English words: puzzlebox to Pylades

300 English words, part 209 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 19 have a page of their own.

English words puzzlebox to Pylades

puzzlebox noun: Alternative spelling of puzzle box.
puzzled adjective, verb /ˈpʌ.zl̩d/: Confused or perplexed.
puzzledly adverb: In a puzzled manner; confusedly.
puzzledness noun: puzzlement; perplexity
puzzledom noun: The domain of puzzles; puzzles collectively.
puzzlefest noun: A game, especially a text adventure, that mainly requires the player to solve puzzles.
puzzlegrass noun: A plant, the scouring rush.
puzzlehead noun: A puzzleheaded person, one having a mind full of confused notions.
puzzleheaded adjective: Having the mind full of confused notions.
puzzleheadedness noun: The quality of being puzzleheaded; foolish confusion.
puzzlehunt noun: A game where teams compete to solve puzzles, the answers to which reveal the location of a hidden treasure or allow the teams to accomplish a final goal....
puzzleless adjective: Without puzzles.
puzzlelike adjective: Having the nature of a puzzle.
puzzlemaster noun: Someone who designs or creates puzzles.
puzzlement noun: The confusing state of being puzzled; bewilderment.
puzzlenut tree noun: Synonym of cannonball mangrove.
puzzler noun: A puzzling situation or problem.
puzzlery noun: Something that contains puzzles;
puzzlesome adjective: Marked by puzzling, puzzlement, or perplexity; perplexing; bewildering
puzzlewit noun: A stupid person
puzzley adjective: Alternative form of puzzly.
puzzling adjective, noun, verb: Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
puzzlingly adverb: In a puzzling manner.
puzzlingness noun: The quality of being puzzling.
puzzlist noun: One who enjoys creating or solving puzzles; a puzzle aficionado.
puzzly adjective: Of or relating to puzzles.
puzzolan noun: Alternative form of pozzolana.
puzzolana noun: Alternative form of pozzolana.
puzzolano noun: Alternative spelling of pozzolana.
PV adjective, adverb, noun: Initialism of probation violation.
PV diagram noun: Abbreviation of pressure volume diagram.
PV number noun: Synonym of Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number.
PVA noun: Initialism of patterned vertical alignment.
PVAc noun: Abbreviation of polyvinyl acetate.
PVAL noun: Abbreviation of polyvinyl alcohol.
PVC noun: Initialism of polyvinyl chloride.
PVCu noun: Alternative form of uPVC, unplasticised polyvinyl chloride, used in Britain since the 1980s to fall in line with continental European practice.
PVD noun: Initialism of peripheral vascular disease.
PVDC noun: Initialism of polyvinylidene chloride.
PVDF noun: Initialism of polyvinylidene fluoride.
pve noun: Initialism of partial volume effect.
PVF noun: Initialism of polyvinyl fluoride.
PVFS noun: Initialism of post-viral fatigue syndrome.
PVM noun: Initialism of place, voice, manner (of a vowel).
PVN noun: Initialism of paraventricular nucleus.
PVO noun: Initialism of private voluntary organization.
PVOD noun: Abbreviation of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.
PVOH noun: Abbreviation of polyvinyl alcohol.
pvp noun, verb: Initialism of polyvinyl pyrrolidone.
PVP-I noun: Abbreviation of polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine.
PvP log verb /ˌpiːviːˈpiː ˈlɒɡ/: Synonym of combat log.
PvPer noun: A player who participates in PvP activities in a video game.
PVPP noun: Abbreviation of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone.
PVPS noun, verb: Initialism of post-vasectomy pain syndrome.
PvPvE noun: Initialism of player versus player versus environment.
PVR noun: Initialism of personal video recorder.
PVRI noun: Initialism of pulmonary vascular resistance index.
PVS noun: Abbreviation of persistent vegetative state.
PVT adjective, noun: Initialism of pressure, volume, temperature.
PVV proper noun: Party for Freedom
PVX noun: Initialism of Potato virus X.
pw noun, prepositional phrase: Abbreviation of password.
PWA noun: Initialism of partial-wave analysis.
PWARC noun: Initialism of person with AIDS-related complex.
Pway noun /ˈpiː.weɪ/: Abbreviation of permanent way.
