P
- psychic noun (a psychic, psychics); adjective (psychic)
A psychic is a person who says they can know the future, read minds or talk to the dead. - psycho noun (a psycho, psychos); adjective (informal)
A person who is thought to be dangerously crazy or violent. - psychologist noun (a psychologist, psychologists)
A psychologist is a person who studies the mind and how people think, feel and behave. - psychology noun (psychology — uncountable)
Psychology is the science that studies the mind, feelings and how people (and animals) think and behave. - ptarmigan noun (a ptarmigan, ptarmigan or ptarmigans)
1) A ptarmigan is a plump bird of the grouse family that lives in cold mountains and the Arctic; its feathers turn white in winter for… - pterodactyl noun (a pterodactyl, pterodactyls)
A pterodactyl is a flying reptile that lived at the time of the dinosaurs, with wings made of skin stretched from a long finger. - pterosaur noun (a pterosaur, pterosaurs)
1) A pterosaur was a flying reptile that lived at the time of the dinosaurs, with wings of skin stretched from a very long finger. - ptolemy proper noun (Ptolemy) — a name
1) (a name) Ptolemy was a Greek scientist who lived in Alexandria in Egypt about 1,900 years ago (around 100–170 AD); he wrote that the… - pub noun (a pub, pubs)
1) A pub (short for «public house») is a place in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand where adults buy and drink beer and other… - pubertal adjective (formal, science)
1) (science, formal) To do with puberty, the time, usually between about 8 and 16, when a child's body slowly changes into an adult's… - puberty noun (puberty — uncountable)
Puberty is the time, usually between about 9 and 16, when a child's body slowly changes into an adult's body. - public adjective (public); noun (the public, uncountable)
Public means for everyone to use or see, not private: a public park, a public toilet. - publican noun (publicans)
A publican is a person who owns or runs a pub, where people go to drink and talk. - publication noun (a publication, publications; also uncountable)
The act of printing and making a book, magazine or article available to people. - publicise verb (publicise, publicises, publicised, publicising); US spelling publicize
1) To make information about something known to many people, especially by advertising or reporting it. - publicity noun (publicity, uncountable)
Attention from newspapers, TV, the internet and the public: «The rescue got a lot of publicity.». - publicly adverb
Publicly means in front of other people, openly, not in private. - publish verb (publish, publishes, published, publishing)
To publish means to print a book, magazine or newspaper and make it available for people to buy or read. - published verb (past tense and past participle of publish); adjective (published)
Published is the past form of publish: it was printed or put out for people to read. - publisher noun (a publisher, publishers)
A company or person that prepares books, magazines, newspapers, music or games and makes them available for people to buy or read. - puck noun (a puck, pucks)
A puck is a hard, flat, round rubber disc used in ice hockey instead of a ball. - pucker verb (puckers, puckered, puckering); noun (puckers)
To pucker is to wrinkle or gather up into small folds, especially the lips, the face or the brow. - pudding noun (a pudding, puddings; pudding)
In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, pudding (or «pud») can mean any sweet dish eaten after the main meal (dessert). - puddle noun (a puddle, puddles)
1) A puddle is a small pool of water (or other liquid) on the ground, often after rain. - pudgy adjective (pudgier, pudgiest)
Pudgy means short, round and a little fat, usually used of small children or their hands and cheeks. - pueblo noun (a pueblo, pueblos); Pueblo (a name of peoples)
A village of flat-roofed houses made of adobe (mud brick) or stone, built by Native American peoples in the south-west of the USA. - puff noun (a puff, puffs); verb (puff, puffs, puffed, puffing)
1) A short burst of air, smoke, wind or steam. 2) (verb) To breathe quickly and hard, for example after running. 3) (verb) To blow out air… - puffball noun (a puffball, puffballs)
A round fungus (mushroom) without a cap or stalk, white or brown, that bursts and puffs out a cloud of spores like dust when it is old. - puffer noun (a puffer, puffers)
A pufferfish: a fish that can blow itself up into a ball, often covered in spikes, to scare away enemies; many are poisonous to eat. - pufferfish noun (a pufferfish, pufferfish or pufferfishes); also puffer, blowfish
A pufferfish is a fish that can quickly swallow water to blow itself up into a big, round, often spiky ball to scare off predators. - puffin noun (a puffin, puffins)
1) A small black-and-white seabird with a large, brightly coloured orange and blue beak and orange feet; it lives on cliffs and islands in… - puffy adjective (puffy, puffier, puffiest)
Puffy means swollen, often around the eyes or face, from crying, sleep or an injury. - pug noun (a pug, pugs)
A pug is a small dog with a flat, wrinkly face, a curly tail and short fur, usually pale brown with a black face, or all black. - pugilist noun (pugilists)
