English words: P

1498 words under P; 401–500 on this page.

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• permeate verb (permeate, permeates, permeated, permeating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To spread through every part of something: "The smell of bread permeated the house.".
• permissible adjective (permissible)
  Permissible means allowed by the rules or by law.
• permission noun…
  Permission is when someone in charge says yes, you are allowed to do something.
• permit verb (permit, permits, permitted, permitting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To allow someone to do something, or allow something to happen.
• permutation nounJewish tradition
  A change in the order of things, or one of the different ways of arranging a group of things.
• pernicious adjective
  Very harmful; slowly causing damage, ruin or trouble.
• perpendicularly adverb (from the adjective perpendicular)
  Straight up and down, or at a right angle (a square corner) to a line or surface.
• perpetrate verb (perpetrate, perpetrates, perpetrated, perpetrating)
  To do something wrong, harmful or illegal, such as a crime or a trick.
• perpetrator noun (a perpetrator, perpetrators)
  A perpetrator is a person who does something wrong or harmful, especially a crime.
• perpetual adjective (perpetual)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Lasting forever or for a very long time, never ending.
• perpetually adverb (perpetually)everyday · Jewish tradition
  All the time, without stopping; forever.
• perpetuate verb (perpetuate, perpetuates, perpetuated, perpetuating)
  To make something continue for a long time, often something bad like a myth, an unfair idea or a problem.
• perpetuity noun (perpetuity, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Lasting for ever or for an endless time; mostly in the phrase «in perpetuity» (for ever).
• perplexed adjective (more perplexed, most perplexed)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Puzzled and unsure, not able to understand something.
• perplexity noun (plural perplexities)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Perplexity is a state of being puzzled and not knowing what to think or do.
• persecute verb (persecute, persecutes, persecuted, persecuting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To persecute people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly for a long time, especially because of their religion, race, beliefs or who they…
• persecution noun (persecution, uncountable; persecutions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Cruel and unfair treatment of a person or group, especially because of their religion, race, beliefs or who they are.
• persecutor noun (plural persecutors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Someone who treats another person cruelly and unfairly again and again, to hurt or harm them.
• perseverance noun (perseverance, uncountable)
  Keeping on trying to do something even when it is hard, or when you fail at first.
• persevere verb (persevere, perseveres, persevered, persevering)
  To keep trying to do something even when it is difficult or you fail at first, and not give up.
• persian adjective (Persian); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Persian describes Persia, the old name for Iran, and its people, history and culture.
• persimmon noun (plural persimmons)
  A sweet orange fruit that grows on a tree in warm lands.
• persist verb (persist, persists, persisted, persisting)
  To persist is to keep doing something even when it is hard or other people want you to stop.
• persistence noun (persistence, uncountable)
  Persistence is going on trying to do something even when it is hard or other people want you to stop.
• persistent adjective (persistent; persistently adv.)
  A persistent person keeps on trying and does not give up easily.
• persistently adverb
  Persistently means continuing again and again without stopping or giving up.
• person noun (person, people, persons)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person is a man, woman or child, one human being.
• personage noun (a personage, personages — formal)
  An important or famous person.
• personal adjective (personal)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Personal means belonging to or about one particular person.
• personalised adjective (personalised); verb…
  Personalised means made specially for one person, often with their name or initials on it.
• personality noun (a personality, personalities)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your personality is the kind of person you are: your character, the way you think, feel and behave.
• personally adverb (personally)
  Used to give your own opinion: Personally, I prefer cats.
• personhood nounJewish tradition
  The state of being a person.
• personification noun…
  Personification is a way of writing that gives human feelings or actions to things that are not human: «The wind howled.» «The sun smiled…
• personify verb (personify, personifies, personified, personifying)
  To describe a thing, animal or idea as if it were a person, with human feelings or actions: "The wind howled angrily.".
• personnel noun, plural in meaning (personnel); also «Personnel» = a…
  The people who work for an organisation, such as an army, a hospital or a company; staff.
