English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 154 of 931

pattnoun

Abbreviation of pattern.

pattableadj

Able to be patted; suitable for patting.

pattalnoun

A plate or bowl made from leaves stitched together.

pattamarnoun

Alternative form of patamar.

Pattaniname

A province of Thailand.

Pattarnoun

a subcaste in Kerala, India

Pattayaname

A resort city in Chonburi Province, Thailand.

pattenoun

A narrow band keeping a belt or sash in its place.

pattedverb

simple past and past participle of pat

patteeadj

Alternative form of patté.

pattennoun

Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.

Pattendenname

A surname from Old English.

pattenedadj

Wearing pattens.

pattenernoun

pattenmaker

pattenmakernoun

A manufacturer of pattens.

patternoun

A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.

patterannoun

Any of several coded signs left along a road or on a non-Roma house by one Rom to another. The most common ones consist of crossed sprigs (usually of different trees or shrubs) indicating, for example, a direction travelled.

patterernoun

Someone who patters, or talks glibly.

patterestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of patter

patterethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of patter

patteringnoun

Groupings of frequent irregularly repeated sounds of moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.

patteringlyadv

With a pattering sound.

patternnoun

Model, example.

pattern booknoun

A book containing samples of patterns and designs of cloth or wallpaper.

pattern budgetnoun

The cost of producing a typical episode of a television series.

pattern interruptnoun

A way of changing a person's mental, emotional, or behavioral state or strategy.

pattern upverb

To sort oneself out; To fix up.

pattern variablenoun

Any of a set of contrasting pairs of characteristics said to be associated with various kinds of social interaction: affectivity – affective neutrality; self-orientation – collectivity-orientation; universalism – particularism; ascription – achievement; and specificity – diffusity.

patternableadj

Describing a material on which a pattern may be etched.

patternagenoun

The arrangement of a certain visual pattern, such as the coloration of an animal.

patternationnoun

The act or result of forming a pattern, particularly of a spray from a nozzle.

patternedadj

Conformed to a pattern, a model to be followed.

patternednessnoun

The property of being patterned.

patternernoun

Someone who or something which makes or uses a pattern.

patternicitynoun

The tendency to find patterns in meaningless noise.

patterningverb

present participle and gerund of pattern

patternizeverb

To arrange into a pattern

patternlessadj

Without a decorative pattern.

patternlesslyadv

Without any pattern.

patternlessnessnoun

Absence of a pattern.

patternlikeadj

Resembling a pattern; regular.

patternmakernoun

Someone whose occupation is to make patterns, which are used as a guide in the manufacture of something else.

patternmakingnoun

The creation of patterns for either sewing or casting.

patternwiseadv

In or according to a pattern.

patternyadj

Resembling or bearing a pattern; patterned.

patterrollernoun

A member of a slave patrol.

pattersomeadj

Characterised or marked by pattering

Pattersonname

A Scottish and Northern English surname originating as a patronymic.

Patterson syndromenoun

A rare syndrome causing an unusual facial look, similar to that in leprechaunism, and associated with bronzed hyperpigmentation, cutis laxa of the hands and feet, bodily disproportion, intellectual disability, and major bony deformities.

Patterson's cursenoun

The plant Echium plantagineum, considered a noxious weed in Australia.

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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 154. 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.

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