A pugilist is a boxer, a person who fights with the fists for sport. - puke verb (puke, pukes, puked, puking) — slang; noun (puke) — slang
1) (slang) To puke is to vomit, to be sick. 2) (slang) Puke is vomit. 3) (slang) «Makes me want to puke» means something is disgusting. - pul noun (pul, puls or puli — rare); fragment
A small coin of Afghanistan: 100 puls make one afghani; today it is hardly used. - pull verb (pull, pulls, pulled, pulling); noun (a pull, pulls)
To pull is to move something toward you by holding it. - pullet noun (pullets)
A pullet is a young hen, a female chicken that has not yet laid many eggs. - pulley noun (a pulley, pulleys)
1) A pulley is a simple machine made of a wheel with a groove that a rope or chain runs over, used to lift heavy things more easily. - pullover noun (a pullover, pullovers)
1) A knitted top with sleeves that you pull on over your head; a jumper or sweater. 2) (rare) Anything that is pulled over something else. - pulp noun (pulp — uncountable); verb (pulp, pulps, pulped, pulping); adjective (pulp — of cheap stories)
Pulp is a soft, wet, squashed mass, such as the soft inside of a fruit or vegetable. - pulpit noun (a pulpit, pulpits)
A pulpit is a raised, enclosed stand in a church, from which the priest or minister gives the sermon. - pulpy adjective (pulpy, pulpier, pulpiest)
Soft, wet and squashy, like pulp (the soft inside of fruit). - pulsar noun (a pulsar, pulsars)
1) A tiny, very heavy, spinning dead star (a neutron star) that sends out beams of radio waves or light, which reach Earth as very regular… - pulsation noun (a pulsation, pulsations; pulsation, uncountable)
1) A regular beat or throb, like a heartbeat. 2) (science) A regular swelling and shrinking, such as a star that grows bigger and smaller… - pulse noun (pulse, pulses); verb (pulse, pulses, pulsed, pulsing)
Your pulse is the beat of your heart that you can feel on your wrist or neck. - pulverised verb form (past of pulverise: pulverise, pulverises, pulverised, pulverising; US pulverize, pulverized); adjective (pulverised)
Crushed into powder or tiny pieces: «pulverised rock», «pulverised coal». - puma noun (a puma, pumas)
A puma is a large wild cat of North and South America with a plain sandy-brown coat and a long tail. - pumice noun (pumice — uncountable; a pumice stone, pumice stones)
Pumice is a very light, rough grey rock full of tiny holes, made when frothy lava from a volcano cools quickly; it can float on water. - pump noun (pump, pumps); verb (pump, pumps, pumped, pumping)
A pump is a machine that pushes water, air, fuel or another liquid or gas from one place to another. - pumpkin noun (a pumpkin, pumpkins; pumpkin)
A pumpkin is a large, round, orange vegetable (really a fruit) with a thick skin, soft flesh and many seeds inside. - pun noun (a pun, puns); verb (pun, puns, punned, punning)
1) A pun is a joke that uses a word with two meanings, or words that sound the same, to be funny. 2) To pun means to make such a joke. - punch verb (punch, punches, punched, punching); noun (a punch, punches)
To hit someone or something hard with a closed fist. - punchayet noun (a punchayet, punchayets; modern spelling panchayat)
A village council, traditionally of five elders, that settles disputes and runs local affairs. - punchline noun (a punchline, punchlines)
The last line or words of a joke, which make it funny: «Wait for the punchline!». - punctual adjective (punctual, more punctual, most punctual)
1) Arriving or doing something at the agreed time, not late. 2) Happening exactly on time: «a punctual train». - punctuality noun (punctuality — uncountable)
1) Punctuality is being on time, not late. - punctually adverb
At exactly the right time, not late: «The train left punctually at nine.». - punctuate verb (punctuate, punctuates, punctuated, punctuating)
To punctuate writing is to put in punctuation marks, like full stops, commas, question marks and speech marks. - punctuation noun (punctuation, uncountable); verb related: punctuate (punctuates, punctuated)
1) Punctuation is the set of marks we use in writing, such as full stops, commas, question marks and apostrophes, to make the meaning… - puncture noun (a puncture, punctures); verb (puncture, punctures, punctured, puncturing)
A puncture is a small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tyre so that the air comes out. - pundit noun (a pundit, pundits)
A pundit is an expert who often gives opinions on TV, radio or in newspapers, for example about football or politics. - punish verb (punish, punishes, punished, punishing)
To make someone suffer or lose something because they did something wrong, so they learn not to do it again. - punishable adjective
That can be punished by law or by rules: «Stealing is a punishable offence.». - punished verb form (past and past participle of punish: punished); adjective
Punished means made to suffer something unpleasant because you did something wrong or broke a rule. - punishment noun (a punishment, punishments; punishment)
