10-letter words starting with P
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter P. This section showcases how P at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with P, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| permission | 14 | the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | - |
| personally | 15 | in the flesh; without involving anyone else | I went there personally |
| particular | 14 | exacting especially about details | very particular about how her food was prepared |
| protection | 14 | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence | every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection |
| production | 15 | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process | they export most of their agricultural production |
| punishment | 17 | the act of punishing | - |
| pretending | 14 | the act of giving a false appearance | his conformity was only pretending |
| photograph | 21 | record on photographic film | I photographed the scene of the accident |
| population | 14 | (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn | it is an estimate of the mean of the population |
| protecting | 15 | shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort | the protecting blanket of snow |
| philosophy | 23 | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | - |
| prostitute | 12 | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | - |
| prosecutor | 14 | a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state | - |
| possession | 12 | the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior | - |
| practicing | 17 | - | - |
| profession | 15 | an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion | a profession of disagreement |
| physically | 23 | in accord with physical laws | it is physically impossible |
| passionate | 12 | having or expressing strong emotions | - |
| performing | 18 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| previously | 18 | at an earlier time or formerly | she had previously lived in Chicago |
| psychology | 24 | the science of mental life | - |
| phenomenon | 17 | any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning | - |
| parliament | 14 | a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards | - |
| perfection | 17 | an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | - |
| politician | 14 | a person active in party politics | - |
| publishing | 18 | the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution | - |
| playground | 17 | an area where many people go for recreation | - |
| peacefully | 20 | in a peaceful manner | the hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully |
| protective | 17 | intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind | a protective covering |
| propaganda | 16 | information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause | - |
| psychopath | 25 | someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') | - |
| processing | 15 | preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure | the processing of newly arrived immigrants |
| perception | 16 | becoming aware of something via the senses | - |
| programmed | 18 | - | - |
| prosperity | 17 | the condition of prospering; having good fortune | - |
| percentage | 15 | a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) | - |
| prohibited | 18 | forbidden by law | - |
| privileged | 17 | confined to an exclusive group | privileged information |
| persistent | 12 | continually recurring to the mind | - |
| pronounced | 15 | strongly marked; easily noticeable | a pronounced flavor of cinnamon |
| procession | 14 | (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son |
| productive | 18 | marked by great fruitfulness | a productive vineyard |
| positively | 18 | extremely | it was positively monumental |
| prescribed | 17 | conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline | in prescribed order |
| profitable | 17 | yielding material gain or profit | profitable speculation on the stock market |
| phenomenal | 17 | exceedingly or unbelievably great | phenomenal feats of memory |
| preferably | 20 | more readily or willingly | clean it well, preferably with warm water |
| plantation | 12 | garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | - |
| popularity | 17 | the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after | his charm soon won him affection and popularity |
| prediction | 15 | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | - |
| pilgrimage | 16 | a journey to a sacred place | - |
| presidency | 18 | the office and function of president | Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time |
| proportion | 14 | magnitude or extent | a building of vast proportions |
| prosperous | 14 | in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | a prosperous family |
| presumably | 19 | by reasonable assumption | presumably, he missed the train |
| projection | 21 | the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality | our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection |
| precaution | 14 | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution |
| protestant | 12 | the Protestant churches and denominations collectively | - |
| provincial | 17 | a country person | - |
| provisions | 15 | a stock or supply of foods | - |
