English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 552 of 931
Average population per unit area; especially, the average number of people who live per square kilometer (or square mile) of land.
A population or group of stars formed relatively late in the history of the Universe, characterized by having a high metallicity.
A population or group of stars formed early in the history of the Universe, characterized by having a low metallicity.
A hypothetical population or group of stars which may have existed in the early history of the Universe, characterized by being extremely massive and hot and having an extremely low metallicity.
A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus).
A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.
A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
An optimistic, futuristic consumer culture and aesthetic in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.
A marine ray-finned fish of species Nemadactylus douglasii, found around Australia and New Zealand.
The planned and attempted genocide of the Romani people during the Second World War by Nazi Germany and its allies.
A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
metaphor for a woman, often stressing paleness, delicateness or lack of emotion.
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 552. 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.
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