English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 356 of 931
The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.
The volume of the conducting airways of the lung. This definition became inadequate once the alveolar dead space was described.
A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
Describing any physical property that is affected by mechanical processes, such as erosion.
Pathophysiological: pertaining to the physiological changes caused by disease, or to the study thereof
Pathophysiology: the physiological processes associated with disease or injury, or the study thereof
The direct study of the evolution of functions and vital activities rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Of or relating to time-based relationships in physical phenomena, such as the recurring motions of planets.
Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.
A mainly Scandinavian medical specialty that deals with musculoskeletal physiology and diseases.
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 356. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "P" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.