| preference | 17 | a strong liking | my own preference is for good literature |
| profoundly | 19 | to a great depth psychologically or emotionally | - |
| providence | 18 | the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University | - |
| pharmacist | 19 | a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | - |
| persecuted | 15 | - | - |
| proceeding | 16 | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | - |
| patriotism | 14 | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | they rode the same wave of popular patriotism |
| paranormal | 14 | seemingly outside normal sensory channels | - |
| proclaimed | 17 | declared publicly; made widely known | the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy |
| persuasive | 15 | intended or having the power to induce action or belief | persuasive eloquence |
| psychiatry | 23 | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | - |
| persuasion | 12 | the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action | - |
| preserving | 16 | - | - |
| programmer | 17 | a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs | - |
| prejudiced | 23 | being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand | a prejudiced judge |
| propulsion | 14 | the act of propelling | - |
| prosecuted | 15 | - | - |
| perceptive | 19 | having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment | a perceptive eye |
| politeness | 12 | a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage | - |
| prefecture | 17 | the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) | - |
| prevention | 15 | the act of preventing | money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza |
| penicillin | 14 | any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases | - |
| purchasing | 18 | the act of buying | shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge |
| pedestrian | 13 | lacking wit or imagination | a pedestrian movie plot |
| peppermint | 18 | herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring | - |
| possessive | 15 | the case expressing ownership | - |
| pressuring | 13 | - | - |
| projecting | 22 | extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | - |
| postmortem | 16 | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease | - |
| percussion | 14 | the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments | - |
| priesthood | 16 | the body of ordained religious practitioners | - |
| physiology | 22 | processes and functions of an organism | - |
| patrolling | 13 | - | - |
| punishable | 17 | (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | - |
| pickpocket | 26 | a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | - |
| preferable | 17 | more desirable than another | coffee is preferable to tea |
| peripheral | 17 | electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer | disk drives and printers are important peripherals |
| precarious | 14 | not secure; beset with difficulties | - |
| projectile | 21 | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled | - |
| photogenic | 18 | looking attractive in photographs | - |
| pleasantly | 15 | in a cheerful manner | `I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly |
| percolator | 14 | a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans | - |
| perversion | 15 | an aberrant sexual practice | - |
| pestilence | 14 | any epidemic disease with a high death rate | - |
| primordial | 15 | having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | primordial matter |
| proverbial | 17 | widely known and spoken of | her proverbial lateness |
| phosphorus | 20 | a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky | - |
| plundering | 14 | the act of stealing valuable things from a place | the plundering of the Parthenon |
| painkiller | 16 | a medicine used to relieve pain | - |
| playwright | 22 | someone who writes plays | - |
| postponing | 15 | - | - |
| proprietor | 14 | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business | - |
| perpetuate | 14 | cause to continue or prevail | perpetuate a myth |
| passageway | 19 | a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | - |
| paedophile | 18 | an adult who is sexually attracted to children | - |
| pulverized | 25 | consisting of fine particles | pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding |
| plagiarism | 15 | the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | - |
| powerhouse | 18 | a highly energetic and indefatigable person | - |
| preventive | 18 | an agent or device intended to prevent conception | - |
| prosthetic | 17 | of or relating to prosthetics | - |
| prevailing | 16 | most frequent or common | prevailing winds |
| pathfinder | 19 | someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | - |
| perforated | 16 | having a hole cut through | a perforated eardrum |
| piccadilly | 20 | - | - |
| proficient | 17 | of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill | - |
| philistine | 15 | a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits | - |
| pyromaniac | 19 | a person with a mania for setting things on fire | - |
| pocketbook | 24 | a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | - |
| preemptive | 19 | designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence | a preemptive business offer |
| paraplegic | 17 | a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down) | - |
