9-letter words containing pa
- impatiens — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- in spades — a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- incapable — not capable.
- incapably — In an incapable manner.
- incompact — not compact; loose.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- inpatient — a patient who stays in a hospital while receiving medical care or treatment.
- inpayment — a sum of money paid into a bank account
- inspanned — Simple past tense and past participle of inspan.
- interpage — to print (matter) on intervening pages
- ionopause — the transitional zone between the ionosphere and the mesosphere.
- ispaghula — dietary fibre derived from the seed husks of Plantago orata and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry
- issue par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- jampacked — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
- japan wax — a pale-yellow, waxy, water-insoluble solid obtained from the fruit of certain sumacs, especially Rhus succedanea, native to Japan and China: used chiefly in the manufacture of candles, furniture polishes, and floor waxes.
- japanners — Plural form of japanner.
- japanning — any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- jean paul — Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- jeoparded — Simple past tense and past participle of jeopard.
- jeoparder — a person who puts in jeopardy
- john paul — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- jump pass — a pass in which a player leaps into the air and throws the ball to a teammate before returning to the ground.
- kapa haka — the traditional Māori performing arts, often performed competitively
- karpathos — an island off the SE coast of Greece, part of the Dodecanese Islands, in the Aegean Sea. 110 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- keep pace — go as fast
- keg party — a beer bust.
- kleopatra — Cleopatra (def 2).
- lady palm — any of several palms of the genus Rhapis, native to southeastern Asia and cultivated as houseplants.
- lalopathy — any defect of speech.
- lampadary — a person who lights the lamps in an Orthodox Greek Church
- lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- legal pad — a ruled writing tablet, usually yellow and measuring 8½ × 14 inches (22 × 36 cm).
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- lone pair — shoes, eyes
- loo paper — toilet paper
- lorazepam — a benzodiazepine drug, C 15 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly in the management of acute anxiety and for insomnia.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- m-payment — a point-of-sale payment made through a wireless device such as a mobile phone or PDA
- ma-and-pa — mom-and-pop.
- macapagal — Diosdado [dee-aws-dah-daw] /ˌdi ɔsˈdɑ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1910–97, Philippine statesman: president 1961–65.
- mail path — source route
- mancipate — (obsolete) To enslave.
- marchpane — marzipan.
- matagalpa — a city in W central Nicaragua.
- mazopathy — mazopathia.