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10-letter words containing p, e, s, a

  • parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
  • parcelwise — bit by bit
  • parentless — a father or a mother.
  • parischane — a parish
  • parisienne — a girl or woman who is a native or inhabitant of Paris, France.
  • parkleaves — a species of St John's wort
  • parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
  • paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
  • part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
  • pas marche — a marching step.
  • pasargadae — an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great.
  • paso doble — a quick, light march often played at bullfights.
  • pasquinade — a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.
  • pass water — to urinate
  • 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.
  • passamezzo — an Italian dance of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to the pavane
  • passerby's — a person passing by.
  • passerbyes — a person passing by.
  • passimeter — a turnstile attached to a ticket booth or ticket machine
  • passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • passphrase — (operating system)   A string of words and characters that you type in to authenticate yourself. Passphrases differ from passwords only in length. Passwords are usually short - six to ten characters. Passphrases are usually much longer - up to 100 characters or more. Modern passphrases were invented by Sigmund N. Porter in 1982. Their greater length makes passphrases more secure. Phil Zimmermann's popular encryption program PGP, for example, requires you to make up a passphrase that you then must enter whenever you sign or decrypt messages.
  • past tense — grammar: verb tense of past actions or states
  • paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
  • pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
  • pasteurise — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
  • pasteurize — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
  • pasturable — capable of providing pasture, as land.
  • patch test — Medicine/Medical. a test for suspected allergy by application to the skin of a patch impregnated with an allergen: allergic reaction is indicated by redness at the site of application.
  • patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
  • patisserie — a shop where pastry, especially French pastry, is made and sold.
  • patrialise — to make patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK
  • patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
  • paul jones — an old-time dance in which partners are exchanged
  • pausefully — in a pauseful manner
  • pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
  • pea souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
  • pea-souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
  • peace sign — a sign representing “peace,” made by extending the forefinger and middle finger upward in a V -shape with the palm turned outward.
  • peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
  • peak hours — prime time, busiest period
  • peakedness — pale and drawn in appearance so as to suggest illness or stress; wan and sickly.
  • pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
  • peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
  • pebbledash — to cover with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
  • pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
  • pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
  • pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
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