Words starting with P, then S, ending in S
2170 words fit this spine. The 240 most recognizable are listed below, longest and commonest first. They start with P, end with S, and contain S in that order in between — not necessarily side by side.
- pace doesn't fit: it starts with P but ends with E, not S.
- paces doesn't fit: it has the right ends but no S in the middle.
4-letter words
pass, piss, puss
5-letter words
pasts, pesos, pests, poses, posts, press, priss
6-letter words
paisas, passes, pauses, phases, pisses, pluses, posies, posses, pulses, pushes
7-letter words
paesans, paisans, palsies, pansies, papists, parsons, pastels, pasties, penises, persons, phrases, physics, pistols, pistons, pleases, poisons, possess, posters, praises, presets, presses, priests, prisons, process, profess, prowess, psychos, pushers, pussies
8-letter words
pachisis, packness, padshahs, paesanos, painless, paisanas, paisanos, paisleys, paleness, palmists, palships, papooses, passages, passions, pastures, peerless, pensions, persists, podcasts, premises, presents, princess, progress, promises, proposes, protests, punishes, purposes, pursuits
9-letter words
pacifisms, pacifists, packsacks, padishahs, paduasoys, paeanisms, paganises, paganisms, paganists, paleosols, palestras, palisades, paludisms, panelists, panfishes, pantdress, pantsuits, paperless, pappooses, papyruses, paralysis, parasites, passports, penniless, personals, pheasants, physicals, pleasures, pointless, poisonous, positions, positives, possesses, postcards, powerless, preserves, pressures, pretenses, priceless, prisoners, processes, prognosis, proposals, prospects, psychosis, purchases
10-letter words
packhorses, packnesses, palenesses, palletises, palliasses, pallidness, palsgraves, paltriness, pancreases, pandanuses, pangeneses, pangenesis, panmixises, pansophies, pantheisms, pantheists, paperiness, papistries, passengers, pensioners, pesticides, physicists, pistachios, prescribes, presidents, princesses, processors, professors, progresses, protesters, protestors, provisions, psychotics, publishers
11-letter words
pacesetters, pacificisms, pacificists, packsaddles, painfulness, palimpsests, palmistries, panegyrists, pantdresses, pantywaists, passageways, pedestrians, phosphorous, possessions, prestigious, promiscuous, prosecutors, prostitutes, protestants, psychopaths, punishments
12-letter words
pachysandras, paddlefishes, paedogeneses, paedogenesis, painlessness, painstakings, paintbrushes, palatialness, palingeneses, palingenesis, pallidnesses, paltrinesses, pantomimists, paperinesses, parishioners, partnerships, perspectives, philosophers, philosophies, pleasantries, poltergeists, predecessors, preposterous, presumptuous
13-letter words
packinghouses, painfulnesses, painterliness, palatableness, palindromists, palynologists, papovaviruses, papyrologists, personalities, possibilities, prescriptions, preservatives, professionals, psychiatrists, psychologists
14-letter words
paedomorphisms, paedomorphoses, paedomorphosis, painlessnesses, palatialnesses, paleobotanists, pansexualities, pantisocracies, psychoanalysis
15-letter words
painterlinesses, palatablenesses, paleobiologists, paleoecologists, paleomagnetisms, paleomagnetists, paleontologists, paleozoologists, pantisocratists
16-letter words
papillomaviruses
17-letter words
paleopathologists
19-letter words
paleoclimatologists
20-letter words
paleoanthropologists