11-letter words starting with par
- parking bay — a space in a car park designed to be large enough to park a vehicle in
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- parlor game — any game usually played indoors, especially in the living room or parlor, as a word game or a quiz, requiring little or no physical activity.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- parodontium — periodontium.
- paronomasia — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- parotiditis — inflammation of a parotid.
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- parson bird — tui.
- part way up — some way towards the summit
- partial key — (database) A key which identifies a subset of a set of information items (e.g. database "records"), and which could narrow the subset to one item if other partial key(s) were combined with it.
- partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
- partialized — to bias.
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- partibility — the quality of being partible
- participant — a person or group that participates; partaker.
- participate — 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.
- participial — of or relating to a participle.
- particulars — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- particulate — of, relating to, or composed of distinct particles.
- partisanism — partisan action or spirit.
- partitioner — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- partnerless — the person with whom one cohabits in a romantic relationship: I'd like you to meet my partner, Sarah.
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- parturition — the process of bringing forth young.
- party dress — a dress to wear to a party
- party liner — a person who follows a party line, especially the Communist Party line.
- party music — music for or at a party
- party piece — Someone's party piece is something that they often do to entertain people, especially at parties, for example singing a particular song or saying a particular poem.
- party-giver — a person who gives a party
- parvanimity — the state or characteristic of being small-minded