Words in english starting with P

• pendulum watch — Noun – English ～ (18th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it
• port watcher — Noun – English ～ a watchman on a wharf
• pressurized water reactor — Noun – English ～ a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine
• passing water — Noun – English ～ a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
• pour cold water on — Verb – English ～ be discouraging or negative about
• pass water — Verb – English ～ eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
• permanent wave — Noun – English ～ a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
• pisang wax — Noun – English ～ a wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain
• paraffin wax — Noun – English ～ from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
• point the way — Verb – English ～ indicate the right path or direction; "The sign pointed the way to London"
• poor man's weatherglass — Noun – English ～ herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather
• plain weave — Noun – English ～ a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect
• pitching wedge — Noun – English ～ a wedge used to loft the golf ball over obstacles
• prickle-weed — Noun – English ～ perennial herb of North American prairies having dense heads of small white flowers
• polecat weed — Noun – English ～ deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
• pickerel weed — Noun – English ～ American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds
• pearl-weed — Noun – English ～ any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls
• pine-weed — Noun – English ～ annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers
• pineapple weed — Noun – English ～ annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States and northeastern Asia) having bristle-pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers
• Passion Week — Noun – English ～ the week before Easter

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