| philippine | 19 | official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages | - |
| precedence | 17 | status established in order of importance or urgency | ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals |
| precocious | 16 | appearing or developing early | precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias |
| permafrost | 17 | ground that is permanently frozen | - |
| powerfully | 21 | in a powerful manner | the federal government replaced the powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins with the even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist |
| premarital | 14 | relating to events before a marriage | - |
| prioritize | 21 | assign a priority to | we have too many things to do and must prioritize |
| prosthesis | 15 | corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body | - |
| percentile | 14 | (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total | - |
| phonograph | 21 | machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically | - |
| protruding | 14 | extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | his protruding ribs |
| prominence | 16 | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | he stood on the rocky prominence |
| parenthood | 16 | the state of being a parent | to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man |
| perpetuity | 17 | the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) | - |
| postmodern | 15 | of or relating to postmodernism | postmodernist architecture |
| pawnbroker | 21 | a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security | - |
| pancreatic | 16 | of or involving the pancreas | pancreatic cancer |
| pernicious | 14 | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | - |
| posthumous | 17 | occurring or coming into existence after a person's death | a posthumous award |
| portraying | 16 | a representation by picture or portraiture | - |
| promissory | 17 | relating to or having the character of a promise | promissory note |
| prodigious | 14 | far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | the young Mozart's prodigious talents |
| prosciutto | 14 | Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin | - |
| painlessly | 15 | without pain | after the surgery, she could move her arms painlessly |
| pillowcase | 17 | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
| permanence | 16 | the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration | - |
| penmanship | 19 | beautiful handwriting | - |
| paintbrush | 17 | a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint) | - |
| prehistory | 18 | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word | - |
| procedural | 15 | relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law | - |
| partridges | 14 | - | - |
| periodical | 15 | happening or recurring at regular intervals | - |
| presbytery | 20 | building reserved for the officiating clergy | - |
| publicized | 26 | made known; especially made widely known | - |
| parrotfish | 18 | gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth | - |
| periwinkle | 19 | edible marine gastropod | - |
| porcupines | 16 | meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce | - |
| prospectus | 16 | a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university | - |
| peacemaker | 20 | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War | - |
| pediatrics | 15 | the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | - |
| personable | 14 | (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality | - |
| pistachios | 17 | - | - |
| podiatrist | 13 | a specialist in care for the feet | - |
| postmaster | 14 | the person in charge of a post office | - |
| prenuptial | 14 | relating to events before a marriage | prenuptial agreement |
| patisserie | 12 | a bakery specializing in French pastry | - |
| perspiring | 15 | - | - |
| pretension | 12 | a false or unsupportable quality | - |
| precession | 14 | the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | - |
| prospering | 15 | very lively and profitable | - |
| prospector | 16 | someone who explores an area for mineral deposits | - |
| protracted | 15 | relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | protracted negotiations |
| patriarchy | 20 | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | - |
| persisting | 13 | relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit | - |
| petitioner | 12 | someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right | - |
| predicated | 16 | - | - |
| predictive | 18 | of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions | - |
| propelling | 15 | tending to or capable of propelling | - |
| principled | 17 | based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality | principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency |
| peckerwood | 22 | bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects | - |
| perfidious | 16 | tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | the perfidious Judas |
| palindrome | 15 | a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward | - |
| perplexing | 22 | lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it |
| perversity | 18 | deliberately deviating from what is good | there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism |
| positivity | 18 | the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about | - |