A punishment is something unpleasant done to someone because they did something wrong, like losing playtime or paying a fine. - punjabi noun (Punjabi; Punjabis); adjective (Punjabi)
A language spoken in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, and by many people in the UK, Canada and elsewhere. - punnet noun (a punnet, punnets)
1) A punnet is a small square basket or box, often of plastic or cardboard, in which soft fruit such as strawberries or raspberries is sold. - punt noun (a punt, punts); verb (punt, punts, punted, punting)
A long, flat-bottomed boat with square ends, pushed along a river with a long pole. - puny adjective (punier, puniest)
1) Puny means small and weak, not strong or big. 2) Puny can mean small and of little importance. - pup noun (a pup, pups); verb (pup, pups, pupped, pupping — to give birth, for some animals)
1) A pup is a young dog; a puppy. 2) A pup is also the baby of some other animals, such as seals, otters, wolves, foxes, rats and bats. - pupa noun (a pupa, pupae or pupas)
1) The stage in the life of some insects between the larva (like a caterpillar) and the adult (like a butterfly), when the insect rests… - pupal adjective (science)
1) (science) To do with a pupa, the resting stage in an insect's life between larva and adult, when it changes shape inside a case or… - pupil noun (pupil, pupils)
A pupil is a child who goes to school and learns from a teacher. - puppet noun (a puppet, puppets)
A puppet is a toy figure of a person or animal that you move with your hand, strings or sticks to act out a show. - puppy noun (puppy, puppies)
1) A puppy is a young dog. 2) «Puppy fat» is soft fat some children have that goes away as they grow. 3) «Puppy love» is a young person's… - purchasable adjective (purchasable)
1) (formal) Able to be bought: Tickets are purchasable online. 2) Available for sale. - purchase verb (purchase, purchases, purchased, purchasing); noun (a purchase, purchases)
1) To buy something. 2) (noun) Something you have bought. 3) (noun) The act of buying. 4) (noun) A firm hold or grip: «my feet couldn't… - purchaser noun (a purchaser, purchasers)
1) (formal) A person or company that buys something; a buyer. - pure adjective (pure, purer, purest)
1) Pure means not mixed with anything else. 2) Pure means clean and without dirt, germs or harmful things. 3) Pure can mean complete or… - purely adverb (purely)
Only, simply, for no other reason: «I did it purely for fun.». - purge verb (purge, purges, purged, purging); noun (a purge, purges)
To get rid of people, things or ideas that are not wanted, often harshly: «The ruler purged his enemies from the army.». - purification noun (purification, uncountable; a purification — a ritual)
Making something clean and pure by removing dirt or harmful things: «water purification». - purify verb (purify, purifies, purified, purifying)
To make something pure by removing dirt, germs or harmful things: «Boil the water to purify it.». - purity noun (no plural)
1) Purity is the state of being clean and free from dirt or anything mixed in. 2) Purity is goodness and innocence, being free from wrong. - purple adjective (purple, purpler, purplest); noun (purple)
Purple is a colour you get by mixing red and blue, like grapes, plums or violets. - purport verb (purport, purports, purported, purporting) — formal; noun (purport) — formal
To purport to be or do something is to claim to be or do it, when it may not be true. - purportedly adverb (formal)
1) (formal) According to what is said or claimed, though it may not be true. - purpose noun (a purpose, purposes); phrase (on purpose)
The purpose of something is the reason it exists or the job it is meant to do. - purposely adverb (no forms)
1) Purposely means on purpose, deliberately, with the aim of doing it. - purr verb (purr, purrs, purred, purring); noun (a purr, purrs)
When a cat purrs, it makes a low, soft, rumbling sound in its throat, usually when it is happy. - purse noun (purse, purses); verb (purse your lips)
A purse is a small bag for carrying money and coins (UK, Ireland, Australia). - pursuant adjective (formal, legal; used in "pursuant to")
1) (formal, legal) pursuant to: following or according to a rule, law or agreement. - pursue verb (pursue, pursues, pursued, pursuing)
To pursue means to chase or follow someone or something to catch them. - pursuer noun (a pursuer, pursuers)
1) A pursuer is someone who is chasing or following another person or animal to try to catch them. - pursuit noun (pursuit, pursuits)
Chasing someone or something to catch them: The police were in pursuit of the thief. - purveyor noun (purveyors)
1) (old use) A purveyor is a person who supplies food or goods to a house, a palace or an army, like a shopkeeper who delivers to the king. - pus noun (pus — uncountable)
Pus is a thick yellow or greenish liquid that forms in a cut or sore that is infected. - push verb (push, pushes, pushed, pushing); noun (a push, pushes)
To push is to move something away from you by pressing it. - pushy adjective (pushy, pushier, pushiest)
1) Pushy describes someone who tries too hard to get what they want, telling others what to do or pressuring them in an annoying way.
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