Words starting with P — 1,381 entries

The 1,381 dictionary words that begin with the letter P, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• p3 sensesThe sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
• P6 sensesThe sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
• p.m.2 sensesIn the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.
• pa4 sensesFather, papa.
• Pa2 sensesFather, dad, papa.
• Pablo3 sensesA male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Paul.
• pace17 sensesA step. A step taken with the foot.
• Pace3 sensesA surname.
• pacey1 sensefast, rapid, speedy.
• Pacey1 senseA male given name
• pacific2 sensesCalm, peaceful.
• Pacific4 sensesThe Pacific Ocean.
• pacing1 senseThe act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing.
• pack43 sensesA bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
• package14 sensesSomething which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
• packaging4 sensesThe act of packing something.
• packed3 sensesPut into a package.
• packet13 sensesA small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
• packing8 sensesThe action of the verb. The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
• paco2 sensesAn earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver.
• Paco13 sensesA male given name from Spanish.
• pact4 sensesAn agreement; a compact; a covenant.
• pad44 sensesA flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
• paddle27 sensesA two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is…
• Paddle1 senseA surname.
• paddy8 sensesRough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
• Paddy2 sensesAn Irish nickname for Patrick.
• padre2 sensesA military clergyman.
• Padre1 senseA player for the San Diego Padres.
• pagan6 sensesRelating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.
• Pagan5 sensesA male given name from Latin.
• page22 sensesOne of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
• Page15 sensesAn English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a servant.
• pageant4 sensesAn elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
• paged1 senseHaving pages
• pager4 sensesA wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.
• Pages1 senseA surname.
• paging2 sensesThe arrangement of pages in a book or other publication.
• paid4 sensesNot free of charge; costing money.
• Paige4 sensesA southern English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Page.
• pain12 sensesAn ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by…
• Pain1 senseA surname.
• painful5 sensesCausing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
• painfully2 sensesIn a painful manner; as if in pain.
• painless2 sensesFree from pain; without pain or trouble.
• pains1 senseTrouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
• paint21 sensesA substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has…
• Paint2 sensesA paint horse.
• painted5 sensesCoated with paint.
• painter5 sensesAn artist who paints pictures.
• Painter2 sensesA surname transferred from the common noun.
• painting3 sensesAn illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
• pair24 sensesTwo alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
• Pair1 senseA surname.
• paired1 senseThat occurs as a pair.
• pairs1 senseSynonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
• pajamas3 sensesClothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
• Pak1 senseSynonym of Pakistani.
• Pakistan1 senseA country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.
• Pakistani2 sensesA person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent.
• pal3 sensesA friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.
• Pal3 sensesA language of Papua New Guinea.
• palace4 sensesOfficial residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
• paladin3 sensesA heroic champion, especially a knight.
• palate9 sensesThe roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates,…
• pale17 sensesLight in color.
• Pale1 senseThe part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the Late Middle Ages.
• Palermo10 sensesA port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the region of Sicily, Italy.
• Palestine24 sensesA country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people.
• Palestinian2 sensesOf, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.
• Palin1 senseA surname from Welsh.
• palm16 sensesAny of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
• Palm1 senseA surname mainly of Scandinavian origin.
• palmer4 sensesA ferule used to punish schoolboys by striking their palms.
• Palmer25 sensesAn English surname transferred from the nickname.
• Palms1 senseA surname from Dutch.
• paloma1 senseA cocktail made with tequila, lime juice, and grapefruit soda.
• Paloma1 senseA female given name.
• pam5 sensesThe jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards.
• Pam2 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Pamela.
• Pamela1 senseA female given name originating as a coinage.
• pamphlet7 sensesA small, brief printed work, consisting either of a folded sheet of paper, or several sheets bound together into a booklet with only a paper cover,…
• pan35 sensesA wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
• Pan5 sensesGreek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes.
• Panama2 sensesA country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Panama.
• pancake13 sensesA thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular: An thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened.
• Pancake1 senseA surname.
• panda2 sensesA brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and…
• Panda1 senseA South Asian surname.
• pandora1 senseAny fish of the genus Pagellus.
• Pandora3 sensesThe first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity,…
• panel23 sensesA (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
• pang3 sensesA paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
• Pang3 sensesA surname from Chinese.
• panic13 sensesOf fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
• Panic1 senseSynonym of Pandean (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”).
• panicked1 senseExperiencing or in a state of panic.
• panicking1 senseA state of panic.
• pant14 sensesA quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
• Pant12 sensesA river in Essex, England, which forms the upper part of the Blackwater.
• panther5 sensesAny of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.
• Panther1 senseA member of the Black Panther Party, White Panther Party or Gray Panthers.
• panties1 senseUnderpants for women and girls.
• panting1 senseThe act of one who pants.