PWB noun: printed wiring board - A circuit board blank created by etching away material thereby exposing non-conductive lands between conductive traces. What a...
PWC noun: Initialism of personal water craft.
pwca noun: A Welsh hobgoblin
PWCer noun: A person who rides a personal water craft (PWC).
pwd noun: Initialism of public works department.
PWE noun: Acronym of plain white envelope.
pwetty adjective: Pronunciation spelling of pretty.
PWFA noun: Initialism of plasma wakefield acceleration.
PWI noun: Initialism of process window index.
PWID noun: Initialism of possession with intent to distribute.
pwincess noun: Pronunciation spelling of princess.
pwise adverb: Contraction of purlwise.
PWITS noun /ˈpiːwɪts/: Acronym of possession with intent to supply.
Pwllheli proper noun: A market town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH3735).
PWM noun: Initialism of pulsewidth modulation.
pwn noun, verb /pəʊn/: To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).
pwn3d adjective: Alternative spelling of pwned.
pwnage noun: Ownage; the act of pwning.
pwner noun: One who pwns; an owner.
pwnership noun: The state of being a pwner; ownership.
pwnz0r noun, verb: Synonym of pwn (“to defeat”).
PWO noun: Initialism of preworkout.
PWOMS phrase: Initialism of parents watching over my shoulder.
pword noun: Abbreviation of password.
PWP adjective, noun: Initialism of pulmonary wedge pressure.
pwr noun: Alternative form of PWR.
pws noun: Initialism of Prader-Willi syndrome.
PWT noun: Initialism of poor white trash.
PWUD noun: Initialism of person who uses drugs or people who use drugs.
PWYC phrase: Initialism of pay what you can.
PWYW noun, phrase: Initialism of pay what you want.
px noun: Initialism of post exchange, the U.S. Army's Post Exchange.
PX goods noun: An import-restricted imported grocery item.
PX store noun: a store that sells import-restricted imported grocery items
PXE noun: Initialism of pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
PXEer noun: Someone who suffers from pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
PXR noun: Initialism of parametric X-ray radiation, X-ray radiation emitted when relativistic charged particles, like electrons, interact with crystals. Originally...
PXRD noun: Initialism of powder X-ray diffraction.
py noun, prefix, preposition: Initialism of pack-year.
py chiminey interjection: Pronunciation spelling of by Jiminy.
py chiminy interjection: Pronunciation spelling of by Jiminy.
pya noun: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Burmese kyat.
pyaemia noun: A type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of Staphylococcus bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms...
pyaemic adjective: Alternative spelling of pyemic.
pyal noun: Alternative form of pial (“raised platform”).
Pyatigorsk proper noun /pjætɪˈɡɔːsk/: spa city in south-Stavropol krai, administrative center of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia
pyatina noun: A top-level administrative subdivision in Novgorod Land.
Pyatt proper noun: A surname.
Pyay proper noun: A city in central Myanmar.
Pybus proper noun: A surname.
pycnaspidean adjective: Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales.
pycnial adjective: Of or relating to the pycnium (the body of a fungus that produces pycniospores).
pycnic adjective, noun: Alternative form of pyknic.
pycnid noun: pycnidium
pycnidial adjective: Relating to the pycnidium.
pycnidiogenesis noun: Formation of the pycnidium
pycnidioid adjective: Resembling a pycnidium.
pycnidiospore noun: A spore from a pycnidium.
pycnidium noun: In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
pycniospore noun: A spore produced by a pycnium
pycnite noun: A variety of fine-grained topaz.
pycnium noun: The body of a fungus that produces pycniospores
pycno- prefix: Dense, thick.
pycnochlorite noun: An iron-rich variety of clinochlore.
pycnocline noun: A boundary layer in a body of water between areas of different temperature or salinity.
pycnoconidium noun: A conidium produced in a pycnidium.
pycnodont noun: Any extinct bony fish of the order †Pycnodontiformes.
pycnodontid noun: Any extinct fish of the family †Pycnodontidae
pycnodontiform noun: Any extinct bony fish of the order †Pycnodontiformes.
pycnodysostosis noun: A genetic disorder characterized by dense, fragile bones and dwarfism.
