English Words: P

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pailsnoun

plural of pail

painnoun

An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.

painenoun

Obsolete spelling of pain.

painedadj

In pain, especially in an emotional sense.

painfuladj

Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.

painfullyadv

In a painful manner; as if in pain.

painingverb

present participle and gerund of pain

painkillernoun

A drug that numbs the pain in the body.

painlessadj

Free from pain; without pain or trouble.

painlesslyadv

In a painless manner.

painsnoun

plural of pain

painstakingadj

Carefully attentive to details; studious; diligent in performing a process or procedure.

painstakinglyadv

In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.

paintnoun

A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

paintballnoun

A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.

paintbrushnoun

A thin brush for applying paint.

paintedverb

simple past and past participle of paint

painternoun

An artist who paints pictures.

painterlyadj

Characteristic of a painter or paintings.

paintersnoun

plural of painter

paintingnoun

An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.

paintingsnoun

plural of painting

paintsnoun

plural of paint

paintworknoun

The painted surface of a car, building, etc.

pairnoun

Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.

pairedadj

That occurs as a pair.

pairingnoun

The combination or union of two things.

pairsnoun

plural of pair

pairwiseadj

Occurring in pairs; two at a time.

paisnoun

The country (ie: the jury); also, the people living in the district from where the jury is taken.

paisanoun

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.

paisenoun

plural of paisa

paisleynoun

A motif of a swirling droplet.

Paiutenoun

Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.

pajamanoun

Attributive form of pajamas.

pajamasnoun

Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

Pakadj

Synonym of Pakistani.

Pakenhamname

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL924673).

Pakinoun

A Pakistani.

Pakisname

The Pakistan cricket team.

Pakistanname

A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.

Pakistaninoun

A person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent.

PALnoun

Acronym of phase alternating/alternation/alternated line (TV standard).

palanoun

A part of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as a scoop for feeding.

palacenoun

Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.

palacesnoun

plural of palace

Palacioname

A surname.

Palaciosname

A surname from Spanish.

paladinnoun

A heroic champion, especially a knight.

palaeontologynoun

Alternative spelling of paleontology.

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 3. 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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