5 Letter Words That Start With P

point

Noun : A small dot or mark.

Noun : Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.

Noun : A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.

plant

Noun : (botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

Noun : (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.

Noun : (ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.

power

Noun : The ability to do or undergo something.

Noun : (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.

Noun : (countable) The ability to affect or influence.

party

Noun : (law) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

Noun : A person.

Noun : (slang, dated) A person; an individual.

pitch

Noun : A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.

Noun : A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.

Noun : (geology) Pitchstone.

place

Noun : (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.

Noun : An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.

Noun : (often in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.

paper

Noun : A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

Noun : A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

Noun : (uncountable) Wallpaper.

plate

Noun : A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

Noun : (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.

Noun : The contents of such a dish.

plane

Adjective : Of a surface: flat or level.

Noun : A level or flat surface.

Noun : (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).

press

Noun : An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.

Noun : (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.

Noun : (uncountable) A crowd.

pique

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.

Verb : To excite (someone) to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate (an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest).

piece

Noun : A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.

Noun : A single item belonging to a class of similar items.

Noun : (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.

proxy

Adjective : Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.

Noun : An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

Noun : The authority to act for another, especially when written.

parse

Verb : (linguistics, transitive, intransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.

Verb : (transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.

Verb : (computing, transitive, intransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.

peace

Noun : A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence.

Noun : A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.

Noun : (figuratively, euphemistic) Death.

prime

Adjective : First in importance, degree, or rank.

Adjective : First in time, order, or sequence.

Adjective : First in excellence, quality, or value.

plead

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.

Verb : (intransitive) To beg, beseech, or implore, especially emotionally.

Verb : (transitive) To offer by way of excuse.

pride

Noun : The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which comes across as being lofty, distant, and often showing contempt of others.

Noun : (having a positive sense, often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself.

Noun : Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.

prone

Adjective : Lying face downward.

Adjective : Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.

Adjective : Having a downward inclination or slope.

pilot

Noun : A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.

Noun : A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.

Noun : A guide book for maritime navigation.

proof

Noun : (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

Noun : (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.

Noun : The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.

purge

Noun : An act of purging.

Noun : (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.

Noun : A cleansing of pipes.

panel

Noun : A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.

Noun : (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

Noun : A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.

pivot

Noun : A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.

Noun : (figuratively, by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.

Noun : Act of turning on one foot.

prove

Verb : (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.

Verb : (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.

Verb : (copulative) To turn out to be.

plain

Adjective : (now rare, regional) Flat, level.

Adjective : Simple, unaltered.

Adjective : Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.

phone

Noun : A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.

Verb : (transitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.

Noun : (phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

phase

Noun : A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.

Noun : That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.

Noun : Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.

probe

Noun : (surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

Noun : (comedy, fiction) An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans.

Noun : (figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.

posit

Noun : Something that is posited; a postulate.

Verb : Assume the existence of; to postulate.

Verb : Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.

prada

Noun : Prada S.p.A. is an Italian luxury fashion house that was founded in 1913 by Mario Prada.

Noun : an Italian fashion company.

Noun : a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

pulse

Noun : (physiology)

Noun : A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.

Noun : The nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.

punch

Noun : (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.

Noun : (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.

Noun : (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.

pound

Noun : Various non-English units of measure

Noun : A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.

Noun : A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.

price

Noun : The cost required to gain possession of something.

Noun : The cost of an action or deed.

Noun : Value; estimation; excellence; worth.

patch

Noun : A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.

Noun : A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

Noun : A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.

pussy

Noun : (informal, endearing) A cat.

Noun : (vulgar, colloquial) The female genitalia; the vulva and/or vagina.

Noun : Anything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow.

prior

Adjective : Advance; previous; coming before.

Adjective : Former, previous.

Verb : (colloquial) Previously.

pithy

Adjective : Concise and meaningful.

Adjective : Of, like, or abounding in pith; spongy or having small holes or pits.

poppy

Noun : Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

Noun : A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.

Noun : (chiefly Australia, Britain, Canada) A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.

privy

Adjective : (now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.

Adjective : (now rare, archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed.

Adjective : With knowledge of; party to; let in on.

pants

Noun : (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines, Singapore, Northern England) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.

Noun : (chiefly UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.

Noun : (UK, slang) Rubbish; something worthless.

pious

Adjective : Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.

Adjective : Relating to religion or religious works.

Adjective : Insisting on or making a show of one's own virtue, especially in comparison to others; sanctimonious, condescending, judgmental.

paean

Noun : (Ancient Greece, historical) A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.

Noun : (by extension) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.

Noun : (by extension) An enthusiastic expression of praise.

poise

Noun : A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.

Noun : Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.

Noun : Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.

perch

Noun : Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

Noun : Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

Noun : (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda

print

Adjective : Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

Verb : (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.

Verb : To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.

paint

Noun : A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

Noun : (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

Noun : (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.

prose

Noun : Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

Noun : Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.

Noun : (Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.

proud

Adjective : Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.

Adjective : That makes one feel proud (of something one did)

Adjective : Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.

plumb

Adjective : Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.

