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12-letter words containing p, a, s, o

  • parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
  • pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
  • pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
  • pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
  • pass through — an act of passing.
  • pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
  • passage work — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
  • passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
  • passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
  • passion play — a dramatic representation of the passion of Christ, as that given every ten years at the Bavarian village of Oberammergau.
  • passion week — the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.
  • passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • passive noun — a noun whose referent is the recipient of an action, as trainee, multiplicand.
  • pastoralness — the quality or state of being pastoral or rural
  • pastry board — a flat board on which pastry is rolled
  • pasture rose — a bristly-stemmed rose, Rosa carolina, of the eastern U.S., having slender, straight thorns and large, solitary, rose-pink flowers.
  • patent rolls — (in Britain) the register of patents issued
  • pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
  • pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
  • patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • patron saint — a saint regarded as the special guardian of a person, group, trade, country, etc.
  • pause button — a button on a video or music player which can be pressed to temporarily stop the playing of the recording
  • paving stone — slab used to lay a path
  • pax vobiscum — peace be with you
  • pearl oyster — any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Baja California.
  • peau de soie — a soft, satin-weave cloth of silk or rayon, grainy and having a dull luster, used to make dresses, coats, trimmings, etc.
  • peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
  • penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
  • penalty spot — a point within the penalty area and 12 yards (about 11 m) from the goal, from which a penalty kick may be taken
  • pension plan — a systematic plan created and maintained, as by a corporation, to make regular payments of benefits to retired or disabled employees, either on a contributory or a noncontributory basis.
  • percussional — of or relating to percussion
  • percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
  • perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
  • perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
  • periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
  • peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
  • perseverator — a person who perseverates
  • persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
  • personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personalized — customized
  • personalness — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • perspiration — a salty, watery fluid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
  • perspiratory — of, relating to, or stimulating perspiration.
  • pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
  • pestological — relating to pestology
  • pet passport — a document that officially records information related to a specific animal, as part of a scheme that allows animals to travel between member countries without undergoing quarantine
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