English Words: P
4,417 words · Page 52 of 89
A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement.
The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.
Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.
A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.
Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
Any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon.
Having relationships with multiple partners, with the knowledge and consent of all involved; engaging in polyamory.
Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved.
A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polybius, an Ancient Greek historian of the Hellenistic period.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 4,417 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 89 pages, and you are currently viewing page 52. 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.