English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 223 of 931
One hundredth of a given value, used to measure the difference between two percentages.
A measure to show a change or relationship between two numbers as a fraction of 100, over a certain time.
Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
an element, analogous to a neuron, of an artificial neural network consisting of one or more layers of artificial neurons
A hypothetical state of matter capable of giving rise to self-awareness and subjectivity.
Relating to, or resembling, fish of suborder Percesoces, including gray mullets, barracudas, and silversides.
A former province in northwestern France, corresponding to the modern departments of Orne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher and Sarthe.
A draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey breed originating in Perche, a former district of France.
A series of cages, each containing several perches, in which hens are kept for intensive egg production.
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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 223. 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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