| packinghouse | (noun) a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products | Synonyms: packing plant |
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| (noun) a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed | - |
| paganise | (verb) make pagan in character | Synonyms: paganize |
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| paillasse | (noun) mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust | Synonyms: palliasse |
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| palatalise | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalize |
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| palliasse | (noun) mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust | Synonyms: paillasse |
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| pantyhose | (noun) a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings | - |
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| papillose | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling papilla | Synonyms: papillary |
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| papoose | (noun) an American Indian infant | Synonyms: pappoose |
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| pappoose | (noun) an American Indian infant | Synonyms: papoose |
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| pappose | (adjective) (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles | - |
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| paradise | (noun) any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | Synonyms: Eden, heaven, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la |
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| paralyse | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyze |
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| (verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyze |
| paraphrase | (noun) rewording for the purpose of clarification | Synonyms: paraphrasis |
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| (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: rephrase, reword |
| parse | (verb) analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) | - |
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| particularise | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularize, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| passe | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passee |
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| pasteurise | (verb) heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | Synonyms: pasteurize |
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| patinise | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinize |
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| patronise | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronize, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronize |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronize, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| pauperise | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperize |
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| pause | (noun) temporary inactivity | - |
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| (noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | Synonyms: break, intermission, interruption, suspension |
| (verb) cease an action temporarily | Synonyms: break, intermit |
| (verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | Synonyms: hesitate |
| pavise | (noun) (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position | Synonyms: pavis |
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| pelisse | (noun) a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur | - |
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| penalise | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalize, punish |
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| penicillinase | (noun) enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic | Synonyms: beta-lactamase |
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| penthouse | (noun) an apartment located on the top floors of a building | - |
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| pentose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule | - |
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| peptidase | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Synonyms: protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme |
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| peptise | (verb) disperse in a medium into a colloidal state | Synonyms: peptize |
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| perfuse | (verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: suffuse |
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| (verb) force a fluid through (a body part or tissue) | - |
| periclase | (noun) a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium | Synonyms: magnesia, magnesium oxide |
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| peroxidase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide | - |
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| personalise | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalize |
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| peruse | (verb) examine or consider with attention and in detail | - |
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| perverse | (adjective) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | Synonyms: depraved, perverted, reprobate |
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| (adjective) resistant to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrary, obstinate, wayward |
| (adjective) marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict | - |
| pesthouse | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, lazaretto |
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| phase | (noun) (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun) | - |
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| (noun) (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary | Synonyms: form |
| (noun) any distinct time period in a sequence of events | Synonyms: stage |
| (noun) a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle | Synonyms: phase angle |
| (verb) adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition | - |
| (verb) arrange in phases or stages | - |
| philosophise | (verb) reason philosophically | Synonyms: philosophize |
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| phlebotomise | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, leech, phlebotomize |
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| phosphatase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates | - |
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| photosensitise | (verb) make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light | Synonyms: photosensitize |
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| phrase | (noun) dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence | - |
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| (noun) an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | - |
| (noun) a short musical passage | Synonyms: musical phrase |
| (noun) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up | Synonyms: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase |
| (verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: articulate, formulate, give voice, word |
| (verb) divide, combine, or mark into phrases | - |
| pillowcase | (noun) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | Synonyms: case, pillow slip, slip |
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| pilose | (adjective) covered with hairs especially fine soft ones | Synonyms: pilary, pilous |
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| pilothouse | (noun) an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | Synonyms: wheelhouse |
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| pithouse | (noun) a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside. | Synonyms: dug-out, dugout, pit-house |
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| plagiarise | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarize |
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| plagioclase | (noun) any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks | Synonyms: oligoclase |
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| plasticise | (verb) make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | Synonyms: plasticize |
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| (verb) become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added | Synonyms: plasticize |
| playhouse | (noun) plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of | Synonyms: wendy house |
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| please | (adverb) used in polite request | - |
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| (verb) give pleasure to or be pleasing to | Synonyms: delight |
| (verb) be the will of or have the will (to) | - |
| (verb) give satisfaction | - |
| plumose | (adjective) having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft | Synonyms: plumate, plumed |
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| pluralise | (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | Synonyms: pluralize |
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| poetise | (verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetize, verse, versify |
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| poise | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: aplomb, assuredness, cool, sang-froid |
