9-letter words starting with p
- palpatory — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- palpebral — of or relating to the eyelids.
- palpitant — affected or characterized by palpitation.
- palpitate — to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter: His heart palpitated wildly.
- palsgrave — a German count palatine.
- palsylike — resembling palsy
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- pampeluna — Pamplona.
- pamphylia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pampootie — a rawhide slipper worn by men in the Aran Islands
- pan gravy — meat juices, as from a roast, seasoned but not thickened.
- pan juice — Often, pan juices. the natural juices exuded by meat, poultry, etc., while baking or roasting: used especially in basting.
- pan-asian — of or relating to all Asian peoples.
- pan-fried — Pan-fried food is food that has been cooked in hot fat or oil in a frying pan.
- pan-human — of, relating to, or affecting all humanity.
- panatella — panetella.
- pancaking — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
- panchayat — an elective village council in India.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- pancosmic — of every cosmos
- panda car — a small patrol car used by the police.
- pandation — the action of warping under weight
- pandemian — sensual
- panderess — a female panderer
- pandering — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderism — the work of a pander
- panderous — resembling a pander
- pandurate — shaped like a fiddle, as a leaf.
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panel pin — a light slender nail with a narrow head
- panel saw — a small ripsaw or crosscut saw.
- panel van — a small van with two rear doors, esp one having windows and seats in the rear
- panelized — composed of prefabricated sections of walls, floors, or roofs that can be assembled at the building site: a panelized house.
- panelling — wood or other material made into panels.
- panellist — A panellist is a person who is a member of a panel and speaks in public, especially on a radio or television programme.
- panetella — a long, slender cigar, usually with straight sides and tapering to a point at the closed end.
- panetiere — a small, decorative livery cupboard, made especially in Provence in the 18th century.
- panettone — an Italian yeast-leavened bread, traditionally eaten on holidays, usually made with raisins, candied fruit peels, almonds, and brandy.
- pangender — Also, pangendered. noting or relating to a person whose gender identity is not limited to one gender and who may feel like a member of all genders at the same time.
- panhandle — the handle of a pan.
- panic bar — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- panically — in a panicky manner
- panicking — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- panjandra — pompous self-important officials of people of rank
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- panmictic — random mating of individuals within a population, the breeding individuals showing no tendency to choose partners with particular traits.
- panmunjom — a small community along the boundary between North Korea and South Korea: site of the truce talks at the close of the Korean War.
- pannelled — divided into panels