A parachute is a large piece of fabric you attach to yourself if you know you are going to fall a very long way and want to land safely. Parachutes slow down the speed of your fall by creating drag.
Parachutes are used by skydivers, to slow down racing cars and space shuttles, and for dropping supplies to stranded people from a plane so the supplies don't break on the way down.
A parade, also called a marchpast, procession or pageant is usually part of some kind of celebration. Many people walk some distance in a line. There is usually lots of music, and the people in the parade are dressed up in fancy costumes. Sometimes there are also large, decorated vehicles called floats in a parade.
A parakeet is a general name given to any small parrot.
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A parallelogram is a shape with four sides. A parallelogram looks like a rectangle that has been pushed sideways. Both pairs of opposite sides are parallel and the same length. The windows in the picture, viewed from this angle, look like a parallelogram. In fact, each of the windows is a little parallelogram by itself.
A parasite is something that takes what it needs from a host. Parasites can be plants, insects, viruses or animals. The one feature they all share is that they either live on in their host, and damage the host to some degree for their own benefit.
Fleas are the parasite that most people are familiar with. The parasite in the photo is mistletoe.
A parasol is a kind of smaller umbrella that is designed to keep off the sun rather than the rain.
A parcel, or package, is something wrapped up to be sent in the mail. The wrapping protects what is in the package from being damaged.
A parent is anyone who has children. The children may not be their own - someone may be a foster parent, an adoptive parent or be a step-parent to step-children.