| propensity | 17 | a natural inclination | - |
| purposeful | 17 | having meaning through having an aim | led a happy purposeful life |
| paraphrase | 17 | express the same message in different words | - |
| plastering | 13 | the application of plaster | - |
| pigeonhole | 16 | treat or classify according to a mental stereotype | - |
| pleasuring | 13 | - | - |
| pragmatism | 17 | the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth | - |
| percussive | 17 | involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments | percussive music |
| parachuted | 18 | - | - |
| plasticine | 14 | a synthetic material resembling clay but remaining soft; used as a substitute for clay or wax in modeling (especially in schools) | - |
| postpartum | 16 | occurring immediately after birth | - |
| propellant | 14 | tending to or capable of propelling | propellant fuel for submarines |
| pedophilia | 18 | a sexual attraction to children | - |
| postulated | 13 | - | - |
| praetorian | 12 | characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality | - |
| pragmatist | 15 | an adherent of philosophical pragmatism | - |
| preferring | 16 | - | - |
| profligacy | 21 | dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | - |
| professing | 16 | an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion | - |
| profundity | 19 | intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc | - |
| procurator | 14 | a person authorized to act for another | - |
| perpetrate | 14 | perform an act, usually with a negative connotation | perpetrate a crime |
| postscript | 16 | a note appended to a letter after the signature | - |
| portobello | 14 | - | - |
| preeminent | 14 | greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement | a preeminent archeologist |
| propitious | 14 | presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success | propitious omens |
| prudential | 13 | arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters | he abstained partly for prudential reasons |
| paralysing | 16 | - | - |
| perishable | 17 | food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated | - |
| perilously | 15 | in a dangerous manner | - |
| pentameter | 14 | a verse line having five metrical feet | - |
| palliative | 15 | remedy that alleviates pain without curing | - |
| polygamist | 18 | someone who is married to two or more people at the same time | - |
| plebiscite | 16 | a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance | - |
| poetically | 17 | in a poetic manner | poetically expressed |
| progenitor | 13 | an ancestor in the direct line | - |
| prevalence | 17 | a superiority in numbers or amount | - |
| proclivity | 20 | a natural inclination | he has a proclivity for exaggeration |
| patronymic | 19 | a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor) | - |
| patronized | 22 | having patronage or clients | street full of flourishing well-patronized shops |
| pepperidge | 18 | columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall | - |
| penthouses | 15 | - | - |
| pantaloons | 12 | - | - |
| permissive | 17 | granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline | direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive |
| phalangeal | 16 | of or relating to the bones of the fingers or toes | - |
| perversely | 18 | in a contrary disobedient manner | - |
| pincushion | 17 | a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use | - |
| pianoforte | 15 | a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds | - |
| plesiosaur | 12 | extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous | - |
| pockmarked | 25 | marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease | - |
| potbellied | 15 | having a large belly | - |
| positional | 12 | of or relating to or determined by position | - |
| pressurise | 12 | increase the pressure in or of | - |
| pressurize | 21 | increase the pressure in or of | The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort |
| prednisone | 13 | a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant | - |
| puncturing | 15 | - | - |
| proscenium | 16 | the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater | - |
| protoplasm | 16 | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) | - |
| provenance | 17 | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | - |
| protractor | 14 | drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles | - |
| patronised | 13 | having patronage or clients | - |
| perceptual | 16 | of or relating to the act of perceiving | perceptual stimulus |
| peculiarly | 17 | in a manner differing from the usual or expected | he's behaving rather peculiarly |
| peppercorn | 18 | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground | - |
| persecutor | 14 | someone who torments | - |
| piccalilli | 16 | relish of chopped pickled cucumbers and green peppers and onion | - |
| plutocracy | 19 | a political system governed by the wealthy people | - |
| premiering | 15 | - | - |
| prioritise | 12 | assign a priority to | - |
| participle | 16 | a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | - |
| permanency | 19 | the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration | - |
| pallbearer | 14 | one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral | - |
