English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 541 of 931

Ponniname

A river flowing through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India.

Ponoarelename

A commune of Mehedinți County, Romania.

Ponokaname

A town, the headquarters of Ponoka County, Alberta, Canada.

Ponomarenkoname

A surname from Ukrainian

ponomarevitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic orange red mineral containing chlorine, copper, oxygen, and potassium.

ponophobianoun

A fear of overwork.

ponornoun

A natural surface opening associated with karst.

ponsnoun

A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.

pons asinorumnoun

A method for finding the middle term of a syllogism in Aristotlean analytics.

Ponsfordname

A surname.

Ponsonby Rulename

A constitutional convention (which acquired legal force in 2010) dictating that most international treaties had to be laid before Parliament 21 days before ratification.

Pont Llanioname

A hamlet in Ceredigion, Wales, with a bridge (Welsh pont) over the River Teifi (OS grid ref SN6556).

Pont-Henriname

A village in Llanelli Rural community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4709).

Pont-newyddname

A hamlet in Llangyndeyrn community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4407).

Pont-Rhythalltname

A hamlet in Llanddeiniolen community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5463).

Pont-rugname

A hamlet in Llanrug community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5163).

Pont-Saint-Martinname

A town in Loire-Atlantique department, France.

Pont-y-clunname

Alternative form of Pontyclun, Wales.

Pont-y-Gofname

A suburb of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1610).

Pont-y-pantname

A small settlement in Dolwyddelan community, Conwy borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7553).

Pont-y-rhylname

A small village in Garw Valley community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9089).

Ponta Delgadaname

a city and municipality on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal

pontagenoun

A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.

Pontardawename

A town and community in Neath Port Talbot borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN7204).

Pontarddulaisname

A town and community with a town council in the city and county of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SN5903).

Pontarelliname

A surname from Italian.

Pontarfynachname

A community (civil parish) in Ceredigion, Wales.

Pontaroloname

A surname from Italian.

Pontblyddynname

A village in Leeswood and Pontblyddyn community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2760).

Pontdolgochname

A hamlet in Caersws community, Powys, Wales, historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO0093).

Pontename

A surname.

pontederiaceousadj

Of or relating to the Pontederiaceae.

Pontefractname

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4522).

Pontefract cakenoun

A small, disc-shaped sweet with an impressed castle, made from locally grown liquorice.

Ponteixname

A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Pontelandname

A town and civil parish with a town council in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1672).

pontengverb

To skip (school or work); play truant.

pontesnoun

plural of pons

Pontfadogname

A village in Glyntraian community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2338).

Ponthirname

A village and community in Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST3292).

Pontiacname

A municipality in western Quebec, Canada.

Pontiac fevernoun

A form of legionellosis that is less severe than legionnaires' disease.

pontianacnoun

A fossil resin historically used in the production of some rubber, produced from the latex of Dyera costulata.

pontianaknoun

A female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, said to be the spirit of a woman who died while pregnant.

ponticnoun

A false tooth that forms part of a dental bridge.

pontic rhododendronnoun

A large evergreen shrub of species Rhododendron ponticum, natively found in the Iberian Peninsula and Caucasus region.

ponticellonoun

bridge (of a violin etc.)

pontifexnoun

A pontiff, state minister, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.

pontiffnoun

A member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.

pontificadj

Alternative form of pontifical

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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 541. 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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