Words starting with p
in the English–Chinese (Simplified) Dictionary
P, p ... pad something out phrasal verb
pad thai ... pain au chocolat
pain relief ... Palaeogene
palaeolithic ... palm sugar
Palm Sunday ... pandemic
pandemonium ... pantaloons
pantechnicon ... papier mâché
papilla ... parallel universe
parallelism ... parcel bomb
parcel post ... park the bus idiom
park up phrasal verb ... pars
parse ... partition
partly ... pass something off as something phrasal verb
pass something round phrasal verb ... password
past ... patent medicine
patentee ... patrol car
patrol officer ... pay for something phrasal verb
pay grade ... PD
PDA ... pear
pear cider ... pedagogy
pedal ... peeping Tom
peeps ... penal
penal code ... penniless
Pennsylvania ... People's Republic of China
PEOTUS ... percolator
percussion ... pericarp
perigee ... perjurer
perjury ... perpetuity
perplex ... personal remark/comment phrase
personal shopper ... perv
pervade ... petit four
petite ... phage
phagocyte ... phew
phi ... phone tapping
phoneme ... photographer
photographic ... physical jerks
physical sciences ... pick up the bill/tab idiom
pick up the phone idiom ... piddle
piddling ... Pigmy
pigpen ... pin money
pin someone down phrasal verb ... Pinnacles National Park
pinnate ... pirate
pirate radio/television station phrase ... pitch in phrasal verb
pitch into someone/something phrasal verb ... pl.
placard ... Plan B
plan on doing something phrasal verb ... plastic bullet
plastic explosive ... play date
play dirty idiom ... played out
player ... pleather
pleb ... plot line
plotter ... plump for something/someone phrasal verb
plump something up phrasal verb ... pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
pneumothorax ... point of order
point of sale ... poky
Poland ... polite society/company phrase
politely ... polyamorous
polyamory ... polytope
polytunnel ... poof
pooh ... popular
popular music ... portend
portent ... possession
possessive ... post-fire
post-flight ... poste restante
posted ... pot ale
pot luck ... potty-mouthed
potty-trained ... power broker
power couple ... practicability
practicable ... pre-booked
pre-Columbian ... precede
precedence ... predetermination
predetermine ... preggers
pregnancy ... preoperatively
preordain ... prescriptivism
prescriptivist ... press-up
press/push the right button(s) idiom ... pretty please idiom
pretty-pretty ... priestess
priestly ... princely
princess ... private parts
private practice ... problem child, family, etc. phrase
problem page ... produce box
producer ... profundus
profuse ... proletariat
proliferate ... pronation
pronator ... prophase
prophecy ... prosaic
prosciutto ... protection money
protection racket ... provide
provide against something phrasal verb ... prurience
prurient ... psychological
psychological moment ... public housing
public library ... puff up phrasal verb
puff(ed) sleeve ... pull something down phrasal verb
pull something off phrasal verb ... pumice
pumice stone ... pungently
punish ... purism
purist ... push off phrasal verb
push on phrasal verb ... put flesh on (the bones of) something idiom
put ideas into someone's head idiom ... put something into something phrasal verb
put something off phrasal verb ... put your hand in your pocket idiom
put your head over/above the parapet idiom ... puzzling
PVC ... pzazz
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