| panopticon | 16 | a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791 | - |
| picnicking | 21 | - | - |
| politicize | 23 | give a political character to | politicize the discussion |
| poignantly | 16 | in a poignant or touching manner | she spoke poignantly |
| preemption | 16 | the right to purchase something in advance of others | - |
| profligate | 16 | a dissolute man in fashionable society | - |
| promontory | 17 | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | - |
| pugnacious | 15 | ready and able to resort to force or violence | pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance |
| proscribed | 17 | excluded from use or mention | - |
| pathogenic | 18 | able to cause disease | pathogenic bacteria |
| paraglider | 14 | - | - |
| peremptory | 19 | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power | a swaggering peremptory manner |
| peritoneal | 12 | of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum | peritoneal cancer |
| paediatric | 15 | of or relating to the medical care of children | - |
| phosphoric | 22 | containing or characteristic of phosphorus | phosphoric acid |
| pernickety | 21 | characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details | - |
| polytheism | 20 | belief in multiple Gods | - |
| polygamous | 18 | having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant | - |
| playacting | 18 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| pleasingly | 16 | in a pleasing manner | the room was pleasingly large |
| pontifical | 17 | proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles | - |
| prepayment | 19 | payment in advance | - |
| presbyopia | 19 | a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 | - |
| prehensile | 15 | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees |
| preferment | 17 | the act of making accusations | preferment of charges |
| projective | 24 | - | - |
| profitless | 15 | without profit or reward | let us have no part in profitless quarrels |
| programing | 16 | creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something | - |
| pulverised | 16 | consisting of fine particles | - |
| punctually | 17 | at the expected or proper time | - |
| psilocybin | 19 | a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom | - |
| pathologic | 18 | of or relating to the practice of pathology | pathological laboratory |
| paramecium | 18 | any member of the genus Paramecium | - |
| parentless | 12 | having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates | - |
| pejorative | 22 | expressing disapproval | - |
| pentathlon | 15 | an athletic contest consisting of five different events | - |
| pentagonal | 13 | of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon | - |
| penetrator | 12 | an intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance) | - |
| pinstriped | 15 | having very thin stripes | - |
| permeating | 15 | spreading or spread throughout | - |
| perplexity | 24 | trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | - |
| plasticity | 17 | the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking | - |
| pianissimo | 14 | (music) low loudness | - |
| pickaninny | 21 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child | - |
| polarizing | 22 | - | - |
| polynomial | 17 | a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms | - |
| playschool | 20 | a small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions | - |
| portentous | 12 | ominously prophetic | - |
| preciously | 17 | extremely | - |
| prefrontal | 15 | anterior to a frontal structure | a prefrontal bone |
| prophetess | 17 | a woman prophet | - |
| promulgate | 15 | state or announce | - |
| prettiness | 12 | the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) | - |
| peccadillo | 17 | a petty misdeed | - |
| pedagogics | 17 | the principles and methods of instruction | - |
| pancreatin | 14 | extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions | - |
| pantywaist | 18 | a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | - |
| pantograph | 18 | mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale | - |
| palatinate | 12 | a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine | - |
| pharisaism | 17 | - | - |
| petrifying | 19 | paralyzing with terror | - |
| plagiarize | 22 | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | - |
| picaresque | 23 | involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction | picaresque novels |
| pollinated | 13 | - | - |
| pluperfect | 19 | a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past | - |
| popularise | 14 | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | - |
| portcullis | 14 | gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage | - |
| positivist | 15 | someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes | - |
| presuppose | 16 | take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | I presuppose that you have done your work |
| prescience | 16 | the power to foresee the future | - |
| predispose | 15 | make susceptible | This illness predisposes you to gain weight |
| promptness | 16 | the characteristic of doing things without delay | - |
| princeling | 15 | a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality | - |
| proctology | 18 | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus | - |
| pugilistic | 15 | of or relating to pugilism or pugilists | a pugilistic career |
