11 Letter Words for Passacaglia
passacaglia
8 Letter Words for Passacaglia
aplasias, scaglias
7 Letter Words for Passacaglia
alpacas, apicals, aplasia, assagai, assilag, gaiassa, palagis, pascals, scaglia, spacial
6 Letter Words for Passacaglia
agilas, aglaia, alaaps, alapas, alasas, alpaca, apical, aspics, assail, calais, caliga, calpas, capias, cassia, cigala, clasps, glacis, paisas, palagi, palaic, palais, pascal, pisaca, psalis, saigas, salpas, scails, scalps, scapas, spails, spials, spical, spicas
5 Letter Words for Passacaglia
agasp, agila, alaap, alapa, alaps, algas, algic, alias, alisp, apass, apsis, aspca, aspic, aspis, assai, calpa, calps, capas, capsa, casal, casas, clags, claps, clasp, class, clips, galas, gasps, gilas, gisla, glaca, glass, glias, gliss, isaac, lacis, laics, lapis, lapsi, lassa, lassi, ligas, lisps, pacas, pails, paisa, palas, palis, pasis, passa, piala, pical, picas, plaga, plass, plias, plica, pliss, sagas, saics, saiga, sails, salai, salic, salpa, salps, salsa, scail, scala, scalp, scapa, scapi, sials, sigla, silas, sisal, slags, slaps, slips, spags, spail, spial, spica, spics
4 Letter Words for Passacaglia
aals, agal, agas, agla, aias, ails, alai, alap, alas, alca, alga, alia, alps, apia, apis, asap, asci, asia, asps, assi, calp, cals, capa, capi, caps, casa, cass, cigs, clag, clap, clip, gaia, gail, gala, gali, galp, gals, gapa, gaps, gasp, gila, gils, glia, glis, gpss, isls, laas, lacs, lags, laic, laps, lasa, lass, lias, ligs, lipa, lips, lisp, liss, paal, paas, paca, pacs, paga, pail, pais, pala, pali, pals, pasi, pass, pial, pias, pica, pics, pigs, pila, pisa, piss, plia, psia, psig, psis, sacs, saga, sags, saic, sail, saip, sais, sala, salp, sals, sapa, saps, sasa, scap, scil, scsi, sial, sics, sila, sips, slag, slap, slip, spag, spas, spic, spig
3 Letter Words for Passacaglia
aal, aas, aga, ags, aia, ail, ais, ala, alc, alg, alp, als, apa, apc, apl, asg, asl, asp, ass, cag, cai, cal, cap, cgs, cia, cig, cis, cli, cpa, cpi, cpl, cps, csi, csp, gal, gap, gas, gis, gps, iaa, ipl, ips, isl, laa, lac, lag, lai, lap, las, lca, lig, lip, lis, lsc, pac, pal, pas, pci, pia, pic, pig, pil, pis, pli, psi, saa, sac, sag, sai, sal, sap, sci, sic, sig, sil, sip, sis, sla, spa, spl, sps, ssp
Definitions for Passacaglia
[1] a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin.
[2] the music for this dance, based on an ostinato figure.
[3] a musical form based on continuous variations over a ground bass.
[4] an old Spanish dance in slow triple time
[5] a slow instrumental piece characterized by a series of variations on a particular theme played over a repeated bass part See also chaconne (def. 1)
Words nearby Passacaglia
pass-fail, pass-through, pass., passable, passably, passacaglia, passade, passado, passage, passage grave, passage hawk
Origin of Passacaglia
1650–60; pseudo-Italian spelling of earlier passacalle < Spanish pasacalle literally, step (i.e., dance) in the street (pasa 3rd singular present of pasar to step, pace1 + calle street < Latin callem, accusative of callis path)
Word origin for Passacaglia
C17: earlier passacalle, from Spanish pasacalle street dance, from paso step + calle street; the ending -alle was changed to -aglia to suggest an Italian origin
