English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 29 of 931
The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.
To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.
A serving of food or drink intended to remove food residue from the tongue, typically served between courses so that the diner can more accurately assess a new flavour.
A low-mountain region, located in the Palatinate in Rhineland-Palatinate, in southwestern Germany.
(of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
A form of envelope or capsule used for the administration of bitter or unpleasant-tasting drugs.
Of, pertaining to, or involving the palate and the tongue; (specifically) of or pertaining to the palatoglossus.
A small fleshy muscle, narrower in the middle than at either end, that arises from the soft palate on each side, contributes to the structure of the palatoglossal arch of the fauces, and is inserted into the side and dorsum of the tongue; it serves to raise the back of the tongue and constrict the fauces.
A palate myograph; an instrument used to record the movements of the soft palate during speech or respiration.
A technique used to identify which parts of the mouth are used when making a certain sound, by painting a colouring agent on the tongue or roof of a subject's mouth and photographing those areas after the subject has pronounced the sound.
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 29. 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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