English Words: P
4,417 words · Page 25 of 89
A brand name for an analgesic combination drug containing oxycodone and paracetamol, often used for recreational purposes.
A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.
Characterized by percussion; caused by or related to the action of striking or pounding something.
Stationed in an exposed or hazardous position; hidden in ambush. Originally as sentinel perdu.
A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
Abbreviation of perforated; when followed by a number, eg, perf 14, this indicates the number of perforations per two centimetres.
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
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 25. 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.