Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| paal | (Dutch) in the Caribbean, a stake driven into the ground > PAALS. |
| paan | Betel leaf > PAANS. |
| paca | (Tupi) a South American rodent, the spotted CAVY > PACAS. [Sp. & Port. f. Tupi p´ca]. |
| pace | To walk with a regular step > PACES, PACING, PACED. |
| pack | To put into a receptacle for transportation or storage > PACKS, PACKING, PACKED. |
| paco | (Quechua) an alpaca > PACOS. [Sp. f. Quechua pako red, reddish yellow]. |
| pacs | (Pl.) PAC, a moccasin or soft shoe to be worn inside a boot. |
| pact | An agreement > PACTS. |
| pacy | Fast, lively, smart > PACIER, PACIEST. Also PACEY. |
| padi | (Malay) a rice field > PADIS. Also PADDY. |
| pads | (3rd.) PAD, to cover or fill with soft material. |
| page | To summon by calling out the name of > PAGES, PAGING, PAGED. |
| pahs | (Pl.) PAH, a Maori fort or settlement. |
| paid | (Pt.) PAY, to remunerate. |
| paik | (Scots) to thump, drub > PAIKS, PAIKING, PAIKED. |
| pail | A watertight cylindrical container > PAILS. |
| pain | To cause pain (suffering or distress) > PAINS, PAINING, PAINED. |
| pair | To arrange in sets of two > PAIRS, PAIRING, PAIRED; (adj.) poor > PAIRER, PAIREST. |
| pais | (Arch.) the people from whom a jury is drawn. No plural. |
| paks | (Pl.) PAK, a pack. |
| pale | Lacking colour > PALER, PALEST; PALELY; (verb) to grow pale > PALES, PALING, PALED. |
| pali | (Hawaiian) a cliff in Hawaii > PALIS. |
| pall | A covering cloth laid upon Communion chalice; (verb) to grow wearisome > PALLS, PALLING, PALLED. |
| palm | To touch with the palm (inner surface) of the hand > PALMS, PALMING, PALMED. |
| palp | An elongated sense organ, usually near mouth, in insects, mollusks, crustaceans. Also PALPUS. (Verb) to sense by touch > PALPS, PALPING, PALPED. |
| pals | (3rd.) PAL, to associate as a pal. |
| paly | Pale in colour > PALIER, PALIEST. |
| pams | (Pl.) PAM, the knave of clubs. |
| pand | (Scots) the valance of a bed > PANDS. |
| pane | (Verb) to insert panes into > PANES, PANING, PANED. |
| pang | (Verb) to inflict a pang on > PANGS, PANGING, PANGED. |
| pans | (3rd.) PAN, to wash earth for gold. |
| pant | To breathe quickly and with difficulty > PANTS, PANTING, PANTED. |
| papa | A father > PAPAS. |
| pape | (Scots) pope > PAPES. |
| paps | (3rd.) PAP, to feed with pap. |
| para | (Turkish) a small Turkish coin > PARAS. [Turkish parah]. |
| pard | A leopard > PARDS. Also PARDAL, PARDALE, PARDALIS. |
| pare | To cut or shave off the outer surface or edge of > PARES, PARING, PARED. |
| park | To leave a vehicle in a location for a time > PARKS, PARKING, PARKED. |
| parp | To sound a car horn; to toot > PARPS, PARPING, PARPED. |
| parr | A young salmon, during its freshwater days (first two years) > PARRS. |
| pars | (3rd.) PAR, to score a standard number of strokes in golf. |
| part | To divide or break into separate pieces > PARTS, PARTING, PARTED. |
| pase | (Spanish) a movement of a matador's cap > PASES. [Sp. pase, pass]. |
| pash | (Shakesp.) to strike violently, to bruise, crush > PASHES, PASHING, PASHED. |
| pass | To go by > PASSES, PASSING, PASSED. |
| past | Time gone > PASTS. |
| pate | The top of the head, usually a bald head > PATES, PATED. |
