10-letter words starting with PA
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter PA. This section showcases how PA at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with PA, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| particular | 14 | exacting especially about details | very particular about how her food was prepared |
| passionate | 12 | having or expressing strong emotions | - |
| parliament | 14 | a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards | - |
| patriotism | 14 | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | they rode the same wave of popular patriotism |
| paranormal | 14 | seemingly outside normal sensory channels | - |
| patrolling | 13 | - | - |
| painkiller | 16 | a medicine used to relieve pain | - |
| passageway | 19 | a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | - |
| paedophile | 18 | an adult who is sexually attracted to children | - |
| pathfinder | 19 | someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | - |
| paraplegic | 17 | a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down) | - |
| parenthood | 16 | the state of being a parent | to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man |
| pancreatic | 16 | of or involving the pancreas | pancreatic cancer |
| pawnbroker | 21 | a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security | - |
| painlessly | 15 | without pain | after the surgery, she could move her arms painlessly |
| paintbrush | 17 | a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint) | - |
| partridges | 14 | - | - |
| parrotfish | 18 | gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth | - |
| patisserie | 12 | a bakery specializing in French pastry | - |
| patriarchy | 20 | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | - |
| palindrome | 15 | a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward | - |
| paraphrase | 17 | express the same message in different words | - |
| parachuted | 18 | - | - |
| palliative | 15 | remedy that alleviates pain without curing | - |
| paralysing | 16 | - | - |
| pantaloons | 12 | - | - |
| patronized | 22 | having patronage or clients | street full of flourishing well-patronized shops |
| patronymic | 19 | a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor) | - |
| patronised | 13 | having patronage or clients | - |
| pallbearer | 14 | one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral | - |
| panopticon | 16 | a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791 | - |
| participle | 16 | a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | - |
| paediatric | 15 | of or relating to the medical care of children | - |
| paraglider | 14 | - | - |
| pathogenic | 18 | able to cause disease | pathogenic bacteria |
| paramecium | 18 | any member of the genus Paramecium | - |
| parentless | 12 | having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates | - |
| pathologic | 18 | of or relating to the practice of pathology | pathological laboratory |
| palatinate | 12 | a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine | - |
| pancreatin | 14 | extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions | - |
| pantograph | 18 | mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale | - |
| pantywaist | 18 | a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | - |
| paralleled | 13 | - | - |
| parasitism | 14 | the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage) | - |
| paratroops | 14 | infantry trained and equipped to parachute | - |
| partiality | 15 | an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives | - |
| parturient | 12 | giving birth | a parturient heifer |
| pacemakers | 20 | - | - |
| pacemaking | 21 | - | - |
| pacesetter | 14 | a horse used to set the pace in racing | - |
| pachyderms | 23 | - | - |
| pachygyria | 24 | - | - |
| pachymeter | 22 | - | - |
| pachytenes | 20 | - | - |
| pacifiable | 19 | - | - |
| pacificate | 19 | - | - |
| pacificism | 21 | the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable | - |
| pacificist | 19 | someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | - |
| pacifistic | 19 | opposed to war | - |
| packagings | 20 | - | - |
| packboards | 21 | - | - |
| packcloths | 23 | - | - |
| packetised | 19 | - | - |
| packetises | 18 | - | - |
| packetized | 28 | - | - |
| packetizes | 27 | - | - |
| packframes | 23 | - | - |
| packhorses | 21 | - | - |
| packnesses | 18 | - | - |
| packsaddle | 20 | a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached | - |
| packsheets | 21 | - | - |
| packstaffs | 24 | - | - |
| packthread | 22 | a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages | - |
| paclitaxel | 21 | - | - |
| pactioning | 15 | - | - |
| paddleball | 16 | - | - |
| paddleboat | 16 | - | - |
| paddlefish | 20 | primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout | - |
| paddocking | 21 | - | - |
| paddymelon | 19 | small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea | - |
| paddywacks | 26 | - | - |
| paddywhack | 29 | - | - |
| pademelons | 15 | - | - |
| padereroes | 13 | - | - |
| padlocking | 20 | - | - |
| padronisms | 15 | - | - |
| padymelons | 18 | - | - |
| paedagogic | 17 | - | - |
| paedagogue | 15 | - | - |
| paederasts | 13 | - | - |
| paederasty | 16 | sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) | - |
| paedeutics | 15 | - | - |
| paedogenic | 16 | - | - |
| paedotribe | 15 | - | - |
| paganisers | 13 | - | - |
| paganising | 14 | - | - |
| paganistic | 15 | - | - |
| paganizers | 22 | - | - |
| paganizing | 23 | - | - |
| paginating | 14 | - | - |
| pagination | 13 | the system of numbering pages | - |
| paideutics | 15 | - | - |
| paillasses | 12 | - | - |
| paillettes | 12 | - | - |
| painfuller | 15 | - | - |
| painstaker | 16 | - | - |
| paintballs | 14 | - | - |
| paintboxes | 21 | - | - |
| paintiness | 12 | - | - |
| paintworks | 19 | - | - |
| pakirikiri | 20 | - | - |
| palacinkes | 18 | - | - |
| palacsinta | 14 | - | - |
| palaeogaea | 13 | - | - |
| palaeolith | 15 | - | - |
| palaeology | 16 | the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities | - |
| palaeosols | 12 | - | - |
| palaeotype | 17 | - | - |
| palaestrae | 12 | - | - |
| palaestral | 12 | - | - |
| palaestras | 12 | - | - |
| palaestric | 14 | - | - |
| palafittes | 15 | - | - |
| palagonite | 13 | - | - |
| palampores | 16 | - | - |
| palankeens | 16 | - | - |
| palanquins | 21 | - | - |
| palatalise | 12 | pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | - |
| palatalize | 21 | pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | - |
| palatially | 15 | - | - |
| palaverers | 15 | - | - |
| palavering | 16 | - | - |
| paleaceous | 14 | - | - |
| palempores | 16 | - | - |
| palenesses | 12 | - | - |
| paleoliths | 15 | - | - |
| palfrenier | 15 | - | - |
| palilalias | 12 | - | - |
| palimonies | 14 | - | - |
| palimpsest | 16 | a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible | - |
| palinodies | 13 | - | - |
| palinopias | 14 | - | - |
| palinopsia | 14 | - | - |
| palisading | 14 | - | - |
| palisadoed | 14 | - | - |
| palisadoes | 13 | - | - |
| palisander | 13 | - | - |
| palladious | 13 | - | - |
| palladiums | 15 | - | - |
| pallasites | 12 | - | - |
| pallescent | 14 | - | - |
| palletised | 13 | - | - |
| palletiser | 12 | - | - |
| palletises | 12 | - | - |
| palletized | 22 | - | - |
| palletizer | 21 | - | - |
| palletizes | 21 | - | - |
| palliament | 14 | - | - |
| palliasses | 12 | - | - |
| palliating | 13 | - | - |
| palliation | 12 | to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious | - |
