English words: P

1498 words under P; 101–200 on this page.

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• paperback noun (a paperback, paperbacks); adjective (a paperback book)
  A book with a soft cover made of thick paper, not a hard cover.
• paperclip noun (a paperclip, paperclips)
  A small piece of bent wire used to hold sheets of paper together.
• papermaking noun (papermaking — uncountable)
  Papermaking is the craft or industry of making paper, usually from wood pulp, cotton, rags or recycled paper soaked in water, pressed into…
• paperwork noun, uncountable (paperwork)
  Forms, letters, reports and other papers that must be filled in or kept, especially for school, work or the government.
• papoose noun (papooses); old use
  A papoose is a baby carried on its mother's back or in a cradle, wrapped tightly in cloth.
• papua proper noun (Papua) — a place name
  Papua is the name of a large area in the western half of the island of New Guinea, now part of Indonesia.
• papyrus noun (papyrus — uncountable; a papyrus, papyri or papyruses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tall water plant like a reed that grows by the River Nile.
• par noun (par, uncountable); idioms…everyday · Jewish tradition
  In golf, par is the number of strokes a good player is expected to need for a hole or a whole course.
• parable noun (a parable, parables)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A parable is a short story with a lesson about how to live, especially one told by Jesus in the Bible.
• parachute noun (a parachute, parachutes); verb…
  A parachute is a large piece of cloth fixed to a person or thing by strings, which opens in the air and makes them fall slowly and safely.
• parachutist noun (a parachutist, parachutists)
  A person who jumps from an aircraft and floats down using a parachute.
• parade noun (a parade, parades); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A procession of people, bands or floats moving through the streets to celebrate something.
• paradise noun (paradise; also a name: Paradise)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Paradise is a perfect, happy place, like a beautiful garden.
• paradox noun (a paradox, paradoxes)
  A statement or idea that seems to contradict itself or seems impossible, but may still be true.
• paragraph noun (a paragraph, paragraphs); verb (paragraph — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A paragraph is a group of sentences about one main idea; it starts on a new line, often indented.
• parakeet noun (a parakeet, parakeets)
  A parakeet is a small, often brightly coloured parrot with a long tail.
• parallax noun (parallax — uncountable)
  The way an object seems to move against a far background when you look at it from two different places, such as with one eye and then the…
• parallel adjective (parallel); noun (a parallel, parallels); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Parallel lines are straight lines that always stay the same distance apart and never meet, like train rails.
• parallelism nounJewish tradition
  A likeness or matching between two things, such as two phrases or ideas placed side by side.
• paralympics noun (the Paralympics; the Paralympic Games); adjective…
  A big international sports competition for athletes with disabilities, such as athletes who are blind, use wheelchairs or have lost limbs…
• paralyse verb (paralyse, paralyses, paralysed, paralysing)
  To paralyse someone is to make them lose the ability to move part or all of their body, through injury or illness.
• paralysis noun (paralysis, uncountable; plural paralyses, rare)
  Loss of the ability to move some or all of the body, usually because of injury or illness to the nerves.
• paramecia noun, plural of paramecium (a paramecium, paramecia); also…
  Paramecia are tiny one-celled living things that live in fresh water and are shaped like a slipper; they swim using tiny hairs called cilia.
• paramecium noun (a paramecium, paramecia or parameciums)
  A paramecium is a tiny living thing made of just one cell, shaped like a slipper, that lives in ponds and fresh water.
• paramedic noun (a paramedic, paramedics)
  A paramedic is a trained person who gives emergency medical help to sick or hurt people and takes them to hospital in an ambulance.
• paramilitary adjective (paramilitary); noun…
  adjective: Organised like an army, but not part of a country's official army.
• paramount adjective (paramount)
  Paramount means more important than anything else.
• paranoid adjective (paranoid; more paranoid, most paranoid); noun…
  Too worried that people are against you, talking about you or trying to trick you, without good reason.
• parapet noun (parapets)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A parapet is a low wall along the edge of a bridge, roof or tower, to stop people falling off.