• perspective noun…
  A perspective is a way of thinking about or seeing something, a point of view («from my perspective»).
• perspiration noun (perspiration — uncountable)
  Perspiration is sweat: the salty water that comes out of your skin when you are hot or working hard.
• perspire verb (perspire, perspires, perspired, perspiring)
  To sweat; to give off liquid through your skin when you are hot, nervous or working hard.
• persuade verb (persuade, persuades, persuaded, persuading)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To persuade someone is to make them agree to do something or believe something by giving good reasons or by asking nicely.
• persuasion noun (persuasion, persuasions)
  Persuasion is getting someone to believe or do something by giving good reasons.
• persuasive adjective…
  Persuasive means good at making people agree with you or do what you want: a persuasive speaker.
• pert adjective (pert, perter, pertest)
  Pert means cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect to someone older.
• pertain verb (pertain, pertains, pertained, pertaining)everyday · Jewish tradition
  «Pertain to»: to be about, be connected with, or belong to something (the rules pertaining to safety).
• pertinent adjective (pertinent, more pertinent, most pertinent)
  Pertinent means closely connected to the subject being talked about, and useful for it; relevant.
• perturbation noun (a perturbation, perturbations)
  Worry or anxiety; being upset: "She showed no perturbation.".
• perturbed adjective…
  Worried and unsettled, so that you cannot feel calm.
• perusal noun (perusal; usually singular)
  The act of reading something carefully and thoroughly.
• peruse verb (peruse, peruses, perused, perusing)
  To read or look at something carefully and in detail.
• peruvian adjective (Peruvian); noun (a Peruvian, Peruvians)
  From or belonging to Peru, a country in South America.
• pervade verb (pervades, pervaded, pervading)
  To spread through every part of a place or thing, filling it all.
• perverse adjectiveJewish tradition
  Stubbornly doing wrong or going against what is right.
• perverseness nounJewish tradition
  Wickedness or crookedness; doing what is twisted and wrong instead of straight and right.
• perversion nounJewish tradition
  A twisting of something good or natural into something wrong.
• perversity nounJewish tradition
  Stubborn and willful wrongness, doing wrong on purpose.
• pervert verb (pervert, perverts, perverted, perverting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  verb: To change something so that it is used wrongly or for a bad purpose: "pervert the truth".
• pes noun (pes, plural pedes) (science, Latin); also an…
  The foot, or the foot part of an animal's back leg; used by scientists, as in "pes planus" (flat foot).
• pesach proper noun (Pesach)
  Pesach is the Hebrew name for Passover, a spring festival when Jewish people remember how God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt…
• pest noun (a pest, pests)
  A pest is an insect or animal that harms crops, food, gardens or homes, such as rats, mice, cockroaches or greenfly.
• pesticide noun (a pesticide, pesticides; also uncountable)
  A pesticide is a chemical used to kill pests — insects, weeds, fungi or small animals that damage crops or gardens.
• pestilence noun (a pestilence, pestilences)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A deadly disease that spreads quickly through many people, such as the plague.
• pestilent adjective (old use)
  Causing disease or illness, carrying plague.
• pestle noun (plural pestles)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A heavy stick with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding things in a mortar.
• pet noun (pet, pets); verb (pet, pets, petted, petting)…
  A pet is an animal that lives with people at home and is cared for, like a cat, dog, rabbit, fish or hamster.
• petal noun (a petal, petals)
  A petal is one of the thin, often brightly coloured parts that make up the outer ring of a flower.
• petite adjective (petite)
  Small, short and slim in a pretty way.
• petition noun (a petition, petitions); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A petition is a written request, signed by many people, asking someone in power to do or change something.
• petitionary adjective (petitionary)
  Petitionary means asking for something; petitionary prayer is prayer that asks God for help or for something needed, for yourself or for…
• petrifaction noun (no plural)
  The turning of something into stone.
