English Wordbook/P

Staff P of the English Wordbook.

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pace vb & n step paedophilia n childlust pagan n heathen palace n thronestead pale adj wan palpitate vb throb panacea n allheal, healall papacy n popedom paraphrase vb & n new bewording parliament n witan, lawmoot part n deal, share participate vb take part particle1 n [grammar] wordling particle2a n mote particle2b, smallest n whit partner vb & n mate paternal adj fatherly pater noster n the lord's prayer patience n forbearing patient adj forbearing patria n homeland, fatherland patriarch n elder patriotic n landtrothen, home-loving, homeland loving, fatherland loving patriotism n landtrothenness, home-love, homeland love, fatherland love pavement n sidewalk peculation n thefting pedal1 n footkey pedal2 adj foot(ed) pedestrian n footgoer, sidewalker perforate vb riddle perjure vb forswear permanent adj ever-lasting permit1 vb let permit2 n letwrit pernicious adj baneful perpetually adj ever, aye perplex vb bewilder persecute vb hound perspective n outlook petrify vb (for)stonen peruse vb look through, read through phlebotomy n bloodletting photograph n sunprint photographer n sunprinter, sunprintman photography n sunprinting physical adj bodily pigeon n culver pillage vb ransack, plunder pimple n wheal pious adj godly pip n (hard) seed pirate n searobber, searover place1 vb lay, put, stow place1 n stead, stow, spot plagiarism n thought-theft plan vb forethink planning n forethought planet n world please interj prithee please vb gladden pleasure n lust -plex suff -fold plural adj manysome polygamist n manywedder polyglot n many-speeched polytheism n manygodhood pork n pigflesh porous adj seepsome port n harbour, larboard portent n foretoken possess1 vb own possess2 vb devilsicken possessed adj devilsick possibility n likelihood, maysomeness possibile adj maysome posterior n rump posterity n afterkin post script (p.s.) n afterwrit (a.w.) potato n tater, tatty, pot, spud, earthapple, breadroot potential adj mayly poverty n hardship, need, lack precede vb forego predecessor n forerunner predestination n wyrd, foredooming prefabricated adj ready-made preface n foreword prefer vb would rather, would sooner pregnant adj with child prehistory n yesteryore prejudical adj foredeemsome prejudice n foredeeming prejudge vb foredeem premature adj foreripe, oversoon prematurely adv oversoon premonition n forefeeling prepare vb ready preposition n foreputword present1 n now present2 n gift presentiment n forefeeling pretense n make-believe previous adj yester previously adv yesterly primary adj foremost proceed to vb thence go, go forth, forthgo procreate vb beget profound adj deep progress n headway processor n throughworker prodigy n wonderchild program n foredraught programming language n foredraughting tongue, foredraughting leid prologue n foretale proprietor n householder, owner proscribe vb forbid prostitute vb & n whore prostrate adj aground protect vb ward protege n ward proverb n byword, saying prudence n forewit pub n alehouse, boozer publish vb make known, bring out, outbring pulsate vb beat, throb pulse1 n beat, throb, heartbeat pulse2 n bean pup n whelp purchase1 vb buy purchase2 n grip pustule n pock pyromania n firemadness