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| (noun) a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second | - |
| (noun) a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium | - |
| (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium | Synonyms: balance |
| (verb) cause to be balanced or suspended | - |
| (verb) prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult | Synonyms: brace |
| (verb) be motionless, in suspension | - |
| polarise | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarize |
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| (verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarize |
| (verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarize |
| polemicise | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicize, polemise, polemize |
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| polemise | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemize |
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| politesse | (noun) courtesy towards women | Synonyms: chivalry, gallantry |
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| politicise | (verb) give a political character to | Synonyms: politicize |
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| polonaise | (noun) a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt | - |
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| polychromise | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromize |
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| polymerase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA | - |
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| polymerise | (verb) undergo polymerization | Synonyms: polymerize |
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| (verb) cause (a compound) to polymerize | Synonyms: polymerize |
| polyose | (noun) any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules | Synonyms: polysaccharide |
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| polyphase | (adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | Synonyms: multiphase |
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| poorhouse | (noun) an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless | - |
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| popularise | (verb) make understandable to the general public | Synonyms: popularize |
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| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize |
| porose | (adjective) forming a continuous series of pores | - |
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| porpoise | (noun) any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth | - |
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| porterhouse | (noun) large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin | Synonyms: porterhouse steak |
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| pose | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, affectedness, mannerism |
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| (noun) affected manners intended to impress others | Synonyms: airs |
| (noun) a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes | - |
| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
| (verb) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions | Synonyms: impersonate, personate |
| (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: lay, place, position, put, set |
| (verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: model, posture, sit |
| (verb) behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others | Synonyms: posture |
| (verb) offer for others to consider | Synonyms: present |
| poseuse | (noun) a woman poseur | - |
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| posse | (noun) a temporary police force | Synonyms: posse comitatus |
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| posthouse | (noun) an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders | Synonyms: post house |
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| postpose | (verb) place after another constituent in the sentence | - |
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| pothouse | (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pub, public house, saloon, taphouse |
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| powderise | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderize, pulverise, pulverize |
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| (verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderize, pulverise, pulverize |
| powerhouse | (noun) an electrical generating station | Synonyms: power plant, power station |
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| (noun) a team considered to be the best of its class | - |
| (noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, fireball, human dynamo |
| practise | (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practice |
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| (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practice, rehearse |
| (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, exercise, practice |
| praise | (noun) an expression of approval and commendation | Synonyms: congratulations, extolment, kudos |
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| (noun) offering words of homage as an act of worship | - |
| (verb) express approval of | - |
| precise | (adjective) sharply exact or accurate or delimited | - |
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| (adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: accurate, exact |
| predecease | (verb) die before; die earlier than | - |
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| predispose | (verb) make susceptible | - |
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| premise | (noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: assumption, premiss |
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| (verb) take something as preexisting and given | Synonyms: premiss |
| (verb) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation | - |
| (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, precede, preface |
| prepose | (verb) place before another constituent in the sentence | - |
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| pressurise | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurize |
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| (verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurize |
| (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurize, supercharge |
| presuppose | (verb) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition | Synonyms: suppose |
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| (verb) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | Synonyms: suppose |
| pretense | (noun) the act of giving a false appearance | Synonyms: feigning, pretence, pretending, simulation |
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| (noun) a false or unsupportable quality | Synonyms: pretence, pretension |
| (noun) an artful or simulated semblance | Synonyms: guise, pretence, pretext |
| (noun) imaginative intellectual play | Synonyms: make-believe, pretence |
| (noun) pretending with intention to deceive | Synonyms: dissembling, feigning, pretence |
| previse | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foreknow, foresee |
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| (verb) warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning | Synonyms: forewarn |
| primrose | (noun) any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads | Synonyms: primula |
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| prioritise | (verb) assign a priority to | Synonyms: prioritize |
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| prise | (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prize, respect, value |
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| (verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open | Synonyms: jimmy, lever, prize, pry |
| (verb) make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry | Synonyms: pry |
| privatise | (verb) change from governmental to private control or ownership | Synonyms: privatize |
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| professionalise | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalize |
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| (verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalize |
| profuse | (adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance | Synonyms: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, riotous |
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| prolapse | (noun) the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) | Synonyms: descensus, prolapsus |
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| (verb) slip or fall out of place, as of body parts | - |
| prologise | (verb) write or speak a prologue | Synonyms: prologize, prologuize |
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| promise | (noun) grounds for feeling hopeful about the future | Synonyms: hope |
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| (noun) a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future | - |
| (verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: assure |
| (verb) promise to undertake or give | - |
| (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate |
| (verb) give grounds for expectations | - |
| propagandise | (verb) spread by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandize |
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| (verb) subject to propaganda | Synonyms: propagandize |