English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 536 of 931

polyzoarynoun

A colony of polyzoa.

polyzoicadj

Of a tapeworm, having multiple proglottids.

polyzonaladj

Consisting of, or living in, many zones or rings.

polyzoonnoun

A bryozoan.

polyzwitterionnoun

Any polymer in which the monomers are zwitterions

polyzygoticadj

Of or relating to more than one zygote.

Polzeathname

A village in St Minver Lowlands parish, on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9378).

pomnoun

An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.

pom-pomnoun

A rapid-firing small-calibre cannon used especially as an anti-aircraft gun.

Poma liftnoun

Synonym of platter lift (“kind of ski lift”).

pomacenoun

The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.

pomaceousadj

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a pome.

pomadenoun

A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.

pomaderrisnoun

Any plant of the genus Pomaderris.

Pomaknoun

A member of a group of Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting Bulgaria, northeastern Greece and mainly northwestern Turkey.

pomalidomidenoun

A derivative of thalidomide used to treat some myelomas

pomandernoun

A mixture of aromatic substances, made into a ball and carried by a person to impart a sweet smell or as a protection against infection.

Pomapoonoun

A small dog that is a cross between a Pomeranian and a poodle (typically a toy poodle).

pomarinenoun

Short for pomarine jaeger

pomarrosanoun

Synonym of Malay apple.

pomatenoun

Synonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.

pomatiopsidnoun

Any member of the family Pomatiopsidae of saline lake gastropods.

pomatonoun

A plant produced by grafting a tomato plant and a potato plant, producing cherry tomatoes on the vine and potatoes under the ground.

pomatorhineadj

Having the nostril covered with a scale.

pomatumnoun

Synonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.

Pombalineadj

Of or relating to a Portuguese architectural style of the 18th century, with neoclassical buildings on streets laid out according to a grid.

pombenoun

An African beer made from millet.

Pomboname

A surname from Galician.

pomenoun

A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

pomegranatenoun

The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart.

pomegranateadenoun

A sweetened drink made from pomegranates.

pomegranatelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a pomegranate.

pomeisnoun

Synonym of pomme (“a roundel vert”).

pomelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a pome.

pomellenoun

An ornamental knob.

pomellonoun

Obsolete spelling of pomelo.

pomelonoun

The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.

pomelownoun

Obsolete spelling of pomelo

Pomeranianame

A former duchy, historical province of Prussia, and now a geographic region of Central Europe split between Germany and Poland on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea.

Pomeranianadj

Of, from or relating to Pomerania, a historic region split between the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg and the Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.

Pomeranian Voivodeshipname

A voivodeship of Poland.

pomerianoun

plural of pomerium.

pomeridianadj

Of or pertaining to the afternoon.

pomeriumnoun

The ritually established and sacred formal boundary of the territory of a Roman city; the territory thus bound.

pomeronnoun

A Regge trajectory postulated in 1961 to explain the slowly rising cross section of hadronic collisions at high energies.

pomeronicadj

Of or relating to pomerons.

pomettyadj

Alternative form of pommetty.

pomeyadj

Alternative form of pommee.

Pomezeuname

A commune of Bihor County, Romania.

pomfretnoun

A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.

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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 536. 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.

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