• petrification noun (petrification, uncountable)
  The process by which a dead plant or animal slowly turns into stone over a very long time, as minerals replace it: petrified wood.
• petrifying verb (petrify, petrifies, petrified, petrifying); also…
  To petrify is to turn something into stone.
• petrol noun (petrol)
  Petrol is a liquid fuel made from oil that is put into cars and other engines to make them go.
• petroleum noun (petroleum — uncountable)
  Petroleum is crude oil: a thick, dark liquid found deep underground that is used to make petrol, diesel, plastics and many other things.
• petticoat noun (plural petticoats)
  A skirt worn under a dress, long ago.
• pettifog verb…
  To argue about small, unimportant details in a fussy way.
• petting verb form (-ing form of «pet»: pet, pets, petted, petting)…
  Stroking an animal gently and kindly.
• pettishly adverb (pettishly)
  In a cross, sulky, childish way, as when someone is easily annoyed about small things.
• petty adjective (petty, pettier, pettiest)
  Small and unimportant: petty problems.
• pew noun (a pew, pews); interjection…
  A long wooden bench with a back, where people sit in a church.
• pewter noun (no plural)
  A soft grey metal, a mix of tin with lead or other metals, used for plates, cups and toy soldiers.
• ph noun (pH); letters (ph)
  pH is a number that shows how acidic or alkaline a liquid is, on a scale from 0 to 14.
• phage noun (a phage, phages); short for bacteriophage
  A tiny virus that attacks and kills bacteria, not people.
• phantom noun (plural phantoms)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A ghost or spirit that seems to appear and then vanish.
• pharaoh noun (a pharaoh, pharaohs; Pharaoh as a title)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A pharaoh was a king of ancient Egypt, who ruled the land and was thought by Egyptians to be a god.
• pharmacist noun (a pharmacist, pharmacists)
  A trained person who prepares and sells medicines and explains how to take them safely.
• pharmacy noun (a pharmacy, pharmacies)
  A pharmacy is a shop or part of a shop where medicines are sold and prescriptions are given out.
• phase noun (a phase, phases); verb (phase in, phase out)
  A phase is one stage of something that changes over time.
• pheasant noun (a pheasant, pheasants or pheasant)
  A large bird with a long tail; the males have bright copper, green and red feathers, while females are brown.
• phenomenon noun (a phenomenon, phenomena)
  Something that happens or exists, which can be seen or studied, especially in nature or science: a natural phenomenon.
• pheromone noun (a pheromone, pheromones)
  A pheromone is a chemical that an animal gives off to send a message to others of its own kind, such as «follow me», «danger» or «I am…
• phial noun (plural phials)
  A small glass bottle for holding liquid, often medicine.
• philippine adjective (Philippine); noun (the Philippines)
  Philippine means belonging to or coming from the Philippines, a country in Southeast Asia made of more than 7,000 islands.
• philistine noun (a philistine, philistines; the Philistines — Bible)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The Philistines were an ancient people who lived along the coast of Canaan and were often at war with the Israelites; Goliath was a…
• philologist noun (philologists)
  A philologist is a person who studies how languages developed and how words changed over time.
• philosopher noun (a philosopher, philosophers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A philosopher is a person who thinks and writes about big questions, such as what is true, what is right and wrong, and what life means.
• philosophic adjective (more philosophic)Jewish tradition
  Philosophic means calm and thoughtful, taking hard things without getting upset.
• philosophical adjective (philosophical; adverb philosophically)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To do with philosophy — thinking deeply about big questions like what is true, right or real.
• philosophise verbJewish tradition
  An old spelling form (here really the Latin word for philosophy) meaning to think about deep questions.
• philosophy noun (philosophy, philosophies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Philosophy is the study of big questions about life, knowledge, right and wrong, the mind and what is real, by thinking carefully and…
• philtre noun (philtres)
  A philtre is a magic drink that is meant to make someone fall in love or act strangely.

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