7-letter words starting with pa
- palsied — paralyzed; unable to move or control certain muscles.
- paltrow — Gwyneth (Kate). born 1972, US film actress; her films include Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), Shakespeare in Love (1998), and Sylvia (2003)
- paludal — of or relating to marshes.
- pampean — of the Pampas or the Indians native to the Pampas
- pampero — a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.
- pampers — disposable diapers of soft, absorbent paper with an outer covering of thin plastic
- pampoen — a pumpkin
- pan lid — the lid of a pan such as a saucepan
- pan out — a broad, shallow container of metal, usually having sides flaring outward toward the top, used in various forms for frying, baking, washing, etc.
- pan-fry — to fry in a small amount of fat, as in a skillet or shallow pan; sauté.
- pan-pan — an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
- panacea — an ancient Greek goddess of healing.
- panache — a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.
- panagia — a ceremony in a monastery, commemorating the assumption of the Virgin Mary, in which a loaf of bread on a plate is elevated before being distributed to the monks.
- pancake — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
- panchax — any of a variety of colorful tropical Old World fishes of the genus Aplocheilus and related genera: popular in home aquariums.
- pandani — a tropical, palm-like tree of Tasmania, Richea pandanifolia: family Ericaceae
- pandean — of or relating to the god Pan.
- pandect — pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- pandora — Classical Mythology. the first woman, created by Hephaestus, endowed by the gods with all the graces and treacherously presented to Epimetheus along with a box (originally a jar) in which Prometheus had confined all the evils that could trouble humanity. As the gods had anticipated, Pandora gave in to her curiosity and opened the box, allowing the evils to escape, thereby frustrating the efforts of Prometheus. In some versions, the box contained blessings, all of which escaped but hope.
- pandore — an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- pandour — History/Historical. a member of a local militia in Croatia, formed as a regiment in the Austrian army in the 18th century and noted for its ruthlessness and cruelty.
- pandrop — a hard mint-flavoured sweet
- pandura — a Graeco-Roman stringed instrument, similar to a lute
- pandure — bandore.
- paneity — the state of being bread, esp Eucharistic bread
- paneled — made up of wooden panels
- panfish — any small, freshwater nongame food fish, as a perch or sunfish, usually eaten pan-fried.
- pangaea — the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago.
- pangamy — unrestricted mating
- pangene — a hypothetical particle of protoplasm
- pangfou — Bengbu.
- pangram — a sentence, verse, etc., that includes all the letters of the alphabet.
- panhead — a rivet or screw head having the form of a truncated cone.
- panhoss — pannhas.
- panicky — 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.
- panicle — a compound raceme.
- panicum — any of the grasses in the genus Panicum, including panic grass
- paniolo — a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
- panjabi — a native or inhabitant of the Punjab.
- pannage — pasturage for pigs, esp in a forest
- pannhas — scrapple.
- pannier — a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- panning — to photograph or televise while rotating a camera on its vertical or horizontal axis in order to keep a moving person or object in view or allow the film to record a panorama: to pan from one end of the playing field to the other during the opening of the football game.
- pannini — Giovanni (Paolo) [jaw-vahn-nee pah-aw-law] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˈpɑ ɔ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1692?–1765, Italian painter.
- pannose — having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- panocha — Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- panoche — Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- panoply — a wide-ranging and impressive array or display: the dazzling panoply of the maharaja's procession; the panoply of European history.
- panpipe — a primitive wind instrument consisting of a series of hollow pipes of graduated length, the tones being produced by blowing across the upper ends.