English words: P

1498 words under P; 501–600 on this page.

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• phoebe noun (a phoebe, phoebes); proper noun (Phoebe — a name)
  Phoebe is a girl's name, from an old Greek word meaning bright or shining.
• phoenician adjective (Phoenician); noun (a Phoenician, Phoenicians)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Belonging to Phoenicia, an ancient land of trading cities (like Tyre, Sidon and Byblos) on the coast of what is now Lebanon, about…
• phoenix noun (a phoenix, phoenixes); proper noun (Phoenix, a city)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A phoenix is a magical bird from old stories that burns itself in fire and is born again from its own ashes.
• phone noun (phone, phones); verb (phone, phones, phoned, phoning)
  A phone is a device for calling and talking to people far away.
• phoneme noun (a phoneme, phonemes)
  The smallest unit of sound in a language that can change the meaning of a word, such as /c/, /a/, /t/ in "cat"; changing /c/ to /h/ gives…
• phonetic adjective (phonetic)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Connected with the sounds of speech.
• phonetically adverb (phonetically)
  In a way that matches the sounds of speech: "Spell it phonetically" means write it the way it sounds.
• phonics noun (phonics — uncountable, used with a singular verb)
  Phonics is a way of learning to read by matching letters and groups of letters to the sounds they make.
• phosphoric adjective (phosphoric)
  Containing phosphorus, especially in "phosphoric acid", a chemical used in fertilisers, rust remover and some fizzy drinks like cola.
• phosphorus noun (phosphorus — uncountable); adjective forms…
  Phosphorus is a chemical element, a non-metal with the symbol P and atomic number 15.
• photo noun (photo, photos)
  A photo is a picture taken with a camera or a phone.
• photocopier noun (a photocopier, photocopiers)
  A photocopier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents or pictures quickly.
• photograph noun (photograph, photographs); verb…
  A photograph is a picture made with a camera.
• photographer noun (photographer, photographers)
  A person who takes photographs, either as a job or as a hobby.
• photographic adjective (photographic)
  Photographic means to do with photographs or photography.
• photography noun (photography, uncountable)
  Photography is the art, hobby or job of taking photographs with a camera or phone.
• photoshop verb (photoshop, photoshops, photoshopped, photoshopping)…
  A computer program used to edit pictures.
• photosphere noun (the photosphere)
  The photosphere is the bright outer surface of the Sun (or another star) that we see, from which most of its light shines out.
• photosynthesis noun (photosynthesis)
  Photosynthesis is the way green plants make their own food using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide from the air, giving out oxygen.
• phrasal adjective (phrasal)
  Made of a phrase, or to do with phrases.
• phrase noun (a phrase, phrases); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A small group of words that go together but is not a whole sentence.
• phraseology noun (phraseologies)Jewish tradition
  Phraseology is the particular way words are chosen and put together in speech or writing.
• physical adjective (physical); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Physical means about the body, not the mind: physical exercise, physical pain.
• physically adverb (physically)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In a way that is about the body, not the mind: physically fit.
• physician noun (a physician, physicians)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A medical doctor, especially one who treats illness with medicine rather than surgery.
• physicist noun (a physicist, physicists)
  A scientist who studies physics: the science of matter, energy, forces, light, sound, electricity and how the universe works.
• physics noun (physics, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Physics is the science of matter and energy and how they act: forces, motion, light, sound, heat, electricity, magnetism and the universe.
• physiological adjective (physiological); noun «physiology»
  Having to do with how the bodies of living things work: breathing, heart rate, digestion, growing.
• physiology nounJewish tradition
  The science of how the bodies of living things work and what their parts do.
• physiotherapist noun (a physiotherapist, physiotherapists)
  A physiotherapist is a health worker who helps people move better and get stronger after an injury, illness or operation, using exercises…
• physiotherapy noun (physiotherapy — uncountable)
  Physiotherapy is treatment that helps people heal and move better using exercises, stretching, massage and sometimes heat or cold, not…
• physique noun (a physique, physiques)
  The size and shape of a person's body, especially how strong and muscly it is.
• phytoplankton noun (phytoplankton — usually uncountable, plural meaning)
  Phytoplankton are tiny living things, mostly too small to see, that float near the surface of seas and lakes and make their own food from…
• pi noun (pi; the Greek letter π)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Pi is a special number, about 3.14, that links the distance around a circle to the distance across it.
