10-letter words containing p, a, s, l
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- opal glass — a translucent or opaque glass, usually of a milky white hue.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
- osteoplast — An osteoblast.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- packsaddle — a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- paddy last — the last person in a race or competition
- palaestral — relating to the palaestra
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- pale horse — a representation of Death, as in literature or the Bible.
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palimpsest — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palinopsia — a visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- palm sugar — sugar from the sap of certain palm trees.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- palo santo — a South American tree, Bulnesia sarmienti, of the caltrop family, yielding a fragrant essential oil.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- panniculus — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- panslavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- pantalones — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- pantaloons — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- paper loss — an investment loss which has occurred but not yet been realized
- papillitis — the inflammation of a papilla
- papistical — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
- parablepsy — a hallucination
- paracelsus — Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
- paraglossa — the outer lobe of the lingua or labium of certain insects
- paralepsis — paralipsis.
- paralipsis — the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in “not to mention other faults.”.
- parallaxis — (language) A procedural programming language developed by Thomas Braeunl <[email protected]> at the University of Stuttgart. It is based on Modula-2, but extended for data parallel (SIMD) programming. The main approach for machine independent parallel programming is to include a description of the virtual parallel machine with each parallel algorithm. There is a simulator and X Window System-based profiler for workstations, Macintosh, and IBM PC. Version 2.0 runs on MP-1, CM-2, Sun-3, Sun-4, DECstation, HP 700, RS/6000.
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- paraselene — a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon.
- parasexual — of or relating to any form of reproduction in which the recombination of genes occurs by a process other than the fusion of gametes
- parastatal — working with the government in an unofficial capacity.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- parentless — a father or a mother.
- paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
- parkleaves — a species of St John's wort
- paroxysmal — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
- partialist — a person who is partial
- partisanly — in a partisan manner