English words: paocai to papess

300 English words, part 18 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words paocai to papess

paocai noun: A type of Chinese pickled vegetable.
PAOD noun: Initialism of peripheral arterial obstructive disease.
Paoh noun: Alternative form of Pa'O.
Paola proper noun: A female given name from Italian.
Paoletti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Paolillo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Paolini proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Paolino proper noun: A surname from Italian.
paolo noun: An old Italian silver coin.
paolovite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal white mineral containing palladium and tin.
Paolucci proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Paone proper noun: A surname from Italian.
paopao noun: A traditional single-outrigger canoe of Tuvalu.
pap adjective, noun, verb /pæp/: Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
pap boat noun: A kind of sauceboat or dish.
pap smear noun: Synonym of Pap test.
pap test noun: A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample ('smear') of cells from the cervix.
papa noun, prefix /pəˈpɑː/: Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
papa bear adjective, noun: A male bear who has sired cubs.
PAPA syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder characterized by pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and acne.
papabile adjective, noun /pəˈpɑːbɪleɪ/: Being among those likely to be elected pope.
papability noun: Suitability for the role of pope.
papable adjective, noun: Alternative form of papabile.
papabot noun: Alternative form of papabote.
papabote noun: A bird, the upland sandpiper.
papabotte noun: Alternative form of papabote.
papacide noun: Alternative form of papicide.
papacy noun /ˈpeɪ.pə.si/: The office of a pope.
papad noun: A poppadom.
Papadakis proper noun: A surname from Greek.
papadam noun: Alternative spelling of poppadom.
papadom noun: Uncommon spelling of poppadom.
Papadopoulos proper noun: A surname from Greek.
papadum noun: Alternative spelling of poppadom.
Papageno effect noun: The effect of mass media deterring people from suicide by promoting alternatives.
Papago noun: A Uto-Aztecan people of southern Arizona and Sonora in northern Mexico. Today they are known as the Tohono O'odham ("the Desert People").
papagoite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic light blue mineral containing aluminum, calcium, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
papaha noun: Alternative form of papakha (“type of hat”).
papahood noun: fatherhood
papain noun: A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat.
papainase noun: An endopeptidase present in papaya
papaitan noun: A Filipino soup made with goat or beef tripe and offal, and flavoured with bile.
papaji noun: papa, father (as a respectful term of address)
papakainga noun: Land used for housing by a hapu or whanau group.
papakh noun: Alternative form of papakha.
papakha noun: A fur or sometimes wool hat traditionally worn by men throughout the Caucasus and Central Asia; its shape varies from hemispherical to cylindrical, which...
Papakura proper noun /pɑːpəˈkuːɹə/: An outer suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
papal adjective /ˈpeɪpəl/: Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
papal bull noun: A type of document or edict from the Pope.
papal cross noun: A cross that serves as an emblem for the office of the pope in ecclesiastical heraldry, consisting of a staff with three horizontal bars near the top,...
papal infallibility noun: The concept that the Pope, under certain circumstance (when making a statement on faith or morals, etc.) is protected by the Holy Spirit from being able to...
papal supremacy noun: the supreme and universal power of the Pope, which he can always exercise unhindered, over the Roman Catholic Church
papalagi noun: In Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand, a white person; a palagi.
papalise verb: Alternative form of papalize.
papalism noun: Synonym of papism.
papalist adjective, noun: Supporting papal authority; supporting papalism or hierocracy.
papalistic adjective: Of or relating to papalism; papistic.
papality noun: The papacy.
papalization noun: The process of papalizing.
papalize verb: To make papal; to introduce papal authority or Roman customs.
papalizer noun: One who papalizes.
papally adverb: in papal fashion
papaloi noun: A male voodoo priest.
papalty noun: The papacy.
Papandreism noun: The particular style of governance and general management of political life (populist, personalistic, reactive, and aversion to institutions) introduced by...
Papandreou proper noun: A transliteration of the Greek surname Παπανδρέου (Papandréou).
Papanicolaou proper noun: A surname from Greek
Papanicolaou smear noun: Synonym of Pap smear.
Papanicolaou test noun: Synonym of Pap test.
