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10-letter words starting with pa

  • pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
  • pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
  • pandermite — a white, marble-like mineral
  • pandurated — fiddle-shaped
  • panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
  • panegyrize — to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.
  • panel game — a game in which the teams consists of two or more opposing panels or groups of people who discuss or decide on the answers, etc together
  • panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
  • panellized — made in sections for quick assembly
  • pangenesis — the theory that a reproductive cell contains gemmules or invisible germs that were derived from the individual cells from every part of the organism and that these gemmules are the bearers of hereditary attributes.
  • panguingue — a card game of the rummy family that is played with from five to eight regular 52-card packs from which the eights, nines, and tens have been removed, the object being to win bonuses by melding certain groups of cards during the play and extra bonuses by melding all the cards in the hand.
  • panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
  • panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
  • panic room — a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in
  • paniculate — arranged in panicles.
  • panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
  • panjandrum — a self-important or pretentious official.
  • pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
  • panniculus — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
  • panophobia — a fear of everything
  • panopticon — a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
  • panslavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
  • pansophism — a claim or pretension to pansophy.
  • pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
  • panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
  • panspermic — relating to panspermia
  • pantagraph — pantograph (def 1).
  • pantagruel — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantalones — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
  • pantaloons — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
  • pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
  • pantheress — a female panther
  • pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
  • pantograph — Also, pantagraph. an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale.
  • pantomimed — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  • pantomimic — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  • pantophagy — the consumption of all types of food
  • pantoscope — a panoramic camera
  • pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
  • pantrymaid — a domestic maid whose duties concern the pantry
  • pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
  • panty raid — a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies.
  • pantywaist — Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy.
  • panzerotto — a baked turnover with a folded, sealed pocket containing tomato, cheese, and sometimes other fillings
  • papal bull — bull2 (def 2).
  • papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
  • papaverine — a white, crystalline, nonnarcotic, alkaloidal powder, C 2 0 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from opium, but not a morphine derivative and not habit-forming or addicting, used in the treatment of spasms of involuntary muscle, especially of the stomach, bronchi, and arteries.
  • paper clip — small clasp that holds papers together
  • paper dart — a dart made from paper, for throwing at things or people for leisure, etc
  • paper doll — a paper or cardboard, usually two-dimensional, representation of the human figure, used as a child's toy.
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