English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 164 of 931
Hydrolycus scomberoides, a Venezuelan gamefish with two long fangs protruding from the lower jaw.
A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.
The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an employee's wages or salary is paid.
One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
A line of symbols on a slot machine (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) that can win a jackpot.
an astronaut selected and trained for specific space flights, usually responsible for handling complex equipment onboard and conducting experiments and researches
A card, such as a credit card or debit card, which can be used for payment of goods or services.
A high-quality white bread, baked from the finest sifted flour, suitable for the lord of the manor.
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 164. 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.