English Words: P
4,417 words · Page 20 of 89
A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting).
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
Of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children and adolescents.
A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.
A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.
Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children.
A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).
A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 4,417 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 89 pages, and you are currently viewing page 20. 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.