Vocabulary : Paromology to Paroophoron

Paromology : A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
Paronomasia : A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.
Paronomastic : Alt. of Paronomastical
Paronomastical : Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.
Paronomasy : Paronomasia.

Paronychia : A whitlow, or felon.
Paronym : A paronymous word.
Paronymous : Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc. ;; Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning; -- said of certain words, as al/ and awl; hair and hare, etc.
Paronymy : The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymous words.
Paroophoron : A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.

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