English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 12 of 931

padstonenoun

A simple type of building foundation consisting of a stone which both spreads the weight of a wooden building out on the ground and keeps the wood off of the ground. A staddle stone is a type of padstone.

padstoolnoun

toadstool

Padstowname

A suburb of Sydney in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Paduaname

A province of Veneto, Italy.

Paduanadj

Of, from or relating to the city or province of Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Paduanismnoun

The characteristic style or behavior of a person from Padua.

paduasoynoun

A rich and heavy silk material.

Paducahname

The Comanche tribe.

paduknoun

Alternative spelling of baduk.

padukanoun

Traditional Indian footwear, essentially consisting of a sole with a post and knob engaged between the big toe and second toe.

Padumaname

The name of the 11th of 27 named Buddhas immediately preceding Gautama.

Padumuttaraname

The name of the 13th of 27 named Buddhas immediately preceding Gautama.

Paduraruname

A surname from Romanian.

padwalnoun

A snake gourd.

padworknoun

Training with pads on the hands to reduce the risk of injury.

Padé approximantnoun

The "best" approximation of a function by a rational function of given order. Under this technique, the approximant's power series agrees with the power series of the function it is approximating.

paeannoun

A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.

paeanismnoun

A song or enthusiastic expression of praise or triumph.

paedagogicaladj

Alternative spelling of pedagogical.

paederasticadj

Alternative spelling of pederastic.

paederinesnoun

plural of paederine

paederosisnoun

Alternative form of pederosis.

paederoticadj

Presenting children in an erotic light; concerned with paederastic feelings or relationships.

paediatrynoun

Alternative form of paediatrics, the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children.

paedicationoun

Alternative spelling of pedicatio.

paedonoun

A paedophile.

paedobaptismnoun

The baptism of infants or young children.

paedobaptistadj

Relating to the baptism of infants or small children.

paedocracynoun

Rule by children.

paedogamousadj

Of or having paedogamy.

paedogamynoun

The reproduction of some protists by the fusion of gametes that have the same parent.

paedogenesisnoun

Alternative spelling of pedogenesis (“premature reproduction”).

paedolinguisticadj

Relating to paedolinguistics.

paedolinguisticsnoun

The study of child language.

paedologistnoun

One who researches and studies children: a student of paedology.

paedometernoun

a device used to measure the weight and height of a child.

paedomorphicadj

Of, relating to, or resulting from the retention of juvenile characteristics by an adult.

paedomorphicallyadv

In a paedomorphic manner

paedomorphynoun

The retention or emergence of juvenile characteristics in an adult organism.

paedopanderingnoun

pedophilia

paedopathynoun

The pathology of children. (Now loosely superseded by pediatrics.)

paedophagenoun

An organism that eats or consumes the young of other species.

paedophagousadj

Feeding off eggs or larvae.

paedophagynoun

The act of feeding off larvae or eggs.

paedophilenoun

Commonwealth standard spelling of pedophile.

paedophile-phobianoun

Commonwealth form of pedophilophobia.

paedophilephobianoun

Commonwealth form of pedophilophobia.

paedophilianoun

British standard spelling of pedophilia.

paedophiliacnoun

A person who is sexually attracted to children; a paedophile.

paedophilicadj

British standard spelling of pedophilic.

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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 12. 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.

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