English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 513 of 931
Describing an integer whose first digits are divisible by the numbers of digits concerned
An insect virus of family Polydnaviridae that integrates itself inside a wasp genome.
A polymer formed by the oxidation of dopamine, naturally produced as a biological glue, and also used as a flame retardant.
A polyform made by joining N-2 triangles edge to edge in various arrangements, each of these triangles being a right triangle with angles 30°, 60° and 90°.
Dystrophy comprising multiple types (multiple dystrophies), as for example in pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy.
The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.
An organic compound containing several double bonds, especially one containing a sequence of many alternating single and double bonds
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 513. 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.