English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 294 of 931
The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumour or anything that obstructs the passage.
The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating.
To introduce (something) little by little, either via discrete phases of increase or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to introduce in phases, or as if by phases (gradually); to begin (something) gradually.
To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if by phases (gradually).
Given a (dynamical) system, any topological space such that every point in the space's underlying set uniquely represents a state of the system and every possible state is represented by some point;
A system that injects a frequency comb signal in order to disambiguate phase in multiple basebands downconverted from the input signal.
A device for measuring the difference in phase of two alternating currents of electromotive forces.
A prenylated pterocarpan found in Phaseolus vulgaris seeds and in the stems of Erythrina subumbrans.
A clade within the subfamily Faboideae, the tropical legumes, comprising the genera Vigna, Phaseolus, Glycine, and Cajanus.
An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.
Of or relating to semiflightless, gallinaceous game birds, such as pheasants, quails, peafowl, junglefowl, and guinea fowl.
A quasiparticle existing in quasicrystals due to their specific, quasiperiodic lattice structure
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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 294. 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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