Collins American English Dictionary: American Words Starting With “P”
- p ... pacification
- pacifier ... padrone
- Padua ... painted cup
- Painted Desert ... Palembang
- Palenque ... palliasse
- palliate ... palsy-walsy
- palter ... pancreatin
- pancreatitis ... pannier
- pannikin ... Papago
- papain ... papovavirus
- pappus ... paraffine
- paragenesis ... paranymph
- parapet ... parcenary
- parcener ... paripinnate
- Paris ... parol
- parole ... parted
- parterre ... parton
- partook ... pass someone's lips
- pass the buck ... passive-aggressive
- passivism ... pat on the back
- pat pend ... -pathic
- patho- ... patrolman
- patron ... Pavia
- pavid ... paynim
- payoff ... peacoat
- peacock ... pecan
- peccable ... pedate
- peddle ... peep sight
- peeper ... pelargonic acid
- pelargonium ... pen
- pen name ... Peninsular Malaysia
- penis ... pensioner
- pensive ... penuche
- penuchle ... peptide bond
- peptize ... percoid
- percolate ... perforative
- perforce ... perinephrium
- perineum ... periwinkle
- perjure ... perpendicular
- perpetrate ... persona grata
- persona non grata ... peruke
- perusal ... petaloid
- petalous ... Petrograd
- petrography ... phag-
- -phage ... Pharos
- Pharsalia ... phenolphthalein
- phenom ... Philippic
- Philippine ... phlogiston
- phlogopite ... phonolite
- phonology ... photo finish
- photo opportunity ... photolithograph
- photolithography ... phraseogram
- phraseologist ... phys
- phys ed ... phytosterol
- phytotoxic ... pick off
- pick on ... Pictish
- pictograph ... pier table
- pierce ... pignolia
- pignut ... pillage
- pillar ... pin money
- pin oak ... piney
- pinfeather ... pinot noir
- pinpoint ... pipe-clay
- pipefish ... piscina
- piscine ... pitch pipe
- pitch-black ... pizzeria
- pizzicato ... Plain People
- plain sailing ... plank
- planking ... plaster of Paris
- plasterboard ... platinous
- platinum ... play it
- play it by ear ... playwear
- playwright ... plenitude
- plenitudinous ... plio-
- Pliocene ... plumbago
- plumbeous ... pluviometer
- pluviose ... pocket battleship
- pocket billiards ... poetic
- poetic justice ... poison hemlock
- poison ivy ... poleax
- polecat ... politico
- politico- ... polyandrous
- polyandry ... polymerase chain reaction
- polymeric ... polythene
- polytocous ... poncho
- pond ... Poole
- poolroom ... popple
- poppy ... porphyry
- porpoise ... portmanteau
- portmanteau word ... possessive
- possessory ... postface
- postfix ... pot marigold
- pot roast ... pothook
- pothos ... pound sign
- pound the pavement ... power takeoff
- powerboat ... Praia
- prairie ... pre-med
- pre-owned ... precipitant
- precipitate ... predict
- prediction ... prehistorian
- prehistoric ... preoccupied
- preoccupy ... presbytery
- preschool ... press conference
- press gallery ... preteen
- pretence ... Priapus
- Pribilof Islands ... primaquine
- primarily ... prince's pine
- prince's-feather ... prisoner's base
- prisoner's dilemma ... proa
- proactive ... Procne
- proconsul ... proffer
- proficient ... projection
- projection booth ... promissory note
- promo ... propel
- propellant ... proprietary colony
- proprietor ... prospective
- prospector ... protectress
- protégé ... protostar
- protostele ... provision
- provisional ... prussic acid
- Prut ... Pskov
- psoas ... psychologize
- psychology ... ptg
- ptisan ... publicist
- publicity ... puisne
- puissant ... pulmonic
- pulmotor ... punch up
- Punch-and-Judy show ... pupate
- pupfish ... Purple Heart
- purple martin ... pushball
- pushcart ... put off
- put on ... put up with
- put upon ... pye-dog
- pyelitis ... pyridoxine
- pyriform ... Pyrrhic victory
- Pyrrhonism ... pyxis
