans differ from their choanoflagellate ancestors in that they are macroscopic and have cellular differentiations, but unlike "true animals", they do not have biological tissues.
	Parchment Parchment is a material for the pages of a book, codex or manuscript made from calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. It is distinct from leather in that parchment is not tanned, but stretched, scraped, and dried under tension, creating a stiff white, yellowish or translucent animal skin.
	Pare The Pare are an ethnic group who inhabit the Pare Mountains which is part of the Kilimanjaro Administrative Region. Pareland is also known as Vuasu. The first Pare bible was published in 1910 by the help of German missionaries. Historically, the Pare were the main producers of highly-demanded iron for peoples who occupied the mountain regions of north-eastern Tanzania.
	Parent A parent is a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child or a relative who plays the role of a guardian.
	Parenthood Parenthood is a 1989 film starring Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Mary Steenburgen, Paul Linke, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton, Zachary La Voy, Keanu Reeves, and Joaquin Phoenix. The film was directed by Ron Howard; story by Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel & Ron Howard, and screenplay by Ganz & Mandel.
	Pargeting Pargeting is a decorative plastering applied to building walls. The technique is largely confined to East Anglia in England. Pargeting derives from the word 'parget', a Middle English term that is probably derived from the Old French 'pargeter' / 'parjeter', to throw about, or 'porgeter', to roughcast a wall.
	Pariah dog The phrase pariah dog originally referred to the wild dogs of India, but has come to refer in common parlance to any population of wild or feral dogs who live near human settlements worldwide, scavenging for food and seldom interacting directly with humans. These populations may or may not be related to the still-extant pariah dogs of India, depending on their location and heritage.
	Parietal bone The parietal bones are bones in the human skull and form, by their union, the sides and roof of the cranium. Each bone is irregularly quadrilateral in form, and has two surfaces, four borders, and four angles.
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	Paris quadrifolia Paris quadrifolia is a species of the genus Paris in the family Melanthiaceae although authorities formerly regarded it as part of the Liliaceae family. It is related to Trillium with which it can be confused. Trillium however is generally 3-merous whereas Paris is 4-merous.
	Parisian Parisian is a moderate to upscale United States chain of department stores, based in Birmingham, Alabama known for its superior level of personalized service and limited distribution speciality brands such as Juicy Couture, Karen Kane, BCBG Max Azria, Garfield & Marks, Tahari, Jig Saw, 7 For All Mankind, Diesel, Paper Denim & Cloth, Robert Talbott, Tommy Bahama, Joseph Abboud, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Callaway, Cutter & Buck, Indigo Palms, Bobbi Brown, Brahmin, French Connection]
	Parjanya In Hinduism, Parjanya is the Vedic Sanskrit for "rain" or "raincloud". Personified, it is the deity of rain, often identified with Indra, the "Bull" of the Rigveda, but also associated with Varuna as a deity of clouds and as punishing sinners. Two hymns of the the Rigveda, 5.63 and 7.101, are dedicated to Parjanya.
	Park A park is any of a number of geographic features.
	Park Ave. Park Ave. was an indie pop band which started in January of 1996 in Omaha, Nebraska. The members included * Clark Baechle * Jenn Bernard * Neely Jenkins * Conor Oberst * Jamie Williams The band lasted only two and a half years, but still retains a substantial fanbase.
	Parking Parking is the act of stopping a vehicle and leaving it unoccupied for more than a brief time. It is against the law virtually everywhere to park a vehicle in the middle of a highway or road. In all countries where motor vehicles are in common use, specialized parking facilities are routinely constructed in combination with most buildings to facilitate the coming and going of the buildings' users.
	Parking lot Parking lot is the American English/Canadian term that refers to a cleared area that is more or less level and is intended for parking vehicles. Usually, the term refers to a dedicated area that has been provided with a durable or semi-durable surface. In North America, where Automobile are the dominant mode of transportation, parking lots are an inescapable feature of every city and suburban area.
	Parking meter A parking meter is a device used to collect money in exchange for the right to park a vehicle in a particular place for a limited amount of time. Parking meters can be used by Municipality as a tool for enforcing their integrated on-street parking policy, usually related to their traffic and mobility management policies.
	Parking space A parking space is a location that is designated for parking. This can be in a parking garage or in a parking lot or on a city street. It is usually designated by white paint on tar with a brick-shaped rectangle. The automobile fits inside the space, either by parallel parking, perpendicular parking or angle parking.
	Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that affects the control of muscles, and so may affect movement, speech and posture. Parkinson's disease belongs to a group of conditions called movement disorders. It is often characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement, and in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement.