5 Letter Words That Start With PA

party

Noun : (law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.

Noun : (dated, slang, vulgar or humorous) A person; an individual.

Noun : With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.

panic

Adjective : (by extension (see the etymology))

Adjective : Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.

Adjective : Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.

parry

Verb : To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).

Noun : A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.

Noun : (fencing) A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.

paddy

Noun : Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

Noun : (countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

Adjective : (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

parse

Verb : (linguistics, ambitransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.

Verb : (transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.

Verb : (computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.

patch

Noun : A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.

Noun : A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

Noun : A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.

pansy

Noun : A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

Noun : A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

Noun : Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.

paean

Noun : (Ancient Greece, historical) A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.

Noun : (by extension) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.

Noun : (by extension) An enthusiastic expression of praise.

paseo

Noun : A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation.

pasty

Adjective : Like paste, sticky.

Adjective : Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.

Adjective : (slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) Whiteskinned.

parky

Adjective : Of, from, or related to a park or parks generally, especially parklike.

Adjective : Having parks or parklike areas.

Adjective : (British, informal) Synonym of chilly: somewhat cold but not extremely so.

pagan

Adjective : Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.

Adjective : (by extension, derogatory) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.

Noun : A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.

patsy

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Patrick.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Martha.

passé

Adjective : (colloquial) Dated; out of style; old-fashioned.

Adjective : Past one's prime; worn; faded.

Noun : (fencing) An attack that passes the target without hitting.

patio

Noun : A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.

Noun : An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain.

paper

Noun : A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

Noun : A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

Noun : (uncountable) Wallpaper.

panel

Noun : A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.

Noun : (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

Noun : A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.

paleo

Noun : (informal) Clipping of paleodiet.

Noun : Clipping of paleoconservative. [(US politics) A political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, opposing mass immigration, embracing states' rights and supporting cultural conservatism and social structures perceived to be traditional.]

Noun : (informal) Clipping of Paleo diet. [A nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various hominid species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic.]

paste

Noun : A soft moist mixture, in particular:

Noun : One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.

Noun : (obsolete) Pastry.

palsy

Noun : (pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.

Verb : To paralyse, either completely or partially.

Adjective : (colloquial) Chummy, friendly.

pause

Verb : (intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.

Verb : (transitive) To stop an activity for a while.

Verb : (intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.

parch

Verb : (transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch.

Verb : (transitive) To roast, as dry grain.

Verb : (transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.

paten

Noun : (Christianity) The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.

Noun : (archaeology) Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site.

pangs

Noun : "Pangs" is the eighth episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Noun : PANGS are an electropunk group formed in 2015 in Nashville.

pawky

Adjective : (Scotland, northern British) Shrewd, sly; often also characterised by a sarcastic sense of humour.

passe

Adjective : Alternative spelling of passé [(colloquial) Dated; out of style; old-fashioned.]

Verb : Obsolete spelling of pass. [To change place.]

panne

Noun : A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin.

Noun : A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close.

Noun : (ecology) A wetland consisting of a small depression, with or without standing water, often in a salt marsh or other coastal wetland.

patte

Noun : A narrow band keeping a belt or sash in its place.

paint

Noun : A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

Noun : (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

Noun : (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.

paved

Adjective : Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.

Adjective : (figuratively) Laid out or made, as intentions, desires, plans, etc.

parle

Noun : (obsolete) Parley; talk.

Noun : (obsolete) A nasty encounter.

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To talk; to converse; to parley.

palus

Noun : (marine biology) A vertical pillar along the inner septal margin of a coral.

Noun : (planetology) A small plain (compared to mare) on the surface of a planet or satellite.

Noun : (historical) Any of the ranks in the hierarchy of gladiators.

payne

Noun : An English surname, variant of Paine.

Noun : A neighbourhood of Macon, formerly a city, in Bibb County, Georgia, United States.

Noun : A village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States.

patty

Noun : A unisex given name.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.

Noun : (rare) A male given name, a diminutive of the male given name Patrick.

pasta

Noun : (uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.

Noun : (loosely) Any type of noodle.

Noun : (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.

papaw

Noun : A tree, Carica papaya, of tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.

Noun : (less common) A father.

Noun : Alternative form of pawpaw, a grandfather, especially one's paternal grandfather. [Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:]

pater

Noun : (formal or humorous) Father.

parka

Noun : (clothing) A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.

palmy

Adjective : Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees.

Adjective : (figurative) Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving.

Adjective : (obsolete) Made out of palm leaves or palm sap.

pandy

Noun : A fulling mill.

Noun : (Ireland, informal) mashed potatoes

Verb : (transitive) To strike on the palm of the hand with a strap as a school punishment.

pacey

Adjective : (chiefly sports) fast, rapid, speedy.

pagus

Noun : (historical) A country district with scattered hamlets.

Noun : (historical) The fortified centre of such a district.

Noun : (historical) Among the early Teutons, a division of the territory larger than a village, like a wapentake or hundred.

pareo

Noun : A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong.

parly

Noun : (countable) A surname

Noun : A commune of Yonne department, Bourgogne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Verb : Alternative form of parley [(intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.]

panin

Noun : A hominid of the genus Pan.

Noun : (medicine) Abbreviation of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia.

paich

Verb : Alternative form of pech [(Scotland, Northern England) To pant, to struggle for breath.]

pauce

Adjective : (rare) Subject to or pertaining to paucity; being scarce or insufficient.

panda

Noun : (now rare without a qualifying word) The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.

Noun : (Hinduism) A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.