| palliators | 12 | - | - |
| palliatory | 15 | - | - |
| pallidness | 13 | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | - |
| palmaceous | 16 | - | - |
| palmatifid | 18 | of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed | - |
| palmations | 14 | - | - |
| palmcorder | 17 | - | - |
| palmerworm | 19 | - | - |
| palmettoes | 14 | - | - |
| palmhouses | 17 | - | - |
| palmipedes | 17 | - | - |
| palmisters | 14 | - | - |
| palmitates | 14 | - | - |
| palmprints | 16 | - | - |
| paloverdes | 16 | - | - |
| palpations | 14 | - | - |
| palpebrate | 16 | wink or blink, especially repeatedly | - |
| palpitated | 15 | - | - |
| palpitates | 14 | - | - |
| palsgraves | 16 | - | - |
| paltriness | 12 | worthlessness due to insignificance | - |
| paludament | 15 | - | - |
| paludinous | 13 | - | - |
| palustrian | 12 | - | - |
| palustrine | 12 | - | - |
| palynology | 19 | - | - |
| pamperings | 17 | - | - |
| pamphleted | 20 | - | - |
| pampooties | 16 | - | - |
| panachaeas | 17 | - | - |
| panaritium | 14 | - | - |
| panatellas | 12 | - | - |
| panbroiled | 15 | - | - |
| panchayats | 20 | - | - |
| pancosmism | 18 | - | - |
| pancratian | 14 | - | - |
| pancratist | 14 | - | - |
| pancratium | 16 | - | - |
| pancreases | 14 | - | - |
| pandanuses | 13 | - | - |
| pandations | 13 | - | - |
| pandectist | 15 | - | - |
| pandemonic | 17 | - | - |
| panderings | 14 | - | - |
| panderisms | 15 | - | - |
| pandermite | 15 | - | - |
| pandowdies | 17 | - | - |
| pandurated | 14 | - | - |
| panegoisms | 15 | - | - |
| panegyrica | 18 | - | - |
| panegyrics | 18 | - | - |
| panegyries | 16 | - | - |
| panegyrise | 16 | - | - |
| panegyrist | 16 | an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics | - |
| panegyrize | 25 | - | - |
| panellings | 13 | - | - |
| panellised | 13 | - | - |
| panellists | 12 | - | - |
| panellized | 22 | - | - |
| panetellas | 12 | - | - |
| panettones | 12 | - | - |
| panfishing | 19 | - | - |
| pangeneses | 13 | - | - |
| pangenesis | 13 | - | - |
| pangenetic | 15 | - | - |
| panhandled | 17 | - | - |
| panhandler | 16 | a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money | - |
| panhandles | 16 | - | - |
| panickiest | 18 | - | - |
| paniculate | 14 | having a panicle | - |
| panislamic | 16 | - | - |
| panjandrum | 22 | an important or influential (and often overbearing) person | - |
| panlogisms | 15 | - | - |
| panmixises | 21 | - | - |
| pannacotta | 14 | - | - |
| panniculus | 14 | - | - |
| pannikells | 16 | - | - |
| panophobia | 19 | - | - |
| panoptical | 16 | including everything visible in one view | - |
| pansexuals | 19 | - | - |
| pansophies | 17 | - | - |
| pansophism | 19 | - | - |
| pansophist | 17 | - | - |
| panspermia | 16 | - | - |
| panspermic | 18 | - | - |
| pantagraph | 18 | - | - |
| pantaleons | 12 | - | - |
| pantalones | 12 | - | - |
| pantheisms | 17 | - | - |
| pantheists | 15 | - | - |
| panthenols | 15 | - | - |
| pantheress | 15 | - | - |
| pantherine | 15 | - | - |
| pantherish | 18 | - | - |
| pantihoses | 15 | - | - |
| pantiliner | 12 | - | - |
| pantilings | 13 | - | - |
| pantoffles | 18 | - | - |
| pantomimed | 17 | - | - |
| pantomimes | 16 | - | - |
| pantomimic | 18 | - | - |
| pantophagy | 21 | - | - |
| pantoscope | 16 | - | - |
| pantoufles | 15 | - | - |
| pantrymaid | 18 | - | - |
| pantsuited | 13 | - | - |
| pantyhoses | 18 | - | - |
| panzerotti | 21 | - | - |
| panzerotto | 21 | - | - |
| panzootics | 23 | - | - |
| papalising | 15 | - | - |
| papalizing | 24 | - | - |
| papaverine | 17 | an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive | - |
| papaverous | 17 | - | - |
| paperbacks | 22 | - | - |
| paperbarks | 20 | - | - |
| paperboard | 17 | a cardboard suitable for making posters | - |
| paperbound | 17 | - | - |
| paperclips | 18 | - | - |
