13-letter words containing a, c, p, s
- paleo-asiatic — a member of any of various Mongoloid peoples of northeastern Asia.
- palisade cell — a columnar cell of palisade parenchyma.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- panic selling — widespread selling of a security or investment, causing sharp price declines. Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.
- pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
- papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
- para-centesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- parallelistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a parallelism.
- parapsychosis — an abnormal psychosis
- parasitically — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parasoft corp — Distributors of the message passing system Express.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- parish church — local place of worship
- parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
- particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- pas de calais — a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)
- pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
- pas-de-calais — French name of the Strait of Dover.
- pascal celery — any of several large, dark-green varieties of celery with firm, crisp stalks
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
- passe compose — a grammatical construction of French consisting of the present tense of an auxiliary, either avoir or être, followed by a past participle and corresponding in function to both the English present perfect and the English simple past tenses.
- passenger car — carriage of a train
- passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
- passion cross — Latin cross.
- passive voice — grammar: verb form takes when subject acted upon
- past historic — the simple past
- pastoral care — help with personal needs and problems given by a teacher
- pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes
- paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
- pay structure — a collection of pay grades or bands, which set out the different levels of pay for workers in a certain profession, etc
- peace process — A peace process consists of all the meetings, agreements, and negotiations in which people such as politicians are involved when they are trying to arrange peace between countries or groups that are fighting with each other.
- peace studies — a field of political science which examines how to reduce conflicts
- peacelessness — the state of being without peace; discord
- peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
- peak district — a region of N central England, mainly in N Derbyshire at the S end of the Pennines: consists of moors in the north and a central limestone plateau; many caves. Highest point: 727 m (2088 ft)
- pearl essence — a lustrous, silvery-white substance obtained from the scales of certain fishes or derived synthetically, as from mercuric chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of simulated pearls and as a pigment in lacquer (pearl lacquer)
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).
- penicillinase — any of a group of enzymes used to treat allergic reactions to penicillin
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pensacola bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, in NW Florida. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.