English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 428 of 931

plainclothespersonnoun

A police officer (especially a detective) of any gender who wears civilian clothes when on duty.

plainclotheswomannoun

A female police officer (especially a detective) who wears civilian clothes when on duty.

Obsolete spelling of plain.

simple past and past participle of plain

comparative form of plain: more plain

Used to describe various creatures with plain fins.

Full of lamentation.

A variety of bird without a crest.

present participle and gerund of plain

plural of plaining

Somewhat plain in appearance.

Flat land with relatively little vegetation.

Resembling or characteristic of a plain (flat land with relatively little vegetation).

In a plain manner; simply; basically.

The condition of being plain (in all senses)

plural of plain

Plains Apachenoun

The Apache peoples living primarily in Oklahoma.

Plains Creename

A dialect of the Cree Language spoken primarily in Central Saskatchewan and Alberta.

plains lovegrassnoun

Eragrostis intermedia, a New World species of tall grass.

Plains of Abrahamname

A plain in Quebec city, Quebec, Canada; a riverside plain atop the escarpment at the edge of the Saint-Lawrence River

plains-wanderernoun

Pedionomus torquatus, a small quail-like bird in the monotypic family Pedionomidae, endemic to south-eastern Australia.

flatsawn

A township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

plainscraftnoun

The skills needed to survive on the open plains.

People who dwell on the plains.

In children's games, such as jacks, the simplest style of play, without additional actions such as clapping.

A native, inhabitant or settler of a plains region, but especially of the United States prairies

A form of monophonic chant in unison using the Gregorian scale, sung in various Christian churches.

plainspeoplenoun

Synonym of plainsfolk

Speaking in a forthright manner.

plainspokenlyadv

In a plainspoken manner.

plainspokennessnoun

The quality of being plainspoken.

plainswomannoun

The female equivalent of a plainsman.

A complaint.

Alternative spelling of plain text.

complaining; sorrowful

A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

plaintiffshipnoun

The role or status of a plaintiff.

Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

In a plaintive manner.

plaintivenessnoun

The state or condition of being plaintive.

Without complaint; uncomplaining.

Toward a plain.

Alternative form of plainward.

ancient minimally decorated pottery found in Oceania

Obsolete form of pleasance (“pleasure ground”).

plaisanteurnoun

A jokester.

Alternative form of pleasance.

Alternative form of please.

A commune of Yvelines department, France.

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 428. 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.