| path | (Verb) (Shakesp.) to go > PATHS, PATHING, PATHED. |
| pats | (3rd.) PAT, to stroke gently. |
| patu | (Maori) a short club > PATUS. |
| paty | Having expanded crossed arms. No comp! |
| paua | (Maori) a name for the abalone shell > PAUAS. Also PAWA. |
| paul | An obsolete silver coin > PAULS. Also PAOLO. |
| pave | To cover with material that forms a firm, level surface > PAVES, PAVING, PAVED. |
| pavs | (Pl.) PAV, a pavlova. |
| pawa | (Maori) a name for the abalone shell > PAWAS. Also PAUA. |
| pawk | (Scots) a trick > PAWKS. |
| pawl | A lever which engages with a ratchet wheel so as to permit movement in one direction only > PAWLS. |
| pawn | To give as security for something borrowed > PAWNS, PAWNING, PAWNED. |
| paws | (3rd.) PAW, to scrape with a paw. |
| pays | (3rd.) PAY, to remunerate. |
| peag | (Am. Ind.) wampum; beads used as money > PEAGS. Also PEAGE. |
| peak | To reach a maximum > PEAKS, PEAKING, PEAKED. |
| peal | To ring out > PEALS, PEALING, PEALED. |
| pean | 1. (Her.) a fur resembling ermine but having gold markings on a black field. 2. (verb) to beat thin with a hammer > PEANS, PEANING, PEANED. Also PEEN, PENE. |
| pear | A fruit, a pome tapering towards the stalk and bulged at the end > PEARS. |
| peas | (Pl.) PEA, the nutritious seed of certain papilionaceous climbing plants. |
| peat | Vegetable matter partly decomposed in wet acid conditions in bogs and fens to form a firm brown deposit resembling soil > PEATS. |
| peba | (Tupi) a long-nosed armadillo of the genus Dasypus > PEBAS. |
| pech | (Scots) to pant > PECHS, PECHING, PECHED. Also PEGH. |
| peck | A unit of dry measure equal to 8 quarts; (verb) to pick at with a beak > PECKS, PECKING, PECKED. |
| pecs | (Pl.) PEC, pectoral muscle. |
| pedi | (Short for) pedicure > PEDIS. |
| peds | (Pl.) PED, pedestrian. |
| peed | (Pt.) PEE, to urinate. |
| peek | To look furtively or quickly > PEEKS, PEEKING, PEEKED. |
| peel | The covering of a fruit; (verb) to remove the peel from > PEELS, PEELING, PEELED. |
| peen | The end of a hammer head opposite to the face, esp. when sharp; (verb) to beat thin with a hammer, hammer out; strike with the peen of a hammer > PEENS, PEENING, PEENED. Also PENE, PEAN. |
| peep | To take a quick look > PEEPS, PEEPING, PEEPED. |
| peer | To look narrowly or searchingly > PEERS, PEERING, PEERED. |
| pees | (3rd.) PEE, to urinate. |
| pegh | (Scots) to pant > PEGHS, PEGHING, PEGHED. Also PECH. |
| pegs | (3rd.) PEG, to fasten with a peg. |
| pehs | (Pl.) PEH, the Hebrew letter. |
| pein | The end of a hammer head opposite to the face, esp. when sharp; (verb) to hammer with this > PEINS, PEINING, PEINED. Also PEAN, PEEN. PENE. |
| peke | (Coll.) a Pekinese dog > PEKES. |
| pela | (Chinese) white wax from a scale insect > PELAS. [Chinese peh-la, white wax]. |
| pele | (Spenser) a peal > PELES. |
| pelf | Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired > PELFS (PELVES is the pl. of PELVIS). |
| pell | A skin or hide; a roll of parchment > PELLS. |
| pels | (Pl.) PEL, an earlier word for a pixel. |
| pelt | To strike repeatedly with blows or missiles > PELTS, PELTING, PELTED. |
| pend | (Verb) to hang > PENDS, PENDING, PENDED. |
| pene | The end of a hammer head opposite to the face, esp. when sharp; (verb) to beat thin with a hammer > PENES, PENING, PENED. Also PEEN, PEAN, PEIN. |
