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

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  • potion/ˈpəʊ.ʃən/nounB22 meaningsA magical drink.
  • potluck/ˌpɒtˈlʌk/nounB2A shared meal where every guest brings a dish.
  • potter/ˈpɒtə/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who makes pots and other objects from clay.
  • potter's wheelnounB2The turning disc a pot is shaped on.
  • pottery/ˈpɒtəɹi/nounB1+The craft of shaping clay, and the objects made.
  • potty training/ˈpɒtiˌtɹeɪn.ɪŋ/
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Teaching a child to use the toilet.
  • pouch/paʊt͡ʃ/nounB1+2 meaningsA small soft bag, often closed with a drawstring.
  • poultice/ˈpoʊltɪs/nounC2A soft moist dressing put on a sore place.
  • pounce/paʊns/verbC12 meaningsTo spring suddenly on something.
  • pound/ˈpaʊ̯nd/nounB12 meaningsA unit of weight of about half a kilogram.
  • pounding/ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/nounB2A heavy repeated beating.
  • pour/pɔː/verbB13 meaningsTo make a liquid flow out of a container.
  • pour cold water onphraseC1To dampen somebody's enthusiasm for an idea.
  • pout/paʊt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo push out the lips to show displeasure.
  • poverty/ˈpɒvəti/nounB1+The state of being very poor.
  • poverty linenounC1The income below which a person counts as poor.
  • powder/ˈpaʊ.də(ɹ)/nounB12 meaningsFine dust patted on the face to stop it shining.
  • powdery/ˈpaʊdəɹi/adjectiveB2+Made of very fine dry particles.
  • power/ˈpaʊ̯ə̯/nounB17 meaningsControl over other people and over what happens.
  • power banknounB1A portable store of charge for a phone.
  • power cutnounB1A break in the electricity supply.
  • power of attorney/ˌpaʊə(r) əv əˈtɜː(r)niː/nounC1Permission to sign and decide on somebody else's behalf.
  • power outletnounB1The wall holes you push a plug into for electricity.
  • power-upnounB2An item that makes your character stronger for a while.
  • powerful/ˈpaʊəfl̩/adjectiveA23 meaningsHaving great physical strength or force.
  • powerfully/ˈpaʊəf(ə)li/adverbB2+With great force or effect.
  • powerhousenounB2A person or group with great energy and success.
  • powerless/ˈpaʊɚləs/adjectiveB2Having no power to change anything.
  • powerlessnessnounC2The state of being unable to influence what happens.
  • powerlifting[ˈpawə(ɹ)ˌlɪftɪŋ]nounB2Competing on three set lifts for maximum weight.
  • pox/pɑks/nounC1A disease that leaves the skin marked with spots.
  • poxy/ˈpɒk.si/adjectiveC2Wretched and worthless.
  • practical/ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/adjectiveB14 meaningsUseful and able to work in a real situation.
  • practicalitynounB2+The quality of being useful and workable.
  • practice/ˈpɹæktɪs/verbA15 meaningsTo do something again and again in order to get better at it.
  • practice makes perfectphraseB2The saying: repeat something enough and you master it.
  • practitioner/pɹækˈtɪʃənə/nounC1Somebody who works in a profession or an art.
  • pragmatic/pɹæɡˈmætɪk/adjectiveC12 meaningsChoosing what works rather than what is ideal.
  • pragmatism/ˈpɹæɡmətɪzəm/nounC1Dealing with things as they actually are.
  • pragmatistnounC1Somebody guided by what works rather than by theory.
  • prairie/ˈpɹɛə.ɹi/nounB2The vast grassy plains of North America.
  • praise/pɹeɪz/verbB12 meaningsTo say publicly how good somebody or something is.
  • pram/pɹæm/nounA2+The wheeled bed a baby is pushed in.
  • pram walknounB1A walk taken pushing a baby.
  • prance/ˈpɹɑːns/verbB2+To move with high springing steps.
  • prate/pɹeɪt/verbC2To talk on foolishly and at length.
  • pratfallnounC2A comic fall on the backside.
  • prattle/ˈpɹætəl/verbC1To talk at length in a light, inconsequential way.
  • prawn/pɹɔːn/nounB2+A small curved shellfish that turns pink when cooked.
  • pray/pɹeɪ/verbA22 meaningsTo speak to a god.
  • prayer/pɹɛə/nounB1Words addressed to a god, spoken or silent.
  • preach/pɹiːt͡ʃ/verbB23 meaningsTo give a religious talk to a congregation.
  • preacher/ˈpɹiːt͡ʃəː/nounB1Someone who speaks publicly about belief.
  • preamble/ˈpɹiːˌambəl/nounC1An opening statement that leads into the main text.
  • precarious/pɹɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/adjectiveC1Balanced so unsafely it could fall at any moment.
  • precaution/pɹiːˈkɔːʃən/nounB1+Something done in advance to avoid trouble.
  • precautionaryadjectiveC1Taken in advance to guard against a risk.
  • precede/pɹɪˈsiːd/verbB2+To come before something in time or order.
  • precedence/ˈpɹɛsɪd(ə)ns/nounC12 meaningsThe right to come before others.
  • precedent/ˈpɹɛs.ɪ.dənt/nounC1An earlier decision that later cases must follow.