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13-letter words containing p, a, n, s

  • pannikin boss — an overseer of a small group of workers; person with minor authority.
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
  • pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
  • paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • para-centesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
  • paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
  • paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
  • parasynthesis — 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.
  • 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.
  • parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
  • parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
  • paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • parking strip — Chiefly Upper Midwest and Western U.S. parkway (def 2).
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
  • parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
  • parson's nose — pope's nose.
  • parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
  • parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
  • parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
  • parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
  • parting strip — a strip, as of wood, used to keep two parts separated, as one in each side of the frame of a window to keep the sashes apart when lowered or raised.
  • party manners — polite behaviour
  • 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
  • passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
  • passenger car — carriage of a train
  • passenger jet — a jet that carries passengers
  • passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
  • passion cross — Latin cross.
  • passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
  • past anterior — a pluperfect verb (in French)
  • pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
  • 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.
  • pay a pension — If a company or government pays a pension to someone, it provides them with money because they have reached a certain age.
  • pay one's way — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
  • payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
  • peacelessness — the state of being without peace; discord
  • 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)
  • pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
  • pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
  • pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
  • pedro santana — Pedro [pey-droh;; Spanish pe-th raw] /ˈpeɪ droʊ;; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.
  • pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).
  • peloponnesian — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
  • penalty rates — rates of pay, such as double time, paid to employees working outside normal working hours
  • penicillinase — any of a group of enzymes used to treat allergic reactions to penicillin
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
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