English Words: P

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pavagenoun

Alternative form of paviage.

pavaisnoun

Alternative form of pavis.

pavannoun

Alternative form of pavane (“musical style and dance”).

pavanenoun

A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Pavaniname

Name of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 41stmelakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.

Pavanoname

A surname from Sicilian.

Pavarottianadj

Of or relating to Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007), celebrated Italian operatic tenor.

paveverb

To cover something with paving slabs.

pave the cowpathverb

To formalize an existing de-facto practice.

pave the road to hellverb

To lead to a disaster by acting with good intentions.

pave the wayverb

To make future progress or development easier.

pavedadj

Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.

paveenoun

A traveller, a member of Ireland's nomadic ethnic minority.

Pavelname

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Па́вел (Pável).

Pavelkoname

A surname from Ukrainian.

pavementnoun

A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.

pavement apenoun

A black person.

pavement pizzanoun

A patch of vomit on the pavement, road or ground.

pavement princessnoun

A pickup truck, SUV, or ute that is modified for off-road capabilities, such as large tires and suspension lifts, but rarely or never used off-road, often seen as showy or impractical.

pavement specialnoun

A dog (especially a stray dog) of miscellaneous ancestry; a mongrel, a mutt.

pavementaladj

Of or relating to the pavement epithelium.

pavementedadj

Furnished with a pavement.

pavementingnoun

The situation where damaged endothelium undergoes a change in properties that allows leukocytes to adhere to it.

pavementlessadj

Without pavement.

pavementlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of pavement.

pavementsnoun

plural of pavement

pavennoun

Alternative form of pavane.

Pavenhamname

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9955).

pavernoun

A flat stone used to pave a pathway, such as a walkway to one's home.

pavesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pave

pavesadenoun

A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in battle, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

Pavesicname

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

pavesideadj

Situated on a pavement (sidewalk)

pavestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of pave

pavethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pave

Pavianame

A province of Lombardy, Italy.

paviagenoun

A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways.

Pavianadj

Of or relating to Pavia.

Pavichname

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

pavidadj

fearful, timid

paviditynoun

timidity

Paviename

A city in Gers department, France.

paviinenoun

A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the horse-chestnut family.

pavilionnoun

An ornate tent.

pavilionlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a pavilion.

pavingverb

present participle and gerund of pave

pavingsnoun

plural of paving

paviornoun

A person who lays paving slabs.

paviournoun

Alternative form of pavior.

pavisnoun

Most usually, a very large shield fitted with a stand, like a small moveable wall, carried in front to protect all or most of the bearer's body that could be positioned independently of the user, such as a crossbowman, often with a projecting ridge running vertically down the center. However, smaller, more standard shield types were also termed as such, with the central verticle ridge as a defining feature.

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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 159. 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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