English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 381 of 931
The change in dimension of a ferromagnetic material in the presence of an electric field; the piezoelectric effect
The state of a fluid in which there is a thermodynamic relationship between pressure and density
Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
A bucket (or similar receptacle) used to collect kitchen waste to be used as pig fodder.
A scam technique in which victims are tricked into investing large amounts of money into a fictitious brokerage (usually a cryptocurrency wallet), which actually sends their funds directly to the scammers.
A dog bred to hunt wild pigs, typically based on breeds such as Staffordshire Terrier and English Bull Terrier.
A farm where domestic pigs are raised and bred, primarily for food and, sometimes, for their skin.
Something whose true value is concealed or unknown and may be lower than expected by the buyer or claimed by the seller, especially something offered for sale.
A type of crude, brittle iron shaped like a block, unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, commonly used as an industrial raw material.
A type of wordplay in which (English) words are altered by moving the leading phonetic of a word to the end and appending -ay [eɪ̯], except when the word begins with a vowel, in which case "-way" [weɪ̯] is suffixed with no leading phonetic change.
A wider section of pipeline that reduces to the normal diameter, allowing a pig (inspection device) to be inserted into the pipe and pushed along by the pressure of the fluid.
To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom.
Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower.
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 381. 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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