9-letter words containing p, e, s, a
- panderous — resembling a pander
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- panel saw — a small ripsaw or crosscut saw.
- panellist — A panellist is a person who is a member of a panel and speaks in public, especially on a radio or television programme.
- pansexual — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- pantalets — Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
- pantdress — a dress with a divided skirt
- pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pantheist — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pap smear — a test for cancer of the cervix, consisting of the staining of cervical cells taken in a cervical or vaginal smear (Pap smear or pap smear) for examination of exfoliated cells.
- paperless — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- papillose — full of papillae.
- par-sable — to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parallels — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paralysed — unable to move and with no feeling
- paralyses — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- parasceve — preparation
- parasoled — having a parasol
- parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
- parcourse — an outdoor exercise track or course, especially for joggers, equipped with a series of stations along the way where one is to stop and perform a specific exercise.
- parecious — paroicous.
- parenesis — exhortation; admonition
- parentese — baby talk (def 2).
- pargasite — a green or bluegreen variety of hornblende.
- parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
- parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
- parseeism — the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- parsleyed — cooked with or sprinkled with parsley
- parsonage — the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- paruresis — a psychological inability to urinate in the presence of others
- pas d'ane — a pair of rings set below and at right angles to the quillons of a sword as a guard for the forefinger.
- pasodoble — fast modern ballroom dance
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- passament — passement.
- passement — a garment trimming of gold, silver, linen, or silk thread.
- passenger — a person who is traveling in an automobile, bus, train, airplane, or other conveyance, especially one who is not the driver, pilot, or the like.
- passepied — a lively dance in triple meter popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- passer-by — a person passing by.
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- passersby — a person passing by.
- passivate — to treat (a metal) to render the surface less reactive chemically.
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- passivize — If you can passivize a verb or clause, or if it can passivize, you can put the verb in the passive voice.
- past life — previous incarnation
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.