pycnodysostotic adjective: Relating to pycnodysostosis.
pycnofiber noun: US standard spelling of pycnofibre.
pycnofibre noun: Any one of the hair-like filaments that comprised an integument of some pterosaurs.
pycnogenol noun: Any of a group of flavonoids extracted from the bark of pine trees, especially proanthocyanidins.
pycnogonid noun: Any sea spider of the class Pycnogonida.
pycnogonoid noun: Any member of the Pycnogonida; a sea spider.
pycnometer noun /pɪkˈnɒmɪtə(ɹ)/: A vessel of precisely known volume used by weighing to determine the specific gravity or relative density of a liquid.
pycnometric adjective: Relating to pycnometry
pycnometry noun: The measurement of specific gravity by means of a pycnometer
pycnomorphic adjective: Having a compact arrangement of stainable parts
pycnomorphous adjective: Synonym of pycnomorphic.
pycnon noun: Alternative spelling of pyknon.
pycnonotic adjective: Of an oribatid mite, lacking an octotaxic system of porose secretory organs.
pycnonotid noun: Any bird in the family Pycnonotidae, the bulbuls.
pycnonuclear adjective: Describing nuclear reactions caused by the density of the reactants
pycnophyid noun: Any kinorhynch of the family Pycnophyidae.
pycnophylactic adjective: Relating to a kind of areal interpolation that preserves density within defined regions.
pycnopodioside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
pycnosis noun: Alternative form of pyknosis.
pycnosome noun: A person with a stocky body
pycnospore noun: Synonym of stylospore.
pycnostad noun: A layer in a body of water where the density is homogeneous.
pycnostyle adjective, noun: Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.
pycnotic adjective: Alternative spelling of pyknotic.
pycnoxylic adjective: Compact, dense with small rays of xylem, and not having much pith or cortex.
pycrite noun: Alternative form of pykrete.
Pycroft proper noun: A surname.
pye noun: Ellipsis of pye-dog (“an Indian breed, a stray dog in Indian contexts”).
pye-dog noun: Synonym of stray dog, particularly in Indian contexts.
pyel- prefix: Alternative form of pyelo- (“pelvis”).
pyelectasis noun: A dilation of the renal pelvis.
pyelectatic adjective: Relating to, or characterised by pyelectasis.
pyelic adjective: Relating to the renal pelvis
pyelitic adjective: Relating to pyelitis.
pyelitis noun: pyelonephritis
pyelo noun, prefix: Forms terms relating to the renal pelvis, such as pyelonephritis, pyelography, and others.
pyelocaliceal adjective: Relating to the renal pelvis and the calices
pyelocalyceal adjective: Alternative form of pyelocaliceal.
pyelocystitis noun: Inflammation of the renal pelvis and the bladder.
pyelogram noun: An image produced by means of pyelography.
pyelographic adjective: Of or pertaining to pyelography
pyelographically adverb: By means of pyelography
pyelography noun: radiography of the kidney, ureter and bladder following injection of a radiopaque substance
pyelolithotomy noun: Removal of a kidney stone through an incision in the renal pelvis
pyelon noun: Synonym of renal pelvis.
pyelonephritic adjective: Relating to pyelonephritis.
pyelonephritis noun: An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis
pyelonephritogenic adjective: That produces pyelonephritis
pyeloplasty noun: The surgical reconstruction or revision of the renal pelvis to drain and decompress the kidney
pyelorenal adjective: Relating to the renal pelvis and the kidneys
pyeloscopic adjective: Relating to pyeloscopy.
pyeloscopy noun: medical examination of the pyelum, or renal pelvis, allowing visualisation of the entire drainage system of the kidney
pyelostomy noun: The formation of an opening in the renal pelvis of a kidney.
pyelotomy noun: incision into the renal pelvis of a kidney
pyeloureteral adjective: Relating to or connecting the renal pelvis of a kidney and the ureter
pyeloureteritis noun: ureteritis with inflammation of the renal pelvis
pyelovenous adjective: Relating to the pelvis and veins of the kidney
pyelum noun: renal pelvis
pyemia noun: Alternative spelling of pyaemia.
pyemic adjective: Of or pertaining to pyemia.
pyengadu noun: Alternative form of pyinkado.
pyeong noun /pjɔŋ/: A unit of area in Korea, used especially for floorspace, equivalent to 3.3058 m².
