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

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  • pedant/ˈpɛdənt/nounC1Somebody who fusses over tiny points of correctness.
  • pedantry/ˈpɛd.ən.tɹi/nounC2Excessive attention to rules and minor detail.
  • peddler/ˈpɛdlə/nounB2A trader who travels about selling small goods.
  • pedestal/ˈpɛdɪstəl/nounC2The base a statue stands on, or a place of high honour.
  • pedestrian/pəˈdɛstɹiən/nounB22 meaningsA person travelling on foot.
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The marked place where people may walk across.
  • pedestrian zonenounB2An area where only people on foot may go.
  • pediatrician/piːdɪəˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/nounB2+A doctor who specialises in children.
  • pedicure/ˈpɛ.dɪ.kjʊɹ/nounC1A treatment that cares for the feet and toenails.
  • pedigree/ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/nounB2+3 meaningsThe recorded ancestry of a purebred animal.
  • pediment/ˈpɛd.ɪ.mənt/nounC2The triangular piece above the columns of a classical front.
  • pedophile/ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/nounB2+An adult sexually drawn to children.
  • peek/piːk/verbB13 meaningsTo look quickly and secretly at something.
  • peel/piːl/verbB24 meaningsTo take the skin or outer layer off something.
  • peeler/ˈpiːlɚ/nounA2+The small tool that takes the skin off potatoes.
  • peep/piːp/verbB22 meaningsTo look through a small opening.
  • peephole/ˈpiːphəʊl/nounB2+The tiny lens in a front door for seeing who knocked.
  • 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 reviewnounC1The checking of a study by other experts before it is published.
  • peer supportnounB2Help from others who have been through the same.
  • pegasusnounB2+A winged horse of Greek legend.
  • pelican/ˈpɛl.ɪ.kən/nounB1+A large water bird with a pouch under its beak.
  • pellet/ˈpɛl.ɪt/nounB2+A small hard rounded ball of something.
  • peloton/ˈpɛlətɒn/nounC1The main bunch of riders in a road race.
  • pelt/pɛlt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo throw things hard at somebody, or to rain heavily.
  • 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.
  • penance/ˈpɛn.əns/nounC1An act done to show sorrow for a sin.
  • penchant/ˈpɒnʃɒn/nounC1A strong liking for something.
  • pencil/ˈpɛnsəl/nounA1A writing tool with a graphite core.
  • pendant/ˈpɛnd(ə)nt/nounB2+An ornament that hangs from a chain around the neck.
  • pendulum/ˈpɛnd͡ʒʊləm/nounC12 meaningsA hanging weight that swings steadily.
  • penetration/pɛ.nɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/nounB2+The going into or through 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.
  • peninsula/pɪˈnɪn.sjʊ.lə/nounC1Land surrounded by water on three sides.
  • penitencenounC1Sorrow for having done wrong.
  • penitentiary/ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi/nounC1A large prison for long sentences.
  • penknifenounB2+A small folding blade carried in a pocket.
  • pennant/ˈpɛnənt/nounC12 meaningsA long narrow flag, often tapering to a point.
  • pennon/ˈpɛnən/nounC2A long narrow flag flown from a lance.
  • penny/ˈpɛni/nounA2A British coin worth one hundredth of a pound.
  • pension/ˈpɛnʃən/nounB2+4 meaningsMoney paid regularly to someone who has retired.
  • pension booknounC2The old booklet a state payment was drawn against.
  • pentagon/ˈpɛn.təˌɡɑn/nounB22 meaningsA flat shape with five straight sides.
  • penthouse/ˈpɛnt(h)aʊs/nounB1+The luxury apartment on the top floor of a building.
  • penury/ˈpɛnjʊɹi/nounC2Extreme and grinding poverty.
  • peony/ˈpiːəni/nounB2+A huge many-petalled flower that flops after rain.
  • people/ˈpi.pəl/nounA14 meaningsHuman beings; more than one person.
  • pepper/ˈpɛp.ə/nounA2+2 meaningsA hollow sweet vegetable, red, green or yellow.
  • peppermint/ˈpɛpəˌmɪnt/nounB1A sharp cool flavour taken from a mint plant.
  • pepperoni/pɛpəˈɹəʊni/nounB1A spicy red sausage sliced onto pizza.
  • per diem/pɚˈdi.əm/nounC2A fixed daily allowance while travelling for work.
  • percent/pəˈsɛnt/nounA2+One part in every hundred.
  • percentage/pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/nounB1+2 meaningsA share expressed out of a hundred.
  • percentile/pəɹˈsɛn.taɪl/nounC1The position of a value compared with a whole population.
  • 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.