Nouns in english starting with P

• Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich — Noun – English ～ Austrian statesman (1773-1859)
• prevailing westerly — Noun – English ～ the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
• Peace of Westphalia — Noun – English ～ the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648
• pygmy sperm whale — Noun – English ～ small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America
• piked whale — Noun – English ～ small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
• pilot whale — Noun – English ～ small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
• puffed wheat — Noun – English ～ puffy wheat berries
• Phillis Wheatley — Noun – English ～ American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784)
• planet wheel — Noun – English ～ an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
• potter's wheel — Noun – English ～ a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter; "the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC"
• prayer wheel — Noun – English ～ a cylinder with prayers written on it; each revolution counts as uttering the prayers; used especially by Buddhists in Tibet
• pinion and crown wheel — Noun – English ～ gears that mesh at an angle
• paddle wheel — Noun – English ～ a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
• paddle-wheeler — Noun – English ～ a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels
• petty whin — Noun – English ～ prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe
• prune whip — Noun – English ～ dessert made of prune puree and whipped cream
• party whip — Noun – English ～ a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
• Penstemon whippleanus — Noun – English ～ wine and lavender to purple and black flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico
• plateau striped whiptail — Noun – English ～ having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado
• prairie white-fringed orchis — Noun – English ～ orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers

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