P
- pitta noun (a pitta, pittas; also pita)
1) Pitta (or pita) is a flat round or oval bread from the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East that can be opened into a pocket and… - pituitary adjective (pituitary); noun (the pituitary, short for the pituitary gland)
1) (science) The pituitary gland is a small gland, about the size of a pea, under the brain; it makes hormones that control growth and… - pity noun (pity — uncountable; a pity); verb (pity, pities, pitied, pitying)
Pity is a feeling of sadness for someone who is suffering or in trouble. - pityingly adverb (pityingly)
1) Pityingly means in a way that shows you feel sorry for someone. - pivot noun (a pivot, pivots); verb (pivot, pivots, pivoted, pivoting)
A pivot is the fixed point or pin on which something turns or balances. - pixel noun (a pixel, pixels)
A pixel is one of the tiny coloured dots or squares that make up a picture on a screen or a digital photo. - pixie noun (a pixie, pixies); adjective-like (a pixie cut)
A small make-believe creature in stories, like a tiny elf or fairy with pointed ears, who loves mischief. - pixy noun (a pixy, pixies); also spelled pixie
A small magical creature in stories, like a fairy or elf, often with pointed ears and a pointed hat, known for tricks. - pizza noun (pizza, pizzas)
1) A pizza is a flat round bread baked with tomato, cheese and other toppings on top. It comes from Italy. - placard noun (a placard, placards)
1) A large card or board with a message written on it, carried at a protest or march, or put up in public. - placate verb (placate, placates, placated, placating)
1) To make someone feel less angry or upset, often by giving them something or saying something kind. - place noun (place, places); verb (place, places, placed, placing)
A place is a particular area, spot or position: a quiet place. - placebo noun (a placebo, placebos)
A placebo is a fake medicine, such as a sugar pill, that has no medicine in it. - placement noun (a placement, placements)
Putting something in a certain place or position: «the placement of the furniture». - placental adjective (placental); noun (a placental, placentals) (science)
To do with the placenta, the organ that grows inside a mother during pregnancy to give the baby food and oxygen. - placid adjective (placid; more placid, most placid)
1) Calm, peaceful and not easily upset or excited: «a placid horse». 2) (of water) Still and smooth: «a placid lake». - placidly adverb (placidly)
1) In a calm, peaceful way, without getting excited or upset. - plage noun (French: une plage, des plages); also English science word (a plage, plages — rare)
1) (French) «Plage» is the French word for «beach»: «la plage» means «the beach»; it sounds like «plahzh» to an English ear and is not an… - plagiarised verb past form (plagiarise, plagiarises, plagiarised, plagiarising; US plagiarize); adjective (plagiarised)
Plagiarised means copied from someone else's work and passed off as your own, without saying where it came from. - plagiarism noun (plagiarism)
1) Plagiarism is copying someone else's words, ideas or work and pretending they are your own. - plague noun (a plague, plagues; the plague); verb (plague, plagues, plagued, plaguing)
1) A plague is a serious disease that spreads quickly and kills many people; "the plague" usually means bubonic plague, the Black Death of… - plaice noun (plaice, plural plaice)
1) A plaice is a flat sea fish with brown skin and orange spots, eaten as food. - plain adjective (plain, plainer, plainest); noun (a plain, plains); adverb (plain: plain wrong)
Plain means simple, with nothing added or no decoration, like a plain T-shirt or plain yogurt. - plainly adverb (plainly)
Plainly means clearly, so that it is easy to see, hear or understand. - plaintive adjective (plaintive; more plaintive, most plaintive)
1) Sounding sad, like someone complaining or crying softly: «a plaintive cry». 2) Sad and gentle, asking for pity. - plait noun (a plait, plaits); verb (plait, plaits, plaited, plaiting)
A plait is a length of hair divided into three strands that are crossed over each other again and again to make one neat rope-like piece. - plan noun (plan, plans); verb (plan, plans, planned, planning)
An idea of what you will do and how: "Our plan is to leave at nine.". - plane noun (a plane, planes); adjective (plane — flat); verb (plane, planes, planed, planing — rare)
A plane is an aeroplane or airplane, a machine with wings that flies. - planet noun (a planet, planets)
A very large round object in space that moves around a star, such as the Earth moving around the Sun. - planetarium noun (a planetarium, planetariums or planetaria)
1) A planetarium is a building with a round domed ceiling where pictures of the stars, planets and night sky are shown, so people can… - planetary adjective (planetary)
1) Planetary means to do with planets. 2) Planetary can mean to do with the whole Earth, affecting the whole world. - planetesimal noun (a planetesimal, planetesimals)
1) A planetesimal is a small solid lump of rock, dust or ice, from a few metres to a few kilometres across, that moved around a young… - plank noun (plank, planks)