Papanikolaou proper noun: A surname from Greek.
papaphilia noun /pæpæˈfɪlɪə/: love and adoration for the pope or the papacy
papaphobe noun: A person who has papaphobia.
papaphobia noun /pæpæˈfəʊbɪə/: the pathological fear of the pope or the papacy
papaphobist noun: Synonym of papaphobe.
Papar proper noun: A town, the administrative centre of Papar district, Sabah, Malaysia.
paparazza noun /ˌpæ.pəˈɹæ.tsə/: A female paparazzo.
paparazzi noun /ˌpæ.pəˈɹæt.si/: Alternative form of paparazzo.
paparazzied adjective: That has been photographed by paparazzi.
paparazzification noun: The process of making or becoming characteristic of the paparazzi.
paparazzo noun /ˌpæ.pəˈɹæt.səʊ/: A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.
paparchy noun: papacy
papare noun: A lively genre of music from Sri Lanka.
papasan noun: A papasan chair.
papasan chair noun: A large rounded bowl-shaped chair with an adjustable angle similar to that of a futon.
papaship noun: Fatherhood.
papauma noun: Synonym of kapuka (“New Zealand tree”).
papaver noun /pəˈpeɪvə(ɹ)/: Any plant of the genus Papaver, poppies.
papaveraceous adjective: Of or relating to the poppy family Papaveraceae.
papaveraldine noun: The benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, (6,7-dimethoxy-1-isoquinolinyl)(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methanone, isolated from Papaver somniferum
papaveretum noun: A mixture of hydrochloride salts of opium alkaloids, used for pain relief and sedation.
papaverin noun: Alternative form of papaverine.
papaverine noun: A nonaddictive derivative of opium used in medicine to relieve muscle spasms, as a vasodilator and in some forms of erectile dysfunction.
papaveroline noun: A vasodilator.
papaverous adjective /pəˈpævəɹəs/: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy.
papaverrubine noun: Any of a class of methyl acetals derived from the poppy.
papaw noun: Alternative form of pawpaw.
papaya noun /pəˈpaɪ.ə/: A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
papayotin noun: A proteolytic enzyme found in the papaw, resembling papain in its action.
papayotine noun: Alternative form of papayotin.
Papazian proper noun: A surname from Armenian.
papboat noun: Alternative form of pap boat.
PAPD noun: Initialism of passive-aggressive personality disorder.
papdi noun: Alternative form of papri (fried dough wafer)
pape noun /peɪp/: A painted bunting.
papeda noun: Sago congee, a staple food of native people in Maluku and Papua.
Papeete proper noun: The capital city of French Polynesia.
Papel noun: a member of that ethnic group
papellony adjective: Rare spelling of papelonné.
papelonné adjective: Divided into a pattern (counted as one of the heraldic furs) which resembles scales, such as are found on fish or on butterflies' wings, perhaps originally...
papelonny adjective: Rare spelling of papelonné.
Papenfuss proper noun: A surname from German.
paper adjective, noun, verb /ˈpeɪ̯.pə/: 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...
paper aeroplane noun: Commonwealth form of paper airplane.
paper airplane noun: A toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper.
paper anniversary noun: The 1st anniversary of some event, particularly a wedding.
paper bag noun: A bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for carrying groceries.
paper bag party noun: A (possibly apocryphal) social event to which only those whose skin color passed the "brown bag test" were admitted.
paper bag test noun: Synonym of brown bag test (“alleged racist comparison”).
paper ballot noun: A ballot printed on paper, where the voter places a form of acknowledgment next to the candidate of their choice.
paper bank noun: A large container into which paper and related materials such as card are placed for recycling.
paper-based adjective: Done on paper, as opposed to on a computer.
paper bin noun: Synonym of wastepaper basket.
paper birch noun: A North American birch tree with white bark, of species Betula papyrifera.
paper board noun: Alternative form of paperboard.
paper book noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paper, book.
paper-bound adjective: Alternative spelling of paperbound.
paper candidate noun /ˈpeɪpə ˈkændɪdət/: An election candidate with little chance of winning, who runs a minimal or no campaign, and who is added to the ballot for publicity, to increase the number...
