English words: p to pachycarpous
300 English words, part 1 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 18 have a page of their own.
English words p to pachycarpous
- p adjective, adverb, letter, noun, number, phrase, prefix, preposition, suffix, symbol, verb /piː/: The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
- P-1A noun: A visa granted to aliens that are internationally recognized athletes.
- P/2 orbit noun: A lunar-resonant orbit about the Earth with a period of one-half that of the Moon's (P/2 is an orbit that is approximately a fortnight long).
- p.a. adjective, adverb, noun, prepositional phrase: Abbreviation of per annum.
- P-A conduction time noun: The time from the onset of the P wave to the onset of the atrial electrogram, normally 27 ± 18 ms.
- P.A.S. noun: Alternative spelling of PAS
- p-acetylaminophenol noun: Alternative form of para-acetylaminophenol.
- p-adic adjective: Of, pertaining to, (ultimately) derived from or defined in the context of p-adic numbers.
- p-adic absolute value noun: A norm for the rational numbers, with some prime number p as parameter, such that any rational number of the form pᵏ(a/b) – where a, b and k are integers...
- p-adic norm noun: A p-adic absolute value, for a given prime number p, the function, denoted |..|ₚ and defined on the rational numbers, such that |0|ₚ = 0 and, for x≠0, |x|ₚ...
- p-adic number noun: An element of a completion of the field of rational numbers with respect to a p-adic ultrametric.
- p-adic order noun: Of a positive integer n, the exponent of the highest power of p that divides n. Often denoted νₚ(n). For example, ν₂(48)=4.
- p-adic ordinal noun: A function of rational numbers, with prime number p as parameter, which is defined for some non-zero integer x as the largest integer r such that pʳ divides...
- p-adic ultrametric noun: The ultrametric with prime number p as parameter defined as d_p(x,y)=|x-y|ₚ; i.e., such that the distance between two rational numbers is equal to the...
- p-ANCA noun: Acronym of perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.
- pœanismos noun: Alternative form of paenismus
- p'aps adverb: Contraction of perhaps.
- p'ari noun: The seventeenth letter of the Georgian scripts, representing the bilabial ejective /p’/. Romanizations include ⟨p⟩, ⟨p’⟩ and ⟨ṗ⟩.
- P-bar noun: A type of entity in X-bar theory, denoting the preposition in a constructed sentence.
- p-block noun: A set of elements in the periodic table having azimuthal quantum number 1.
- p-box noun: Abbreviation of permutation box.
- p-brane noun /ˈpiːbɹeɪn/: A p-dimensional brane, where p is any whole number.
- P/BV noun: Abbreviation of price to book value ratio.
- p. c. adjective, noun: Initialism of personal communication; used to mark information obtained directly from communicating with a scholar instead of via analysis of one of their...
- P.C.A.T. noun: Alternative form of PCAT.
- P.C.I. noun: Alternative form of PCI.
- P-cell noun: Synonym of parvocellular cell.
- pœcilo- prefix: Alternative spelling of poikilo-.
- pœcilogony noun: Alternative form of poecilogony.
- p-code noun: A very low-level code that is machine-independent and enables a compiled file to be run on different processor types.
- P-complete adjective: Describing any problem in the complexity class P to which there exists a polynomial time mapping from any other problem in P.
- p.d. noun, prepositional phrase: Abbreviation of potential difference.
- p'd off adjective: Alternative spelling of peed off.
- pædagog noun: Alternative spelling of pedagogue.
- pædantic adjective: Very rare spelling of pedantic.
- P&DC noun: Initialism of processing and distribution center.
- pæderast noun: Dated spelling of pederast.
- pædiatric adjective: Dated spelling of paediatric.
- pædiatrician noun: Dated spelling of paediatrician.
- pædication noun: Rare spelling of pedication.
- p**do noun, prefix: Dated spelling of paedo-.
- pædogenesis noun: Alternative spelling of paedogenesis.
- pædology noun: Alternative spelling of pedology.
- pædometer noun: Alternative spelling of paedometer.
- pædomorphic adjective /ˌpiːdəˈmɔːfɪk/: Alternative spelling of pedomorphic.
- p(doom) noun /piː duːm/: The probability of existentially catastrophic outcomes (doom) as a result of misaligned artificial intelligence, especially one's personal estimate for such...
- pædopathy noun: Alternative spelling of paedopathy.
- p**dophile noun: Dated spelling of paedophile.
- pædophilia noun: Dated form of pedophilia.
- pædophiliac adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of paedophiliac.
- pædophilic adjective: Dated spelling of pedophilic.
- P&E phrase: Alternative form of p&e.
