English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 152 of 931
A socially instituted practice whereupon a married couple lives with or near the family of the husband.
A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
A discipline of Christian theology, involving the study of God the Father as revealed in Scripture.
Patriot (one of the devolution-of-power supporters in Lower Canada during the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-1838 (Patriots' War))
Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country
Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings.
A systematic collection of excerpts from the works of founders of the early Christian church and other early ecclesiastical writers, compiled to serve dogmatic or ethical purposes.
The ship of characters Patroclus and Achilles from the novel The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
The car in which law enforcement officers, such as police officers or park rangers, patrol an area.
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 152. 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.