English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 20 of 931

paintproofadj

Resistant to paint.

paintressnoun

A female painter.

paintressesnoun

plural of paintress

paintrixnoun

A female painter.

paintrootnoun

The plant Lachnanthes tinctoria.

paintsnoun

plural of paint

paintsticknoun

A form of crayon composed of water-soluble paint.

Paintsvillename

A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Kentucky, United States.

painturenoun

The art of painting.

paintworknoun

The painted surface of a car, building, etc.

paintworksnoun

A factory that produces paint.

paintyadj

Covered or smeared with paint.

painyadj

Relating to, having, showing or causing pain.

paiponoun

Any prone-ridden surf-craft that is neither an inflatable mat nor a traditional finless soft bodyboard.

pairnoun

Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.

pair and shareverb

To form pairs to compare each other's answers to an exercise.

pair bondnoun

A relationship, often permanent, formed between a male and female animal; initiated during courtship and maintained after mating.

pair of coloursnoun

The commission of an ensign in the infantry or a cornet in the cavalry; an ensigncy or cornetcy.

pair of pincersnoun

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.

pair of scissorsnoun

A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed

pair of shoesnoun

A case or situation that is different from another.

pair of stairsnoun

A flight of stairs

pair of underwearnoun

An item of clothing that is worn under one's trousers or pants.

pair royalnoun

three of a kind in certain card games.

pair upverb

To put into pairs; to put into a group of two.

pair-horseadj

Drawn by two horses.

pairableadj

Capable of being paired with something else.

pairbondingnoun

The formation of a pair bond.

pairbreakingnoun

The breaking apart of a pair (of particles etc) with release or absorption of energy.

pairedadj

That occurs as a pair.

pairednessnoun

The quality of being paired.

pairernoun

Someone or something that pairs or combines

pairformingnoun

The formation of a pair (of particles etc) with release or absorption of energy

pairingnoun

The combination or union of two things.

pairlenoun

A pall.

pairsnoun

plural of pair

pairwiseadj

Occurring in pairs; two at a time.

pairwise disjointadj

Let A_λ_(λ∈Λ) be any collection of sets indexed by a set Λ. We call the indexed collection pairwise disjoint if for any two distinct indices, λ,μ∈Λ, the sets A_λ and A_μ are disjoint.

pairwisedadj

Misconstruction of pairwise.

pairwiselyadv

Alternative form of pairwise.

pairworknoun

work done in pairs

paisnoun

The country (ie: the jury); also, the people living in the district from where the jury is taken.

Pais effectname

The supposed ability of electrically charged matter, under controlled conditions of spin or vibration, to generate high-energy electromagnetic fields.

paisanoun

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.

paisa vasoolnoun

bang for the buck; cost-effective, value for money, worthwhile

paisannoun

Alternative form of paisano or paisana.

paisananoun

A female paisano.

paisanonoun

An Italian(-American), particularly as a term of address between Italian-American men.

paisenoun

plural of paisa

paisehadj

Embarrassed; humiliated; shy

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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 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.

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