English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 450 of 931
A paying visitor to a Renaissance fair who adopts historical costume and mannerisms but is not an official cast member.
An imaginary scenario developed by children and adults as a focus for playing together.
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.
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)
To make an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one.
To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.
To invoke the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves.
To learn in an enjoyable, engaging, or playful manner; to acquire knowledge or skills while having fun.
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.
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.