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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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486 words · showing 61–120

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  • patience/ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/nounB12 meaningsThe quiet strength to wait without complaining.
  • patio diningnounB2Eating at tables in an outdoor paved area.
  • patriot/ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/nounB2Somebody who loves and stands up for their country.
  • patriotic/pæt.ɹiˈɒ.tɪk/adjectiveB2Showing devoted love for your own country.
  • patriotism/ˈpætɹi.əˌtɪzəm/nounB2Devoted loyalty to your own country.
  • patrol/pəˈtɹəʊl/
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A regular round made to keep watch over an area.
  • patrol carnounB2The vehicle the police drive on ordinary duty.
  • pattern/ˈpæ̞t(ə)n/nounA2+4 meaningsA design in which shapes or colours repeat.
  • pause/pɔːz/nounB23 meaningsA short stop before something continues.
  • pave/peɪv/verbB2To cover a surface with a hard flat material.
  • pavement/ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/nounB22 meaningsIn British use, the raised path at the side of a road, for people on foot.
  • paw/pɔː(ɹ)/nounB23 meaningsThe foot of a four-legged animal, with soft pads and claws.
  • pawn/ˈpɔːn/nounB23 meaningsThe smallest and most numerous chess piece.
  • pay/peɪ/verbA24 meaningsTo give money for goods, work or a service.
  • pay a complimentphraseB2To say something in praise of somebody.
  • pay a visitphraseB2To go and see somebody for a while.
  • pay back/peɪ bæk/phraseB12 meaningsTo return money that was borrowed.
  • pay offphraseB22 meaningsTo repay a debt completely.
  • pay outphraseB2To hand over a large sum, especially under an insurance policy.
  • pay scalenounB2The ladder of rates a job can be paid at.
  • payable/ˈpeɪəbl̩/adjectiveB2Due to be paid.
  • payoffnounB2A reward for what you have done, or a bribe.
  • payroll/ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/nounB23 meaningsThe list of a company's employees and the money each one is paid.
  • paywalled articlenounB2A piece you can only read once you have paid.
  • peace of mindnounB2Freedom from worry.
  • peachy/ˈpiːt͡ʃi/adjectiveB2Soft pinkish orange in colour, or splendid.
  • peak/piːk/nounB13 meaningsThe top point of a mountain.
  • peak hoursnounB2The busiest part of the day.
  • peak seasonphraseB2The crowded expensive months when everyone travels.
  • peak timenounB2The busiest part of the service.
  • pearl/pɜːl/nounB13 meaningsA small hard round gem that grows inside an oyster or similar shell.
  • peasant/ˈpɛzənt/nounB2A poor farm worker of the old countryside.
  • pebble/ˈpɛbəl/nounB2A small smooth stone rounded by water.
  • pecan/piːˈkɑːn/<aa:most common <<US>> pronunciation except in New York, New England and coastal Southeast><ref:[http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_21.html The Dialect Survey], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130606184957/http://spark-1590165977.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/ Joshua Katz's maps of it]<<name:dialect>>>nounB2A long wrinkled nut used in sweet dishes.
  • peck/pɛk/verbB15 meaningsOf a bird: to strike or pick at something with the beak.
  • peculiar/pɪˈkjuː.li.ə/adjectiveB23 meaningsStrange or odd in a way that is hard to explain.
  • pedal/ˈpɛdəl/nounB23 meaningsA flat part pushed by the foot to drive or control a machine.
  • peddler/ˈpɛdlə/nounB2A trader who travels about selling small goods.
  • pedestrian/pəˈdɛstɹiən/nounB22 meaningsA person travelling on foot.
  • pedestrian zonenounB2An area where only people on foot may go.
  • pedigree/ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/nounB2+3 meaningsThe recorded ancestry of a purebred animal.
  • peek/piːk/verbB13 meaningsTo look quickly and secretly at something.
  • peel/piːl/verbB24 meaningsTo take the skin or outer layer off something.
  • peep/piːp/verbB22 meaningsTo look through a small opening.
  • peer/pɪə/verbB23 meaningsTo look hard and closely at something that is difficult to see.
  • peer pressurenounB2The push to do what your friends are doing.
  • peer supportnounB2Help from others who have been through the same.
  • pelvis/ˈpɛlvɪs/nounB2The ring of bone the legs hang from.
  • pen/pɛn/nounA14 meaningsA hand-held instrument that writes with ink.
  • penalty/ˈpɛn.əl.ti/nounB22 meaningsA free kick or point awarded when a player breaks the rules.
  • penetrate/ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo force a way through or into something.
  • penguin/ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/nounB2A flightless black-and-white seabird of cold southern seas.
  • penicillin/ˌpɛn.ɪˈsɪl.ɪn/nounB2A drug made from mould that kills bacteria.
  • pension/ˈpɛnʃən/nounB2+4 meaningsMoney paid regularly to someone who has retired.
  • pentagon/ˈpɛn.təˌɡɑn/nounB22 meaningsA flat shape with five straight sides.
  • people/ˈpi.pəl/nounA14 meaningsHuman beings; more than one person.
  • perceive/pəˈsiːv/verbB2+2 meaningsTo become aware of something through the senses.
  • percentage/pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/nounB1+2 meaningsA share expressed out of a hundred.
  • perception/pəˈsɛpʃn̩/nounB22 meaningsThe way in which something is understood through the senses.
  • perch/pɜːtʃ/verbB26 meanings(Of a bird) to land on a branch, wire or ledge and rest there.