English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 132 of 931
An equation giving the breakdown voltage between two electrodes in a gas as a function of pressure and gap length.
A form of the Zeeman effect that affects the spectral lines obtained when a light source is placed in a very strong magnetic field.
A maneuver in bullfighting in which a bullfighter tries to get a bull's attention by manipulating his cape.
An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to a customer when they purchase something else.
A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.
A rare syndrome characterized by facial abnormalities (including a mask-like appearance and a bulky, flattened nose) and malformation of extremities.
A soft, dark cake made of baked camas and rockhair (the lichen Alectoria jubata var. fremontii, now Bryoria fremontii).
A poster put up in an Orthodox Jewish community, especially a Haredi enclave, to advise on correct behaviour.
The ninth month of the Coptic calendar, lying between 9 May and 7 June in the Gregorian calendar.
The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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 132. 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.