1) A plank is a long, flat piece of wood. 2) The plank is also an exercise where you hold your body straight like a board, resting on your… - plankton noun (plankton — uncountable)
1) Plankton are tiny plants and animals that drift in the sea and in lakes, carried by the water; most are too small to see without a… - planned verb (past form of plan: planned); adjective (planned)
1) Planned is the past form of «plan»: decided in advance what to do and how. 2) A planned thing has been arranged before it happens. - planner noun (a planner, planners)
A planner is a person who plans things, such as events, holidays or towns. - planning noun (planning, uncountable); verb form (-ing of plan: plan, plans, planned, planning)
Planning is deciding and arranging what you will do and how, before you do it. - plant noun (plant, plants); verb (plant, plants, planted, planting)
A plant is a living thing that grows in soil, like a flower, grass or a tree. - plantain noun (a plantain, plantains)
1) A fruit like a big banana that is usually cooked before eating, often fried, boiled or baked; popular in Africa, the Caribbean and… - plantation noun (a plantation, plantations)
A plantation is a large farm, usually in a hot country, where one crop such as cotton, sugar, tea, coffee or rubber is grown. - planted verb past and past participle (plant, plants, planted, planting); adjective (planted)
Planted is the past form of plant: it was put in the ground to grow. - plaque noun (plaque — uncountable, on teeth; a plaque, plaques — sign)
A soft, sticky film of germs (bacteria) that forms on your teeth and causes tooth decay and gum disease if not brushed away. - plasma noun (plasma — uncountable)
The pale yellow liquid part of blood that carries blood cells, food and waste around the body. - plaster noun (plaster, uncountable; a plaster, plasters); verb (plaster, plasters, plastered, plastering)
1) In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a plaster is a small sticky strip you put over a cut, called a Band-Aid in the USA and… - plastic noun (plastic, plastics); adjective (plastic — made of plastic; easily shaped)
A light, strong material made in factories, often from oil, used for bottles, toys and bags. - plasticine noun (Plasticine, plasticine — uncountable)
1) A soft, coloured modelling material like clay that never dries out, used by children to make shapes and models. - plasticity noun (plasticity, uncountable)
Being able to be shaped or moulded easily and keep the new shape, like clay. - plate noun (plate, plates); verb (plate — cover with a thin metal layer)
1) A plate is a flat dish you put food on. 2) A plate is a flat thin piece of metal, glass or other hard material: a number plate on a… - plateau noun (a plateau, plateaus or plateaux); verb (plateau, plateaus, plateaued, plateauing)
A plateau is a large, flat area of high land, higher than the land around it. - platelet noun (a platelet, platelets)
1) A tiny piece in your blood that helps it clot (go thick and sticky) to stop bleeding when you are cut. - platform noun (a platform, platforms)
A platform is the raised flat area next to the tracks at a railway station where people wait for and get on trains. - platinum noun (platinum, uncountable); adjective (platinum)
A very valuable silvery-white metal that does not rust and is heavier than gold; its chemical symbol is Pt. - platter noun (platter, platters)
1) A platter is a large, flat dish for serving food. 2) A platter can be anything wide, flat and smooth, like a flat dish. - platypus noun (platypus, platypuses)
1) A platypus is an unusual animal from eastern Australia with a duck-like bill, webbed feet, thick fur and a flat tail like a beaver's… - plaudits noun, always in the plural (singular «plaudit»)
Plaudits are loud praise or clapping that people give to a performer or a hero. - plausibility noun (plausibility, uncountable)
1) How believable or likely to be true something seems. - plausible adjective (plausible, more plausible)
Seeming likely to be true or reasonable, so people can believe it. - play verb (play, plays, played, playing); noun (a play, plays; play — uncountable)
To play is to do something for fun, like a game or a sport. - player noun (player, players)
A player is a person who plays a game or a sport. - playfellow noun (playfellow, playfellows)
1) A playfellow is a friend you play with, especially a child. - playful adjective (playful, more playful, most playful); adverb playfully; noun playfulness
1) Playful means full of fun and wanting to play. 2) A playful action or remark is meant as fun and not seriously. - playfully adverb (playfully; more playfully, most playfully)
1) Playfully means in a joking, teasing way, as if for fun and not to hurt. - playground noun (playground, playgrounds)
A playground is a place outside where children play, with swings, slides and climbing frames. - playlist noun (a playlist, playlists); verb (playlist, rare)
A playlist is a list of songs or videos chosen to be played one after another, on a phone, music app or the radio. - playmate noun (a playmate, playmates)
1) A playmate is a friend that a child plays with. - playroom noun (a playroom, playrooms)
1) A playroom is a room in a house, school or other building where children play and keep toys. - plaything noun (plaything, playthings)
