English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 129 of 931
A written publication released as a series of pre-planned magazine-like issues over a period of time, distributed through the same channels as magazines.
A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
Uninhibited, high-risk sexual activity accompanied by the use of recreational drugs.
A person known for frequent, enthusiastic attendance at parties, especially one whose partying behavior is exuberant or excessive.
A bus, often a converted school bus, or other large motor vehicle designed to transport groups of people for recreational purposes.
A woman's dress that is too elegant, revealing, dressy or impractical for normal wear.
A single telephone line which is shared by two or more households. Formerly common from the inception of telephony (1880s) through the mid-twentieth century.
An ordered list of political candidates registered by a political party that determines which candidates are elected based on how many votes the party gets in an election.
One who dampens fun; especially, one who declines to participate in or enjoy a party or some other group activity; one who does not agree with the opinions of a group.
A novelty item containing confetti or streamers and a small explosive charge, used at parties.
An FBI or other law enforcement van, especially if carrying agents coming to arrest someone for cybercrime.
The controversy surrounding members of the government holding parties in 2020 and 2021 during COVID-19 lockdowns, when gatherings were banned.
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 129. 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.