11-letter words containing p, a, y, n
- overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- paddy wagon — Informal. patrol wagon.
- paint spray — paint bought in a special can which you spray on a surface by pressing a button on the top of the can
- paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- panama city — Panama (def 2).
- pancake day — Christian calendar: Shrove Tuesday
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- panpsychism — a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.
- panpsychist — someone who believes that all matter has an element of consciousness
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- pantonality — twelve-tone technique.
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- paper money — currency in paper form, such as government and bank notes, as distinguished from metal currency.
- para-cymene — a colorless liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 , derived from benzene, found in various essential oils, and obtained as a by-product of papermaking.
- paralympian — a competitor in the Paralympics
- paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parasensory — extrasensory.
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
- parking bay — a space in a car park designed to be large enough to park a vehicle in
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- party liner — a person who follows a party line, especially the Communist Party line.
- parvanimity — the state or characteristic of being small-minded
- patricianly — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- paul bunyan — John, 1628–88, English preacher: author of The Pilgrim's Progress.
- pay station — a machine where you can pay for parking, as in a car park, etc
- payday loan — A payday loan is a small personal cash loan at a very high interest rate, secured by the borrower's next paycheck.
- peace envoy — someone sent on a mission to end conflict or bring peace
- peachy keen — peachy (def 2).
- peachy-keen — peachy (def 2).
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pecan patty — a praline made with pecans.
- pectinately — in a pectinate manner
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- pennine way — a long-distance footpath extending from Edale, Derbyshire, for 402 km (250 miles) to Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders
- penny black — the first adhesive postage stamp, issued in Britain in 1840; an imperforate stamp bearing the profile of Queen Victoria on a dark background
- pentacyclic — having five rings of atoms
- pentadactyl — having five digits on each hand or foot.
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentastylos — a pentastyle building, as a classical temple.
- perennially — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
- perinatally — during the perinatal period; before birth