• piano noun (piano, pianos); adverb and adjective in music…
  A piano is a big musical instrument with black and white keys.
• pic noun (a pic, pics) — informal
  Short for picture or photo.
• pick verb (pick, picks, picked, picking); noun (a pick)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To pick is to take something with your fingers; to pick up is to lift it and get it.
• pickaxe noun (a pickaxe, pickaxes); also pickax (USA)
  A pickaxe is a heavy tool with a long wooden handle and a curved metal head with a point on one or both ends, used for breaking hard…
• picker noun (a picker, pickers)
  A person who picks fruit, vegetables, flowers or cotton, often as a job.
• picket noun (a picket, pickets); verb…
  A pointed wooden stake, used in a fence: a «picket fence».
• pickle noun (a pickle, pickles; pickle, uncountable); verb…
  A pickle is a vegetable, especially a small cucumber (gherkin), kept in vinegar or salty water so it lasts a long time and tastes sour.
• pickled adjective (pickled); verb…
  Pickled food has been kept in vinegar or salty water so it lasts a long time and tastes sour.
• pickpocket noun (a pickpocket, pickpockets); verb…
  A thief who steals money, phones or wallets from people's pockets or bags without them noticing, often in crowds.
• pickup noun (a pickup, pickups); verb phrase…
  A pickup (pickup truck) is a vehicle with a cabin in front and an open back for carrying things.
• picky adjective (picky, pickier, pickiest) — informal
  A picky person is hard to please and only likes certain things, especially food.
• picnic noun (picnic, picnics); verb…
  A picnic is a meal eaten outside, often in a park or on a beach, sitting on a blanket.
• picture noun (picture, pictures); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A picture is a drawing, painting or photo.
• picturesque adjective (picturesque; more picturesque, most picturesque)
  Very pretty, like a picture or a postcard, especially an old village or a countryside view.
• pidgin noun (a pidgin, pidgins; pidgin, uncountable)
  A simple language made up when people who speak different languages need to talk, often for trade, mixing words from both.
• pie noun (a pie, pies; pie)
  A pie is food made of pastry filled with fruit, meat or vegetables and baked in an oven.
• piebald adjective (piebald); noun (a piebald, piebalds)
  Of a horse or other animal: having large patches of two colours, usually black and white.
• piece noun (piece, pieces); verb (piece together)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A piece is a part of something that has been cut, broken or divided, like a piece of cake.
• pied adjective (pied); also French word «pied» (foot)
  Pied means having patches of two or more colours, especially black and white, like a magpie or a pied wagtail.
• pier noun (a pier, piers)
  A pier is a long platform built out from the shore into the sea or a lake, on posts, for walking along or for boats to stop at.
• pierce verb (pierce, pierces, pierced, piercing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To make a hole in or through something with a sharp point: "The needle pierced the cloth.".
• piercing nounJewish tradition
  A sharp stab or wound, as by a pointed thing.
• piety noun (pieties)
  Piety is deep respect for God and religion, shown by a good and faithful life.
• pig noun (a pig, pigs; piglet for a baby)
  A pig is a farm animal with a pink or dark body, a flat nose called a snout, short legs and a curly tail; it says «oink».
• pigeon noun (a pigeon, pigeons)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A grey (or brown and white) bird with a small head and a round body, very common in towns and cities.
• pigeonhole noun (a pigeonhole, pigeonholes); verb…
  noun: One of a set of small open boxes in a wall or desk where letters and papers are put for each person.
• piggy noun (piggy, piggies); adjective (piggy — like a pig)
  A piggy is a little pig (a child's word).
• piglet noun (a piglet, piglets)
  A piglet is a baby pig.
• pigment noun (a pigment, pigments; pigment — uncountable)
  A pigment is a substance that gives colour to something, like the green in leaves or the colour of skin, hair and eyes.
• pigmentation noun (pigmentation, uncountable)
  The natural colour of skin, hair, eyes, leaves or other living things, caused by pigments (coloured substances).
• pigsty noun (a pigsty, pigsties)
  A pigsty is a pen or small building on a farm where pigs are kept.
• pika noun (a pika, pikas)
  A pika is a small, round furry mammal with short ears and no tail, related to rabbits, that lives among rocks on cold mountains in Asia…
• pike noun (a pike, pikes; plural of the fish often pike); noun…
  A large fish with a long body and sharp teeth that lives in rivers and lakes and eats other fish.
