5 Letter Words That Start With P

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.

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.

poise

Noun : Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.

Noun : A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.

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

pitch

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

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

Noun : (geology) Pitchstone.

plume

Noun : The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.

Noun : A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.

Noun : An upward spray of mist or water.

probe

Verb : (ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.

Noun : (figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.

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

plump

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

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

Verb : (transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.

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.

plain

Adjective : Simple, unaltered.

Adjective : Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.

Adjective : Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.

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.

pride

Noun : A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).

Noun : The quality or state of being proud.

Noun : An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth.

prime

Adjective : First in importance, degree, or rank.

Adjective : First in time, order, or sequence.

Adjective : First in excellence, quality, or value.

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 : Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.

peril

Noun : A situation of serious and immediate danger.

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

Verb : (transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk.

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 or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.

preen

Verb : (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.

Verb : (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.

Verb : (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.

petty

Adjective : (often derogatory) Having little or no importance.

Adjective : (often derogatory) 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.

Adjective : (often derogatory) (informal) Inclined to cause frustration or annoyance to others out of spite over minor grievances; extremely vindictive.

pivot

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

Verb : To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.

Verb : (business slang) To change the direction of a business, usually in response to changes in the market.

peach

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

Noun : (uncountable) A light yellow-red colour.

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 : A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.

privy

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

Noun : An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).

Noun : A lavatory: a room with a toilet.

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) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.

party

Noun : (law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.

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

Noun : With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.

prior

Adjective : Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.

Adjective : More important or significant.

Verb : Chiefly followed by to: in advance, before, previously.

pussy

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

Noun : (informal, endearing) A cat.

Noun : (derogatory, vulgar, slang) A coward; a weakling; an ineffectual, timid, or pathetic person.

plaza

Noun : A town's public square.

Noun : An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.

Noun : A shopping mall.

pesky

Adjective : (informal) Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child).

panic

Noun : (uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.

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

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

prick

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

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

Noun : A small pointed object.

proxy

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

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

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

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

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

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

prowl

Verb : (ambitransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.

Verb : (intransitive) To idle; to go about aimlessly.

Noun : (colloquial) The act of prowling.

plush

Adjective : Having a soft, fluffy exterior (of a man-made object, especially stuffed animals or upholstery).

Noun : A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.

Noun : A plush toy.

posit

Verb : To assume the existence of; to postulate.

Verb : To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.

Noun : Something that is posited; a postulate.

prone

Adjective : Lying face-down.

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

Adjective : (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.

prose

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

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

Verb : To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

prove

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

Verb : (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.

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

parry

Verb : To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).

Noun : A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.

Noun : (combat sports and martial arts) A defensive move intended to change the direction of an incoming strike to make it miss its intended target, rather than block and absorb it; and typically performed with an open hand in a downward or sideways slapping motion.

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.

paddy

Noun : Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

Noun : (countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

Noun : A fit of temper; a tantrum.

phony

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

Noun : (informal) Anything fraudulent or fake.

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

pylon

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.

Noun : A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights.

polar

Adjective : (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.

Adjective : Of or having a pole or polarity, as:

Adjective : (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.

pseud

Noun : (Internet slang) A pseudonym.

Noun : (derogatory) An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur.

Noun : (medicine, colloquial) Pseudomonas bacteria.

prill

Noun : a pellet, a granule, a small bead

Verb : to flow, spurt

Noun : a rill, a small stream

perdu

Adjective : (now rare) In a dangerous situation; lost, desperate.

Adjective : (now rare) Hidden; concealed from sight. Chiefly with lie.

Noun : One placed on watch, or in ambush.

pound

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 : The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.

Noun : A unit of weight in various measurement systems.

pearl

Noun : (literally) 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 : Nacre; mother-of-pearl.

Noun : (figuratively) Something precious.

poach

Verb : (ambitransitive) To trespass on another's property to take fish or game.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally.

Verb : (by extension, ambitransitive) To take anything illegally or unfairly.

pithy

Adjective : Concise and meaningful.

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

Adjective : (now rare and chiefly Scotland) Vigorous, powerful, strong; substantial.

proof

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

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.

pupil

Noun : (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.

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.

plumb

Noun : A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.

Noun : (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.