| papergirls | 15 | - | - |
| paperiness | 14 | - | - |
| paperknife | 21 | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books | - |
| papermaker | 20 | - | - |
| paperwares | 17 | - | - |
| paperwhite | 20 | - | - |
| paperworks | 21 | - | - |
| papeteries | 14 | - | - |
| papillated | 15 | - | - |
| papillitis | 14 | - | - |
| papillomas | 16 | - | - |
| papillotes | 14 | - | - |
| papillules | 14 | - | - |
| papistical | 16 | of or relating to or supporting Romanism | - |
| papistries | 14 | - | - |
| paprikases | 18 | - | - |
| papulation | 14 | - | - |
| papyrology | 21 | - | - |
| parabemata | 16 | - | - |
| parabioses | 14 | - | - |
| parabiosis | 14 | - | - |
| parabiotic | 16 | - | - |
| parablasts | 14 | - | - |
| parablepsy | 19 | - | - |
| parabolise | 14 | - | - |
| parabolist | 14 | - | - |
| parabolize | 23 | - | - |
| paraboloid | 15 | a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis | - |
| parabrakes | 18 | - | - |
| paracasein | 14 | - | - |
| parachutes | 17 | - | - |
| parachutic | 19 | - | - |
| paracletes | 14 | - | - |
| paradiddle | 15 | the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously | - |
| paradisaic | 15 | relating to or befitting Paradise | - |
| paradisean | 13 | - | - |
| paradisiac | 15 | relating to or befitting Paradise | paradisiacal innocence |
| paradisial | 13 | - | - |
| paradisian | 13 | - | - |
| paradoctor | 15 | - | - |
| paradoxers | 20 | - | - |
| paradoxies | 20 | - | - |
| paradoxist | 20 | - | - |
| paradoxure | 20 | - | - |
| paraeneses | 12 | - | - |
| paraenesis | 12 | - | - |
| paraenetic | 14 | - | - |
| paraffined | 19 | - | - |
| paraffines | 18 | - | - |
| paraffinic | 20 | - | - |
| paraglided | 15 | - | - |
| paraglides | 14 | - | - |
| paraglossa | 13 | - | - |
| paragnoses | 13 | - | - |
| paragnosis | 13 | - | - |
| paragogues | 14 | - | - |
| paragoning | 14 | - | - |
| paragonite | 13 | a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium | - |
| paragraphs | 18 | - | - |
| parakeelya | 19 | - | - |
| parakelias | 16 | - | - |
| parakiting | 17 | - | - |
| paralalias | 12 | - | - |
| paralegals | 13 | - | - |
| paralexias | 19 | - | - |
| paralipses | 14 | - | - |
| paralipsis | 14 | suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | - |
| parallaxes | 19 | - | - |
| parallelly | 15 | - | - |
| paralogias | 13 | - | - |
| paralogies | 13 | - | - |
| paralogise | 13 | - | - |
| paralogism | 15 | an unintentionally invalid argument | - |
| paralogist | 13 | - | - |
| paralogize | 22 | - | - |
| paralogues | 13 | - | - |
| paralympic | 21 | - | - |
| paralysers | 15 | - | - |
| paralytics | 17 | - | - |
| paralyzers | 24 | - | - |
| paralyzing | 25 | - | - |
| paramaecia | 16 | - | - |
| paramagnet | 15 | magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it | - |
| paramattas | 14 | - | - |
| paramedico | 17 | - | - |
| paramedics | 17 | - | - |
| parameters | 14 | - | - |
| parametral | 14 | - | - |
| parametric | 16 | of or relating to or in terms of a parameter | parametric equation |
| paramnesia | 14 | (psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality | - |
| paramoecia | 16 | - | - |
| paramorphs | 19 | - | - |
| paramouncy | 19 | - | - |
| paramounts | 14 | - | - |
| paramylums | 19 | - | - |
| paranoeics | 14 | - | - |
| paranoiacs | 14 | - | - |
| paranoidal | 13 | - | - |
| paranymphs | 22 | - | - |
| parapentes | 14 | - | - |
| paraphasia | 17 | - | - |
| paraphasic | 19 | - | - |
| paraphilia | 17 | abnormal sexual activity | - |
| paraphilic | 19 | - | - |
| paraphonia | 17 | - | - |
| paraphonic | 19 | - | - |
| paraphrast | 17 | - | - |
| paraphyses | 20 | - | - |
| paraphysis | 20 | a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed | - |
| parapineal | 14 | - | - |