• Panting1 senseA surname.
• pantry2 sensesA small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a…
• pants5 sensesAn outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
• pao1 senseA fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi cannon, moving orthogonally and must hop over a piece of either side to capture.
• Pao1 senseA surname.
• paolo1 senseAn old Italian silver coin.
• Paolo1 senseA male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Paul.
• pap15 sensesFood in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
• PAP4 sensesPay And Pay (nickname for the People's Action Party)
• papa3 sensesDad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
• PAPA1 senseAny pinball tournament held under the auspices of the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association.
• papal1 senseHaving to do with the pope or the papacy.
• paparazzi1 sensePaparazzi taken as a group.
• paper26 sensesA sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a…
• papers3 sensesOfficial documents or identification, as a passport.
• paperwork5 sensesRoutine work involving written documents.
• pappy3 sensesLike pap; soft; mushy.
• Pappy1 senseone's grandfather
• par8 sensesBy; with.
• Par1 senseA village and beach in Tywardreath and Par parish, east of St Austell, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0753).
• para5 sensesA woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this…
• Para2 sensesA locality in the Wentworth council area, south western New South Wales, Australia.
• parachute9 sensesA device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to…
• Parachute1 senseA town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States, named after Parachute Creek; it was renamed Grand Valley in 1908, regaining its original name in…
• parade23 sensesAn organized display of a group of people, particularly Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to…
• paradise12 sensesThe place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
• Paradise32 sensesHeaven.
• paradox10 sensesAn apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
• paragraph6 sensesA passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
• parallel22 sensesEqually distant from one another at all points.
• paralysis2 sensesThe complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs.
• paralyzed2 sensesPartly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled.
• paramedic2 sensesA person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting…
• paramount5 sensesHighest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
• Paramount1 senseA city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
• paranoia2 sensesExtreme, irrational distrust of others.
• paranoid3 sensesOf, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.
• paranormal3 sensesOf events, experiences, or phenomenona, that cannot be explained by current scientific understanding or natural laws.
• parasite9 sensesAn organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not…
• parcel13 sensesA package wrapped, as for shipment or transport.
• pardon6 sensesForgiveness for an offence.
• parent13 sensesA person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
• Parent1 senseA surname.
• parental4 sensesOf or relating to a parent.
• parenting1 senseThe process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood.
• Paris39 sensesThe capital and largest city of France.
• parish7 sensesAn administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
• Parish2 sensesA surname.
• Parisian2 sensesA native, citizen and/or inhabitant of Paris, France
• park23 sensesAn area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation. A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence,…
• Park6 sensesAn English surname.
• parked1 senseLeft somewhere when not in use.
• parker2 sensesA parkkeeper.
• Parker19 sensesA surname originating as an occupation for a gamekeeper.
• parking2 sensesThe action of the verb to park.
• Parkinson2 sensesA surname originating as a patronymic.
• Parks1 senseA surname.
• parliament6 sensesIn many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to…
• parlor8 sensesThe living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
• parlour1 senseCommonwealth standard spelling of parlor.
• parole8 sensesOriginally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner…
• Parrish5 sensesA surname.
• parrot6 sensesA kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family…
• Parrot1 senseA surname transferred from the given name.
• parson3 sensesAn Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
• Parson1 senseA surname.
• Parsons5 sensesA surname originating as an occupation.
• part32 sensesA portion; a component. A fraction of a whole.
• part-time1 senseFor, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity, especially the number of hours an employee works.
• parted4 sensesSeparated; taken asunder.
• partial15 sensesExisting as a part or portion; incomplete.
• partially1 senseTo a partial degree or extent, incompletely.
• participate4 sensesTo join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
• participation4 sensesThe act of participating, of taking part in something.
• particle6 sensesA very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
• particular13 sensesSpecific; discrete; concrete.
• particularly5 sensesEspecially, extremely.
• parting9 sensesThe act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
• partly1 senseIn part, or to some degree, but not completely.
• partner10 sensesEither of a pair of people or things that belong together.
• Partner1 senseA surname.
• partnership3 sensesThe state of being associated with a partner.
• partridge3 sensesAny bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
• Partridge2 sensesA surname.
• parts3 sensesIntellectual ability or learning.
• party25 sensesA person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
• partying1 senseThe practice of attending social entertainment gatherings.
• Parvati2 sensesA Hindu goddess, the goddess of love, devotion and power; nominally the second consort of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and rejuvenation.
• pas2 sensesA step in a dance.
• pascal1 senseIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.
• Pascal4 sensesA male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French.
• pasha2 sensesThe Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae.
• Pasha3 sensesA surname.
• Paso1 senseA Paso Fino horse.
• pass61 sensesTo change place. To move or be moved from one place to another.
• Pass1 senseA surname.