English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 484 of 931
Synonym of poetical justice (“the idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished”).
The idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished.
An avantgarde approach to art introduced by Karel Teige in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s in reaction to the prevailing proletarian art, encouraging lyricism and an epicurean attitude.
A controversy in later Elizabethan theater, involving a number of playwrights satirizing each other with their plays, in a period when verse and prose satire was banned due to the Bishops' Ban of 1599.
Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
A traditional Dutch treat resembling a fluffy pancake, made with yeast and buckwheat flour.
Acronym of Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, a controversial Singaporean law aiming to suppress fake news.
A Dardic or Pahari language spoken in Jammu and Kashmir (administered by India) as well as Azad Kashmir (administered by Pakistan).
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 484. 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.