5-letter words starting with pa
- pauli — Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.
- pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- pavan — a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
- paved — (of a road, path, etc) covered with a firm surface suitable for travel, as with paving stones or concrete
- paver — a person or thing that paves.
- pavia — a city in N Italy, S of Milan: Charles V captured Francis I here.
- pavid — timid; afraid; fearful; frightened.
- pavin — pavane.
- pavis — a large oblong shield of the late 14th through the early 16th centuries, often covering the entire body and used especially by archers and soldiers of the infantry.
- pawed — the foot of an animal having claws.
- pawer — the foot of an animal having claws.
- pawky — cunning; sly.
- paxes — the Roman goddess of peace.
- paxos — one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 7 sq. mi. (18 sq. km).
- payed — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
- payee — a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- payer — the act of paying or being paid; payment.
- payne — John Howard, 1791–1852, U.S. actor and dramatist.
- payor — A payor is a person who makes a payment.