English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 190 of 931

Pekinname

Obsolete form of Peking.

Pekingname

Dated form of Beijing: a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China.

Peking ducknoun

A Chinese dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, hoisin sauce and other ingredients.

Pekingernoun

A native or inhabitant of Peking.

Pekingesename

The Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinct from standardized Mandarin.

Pekingologistnoun

One who studies Pekingology.

Pekingologynoun

The study of the behavior of the government of the People's Republic of China.

pekkienoun

A black person.

pekoenoun

A high-quality black tea made using young leaves, grown in Sri Lanka, India, Java and the Azores.

pekoitenoun

An orthorhombic-pyramidal lead gray mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, selenium, and sulfur.

pekovitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing boron, oxygen, silicon, and strontium.

pekpek shortsnoun

Extremely short shorts, worn by women, that exposes the buttocks.

Pel's fishing owlnoun

Scotopelia peli, a large owl that feeds nocturnally on fish and frogs snatched from the surface of lakes and rivers.

pelanoun

Synonym of Chinese wax.

peladophobianoun

The fear of baldness or bald people.

Pelaezname

A surname from Spanish.

pelagenoun

Fur, hair, or any other form of the coat of a mammal.

Pelagianadj

Of or pertaining to Pelagius (circa 354–420/440), an ascetic who denied the need for divine aid in performing good works.

Pelagianismnoun

A Christian belief that denies the view of original sin and the necessity of grace, asserting that man is capable of achieving salvation by his own efforts.

Pelagianistnoun

A Pelagian.

Pelagianizeverb

To make Pelagian.

Pelagianizernoun

One who Pelagianizes; a proponent of Pelagianism.

pelagicadj

Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.

pelagicallyadv

In a pelagic way; in or of the open sea.

Pelagioname

A surname.

pelagiphagenoun

A bacteriophage of the open sea

Pelagiusname

A male given name of historical usage.

pelagobenthicadj

pelagic and benthic

pelagophilnoun

Any fish that lives (or spawns) in the open sea.

pelagophytenoun

Any of several heterokont algae of the class Pelagophyceae.

pelagosaurnoun

Any of the extinct crocodile-like animals of genus †Pelagosaurus which lived during the Jurassic period.

pelagositenoun

A pisolitic variety of aragonite.

pelanserinnoun

A serotonin antagonist.

pelargicadj

Relating to the stork (bird).

pelargonianoun

plural of pelargonium

pelargonicadj

Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Pelargonium

pelargonidinnoun

An anthocyanidin, 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in geraniums and several soft berries

pelargoniumnoun

Any of various flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium, similar to (and often confused with) true geraniums, but less hardy and often cultivated as annuals for ornamental purposes.

Pelasgiannoun

An inhabitant of pre-Hellenic Greece.

Pelasgicadj

Pelasgian

Pelasgoinoun

The Pelasgians.

Pelasgusname

The eponymous ancestor of the Pelasgians, the mythical inhabitants of Greece who established the worship of the Dodonaean Zeus, Hephaestus, the Cabeiri, and other divinities.

Pelcname

A surname from Czech.

Pelcastrename

A surname from Spanish.

Pelename

The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos.

Pele's hairnoun

The volcanic glass threads or fibers formed when small particles of molten material are thrown into the air and spun out by the wind into long hair-like strands.

Pele's tearnoun

singular of Pele's tears

Pele's tearsnoun

Small black pieces of solidified lava formed when airborne particles of molten material fuse into tear-like drops of volcanic glass.

peleanoun

Synonym of melicope: a plant of the genus Pelea.

Pelechatyname

A surname from Polish.

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 190. 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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