- P-E ratio noun: Alternative form of PE ratio.
- p'ee noun: Abbreviation of patentee.
- P.Eng noun: Abbreviation of professional engineer.
- P'ent'ay adjective, noun /ˈpɛn.teɪ/: Ethiopian and/or Eritrean Protestant
- P/F noun: Ellipsis of P/F ratio.
- P/F ratio noun: Initialism of PaO2/FiO2 ratio.
- P-factor noun: An aerodynamic phenomenon experienced by a moving propeller, whereby the propeller's center of thrust moves off-center when the aircraft is at a high angle...
- p-file noun: A personnel file.
- P-frame noun: A video frame which contains only information on the differences from previous frames
- P-Funk noun: A style of funk music associated with the Parliament-Funkadelic collective in the 1970s and early 1980s.
- P.G. noun: Alternative form of PG.
- p/h noun, prepositional phrase: Abbreviation of postage and handling or processing and handling.
- P-H conduction time noun: The time from the onset of the P wave to the first high-frequency component of the bundle of His electrogram, normally 119 ± 38 ms.
- p-hack verb: To engage in p-hacking.
- p-hacking noun, verb: The practice of reanalysis of data until a desired result is obtained which is statistically significant.
- p-hydroxymexiletine noun: A chemical derivative of mexiletine with a hydroxy group in the para position. It is a metabolite of mexiletine.
- P&I noun: Alternative form of PI.
- P&ID noun: Initialism of piping and instrumentation diagram.
- P-in-V noun: Sexual intercourse involving penile-vaginal penetration; vaginal sex.
- p'int noun: Pronunciation spelling of point.
- p-ISSN noun: Initialism of print International Standard Serial Number (“a unique eight-digit identification number assigned specifically to the physical, paper-based...
- P&L noun: Initialism of profit and loss.
- P&L statement noun: Synonym of income statement.
- p'lice noun: Pronunciation spelling of police.
- p. m. adverb, noun, prepositional phrase /piːˈɛm/: In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.
- p.m.a. prepositional phrase: Initialism of post mortem auctoris.
- P mitrale noun: A broad and bifid P wave on an electrocardiogram, most commonly observed in lead II, usually caused by enlargement of the left atrium.
- P/N noun: Initialism of part number (a unique, manufacturer-assigned identifier of an item or part).
- p-n junction noun: An interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor; used to create junction diodes and junction transistors
- p-nitrobenzene-azo-resorcinol noun: Alternative form of p-nitrobenzeneazoresorcinol.
- p-nitrobenzeneazoresorcinol noun: azo violet
- P. O. noun: Abbreviation of post office.
- P.O. Box noun: Alternative form of PO Box.
- P.O.'d adjective: Alternative spelling of PO'd.
- p.o.'ed adjective: Alternative spelling of PO'd.
- P.O.I. noun: Initialism of point of interest.
- p.o.v. noun: Alternative form of POV (“point of view”).
- P.O.W. noun: Initialism of prisoner of war.
- P.O.W. camp noun: Alternative form of POW camp.
- p&p adjective, adverb, noun: Initialism of past participle.
- P.P.C. phrase: Abbreviation of French pour prendre congé (“to take leave”) or English presents parting compliments; a decorous visitor would write P.P.C. on a card...
- p-p cycle noun: Synonym of proton-proton chain.
- p.p.s. noun: Alternative form of PPS.
- P-plate noun: A plastic square sticker or sign bearing a large letter P, placed on a vehicle to indicate that the driver only has a probationary driver's licence, for...
- P-plater noun: One who has P-plates on their vehicle, indicating that they only have a provisional driver's licence.
- P-pop noun /ˈpiːpɒp/: Philippine pop music.
- p.pr. noun: Abbreviation of present participle.
- P pulmonale noun: A high, narrow and peaked P wave on an electrocardiogram, most commonly observed in leads II and III, usually caused by enlargement of the right atrium.
- P+R noun: Abbreviation of park and ride
- p'r'aps adverb: Contraction of perhaps.
- P.R.B. noun: Alternative form of PRB.
- p.r.n. phrase: Abbreviation of pro re nata.
- p'raps adverb: Contraction of perhaps.
- p'rhaps adverb /pɹæps/: Contraction of perhaps.
- p*rn noun: Censored spelling of porn.
- p's noun, verb: Alternative form of PS (post scriptum).
- P.S.S. noun: Misconstruction of PPS.
- P-shaped adjective: Shaped like the letter "P" or its mirror image.
- p'shat noun: Alternative form of peshat.
- P'ship noun: Abbreviation of partnership.
