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

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  • paean/ˈpiː.ən/nounC2A song or speech of enthusiastic praise.
  • painter/ˈpeɪntə/nounA2+2 meaningsAn artist who works with brushes and colour.
  • palanquin/ˌpælənˈkin/nounC2A covered seat carried on poles by bearers.
  • palate/ˈpæl.ət/nounC22 meaningsA person's ability to judge flavours.
  • palaunounC2Pacific island nation famous for a lake full of harmless jellyfish.
  • palaver/pəˈlɑː.və(ɹ)/
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A tiresome fuss or long-winded business.
  • palfrey/ˈpɔːl.fɹi/nounC2A gentle riding horse for ordinary travel.
  • palisade/ˈpæl.ɪˌseɪ̯d/nounC2A fence of strong pointed stakes.
  • pallet/ˈpælɪt/nounB2+2 meaningsThe wooden platform loads are stacked on for forklifts.
  • panning/ˈpænɪŋ/nounC12 meaningsSwinging the camera sideways to follow movement.
  • pantograph/ˈpantəɡɹɑːf/nounC2The arm that takes current from the overhead wire.
  • parable/ˈpaɹəbəl/nounC2A short story told to teach a moral lesson.
  • paradigm/ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/nounC12 meaningsThe whole framework of thinking a field shares.
  • parameter/pəˈɹæm.ɪ.tə/nounC14 meaningsA value that is set in advance and that determines how a system, model or process behaves.
  • paramour/ˈpæɹəmʊə/nounC2A lover, especially a secret one.
  • parlance/ˈpɑː.ləns/nounC2The particular way a group uses words.
  • parquet/ˈpɑːkeɪ/nounC2Flooring made of small wooden blocks arranged in a pattern.
  • parsimony/ˈpɑːsɪməni/nounC2Great meanness with money or with words.
  • partiality/pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/nounC12 meaningsUnfair favouring of one side.
  • pas de deuxnounC2In ballet, a showpiece danced by a leading man and woman together, borrowed from French.
  • pastiche/pæˈstiːʃ/nounC2A work that deliberately imitates another's style.
  • pate/peɪt/nounC2The top of the head, especially a bald one.
  • patent/ˈpeɪtənt/nounC12 meaningsThe exclusive right to make and sell an invention.
  • patriarch/ˈpeɪtɹɪɑːk/nounC12 meaningsThe old man at the head of a family or tribe.
  • paucity/ˈpɒs.ɪ.ti/nounC2A disappointingly small amount of something.
  • pedagogy/ˈpɛdəˌɡɒd͡ʒi/nounC2The art and science of teaching itself.
  • pedantry/ˈpɛd.ən.tɹi/nounC2Excessive attention to rules and minor detail.
  • pedestal/ˈpɛdɪstəl/nounC2The base a statue stands on, or a place of high honour.
  • pediment/ˈpɛd.ɪ.mənt/nounC2The triangular piece above the columns of a classical front.
  • pennant/ˈpɛnənt/nounC12 meaningsA long narrow flag, often tapering to a point.
  • pennon/ˈpɛnən/nounC2A long narrow flag flown from a lance.
  • pension/ˈpɛnʃən/nounB2+4 meaningsMoney paid regularly to someone who has retired.
  • pension booknounC2The old booklet a state payment was drawn against.
  • penury/ˈpɛnjʊɹi/nounC2Extreme and grinding poverty.
  • per diem/pɚˈdi.əm/nounC2A fixed daily allowance while travelling for work.
  • percolator/ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/nounC2A pot that brews coffee by cycling boiling water through the grounds.
  • permanent waynounC2The track and everything that carries it.
  • perversity/pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/nounC2A wilful determination to do the opposite of what is wanted.
  • petrel/ˈpɛt.ɹəl/nounC2A small sea bird that flutters just above the waves.
  • phial/ˈfaɪəl/nounC2A small glass bottle.
  • philanthropistnounC2Somebody who gives away wealth for the public good.
  • philanthropy/fɪˈlæn.θɹə.pi/nounC2The giving away of wealth for the public good.
  • philately/fɪˈlæt.ə.li/nounC2The collecting and study of postage stamps.
  • philistine/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/nounC2Somebody hostile or indifferent to art and learning.
  • philology/fɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/nounC2The study of language in its written history.
  • picking/ˈpɪkɪŋ/nounC13 meaningsThe job of collecting ordered items from warehouse shelves.
  • pillion/ˈpɪljən/nounC2A seat behind the rider for a passenger.
  • pinion/ˈpɪnjən/verbC22 meaningsTo bind somebody's arms so they cannot move.
  • pit propnounC2The timber that holds up the roof of a mine.
  • plaid/pled/adjectiveB22 meaningsPatterned with crossing bands of several colours.
  • platypusnounC2An Australian animal with a duck's bill and fur that lays eggs.
  • pleading/ˈpliːdɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsBegging earnestly for something.
  • plebiscite/ˈplɛbɪsaɪt/nounC2A direct vote of the whole people on one question.
  • plover/ˈplʌvɚ/nounC2A short-billed shore bird that runs then stops.
  • plowsharenounC2The cutting blade of a plough.
  • plumage/ˈpluːmɪd͡ʒ/nounC2All the feathers covering one bird.
  • plume/ˈpluːm/nounC2A long showy feather, or a rising column of smoke.
  • plutocratnounC2Somebody whose power comes from great wealth.
  • ply/plaɪ/verbC24 meaningsTo travel a route regularly.
  • polemic/pəˈlɛmɪk/nounC2A fierce written attack on an opinion.