Parkinsonia Parkinsonia is a genus of about 12 species of in the family Fabaceae, native to semi-desert regions of Africa and the Americas. They are large shrubs or small trees growing to 5-12 m tall, dry season deciduous, with sparse, open, thorny crowns and green bark.
	Parkinsonia aculeata Parkinsonia aculeata is a tree from the family Fabaceae; common names include Mexican Palo Verde, Parkinsonia, Jerusalem thorn, or Jellybean tree. It is native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, South America south to northern Argentina, and the Galapagos Islands.
	Parkinsonia florida Parkinsonia florida is a species of Parkinsonia native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It appears somewhat more drooping than the related Parkinsonia microphylla. It is found primarily in desert washes as opposed to the foothills, a result of its greater need for water, although a few can be found in the hills.
	Parkway A parkway is a general designation of a type of limited-access highway in some parts of the United States and Canada. Like all limited-access highways, parkways are designed particularly for through traffic, and many can be classified generally as freeways or toll highways.
	Parliament A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modelled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler : a parlement is a talk, a discussion, hence a meeting where people discuss matters.
	Parmeliaceae Parmeliaceae is a family of lichens. Some members of the Parmeliaceae are: * the genus Parmelia * the genus Usnea * Oakmoss * Iceland moss
	Parmenides Parmenides of Elea was an Hellenic Greece philosophy born in Elea, a Hellenic city on the southern coast of Italy. Parmenides was a student of Ameinias and the founder of the School of Elea, which also included Zeno of Elea and Melissus of Samos.
	Parnassia palustris Parnassia palustris is a species of the Grass of Parnassus genus. It is the county flower of Cumberland and Sutherland in the United Kingdom. This flower has the distinction of appearing on the county arms of Cumbria. The name is inherited from ancient Greece.
	Parody In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. As literary theorist Linda Hutcheon puts it, "parody...is imitation with a critical difference, not always at the expense of the parodied text" .
	Parquetry Parquetry is a mosaic of wood used for ornamental flooring. The large diagonal squares known as Palace of Versailles were introduced there in 1684, as parquet de menuiserie, to replace the marble flooring that required constant washing, which tended to rot the joists beneath the floors.
	Parrot Parrots or Psittacines includes about 353 species of bird which are generally grouped into two family : the Cockatoo or cockatoos, and the true parrots or true parrots. The term parrot is generally used for both the entire order as well as for the Psittacidae alone.
	Parrotfish Parrotfishes are mostly tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Scaridae. Abundant on shallow reefs of the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans, the parrotfish family contains ten genera and about 90 species. Parrotfishes are named for their oral dentition: their numerous teeth are arranged in a tightly packed mosaic on the external surface of the jaw bones, forming a parrot-like beak which is used to rasp algae from coral and other rocky substrates.
	Parrotia Parrotia persica is a deciduous tree in the family Hamamelidaceae, the sole species in the genus Parrotia but closely related to the genus Witch-hazel. It is native to northern Iran, where it is endemic in the Alborz mountains.
	Parsec The parsec is a units of measurement of astronomical units of length. It stands for "parallax of one arcsecond". It is based on the method of trigonometric parallax, one of the most ancient and standard methods of determining stellar distances.
	Parser name = Parser |logo = |caption = Parser logo |developer = Art. Lebedev studio |latest_release_version = 3.2.1sp2 |latest_release_date = March 17 2006 |operating_system = Cross-platform |genre = Scripting language |license = GNU General Public License |website = article is about the programming language called Parser.
	Parsi A Parsi is a member of the close-knit Zoroastrianism community based in the Indian subcontinent. Parsis are descended from Persian Empire Zoroastrians who emigrated to the Indian subcontinent over 1000 years ago to escape religious persecution after the Islamic conquest of Persia .
	Parsley Parsley is a bright green, biennial plant herb that is very common in Middle Eastern cuisine, European cuisine, and American cuisine cooking. It is used for its leaf in much the same way as coriander , although it has a milder flavor.
	Parsnip The parsnip is a root vegetable related to the carrot. Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler and have a stronger flavor. Like carrots, parsnips are native to Eurasia and have been eaten there since ancient times. Until the potato arrived from the New World, its place in dishes was occupied by the parsnip.
