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

  • paratroops — of or relating to a paratrooper or a parachute unit: paratroop boots.
  • parcelwise — bit by bit
  • parentless — a father or a mother.
  • pari passu — with equal pace or progress; side by side.
  • paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
  • 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.
  • parnassian — pertaining to Mount Parnassus.
  • parodistic — parodic.
  • paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
  • paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
  • paroxysmal — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
  • paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
  • parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
  • parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
  • part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
  • part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
  • parti pris — a position or attitude resolved upon or taken in advance.
  • partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
  • partialist — a person who is partial
  • partisanly — in a partisan manner
  • 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
  • parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
  • 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.
  • pasigraphy — a system of writing intelligible to persons of all languages; a universal language
  • pasionaria — La (la), real name Dolores Ibarruri. 1895–1989, Spanish Communist leader, who lived in exile in the Soviet Union (1939–75)
  • pass water — to urinate
  • passerby's — a person passing by.
  • passerbyes — a person passing by.
  • passiflora — a plant of the genus Passiflora
  • passimeter — a turnstile attached to a ticket booth or ticket machine
  • passionary — passional (def 3).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • pastorally — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
  • pastorship — the position, authority, or office of a pastor.
  • 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
  • pasturable — capable of providing pasture, as land.
  • 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
  • patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status
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