English Words: P

4,417 words · Page 36 of 89

Phrygianadj

Of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their culture.

phthalatenoun

Any salt or ester of a phthalic acid.

Phuketname

A province of Thailand.

Phuongname

A surname from Vietnamese.

PHYnoun

An electronic circuit implementing the physical layer of the OSI model.

phylanoun

plural of phylum and phylon

Phyllisname

A girl who killed herself for love and was turned into an almond tree.

phylogeneticadj

Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.

phylogeneticallyadv

based on phylogenetics

phylogenynoun

The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.

phylumnoun

A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank

physicadj

Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.

physicaladj

Of medicine.

physicalitynoun

Physical attributes.

physicallyadv

In a physical manner.

physiciannoun

A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.

physicistnoun

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

physicochemicaladj

Dependent on the joint action of both physical and chemical processes.

physicsnoun

The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

physiognomynoun

The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.

physiographicadj

Of or pertaining to physiography

physiologicadj

Of or pertaining to physiology.

physiologicaladj

Of, or relating to physiology.

physiologicallyadv

In accordance with the science of physiology.

physiologynoun

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.

physiotherapistnoun

A therapist who treats physical injury or dysfunction, usually with exercise.

physiotherapynoun

Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.

physiquenoun

The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.

phytophthoranoun

Any of many parasitic pseudofungi, of the genus Phytophthora, that cause brown rot in plants.

phytoplanktonnoun

Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.

pinoun

The sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.

pianoun

The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord.

Piacenzaname

A province in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Piafname

A surname from French.

Piagetname

A surname from French.

pianissimoadv

Indicating that the piece is to be played very softly.

pianistnoun

A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.

pianonoun

A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.

pianofortenoun

A piano.

piazzanoun

A public square, especially in Italian cities.

picnoun

A picture, especially a photographic image.

picanoun

A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.

picadornoun

A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.

Picardadj

Of, from or relating to Picardy, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, France.

Picardyname

A former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France region.

picaresqueadj

Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.

Picassoname

A surname.

picayunenoun

A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.

Piccadillyname

Piccadilly, a street running from Hyde Park Corner to Piccadilly Circus.

Piccoliname

A surname from Italian.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 4,417 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 89 pages, and you are currently viewing page 36. 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.