	Parterre A parterre is a formal garden construction on a level surface consisting of planting beds, edged in stone or tightly clipped hedge and gravel paths arranged to form a pleasing pattern. Parterres need not have any flowers at all. French parterres were elaborated out of 16th-century knot gardens, and reached a climax at the Chateau of Versailles and its many European imitators, such as Kensington Palace.
	Parthenocissus Parthenocissus is a genus of climbing plants from the grape family, Vitaceae. It contains about 10 species, from Asia and North America. Several are grown for ornamental use. Parthenocissus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail and Gothic.
	Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper or five-leaved ivy is a woody vine native to eastern and central North America, in southeastern Canada, the eastern and central United States, eastern Mexico, and Guatemala, west as far as Manitoba, South Dakota, Utah and Texas.
	Parthenocissus tricuspidata Parthenocissus tricuspidata is a flowering plant in the grape family native to eastern Asia in Japan, Korea, and northern and eastern China. It is a deciduous woody vine growing to 30 metre tall or more given suitable support, attaching itself by means of numerous small branched tendrils tipped with sticky disks.
	Parthenogenesis Parthenogenesis means the growth and development of an embryo or seed without fertilization by a male. Parthenogenesis occurs naturally in some species, lower plants, invertebrates, honey bees and some vertebrates. Parthenogenetic populations must be all-female because there is no contribution from a male.
	Parthenon he Parthenon was a temple of Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Acropolis, Athens of Athens. It is the best-known remaining building of Ancient Greece, and has been praised as the finest achievement of Greek architecture. Its decorative sculpture is considered one of the high points of Art in Ancient Greece.
	Parthia Parthia was a civilization situated in the northeast of modern Iran, but at its height covering all of Iran proper, as well as regions of the modern countries of Iraq, Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia , eastern Turkey, eastern Syria, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
	Particle accelerator A particle accelerator is a device that uses electric field and/or magnetic fields to propel electric charge Elementary particles to high speeds. There are two basic types: linear accelerators and circular accelerators. This page describes types of
	Particle board Particle board, also called chipboard, is an engineered wood product manufactured from wood particles, such as wood chips, sawmill shavings, or even saw dust, and a synthetic resin or other suitable binder, which is pressed and extrusion. Particle board is a type of fiberboard, a composite material, but it is made up of larger pieces of wood than medium-density fibreboard and hardboard.
	Particle physics Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the elementary particle constituents of matter and radiation, and the interactions between them. It is also called "high energy physics", because many elementary particles do not occur under normal circumstances in nature, but can be created and detected during energetic collisions of other particles, as is done in particle accelerators.
	Particulate Particulates, alternatively referred to as particulate matter, aerosols or fine particles, are tiny particles of solid or liquid suspended in a gas. They range in size from less than 10 nanometres to more than 100 micrometres in diameter. This range of sizes represent scales from a gathering of a few molecules to the size where the particles no longer can be carried by the gas.
	Party A party is a social gathering intended primarily for celebration and recreation. While having some things in common with religious and seasonal festivals, the term "party" usually denotes a smaller gathering for a personal, rather than cultural, occasion even when the occasion is simply that of gaiety.
	Party game Party games are games which share several features suitable to entertaining a social gathering of moderate size. *The number of participants is indefinite and fairly large. Traditional multiplayer board games tend to accommodate four to six players at most, whereas party games generally have no fixed upper limit.
	Parvenu Parvenus are people that are relative newcomers to a socioeconomic class. The word derives from the French language; it is the past participle of the verb parvenir (to reach, to arrive, to manage to do something). (see Parva)
	Pas de Quatre Pas de Quatre is a ballet choreographed by Jules Perrot in 1845, to music composed by Cesare Pugni. On the night it premiered in London, it caused a sensation from critics and the public alike. The reason for this was that it brought together, on one satge, the four greatest ballerinas of the time.
	Pas de trois Pas de Trois. French language term usually referring to a dance in ballet between three people. A pas de trois is usually performed in ballet with two female dancers and one male, or two males and one female. However, 'pas de trois' technically refers to a dance between any three people, regardless of gender.
	Pasha Pasha was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors and generals. As an honorific, "Pasha" is roughly equivalent to "Sir".
	Paspalum Paspalum is a genus of the grass family, Poaceae. It includes Bahia grass, the food grain Koda millet and a warm season turfgrass, which is sometimes used as an alternative for bermudagrass.
