English Words: P
4,417 words · Page 37 of 89
A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
The act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket.
An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
A board game in which players advance by successfully identifying the words represented by pictures drawn by other players.
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
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 37. 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.