English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 9 of 931

pactionnoun

A pact, an agreement.

pactionaladj

Of the nature of, or by means of, a pact.

pactionallyadv

As a pact or agreement.

pactitiousadj

Settled by a pact or treaty; relating to pacts or treaties.

pactlessadj

Without a pact.

Pactolusname

A river, formerly an important feature of ancient Lydia and said to contain gold; now rising and emptying in modern Turkey.

pactsnoun

plural of pact

pactum de non petendonoun

An agreement in which a creditor promises not to enforce a debt.

pactum illicitumnoun

An unlawful agreement.

pacunoun

Any of certain freshwater fish of the family Serrasalmidae, endemic to South America; they are characterised by squarish, human-like teeth and a mainly herbivorous diet.

pacu jawinoun

A traditional bull race in the Tanah Datar region of West Sumatra, Indonesia, where jockeys cling to a wooden plow attached to a pair of bulls, racing across muddy, harvested rice paddies to showcase their cattle's strength and speed, serving as a cultural festival and a way to boost the value of the bulls for sale. The crowd often decides on the best performers.

pacuvirusnoun

Any virus of the genus Pacuvirus

pacyadj

Alternative spelling of pacey.

pACYCnoun

A constructed plasmid based on P15A that can live in E. coli

paczkinoun

A traditional Polish doughnut.

Paczkowskiname

A surname from Polish.

padnoun

A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.

pad downverb

To spend the night somewhere.

pad kee maonoun

Synonym of drunken noodles

pad outverb

To add something extra to something to make it appear more substantial.

pad papernoun

writing pad; notepad (of various sizes, usually bound on top with a cardboard cover)

pad sawnoun

A type of narrow-bladed saw used especially for cutting curves.

pad see ewnoun

A stir fry Thai dish made from wide rice noodles, egg, broccoli, a protein, and a sweet soy sauce.

pad thainoun

A Thai dish of stir-fried noodles with egg, tamarind, peanuts and other ingredients.

pad the hoofverb

Synonym of beat the hoof (“walk; go on foot”).

pad upverb

To put on batting pads preparatory to taking the field to bat.

pad woon sennoun

A stir-fired Thai dish made with glass noodles, tofu or meat, egg, cabbage, and carrot.

padanoun

The basic metric unit of Vedic poetry, consisting of one line of verse in Sanskrit, typically as part of a four-line stanza.

padamnoun

In Carnatic music, a type of short song, or the accompanying dance.

Padanaramname

A village in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States.

padangnoun

Malaysian grassland

Padang Panjangname

A city in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Padang Sidempuanname

A city in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Padanianame

A region in northern Italy, centered on the valley of the river Po.

Padaniannoun

A native or inhabitant of Padania

padarnoun

groats; coarse flour or meal

Padarnname

A Welsh saint, who gave his name to Llyn Padarn and Dolbadarn, near Llanberis.

padauknoun

Any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.

Padaungnoun

A member of a tribe of Burma's Kayan ethnic group, known for wearing copper neck rings.

padawannoun

An apprentice or student Jedi.

padayatranoun

A journey undertaken on foot for religious, political, social or charitable purposes.

paddabilitynoun

The quality of being paddable.

paddableadj

Capable of being padded; said of a set whose strings can be transformed into infinitely many further strings in the set.

paddedadj

Having padding.

padded cellnoun

A room in a mental hospital lined with padding on the walls, and often a cushioned floor, in order to prevent occupants from injuring themselves.

paddednessnoun

The quality of being padded.

paddernoun

Agent noun of pad; one who pads.

paddiesnoun

plural of paddy

paddingverb

present participle and gerund of pad

paddingsnoun

plural of padding

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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 9. 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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