Noun : The perpendicular direction or position.

pushy

Adjective : Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.

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.

pulse

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

Noun : (figuratively) A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.

parse

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

Verb : (computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.

Verb : (linguistics, ambitransitive) 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.

pixie

Noun : (mythology, fantasy literature, fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.

Noun : (slang) A cute, petite woman with short hair.

Noun : A butterfly of the genus Melanis.

prude

Noun : A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.

Adjective : Prudish.

Noun : A surname.

prise

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

Verb : To extract something that is difficult to obtain.

Noun : (obsolete) An enterprise or adventure.

plunk

Noun : A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.

Verb : With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.

prate

Verb : (ambitransitive) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.

Noun : Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.

potty

Noun : A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.

Noun : (childish, humorous) Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.

Noun : A chamber pot.

pursy

Adjective : Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness.

Adjective : Fat and short.

Adjective : Purse-proud; vain about one's wealth.

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.

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.

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.

pansy

Noun : A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

Noun : A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

Noun : (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.

paean

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

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

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.

paseo

Noun : A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation.

phren

Noun : (philosophy, historical) The brain or mind.

Noun : (obsolete, anatomy) The diaphragm.

perse

Noun : A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.

Adjective : Very dark greyish (almost blackish) purple or blue.

Noun : A cloth of this colour.

prize

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.

Noun : Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.

Adjective : Having won a prize; award-winning.

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 play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.

pasty

Noun : A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.

Adjective : Like paste, sticky.

Adjective : Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.

plash

Verb : (intransitive) To splash.

Verb : (transitive) To cause a splash.

Verb : (transitive) To splash or sprinkle with colouring matter.

proem

Noun : An introduction, preface or preamble.

phyle

Noun : (Ancient Greece) A local division of the people; a clan or tribe.

Noun : (historical) A subdivision of the priestly caste in ancient Egypt, headed by a phylarch.

parky

Adjective : (British, informal) Synonym of chilly: somewhat cold but not extremely so.

Adjective : Of, from, or related to a park or parks generally, especially parklike.

Adjective : Having parks or parklike areas.

penis

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

Noun : (zoology) A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.

posse

Noun : (colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.

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

Noun : (US) A search party.

pinky

Noun : (US, Canada, Scotland, Australia, informal) The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot.

Noun : (offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A white person.

Adjective : Pinkish.

poser

Noun : (derogatory, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

Noun : Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.

Noun : Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.

pogue

Noun : (Ireland) A kiss.

Noun : (US, slang) A young, male, passive homosexual.

Noun : (dated, slang) A purse; hence, money.

punch

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

Verb : (transitive) To strike with one's fist.

Noun : (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.

plane

Noun : An airplane; an aeroplane.

Adjective : Of a surface: flat or level.

Noun : A level or flat surface.

peace

Noun : A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

Noun : A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.

Noun : Harmony in personal relations.

prune

Verb : (transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).

Verb : (transitive) To remove (something unnecessary) for the sake of cutting down or shortening that which it was previously part of.

peter

Noun : The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.

Noun : A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Noun : (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

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.

pagan

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

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

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

puppy

Noun : A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months)

Noun : A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog.

Noun : A young rat.

puffy

Adjective : Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.

Adjective : Having inflated cheeks.

Adjective : Coming or exhaling in puffs.

patsy

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Patrick.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Martha.

plebe

Noun : (US, military, slang) A freshman cadet at a military academy.

Noun : (historical, usually in the plural) A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.

Noun : (historical, obsolete) The plebs, the plebeian class.

piker

Noun : A stingy person; a cheapskate.

Noun : One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.

Noun : An amateur.

prest

Noun : A loan or advance (of money)

Noun : A tax or duty

Noun : (law) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.

pikey

Noun : (UK, Ireland, ethnic slur, offensive) An itinerant person, especially one of Romani or Irish Traveller heritage.

Noun : (UK, Ireland, derogatory, offensive) A working-class (often underclass) person with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft and living on rundown estates.

Adjective : (UK, Ireland, slang, derogatory) Associated with pikeys.

passé

Adjective : (colloquial) Dated; out of style; old-fashioned.

Adjective : Past one's prime; worn; faded.

Noun : (fencing) An attack that passes the target without hitting.

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