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# English words: P

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · **P** · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

1498 words under P; 301–400 on this page.

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- [pedal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pedal/) — A part you push with your foot to make a bike move.
- [pedestal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pedestal/) — A base on which a statue, column or vase stands. — Jewish tradition
- [pedestrian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pedestrian/) — A pedestrian is a person who is walking, especially in a street, not riding or driving.
- [pediatrician](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pediatrician/) — A doctor who specially looks after babies, children and teenagers.
- [pedigree](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pedigree/) — The list of an animal's parents, grandparents and earlier ancestors, showing it is of one pure breed. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [pee](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pee/) — To pee is to let urine out of your body; to go to the toilet.
- [peek](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peek/) — To peek means to look at something quickly or secretly, often when you should not.
- [peekaboo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peekaboo/) — Peekaboo is a game for babies where you hide your face and then show it, saying «Peekaboo!».
- [peel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peel/) — To peel is to take the skin off fruit or vegetables. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [peeler](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peeler/) — A peeler is a kitchen tool with a blade for taking the skin off fruit and vegetables.
- [peeling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peeling/) — Peeling is the -ing form of «peel»: taking the skin off fruit or vegetables, or a covering coming off.
- [peen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peen/) — The rounded or wedge-shaped end of a hammer head, opposite the flat striking face (as in ball-peen hammer).
- [peep](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peep/) — To peep is to look quickly and secretly, often through a small hole or gap.
- [peer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peer/) — To peer means to look very carefully or with difficulty at something, often narrowing your eyes or leaning forward. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [peg](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peg/) — A peg is a small hook or stick on a wall for hanging things, like coats. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [pelage](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pelage/) — The fur, hair or wool covering a mammal's body.
- [pelican](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pelican/) — A pelican is a large water bird with a very long beak and a big stretchy pouch of skin under it, which it uses to scoop up fish. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [pellet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pellet/) — A small hard ball or piece of something, such as food for animals, ice or metal.
- [pelt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pelt/) — noun: The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.
- [pelvic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pelvic/) — Of or near the pelvis, the bowl-shaped group of bones at the bottom of your body that joins your spine to your legs.
- [pelvis](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pelvis/) — The pelvis is the large ring of bones at the bottom of your spine that joins your legs to your body; your hips are part of it.
- [pen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pen/) — A pen is a tool for writing or drawing with ink. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [penalise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penalise/) — To penalise someone is to punish them for breaking a rule or law, for example with a penalty, a fine or lost points.
- [penalty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penalty/) — A penalty is a punishment for breaking a rule or a law, such as paying money (a fine).
- [penance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penance/) — Penance is something a person does to show they are sorry for a sin, such as saying prayers or doing a good deed, especially after…
- [pencil](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pencil/) — A pencil is a thin stick of wood with grey graphite (called «lead») or colour inside, for writing and drawing. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [pendant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pendant/) — An ornament that hangs down, like a jewel on a chain or an earring. — Jewish tradition
- [pendent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pendent/) — Hanging down, or depending on something else. — Jewish tradition
- [pending](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pending/) — Pending means waiting to be decided, done or finished.
- [pendulum](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pendulum/) — A pendulum is a weight hanging from a fixed point on a string or rod, which swings backwards and forwards.
- [penetrate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penetrate/) — To penetrate something is to go into it or through it, often with effort: the nail penetrated the wood.
- [penguin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penguin/) — A black-and-white sea bird that cannot fly, swims very well using its wings as flippers, and lives mostly in the cold far south.
- [penicillin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penicillin/) — A medicine made from a mould that kills many bacteria; it is an antibiotic used to treat infections.
- [peninsula](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peninsula/) — A peninsula is a piece of land that is almost surrounded by water but joined to a larger piece of land on one side.
- [penitence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penitence/) — Feeling truly sorry for something wrong you did, and wanting to put it right.
- [penitent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penitent/) — Penitent means feeling and showing that you are sorry for doing wrong.
- [penknife](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penknife/) — A small pocket knife with a folding blade, once used to cut quill pens. — Jewish tradition
- [pennant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pennant/) — A pennant is a long, narrow flag shaped like a triangle, used on ships, at sports grounds or as decoration.
- [penniless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penniless/) — Having no money at all; very poor.
- [penny](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penny/) — A penny is a coin.
- [pennyworth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pennyworth/) — The amount of something you could buy for one penny: «a pennyworth of sweets».
- [pension](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pension/) — A pension is money paid regularly to someone who has retired, from the government or a former employer.
- [pensioner](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pensioner/) — A person who gets a pension — regular money paid after they stop working, usually because they are old.
- [pensively](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pensively/) — In a thoughtful way, quietly thinking hard about something, often with a serious face.
- [pentagon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pentagon/) — A pentagon is a flat shape with 5 straight sides and 5 corners.
- [pentecost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pentecost/) — Pentecost is the Christian feast that remembers the Holy Spirit coming to Jesus' disciples, fifty days after Easter; Christians see it as… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [pentecostal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pentecostal/) — Pentecostal describes Christian churches that put strong weight on the Holy Spirit's gifts — such as healing, lively praise and speaking…
- [penury](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/penury/) — Great poverty, having almost no money. — Jewish tradition
- [peony](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peony/) — A large garden flower with big round pink, red or white blooms and thick, full petals.
