English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 559 of 931
A neume denoting a set of three tones which first fall from the original tone, then rise.
A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
A reflection prism used in optical instruments to alter the orientation of an image. It consists of a block of glass shaped as a right geometric prism with right-angled triangular end faces.
A glass container for wine for table use, with a long neck at the top for filling and holding and a long thin spout at the side to enable pouring into the mouth from a distance
A female given name originating as a coinage, of latter 20th century African-American usage.
A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
A village and port in Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
An exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements.
A suburban area and old canal port in Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland, north of the city centre (OS grid ref NS5966).
A city and port in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, officially now named Gqeberha.
A small town on the south coast of Islay, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR3645).
A settlement and harbour next to Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0936)
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 559. 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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