English Words: P

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pilesnoun

plural of pile

pileupnoun

Alternative spelling of pile-up.

pilferverb

To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.

pilgrimnoun

One who travels to visit a site of religious significance.

pilgrimagenoun

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

pilgrimsnoun

plural of pilgrim

pilinoun

A tropical tree, Canarium ovatum, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia, and cultivated in the Philippines for its nuts.

pilingnoun

A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.

pilingsnoun

plural of piling

Pilkingtonname

A surname from Old English.

pillnoun

A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

pillageverb

To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.

Pillainame

A surname from Tamil.

pillarnoun

A large post, often used as supporting architecture.

pillaredadj

Having pillars.

pillarsnoun

plural of pillar

Pillayname

A surname.

pillboxnoun

A small box in which pills are kept.

pillernoun

A plunderer or thief.

pillionnoun

A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.

pillorynoun

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

pillownoun

A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

pillowcasenoun

A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.

pillsnoun

plural of pill

Pillsburyname

A surname.

pilotnoun

A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.

pilotedverb

simple past and past participle of pilot

pilotingnoun

The form of navigation in which position is determined by relation to external reference points.

pilotsnoun

plural of pilot

pilsnoun

Pilsner.

Pilsenname

A city in western Bohemia, Czech Republic.

pilsnernoun

A pale, light lager beer.

Pimanoun

A member of a group of American Indians living in an area consisting of what is now central and southern Arizona (USA) and Sonora (Mexico).

Pimentelname

A surname from Portuguese.

pimentonoun

A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.

Pimliconame

A place in England:

pimpnoun

Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.

pimpedverb

simple past and past participle of pimp

pimpernelnoun

A plant of the genus Pimpinella, especially burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga).

pimpingadj

Little or petty.

pimplenoun

An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

pimpsnoun

plural of pimp

pinnoun

A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

pinaforenoun

A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.

Pinaynoun

A Filipina; a citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, and those descending from such, who is female.

pinballnoun

A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.

pincernoun

Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.

pincersnoun

plural of pincer

pinchverb

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

pinchedadj

Very thin, as if drawn together.

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 39. 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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