English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 119 of 931
A north-eastern English dish of deep-fried breaded chicken topped with béchamel sauce and cheese, sometimes served like a pizza with additional toppings.
Of or relating to Parnassus, as the source of literary (especially poetic) inspiration; (hence) of or belonging to poetry.
A French literary style which began during the positivist period of the 19th century.
A mountain in central Greece, adjacent the site of the ancient city of Delphi, that in Greek mythology was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs and was the home of the Muses.
An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
Of or relating to Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), who advocated home rule for Ireland.
One of the adherents of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891) in his advocacy of home rule for Ireland.
Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
The executive committee of a Church of England parish, consisting of clergy and churchwardens of the parish, together with representatives of the laity.
A parish priest who assists the parish administrator. This is a priest who is assigned by the competent authority to assist the pastor in the pastoral ministry of a parish. Together as co-workers, the pastor and parochial vicar(s) carry out the functions of teaching, sanctifying and leading the people entrusted to their care. The parochial vicar is subject to the authority of the pastor.
The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).
Having the male and female reproductive organs growing beside or near each other, as in certain cryptogams.
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 119. 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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