- P-side noun: Phonetics and phonology.
- p**sies noun: Censored spelling of pussies.
- p'simmon noun: Pronunciation spelling of persimmon.
- P-site noun: A binding site for tRNA in the ribosome, activating after the A-site and before the E-site.
- p'sketti noun: Alternative form of pasghetti.
- P-spot noun /ˈpiː.spɒt/: The prostate as a locus of sexual stimulation.
- p*ss noun, verb: Censored spelling of piss.
- p**sy noun: Censored spelling of pussy.
- p. t. adjective, adverb, noun: Abbreviation of pro tem.
- p'tater noun: Alternative form of potato.
- p'tcha noun: Calves'-foot jelly, a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish dish.
- P trap noun: A trap in a waste pipe consisting of a U-bend followed by a 90-degree bend to the horizontal or near horizontal, so that the entire device is shaped like...
- p-type adjective: (Of a semiconductor) in which conduction is due to the movement of positive holes rather than electrons.
- P U interjection, noun: An interjection in response to smelling an unpleasant scent.
- P.U.C. noun: Abbreviation of Public Utilities Commission.
- p-value noun: In statistical significance testing, the probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one that was actually observed, assuming that...
- p.w. phrase, prepositional phrase: Alternative form of pw (“per week”).
- P wave noun: A longitudinal compressional wave produced by an earthquake.
- p way noun: Alternative form of p way.
- p-word noun: Any vulgar/taboo word starting with p, e.g. piss, penis, pussy, poof, prick, or Paki.
- p-zombie noun: Abbreviation of philosophical zombie.
- P0 noun: Abbreviation of priority zero The highest, most critical, most important, level of importance and priority. A hold everything, drop everything, and get on...
- P1 noun: Abbreviation of position one, a common abbreviation used in motorsport to signify the frontmost starting position.
- P100 noun: P100 standard
- P11D noun: A form used to declare benefits in kind to HMRC (the UK tax authority).
- p13n noun: Abbreviation of personalization.
- p1ll noun: Filter-avoidance spelling of pill.
- P2E adjective: Initialism of play-to-earn.
- P2G noun: Initialism of power to gas, a method of storing generated power, usually by electrolyzing water into hydrogen and oxygen, and carbonizing the hydrogen into...
- P2P adjective, noun: phenyl-2-propanone (phenylacetone)
- P2W noun: Initialism of pay to win.
- P3 noun: public-private partnership
- p3do noun: Filter-avoidance spelling of pedo.
- P3HT noun: poly(3-hexylthiophene).
- p3n0r noun: Alternative form of penor.
- P45 noun: A form that an employee receives when they terminate their employment, detailing income for social security and taxation purposes for the current financial...
- P4P adjective, noun: Initialism of pay for performance.
- P5 noun: Initialism of Pentium 5 a slang term used to refer to the successor to the Pentium 4 before the name was revealed by Intel.
- p53 noun: A regulatory protein that is often mutated in human cancers.
- P60 noun: The end-of-year tax certificate given to each employee by their employer.
- P95 noun: P95 standard
- P99 noun: P99 standard
- pa adjective, noun, phrase /pɑː/: Initialism of public address.
- pa'anga noun /pɑːˈɑːŋɡə/: The official currency of Tonga, equal to 100 seniti.
- PA cage noun: Abbreviation of Prince Albert cage.
- pa chew cheng verb [ˈpʰa˦˨ t͡ʃʰjuː˨˦ t͡sʰeŋ˩]: Of a man: to masturbate.
- pa-leng noun: A culture-bound syndrome of frigophobia, found in parts of Asia.
- Pa'O noun: Alternative form of Pa'O.
- pa-rum-pum-pum interjection: Clipping of pa-rum-pum-pum-pum.
- pa rum pum pum pum interjection: Alternative form of pa-rum-pum-pum-pum.
- PA speaker noun: A speaker on a public address system that plays announcements.
- PA system noun: public address system
- pa'tridge noun: Alternative form of patridge.
- pa'u noun: A traditional long, colorful skirt worn by Hawaiian female horseback riders.
- PA12 noun: Initialism of polyamide 12, polyamide-12.
- PAA noun: Initialism of polyacrylic acid.
- PAAc noun: Initialism of polyacrylic acid.
- Paakantyi noun /ˈpaːkəndʒiː/: An aboriginal people of New South Wales.
- pääkkönenite noun: A metallic grey mineral with the molecular formula Sb₂AsS₂.
- Paaknam noun: A baked or steamed Meitei traditional dish, made of ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
- Paal-Knorr synthesis noun: A reaction that generates either furans, pyrroles, or thiophenes from 1,4-diketones.
