English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 213 of 931
An oligomer of thiophene (containing five units) that is used to image protein aggregates
An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having thirty-five carbon atoms, but especially n-pentatriacontane CH₃(CH₂)₃₃CH₃
Any of several isomeric unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having five carbon atoms and three double bonds
A synthetic compound that is a potent nonaddictive analgesic, often given during childbirth.
HN₅, The five-membered homocyclic compound containing five nitrogen atoms and two double bonds
Synonym of Shavuot (“a Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the omer (“sheaf of barley”) is offered; a ceremony held on that day to commemorate the giving of the Torah (“first five books of the Hebrew scriptures”) to Moses and the Israelites on Mount Sinai”).
A religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit and is known for speaking in tongues.
A liturgical book for the Paschal season, used by the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches that follow the Byzantine Rite.
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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 213. 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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