English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 203 of 931

pennamenoun

Alternative form of pen name.

Pennamitenoun

A person from, or fond of, Pennsylvania.

Pennanname

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ8465).

pennantnoun

A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.

Pennant Melangellname

A locality in Llangynog community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0226).

pennantedadj

Bearing one or more pennants.

pennantitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

pennantlessadj

Not having won a competition.

pennateadj

Having a feather-like shape

pennatedadj

pennate

pennationnoun

The presence of pennate features

pennatulanoun

Any of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a feather-like form; a sea pen.

pennatulaceannoun

A member of the Pennatulacea; a sea pen.

pennenoun

A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.

penne alla vodkanoun

A pasta dish made primarily with vodka and penne, usually accompanied with heavy cream, crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce, onions, and sometimes small meats and vegetables.

penne rigatenoun

A form of penne with a ribbed surface (to hold the sauce better).

pennedverb

simple past and past participle of pen

Pennelname

A surname.

Pennellaname

A surname from Italian.

pennernoun

One who pens; a writer.

Pennersaxname

An ancient parish of Middlebie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

pennestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of pen

pennethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pen

Penney's gamename

A game for two players in which each player selects an equally long sequence of heads or tails. The winner is the player whose sequence occurs first when a fair coin is tossed repeatedly.

Pennfieldname

A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.

penninoun

A former Finnish currency unit, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the markka.

pennibrachiumnoun

A forelimb, found on various species of extinct and extant coelurosaur, that is not used in flight or gliding but still bears long, typically pennaceous feathers which form a winglike surface.

Penniename

A surname.

penniedverb

simple past and past participle of penny

penniesnoun

plural of penny

penniferousadj

Bearing feathers or quills.

Pennifoldname

A surname.

penniformadj

Feather-shaped.

pennigerousadj

Bearing feathers or quills.

pennilessadj

Lacking even the smallest amount of money.

penniless-benchnoun

A roadside bench.

pennilesslyadv

With no money.

pennilessnessnoun

The state or quality of being penniless.

pennillnoun

A kind of Welsh verse in which the singer has to change words and measure according to the variations of an accompanist on the harp.

Penninesname

A mountain range of hills stretching through north central England.

penningverb

present participle and gerund of pen

Penning gaugenoun

A kind of cold-cathode ionization gauge.

Penning trapnoun

A device for the storage of charged particles using a homogeneous static magnetic field and a spatially inhomogeneous static electric field.

penningsnoun

plural of penning

Penninicadj

relating to the Pennine Alps

pennipotentadj

Strong of wing; strong on the wing.

pennisnoun

plural of penni

Pennisiname

A surname from Italian.

Pennixname

A surname from Cornish.

pennogeninnoun

A particular spirostanol glycoside

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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 203. 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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