English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 434 of 931
Having a relatively flat spiral shell (intermediate between serpenticonic and spheroconic) in which the whorls touch (evolute to involute) and get larger as they get further from the center, causing the shell to have the profile of a mushroom when viewed from the side, without being so wide or involute that it is cadiconic.
Any of the freshwater air-breathing mollusks belonging to Planorbis and allied genera, having shells of a discoidal form.
A soil with a light-coloured, coarse-textured surface horizon that shows signs of periodic water stagnation and abruptly overlies a dense, slowly permeable subsoil with significantly more clay than the surface horizon.
An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
Commercially available nutrients intended to enhance the growth of plants, especially in gardens.
A point awarded for each different kind of plant-based ingredient in a meal or diet, as a measure of balanced healthy eating.
An organism having characteristics of both plants and animals; a zoophyte, later chiefly an animal with structural resemblances to a plant.
Based on plants; especially, of a diet, consisting mostly or wholly of foods derived from plants; vegan.
Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
A muscle running at the posterior compartment of the calf from the knee to over the hump of the heel.
A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
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 434. 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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