Anagrams of: PARADOXURUS

• (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist

• a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

• a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

• a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces

• A knitted or woven covering for the foot.

• A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.

• A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's or dog's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.

• (WMF jargon) A sock puppet.

• A gun sock.

• a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

• a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)

• Generally a screen or embankment to protect the rear of a position from enemy attack, from bomb splinters from behind, from enemy fire from a commanding height, or fire from flanking positions. In common English usage since World War II, the term "parados", particularly in trench warfare, has largely been discarded in favour of "rear parapet", which, etymologically speaking, is a contradiction in terms. In some contexts the term "rear traverse" is preferred, but no usage is exclusive. In fortifications that were enfiladed by enemy in positions commanding the fort, an internal parados could defilade the enemy, serving as physical protection and blindage. Usages of the term have varied inconsistently according to times and sources. Some sources use parados as a synonym for a traverse; some other sources represent parados as a special class of traverse and not necessarily at the back of any particular position. In trench warfare parados referred to a bank of earth or similar material behind the rear of the trench, opposite the parapet, affording protection from explosions and fragments when shells or bombs overshot the trench.