English words: P

1498 words under P; 201–300 on this page.

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• passport noun (a passport, passports)
  An official small book from your country's government with your photo, name and date of birth, that you show when you travel to other…
• password noun (a password, passwords)
  A password is a secret word or set of letters, numbers and symbols you must type to use a computer, app or account.
• past noun (the past); adjective (past); preposition (past)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The past is time that has gone, before now.
• pasta noun (pasta, uncountable; kinds of pasta)
  Pasta is a food made from flour, water and sometimes egg, made into shapes like spaghetti, macaroni or penne and boiled before eating.
• paste noun (paste, pastes — a paste); verb…
  Paste is a soft, thick, wet mixture that you can spread, such as glue paste or tomato paste.
• pasteboard noun (pasteboard, no plural)
  Pasteboard is thick, stiff paper or card, like the card used for boxes.
• pasteurisation noun (pasteurisation, uncountable); US and international…
  Pasteurisation is heating milk, juice or other food to a set temperature for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cooling it quickly.
• pasteurise verb (pasteurise, pasteurises, pasteurised, pasteurising)…
  To heat a drink or food, like milk or juice, to a set temperature for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cool it.
• pasteurised adjective; verb form (past of pasteurise); US spelling…
  Heated for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cooled.
• pastime noun (a pastime, pastimes)
  Something you enjoy doing in your free time, such as a hobby, game or sport.
• pastor noun (a pastor, pastors); verb (pastor — rare)
  A pastor is a Christian minister who leads a church and cares for its people, especially in Protestant churches.
• pastoral adjective (pastoral, no change); noun (pastoral, pastorals)
  Pastoral means about the countryside, farms and shepherds, and the simple life of country people.
• pastry noun…
  A pastry is a small baked sweet food made with dough, like a croissant, a Danish or a tart.
• pasture noun (a pasture, pastures; pasture — grassland); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A pasture is a field of grass where cows, sheep, horses or other animals graze.
• pasty noun (a pasty, pasties — PAST-ee); adjective…
  noun (UK): A pastry case folded around a filling of meat and vegetables, baked; the Cornish pasty is famous.
• pat verb (pat, pats, patted, patting); noun (a pat, pats)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To pat means to touch someone or something gently and quickly with your flat hand, several times.
• patch noun (a patch, patches); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A patch is a small piece of material sewn or stuck over a hole or a worn place, like on the knee of jeans.
• patchwork noun (patchwork — uncountable; a patchwork); adjective…
  Patchwork is sewing in which many small pieces of different cloth are stitched together to make a quilt, cushion or bag.
• patchy adjective (patchy, patchier, patchiest)
  Patchy means appearing in some places but not others, in uneven patches, like patchy fog or patchy grass.
• pate nounJewish tradition
  The top of the head.
• patent adjective (patent, no change); noun (patent, patents)
  Patent means obvious or easy to see, and also describes shiny leather with a glossy coating (patent leather).
• patented verb…
  Got a patent: an official right that says only the inventor may make or sell an invention for a number of years.
• paternal adjective (paternal)
  Like a father or to do with being a father: caring and protective.
• paternally adverb (paternally)
  In a fatherly way: kind, caring or protective, like a father.
• paternity noun (paternity, uncountable)
  Being the father of a child.
• paternoster noun (the Paternoster, paternosters); noun…
  The Paternoster is the Lord's Prayer, the prayer Jesus taught, named from its first words in Latin, «Pater noster», meaning «Our Father».
• path noun (path, paths)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A path is a narrow way to walk on, through a park, garden or woods.
• pathetic adjective (pathetic, more pathetic)
  Very weak, useless or poor; not good enough: «That was a pathetic excuse.».
• pathogen noun (a pathogen, pathogens)
  A tiny living thing, such as a bacterium, virus or fungus, that can cause disease.
• pathway noun (a pathway, pathways)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A path or track that people walk along, often through a garden, park or field.
• patience noun (patience — uncountable)
  Being able to wait calmly, or to keep trying, without getting angry or upset.
• patient adjective (patient, more patient, most patient); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Able to wait calmly without getting cross or upset.
• patiently adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Patiently means in a calm way, waiting or working without getting cross, bored or upset.
