English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 395 of 931

Pinckneyvillename

An unincorporated community in Clay County, Alabama, United States, named after Thomas Pinckney.

pinclothnoun

A pinafore.

pincoffinnoun

A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding violet tints.

Pincoya storm petrelnoun

Oceanites pincoyae, a species of storm petrel native to a small coastal region of Chile.

pincpincnoun

Synonym of cloud cisticola.

Pincusname

A surname from Hebrew.

pincushionnoun

A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.

pincushionyadj

Resembling or characteristic of a pincushion.

pindverb

To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.

pindanoun

A ball of cooked rice mixed with ghee and black sesame seeds offered to ancestors during Hindu funeral rites and ancestor worship rituals.

pindalnoun

The peanut (Arachis hypogaea).

pindannoun

The vegetation community and red soil associated with the south-western Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Pindarname

An Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes (ca. 522–443 BC).

Pindaresqueadj

Reminiscent of the work of the Ancient Greek poet Pindar.

Pindarinoun

A member of a band of Muslim plunderers and foragers in the Indian subcontinent from the 17th to the 19th century.

Pindarianadj

Of or relating to the Ancient Greek poet Pindar.

Pindaricadj

Of or pertaining to Pindar.

Pindaricaladj

Synonym of Pindaric.

Pindaricallyadv

In a manner characteristic of Pindar

Pindarismnoun

The imitation of the Ancient Greek poet Pindar.

Pindaristadj

Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek poet Pindar.

Pindenname

A hamlet in Longfield and New Barn parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5969).

pindernoun

A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.

Pindhosname

Alternative form of Pindus.

pindicknoun

An unusually small penis, or a person who has one.

pindlingadj

frail, delicate

pindololnoun

A β-adrenergic blocking agent used to treat cardiac arrhythmia and hypertension.

Pindosname

Alternative form of Pindus.

pindotnoun

A microscopically small dot, comparable to a pinprick.

pindownnoun

solitary confinement, formerly used as a method of punishment in children's homes

pindownableadj

Able to be pinned down; not elusive; categorizable.

Pindusname

A mountain range in northern Greece, often called the "spine of Greece"

pinenoun

Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

pine boxnoun

A coffin.

Pine Cayname

An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

pine conenoun

Alternative form of pinecone.

Pine Countyname

One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Pine City.

pine needlenoun

An adult leaf of an adult pine tree.

pine nutnoun

The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.

Pine Springsname

A populated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States.

pine strawnoun

Fallen pine needles used as mulch.

pine treenoun

Any coniferous tree in the genus Pinus

Pine Tree Statename

The co-official nickname for Maine, a state of the United States.

Pine Valley Mountainsname

A mountain range in Utah.

pine-applenoun

Archaic form of pineapple.

pine-mossnoun

Any species of moss that grows on pine trees.

pine-nut porridgenoun

Alternative form of pine nut porridge.

pinealadj

In the shape of a pine cone.

pineal glandnoun

A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin.

pineal recessnoun

A small anatomical space or diverticulum at the posterior of the brain's third ventricle, where it extends into the pineal gland; believed to be a key site for the hormone melatonin to enter the cerebrospinal fluid.

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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 395. 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.

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