paper cartridge noun: A type of small arms ammunition used before the advent of the metallic cartridge.
paper case noun: A bag for storing or carrying papers or writing materials.
paper ceiling noun: An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment and elsewhere, for people who do not have a university or college...
paper chain noun: A chain made from interlinked loops of coloured paper, used as a hanging decoration.
paper chase noun: Alternative spelling of paperchase.
paper chromatogram noun: A chromatogram produced by paper chromatography.
paper chromatography noun: A simple form of analytical chromatography in which the stationary phase is a sheet of paper.
paper cigar noun: A cigarette.
paper clamp noun: Synonym of binder clip.
paper clay noun: Synonym of kaolin; also similarly uniform light-coloured clay composed of fine particles.
paper clip noun: A small, folded, wire or plastic device used to hold sheets of paper together.
paper-cloth noun: A fabric traditionally prepared in many of the Pacific islands from the inner bark of the mulberry, etc.
paper crane noun: A representation of the Japanese red-crowned crane made out of folded paper, a classic origami figure.
paper credit noun: Credit extended to a person because they show by bills, promissory notes, etc. that money is owed to them.
paper cup noun: A disposable cup made out of paper and often lined with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper.
paper currency noun: Synonym of paper money.
paper cut noun: A wound caused by a piece of paper or any thin, sharp material which can slice through a person's skin.
paper cutter noun: A tool designed to administer straight and even cuts to single sheets or large stacks of paper at once.
paper cutting noun: Alternative spelling of papercutting.
paper day noun: Any of certain days in each term for hearing causes down in the paper or roll of business.
paper diaper noun: A disposable diaper made from paper and plastic, rather than cloth.
paper doll noun: A human-shaped figure cut out of paper or thin card, especially one that comes with cutouts of clothes and accessories that may be pasted on top of it.
paper dragon noun: A hand puppet shaped like the head of a dragon or other animal, usually made from paper or cardboard, with an operational mouth.
paper driver noun: A person who has a driver's license but never drives.
paper enamel noun: An enamel for cards and fine notepaper.
paper-faced adjective: Having a face as white as paper.
paper factor noun: Former name of juvabione.
paper fastener noun: A stationery fastening device made of thin, soft metal, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of...
paper fight noun: A play fight using balled-up paper as missiles.
paper flier noun: Synonym of paper airplane.
paper flower noun: A plant, Bougainvillea glabra, and its flower head, so called for the papery bracts.
paper flyer noun: Synonym of paper airplane.
paper-folder noun: A kind of paperknife; a thin, flat blade of ivory, etc. for cutting open the leaves of books and other folded papers.
paper fortune teller noun: A form of origami commonly used as a children's game.
paper gauge noun: A rule for measuring the typeface of matter to be printed, and the width of the margin.
paper gold noun: special drawing rights
paper hand verb: To treat with paper hands, i.e. sell too early.
paper handed adjective, verb: Having paper hands.
paper hands noun: The fragility or insecurity of an investor–also called weak-handed–who is eager to sell a financial asset upon an early or dubious indication of downturn.
paper-hanger noun: Alternative form of paperhanger.
paper hat noun: Any of several hats made from paper; especially ones made from crepe paper as a party novelty, or ones constructed from newspaper and traditionally worn by...
paper hornet noun: The wasp Dolichovespula maculata.
paper house noun: An audience composed of people who have come in on free passes.
paper investing noun: Synonym of paper trading
paper jam noun: A malfunction in a computer's printer or a photocopier or similar device occurring when sheets of paper become jammed inside.
paper kite butterfly noun: The large butterfly Idea leuconoe that has translucent wings.
paper knife noun: Alternative form of paperknife.
paper launch noun: A product launch with extremely limited or nonexistent availability.
paper mache adjective, noun, verb /ˌpeɪ.pəˈmaʃ.eɪ/: Alternative form of papier-mâché.
paper machee adjective, noun, verb: Alternative form of papier-mâché.
paper machine noun: A machine used to manufacture paper.
paper-maker noun: Alternative form of papermaker.
paper mill noun: A factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients.
paper-milling noun: The process of making paper from raw material such as wood pulp.
