9-letter words starting with pa
- patrology — Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
- patronage — the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
- patroness — a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pattering — to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
- patterned — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- patterner — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- patterson — Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- patty pan — a small pan for baking patties.
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- paulownia — a Japanese tree, Paulownia tomentosa, of the bignonia family, having showy clusters of pale-violet or blue flowers blossoming in early spring.
- pauperdom — the state of being a person who is extremely poor
- pauperess — a female pauper
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- pauperize — to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.
- paupiette — bird (def 6).
- pausanias — flourished a.d. c175, Greek traveler, geographer, and author.
- pauseless — without pauses; ceaseless
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pavarotti — Luciano [loo-chee-ah-noh;; Italian loo-chah-naw] /ˌlu tʃiˈɑ noʊ;; Italian luˈtʃɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1935–2007, Italian operatic tenor.
- pavlograd — a city in E Ukraine, E of Dnepropetrovsk.
- pavlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pavlov or his work, especially of experiments in which he elicited predictable responses from laboratory animals.
- pavonazzo — a type of veined (usually red) Italian marble
- pawn shop — shop that makes loans on personal property
- pawtucket — a city in NE Rhode Island.
- pay award — a bonus or increase in pay or salary
- pay board — a former government agency that controlled prices and wages
- pay cable — cable television.
- pay claim — the wage or salary asked for workers by trade union representatives from employers
- pay grade — the grade of a member of the armed services established according to a scale of increasing amounts of base pay and related to but not identical with official rank.
- pay offer — an offer of a certain amount of wages or salary
- pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
- pay raise — an increase in wages or salary
- pay scale — salary range
- paycheque — a payment for work done
- payloader — a heavy, wheeled vehicle with a large, movable blade or scoop at the front.
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- payrolled — a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
- payroller — a wage earner, especially a government employee.
- paysagist — a painter of landscapes