English Words: P

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paunchfulnoun

Enough to fill one's paunch; a bellyful.

paunchieradj

comparative form of paunchy: more paunchy

paunchiestadj

superlative form of paunchy: most paunchy

paunchilyadv

In a paunchy manner.

paunchinessnoun

The state or condition of being paunchy.

paunchlessadj

Having no paunch.

paunchyadj

Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.

Pauniname

The tenth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pauni has been in roughly June.

paupernoun

One who is extremely poor.

pauper's fieldnoun

A potter's field

pauperdomnoun

The state of being a pauper.

pauperessnoun

A female pauper.

pauperismnoun

The state of being a pauper; poverty.

pauperizationnoun

The act or process of reducing to poverty.

pauperizeverb

To make someone a pauper; to impoverish.

pauperizernoun

One who pauperizes.

paupiettenoun

A thin slice of meat or fish wrapped around a stuffing then fried, baked or braised

paurometabolismnoun

Hemimetabolism.

paurometabolousadj

Of or belonging to the Paurometabola.

pausanoun

The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence.

pausableadj

That can be paused.

pausaladj

Relating to a pausa

pausallyadv

In a pausal manner or context; during pausa.

Pausaniasname

A male given name.

pausationnoun

A pause, or arrangement of pauses, as in poetry.

pauseverb

To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.

pause bufferverb

To rapidly pause and unpause a video game to gain an advantage, such as planning inputs while the game is paused.

pause bufferingnoun

The act or process taking place when one pause buffers; the action itself as a technique.

pausedverb

simple past and past participle of pause

pausefuladj

Full of pauses; slow and irregular.

pausefullyadv

In a pauseful manner; with pauses.

pauselessadj

Without pausing; ceaseless.

pauselesslyadv

In a pauseless manner.

pauselessnessnoun

The quality of being pauseless.

pausernoun

Someone who pauses.

Paushaname

The tenth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.

Pausicname

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

pausingnoun

A pause.

pausinglyadv

With pauses; haltingly.

paussinenoun

Any of the subfamily Paussinae of ground beetles, most of which live as predators in ants' nests.

Pautename

A town in Azuay, Ecuador.

pautovitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal dark steel gray mineral containing cesium, iron, potassium, rubidium, sulfur, and thallium.

Pauwasiname

A language family spoken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Pauwelaname

A village in the census-designated place of Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii, United States.

pauxinoun

A curassow.

pavnoun

Clipping of pavilion.

pav bhajinoun

A Maharashtrian fast food dish of vegetable curry served on bread and garnished with coriander and chopped onions.

PAVAnoun

Abbreviation of pelargonic acid vanillylamide.

pavachenoun

A large shield, similar to a pavais.

Pavadairayanname

a folk and Hindu deity worshipped in Tamil Nadu.

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 158. 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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