• patina noun (a patina, patinas)
  A patina is a thin green or brown layer that forms on copper, bronze and some other metals over time, like on the Statue of Liberty.
• patio noun (a patio, patios)
  A patio is a flat, paved area next to a house, used for sitting, eating and relaxing outside.
• patois noun…
  A patois is a form of a language spoken by ordinary people in a particular area, different from the standard language.
• patriarch noun (a patriarch, patriarchs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The man who is the head of a family or tribe, often the oldest.
• patrician noun (a patrician, patricians); adjective (patrician)
  noun: In ancient Rome, a member of the old, rich and noble families.
• patrimony noun (patrimony, no plural) (old use)
  Patrimony is the money, land or goods handed down to someone by their father or family.
• patriotic adjective (patriotic; more patriotic, most patriotic)
  Loving your country and feeling proud of it, and wanting to help it.
• patrol verb (patrol, patrols, patrolled, patrolling); noun…
  To patrol an area is to go around it regularly to check that it is safe and that nothing is wrong.
• patron noun (a patron, patrons)
  A patron is a person who gives money or support to an artist, a charity or a group.
• patronage noun (patronage, no plural)
  Patronage is the support or kindness given by a patron, such as a customer, a backer or a lover of the arts.
• patroness noun (patroness, patronesses)
  A patroness is a woman who supports, protects or pays for a cause, a church, a school or an artist.
• patronising adjective (patronising; more patronising); also the -ing…
  Talking to someone or treating them as if they were less clever or less important than you, in a kind-seeming but rude way.
• patronizing adjective (patronizing, more patronizing, most patronizing)
  Patronizing describes talk or manners that treat someone as if they are less clever or less important, in a kind but proud way.
• patronymic noun (a patronymic, patronymics); adjective
  A name made from the name of your father or a male ancestor, like Johnson (son of John) or Ukrainian Ivanovych (son of Ivan).
• patter noun (patter, the patter of); verb…
  A quick, light, tapping sound, like rain or small feet.
• pattern noun (pattern, patterns); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A pattern is something that repeats in a rule, like red, blue, red, blue, or 2, 4, 6, 8.
• patty noun (a patty, patties)
  A flat round cake of minced meat or other food, especially the meat in a burger.
• paunch noun (paunch, paunches)
  A paunch is a large, rounded belly, often a fat one.
• pause noun (pause, pauses); verb (pause, pauses, paused, pausing)
  A pause is a short stop or rest.
• pave verb (pave, paves, paved, paving)
  To cover a road, path or yard with a hard flat surface, such as stones, bricks, concrete or tarmac.
• paved adjective (paved); verb (pave, paves, paved, paving)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Paved means covered with a hard flat surface such as stones, bricks or asphalt, so people can walk or drive on it.
• pavement noun (a pavement, pavements)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In British English, a pavement is the path at the side of a road for people to walk on (in American English, the sidewalk; in Australia…
• pavilion noun (a pavilion, pavilions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A building beside a sports field, especially a cricket ground, where players change and rest.
• paving noun (paving, uncountable); verb form…
  Paving is flat stones, bricks or slabs used to cover the ground to make a path, patio or pavement.
• paw noun (a paw, paws); verb (paw, paws, pawed, pawing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A paw is the foot of an animal like a cat, dog, bear or rabbit, usually with claws and soft pads.
• pawn noun (a pawn, pawns); verb (pawn, pawns, pawned, pawning)
  A pawn is the smallest and least powerful piece in chess; each player has eight.
• pax noun (pax — uncountable); interjection…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Pax is the Latin word for peace.
• pay verb (pay, pays, paid, paying); noun (pay)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To pay is to give money for something you buy or for work done.
• payable adjective (payable)
  Payable means that must be paid, or can be paid, often by a certain time.
• payback noun (payback; a payback)
  Payback is revenge: doing something bad to someone because they did something bad to you.
• payday noun (payday, paydays)
  Payday is the day when workers are paid their wages.
• payer noun (payer, payers)
  A payer is the person or group who pays money.
• payment noun (payment, payments)
  A payment is money that is paid for something.
