10-letter words containing p, a, y
- 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.
- pasigraphy — a system of writing intelligible to persons of all languages; a universal language
- passageway — a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.
- passerby's — a person passing by.
- passerbyes — a person passing by.
- passionary — passional (def 3).
- 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.
- paul flory — Paul John, 1910–85, U.S. chemist: pioneer in research on polymers; Nobel Prize 1974.
- pausefully — in a pauseful manner
- pay a call — visit
- pay cheque — Your pay cheque is a piece of paper that your employer gives you as your wages or salary, and which you can then cash at a bank. You can also use pay cheque as a way of referring to your wages or salary.
- 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.
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- peacefully — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- peacockery — proud or ostentatious display
- pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- pearl gray — a very pale bluish gray.
- pearl grey — a light bluish-grey colour
- peary land — a peninsula in N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean: Cape Morris Jesup is at its N end. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- peculiarly — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.