English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 559 of 931

porrectionnoun

The act of stretching forth, or holding forward, as if offering.

porrectlyadv

In a porrect manner, straight forward way.

porrectusnoun

A neume denoting a set of three tones which first fall from the original tone, then rise.

porretnoun

A scallion; a leek or small onion.

Porrettname

A surname transferred from the given name.

porridgenoun

A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.

porridge potnoun

The pot in which porridge is cooked or flesh and vegetables are boiled for food.

porridge-sticknoun

A wooden stick used to stir porridge when cooking.

porridgelessadj

Without porridge.

porridgelikeadj

Resembling porridge or some aspect of it.

porridgyadj

Resembling or characteristic of porridge.

porrigonoun

Any of various skin diseases.

porringernoun

A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge.

porringerfulnoun

The amount that a porringer will hold.

Porrittname

A surname transferred from the given name.

porriwigglenoun

A tadpole.

Porroname

A surname.

Porro prismnoun

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.

Porrohname

A tribal system of religion and taboos in Sierra Leone.

porronnoun

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

Porschaname

A female given name originating as a coinage, of latter 20th century African-American usage.

Porschename

A surname from German.

Porsonname

A surname.

Porsonianadj

Of or relating to Richard Porson (1759–1808), English classical scholar.

portnoun

A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.

Port Alberniname

A city in British Columbia, Canada, in Vancouver Island.

Port Angelesname

A city, the county seat of Clallam County, Washington, United States.

Port Ansonname

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Port Antonioname

A town, the parish capital of Portland parish, Jamaica.

port armsnoun

The position of a weapon carried diagonally in front of the body.

Port Arthurname

A locality in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.

Port au Choixname

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Port au Port Eastname

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Covename

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Port Augustaname

A city in South Australia, Australia.

Port Austinname

A township in Huron County, Michigan, United States.

Port aux Basquesname

A village and port in Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Port Barrename

A town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Port Bellname

An industrial centre and ferry port on Lake Victoria, in greater Kampala, Uganda.

Port Blairname

The capital city of the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Port Blandfordname

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Port Canaveralname

A port in Brevard County, Florida.

Port Chalmersname

A town on Otago Harbour, Otago, New Zealand, which is the main port for Dunedin.

port de brasnoun

An exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements.

Port Dundasname

A suburban area and old canal port in Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland, north of the city centre (OS grid ref NS5966).

Port Elizabethname

A city and port in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, officially now named Gqeberha.

Port Ellenname

A small town on the south coast of Islay, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR3645).

Port Errollname

A settlement and harbour next to Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0936)

Port Evergladesname

A seaport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.

Port Harcourtname

The largest city and state capital of Rivers State, Nigeria.

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.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "P" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.