English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 135 of 931
A form of historical Spanish or Italian dance characterised by a serious nature, triple meter, and use of a ground bass.
A chivalric feat of arms involving the forcing of a passage protected by a knight or a group of knights.
An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).
Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground.
An independent town in the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany, on the confluence of Inn and Ilz into Danube.
The circumvention of an access restriction to a physical site by passing one's access card to another person after having entered.
The range of frequencies or wavelengths that can pass through a filter without being reduced in amplitude.
A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account or current account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute.
A transfer of information or responsibilities from one worker to another, especially between shifts.
Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”).
A play where the catcher fails to stop a normally playable pitch and a runner advances.
Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”).
One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
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 135. 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.