English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 28 of 931

palaeozoologicaladj

Alternative form of paleozoological.

palaeozoologistnoun

Alternative spelling of paleozoologist.

Palaepolisname

A former city in southwest Italy, now part of Naples.

palaestranoun

A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium.

palaetiologistnoun

Someone versed in palaetiology.

palaetiologynoun

The science that explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the Earth.

palafittenoun

Synonym of pile (“wooden structure used to support prehistoric dwellings”).

Palafoxname

A surname from Spanish.

palaginoun

A white person; a Caucasian.

palagonitenoun

A material similar to basalt formed by the action of water on volcanic ash

palagoniticadj

Pertaining to, or containing, palagonite.

Palaicname

An extinct Indo-European language belonging to Anatolian branch, attested in cuneiform tablets in Bronze Age Hattusa.

Palaihnihanadj

Of or relating to a language family of northeastern California, consisting of the languages Atsugewi and Achumawi.

Palaiologannoun

A member of the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, which reigned from AD 1261 to AD 1453.

palaistranoun

Alternative form of palaestra.

palaistrainoun

plural of palaistra

palaknoun

Spinach or similar greens (including Amaranthus species and Chenopodium album).

Palakkadname

A city and district in Kerala, India.

Palakondaname

A town in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Palamname

A neighbourhood of South West Delhi district, Delhi, India.

Palamedeanadj

Of or relating to Palamedes.

Palamismnoun

The beliefs and practices of the Palamites.

Palamitenoun

a Hesychast, an intellectual leader of the Hesychasts

Palamiticadj

Of or relating to the Palamites.

Palamitismnoun

The beliefs of the Palamites.

palamporenoun

A rich cotton cloth, originally made in India, used for bedspreads and shawls.

Palancaname

A village in Hîrjauca, Călărași Raion, Moldova.

palanchinenoun

Obsolete form of palanquin.

palanchinonoun

Obsolete form of palanquin.

Palanganame

A city and municipality of Klaipėda, Lithuania.

Palangka Rayaname

The capital and largest city of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

palankanoun

A permanently entrenched wooden camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.

palankeennoun

Archaic form of palanquin.

palankinnoun

Archaic form of palanquin.

palanquinnoun

An enclosed human-borne litter or sedan chair, a large box with a chair, couch, or bed raised on horizontal poles and used as a mode of transport.

Palantiriannoun

An employee of Palantir Technologies.

palantypistnoun

One who takes down shorthand using a special keyboard.

palapanoun

An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.

palapalainoun

The fern Microlepia strigosa.

Palaroname

Abbreviation of Palarong Pambansa (“National Games”).

palarstanidenoun

A hexagonal-trapezohedral steel gray mineral containing arsenic, palladium, and tin.

palasnoun

A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.

Palashiname

A village on the east bank of Bhagirathi River in the Nadia District of West Bengal, India, famed for the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

palatabilitynoun

The condition of being palatable.

palatableadj

Pleasing to the taste, tasty.

palatablenessnoun

The quality of being palatable.

palatablyadv

In a palatable manner.

palataladj

Pertaining to the palate.

palatal hooknoun

A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth.

palataliseverb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of palatalize.

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 28. 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.

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