13-letter words starting with pa
- pan-germanism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- panaesthetism — the belief that consciousness may be present in all matter
- pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
- pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- pandora's box — a source of extensive but unforeseen troubles or problems: The senate investigation turned out to be a Pandora's box for the administration.
- panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
- panel patient — a patient insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- pangola grass — a grass, Digitaria decumbens, native to southern Africa, cultivated for hay and forage in the southeastern U.S.
- pangrammatist — a writer of pangrams
- panharmonicon — a mechanical instrument that imitates orchestral sounds
- panic selling — widespread selling of a security or investment, causing sharp price declines. Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.
- panleucopenia — a viral disease of cats marked by a deficiency of white blood cells
- panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
- pannikin boss — an overseer of a small group of workers; person with minor authority.
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
- pao de acucar — Portuguese name of Sugarloaf Mountain.
- papaprelatist — a supporter of papal prelates
- papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
- paper advance — the feeding of paper through a printer
- paper lantern — a lantern made from paper (shading a candle etc); often hung at Chinese and Japanese festivals
- paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- paper-clipped — to fasten together with one or more paper clips: Paper-clip these letters and file them.
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paper-shelled — having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
- papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- para-centesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- parabolically — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- paradoxically — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paraesthesias — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paraffin lamp — a lamp which is fuelled by paraffin
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- paralipomenon — Chronicles.
- parallel bars — (used with a plural verb) a gymnasium apparatus consisting of two wooden bars on uprights, adjustable in height, and used for swinging, vaulting, balancing exercises, etc.
- parallel play — a form of play in which a very young child plays independently in the presence of another child or other children.
- parallel port — (hardware) An interface from a computer system where data is transferred in or out in parallel, that is, on more than one wire. A parallel port carries one bit on each wire thus multiplying the transfer rate obtainable over a single wire. There will usually be some control signals on the port as well to say when data is ready to be sent or received. The commonest kind of parallel port is a printer port, e.g. a Centronics port which transfers eight bits at a time. Disks are also connected via special parallel ports, e.g. SCSI or IDE.
- parallel turn — a turn, executed by shifting one's weight, in which the skis stay parallel
- parallel-park — to park directly behind another vehicle