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13-letter words starting with pa

  • parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
  • parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
  • parrot's-bill — a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white-streaked, crimson flowers.
  • parry channel — a water channel in N Canada running between Baffin Bay on the E and the Arctic Ocean on the W: separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands (N) from the rest of the Arctic Archipelago.
  • parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
  • parsley piert — a small N temperate rosaceous plant, Aphanes arvensis, having fan-shaped leaves and small greenish flowers
  • parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
  • parson's nose — pope's nose.
  • parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
  • part exchange — If you give an old item in part exchange for something you are buying, the seller accepts the old item as part of the payment, so you do not have to give them as much money.
  • parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
  • parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
  • parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
  • parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
  • parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • participantly — in a participant manner
  • participating — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • participation — an act or instance of participating.
  • participative — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • participatory — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
  • particularity — the quality or state of being particular.
  • particularize — to make particular.
  • parting strip — a strip, as of wood, used to keep two parts separated, as one in each side of the frame of a window to keep the sashes apart when lowered or raised.
  • partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
  • partitionment — the act or fact of being partitioned
  • partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
  • partridge pea — a North American plant, Cassia fasciculata, of the legume family, having yellow flowers and feathery compound leaves that fold shut when touched.
  • party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
  • party manners — polite behaviour
  • party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • pas de basque — a step in which the dancer swings one foot to the side, springs onto it, and swings the other foot against it.
  • pas de calais — a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)
  • pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
  • pas-de-calais — French name of the Strait of Dover.
  • pascal celery — any of several large, dark-green varieties of celery with firm, crisp stalks
  • pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
  • pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
  • passage grave — a megalithic tomb of the Neolithic and Copper or early Bronze ages found in the British Isles and Europe, consisting of a roofed burial chamber and narrow entrance passage covered by a round mound and containing human remains and funerary offerings.
  • passager hawk — young hawk or falcon caught while on migration
  • passamaquoddy — a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
  • passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
  • passe compose — a grammatical construction of French consisting of the present tense of an auxiliary, either avoir or être, followed by a past participle and corresponding in function to both the English present perfect and the English simple past tenses.
  • passe-partout — something that passes everywhere or provides a universal means of passage.
  • passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
  • passenger car — carriage of a train
  • passenger jet — a jet that carries passengers
  • passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
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