A plaything is a toy, or a thing that is used for fun. - playtime noun (playtime, playtimes — mainly uncountable)
Playtime is a time for playing, especially the break at school when children go outside. - playwright noun (a playwright, playwrights)
1) A playwright is a person who writes plays for the theatre. - plaza noun (a plaza, plazas)
A plaza is an open public square in a town or city, often with paved ground, benches and sometimes a fountain. - plea noun (a plea, pleas)
A strong, emotional request for something: "a plea for help". - plead verb (plead, pleads, pleaded (UK) or pled (US), pleading)
To ask for something in a strong, emotional way; to beg. - pleading verb form (present participle of plead: plead, pleads, pleaded/pled, pleading); adjective (pleading eyes); noun (pleading, pleadings — law)
Pleading means begging or asking for something very strongly and emotionally. - pleasant adjective (pleasant, more pleasant, most pleasant; also pleasanter, pleasantest)
1) Pleasant means nice, enjoyable or making you feel happy. 2) A pleasant person is friendly and polite. - pleasantly adverb (pleasantly)
Pleasantly means in a nice, enjoyable or friendly way. - pleasantness noun (pleasantness; no plural)
1) Pleasantness is the state of being nice, calm and enjoyable. - please exclamation and adverb (please — a polite word); verb (please, pleases, pleased, pleasing); adjectives pleased, pleasant
Please is the polite word you add when you ask for something: Can I have some water, please? - pleaser noun (a pleaser, pleasers)
1) A person or thing that pleases others. 2) (people-pleaser) Someone who always tries to make others happy, even when it is bad for… - pleasingly adverb (pleasingly)
1) In a way that gives pleasure, satisfaction or a good feeling. 2) (formal) Pleasantly, nicely, to a satisfying degree: pleasingly warm. - pleasurable adjective (pleasurable; more pleasurable, most pleasurable)
1) Pleasurable means giving pleasure or enjoyment; nice to feel or do. - pleasure noun (pleasure; a pleasure, pleasures)
Pleasure is the feeling of being happy or enjoying something. - pleat noun (a pleat, pleats); verb (pleat, pleats, pleated, pleating)
1) A fold made in cloth by doubling it over and pressing or sewing it in place. 2) (verb) To make folds like this in cloth or paper. - plebeian noun (a plebeian, plebeians); adjective (plebeian)
In ancient Rome, a plebeian was an ordinary citizen, not one of the rich noble families called patricians. - pledge verb (pledge, pledges, pledged, pledging); noun (pledge, pledges)
To pledge is to promise firmly, giving your word or faith. - pledged verb (past tense and past participle of pledge: pledge, pledges, pledged, pledging)
1) Pledged means promised firmly or given as security for a debt. - pleiades proper noun (the Pleiades — plural)
1) The Pleiades is a bright cluster of stars in the night sky, in the constellation Taurus, also called the Seven Sisters; in Japan it is… - plentiful adjective (plentiful, more plentiful, most plentiful)
1) Plentiful means there is a lot of something, more than enough. - plentifully adverb (plentifully)
1) Plentifully means in large amounts, more than enough. - plenty pronoun (plenty, plenty of); adverb (plenty — informal); noun (plenty — formal)
1) Plenty means a lot, or more than enough. 2) «Plenty of» is used before nouns to mean a lot of. 3) Plenty can mean a time of having a… - plesiosaur noun (a plesiosaur, plesiosaurs)
A plesiosaur was a large sea reptile that lived at the time of the dinosaurs, with a broad body, four flippers and often a very long neck. - pliable adjective (more pliable, most pliable)
1) Easily bent without breaking; flexible. 2) (about people) Easily persuaded or controlled by others. - pliant adjective (pliant; more pliant, most pliant)
1) Pliant means bendy and easy to bend or shape without breaking. - pliers noun (plural: pliers; a pair of pliers)
1) A hand tool with two handles and two jaws, used for gripping, bending, twisting or cutting wire. - plight noun (plight, plights)
1) A plight is a bad or difficult situation that is hard to get out of. - plod verb (plod, plods, plodded, plodding); noun (a plod; the plod, UK slang)
verb: To walk slowly and heavily, as if tired: "We plodded through the mud.". - plodding adjective (plodding); also the -ing form of plod (plod, plods, plodded, plodding)
1) Walking slowly and heavily. 2) Working slowly and steadily but without much excitement or skill. 3) (of a story or film) Slow and dull. - plonk verb (plonk, plonks, plonked, plonking); noun (plonk, uncountable; a plonk)
verb (informal, UK, Australia, NZ): To put something down heavily or carelessly: "Plonk your bag there.". - plop noun (a plop, plops); verb (plop, plops, plopped, plopping); adverb (plop)
The soft sound of something small dropping into water, like a pebble or a frog. - plot noun (a plot, plots); verb (plot, plots, plotted, plotting)
1) The main events of a story, film or play. 2) A secret plan, often to do something wrong. 3) A small piece of land, such as for a garden… - plotted verb, past form of plot (plot, plots, plotted, plotting); adjective (plotted)
Marked points on a graph, grid or map: "We plotted the points.".
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