English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 79 of 931
A broad form of fettuccine, or a narrow form of lasagne, traditionally eaten with a meat sauce (especially one made with hare).
A vector-borne febrile arboviral infection caused by three serotypes of Phlebovirus.
An abnormal granule of iron found inside red blood cells, formed by phagosomes that have engulfed excessive amounts of iron.
Of or relating to the Ancient Greek mathematician Pappus of Alexandria (c. 290–c. 350 AD).
The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed.
A theorem valid for projective planes over any field, stating that, given one set of collinear points A,B,C, and another set of collinear points a,b,c,, the intersection points X,Y,Z of line pairs Ab and aB,Ac and aC,Bc and bC are collinear, lying on the "Pappus line". These three points are the points of intersection of the "opposite" sides of the hexagon AbCaBc.
Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking).
A Hungarian dish resembling goulash (a paprika-based potato stew), but without potatoes and using meat instead, often chicken and sometimes veal.
The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea.
A country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Capital and largest city: Port Moresby.
A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.
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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 79. 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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