• paraphrase verb (paraphrase, paraphrases, paraphrased, paraphrasing)…
  To paraphrase is to say or write the same thing again in other words.
• parasite noun (a parasite, parasites)
  A parasite is a living thing that lives on or inside another living thing and takes its food from it, often harming it: fleas, lice, ticks…
• parasitic adjective (more parasitic, most parasitic)
  Living on or inside another living thing (the host) and taking food from it, often harming it.
• parasitism noun (parasitism — uncountable)
  A way of living in which one living thing (the parasite) lives on or inside another (the host) and takes food from it, harming it.
• parasol noun (parasols)
  A parasol is a small umbrella held over the head to keep off the sun.
• parcel noun (a parcel, parcels); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A thing or things wrapped in paper or put in a box so it can be sent by post or given to someone.
• parched adjective (parched); also the past form of the verb parch…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very dry because of heat and lack of rain: "parched fields".
• parchment noun…
  A material for writing on, made long ago from the thin, dried skin of a sheep, goat or calf.
• pardon interjection (pardon? / pardon me); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A word you say when you did not hear what someone said and want them to repeat it.
• pare verb (pare, pares, pared, paring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To cut away the thin outer skin or edge of something, such as fruit or nails, with a knife.
• parent noun (parent, parents); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A parent is a mother or a father.
• parentage noun (parentage — usually uncountable)
  Your parentage is who your parents are.
• parental adjective
  Parental means of or about parents, or from a parent.
• parenthesis noun (a parenthesis, parentheses)
  A word, phrase or sentence put into another sentence as extra information, marked by brackets, commas or dashes.
• paring noun (parings)
  A paring is a thin strip peeled or cut off the skin of a fruit or vegetable.
• parish noun (a parish, parishes)
  A parish is an area that has its own church and priest or vicar, and the people who live there.
• parishioner noun (a parishioner, parishioners)
  A parishioner is a person who lives in a parish or belongs to its church.
• parisian adjective (Parisian); noun (a Parisian, Parisians)
  adjective: From or connected with Paris, the capital city of France.
• parity noun (parity, rarely parities)
  Being equal, especially in pay, rank, strength or chances: men and women should have parity of pay.
• park noun (park, parks); verb (park, parks, parked, parking)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A park is a public green place with grass and trees where people play, walk and relax.
• parkland noun (parkland, parklands)
  Parkland is open land with grass and trees, used as a park.
• parliament noun (a parliament, parliaments; Parliament)
  A parliament is a group of people elected to make the laws of a country.
• parliamentary adjective
  To do with a parliament: parliamentary elections, a parliamentary debate.
• parlor noun (parlors)
  A parlor is an old word for a sitting room in a house where guests were received.
• parlour noun (a parlour, parlours); US spelling parlor
  A sitting room in a house kept for receiving visitors or for the family to relax in.
• parody noun (a parody, parodies); verb…
  A parody is a funny copy of a song, story, film or style that exaggerates it to make people laugh or to make fun of it.
• paroxysm noun (a paroxysm, paroxysms)
  A sudden, strong burst of a feeling or action that you cannot control: «a paroxysm of laughter», «a paroxysm of rage».
• parr noun (a parr, parr or parrs)
  A parr is a young salmon or trout in its first year or two of life in a river, before it swims to the sea.
• parrot noun (parrot, parrots); verb…
  A parrot is a bird with bright colours and a curved beak.
• parrotfish noun (a parrotfish, parrotfish or parrotfishes)
  A parrotfish is a brightly coloured fish of coral reefs with teeth joined into a beak like a parrot's.
• parsec noun (a parsec, parsecs)
  A unit for measuring huge distances in space, equal to about 3.26 light years, or about 31 million million kilometres.
• parsee noun (a Parsee, Parsees); also spelt Parsi; adjective…
  A member of a community of Zoroastrians in India and Pakistan whose families came from Persia (Iran) more than a thousand years ago.
• parsi noun (a Parsi, Parsis; also Parsee); adjective (Parsi)
  A member of a community in India whose ancestors came from Persia (Iran) over a thousand years ago and who follow the Zoroastrian religion.