| paraplegia | 15 | paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma) | - |
| parapodial | 15 | - | - |
| parapodium | 17 | one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing | - |
| parapraxes | 21 | - | - |
| parapraxis | 21 | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. | - |
| paraquitos | 21 | - | - |
| pararescue | 14 | - | - |
| pararhymes | 20 | - | - |
| pararthria | 15 | - | - |
| parasailed | 13 | - | - |
| parascenia | 14 | - | - |
| parasceves | 17 | - | - |
| paraselene | 12 | - | - |
| parasexual | 19 | - | - |
| parashioth | 18 | - | - |
| parasitise | 12 | - | - |
| parasitize | 21 | - | - |
| parasitoid | 13 | - | - |
| paraskiing | 17 | - | - |
| parasomnia | 14 | - | - |
| parastatal | 12 | - | - |
| parastichy | 20 | - | - |
| paratactic | 16 | - | - |
| paratheses | 15 | - | - |
| parathesis | 15 | - | - |
| parathions | 15 | - | - |
| parawalker | 19 | - | - |
| parboiling | 15 | - | - |
| parbreaked | 19 | - | - |
| parbuckled | 21 | - | - |
| parbuckles | 20 | - | - |
| parcelling | 15 | the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | - |
| parcelwise | 17 | - | - |
| parcheesis | 17 | - | - |
| parchments | 19 | - | - |
| parchmenty | 22 | - | - |
| pardalises | 13 | - | - |
| pardalotes | 13 | - | - |
| pardonable | 15 | admitting of being pardoned | - |
| pardonably | 18 | in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree | - |
| pardonings | 14 | - | - |
| pardonless | 13 | - | - |
| paregorics | 15 | - | - |
| pareidolia | 13 | - | - |
| parenchyma | 22 | animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels | - |
| parentages | 13 | - | - |
| parentally | 15 | in a parental manner | - |
| parenteral | 12 | administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection) | - |
| parentings | 13 | - | - |
| parfleches | 20 | - | - |
| parfleshes | 18 | - | - |
| pargasites | 13 | - | - |
| pargetings | 14 | - | - |
| pargetters | 13 | - | - |
| pargetting | 14 | ornamental plastering | - |
| pargylines | 16 | - | - |
| parhelions | 15 | - | - |
| parhypates | 20 | - | - |
| parimutuel | 14 | betting where winners share the total amount wagered | - |
| parischane | 17 | - | - |
| parischans | 17 | - | - |
| parkleaves | 19 | - | - |
| parlements | 14 | - | - |
| parleyvoos | 18 | - | - |
| parmacitie | 16 | - | - |
| parmigiana | 15 | - | - |
| parmigiano | 15 | - | - |
| parochines | 17 | - | - |
| parodistic | 15 | - | - |
| paroecious | 14 | - | - |
| paroecisms | 16 | - | - |
| paroemiacs | 16 | - | - |
| paronomasy | 17 | - | - |
| paronychia | 20 | low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts | - |
| paronymies | 17 | - | - |
| paronymous | 17 | - | - |
| paroxetine | 19 | - | - |
| paroxysmal | 24 | accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms | - |
| paroxysmic | 26 | - | - |
| paroxytone | 22 | word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable | - |
| parqueting | 22 | - | - |
| parquetted | 22 | - | - |
| parrakeets | 16 | - | - |
| parramatta | 14 | - | - |
| parrhesias | 15 | - | - |
| parricidal | 15 | - | - |
| parricides | 15 | - | - |
| parritches | 17 | - | - |
| parrocking | 19 | - | - |
| parroquets | 21 | - | - |
| parrotiest | 12 | - | - |
| parrotries | 12 | - | - |
| parsonages | 13 | - | - |
| parsonical | 14 | - | - |
| partakings | 17 | - | - |
| partialise | 12 | - | - |
| partialism | 14 | - | - |
| partialist | 12 | - | - |
| partialize | 21 | - | - |
| partialled | 13 | - | - |
| partisanly | 15 | - | - |
| partitions | 12 | - | - |
| partitives | 15 | - | - |
| partituras | 12 | - | - |
| partizanly | 24 | - | - |
| partnering | 13 | - | - |
| partygoers | 16 | - | - |
| paruretics | 14 | - | - |
| parvolines | 15 | - | - |
| parvovirus | 18 | any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease | - |
