English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 361 of 931
The interdisciplinary study of plant intelligence, drawing on phenomenology, botany and population ecology.
Growing on or thriving in the presence of plants (especially of an insect or other invertebrate); having an affinity for plant life, especially describing animals, insects, or organisms that live on or feed upon plants.
A condition in which the skin becomes hypersensitive to ultraviolet light, caused by contact with the photosensitizing compounds found naturally in some plants such as limes.
Causing damage to the skin when exposed to the light after contact with certain plant compounds.
Any of many parasitic pseudofungi, of the genus Phytophthora, that cause brown rot in plants.
Any of various specialized bacteria that are obligate parasites of plant phloem tissue and of some insects, characterized by the lack of a cell wall, a pleiomorphic or filamentous shape (normally with a diameter of less than one micrometer), and their very small genomes.
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 361. 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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