English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 140 of 931
A hill (maximum elevation: 711 m) in the Table Mountains on the border of Czech Republic and Poland, near and named for the Polish village of Pasterka.
A sheet on which text, images, etc. are pasted in order to be copied and printed, such as for an advertisement.
The phenomenon in which the cellular presence of oxygen causes in cells a decrease in the rate of glycolysis and also a suppression of lactate accumulation.
An item of laboratory equipment consisting of a simple pipette with a very long, fine nose and a rubber bulb, used to draw small amounts of liquid from a chemical liquid or solution. Often used to separate two phases in a small sample.
An artificial nutrient fluid invented for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.
Of or relating to Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization.
Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.
To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
An Italian pastry from Apulia, resembling a miniature pie, often filled with egg custard or ricotta cheese.
A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.
Low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain.
A traditional Russian confectionery made of fruit paste, together with egg whites and sugar. Depending on which regional recipe is used, the consistency can vary from that of a soufflé (as in Belyov) to that of a zefir/marshmallow (as in Kolomna).
A kind of edible modelling paste used to make elaborate decorative confectionery for cakes etc.
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 140. 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.