paper money noun /ˌpeɪpə ˈmʌni/: Cash in the form of banknotes.
paper mulberry noun: A tree in the mulberry family (Moraceae), Broussonetia papyrifera, with fibrous inner bark used to make paper and tapa cloth.
paper muslin noun: A glazed muslin for dress linings, etc.
paper nautilus noun: A pelagic octopus of genus Argonauta, found in warm seas, whose females produce a paper-thin egg case resembling a shell into which she deposits her eggs.
paper organization noun: an organization that exists in concept, on paper, but has insufficient resources or support to be actualized as intended or envisioned.
paper orphan noun: A child falsely presented as an orphan by means of fraudulent documentation, facilitating human trafficking etc.
paper over verb: To superficially hide or disguise (a problem or a defect) without addressing it; to provide a veneer of normality or success.
paper park noun: A park that lacks funding, guards, precise boundaries, etc.
paper plane noun: Clipping of paper airplane.
paper plate noun: A disposable cardboard plate.
paper plume noun: Nicoteba betonica, a flowering plant native to Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
paper profit noun: Apparent profit shown in accounts but not realized in an expendable form.
paper punch noun: Synonym of hole punch.
paper qualification syndrome noun: The situation where potential employees have received a great deal of education but not in areas that would properly equip them for the workforce.
paper reed noun: Cyperus papyrus, an aquatic flowering plant of the sedge family, papyrus.
paper round noun: The delivery of newspapers to individual subscribers' houses.
paper route noun: A paper round.
paper sailor noun: The nautilus (marine mollusc).
paper scissors stone noun: Synonym of rock paper scissors (game)
paper shop noun: A newsagency; a shop that sells newspapers and often other goods such as sweets and cigarettes.
paper shredder noun: A machine that cuts paper into small, thin pieces.
paper snowflake noun: A piece of paper that has been folded many times and then cut so that when it is opened a figure that looks like a snowflake has formed.
paper son noun: A Chinese male who was falsely registered as the son of another Chinese who had already migrated to America, in order to take advantage of immigration laws.
paper spurge noun: Caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris).
paper stainer noun: A printer who makes patterned wallpaper.
paper streamer noun: A long, narrow strip of cloth, colored paper or ribbon that is used as a decoration.
paper street noun: A street that has been drawn on a map, such as a subdivision plan, but has not been built.
paper tape noun: An early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a...
paper the house verb: To give away free tickets to a theater performance etc. so as to ensure a sizeable audience.
paper-thick adjective: Paper-thin.
paper-thickness noun: The state or quality of being paper-thick.
paper-thin adjective: Very thin, such as the quality of paper.
paper-thinness noun: The state or quality of being paper-thin.
paper thosai noun: A bigger, crisper, thinner variant of thosai.
paper ticket noun: A conventional airline ticket, consisting of a coupon for each flight together with other administration coupons.
paper tiger noun: Something or someone that appears powerful, strong or threatening but is in reality weak, ineffective, or unable to withstand challenge.
paper towel noun: A sheet of absorbent paper, used for cleaning and food preparation, usually sold in and dispensed from rolls.
paper toweling noun: Paper towels collectively.
paper town noun: A nonexistent town included on a map in order to identify cases of plagiarism by others.
paper township noun: A civil township in the U.S. state of Ohio that nominally exists for certain purposes, but does not act as a functioning unit of civil government.
paper trade noun, verb: The business of buying and selling paper.
paper trader noun: One who practices or engages in paper trading.
paper trading noun, verb: A simulated form of trading where individuals practice buying and selling securities, such as stocks or options, using virtual rather than real money.
paper trail noun: A written record, history, or collection of evidence.
paper-train verb: To housetrain (a dog) by encouraging it to defecate on old newspapers or similar material placed in a designated spot within the home.
paper tripping noun: A form of identity theft in which a person illicitly obtains a new identity, usually by assuming the identity of a deceased person.
paper-view noun: Eggcorn of pay-per-view.
paper wall noun: A thin wall, especially if poorly soundproof.
paper wallet noun: A collection of pieces of paper written or printed with credentials needed to spend one’s cryptocoins.