Noun : A South Asian surname.

pants

Noun : (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines, Singapore, Northern England) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.

Noun : (chiefly UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.

Noun : (UK, slang) Rubbish; something worthless.

papal

Adjective : Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

panto

Noun : (British, informal) Clipping of pantomime. [(now rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime.]

Noun : (countable, rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph. [A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid.]

parol

Adjective : Word of mouth.

Adjective : (law) Verbal, oral, informal.

Noun : A word; an oral utterance.

pappy

Adjective : Like pap; soft; mushy.

Noun : (colloquial, regional) A father.

Noun : (colloquial, regional) A grandfather.

parsi

Noun : A member of the larger of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent.

Adjective : Of, or pertaining to, the Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent.

paeon

Noun : (poetry) A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable.

palau

Noun : A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.

Noun : Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”) [A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.]

panga

Noun : (East Africa, South Africa) A large broad-bladed knife.

Noun : Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially an iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.

Noun : A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.

parma

Noun : (Australia) A dish cooked in the parmigiana style.

Noun : (historical) A small shield carried by the infantry and cavalry.

Noun : A province in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

paine

Noun : An English surname, of Norman derivation, meaning someone who lived outside of a city (see Latin pagus).

Noun : Obsolete spelling of pain. [(countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.]

panty

Noun : (obsolete, in the plural) Short trousers for men, or more usually boys.

Noun : (usually in the plural, or in compounds) An article of clothing worn as underpants by women.

Noun : (informal, roller derby) A helmet cover.

paver

Noun : A flat stone used to pave a pathway, such as a walkway to one's home.

Noun : One who paves; one who lays pavement.

palms

Noun : A surname from Dutch.

paled

Adjective : (obsolete) Striped.

Adjective : (obsolete) Enclosed with a paling.

pales

Noun : (Roman mythology) The deity of shepherds, flocks and livestock in Roman mythology.

Noun : (astronomy) 49 Pales, a main belt asteroid.

palla

Noun : A traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.

Noun : (historical) A rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in Ancient Rome and fastened with brooches.

Noun : A surname.

paras

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (colloquial) Short for Paralympics. [(sports) Synonym of Paralympic Games (“an international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue”)]

paedo

Noun : (slang, countable) A paedophile.

Noun : (British, slang, uncountable) paedophilia.

Adjective : (British, slang) Paedophile, paedophiliac.

paren

Noun : (informal, especially computing) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).

pated

Adjective : (chiefly used in combinations) Having a pate or a particular type of pate (head)

parge

Noun : (construction) A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls.

Verb : (construction) To apply a parge on to a surface.

palay

Noun : (Philippines) paddy

parte

Noun : Obsolete spelling of part. [A portion; a component.]

palor

paw at

Verb : To come on to (someone) in a rude way, with excessive and unwelcome touching; to handle (someone or something) rudely or clumsily.

Verb : To repeatedly hit (someone or something) with a paw.

payee

Noun : one to whom money is paid.

paris

Noun : The capital and largest city of France.

Noun : A department of Île-de-France, France.

Noun : (metonymic) The government of France.

payer

Noun : One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.

Noun : (finance) A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the fixed leg and receive the floating leg.

Noun : A surname.

pager

Noun : (telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

Noun : (computing) A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.

Noun : (in combination) Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages.

pacer

Noun : One who paces.

Noun : In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.

Noun : A pacemaker (one who sets the pace in a race).

parts

Noun : Intellectual ability or learning.

Noun : (usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.

Noun : (euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.

pasha

Noun : (historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.

Noun : The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae.

Noun : (historical) A high rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitaries, and others.

pains

Noun : Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.

para-

pally

Adjective : Like a pal; friendly.

Noun : (US) An affectionate term of address.

Noun : (US, Australia) A slightly derogatory and insulting term of address.

paisa

Noun : A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.

Noun : A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.

Noun : A subdivision of currency, equal to one thousandth of an Omani rial.

pavan

Noun : Alternative form of Paduan (“stately Spanish dance”) [A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Padua, Veneto, Italy.]

paced

Noun : A step.

Noun : A step taken with the foot.

Noun : The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.

palma

Noun : A city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca.

Noun : A town in Palma district, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.

Noun : (historical) Alternative form of palmo, traditional Portuguese and Spanish units of length. [(historical, measure) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm.]

pavis

Noun : (military, history) Most usually, a very large shield fitted with a stand, like a small moveable wall, carried in front to protect all or most of the bearer's body that could be positioned independently of the user, such as a crossbowman, often with a projecting ridge running vertically down the center. However, smaller, more standard shield types were also termed as such, with the central verticle ridge as a defining feature.

palea

Noun : (botany) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.

Noun : (botany) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.

patho

Noun : The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.

Noun : (rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses emotional appeals to the audience as the main form of persuasion.

Noun : (literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.

param

Noun : (chemistry, dated) dicyandiamide

Noun : (mathematics, programming, informal) Abbreviation of parameter. [A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.]

pappa

Noun : A surname.

palas

Noun : A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.

pared

Verb : (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.

Verb : (transitive, often with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.

Verb : To trim the hoof of a horse.

patly

Verb : In a pat manner; fitly, seasonably, conveniently, appositely.

pawed

Adjective : Having (a specified kind or number of) paws.

pal up

Verb : (intransitive, informal, UK, Australia) To become friends.

Verb : To form an alliance.

paolo

Noun : A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Paul.

Noun : An old Italian silver coin.

patna

Noun : The capital and largest city of Bihar, India.

Noun : A district of Bihar, India, containing the city of the same name.

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