10-letter words containing p, a, y, t
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- paddy last — the last person in a race or competition
- palaeotype — a system of Roman letters and symbols that represent spoken sounds
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- pantophagy — the consumption of all types of food
- pantrymaid — a domestic maid whose duties concern the pantry
- 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.
- paralyzant — to affect with paralysis.
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- parentally — of or relating to a parent.
- parity bit — (storage, communications) An extra bit added to a byte or word to reveal errors. See parity.
- paroxytone — having an acute accent on the next to the last syllable.
- parrot cry — a remark, complaint, etc that is repeated or imitated mechanically without understanding
- partiality — the state or character of being partial.
- partisanly — in a partisan manner
- party boat — a boat that takes paying passengers for a day or several hours of fishing, as in coastal waters or a bay, and usually rents fishing tackle and sells or provides bait.
- party food — food that is served at parties; snacks
- party game — a game played at a party, esp at a children's party
- party girl — a girl or woman who is interested in little else besides attending parties.
- party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
- party list — of or relating to a system of voting in which people vote for a party rather than for a candidate. Parties are assigned the number of seats which reflects their share of the vote
- party mood — a celebratory mood; readiness for a party
- party plan — of or relating to a method of selling products such as jewellery, clothes, or kitchen items: agents hold a party at which they display and sell the goods
- party poop — to behave like a party pooper.
- party time — the season for parties
- party wall — a wall used, or usable, as a part of contiguous structures.
- party whip — whip (def 21).
- party-goer — A party-goer is someone who likes going to parties or someone who is at a particular party.
- pastorally — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- pastry bag — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- pastry mix — a product that can be mixed with water to make pastry
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- paternally — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- pathognomy — the study of the symptoms or characteristics of a disease; diagnosis.
- patibulary — of or relating to a gallows or an execution
- patriality — (in Britain formerly) the right to patrial status
- patriarchy — a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
- patricliny — patrocliny.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- patty-cake — pat-a-cake.
- pay packet — Your pay packet is the envelope containing your wages, which your employer gives you at the end of every week.
- payability — to be paid; due: a loan payable in 30 days.
- pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- penetrancy — the quality of being penetrant
- penny ante — a game of poker in which the ante or limit is a very small amount, as one cent
- penny-ante — involving a trifling sum of money; small in amount: a penny-ante investment.
- pentaptych — a work of art consisting of five panels or sections.