English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 549 of 931

Pope Juliusname

A sixteenth-century gambling card game about which little is known.

pope's eyenoun

The gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep.

pope's living roomnoun

The inside of a tube (i.e. of a wave making a tube).

pope's nosenoun

The tail end piece of a cooked fowl (chicken, turkey etc.).

pope-holyadj

sanctimonious.

popeableadj

Thought to be among those likely to be elected pope; papabile; papable.

Popeanadj

Of or pertaining to Alexander Pope (1688–1744), English poet and satirist.

popedomnoun

The jurisdiction of the pope.

popeheadnoun

Catholic

popehoodnoun

The status of pope; papacy.

Popeiananoun

Writings and other objects associated with the life of the English poet Alexander Pope.

Popekname

A surname from Polish.

popelessadj

Without a pope.

popelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a pope.

popelingnoun

A petty or deputy pope.

popelyadj

Of or befitting a pope.

Popemobilenoun

Any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope through crowds safely while allowing an open view.

poperanoun

A crossover genre combining elements of pop music and classical opera.

poperaticadj

Of or pertaining to popera.

poperettanoun

A light popera with a frivolous story.

poperynoun

The teachings, practices and accoutrements of the Roman Catholic Church.

Popescuname

A surname from Romanian.

popeshipnoun

The state, quality, condition, or jurisdiction of being a pope; papacy.

popessnoun

A female pope.

Popeyename

A tough cartoon sailor, full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulging forearm muscles, a squinty eye, and an affinity for spinach.

popeyedadj

having bulging eyes

Popeștiname

The name of a number of villages and communes in Romania.

popholenoun

A small door in the side of a chicken coop, normally connected to the ground via a ramp.

popiahnoun

A kind of spring roll.

Popielname

A surname from Polish.

popifiedadj

Converted into a popular form, such as pop music or pop art.

popifyverb

To convert into a popular form; to adapt to the norms of pop music; to make poppy.

Popilname

A surname.

popinanoun

An Ancient Roman bar or bistro, selling wine and simple foods.

popinacnoun

Vachellia farnesiana (syn. Acacia farnesiana), a widely cultivated thorny shrubby acacia of the southern U.S. and tropical America with fragrant ball-shaped yellow flowers.

popinjaynoun

A parrot.

popishadj

of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism

popishlyadv

In a popish way.

popishnessnoun

The state or condition of being popish.

popismnoun

Support for the Pope.

popistnoun

A supporter of the Pope.

Popiv Yarname

A village in Illinivka rural hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned – then a khutir – in 1926, notable as the site in 2011 of archaeological excavations – Popov Yar-2 – of Zrubna tumuli which yielded a carved stone analemmatic sundial that proved to be the oldest such sundial ever discovered.

popjoyingnoun

sport; amusement.

poplarnoun

Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.

Poplar Bluffname

A city, the county seat of Butler County, Missouri, United States.

poplaredadj

Planted with poplar trees.

Poplarismnoun

The situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion in Poplar, London, England, in 1921.

poplarlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a poplar.

Poplawskiname

A surname from Polish.

poplessadj

Without popping sounds.

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 549. 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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