Adjective : (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.

Verb : In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.

pearl

Noun : A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.

Noun : (figuratively) Something precious.

Noun : A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.

petty

Adjective : (often derogatory)

Adjective : Having little or no importance.

Adjective : Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns.

penis

Noun : (anatomy) The male reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and some other mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).

pagan

Adjective : Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.

Adjective : (by extension, derogatory) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.

Noun : A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.

plume

Noun : (archaic, literary and poetic) A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.

Noun : (archaic, literary and poetic) A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle.

Noun : (figurative) A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.

proem

Noun : An introduction, preface or preamble.

peril

Noun : A situation of serious and immediate danger.

Noun : Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.

Noun : (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.

panic

Adjective : (by extension (see the etymology))

Adjective : Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.

Adjective : Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.

pinch

Verb : To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

Verb : To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

Verb : To squeeze between two objects.

pouch

Noun : A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.

Noun : (zoology) An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.

Noun : Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.

prize

Noun : That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

Noun : (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.

Noun : An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.

piety

Noun : (uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.

Noun : (uncountable) Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.

Noun : (countable) A devout act or thought.

purse

Noun : A small bag for carrying money.

Noun : (US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)

Noun : A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.

pupil

Noun : (dated outside UK) A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.

Noun : One who studies under supervision of a renowned expert in their field.

Noun : (law, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.

peter

Noun : (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.

Noun : A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Noun : The leading Apostle in the New Testament.

plump

Adjective : Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

Adjective : Fat.

Adjective : Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.

paste

Noun : A soft moist mixture, in particular:

Noun : One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.

Noun : (obsolete) Pastry.

pedal

Noun : A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano

Noun : (medicine) an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.

Noun : (music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.

psych

Noun : Psychology or psychiatry.

Noun : A psychologist; a psychiatrist.

Adjective : (informal) Psychedelic.

prune

Noun : (obsolete) A plum.

Noun : The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.

Noun : (figurative) Something wrinkly like a prune.

per se

Verb : Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature.

Verb : (colloquial, sometimes proscribed, chiefly in the negative) In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.

Verb : (philosophy) As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.

pluck

Verb : (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out

Verb : (transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.

Verb : (transitive, music) To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.

prick

Noun : A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.

Noun : An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.

Noun : (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.

prism

Noun : (geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.

Noun : A transparent block in the shape of a prism (typically with triangular ends), used to split or reflect light.

Noun : A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis.

piano

Noun : (music) a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings

Verb : To play the piano.

Verb : (of or with fingers) To move (the fingers) up and down on, similar to the motions of a pianist playing the piano.

posse

Noun : A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.

Noun : (now historical, in later use chiefly US) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.

Noun : (US) A search party.

pizza

Noun : (uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.

Noun : (countable) A single instance of this dish.

Adjective : Of or relating to pizza.

patio

Noun : A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.

Noun : An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain.

porch

Noun : (architecture) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

Noun : A portico; a covered walk.

Noun : The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

prank

Noun : A practical joke or mischievous trick.

Noun : (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.

Verb : (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.

panda

Noun : (now rare without a qualifying word) The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.

Noun : (Hinduism) A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.

Noun : A South Asian surname.

poach

Verb : (transitive) To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).

Verb : (intransitive) To be cooked in such manner.

Noun : The act of cooking in simmering liquid.

passe

Adjective : Alternative spelling of passé [(colloquial) Dated; out of style; old-fashioned.]

Verb : Obsolete spelling of pass [To change place.]

plank

Noun : A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.

Noun : (figurative) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.

Noun : Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.

preen

Noun : A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.

Noun : (dialectal) pin

Noun : (dialectal) bodkin; brooch

penny

Noun : (historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.

Noun : In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.

Noun : (historical) In Ireland, a coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.

put up

Verb : (transitive) To place in a high location.

Verb : (transitive) To hang; to mount.

Verb : (transitive) To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.

phony

Adjective : (informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.

Noun : (informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.

Noun : (informal) A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.

plaid

Noun : (textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.

Noun : A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands.

Noun : The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.

photo

Noun : (informal) A photograph.

Noun : (informal) A photo finish.

Noun : (informal) A digital picture of any kind.

pause

Verb : (intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.

Verb : (intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.

Verb : (intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

peach

Noun : A tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.

Noun : The soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.

Noun : (color) A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color.

peeve

Noun : (colloquial) An annoyance or grievance.

Verb : (colloquial) To annoy; vex.

pylon

Noun : A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.

Noun : (electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.

Noun : (architecture) A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.

prise

Verb : To force (open) with a lever; to pry.

Verb : Extract something that is difficult to obtain.

Noun : (obsolete) An enterprise or adventure.

plush

Adjective : (UK) Very extravagant.

Adjective : (UK) Very expensive, or appearing expensive; opulent, luxurious.

Adjective : Having a soft, fluffy exterior. (of a man-made object)

plete

perdy

petal

Noun : (botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

Noun : Term of endearment.

Noun : A lobe of a rose (geometric shape).

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