Pyeongchang proper noun /pjɒŋˈt͡ʃæŋ/: A county of South Korea.
Pyeongtaek proper noun: A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
pyet noun /ˈpaɪət/: A magpie; a water ouzel.
pyew interjection: Alternative form of pew (“sound of firing a gun”).
pyewipe noun: Alternative form of piewipe.
pyflubumide noun: A carboxanilide acaricide 3′-isobutyl-N-isobutyryl-1,3,5-trimethyl-4′-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-methoxy-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]pyrazole-4-carboxanilide
pygal adjective, noun: Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the backbone; applied especially to the posterior median plates in the carapace of chelonians.
pygalgia noun: pain in the buttocks
pygarctia noun: Any noctuoid moth in the genus Pygarctia.
pygarg noun: An unidentified large animal with horns, possibly the addax, mentioned in the Bible (Deuteronomy 14:5) as one of the animals permitted for food.
pygargus noun: Alternative form of pygarg.
pygian adjective /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/: Pertaining to or resembling buttocks.
pygidial adjective: Of, or pertaining to, the pygidium
pygidicranid noun: Any earwig in the family Pygidicranidae.
pygidium noun: The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacea, and certain insects.
pygmalion noun /pɪɡˈmeɪliən/: One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he fell deeply in love with).
Pygmalion effect noun: The phenomenon whereby the greater the expectation placed upon people is, the better they perform.
Pygmalion word noun: The word bloody.
Pygmalionesque adjective: Reminiscent of Pygmalion.
Pygmalionic adjective: Of or relating to Pygmalion.
pygmalionism noun: Love for an object of one's own creation.
pygmaliosexual noun: Synonym of objectum-sexual.
pygmean adjective: Like a pygmy; very small.
pygmoid adjective, noun: Resembling a pygmy; generally, shorter than other peoples but not short enough to be considered pygmies.
pygmy adjective, noun /ˈpɪɡmi/: A member of various legendary races of dwarfs, or supernatural peoples of diminutive stature.
pygmy backswimmer noun: Any insect in the family Pleidae
pygmy blue whale noun: A small kind of blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
pygmy chimpanzee noun: Synonym of bonobo.
pygmy cormorant noun: Microcarbo pygmeus, a member of the Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant) family of seabirds.
pygmy falcon noun: Polihierax semitorquatus, African pygmy falcon, native to eastern and southern Africa.
pygmy giant panda noun: The earliest known ancestor of the giant panda, †Ailuropoda microta, now extinct.
pygmy hippo noun: pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
pygmy hippopotamus noun: A large four-toed, four-legged mammal native to western Africa of species Choeropsis liberiensis (syn. Hexaprotodon liberiensis), similar to but half the...
pygmy hog noun: Porcula salvania, a tiny pig of India.
pygmy killer whale noun: An oceanic dolphin of the species Feresa attenuata.
pygmy loach noun: Synonym of dwarf loach.
pygmy marmoset noun: A small monkey (Cebuella pygmaea or Callithrix pygmaea), native to the far western Amazon rainforests.
pygmy owl noun: Any of various species of small owl from the genus Glaucidium.
pygmy percher noun: A species of small libellulid dragonfly, Nannodiplax rubra, of Australia and New Guinea.
pygmy pipes noun: An ericaceous flowering plant of genus Monotropsis.
pygmy placed on the shoulders of giants noun: Synonym of dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants.
pygmy possum noun: Any of various small endemic Australian possums of the family Burramyidae.
pygmy right whale noun: A baleen whale of the species Caperea marginata.
pygmy sperm whale noun: One of the two small whales in the sperm whale superfamily (Kogia breviceps).
pygmy squid noun: A cephalopod of the family Idiosepiidae, including the northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) and the southern pygmy squid (Xipholeptos notoides).
pygmy tyrant noun: Any of the passerine birds in the genera Euscarthmus, Myiornis, Lophotriccus, Atalotriccus, and Pseudotriccus.
pygmydom noun: The world or sphere of pygmies.
pygmyhood noun: The condition of being a pygmy.
pygmyish adjective: Like a pygmy; dwarfish.
