10-letter words starting with p
- partial to — fond of; having a liking for
- partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
- partialist — a person who is partial
- partiality — the state or character of being partial.
- partialize — to bias.
- participle — an adjective or complement to certain auxiliaries that is regularly derived from the verb in many languages and refers to participation in the action or state of the verb; a verbal form used as an adjective. It does not specify person or number in English, but may have a subject or object, show tense, etc., as burning, in a burning candle, or devoted in his devoted friend.
- particular — 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.
- partisanly — in a partisan manner
- partnering — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- party boat — a boat that takes paying passengers for a day or several hours of fishing, as in coastal waters or a bay, and usually rents fishing tackle and sells or provides bait.
- party food — food that is served at parties; snacks
- party game — a game played at a party, esp at a children's party
- party girl — a girl or woman who is interested in little else besides attending parties.
- party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
- party list — of or relating to a system of voting in which people vote for a party rather than for a candidate. Parties are assigned the number of seats which reflects their share of the vote
- party mood — a celebratory mood; readiness for a party
- party plan — of or relating to a method of selling products such as jewellery, clothes, or kitchen items: agents hold a party at which they display and sell the goods
- party poop — to behave like a party pooper.
- party time — the season for parties
- party wall — a wall used, or usable, as a part of contiguous structures.
- party whip — whip (def 21).
- party-goer — A party-goer is someone who likes going to parties or someone who is at a particular party.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- pas marche — a marching step.
- pasargadae — an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great.
- pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- paschal ii — (Ranieri) died 1118, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1099–1118.
- pasigraphy — a system of writing intelligible to persons of all languages; a universal language
- pasionaria — La (la), real name Dolores Ibarruri. 1895–1989, Spanish Communist leader, who lived in exile in the Soviet Union (1939–75)
- paso doble — a quick, light march often played at bullfights.
- pasquilant — the writer of a pasquinade
- pasquinade — a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.
- pass point — a point located photogrammetrically and used as a reference point in orienting other photographs.
- pass water — to urinate
- passageway — a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.
- passamezzo — an Italian dance of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to the pavane
- passerby's — a person passing by.
- passerbyes — a person passing by.
- passiflora — a plant of the genus Passiflora
- passimeter — a turnstile attached to a ticket booth or ticket machine
- passionary — passional (def 3).
- passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- passionist — a member of the “Congregation of Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” founded in 1720 and engaged chiefly in missionary work.
- passivists — the quality of being passive.
- passphrase — (operating system) A string of words and characters that you type in to authenticate yourself. Passphrases differ from passwords only in length. Passwords are usually short - six to ten characters. Passphrases are usually much longer - up to 100 characters or more. Modern passphrases were invented by Sigmund N. Porter in 1982. Their greater length makes passphrases more secure. Phil Zimmermann's popular encryption program PGP, for example, requires you to make up a passphrase that you then must enter whenever you sign or decrypt messages.
- past tense — grammar: verb tense of past actions or states
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
- pasteurise — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.