Words starting with P, then A, then S, then E, ending in S
397 words fit this spine. The 240 most recognizable are listed below, longest and commonest first. They start with P, end with S, and contain A then S then E in that order in between — not necessarily side by side.
- pacemaker doesn't fit: it starts with P but ends with R, not S.
- packages doesn't fit: it has the right ends but no S in the middle.
- painless doesn't fit: it has every letter of PASES but they don't appear in order inside it.
5-letter words
pases
6-letter words
parses, paseos, pashes, passes, pastes, pauses, peases, phases
7-letter words
palsies, pansies, pareses, parises, parsecs, parsers, passels, passers, pastels, pasters, pasties, patsies, pausers, pavises, phrases, pleases, praises
8-letter words
paisleys, papooses, parishes, parsleys, parvises, passades, passages, passives, passkeys, passless, passuses, pasterns, pasteups, pastimes, pastises, pastless, pastness, pastries, pastures, pathoses, pavisers, pectases, pharoses
9-letter words
paganises, palisades, panfishes, pappooses, papyruses, paradises, paradoses, paralyses, parasites, passadoes, passovers, pastiches, pastilles, pastiness, pasturers, patnesses, peasecods, penalises, perhapses, permeases, petasoses, petasuses, phalluses, pharisees, phaseouts, pleasures, purchases
10-letter words
packhorses, packnesses, palenesses, palletises, palliasses, palsgraves, pancreases, pandanuses, pangeneses, panmixises, pansophies, papistries, parabioses, paraphyses, parfleshes, parsonages, passengers, passerines, passivates, pastedowns, pastelists, pastnesses, pastorales, pastorates, pasturages, patissiers, patronises, paymasters, pearlashes, peptidases, phantasies, phasedowns
11-letter words
pacesetters, packsaddles, palimpsests, palmistries, pantdresses, parageneses, paraphrases, parasitises, parasitizes, parasitoses, parentheses, parotitises, parsimonies, pasquinades, passageways, passionless, passiveness, passivities, pasteboards, pastellists, pasteurises, pasteurizes, pasticheurs, pastinesses, patisseries, patronesses, peasantries, peashooters, pederasties, peripatuses, periphrases, peristalses, peroxidases, photophases
12-letter words
paddlefishes, paedogeneses, painlessness, paintbrushes, palingeneses, pallidnesses, paltrinesses, paperinesses, paraphrasers, paresthesias, parishioners, parvoviruses, passageworks, pasteurizers, pastoralness, pasturelands, patchinesses, paternosters, pathlessness, pathogeneses, peakednesses, personalises, phagocytoses, phosphatases, photoflashes, phrasemakers, pleasantries
13-letter words
packinghouses, painfulnesses, papovaviruses, paraesthesias, parasiticides, parasyntheses, parasynthesis, parenthesizes, pasqueflowers, passivenesses, paunchinesses, pearlescences, peppergrasses, pervasiveness, phalansteries, phrasemakings, phrasemongers, phraseologies
14-letter words
paedomorphoses, painlessnesses, palatialnesses, pansexualities, pantisocracies, parasitologies, particularises, passementeries, passionateness, passionflowers, pastoralnesses, pathlessnesses, peacefulnesses, penicillinases, persuasiveness, philadelphuses, phosphokinases, phospholipases, phosphorylases, phraseologists
15-letter words
painterlinesses, palatablenesses, paramyxoviruses, pararosanilines, parasexualities, parthenogeneses, pasteurizations, peaceablenesses, pectinesterases, permanentnesses, pervasivenesses, pharisaicalness, pharmacognosies
16-letter words
papillomaviruses, parapsychologies, parasympathetics, pardonablenesses, passionatenesses, personablenesses, persuasivenesses, pertinaciousness, phrasemongerings
17-letter words
paradoxicalnesses, pathophysiologies, perspicaciousness, pharisaicalnesses
18-letter words
pertinaciousnesses, phosphodiesterases
19-letter words
perspicaciousnesses, phosphoglucomutases
20-letter words
phosphofructokinases, phosphomonoesterases, photoreconnaissances
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