English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 76 of 931

paper clipnoun

A small, folded, wire or plastic device used to hold sheets of paper together.

paper cupnoun

A disposable cup made out of paper and often lined with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper.

paper cutnoun

A wound caused by a piece of paper or any thin, sharp material which can slice through a person's skin.

paper diapernoun

A disposable diaper made from paper and plastic, rather than cloth.

paper dragonnoun

A hand puppet shaped like the head of a dragon or other animal, usually made from paper or cardboard, with an operational mouth.

paper drivernoun

A person who has a driver's license but never drives.

paper factornoun

Former name of juvabione.

paper flowernoun

A plant, Bougainvillea glabra, and its flower head, so called for the papery bracts.

paper generalnoun

A person who, upon completion of a government scholarship to study in a university, is promoted to a high rank in the military despite the lack of combat experience.

paper launchnoun

A product launch with extremely limited or non-existent availability.

paper machenoun

Informal spelling of papier-mâché.

paper millnoun

A factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients.

paper moneynoun

Cash in the form of banknotes.

paper organizationnoun

an organization that exists in concept, on paper, but has insufficient resources or support to be actualized as intended or envisioned.

paper oververb

To superficially hide or disguise (a problem or a defect) without addressing it; to provide a veneer of normality or success.

paper parknoun

A park that lacks funding, guards, precise boundaries, etc.

paper profitnoun

Apparent profit shown in accounts but not realized in an expendable form.

paper spurgenoun

Caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris).

paper stainernoun

A printer who makes patterned wallpaper.

paper tigernoun

Something or someone that appears powerful, strong or threatening but is in reality weak, ineffective, or unable to withstand challenge.

paper townnoun

A nonexistent town included on a map in order to identify cases of plagiarism by others.

paper tradeverb

To engage in or order in the context of paper trading.

paper tradingnoun

A simulated form of trading where individuals practice buying and selling securities, such as stocks or options, using virtual rather than real money.

paper trailnoun

A written record, history, or collection of evidence.

paper trippingnoun

A form of identity theft in which a person illicitly obtains a new identity, usually by assuming the identity of a deceased person.

paper wallnoun

A thin wall, especially if poorly soundproof.

paper worknoun

Alternative form of paperwork.

paper-basedadj

Done on paper, as opposed to on a computer.

paper-facedadj

Having a face as white as paper.

paper-knifenoun

Alternative form of paperknife.

paper-millingnoun

The process of making paper from raw material such as wood pulp.

paper-thickadj

Very thick.

paper-thinadj

Very thin, such as the quality of paper.

paper-weightnoun

Archaic form of paperweight.

paperazzinoun

Misspelling of paparazzi.

paperbacknoun

A book with flexible binding.

paperbackedadj

Having the sort of flexible binding characteristic of a paperback book.

paperbackernoun

A publisher of paperback books.

paperbagnoun

Alternative form of paper bag.

paperbarknoun

Any of several Australian trees and shrubs, of the genus Melaleuca, that have flaky bark.

paperboardnoun

A thick paper, or thin cardboard.

paperboundadj

Having flexible covers; paperback; softcovered.

paperboynoun

A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.

paperbushnoun

A bush in the family Thymelaeaceae, found in China and Japan, whose bark can be used to make paper.

paperchasenoun

A cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route.

paperclip maximizernoun

A hypothetical artificial intelligence whose goal is to produce as many paperclips as possible and which achieves this by converting all matter in the universe into paperclips.

papercraftnoun

The making of artistic objects from paper.

papercretenoun

A construction material made from paper or cardboard mixed with cement, clay, or soil.

papercutnoun

Alternative form of paper cut.

papercuttingnoun

The art of cutting decorative designs out of paper.

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 76. 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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