Word Meanings - PARASOL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun. (more info) It. parare to ward off, Sp. & Pg. parar + It.

Related words: (words related to PARASOL)

• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• UMBRELLA
  The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish. (more info) 1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• PROTECTIONIST
  One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.
• SMALLPOX
  A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick
• SMALL
  sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity
• WOMEN
  pl. of Woman.
• SMALLAGE
  A biennial umbelliferous plant native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
• SMALLY
  In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. Ascham.
• PROTECTIONISM
  The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4.
• SMALLNESS
  The quality or state of being small.
• SMALLS
  See 3
• SMALLSWORD
  A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
• PROTECTION
  A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• SUBUMBRELLA
  The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish.
• YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
  An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which
• ABYSMALLY
  To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G. Eliot.
• BAPTISMALLY
  In a baptismal manner.