English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 155 of 931
Of or relating to Orlando Patterson (born 1940), Jamaican-American historian and sociologist known for work on the history of race and slavery in the United States and Jamaica.
A process of desilverizing argentiferous lead by repeated meltings and skimmings, which concentrate the silver in the molten bath, the final skimmings being nearly pure lead.
To process (a mixture of metals) by melting it and skimming off the lead as it cools, so as to leave the silver.
A children's game in which two people alternately clap their own and each other's hands, often to the accompaniment of the nursery rhyme "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man".
A mycotoxin, 2-hydroxy-3,7-dioxabicyclo[4.3.0]nona-5,9-dien-8-one, produced by fungi associated with rotting fruit.
One of a legendary fair-skinned fairy race said to have inhabited Polynesia before the arrival of human beings.
A revenue block in India, a subdivision of a district, usually smaller than a tehsil and consisting of several villages.
An official who visits agricultural lands and maintains records of their ownership and tilling.
The time after work. It is considered a time for relaxation, informal socializing with friends and family, and enjoyment.
Any of several large, edible abalones of New Zealand, especially Haliotis iris, whose shell is used to make jewelry.
Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
The state of being marked to denote, or the fact or condition of being, few-to-several in number; fewness-to-severality in number.
Associated with minimal aetiological evidence of hypersensitivity upon IgG immunofluorescence staining.
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 155. 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.
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