• parsley noun (parsley, no plural)
  Parsley is a green herb with curly or flat leaves, used to flavour food and to decorate plates.
• parsnip noun (a parsnip, parsnips)
  A long, pale cream root vegetable, shaped like a carrot, with a sweet taste when cooked.
• parson noun (parson, parsons)
  A parson is a priest in charge of a church, especially in a country village.
• parsonage noun (parsonage, parsonages)
  A parsonage is the house where a parson lives, usually next to the church.
• part noun (part, parts); verb (part, parts, parted, parting)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A part is a piece of something bigger.
• partake verb (partake, partakes, partook, partaken, partaking)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To eat or drink something, usually offered to you: "partake of the feast".
• parthenogenesis noun (parthenogenesis — uncountable)
  Parthenogenesis is a way some animals and plants have babies from an egg that has not been fertilised, so no father is needed.
• partial adjective (partial, more partial)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Partial means not complete; only part of something.
• partiality noun (partiality, partialities)
  Unfair support for one person or side over another: "The referee showed partiality.".
• partially adverb
  Partially means partly; not completely.
• participant noun (a participant, participants)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who takes part in an activity, an event, a race, a game, a study or a competition.
• participate verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To take part or join in an activity or event.
• participating verb, -ing form of participate…
  Taking part or joining in an activity, game, event or lesson.
• participation noun (participation — uncountable)
  Participation is taking part in an activity or event.
• participle noun (a participle, participles)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A participle is a form of a verb used to make tenses or used like an adjective.
• particle noun (a particle, particles)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A particle is a very small piece or bit of something: dust particles.
• particular adjective (particular); noun (particulars — formal, details)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Particular means one certain thing, not any other: on that particular day.
• particularly adverb (particularly)
  Especially; more than usual or more than others: I particularly like apples.
• partisan adjective; noun (a partisan, partisans)
  Strongly supporting one political party or side, often without being fair to the other side.
• partition noun (a partition, partitions); verb…
  A thin wall or screen that divides a room into parts.
• partitive adjective (partitive); noun (a partitive, partitives)…
  A word or phrase that shows a part of a whole or an amount, such as "some of", "a piece of", "a slice of", "a glass of".
• partly adverb (partly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Partly means not completely; to some degree, but not all.
• partner noun (partner, partners); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A partner is a person who does something together with you, like a work or dance partner.
• partnership noun (a partnership, partnerships)
  Working together with someone as partners to do something: «The school works in partnership with the zoo».
• partridge noun (a partridge, partridges)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A plump brown bird that lives on the ground in fields and is sometimes hunted for food.
• party noun (party, parties); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A party is a time when people meet to eat, play and have fun, like a birthday party.
• pas adverb (French «pas» = not); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  «Pas» means «not» in French, used with «ne»: «je ne sais pas» is «I don't know»; in casual French people often just say «pas».
• pass verb (pass, passes, passed, passing); noun (a pass, passes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To pass something is to give it to the next person.
• passage noun (a passage, passages)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A passage is a narrow way, like a corridor or path, that you go along.
• passed verb (pass, passes, passed, passing); also adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  went past; moved by something.
• passenger noun (passenger, passengers)
  A passenger is a person who travels in a bus, train, car, ship or plane but does not drive or fly it.
• passer noun (a passer, passers)
  A person who passes by, usually in "passer-by" (plural passers-by): someone walking past a place.
• passeth verb, old form of «passes» (he, she, it)
  «passeth» means «passes», a form of «pass»: To pass something is to give it to the next person.
• passion noun (passion, uncountable; a passion, passions); the…
  A very strong feeling, such as love, anger or excitement.
• passionate adjective (passionate; more passionate, most passionate)
  Having or showing very strong feelings, such as love, anger or excitement.
• passionately adverb (passionately; more passionately, most passionately)
  With very strong feeling or enthusiasm: "She spoke passionately about animals.".
• passive adjective (passive; adverb: passively; noun: passivity)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Passive means letting things happen to you without acting, reacting or taking part: «a passive audience».
• passover noun (Passover — proper noun)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Passover is a Jewish spring festival that remembers how God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt; families share a special meal…

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