| peni | (Spenser) penny > PENIS. Also PENIE. |
| penk | (Ger.) a minnow. [Ger. Pinke]. |
| pens | (3rd.) PEN, to write down on paper. |
| pent | (Noun) a penthouse; a sloping or overhanging roof > PENTS. |
| peon | (Spanish) a day-labourer, esp. in Spanish-speaking America > PEONS or PEONES. |
| pepo | Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd > PEPOS. Also PEPONIUM, PEPONIDA. |
| peps | (3rd.) PEP, to put pep into. |
| perc | (Short for) perchloride, a chemical used in dry cleaning > PERCS. |
| pere | (Fr.) father > PERES. |
| peri | (Persian) in Persian mythology, a fairy > PERIS. |
| perk | To carry oneself jauntily > PERKS, PERKING, PERKED. |
| perm | To give hair a permanent wave > PERMS, PERMING, PERMED. |
| pern | The honey buzzard > PERNS. |
| perp | (Coll.) one who has committed a crime > PERPS. |
| pert | Impudent > PERTER, PERTEST; PERTLY; (noun) an impudent person > PERTS. |
| perv | To behave as a sexual pervert > PERVS, PERVING, PERVED. Also PERVE. |
| peso | (Spanish) a standard monetary unit in the Philippines and some S and Central American countries, worth 100 CENTESIMOS in Uruguay and 100 centavos elsewhere > PESOS. |
| pest | An annoying person or thing > PESTS. |
| pets | (3rd.) PET, to treat as a pet. |
| pews | (Pl.) PEW, one of several long benchlike seats with backs, used by the congregation. |
| pfft | An interjection expressing sudden ending. |
| pfui | An exclamation of contempt, scorn etc. Also PHOOEY. |
| phat | Susceptible of easy and rapid typesetting > PHATTER, PHATTEST. |
| phew | An exclamation of relief, astonishment etc. No -S. |
| phis | (Pl.) PHI, a Greek letter. |
| phiz | (Coll.) physiognomy, face > PHIZES or PHIZZES. Also PHIZOG. |
| phoh | An expression of disgust > PHOHS. Also FOH, PHO. |
| phon | (Greek) a unit of loudness of sound as heard by listeners > PHONS. [Gk. phone sound, voice.] |
| phos | (Pl.) PHO, an expression of disgust. |
| phot | A unit of the product of illumination and duration, equal to one lux maintained for one second > PHOTS. |
| phut | A sound like a bullet's; (verb) to make such a sound > PHUTS, PHUTTING, PHUTTED. |
| pial | Pertaining to a PIA, a membrane of the brain. |
| pian | A tropical disease > PIANS. |
| pias | (Pl.) PIA, a tropical plant. |
| pica | An old type size, approximately, and still used synonymously for, 12-point > PICAS. |
| pice | (Hindi) an Indian coin, 1/4 anna > PICE. No -S. |
| pick | To select > PICKS, PICKING, PICKED. |
| pics | (Pl.) PIC, picture. |
| pied | (Pt.) PIE, to reduce to confusion. |
| pier | A structure extending from land out over water > PIERS. |
| pies | (3rd.) PIE, to reduce to confusion. |
| piet | (Scots) a magpie > PIETS. Also PYAT, PYOT, PYET. |
| pigs | (3rd.) PIG, to eat greedily. |
| pika | (Tungus) any of various small lagomorph mammals of western N. America and central Asia > PIKAS. |
| pike | A voracious freshwater fish; (verb) to kill or pierce with a pike > PIKES, PIKING, PIKED. |
| piki | (Am. Ind.) maize-meal bread in the form of very thin sheets, made by the Hopi Indians of the south-western US > PIKIS. [Hopi]. |
| pila | (Pl.) PILUM, a Roman javelin. |
| pile | To lay one upon the other > PILES, PILING, PILED. |
