Vocabulary : Paramorphism to Paranoia

Paramorphism : The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involve a change in physical characters without alteration of chemical composition.
Paramorphous : Relating to paramorphism; exhibiting paramorphism.
Paramos : of Paramo
Paramount : Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preeminent; as, a paramount duty. ;; The highest or chief.
Paramountly : In a paramount manner.

Paramour : A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; -- used of a man or a woman. ;; Love; gallantry. ;; Alt. of Paramours
Paramours : By or with love, esp. the love of the sexes; -- sometimes written as two words.
Paramylum : A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water.
Paranaphthalene : Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline.
Paranoia : A chronic form of insanity characterized by very gradual impairment of the intellect, systematized delusion, and usually by delusious of persecution or mandatory delusions producing homicidal tendency. In its mild form paranoia may consist in the well-marked crotchetiness exhibited in persons commonly called "cranks." Paranoiacs usually show evidences of bodily and nervous degeneration, and many have hallucinations, esp. of sight and hearing. ;; Mental derangement; insanity.

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