English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 19 of 931

paint shopnoun

A shop that sells paint.

paint the town redverb

To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.

paint the wagonverb

To get things done.

paint thinnernoun

Any of several solvents used to thin oil-based paints or to clean up after their use.

paint upverb

To paint a surface, place or picture.

paint with a broad brushverb

To describe a class of objects or a kind of phenomenon in general terms, without specific details and without attention to individual variations.

paint with a wide brushverb

Synonym of paint with a broad brush.

paint-by-numbersadj

Made from a painting by numbers kit.

paintabilitynoun

The quality of being paintable.

paintableadj

That can be painted; to which a coating of paint can be applied.

paintablenessnoun

The quality of being paintable.

paintablyadv

In a paintable manner.

paintathonnoun

An event where volunteers come together to paint.

paintballnoun

A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.

paintballernoun

A participant in paintball.

paintboxnoun

A box used to hold an artist's paints.

paintbrushnoun

A thin brush for applying paint.

paintedverb

simple past and past participle of paint

painted finchnoun

Emblema pictum, a common estrildid finch of Australia.

painted Jezebelnoun

A Jezebel; an evil, scheming, shameless or immoral woman, especially one who uses physical attractiveness to evil ends.

painted ladynoun

Any of certain cryptic patterned butterflies of genus Vanessa (family Nymphalidae), especially Vanessa cardui.

painted mantis shrimpnoun

Synonym of peacock mantis shrimp.

painted snipenoun

Any of three species of snipe-like birds in the family Rostratulidae, found in wetlands and characterised by reversed sexual dimorphism (female larger than male).

painted wolfnoun

Synonym of African hunting dog.

painted-onadj

Applied through paint or in a manner reminiscent of covering a surface with paint, such as applying too much makeup.

paintednessnoun

The quality of being painted.

painternoun

An artist who paints pictures.

painter's algorithmname

A simple rendering technique that sorts all the polygons in a scene by their depth and then paints them in that order, from farthest to closest.

painterishadj

Characteristic of a painter, or of painted artworks.

painterlessadj

Without a painter (artist working with paint).

painterlikeadj

painterly; characteristic of a painter or paintings

painterlinessnoun

The state or condition of being painterly.

painterlyadj

Characteristic of a painter or paintings.

paintersnoun

plural of painter

paintershipnoun

The state or position of being a painter.

painterynoun

A place where paintings are done.

paintestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of paint

paintinessnoun

Quality of being painty.

paintingnoun

An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.

paintinglikeadj

Resembling a painting

paintingnessnoun

The quality of being painterly.

paintingsnoun

plural of painting

paintjobnoun

Alternative form of paint job.

paintlessadj

Without paint: unpainted (of an object), not involving paint (of a finishing process), or whose paint has worn off (of an object).

paintlessnessnoun

Lack of paint.

paintlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of paint.

paintmakernoun

someone who makes paint

paintmakingnoun

The manufacture of paint.

paintovernoun

An instance of painting over the top of something, such as an existing artwork or a graffiti tag.

paintpotnoun

A pot for holding paint.

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 19. 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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