paper wasp noun: Any wasp in the vespid subfamily Polistinae, known for making paper-like nests out of fibers from dead wood and plant stems.
paper work noun: Alternative form of paperwork.
paper yabber noun: A letter conveyed by an Aboriginal Australian on behalf of a colonist.
paperback adjective, noun, verb /ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/: A book with flexible binding.
paperbacked adjective, verb: Having the sort of flexible binding characteristic of a paperback book.
paperbacker noun: A publisher of paperback books.
paperbag noun: Alternative form of paper bag.
paperbag waist noun: A loose waist on a pair of trousers or pants that becomes ruched when worn.
paperbark noun: Any of several Australian trees and shrubs, of the genus Melaleuca, that have flaky bark.
paperbark flycatcher noun: A species of monarch flycatcher, Myiagra nana, of northern Australia and southern New Guinea.
paperboard noun: A thick paper, or thin cardboard.
paperbound adjective, noun: Having flexible covers; paperback; softcovered.
paperboy noun: A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.
paperbush noun: A bush in the family Thymelaeaceae, found in China and Japan, whose bark can be used to make paper.
paperchain noun: Alternative form of paper chain.
paperchase noun: A cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route.
paperchip noun: A packing material made from compacted waste newspaper
paperclay noun: Alternative form of paper clay.
paperclip noun, verb: Alternative spelling of paper clip.
paperclip maximizer noun: A hypothetical artificial intelligence whose goal is to produce as many paperclips as possible and which achieves this by converting all matter in the...
papercraft noun: The making of artistic objects from paper.
papercrafter noun: A person who makes artistic objects from paper.
papercrete noun: A construction material made from paper or cardboard mixed with cement, clay, or soil.
papercut noun: Alternative form of paper cut.
papercutting noun: The art of cutting decorative designs out of paper.
paperer noun: A person who hangs wallpaper.
paperflower noun: Alternative form of paper flower.
paperfolding noun: The folding of paper; origami
paperful noun: Enough to fill a paper.
papergirl noun: A girl who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.
papergram noun: Synonym of paper chromatogram.
paperhanger noun /ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/: Someone who puts wallpaper on walls.
paperhanging noun: The trade of hanging wallpaper on walls.
paperhood noun: Administrative documents and forms.
paperily adverb: In a papery manner.
paperiness noun: The property of being papery.
papering noun, verb: Wallpaper.
papering over noun, verb: The superficial disguising of a defect
paperish adjective: Synonym of paperlike: similar to paper.
paperknife noun: A knife for cutting paper or opening envelopes.
paperless adjective: Without paper.
paperless office noun: A proposed office of the future, where computers and software have made paper unnecessary.
paperlessly adverb: Without paper; in a paperless fashion.
paperlessness noun: The state or condition of being paperless.
paperlike adjective: Similar to paper in some way or most ways.
papermaker noun: A person or company that makes paper.
papermakering noun: The business or activity of a papermaker.
papermaking noun: The craft of making paper.
paperman noun: A man who delivers newspapers.
papermill noun: Alternative form of paper mill.
papermouth noun: A fish, the crappie.
papern adjective: Made of paper.
paperperson noun: A person who delivers newspapers.
paperphile noun: One who loves paper.
paperphilia noun: The appreciation of and preference for paper.
papers noun, verb /ˈpeɪpɚz/: Official documents or identification, as a passport.
papershell noun: A pecan cultivar that has a thin shell.
Papertian adjective: Of or relating to Seymour Papert (1928–2016), South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist and educator.
papertrail noun: Alternative form of paper trail.
paperwall adjective: Having paper walls.
paperware noun: Articles made from paper.
paperweight noun: A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
paperwhite noun: A bulbous perennial, of species Narcissus papyraceus, native to the Mediterranean region, with fragrant bunches of white flowers.
paperwoman noun: A woman who delivers newspapers
paperwork noun /ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/: Routine work involving written documents.
paperworker noun: A person employed in paper manufacture.
paperworks noun: A factory that produces paper.
papery adjective: Of, similar to, or related to paper.
papescent adjective: Containing, producing, or resembling pap.
papess noun: A female pope, i.e. the fictitious Pope Joan.

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.