pygmyism noun: The phenotype of endemically short stature exhibited by members of the pygmy peoples.
pygo- prefix: rump, posterior
pygocephalomorph noun: Any extinct crustacean of the order Pygocephalomorpha
pygofer noun: The last segment of the abdomen of some insects
pygopagus noun: A conjoined twin, or a pair of conjoined twins, exhibiting fusion of the sacrum.
pygophile noun /ˈpaɪɡəfaɪl/: A person with an intense desire and/or sexual preference for the human buttocks.
pygophilia noun /ˌpaɪɡəˈfiː.li.ə/: A paraphilia involving sexual attraction to buttocks.
pygophilous adjective: Sexually attracted to the buttocks.
pygophore noun: Synonym of pygofer.
pygopid noun: Any extinct brachiopod of the family Pygopidae
pygopod noun /ˈpaɪɡəpɒd/: A species of the Pygopus genus.
pygopodid noun /ˈpaɪɡəʊˌpɒdɪd/: Any member of the family Pygopodidae, the legless lizards.
pygopodous adjective /paɪˈɡɒpədəs/: Of or pertaining to the former Pygopodes genus of aquatic birds that have the legs placed far back on the body.
pygoscelid noun: Any penguin of the genus Pygoscelis.
pygostole noun: A long surtout worn by Tractarian curates.
pygostyle noun /ˈpaɪɡəstaɪl/: The plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds, formed from fused vertebrae.
pygostyled adjective: Having a pygostyle.
pygostylian noun: Any avialan of the clade Pygostylia, that has a pygostyle
pygostylous adjective: Of or relating to the pygostyle.
pyic adjective /ˈpaɪ.ɪk/: purulent
pyin noun /ˈpaɪ.ɪn/: An albuminoid constituent of pus, related to mucin, possibly a mixture of substances rather than a single body.
pyinkado noun: Burmese ironwood, Xylia xylocarpa
pyinma noun: The wood of Lagerstroemia speciosa.
pyjama injunction noun: An injunction that was granted (typically at night) with expediency outside a court's office hours.
pyjama paralysis noun: The influence of nightwear outside rest hours on patients accompanied with long periods of bed rest, resulting in a loss of strength and mobility.
pyjama party noun: Synonym of slumber party.
pyjama shark noun: A species of catshark, Poroderma africanum, endemic to the coastal waters of South Africa.
pyjama suit noun: A matching set of pyjama pants and shirt.
pyjamaed adjective: Wearing pyjamas.
pyjamaless adjective: UK standard form of pajamaless.
pyjamalike adjective: Alternative spelling of pajamalike.
pyjamas noun /pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/: UK standard form of pajamas.
pyjamased adjective: Alternative form of pyjamaed.
pyjamies noun: UK form of pajamies.
pykar noun: A broker dealing directly with a manufacturer of goods.
pyknic adjective, noun /ˈpɪknɪk/: short and stout; endomorphic
pykno- prefix: Alternative spelling of pycno-.
pyknocyte noun: A distorted, contracted or otherwise malformed red blood cell.
pyknocytosis noun: The presence of pyknocytes in the blood.
pyknocytotic adjective: Relating to pyknocytosis.
pyknodysostosis noun: Alternative form of pycnodysostosis.
pyknolepsy noun: A form of epilepsy in which the sufferer experiences frequent brief attacks.
pyknoleptic adjective: Of, or pertaining to pyknolepsy
pyknometer noun: Alternative form of pycnometer.
pyknometric adjective: Alternative form of pycnometric.
pyknometry noun: Alternative form of pycnometry.
pyknon noun: The lower part of a tetrachord in Ancient Greek music, consisting of a composite interval (two successive intervals) that is less than the remaining...
pyknosis noun: Shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus.
pyknosome noun: Alternative form of pycnosome.
pyknotic adjective: showing pyknosis
pyknotized adjective: Affected by pyknosis
pykrete noun /ˈpaɪkɹiːt/: A solid substance made of water ice and sawdust, stronger than pure ice. Originally to be used in combination with a refrigeration system as hull material...
pyla noun: The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain.
Pylades proper noun: A Phocian prince known for his relationship with his cousin Orestes, son of Agamemnon.

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.