	Pasque flower Pasque flowers are deciduous perennials that are found in short clumps in meadows and prairies of North America and Eurasia. The genus Pulsatilla includes about 30 species, many of which are valued for their finely-dissected Leaf, solitary bell-shaped flowers, and plumed seed heads.
	Passbook A passbook is a paper book used to record bank transactions on a deposit account. Depending on the country or the financial institution, it can be of the dimensions of a chequebook or a passport. Traditionally, a passbook is used for accounts with a low transaction volume, such as a savings account.
	Passenger car A passenger car is a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. Most often, the term passenger car is associated with equipment that resembles a Coach or sleeping car, but it can also encompass several other specialized types of equipment, including baggage car, dining car and railway post office cars.
	Passenger Pigeon The Passenger Pigeon was once probably the most common bird in the world. It is estimated that there were as many as five billion Passenger Pigeons in the United States. They lived in enormous flocks—the largest of them a mile wide and 300 miles long, taking several days to pass and probably containing two billion birds.
	Passer Passer is a genus of Old World sparrows. Most of its members are found naturally in open habitats in the warmer climates of Africa and southern Eurasia. Several species have adapted to human habitation, and this has enabled the House Sparrow in particular, invariably in close association with man, to extend its Eurasian range well beyond what was probably its original home in the Middle East, .
	Passerina The genus Passerina is a group of birds in the Cardinal family Cardinalidae. Although not directly related to Bunting in the family Emberizidae, they are sometimes known as the North American buntings. The males show vivid colours in the breeding season; the plumage of females and immature birds is duller.
	Passerine A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. More than half of all species of bird are passerines. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines are one of the most spectacularly successful vertebrate orders: with around 5,400 species, they are roughly twice as diverse as the largest of the mammal orders, the Rodentia.
	Passiflora edulis Passion fruit comes from passion flower vines, plants of the genus Passiflora, native to tropical and sub-tropical the Americas. The members of this genus produce beautiful Passion flower that are extensively cultivated outside their natural range. Passiflora edulis is cultivated commercially in northwestern South America, the Caribbean, Brazil, south Florida, Hawaii, Australasia, East Africa, and South Africa for its fruit.
	Passiflora foetida The Foetid Passion Flower or Stinking Passion Flower, also known as the Wild Maracuja, is a creeping vine which has an edible passion fruit and Leaf that have a mildly rank aroma. It is native to northern South America and the West Indies.
	Passiflora incarnata Maypop, also known as Purple passionflower, is a fast growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems. A member of the passionflower genus Passiflora, the Maypop has large, intricate flowers with prominent styles and stamens. One of the hardiest species of passionflower, it is a common wildflower in the southern United States.
	Passifloraceae Passifloraceae is a family of flowering plants, containing about 530 species classified in around 18 genera. They include trees, shrubs, lianas and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions . The family takes its name from the passion flower genus which includes the edible passion fruit as well as garden plants such as Maypop and Running Pop.
	Passing Passing refers to the ability of a person to be regarded as a member of a particular Group other than his or her own, such as a different race, Ethnic group, Social class, sex, or disability, generally with the purpose of gaining social acceptance.
	Passion play A Passion play is a drama play depicting the Passion of Christ: the Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus, Passion and death of Jesus Christ. It is a traditional part of Lent in several Christian denominations, particularly in Catholic tradition.
	Passions Passions is a hugely acclaimed United States television soap opera created by veteran soap opera writer James E. Reilly. It debuted on NBC on July 5, 1999, replacing the long running Another World. In the beginning, it centered largely around Horror-oriented themes; it now uses drama and comedy instead.
	Passover Passover , also called ?? ????? is a Jewish holiday which is celebrated in the spring . It begins on the 15th day of Nisan , which falls between March 15-April 30. Passover commemorates the Exodus and freedom of the Israelites from ancient Egypt. As described in the Book of Exodus, Passover marks the "birth" of the Jewish nation, as the Jews' ancestors were freed from being slaves of Pharaoh and allowed to become servants of God instead.
	Passport A passport is a travel document issued by a national government that usually identifies the bearer as a nationality of the issuing state and requests that the bearer be permitted to enter and pass through other countries. Passports are connected with the right of legal protection abroad and the right to enter one's country of nationality.
