| paranymph | a groomsman or bridesmaid. | |
| paradoctor | a doctor who reaches patients by parachute. | |
| paradiddle | a drum roll struck by alternating hands. | |
| taradiddle | a fib; pretentious nonsense. | |
| paralipomena | pl. things omitted and added as a supplement. | |
| paralepsis | (rhet.) the use of pointed concision to suggest that much has been omitted. |