English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 524 of 931
A naturally formed transient area of open water surrounded by sea ice, especially in polar or subpolar seas.
The section of the left-wing political establishment typically educated at polytechnics (or similar new universities).
Any organic compound having multiple hydroxyl functional groups, such as polyhydric alcohols.
Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals.
A plane polyform made by joining one or more squares edge to edge in various arrangements; a similar polyform made from triangles or hexagons (or any polygon that can tile a plane)
A condition in which multiple images of a single object are formed on the retina; multiple vision
A polymer of oxazoline prepared by reacting a polymercaptan with an alkyl derivative of oxazoline or oxazine
Any of several complex polymeric oxoanions, especially those of larger transition elements
any polymer of ethylene glycol having a general formula HO-(CH₂CH₂O)ₙ-H; they are used in the manufacture of emulsifiers
A polymer of formaldehyde having a repeat unit of -CH₂-O- ; it is used in engineering to make small gears etc
A feature allowing the user to "paint" color directly onto the polygons of a three-dimensional model without first creating a texture map.
Belief in multiple impersonal nontranscendent deities embodied by natural phenomena.
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 524. 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.