• payslip noun (a payslip, payslips) — US pay stub
  A payslip is a paper or digital note that an employer gives a worker with their pay, showing how much they earned and what was taken off…
• pc abbreviation (PC, PCs; pc)
  A PC is a personal computer, often a desktop or laptop computer, especially one that is not an Apple Mac.
• pe noun abbreviation (PE — physical education)everyday · Jewish tradition
  PE is short for physical education, the school lesson where you do sport, games, gymnastics and exercise.
• pea noun (a pea, peas)
  A pea is a small round green seed that grows in a pod and is eaten as a vegetable.
• peace noun (peace — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A time when there is no war or fighting.
• peaceable adjective (peaceable, more peaceable, most peaceable)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Not wanting to fight or argue; liking peace.
• peaceably adverbJewish tradition
  In a calm, friendly way, without quarrelling.
• peaceful adjective (peaceful, more peaceful, most peaceful)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Peaceful means calm and quiet, without noise or worry.
• peacefully adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Peacefully means in a calm, quiet way.
• peacekeeper noun (a peacekeeper, peacekeepers)
  A soldier or police officer, often sent by the United Nations, whose job is to stop fighting and keep peace between groups after a war.
• peacemaker noun (a peacemaker, peacemakers)
  A person who helps people or groups stop fighting and make friends again.
• peach noun (peach, peaches); adjective (peach — a color)
  A peach is a soft, round, sweet fruit with fuzzy skin and a big stone (pit) inside.
• peacock noun (a peacock, peacocks)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A peacock is a large male bird with a long, brilliant blue-green tail with «eye» patterns, which it spreads out in a huge fan to attract…
• peafowl noun (a peafowl, peafowl or peafowls)
  Peafowl are large birds of the pheasant family; the male is a peacock, the female is a peahen, and the babies are peachicks.
• peahen noun (a peahen, peahens)
  A female peafowl.
• peak noun (a peak, peaks); verb (peak, peaks, peaked, peaking)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A peak is the pointed top of a mountain, or a mountain with a pointed top.
• peal noun (a peal, peals); verb (peal, peals, pealed, pealing)
  The loud ringing sound of bells.
• peanut noun (a peanut, peanuts)
  A small oval seed that grows in a shell under the ground and is eaten as a snack, roasted or salted.
• peanuts noun, plural of «peanut» (a peanut, peanuts)
  Small oval seeds that grow in pods under the ground, eaten roasted or as peanut butter.
• pear noun (pear, pears)
  A pear is a sweet, juicy fruit, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, with a green, yellow or brown skin.
• pearl noun (a pearl, pearls; pearl — the material); adjective…
  A small hard shiny round thing, white or cream, that grows inside an oyster or some other shellfish and is used in jewellery.
• peasant noun (a peasant, peasants); adjective (peasant farmers)
  A peasant was a poor farmer or farm worker in the past, especially in the Middle Ages, who worked a small piece of land and often had to…
• peasantry noun (the peasantry, uncountable)
  All the peasants of a country taken together: the poor farm workers and small farmers, especially in the past.
• pease noun
  Peas, the small round green vegetables; the old plural of pea.
• peat noun (peat — uncountable)
  Soft, dark brown soil made of plants that have half-rotted very slowly in wet, boggy places over thousands of years; it can be dried and…
• pebble noun (a pebble, pebbles)
  A pebble is a small, smooth, round stone, often found on beaches and in rivers.
• peck verb (peck, pecks, pecked, pecking); noun (a peck, pecks)
  To hit or pick up something with the beak.
• peckish adjective (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ)
  A little bit hungry.
• pectin noun (pectin, uncountable)
  A natural substance in fruits, especially apples and lemons, that makes jam and jelly set (go thick and firm).
• pectoral adjective (pectoral); noun…
  adjective: Of or on the chest: "pectoral muscles".
• peculiar adjective (peculiar, more peculiar, most peculiar)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Peculiar means strange or unusual, sometimes in a slightly worrying way.
• peculiarity nounJewish tradition
  A special feature that belongs to one thing or is strange about it.
• peculiarly adverb (peculiarly)
  In a strange or odd way.
• pecuniary adjective (pecuniary)
  Pecuniary means to do with money.

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