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

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1,184 words · showing 781–840

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  • 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/
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A 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.
  • pommel/ˈpɒ.məl/nounC2The knob at the end of a sword hilt.
  • port de brasnounC2The carriage and movement of the arms.
  • portcullis/pɔːtˈkʌl.ɪs/nounC2A heavy grating dropped to block a gateway.
  • portent/ˈpɔɹtənt/nounC2A sign of a great event to come.
  • portfolio/pɔːtˈfəʊ.liˌəʊ/nounC14 meaningsA set of work someone has done, gathered to show what they can do.
  • portraiture/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/nounC2The art of making likenesses of people.
  • poste restantenounC2A service holding letters at a post office for a traveller.
  • posterity/pɒˈstɛɹɪti/nounC2All the people who will come after us.
  • postern/ˈpɒst(ə)n/nounC2A small back gate in a castle wall.
  • poultice/ˈpoʊltɪs/nounC2A soft moist dressing put on a sore place.
  • powerlessnessnounC2The state of being unable to influence what happens.
  • pratfallnounC2A comic fall on the backside.
  • preconception/ˌpɹiːkənˈsɛpʃən/nounC2An idea formed before you knew anything.
  • predilection/ˌpɹiː.dəˈlɛk.ʃn̩/nounC2A settled preference for a particular thing.
  • prejudice/ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/nounC13 meaningsAn unfair opinion formed before you know anything.
  • premise/ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/nounC13 meaningsA statement an argument starts from and treats as true.
  • prenticenounC2A young learner bound to a master of a trade.
  • preoccupation/ˌpɹiɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/nounC2A matter that fills the mind to the exclusion of others.
  • preponderance/pɹɪˈpɒndəɹəns/nounC2The greater weight or number on one side.
  • preservationistnounC2Somebody who campaigns to keep old buildings or ways.
  • presupposition/pɹiː.sʌ.pəˈzɪ.ʃ(ə)n/nounC2Something an argument takes for granted before starting.
  • princelingnounC2A young or minor prince.
  • privation/pɹɪˈveɪʃən/nounC2The hardship of going without what you need.
  • privy/ˈpɹɪvi/adjectiveC12 meaningsSharing in a secret with a few others.
  • probate/ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/nounC2The legal process of proving a will.
  • probity/ˈpɹəʊbɪti/nounC2Complete honesty and uprightness.
  • proclivity/pɹəʊˈklɪvɪti/nounC2A natural leaning towards a way of behaving.
  • profitability/ˌpɹɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/nounC2How much money a business is able to make.
  • proliferation/pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/nounC2A rapid increase in numbers.