English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 279 of 931

petrospherenoun

Any roughly spherical artefact made of stone.

petrosquamosaladj

petrous and squamosal

petrosquamousadj

Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.

Petrossianname

A surname from Armenian.

petrostatenoun

A state whose wealth stems from the sale of oil.

Petrosyanname

A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Peterson.

petrotympanicadj

Relating to the petrous part of the temporal bone and to the tympanic cavity

petrousadj

Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.

Petrovname

A patrilineal surname from Bulgarian

Petrov Defencenoun

A chess opening beginning 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6.

Petrovaname

A female surname from the Slavic languages, masculine equivalent Petrov.

Petrovicname

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

petrovicitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal gray mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, mercury, and selenium.

Petrovo-Krasnosillianame

A city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.

Petrovskname

A city in Dagestan, Russia.

petrovskaitenoun

A monoclinic mineral containing gold, selenium, silver, and sulfur.

petroyuannoun

Money (in Chinese yuan) earned from the sale of oil.

Petrozavodskname

The capital city of the republic of Karelia, Russia.

Petroșaniname

A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.

Petruccelliname

A surname from Italian.

Petrucciname

A surname from Italian.

Petrucelliname

A surname from Italian.

petrukitenoun

An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing copper, indium, iron, silver, sulfur, tin, and zinc.

Petruzzelliname

A surname from Italian.

Petruzziname

A surname from Italian.

Petryname

A surname.

Petrăchioaianame

A village and commune of Ilfov County, Romania.

petsnoun

plural of pet

petsainoun

Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

Petschname

A surname from German.

petscheckitenoun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral black mineral containing iron, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, and uranium.

PETSCIIname

The character set used by the Commodore PET and related computers.

petshipnoun

The condition of being a pet or favourite.

petshopnoun

Alternative form of pet shop.

petsitverb

To babysit for (take care of) a pet.

petsitternoun

One who acts as babysitter for a pet in the owner's absence.

pettableadj

Suitable for petting.

pettahnoun

A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.

pettednessnoun

The quality of being petted.

Pettengillname

A surname from Middle English.

Pettername

A surname from Dutch or German.

Petter's big-footed mousenoun

The rodent Macrotarsomys petteri.

petterditenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, carbon, chromium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and strontium.

Pettewayname

A surname.

pettinoun

A petticoat.

petticoatnoun

A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.

petticoat governmentnoun

Government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs.

petticoat pipenoun

A short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smokebox of a locomotive, to equalize the draft.

petticoatedadj

wearing a petticoat

petticoaterynoun

A coterie of women or girls.

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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 279. 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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