| pili | (Tagalog) a kind of nut > PILIS. |
| pill | (Verb) to form into pills > PILLS, PILLING, PILLED. |
| pily | Divided into wedge shapes > PILIER, PILIEST. |
| pima | A strong cotton > PIMAS. [From Pima County, Arizona]. |
| pimp | To solicit clients for a prostitute > PIMPS, PIMPING, PIMPED. |
| pina | (Obs.) pineapple; also, a fine cloth woven of pineapple fibre; the n has a tilde > PINAS. |
| pine | To yearn intensely > PINES, PINING, PINED. |
| ping | To produce a brief, high-pitched sound > PINGS, PINGING, PINGED. |
| pink | Rose-coloured > PINKER, PINKEST; PINKLY; (verb) to cut with special scissors to make zigzag edge > PINKS, PINKING, PINKED. |
| pins | (3rd.) PIN, to fasten with a pin. |
| pint | A measure of capacity equal to half a quart or 4 gills > PINTS. |
| piny | (Noun) a peony > PINIES; (adj.) having e.g. the fragrance of pine > PINIER, PINIEST. Also PINEY. |
| pion | A pi-meson > PIONS. |
| pioy | (Scots) a home-made firework > PIOYS. Also PIOYE, PEEOY. |
| pipa | The Surinam toad, noted for its peculiar breeding habits > PIPAS. [Surinam dialect]. |
| pipe | A unit of liquid capacity equal to two hogsheads; (verb) to play a pipe > PIPES, PIPING, PIPED. |
| pipi | (Maori) an edible shellfish of Australasia > PIPIS. |
| pips | (3rd.) PIP, to offend or disgust. |
| pipy | Like a pipe; hollow-stemmed > PIPIER, PIPIEST. |
| pirl | An eddy, a ripple > PIRLS. |
| pirn | (Scots) a reel, a bobbin > PIRNS. |
| pirs | (Pl.) PIR, a Muslim holy man. |
| pise | (Fr.) a species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises > PISES. The e has an accent. |
| pish | An exclamation of contempt; (verb) to make such an exclamation > PISHES, PISHING, PISHED. |
| piso | (Tagalog) a Philippines monetary unit > PISOS. |
| piss | (Coll.) to urinate > PISSES, PISSING, PISSED. |
| pita | (Quechua) the fibre of various species of bromelia > PITAS. [Quechua pita, fine thread]. |
| pith | (Verb) to severely damage the brain of a frog > PITHS, PITHING, PITHED. |
| pits | (3rd.) PIT, to put. |
| pity | To feel pity (sorrow aroused by another's misfortune) > PITIES, PITYING, PITIED. |
| pium | (Tupi) a small troublesome Brazilian biting fly > PIUMS. |
| pixy | A small fairy > PIXIES. Also PIXIE, PISKY. |
| pize | A term of imprecation; pox, pest; (verb) to strike someone a blow > PIZES, PIZING, PIZED. |
| plan | To formulate a plan (a method for achieving an end) > PLANS, PLANNING, PLANNED. |
| plap | A flatter sound than a plop; (verb) to make such a sound > PLAPS, PLAPPING, PLAPPED. |
| plat | To form by interweaving; to braid; to plait > PLATS, PLATTING, PLATTED. |
| play | To engage in amusement or sport > PLAYS, PLAYING, PLAYED. |
| plea | (Verb) to dispute in a law-court > PLEAS, PLEAING, PLEAED. |
| pleb | (Abbr.) PLEBEIAN > PLEBS. |
| pled | (Pl.) PLEAD, to ask for earnestly. |
| plew | A beaver skin > PLEWS. Also PLU, PLUE. |
| plex | (Abbr.) multiplex > PLEXES. |
| plie | (Fr.) a movement in ballet > PLIES. (The e has an accent). |
| plim | To swell, as grain or wood with water > PLIMS, PLIMMING, PLIMMED. |
| plod | To walk heavily > PLODS, PLODDING, PLODDED. |
| plop | To drop or fall heavily > PLOPS, PLOPPING, PLOPPED. |
| plot | To plan secretly > PLOTS, PLOTTING, PLOTTED. |
| plow | A plough; (verb) to plough > PLOWS, PLOWING, PLOWED. |
