English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 4 of 931

pacaynoun

A Peruvian leguminous tree, Inga feuilleei, cultivated for its large white edible pods.

paccannoun

Alternative form of pecan (tree).

Paccanaristnoun

A member of the Society of the Faith of Jesus.

Pacchionianadj

Relating to, or discovered by, Antonio Pacchioni (1665–1726), influential Italian scientist and anatomist.

pacenoun

A step.

pace eggnoun

A hard-boiled coloured egg traditionally made at Easter, often given to relatives and friends as a token of goodwill. It was traditional to jarp with the eggs before eating them.

pace offverb

To count steps.

pace oneselfverb

To behave in a slow and careful way in order not to overexert oneself.

pace-eggernoun

A performer in a Pace Egg play.

pace-settingnoun

Alternative form of pacesetting.

paceboardnoun

A board marked with symbols, used to help a person with multiple sclerosis to time their speaking so as to be clearly intelligible.

pacedverb

simple past and past participle of pace

paceitenoun

A tetragonal-dipyramidal dark blue mineral containing calcium, carbon, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.

pacelinenoun

A formation in which riders (especially bicycle racers) travel in a line, one close behind the other, in order to conserve energy and travel faster by riding in the draft of the riders in front. The foremost rider periodically drops to the rear to allow another to take his or her place.

Pacelliname

A surname from Italian.

pacemakernoun

Specialized cells which stimulate the heart to beat.

pacemakerlikeadj

Resembling a pacemaker.

pacemakingnoun

The action of a pacemaker (in any sense)

pacemannoun

A fast bowler; one who specialises in bowling fast.

pacernoun

One who paces.

pacesnoun

plural of pace

pacesetternoun

One who or that which determines the rate of action through leading.

pacesettingadj

Defining a pace

pacethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pace

Pacettiname

A surname from Italian.

pacewaynoun

A racetrack for horses.

paceyadj

fast, rapid, speedy.

Pachname

A surname.

pachamancanoun

An underground pit lined with hot stones and used for traditional Peruvian cooking.

pachanganoun

A lively style of Cuban music and dance, a mixture of son montuno and merengue.

Pachelbelianadj

Of or relating to Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), German composer.

pachinkonoun

A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.

pachisinoun

An ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of their counters around the board.

pachislonoun

Alternative form of pachislot.

pachislotnoun

A Japanese slot machine.

Pachner movenoun

Any of a set of ways of replacing a triangulation of a piecewise linear manifold by a different triangulation of a homoeomorphic manifold.

pachnolitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.

Pachockiname

A surname from Polish.

Pachonname

The ninth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pachon has been in roughly May.

Pachucaname

A municipality of Mexico.

Pachuca tanknoun

A high narrow tank with a central cylinder for the introduction of compressed air, used in the agitation and settling of pulp (pulverized ore and water) during treatment by the cyanide process.

pachuconoun

A Mexican American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.

pachy-prefix

Thick; thickness.

pachyblepharonnoun

Thickening of the eyelids

pachybrachinenoun

Any beetle of the chrysomelid tribe Pachybrachini (subtribe Pachybrachina in some classifications).

pachycaulnoun

Any of several primitive tropical trees that have a thick stem and few or no branches.

pachycaulousadj

Relating to a pachycaul; having a thick stem and few branches.

pachycaulynoun

The state of being a pachycaul—of having thick stems and few branches.

pachycephalicadj

Characteristic of or characterized by pachycephaly.

pachycephalosaurnoun

Any of a group of herbivorous dinosaurs, of the genus Pachycephalosaurus from the late Cretaceous period.

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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 4. 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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