- paamayim nekudotayim noun: The scope resolution operator :: in the PHP programming language.
- paan noun /pɑːn/: A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in...
- paanakam noun: Alternative form of panakam.
- paanwallah noun: Someone who sells paan.
- paar noun: A hypothesized shifting of four geologic blocks: northeast Africa west of Red Sea and north of the Ethiopian valley, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai...
- paarite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal tin white mineral containing bismuth, copper, iron, lead, and sulfur.
- Paarl proper noun /ˈpɑːrl/: A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
- Paarthiba noun: The nineteenth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
- PAAs noun /pæːs/: Acronym of platform as a service.
- paauw noun: A kind of bustard.
- PAB noun: Initialism of protection at birth.
- PABA noun: Para-aminobenzoic acid, a member of the B-complex family of vitamins that can be synthesized by the human body from folic acid, and used primarily as an...
- pabble verb: To make the sound like liquid or porridge makes when bubbling under heat, on a stove.
- pabebe wave noun /pɐˌbɛ.bɛ ˈweɪ̯v/: A handwaving gesture imitating certain beauty pageant contestants, which in turn is seen as resembling the stereotypical handwave gesture of a baby.
- Pablo proper noun: A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Paul.
- Pabloism noun: A Greek form of Trotskyism based on the thinking of Michel Pablo
- Pabloist adjective, noun: Relating to Pabloism
- pablum noun /ˈpæbləm/: Alternative letter-case form of Pablum (“a type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat”).
- pablumese noun /ˌpæb.ləˈmiːz/: A style of writing characterized by pablum, used for example by commercial large language models (LLMs).
- pablumish adjective: Resembling pablum.
- pablumize verb: To reduce or render (something) into pablum.
- Pabon proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- pabouche noun /pəˈbuːʃ/: Alternative form of baboosh.
- Pabst proper noun: A surname.
- pabstite noun: A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal mineral containing barium, oxygen, silicon, tin, and titanium.
- pabular adjective: Edible; of or pertaining to food.
- pabulary adjective: Of or pertaining to pabulum or fodder.
- pabulation noun: The act of eating or feeding.
- pabulous adjective: nourishing
- pabulum noun /ˈpabjʊləm/: Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.
- PABX noun: Initialism of private automatic branch exchange.
- pac adjective, noun /pæk/: Initialism of programmable automation controller.
- pac-a-mac noun: A lightweight rainjacket that can be compressed into a small pocket-sized bag.
- pac boot noun: A type of winter boot with a waterproof rubber base enveloping the sides.
- Pac Man noun: Anything that consumes indiscriminately.
- Pac-Man defence noun: Alternative spelling of Pac-Man defense.
- Pac-Man defense noun: A response to an attempted hostile takeover of a company, in which the target company, or a 'white knight' acting on its behalf, tries to turn the situation...
- Pac-Man illusion noun: Synonym of lilac chaser.
- paca noun /ˈpækə/: Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black...
- paca-rana noun: Alternative form of pacarana.
- pacable adjective: Able to be easily pacified.
- Pacaguara noun: Alternative form of Pacahuara.
- Pacahuara noun: An indigenous people of Bolivia.
- Pacak-Zhuang syndrome noun: A rare disorder, found mainly in women, that may involve polycythemia and tumors.
- pacara noun: A large tree of the mimosa family, Enterolobium contortisiliquum, which yields wood good for carpentry.
- pacarana noun: A large, rare, slow-moving rodent, Dinomys branickii, with a thick, furry tail, native to South America, the second-largest rodent after the capybara.
- pacate adjective: peaceful, tranquil
- pacated adjective: pacified, placated
- pacation noun: pacifying, placation
- pacative adjective: Relating to pacation.
- pacay noun: A Peruvian leguminous tree, Inga feuilleei, cultivated for its large white edible pods.
- pacaya noun: Alternative spelling of pacay.
- pacca adjective: Alternative form of pukka.
- paccan noun: Alternative form of pecan (tree).
- Paccanarist noun: A member of the Society of the Faith of Jesus.
- paccay noun: Alternative spelling of pacay.
- paccekabuddha noun: Alternative form of pratyekabuddha.
- Pacchionian adjective /ˌpækiˈəʊ.ni.ən/: Relating to, or discovered by, Antonio Pacchioni (1665–1726), influential Italian scientist and anatomist.
- pace adjective, noun, preposition, verb /peɪs/: A step taken with the foot.
- pace bowler noun: A fast bowler
- pace bowling noun: Synonym of fast bowling.
- pace car noun: A car that other cars drive behind before a race starts.
