English Words: P
46,516 words · Page 89 of 931
Sclerosing lipogranuloma, a skin condition characterized by a granulomatous and fibrotic reaction that occurs in the subcutaneous fat from the injection of silicone or mineral oils.
Near a follicle; applied to certain cells, adjacent to the thyroid follicles, that produce and secrete calcitonin.
A solid oligomer of formaldehyde that is used as a fumigant, and as a fixative in histology
A region in the retina: part of the macula lutea that circumscribes the fovea and is circumscribed by the perifovea.
A kind of small bomb dropped with a parachute, and pre-scored to break into one-inch pieces.
A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
A tri(aminophenyl)methane hydrochloride; an important red biologic stain used in Schiff reagent to detect cellular DNA (Feulgen stain), mucopolysaccharides (periodic acid-Schiff stain), and proteins (ninhydrin-Schiff stain).
A play style in the Mass Effect series in which options from both the paragon and renegade orientations are selected about equally.
A rare and typically benign neoplasm that can be found in the abdomen, thorax, or head and neck region.
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 89. 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.