English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 221 of 931
(Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).
(Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).
(Partitioned) into three triangular sections, one pointing down from the top of the shield and the others occupying the remainder of the left and right halves of the shield, as if the shield is divided by a Y shape (formally party per pall or tierced per pall).
By or through the rectum, as (usually, more specifically) the rectal route of administration for drugs.
A method of distributing an estate to the descendants or heirs of a deceased legatee in which the estate is divided equally among the branches of a family or designated heirs, without regard to differing numbers of people in different branches.
Through the vagina; by way of the vagina (usually with reference to the vaginal route of administration or vaginal bleeding).
Through the vagina, as (usually, more specifically) by the vaginal route of administration.
The peroxy derivative of acetic acid CH₃-CO-OOH; it is a powerful oxidizing agent and disinfectant though can be explosive
A place on the other side, usually a territory across the sea from a city or an island, generally a dependency of an ancient Greek city.
Describing igneous rocks that have a higher ratio of sodium and potassium to aluminium than is needed to produce feldspar
Describing igneous rocks that have a higher molar proportion of aluminium to sodium, potassium and calcium
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
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 221. 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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