- [people](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/people/) — People means more than one person: men, women and children. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [pepper](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pepper/) — A hot-tasting powder made from dried, crushed peppercorns, used to season food (salt and pepper).
- [peppercorn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peppercorn/) — A peppercorn is a small dried berry of the pepper plant; it is ground up to make black or white pepper.
- [peppermint](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peppermint/) — Peppermint is a mint plant with a strong, fresh, cool taste and smell.
- [pepperoni](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pepperoni/) — Pepperoni is a spicy dried sausage, usually made of pork and beef, sliced thin and often put on pizza.
- [peppery](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peppery/) — Tasting hot and spicy, full of pepper.
- [peradventure](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peradventure/) — Perhaps, maybe; a word from old stories, used when someone is not sure. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [perambulator](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perambulator/) — A pram: a small carriage on wheels in which a baby is pushed along by a nurse.
- [perceive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perceive/) — To notice or become aware of something through the senses: perceive a sound. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [perceived](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perceived/) — Noticed or became aware of something, by seeing, hearing or understanding. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [percent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/percent/) — Out of every hundred; a part of 100.
- [percentage](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/percentage/) — A percentage is a number written as a part of 100, using the sign %, as 25% means 25 out of every 100.
- [perceptible](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perceptible/) — Able to be seen, heard, felt or noticed, even if only just.
- [perceptibly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perceptibly/) — In a way that can be noticed or seen, even if only a little: "It grew perceptibly colder.".
- [perception](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perception/) — Noticing and understanding things with your senses — seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [perch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perch/) — A perch is a branch, bar or stick where a bird sits.
- [perchance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perchance/) — Perhaps; possibly, by chance. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [percussion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/percussion/) — Percussion means musical instruments that you play by hitting, shaking or scraping them, such as drums, tambourines, triangles, cymbals…
- [perdition](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perdition/) — Perdition is everlasting punishment after death, often meaning hell, in old Christian language.
- [peregrine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peregrine/) — A peregrine, or peregrine falcon, is a bird of prey that dives at amazing speed to catch other birds in the air.
- [peremptory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peremptory/) — Strict and not allowing any argument or delay. — Jewish tradition
- [perfect](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perfect/) — Perfect means with no mistakes or faults at all. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [perfection](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perfection/) — The state of being perfect, with no faults at all. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [perfectly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perfectly/) — Perfectly means in a perfect way, without any mistakes. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [perfidious](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perfidious/) — Not to be trusted; breaking promises and betraying people who trusted you.
- [perforation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perforation/) — A small hole, or one of a line of small holes, made in paper so it can be torn off neatly.
- [perform](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perform/) — To perform is to act, sing, dance or play music for an audience. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [performance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/performance/) — A performance is a show of acting, music or dance in front of an audience.
- [performer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/performer/) — A person who entertains an audience by acting, singing, dancing, playing music or doing tricks.
- [performest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/performest/) — «performest» means «you perform», a form of «perform»: To perform is to act, sing, dance or play music for an audience.
- [perfume](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perfume/) — A liquid with a nice strong smell that people put on their skin. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [perfumer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perfumer/) — A person whose work is making perfume. — Jewish tradition
- [perhaps](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perhaps/) — Perhaps means maybe; it is possible but not certain. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [peril](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peril/) — Great danger. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [perilous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perilous/) — Full of danger; likely to hurt or kill you.
- [perimeter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perimeter/) — The perimeter is the length all the way around a shape.
- [period](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/period/) — A period is a length of time. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [periodic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/periodic/) — Periodic means happening again and again, at regular times or now and then.
- [periodical](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/periodical/) — noun: A magazine or journal that comes out regularly, such as every week, month or three months. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [periodically](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/periodically/) — Periodically means happening again and again, from time to time.
- [peripheral](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/peripheral/) — Peripheral means at the edge or outside part of something, not in the middle.
- [periphery](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/periphery/) — The outer edge or boundary of something. — Jewish tradition
- [periscope](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/periscope/) — A long tube with mirrors at each end that lets you see over or around something, used in submarines and in toys.
- [perish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perish/) — To die, especially in an accident, disaster or war. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [perishable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perishable/) — Perishable food goes bad or rotten quickly, like milk, meat and fruit.
- [periwinkle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/periwinkle/) — A periwinkle is a small sea snail with a spiral shell, found on rocks at the seashore.
- [perjury](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perjury/) — Perjury is the crime of telling a lie in court after promising to tell the truth.
- [perky](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perky/) — Cheerful, lively and full of energy.
- [permafrost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/permafrost/) — Ground that stays frozen all year round for at least two years in a row, found in very cold places like the Arctic, Siberia, Alaska and…
- [permanent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/permanent/) — Lasting for ever or for a very long time; not changing: «a permanent marker».
- [permanently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/permanently/) — For ever, or for a very long time, without changing or ending.