| ploy | (Verb) to move from a line into column > PLOYS, PLOYING, PLOYED. |
| plue | A beaver's pelt > PLUES. Also PLU, PLEW. |
| plug | To seal or close with a plug (a piece of material used to fill a hole) > PLUGS, PLUGGING, PLUGGED. |
| plum | Choice > PLUMMER, PLUMMEST; (noun) an oval drupe or stone-fruit with juicy, sweet-tasting yellowish flesh > PLUMS. |
| plus | (Verb) to increase in value > PLUSES or PLUSSES, PLUSED or PLUSSED, PLUSING or PLUSSING. |
| poas | (Pl.) POA, meadow-grass. |
| pock | A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases; (verb) to mark with pocks > POCKS, POCKING, POCKED. |
| poco | (Ital.) little. |
| pods | (3rd.) POD, to shell peas. |
| poem | A composition in verse > POEMS. |
| poep | (Afrikaans) a fart; a despicable person > POEPS. |
| poet | One who writes poems > POETS. |
| pogo | To jump up and down on the spot to music > POGOS, POGOING, POGOED. |
| pogy | (Am. Ind.) a marine fish > POGIES. |
| pohs | (3rd.) POH, to reject contemptuously. |
| pois | (Pl.) POI, fermented TARO. |
| poke | To push or prod > POKES, POKING, POKED. |
| poky | (Noun) jail > POKIES. Also POKEY. (Adj.) cramped > POKIER, POKIEST; POKILY. |
| pole | A unit of area equal to a square rod; (verb) to propel with a pole > POLES, POLING, POLED. |
| polk | To dance a polka > POLKS, POLKING, POLKED. |
| poll | To question for the purpose of surveying public opinion > POLLS, POLLING, POLLED. |
| polo | A game like hockey played on horseback > POLOS. |
| pols | (Pl.) POL, a politician. |
| polt | (Verb) to strike, thump > POLTS, POLTING, POLTED. |
| poly | (Abbr.) a polytechnic > POLYS or POLIES. |
| pome | Any fruit of the apple family e.g. apple, quince > POMES. |
| pomo | (Coll.) postmodernism > POMOS. |
| pomp | Stately or splendid display > POMPS. |
| poms | (Pl.) POM, a Pomeranian dog. |
| pond | (Verb) to make into a pond > PONDS, PONDING, PONDED. |
| pone | The card player on the dealer's right responsible for cutting the cards > PONES. |
| pong | To stink > PONGS, PONGING, PONGED. Also PONK. |
| ponk | To smell bad > PONKS, PONKING, PONKED. Also PONG. |
| pons | (Lat.) bridge, as in pons asinorum, 'bridge of asses'; test of ignorant person's ability > PONTES. |
| pont | In S. Africa, a small ferryboat guided across a narrow stretch of water by a rope or cable > PONTS. |
| pony | A small horse > PONIES. Also POWNY, POWNEY, POWNIE. (Verb) (old slang) to pay or settle up > PONIES, PONYING, PONIED. Also PONEY. |
| pood | (Russian) a Russian weight, equal to forty Russian pounds or about thirty-six English pounds avoirdupois > POODS. |
| poof | Interjection. |
| pooh | Expressing contempt; (verb) to express contempt for > POOHS, POOHING, POOHED. |
| pook | (Scots) to pluck, pinch > POOKS, POOKING, POOKIT or POUKIT. Also POUK. |
| pool | To combine in a common fund > POOLS, POOLING, POOLED. |
| poon | (Malayalam) an E. Indian tree > POONS. [Malayalam punna]. |
| poop | (Verb) to fool, cozen > POOPS, POOPING, POOPED. Also POUPE. |
| poor | Not rich > POORER, POOREST; POORLY. |
| poos | (3rd.) POO, to poop. |
| poot | (Scots) a poult, a young fowl; (verb) to shoot at young partridges or young grouse > POOTS, POOTING, POOTED. |
| pope | A small freshwater fish, aka RUFFE > POPES. |
