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

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  • 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 outletnounB1The wall holes you push a plug into for electricity.
  • praise/pɹeɪz/verbB12 meaningsTo say publicly how good somebody or something is.
  • pram walknounB1A walk taken pushing a baby.
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  • prayer/pɹɛə/nounB1Words addressed to a god, spoken or silent.
  • preacher/ˈpɹiːt͡ʃəː/nounB1Someone who speaks publicly about belief.
  • present/ˈpɹɛz.ənt/nounB12 meaningsThe time happening right now.
  • president/ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/nounA22 meaningsThe elected head of state of a republic.
  • press/pɹɛs/verbA24 meaningsTo push firmly and steadily on something.
  • pressure/ˈpɹɛʃə/nounA22 meaningsThe pushing force spread over a surface.
  • price risenounB1An increase in what something costs.
  • prick/pɹɪk/verbB13 meaningsTo make a tiny hole with something sharp.
  • priest/ˈpɹiːst/nounB1A person authorised to lead worship and give rites.
  • primary/ˈpɹaɪ.m(ə.)ɹi/nounB22 meaningsOne of the colours others are mixed from.
  • primary school/ˈpɹaɪməɹi skuːl/nounB1The school children attend from about five to eleven.
  • principal/ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/nounB13 meaningsThe head of a school or college.
  • priority seatnounB1A seat kept for those who most need it.
  • prison/ˈpɹɪzn̩/nounA23 meaningsA building where convicted criminals are kept.
  • prisoner/ˈpɹɪzənə/nounB12 meaningsSomebody kept locked up.
  • private/ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt/adjectiveA24 meaningsFor one person or group only.
  • problem/ˈpɹɒbləm/nounA13 meaningsSomething wrong that needs to be put right.
  • process/ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/nounA2+3 meaningsA series of steps leading to a result.
  • produce/pɹəˈd͡ʒuːs/verbB13 meaningsTo make things, especially in large amounts.
  • product/ˈpɹɒd.əkt/nounB14 meaningsA thing made or grown to be sold.
  • production/pɹəˈdʌkʃən/nounB1The making of goods, or a staged show.
  • profession/pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/nounB12 meaningsA job that needs long education and self-regulation.
  • profile/ˈpɹəʊ.faɪl/nounA2+3 meaningsYour public page on an app or website.
  • profit/ˈpɹɒfɪt/nounB1The money a business keeps after paying all its costs.
  • program/ˈpɹəʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/nounA2+3 meaningsA set of instructions a computer follows.
  • progress/ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/nounA2+4 meaningsMovement towards a better, more developed or more complete state.
  • project/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/nounB12 meaningsA bigger piece of work with a defined goal and an end.
  • proof/pɹuːf/nounB14 meaningsThe evidence that shows something is true.
  • property/ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/nounB12 meaningsLand and buildings owned, or anything you own.
  • protection/pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/nounB1The keeping of somebody or something safe from harm.
  • protector/pɹəˈtɛktɚ/nounB1+2 meaningsSomebody who keeps another from harm.
  • public/ˈpʌb.lɪk/adjectiveA24 meaningsOpen to or shared by everybody.
  • public transportnounB1Buses and trains that anybody may pay to use.
  • pudding/ˈpʊdɪŋ/nounB12 meaningsA soft sweet dessert.
  • puddle/ˈpʌdəl/nounB1A small pool of rainwater.
  • puff/pʌf/nounB14 meaningsA short burst of air, smoke, wind or breath.
  • pull/pʊl/verbA26 meaningsTo take hold of something and move it towards you.
  • pulse/pʌls/nounB13 meaningsThe regular beat of blood felt at the wrist or neck.
  • pump/pʌmp/nounA2+2 meaningsA device for forcing liquid or gas through a system.
  • punch/pʌnt͡ʃ/verbB14 meaningsTo hit someone or something hard with your fist.
  • puncture/ˈpʌŋktʃə/nounB1+3 meaningsA small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tyre, that lets the air out.
  • punishment/ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/nounB1What is done to somebody for breaking a rule.
  • pup/pʌp/nounB13 meaningsA young dog.
  • puppet/ˈpʌpɪt/nounB12 meaningsA figure moved by hand or strings to act out a story.
  • puppy/ˈpʌpi/nounB1A young dog.
  • purse/pɜːs/nounB14 meaningsA small bag for carrying money, especially coins, in British English.
  • pushchair/ˈpʊʃ.t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/nounB1The folding seat a small child is pushed in.
  • pyramid/ˈpɪɹ.ə.mɪd/nounA2+4 meaningsA solid shape with a flat base whose sides are triangles meeting at a point.
  • quake/kweɪk/verbB1+2 meaningsTo shake from fear or from ground movement.
  • quality/ˈkwɒlɪti/nounA2+3 meaningsHow good or bad something is; the standard it reaches.
  • quarter/ˈk(w)ɔːtə/nounA16 meaningsOne of four equal parts of something.
  • queen/kwiːn/nounA24 meaningsA woman who rules a country, or the wife of a king.
  • queen beenounB1The single egg-laying female a colony is built around.
  • question mark/ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑːk/nounB12 meaningsThe punctuation mark used at the end of a question.