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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; 401–500 on this page.

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