- pace egg noun /peɪs ɛɡ/: Alternative spelling of pace egg.
- pace-egger noun: A performer in a Pace Egg play.
- pace lap noun: parade lap
- pace notes noun: Detailed notes describing the route to be driven in rally racing, read by the codriver to the driver.
- pace-of-life syndrome noun: A hypothesis positing that there exists a correlation between behavior, life history, and physiology continuing along an axis ranging from slow to fast.
- pace off verb: To count steps.
- pace oneself verb: To behave in a slow and careful way in order not to overexert oneself.
- pace out verb: To make a measurement by counting the number of equally spaced steps.
- pace setter noun: Alternative spelling of pacesetter.
- pace-setting noun: Alternative form of pacesetting.
- pace stick noun: A stick or implement used to measure paces.
- paceboard noun: A board marked with symbols, used to help a person with multiple sclerosis to time their speaking so as to be clearly intelligible.
- paced adjective, verb /peɪst/: Having a (particular) pace
- paceite noun: A tetragonal-dipyramidal dark blue mineral containing calcium, carbon, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.
- paceline noun /ˈpeɪslaɪn/: A formation in which riders (especially bicycle racers) travel in a line, one close behind the other, in order to conserve energy and travel faster by...
- Pacelli proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- pacemaker noun /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkəɹ/: Specialized cells which stimulate the heart to beat.
- pacemaker current noun: An electric current in the heart that flows through the HCN channel or pacemaker channel.
- pacemaker syndrome noun: A condition of suboptimal atrioventricular synchrony or dyssynchrony after pacemaker implantation.
- pacemakerlike adjective: Resembling a pacemaker.
- pacemaking noun: The action of a pacemaker (in any sense)
- paceman noun: A fast bowler; one who specialises in bowling fast.
- pacemapping noun: The graphical representation of tachycardia during pacing
- pacenotes noun: Alternative form of pace notes.
- pacer noun: One who paces.
- pacesetter noun: One who or that which determines the rate of action through leading.
- pacesetting adjective: Defining a pace
- Pacetti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- paceway noun: A racetrack for horses.
- pacey adjective: fast, rapid, speedy.
- Pach proper noun: A surname.
- pachadi noun: raita (condiment)
- pachak noun: The fragrant roots of Saussurea costus, used as incense.
- pachalic noun: Alternative form of pashalik.
- Pachamama proper noun: An Andean goddess of Earth and fertility, usually equated to Mother Nature in Western thought.
- pachamanca noun: An underground pit lined with hot stones and used for traditional Peruvian cooking.
- pachanga noun /pʌˈt͡ʃɑŋɡʌ/: A lively style of Cuban music and dance, a mixture of son montuno and merengue.
- pachastrelloside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- Pacheco proper noun: A surname.
- Pachelbelian adjective: Of or relating to Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), German composer.
- Pacheneg adjective, noun: Alternative form of Pecheneg.
- pachinco noun: Alternative form of pachinko.
- pachinko noun, verb /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/: A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
- pachinko allocation noun: In machine learning and natural language processing, a suite of algorithms to determine the thematic structure of a collection of documents by modelling...
- pachisi noun: An ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of...
- pachislo noun: Alternative form of pachislot.
- pachislot noun: A Japanese slot machine.
- Pachner move noun: Any of a set of ways of replacing a triangulation of a piecewise linear manifold by a different triangulation of a homoeomorphic manifold.
- pachnolite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
- pachometer noun: Alternative form of pachymeter.
- pachometric adjective: Relating to pachometry
- pachometry noun: Measurement of the thickness of the cornea
- Pachomian adjective: Of or relating to Pachomius the Great (c. 292 – 9 May 348 AD), generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism.
- Pachomius proper noun: A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Πᾰχώμῐος (Păkhṓmĭos)
- pachomonoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- pachouli noun: Alternative spelling of patchouli.
- pachranga noun: A kind of Indian pickle prepared with five vegetables.
- pacht noun: A system of tax farming in the Dutch Republic, where tax was not collected by the government, but by a private individual who had leased the right to...
- Pachuca proper noun: A municipality of Mexico.
- Pachuca tank noun: A high narrow tank with a central cylinder for the introduction of compressed air, used in the agitation and settling of pulp (pulverized ore and water)...
- pachuco noun /pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ/: A Mexican American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.
- pachy noun, prefix: Thick; thickness.
- pachyblepharon noun: Thickening of the eyelids
- pachybrachine noun: Any beetle of the chrysomelid tribe Pachybrachini (subtribe Pachybrachina in some classifications).
- pachycarpous adjective: Having a thick pericarp
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.