	PAST PAST was a Polish telephone operator in the period between World War I and World War II. It is notable for its' main headquarters in Warsaw, which at the time of its construction was the first and tallest skyscraper in the Russian Empire and the tallest building of Warsaw.
	Pasta Pasta is a type of food made from the flour of various grains, water, and sometimes Egg , which is mixed, kneaded and formed into various shapes, and boiled prior to consumption. While the name comes from Italy, pasta is very popular all over the world. The English language word pasta generally refers to noodles and other food products made from a flour and water paste, often including egg and edible salt.
	Pastel Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all coloured art media, including oil paints. "Pastel" is also used: * as a noun - to mean a pastel artwork * as a verb - to represent the process of producing an artwork
	Pastern The pastern is a part of the horse between the fetlock joint and the hoof. It is the equivalent to the two largest bones found in the human finger.
	Pastis Pastis is an anise-flavored liqueur and apritif from France, typically containing 40-45% alcohol by volume, although there exist alcohol-free varieties. When absinthe was banned in France in 1915, the major absinthe producers reformulated their drink without the banned absinth wormwood component, a heavier focus on the aniseed flavor using more star anise, sugar and a lower alcohol content creating pastis, which remains popular in France today.
	Pasto Pasto is the capital of the Departments of Colombia of Nario, located in southwest Colombia. The city is located in the "Valle de Atriz", on the Andes mountain range, at the foot of the Galeras volcano, at an altitude of 2.527 metres above sea level.
	Pastoral Pastoral refers to the lifestyle of shepherds and pastoralists, moving livestock around larger areas of land according to seasons and availability of water and feed.
	Pastrami Pastrami is a popular deli meat made from meat. The raw meat is salted, then dried, seasoned with various herbs and spices and smoked. Aside from the pepper and smoking, it is similar in process and flavor to Corned beef. In the United Kingdom and the United States beef is used and the meat is boiled after the salting stage.
	Pastry Pastry is the name given to various kinds of dough made from ingredients such as flour, butter, shortening, baking powder and/or Egg s. The pastry is rolled out thinly and used as a base for Baking goods. Common pastry dishes include pies, tarts, and quiches.
	Pasture Pasture is land with lush herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for cattle and sheep. It is still used extensively, particularly for free range and organic farming, as pasture gives much better living conditions for the animals.
	Pasty A pasty is a type of pie, originally from Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a baking un-sweetened pastry case traditionally filled with diced meat and vegetables. The ingredients are uncooked before being placed in the unbaked pastry case.e=The Cornish Pasty |author=Christopher Lean
	Patagonia Patagonia is the portion of South America in Argentina and Chile made up of the Andes mountains to the west and south, and plateaux and low plains to the east. To the east of the Andes, it lies south of the Neuqun River and Ro Colorado rivers, and, to the west of the Andes, south of , excluding the Chilo Island Archipelago.
	Patchouli Patchouli is both a plant and an essential oil obtained from the leaves of a plant of the same name. The scent of patchouli is heavy and strong, and many people find it offensive. It has been used for centuries in perfumes, and is grown in the East and West Indies. The word derives from the Tamil language patchai ?????, ellai ???.
	Patchwork Patchwork or "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of Cloth into a larger design. The larger design is usually based on repeat patterns built up with different colored shapes. These shapes are carefully measured and cut, straight-sided, basic geometric shapes making them easy to piece together.
	Pâté A pt is a spreadable paste, usually made from meat although Vegetarianism variants exist, and often served with toast as a starter. It is a French word which designates a mixture of minced meat and fat, it should not be confused with "pt en crote" which now means pt within a crust or bun, but used to serve as a term for "meat pastry or pie."
	Patent A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a patentee for a Term of patent in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter which is novelty , inventive step and non-obviousness, and utility or industrial applicability.
	Patent medicine Patent medicine is the term given to various medical compounds sold under a variety of names and labels, though they were for the most part actually trademarked medicines, not patented. In ancient times, such medicine was called nostrum remedium, "our remedy" in Latin, hence the name "nostrum"; it is a medicine whose efficacy is questionable and whose ingredients are usually kept secret.
	Paternalism Paternalism refers usually to an attitude or a policy stemming from the hierarchy of a family based on patriarchy, that is, there is a figurehead that makes decisions on behalf of others for their own good, even if this is contrary to their wishes. It is implied that the fatherly figure is wiser than and acts in the best interest of its protected figures.