| pteranodon | 13 | - | - |
| publically | 19 | in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly | - |
| publicised | 17 | made known; especially made widely known | - |
| putrefying | 19 | - | - |
| puritanism | 14 | strictness and austerity in conduct and religion | - |
| propulsive | 17 | tending to or capable of propelling | the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency |
| protrusion | 12 | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | - |
| parturient | 12 | giving birth | a parturient heifer |
| partiality | 15 | an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives | - |
| peashooter | 15 | - | - |
| paralleled | 13 | - | - |
| paratroops | 14 | infantry trained and equipped to parachute | - |
| parasitism | 14 | the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage) | - |
| perfective | 20 | the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action | - |
| percolated | 15 | - | - |
| penetrable | 14 | capable of being penetrated | penetrable defenses |
| pachygyria | 24 | - | - |
| pharmacare | 19 | - | - |
| phosphinic | 22 | - | - |
| photoaging | 17 | - | - |
| phragmites | 18 | reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions | - |
| pickleweed | 22 | - | - |
| pikeminnow | 21 | - | - |
| piledriver | 16 | - | - |
| plantscape | 16 | - | - |
| pedorthist | 16 | - | - |
| pedorthics | 18 | - | - |
| palacsinta | 14 | - | - |
| pannacotta | 14 | - | - |
| pantiliner | 12 | - | - |
| paperwhite | 20 | - | - |
| paraphilic | 19 | - | - |
| pararescue | 14 | - | - |
| parimutuel | 14 | betting where winners share the total amount wagered | - |
| peckerhead | 22 | - | - |
| plottiness | 12 | - | - |
| polyketide | 20 | - | - |
| prophesize | 26 | - | - |
| preinstall | 12 | - | - |
| preacherly | 20 | - | - |
| potsticker | 18 | - | - |
| postracial | 14 | - | - |
| positioner | 12 | (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track | - |
| portobella | 14 | - | - |
| popularism | 16 | music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority | - |
| ponnukokur | 20 | - | - |
| proteinoid | 13 | - | - |
| provencale | 17 | - | - |
| puttanesca | 14 | - | - |
| pumphandle | 20 | - | - |
| polyphonal | 20 | - | - |
| prehearing | 16 | - | - |
| postcrises | 14 | - | - |
| preemptory | 19 | - | - |
| precertify | 20 | - | - |
| punchlines | 17 | - | - |
| pupillated | 15 | - | - |
| pupillates | 14 | - | - |
| pycnosomes | 19 | - | - |
| pygarguses | 17 | - | - |
| pumphouses | 19 | - | - |
| pargetters | 13 | - | - |
| pauperdoms | 17 | - | - |
| paycheques | 29 | - | - |
| peanuttier | 12 | - | - |
| pearlwares | 15 | - | - |
| peasantier | 12 | - | - |
| pedalboats | 15 | - | - |
| penfriends | 16 | - | - |
| penicillus | 14 | - | - |
| pattresses | 12 | - | - |
| patronlier | 12 | - | - |
| parhelions | 15 | - | - |
| paroecisms | 16 | - | - |
| parrotiest | 12 | - | - |
| partialled | 13 | - | - |
| partizanly | 24 | - | - |
| paruretics | 14 | - | - |
| passported | 15 | - | - |
| pastorlier | 12 | - | - |
| penserosos | 12 | - | - |
| perciforms | 19 | - | - |
| percocting | 17 | - | - |
| peshmergas | 18 | - | - |
| petameters | 14 | - | - |
| petametres | 14 | - | - |
| petaurines | 12 | - | - |
| petrichors | 17 | - | - |
| petrostate | 12 | - | - |
| pewteriest | 15 | - | - |
| phenobarbs | 19 | - | - |
| persulfate | 15 | - | - |
| perspirier | 14 | - | - |
| perfumiest | 17 | - | - |
| periodised | 14 | - | - |
| periodises | 13 | - | - |
| periodized | 23 | - | - |
| periodizes | 22 | - | - |
| permabears | 16 | - | - |
| permabulls | 16 | - | - |
| permalinks | 18 | - | - |
| photoblogs | 18 | - | - |
| pareidolia | 13 | - | - |
| packcloths | 23 | - | - |
| packetised | 19 | - | - |
| packetises | 18 | - | - |
| packetized | 28 | - | - |
| panellized | 22 | - | - |
| panfishing | 19 | - | - |
| pantihoses | 15 | - | - |
| pantyhoses | 18 | - | - |
| panzerotti | 21 | - | - |
| panzerotto | 21 | - | - |
| paprikases | 18 | - | - |
| paralogues | 13 | - | - |
| panellised | 13 | - | - |
| panderings | 14 | - | - |
| packetizes | 27 | - | - |
| palacinkes | 18 | - | - |
| palaeology | 16 | the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities | - |
| palaeosols | 12 | - | - |
| pallasites | 12 | - | - |
| palmprints | 16 | - | - |
| pamperings | 17 | - | - |
| pamphleted | 20 | - | - |
| parasomnia | 14 | - | - |
| porchettas | 17 | - | - |
| powderings | 17 | - | - |
| powerbands | 18 | - | - |
| practicked | 21 | - | - |
| prebiotics | 16 | - | - |
| precariats | 14 | - | - |
| precursing | 15 | - | - |
| precycling | 20 | - | - |
| predentary | 16 | - | - |
| poutassous | 12 | - | - |
| potheriest | 15 | - | - |
| porridgier | 14 | - | - |
| posterised | 13 | - | - |
| posterises | 12 | - | - |
| posterized | 22 | - | - |
| posterizes | 21 | - | - |
| postheated | 16 | - | - |
| postmodify | 21 | - | - |
| posturings | 13 | - | - |
| predevoted | 17 | - | - |
| predevotes | 16 | - | - |
| premissing | 15 | - | - |
| procyonids | 18 | - | - |
| prominents | 14 | - | - |
| provanting | 16 | - | - |
| pseudocide | 16 | - | - |
| puckerooed | 19 | - | - |
| puddingier | 15 | - | - |
| pufferfish | 24 | any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | - |
| pulsebeats | 14 | - | - |
| procurings | 15 | - | - |
| proctodeal | 15 | - | - |
