English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 502 of 931
A Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.
The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the alula or bastard wing.
A plastic surgery technique in which a thumb is created from an existing finger, typically by migrating the index finger to the position of the thumb.
The structure in an orchid flower which becomes attached to an insect during pollination. Includes the pollinia, caudicle, and viscidium.
The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.
a place where voters go to cast their ballot in an election or referendum; a voting station
A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6119).
A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.
An allergy to grass and other pollen which causes cold symptoms in sufferers; hay fever.
Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.
Of or pertaining to Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), American abstract expressionist painter.
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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 502. 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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