• pilate proper noun (Pilate, Pontius Pilate)
  Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea who questioned Jesus, found no fault in him, yet allowed him to be crucified, and then…
• pile noun (pile, piles); verb (pile, piles, piled, piling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A pile is a lot of things put one on top of another.
• pilgrim noun (a pilgrim, pilgrims)
  A person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons.
• pilgrimage noun (a pilgrimage, pilgrimages); verb (rare: pilgrimage)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A journey to a holy place for religious reasons, such as Christians going to Jerusalem or Muslims going to Mecca.
• pill noun (a pill, pills)
  A pill is a small, round or flat piece of medicine that you swallow whole.
• pillar noun (a pillar, pillars)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A pillar is a tall, strong post of stone, wood or metal that holds up part of a building or stands as a monument.
• pillow noun (a pillow, pillows); verb…
  A pillow is a soft bag filled with feathers, foam or cotton that you rest your head on in bed.
• pillowcase noun (a pillowcase, pillowcases)
  A pillowcase is a cloth cover that goes over a pillow to keep it clean.
• pilot noun (a pilot, pilots); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A pilot is a person who flies a plane or helicopter.
• pim nounJewish tradition
  An ancient Hebrew weight, about two thirds of a shekel.
• pimple noun (a pimple, pimples)
  A small red spot on the skin, sometimes with yellow pus in the middle.
• pin noun (a pin, pins; PIN — personal identification number)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A pin is a short, thin, sharp piece of metal with a round head, used to hold cloth or paper together.
• pinafore noun (pinafores)
  A pinafore is an apron, worn over a dress to keep it clean.
• pinball noun (pinball, uncountable; a pinball machine)
  An arcade game in which you shoot a metal ball up a sloping table and use flippers to keep it bouncing off targets to score points.
• pincer noun (a pincer, pincers; usually plural)
  One of the two claws of a crab, lobster or scorpion, used for gripping.
• pinch verb (pinch, pinches, pinched, pinching); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To press something tightly between your thumb and finger, sometimes in a way that hurts someone.
• pincushion noun (a pincushion, pincushions)
  A pincushion is a small, firm, stuffed pad into which you stick pins and needles to keep them safe when sewing.
• pine noun (pine, pines; pine tree); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A pine is a tall evergreen tree with thin, sharp leaves called needles that stay green all year.
• pineapple noun…
  A pineapple is a large tropical fruit with a rough, spiky brown skin, sweet juicy yellow flesh and a crown of stiff green leaves on top.
• pinecone noun (a pinecone, pinecones; also written pine cone)
  The hard, woody, scaly case on a pine tree that holds the tree's seeds.
• ping noun (a ping, pings); verb (ping, pings, pinged, pinging)
  A ping is a short, high, ringing sound, like a bell or a phone alert.
• pinhead noun (a pinhead, pinheads)
  A pinhead is the tiny round top of a pin.
• pinhole noun (a pinhole, pinholes); adjective (pinhole camera)
  A pinhole is a very small hole, like one made by a pin.
• pinion verb (pinion, pinions, pinioned, pinioning); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To hold or tie someone's arms tightly so they cannot move them.
• pink adjective (pink, pinker, pinkest); noun (pink, pinks)
  Pink is a light red colour, like many flowers, candyfloss and flamingos.
• pinkish adjective
  Slightly pink; a colour with a little pink in it.
• pinky noun (a pinky, pinkies); adjective (pinky — pinkish)
  The smallest finger on your hand; the little finger.
• pinnacle noun (pinnacles)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A pinnacle is the very top of a mountain or of a tall building.
• pinning verb form (-ing form of «pin»: pin, pins, pinned, pinning)…
  Pinning means fastening something with a pin, for example a badge, a poster or a piece of cloth.
• pinon nounJewish tradition
  A name of an Edomite chief in Genesis, from the family of Esau.
• pinpoint verb (pinpoint, pinpoints, pinpointed, pinpointing); noun…
  verb: To find or show the exact place, cause or time of something.
• pint noun (a pint, pints)
  A pint is a unit for measuring liquids such as milk or beer.
• pinwheel noun (a pinwheel, pinwheels); verb…
  A toy made of paper or plastic blades on a stick that spin round in the wind; in the UK called a windmill.

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