English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 69 of 931

pant-wettinglyadv

So as to cause great fear or hilarity.

pantaclenoun

Alternative spelling of pentacle, used by A. E. Waite and probably also some other members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and then by Aleister Crowley.

pantagamynoun

A system of communistic marriage, once practised in the Oneida community.

pantagruelianadj

Huge, gigantic, enormous.

pantagruelianlyadv

In a pantagruelian way; to a huge or insatiable degree.

Pantagruelismnoun

burlesque comedy that has an underlying serious purpose; a form of satire

Pantagruelistnoun

A satirist who employs Pantagruelism.

Pantaleonname

A surname.

pantalettesnoun

A form of long underpants with a frill at the bottom of each leg.

pantalgianoun

Pain across the entire body.

Pantalonename

A surname from Italian.

pantaloonnoun

An aging buffoon.

pantaloonedadj

Dressed in pantaloons.

pantaloonerynoun

The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery.

pantaloonsnoun

An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.

pantamorphicadj

Taking all forms.

pantanalnoun

A marsh (a broad, flat area with pools of water and trees) in the Pantanal region of South America.

Pantanal catnoun

Any of species Leopardus braccatus (sometimes subspecies Leopardus colocola braccatus) of cats of tropical South America.

pantangnoun

taboo; ritual prohibition

pantaphobianoun

Alternative form of pantophobia (“the fear of everything”).

pantascopenoun

A pantascopic camera.

Pantazisname

A surname from Greek.

pantcuffnoun

A cuff at the bottom of a pair of pants.

pantdressnoun

A pair of loose pants/trousers for women, resembling a dress.

pantechnoun

A pantechnicon; a large removal van.

pantechniconnoun

A building or place housing shops or stalls where all sorts of (especially exotic) manufactured articles are collected for sale.

pantedverb

simple past and past participle of pant

Pantegname

A place in Wales:

pantelegraphnoun

An early kind of fax machine using telegraph lines to transmit small drawings, signatures, etc.

pantelegraphicadj

Relating to the pantelegraph.

pantelegraphynoun

The use of the pantelegraph.

Panteleimonname

Alternative form of Pantaleon (“the saint”).

pantelephonenoun

An early device for voice transmission, in which the contact of variable resistance is formed between a fixed piece of platinum and a small carbon lozenge attached to a plate of cork suspended by two springs on the upper part.

Pantelimonname

Any of several locations in Romania:

Pantelisname

A male given name from Greek

Pantellerianame

An inhabited volcanic island belonging to the province of Trapani, Sicily, between Italy and Tunisia.

pantelleritenoun

A kind of volcanic rock, a peralkaline rhyolite with more iron and less aluminium than comendite.

pantelleriticadj

Of or relating to the mineral pantellerite.

panternoun

One who pants.

panterritorialadj

Relating to most, if not all, relevant territories

pantestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of pant

pantestudinenoun

Any reptile of the clade Pantestudines, which are more closely related to turtles than any other animals.

pantethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pant

pantetheinylatedadj

Modified by pantetheinylation

pantetheinylationnoun

Reaction with pantothenic acid

Panteutonicadj

Of or relating to all the Teutonic races.

panthnoun

An Indian religious tradition established by a guru.

Panthalassaname

The prehistoric ocean surrounding Pangaea.

panthalassicadj

That inhabits most or all of the seas and oceans.

panthannoun

A Martian mercenary.

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 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.

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