English Words: P

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pelotonnoun

A group of riders formed during a cycling road race; especially, the main group of riders; the pack.

peltnoun

The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).

peltedadj

Having a specified kind of pelt.

Peltiername

A surname from French.

peltingnoun

The act by which somebody or something is pelted.

Peltonname

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2553).

pelvicadj

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis

pelvisnoun

The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.

Pemanoun

A title indicating great respect, prefixed to the names of Tibetan Buddhists.

Pembertonname

A surname.

pembinanoun

Squashberry, lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule).

Pembrokename

A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801).

Pembrokeshirename

A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.

pennoun

An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

penaname

A Meitei classical musical instrument.

penaladj

Of or relating to punishment.

penaliseverb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of penalize.

penalizeverb

To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.

penaltiesnoun

plural of penalty

penaltynoun

A legal sentence.

penancenoun

A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

Penangname

A state in western Malaysia. Capital: George Town.

Penarthname

A town and community with a town council in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1871).

pencenoun

plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).

penchantnoun

Taste, liking, or inclination (for).

pencilnoun

A paintbrush.

pencilsnoun

plural of pencil

pendverb

To hang down; to cause something to hang down

pendantnoun

A supporting post attached to the main rafter.

pendejonoun

A stupid person.

pendentadj

Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.

Pendergastname

A surname.

Pendergrassname

A surname.

pendingverb

present participle and gerund of pend

Pendlename

A local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England.

Pendletonname

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7539).

pendragonnoun

Also capitalized as Pendragon: a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs: chief war leader, chieftain, dictator, despot or king.

pendulousadj

Hanging from, or as if from, a support.

pendulumnoun

A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.

Penelopename

The faithful wife of Odysseus.

penetrateverb

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.

penetratedverb

simple past and past participle of penetrate

penetratingadj

Able to pierce or penetrate

penetrationnoun

The act of penetrating something.

penetrativeadj

That can or does physically penetrate something; piercing, penetrating.

penetratornoun

Something that penetrates.

penfoldnoun

Alternative spelling of pinfold.

pengnoun

A legendary enormous bird.

pengenoun

(typically penge flaw or penge error) a printing flaw on early Australian stamps where the c in pence appeared like the letter g.

penguinnoun

Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage.

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 22. 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.