English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 191 of 931

pelecoidadj

Hatchet-shaped.

pelednoun

The Coregonus peled, a whitefish of the Salmonidae family, endemic to Northern Europe and Russia.

Pelegname

A male given name from Hebrew.

Pelengname

An island of the Banggai archipelago in the province of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

pelerinnoun

A pilgrim.

pelerinenoun

A kind of short cape or covering for the shoulders, associated especially with medieval pilgrims (of any gender).

peletonnoun

A small pellet or ball.

Peleusname

A Greek hero, son of Aeacus and Endeïs, brother of Telamon, and father of Achilles.

pelfnoun

Money, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon.

pelfienoun

A self-taken photograph of one's pet.

pelfishadj

Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.

pelfraynoun

pelf

Pelfreyname

A surname.

Pelhamname

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP108368).

pelicannoun

Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.

pelican crossingnoun

A pedestrian crossing with traffic-lights operated by pedestrians

Pelican Islandname

An island of Antigua and Barbuda.

Pelican Statename

Official nickname for Louisiana: a state of the United States.

pelicanishadj

Resembling or characteristic of a pelican.

pelicanistnoun

Someone who attempts to explain away UFO reports by means of any explanation, however illogical.

pelicanlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a pelican.

pelicanrynoun

A colony of pelicans.

Peliconame

A surname from Catalan.

pelidnomanoun

A circumscribed, elevated, livid patch on the skin.

Peligot's bluename

A blue pigment made from silica with copper oxide, lime and soda.

pelikaenoun

plural of pelike

pelikainoun

plural of pelike

Pelikanname

A surname from Czech of German or Czech origin.

pelikenoun

A ceramic container of Ancient Greece, similar to an amphora.

pelinkovacnoun

A liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans.

peliomanoun

A livid bruise.

peliomycinnoun

A particular cytotoxic agent.

Pelionname

A mountain in Thessaly, northern Greece, forming a peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea.

pelissenoun

A fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform.

Pelissiername

A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].

pelitenoun

A sedimentary rock containing very fine particles.

peliticadj

Relating to, or containing, pelite.

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher diseasenoun

A rare leukodystrophy in which coordination, motor abilities, and intellectual function are delayed to variable extents.

Pelkaname

A surname from Polish.

pellnoun

A fur or hide.

Pell Cityname

A city in Alabama, United States and one of the two county seats of St. Clair County.

Pell Grantnoun

A subsidy provided by the United States federal government to students who need it to pay for college.

Pell's equationnoun

The Diophantine equation x²-my²=1 for a given integer m, to be solved in integers x and y.

pell-melladj

Hasty and uncontrolled.

Pellaname

An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.

pellacknoun

A porpoise.

pellagenoun

The duty on hides, furs and skins.

pellagranoun

A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency.

pellagragenicadj

Causing pellagra.

pellagricadj

Related to, or suffering from, pellagra.

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 191. 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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