7-letter words containing p, a, r, s
- parison — a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- parkish — like or similar to a park
- parlies — small Scottish biscuits
- parlous — perilous; dangerous.
- parmacs — The "Argonne macros" from Argonne National Laboratory. A package of macros written in m4 for portable parallel programming, using monitors on shared memory machines, and message passing on distributed memory machines.
- parodos — (in ancient Greek drama) an ode sung by the chorus at their entrance, usually beginning the play and preceding the proagōn in comedy or the alteration of epeisodia and stasima in tragedy.
- parotis — a parotid gland
- parrish — Anne, 1888–1957, U.S. novelist and author of books for children.
- parsing — parser
- parsley — an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley) widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food. Compare parsley family.
- parsnip — a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root.
- parsons — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- parties — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- parulis — gumboil.
- pasmore — Victor. 1908–98, British artist. Originally a figurative painter, he devoted himself to abstract paintings and reliefs after 1947
- pastern — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- pasture — Rogier [French raw-zhee-ey] /French rɔ ʒiˈeɪ/ (Show IPA), or Roger [French raw-zhey] /French rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), de la [French duh-la] /French də la/ (Show IPA), Weyden, Rogier van der.
- paviser — a soldier bearing or using a pavise
- pearson — Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- per say — a frequent misspelling of per se.
- percase — maybe; perhaps
- perhaps — maybe; possibly: Perhaps the package will arrive today.
- persalt — (in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- persant — sharp or stabbing
- persian — of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
- persona — a person.
- perusal — a reading: a perusal of the current books.
- pescara — a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- pessary — a device worn in the vagina to support a displaced uterus.
- phrasal — of, consisting of, or of the nature of a phrase or phrases: phrasal construction.
- phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- phrases — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- piarist — a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- piaster — a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- piastre — a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- piraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- piscary — Law. the right or privilege of fishing in particular waters.
- plasher — a person who forms hedges by means of interweaving the branches or vines
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- pleaser — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- polaris — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
- porsena — Lars (lɑːz). 6th century bc, a legendary Etruscan king, alleged to have besieged Rome in a vain attempt to reinstate Tarquinius Superbus on the throne
- postwar — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period following a war: postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.
- pradesh — a state, esp a state in the Union of India
- praeses — a Roman governor, esp a provincial governor, from the 2nd century AD
- praised — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- praiser — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- precast — to cast (a concrete block or slab, etc.) in a place other than where it is to be installed in a structure.
- presage — a presentiment or foreboding.