English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 287 of 931
A chiefly ceremonial item of clothing that covers the penis; sometimes only such items that also cover the scrotum (as distinct from a penis sheath); usually form-fitting or otherwise shaped to resemble the penis.
A penis-like organ in male caecilians, which is inserted into the cloaca of the female for several hours.
The privileging of masculinity in the use of speech, writing or modes of thought; phallocentrism expressed through language.
Plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis, performed to repair injury or as part of sex reassignment surgery.
The seventh month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Phamenoth has been in roughly March.
An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.
showy (having conspicuous colourful flowers that advertise their presence to pollinators)
Pertaining to phanerites, igneous rocks composed of macroscopic mineral crystals (coarse grains large enough to be visible to the naked eye).
Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; said of certain jellyfishes.
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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 287. 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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