10-letter words containing p, a, t, i
- paint bomb — a device containing paint which explodes on impact
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- paintiness — the quality of being painty
- palaeolith — a stone tool dating to the Palaeolithic
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- palatalize — to articulate (a consonant other than a normal palatal) as a palatal or with relatively more contact between the blade of the tongue and the hard palate, as in certain pronunciations of the l- sound in million.
- palatinate — the. either of two historic regions of Germany that constituted an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire: one (Lower Palatinate, or Rhine Palatinate, ) is now part of Rhineland-Palatinate and the other (Upper Palatinate, ) is now part of Bavaria.
- palearctic — Zoogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Europe, Africa north of the tropic of Cancer, the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia north of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- palletized — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palletizer — a machine that packs, dismantles, or secures pallets
- palliament — a long robe
- palliation — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
- palliative — serving to palliate.
- palm civet — any of various small to medium-sized, chiefly arboreal cats of the civet family, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, etc., with a spotted or striped coat and a long curled tail.
- palmatifid — displaying palmate characteristics
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- panaritium — a whitlow
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pancratian — (in ancient Greece) of, or relating to, the pancratium
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- pancreatic — of or affecting the pancreas
- pancreatin — Biochemistry. a substance containing the pancreatic enzymes, trypsin, amylase, and lipase.
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- pandermite — a white, marble-like mineral
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- paniculate — arranged in panicles.
- panopticon — a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
- pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
- pantomimed — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- pantomimic — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- pantrymaid — a domestic maid whose duties concern the pantry
- pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
- panty raid — a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies.
- pantywaist — Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy.
- paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
- paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
- papiamento — a creolized language based on Spanish and spoken on Curaçao.
- papillated — having papillae
- papillitis — the inflammation of a papilla
- papistical — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
- papulation — the formation or development of papules
- parabiotic — experimental or natural union of two individuals with exchange of blood.
- parachutic — involving a parachute
- paraenetic — of or relating to moral and ethical instruction or paraenesis
- paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.