English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 52 of 931
Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes. His Roman counterpart is Faunus.
Formatted to fit within proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, with sides of the original widescreen image (especially 2.35:1 aspect ratio) cropped off.
A sandwich originating in southern France, composed of Niçoise salad in a circular bun.
A person employed to empty the contents of the outside toilet (i.e. human excrement) at suburban houses (and similar). Rendered obsolete by the introduction of plumbed (i.e. piped) sewerage systems.
To separate and recover (valuable minerals) by swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.
A control in audio mixing that determines how much of each source signal is sent to the left and right speakers.
A sociopolitical movement seeking to unify native Africans and those of African heritage into a global community.
A political movement aiming to unite the various Altaic peoples into a modern political state.
Covering or representing all of the Americas (both North America and South America), particularly with respect to events involving representatives of most or all countries in the Americas.
Covering or representing all of Asia, particularly with respect to events involving representatives of most or all Asian countries.
A movement promoting unity among different American Indian groups in the Americas regardless of tribal or local affiliations.
An ideology that promotes unity and solidarity between Muslims of multiple sects and denominations.
Nationalism that transcends traditional (historical) national identities or boundaries (such as borders) in order to create a single, unified identity.
A radio call indicating a minor emergency requiring some assistance, or priority in handling, but not endangering the safety of the vessel or those aboard.
Spanning all or most of the region which was once part of the Soviet Union, especially in reference to the post-Soviet countries (countries which were once part of the Soviet Union).
Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world.
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 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.