English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 109 of 931

paraxanthinenoun

A metabolite of caffeine.

paraxialadj

Lateral to the neural tube.

paraxialitynoun

The condition of being paraxial

paraxiallyadv

In a paraxial manner.

paraxonicadj

In bearing weight evenly on two parallel axes within the foot, typically the third and fourth digits.

paraxylenenoun

An aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene with two methyl substituents.

parazoannoun

Any sponge (of the subkingdom Parazoa)

parazodiacaladj

Adjacent to the zodiac.

parazoniumnoun

A long ceremonial dagger from Roman times.

parazygantraladj

Extending over or beyond the zygantrum

Paraíbaname

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa.

Paraíso de Osorioname

A town in La Paz department, El Salvador.

Parañaquename

An independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines.

parbakeverb

To bake (bread or dough) partially so it can be rapidly frozen for storage.

parbendazolenoun

The benzimidazole anthelmintic methyl N-(6-butyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)carbamate

parboilverb

To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.

parboilernoun

A person or machine that parboils.

parbreakverb

To vomit, spew out.

Parbroathname

A castle in Creich parish, Fife, Scotland.

parbucklenoun

A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.

parbunkelnoun

Alternative form of parbuckle

parc ferménoun

A secure car park where competing cars must be left, and where no maintenance, repairs, or enhancements may be performed, for example during rest periods.

Parcaename

The Fates.

parcelnoun

A package wrapped for shipment.

parcel giltnoun

Merchandise that is partially gilded; a partly gilded object.

parcel lockernoun

An automated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels.

parcel outverb

To divide into portions or chunks; to ration.

parcel postnoun

A postal service involving the shipping of parcels.

parcel-poetnoun

A bad poet; a poetaster.

parcelationnoun

Alternative form of parcellation.

parcelcopternoun

A small-scale unmanned aerial vehicle used to promptly transport a package.

parcelfulnoun

Enough to fill a parcel.

parcellaryadj

Relating to parcels or divisions of land and their ownership.

parcellateverb

To divide something into sections or parcels.

parcellationnoun

division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land.

parcellingnoun

One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used also in mousing on the stays, etc.

parcelmentnoun

A division into parcels or portions.

parcelsnoun

A parcels train, normally carrying nothing but parcels.

parcelwiseadj

In parcels or allotments; piecemeal, fragmented.

parcenverb

To divide among parceners

parcenarynoun

coparcenary; coheirship.

parcenernoun

A coheir, a coparcener

parcenershipnoun

The role or status of a parcener.

parchverb

To burn the surface of, to scorch.

parchedadj

Dry.

parchedlyadv

In a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness.

parchednessnoun

The state or quality of being parched.

parchernoun

One who parches.

parchingadj

Causing something or someone to parch; extremely drying.

parchinglyadv

So as to parch or dry out.

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 109. 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.

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