English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 450 of 931

playtextnoun

The text of a play (dramatic work).

playthingnoun

A thing or person intended for playing with.

playthroughnoun

The act, or a recording, of playing a game from start to finish.

playtimenoun

Time for play or diversion.

playtoynoun

A plaything.

playtronnoun

A paying visitor to a Renaissance fair who adopts historical costume and mannerisms but is not an official cast member.

playwardadj

Playful; sportive.

playwarenoun

children's toys that take the form of electronic hardware or software

playwearnoun

Clothes designed for children to wear while playing.

playworknoun

Work that is very easy or enjoyable.

playworkernoun

A childcarer involved in playwork.

playworldnoun

An imaginary scenario developed by children and adults as a focus for playing together.

playwrightnoun

A writer and creator of theatrical plays.

playwrightessnoun

A female playwright.

playwrightingnoun

Writing plays: the craft of a playwright

playwriternoun

One who writes plays; a playwright.

playwritingnoun

The writing of plays.

plazanoun

A town's public square.

plaza de soberaníanoun

Any of a number of cities and islands on and off the coast of North Africa which were historically considered part of "Spain proper" and thus remain under Spanish control even after decolonization.

plazalikeadj

Resembling a plaza.

Plazzaname

A surname from Italian.

plazzyadj

Synonym of plastic (“made of plastic”).

plaçagenoun

a form of marital union, often illegal in nature, found in the Caribbean during the colonial period between a Caucasian man and a woman of mixed races (such as a mulatta or a Creole)

PLCnoun

Initialism of public limited company.

pleanoun

An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.

plea dealnoun

A plea bargain.

plea-bargainverb

To make an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one.

pleacenoun

Obsolete spelling of place.

pleachverb

To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.

pleachedadj

Entwined, intertwined, interwoven, plaited.

pleachernoun

one who pleaches

pleachingnoun

gerund of pleach: an act of entwining or interweaving.

pleadverb

To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.

plead the bellyverb

To attempt to use one's claimed pregnancy to avoid execution.

plead the blood of Jesusverb

To avow one's faith that Jesus Christ will save one from calamity.

plead the Fifthverb

To invoke the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves.

pleadableadj

That may be pleaded

pleadablenessnoun

The quality of being pleadable.

pleadedverb

simple past and past participle of plead

pleadernoun

a person who pleads in court; an advocate

pleadestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of plead

pleadingnoun

The act of making a plea.

pleadinglyadv

In a pleading manner; with pleas.

pleadingnessnoun

The quality of being pleading.

pleadingsnoun

plural of pleading

plearnverb

To learn in an enjoyable, engaging, or playful manner; to acquire knowledge or skills while having fun.

pleasnoun

plural of plea

pleasableadj

That may be pleased.

pleasablenessnoun

The quality of being pleasable.

pleasancenoun

A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.

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 450. 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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