English Words: P

4,417 words · Page 69 of 89

Predominant; of greatest force.

The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.

Widespread or preferred.

To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).

Capable of being prevented.

preventativeadj

Alternative form of preventive.

simple past and past participle of prevent

One who, or that which, prevents.

present participle and gerund of prevent

The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.

Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.

An experience of something in advance.

Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

First; beforehand, in advance.

A surname from French.

Alternative form of pre-war.

A surname.

preynoun

That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.

simple past and past participle of prey

third-person singular simple present indicative of prey

preznoun

Clipping of president.

The king of Troy during the Iliad

The cost required to gain possession of something.

simple past and past participle of price

Without a price assigned; unpriced.

plural of price

Expensive, dear.

A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].

present participle and gerund of price

A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.

Punctured by small holes.

present participle and gerund of prick

Covered with sharp points.

plural of prick

Alternative spelling of pricey.

The quality or state of being proud.

Full of pride.

third-person singular simple present indicative of pride

A surname from German.

simple past and past participle of pry

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.

The role or office of a priest.

A surname from Old English.

Of or relating to priests.

plural of priest

A surname from Spanish.

Of a person, their manner or appearance: Formal and precise; stiffly decorous.

most important

The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 4,417 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 89 pages, and you are currently viewing page 69. 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.