English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 504 of 931

polo shirtnoun

A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).

polo-necknoun

A high collar covering the neck.

polo-sticknoun

The elongate implement needed to push a ball from a horseback and thereby vie with other mounted players.

polocrossenoun

A team sport that is a combination of polo and lacrosse.

polocytenoun

polar body

Polohyname

A city and raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.

poloidaladj

Of, pertaining to, or shaped like a poloid.

poloidallyadv

In a poloidal manner

poloistnoun

A polo player.

Polokwanename

A city, the capital of Limpopo, South Africa.

polonaisenoun

A stately Polish dance in triple time and moderate tempo.

polonatenoun

Any oxyanion of polonium; any salt containing such an anion.

Poloncarzname

A surname.

polonchaynoun

Chinese spinach

Polonesename

The Polish language.

polonganoun

Russell's viper

Polonianame

A symbolic depiction of Poland as a woman.

Polonialadj

Of or relating to Polonius, a busybody character who makes poor judgments, in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

Polonianadj

Of or from Poland.

polonidenoun

Any binary compound of polonium and a more electropositive element.

poloniferousadj

Containing or producing polonium.

Polonisticsnoun

Polish studies.

poloniumnoun

A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.

Poloniusnoun

A busybody who makes poor judgments.

Polonizationnoun

The process of Polonizing.

Polonizeverb

To make Polish as to custom, culture, language, or style; to adapt to the norms of the Republic of Poland.

Polonizedadj

Made Polish.

Polonnaruwaname

Polonnaruwa, a city in Sri Lanka

Polonnename

A city in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, in western Ukraine.

Polono-prefix

Polish: of or pertaining to Poland.

Polonophilenoun

A person who admires Poland or its culture, cuisine, history or people.

Polonophilianoun

Liking of the Polish people.

Polonophobianoun

hatred of the Polish people.

Polonophobicadj

showing Polonophobia.

Polonophoneadj

Polish-speaking.

polonynoun

A kind of sausage made of meat that has been only partly cooked.

polonynanoun

A montane meadow in the upper subalpine or alpine zones of the Carpathian Mountains.

Polorósname

A town in La Unión department, El Salvador.

polotaswarfnoun

The right of the Viking Varangian guard, upon the death of the Byzantine emperor, to remove from the royal palace as much treasure as they could carry in their hands.

Polotskname

A city in Belarus.

Polovtsiannoun

Synonym of Cuman.

poloxinnoun

The kinase inhibitor 2-methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)-1-[O-(2-methylbenzoyl)oxime]-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione

Polperroname

A large village, a civil parish and fishing harbour in south Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2050).

polpettinenoun

Small Italian meatballs.

polronnoun

Obsolete form of pauldron.

polrumptiousadj

Unruly, rowdy, restless.

POLSAnoun

Acronym of police search advisor.

Polski sklepnoun

A shop selling Polish and Eastern European groceries; typically a small high street corner shop that also sells everyday products.

Polskyname

A surname.

Polsonname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

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 504. 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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