English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 106 of 931
The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in brown-eyed.
Being a compound word formed by parasynthesis, i.e. by adding several affixes simultaneously, without “intermediate” forms.
Any form of neurosyphilis that formerly was known to be correlated with late-stage syphilis but was misapprehended to be distinct from it.
A kind of arrhythmia caused by the presence and function of a secondary pacemaker in the heart, which works in parallel with the S-A node.
Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".
An artificial taxon used to describe a fossil based on morphology with no relation to genetic reality.
Not needed for the development of the parasite, but nevertheless serving to maintain the parasite's life cycle.
A fatty areolar tissue that fills the interstitia within the fascia where a tendon is located.
To cover a sterile planet with a greenhouse-like transparent dome to allow for life and agriculture.
In literary theory, meanings that are alluded to, above or beyond the printed text; interpretations of text.
an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.
An organophosphorus insecticide acaricide, [O,O-diethyl-O-4-nitro-phenylthiophosphate], a powerful, dangerously toxic insecticide.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 46,516 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 931 pages, and you are currently viewing page 106. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "P" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.