| pops | (3rd.) POP, to make a pop. |
| pore | Any opening into or through a tissue or body structure; (verb) to examine closely > PORES, PORING, PORED. |
| pork | Pig's flesh as food; (verb) to eat ravenously > PORKS, PORKING, PORKED. |
| porn | Pornography > PORNS. |
| port | A sweet fortified dessert wine; (verb) to carry, convey > PORTS, PORTING, PORTED. |
| pory | (Obs.) porous; as, pory stone > PORIER, PORIEST. |
| pose | To assume a fixed position > POSES, POSING, POSED. |
| posh | Smart, stylish > POSHER, POSHEST; POSHLY; (verb) to polish up > POSHES, POSHING, POSHED. |
| poss | To agitate clothes in washing them > POSSES, POSSING, POSSED. |
| post | To affix in a public place > POSTS, POSTING, POSTED. |
| posy | (Noun) a small bunch of flowers > POSIES; (adj.) given to posing > POSIER, POSIEST. |
| pote | To poke, thrust > POTES, POTING, POTED. |
| pots | (3rd.) POT, to cook or put in a pot. |
| pott | A paper-size > POTTS. |
| pouf | To fluff up. |
| pouk | (Scots) to pluck, pinch > POUKS, POUKING, POUKIT. Also POOK. |
| pour | To cause to flow > POURS, POURING, POURED. |
| pout | To protrude the lips in ill humor > POUTS, POUTING, POUTED. |
| pown | (Scots) a peacock > POWNS. Also POWIN. |
| pows | (Pl.) POW, head. |
| poxy | Afflicted by pox > POXIER, POXIEST. |
| pozz | (Sl.) old short form of positive. Also POZ. |
| prad | (Dutch) (sl.) a horse > PRADS. [By metathesis from Dutch paard, horse.] |
| pram | A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, used in Holland and the Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war > PRAMS. Also PRAAM. |
| prao | (Malay) a swift Malayan sailboat with triangular sail and one outrigger > PRAOS. Also PROA, PRAHU, PRAU. |
| prat | (Coll.) an idiot > PRATS. |
| prau | (Malay) a swift Malayan sailboat with triangular sail and one outrigger > PRAUS. Also PROA, PRAHU, PRAO. |
| pray | To address prayers to > PRAYS, PRAYING, PRAYED. |
| pree | (Scots) to make a trial of, esp. by tasting or kissing > PREES, PREEING, PREED. |
| prem | A premature infant > PREMS. |
| prep | (Abbr.) preparation; (verb) to prepare > PREPS, PREPPING, PREPPED. |
| prex | (US college slang) the president of a college > PREXES. Also PREXY. |
| prey | To seize and devour animals for food > PREYS, PREYING, PREYED. |
| prez | (Abbr.) president > PREZES. |
| prig | (Shakesp.) to steal > PRIGS, PRIGGING, PRIGGED. |
| prim | Over-demure > PRIMMER, PRIMMEST; PRIMLY; (verb) to dress with great nicety > PRIMS, PRIMMING, PRIMMED. |
| proa | (Malay) a swift Malayan sailboat with triangular sail and one outrigger > PROAS. Also PRAU, PRAHU, PRAO. |
| prob | (Coll.) a problem > PROBS. |
| prod | To jab with something pointed > PRODS, PRODDING, PRODDED. |
| prof | (Abbr.) professor > PROFS. |
| prog | To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts > PROGS, PROGGING, PROGGED. |
| prom | A school or college dance > PROMS. |
| proo | (Scots) a call to a cow to come near. Also PRUH. |
| prop | To keep from falling > PROPS, PROPPING, PROPPED. |
| pros | (Pl.) PRO, one in favour of. |
| prow | (Noun) part of a ship > PROWS; (adj.) (Spenser) full of prowess > PROWER, PROWEST. |
| pruh | (Scots) a call to a cow to come near. Also PROO. |
| prys | (Obs.) to price > PRYSES, PRYSING, PRYSED. |
| psis | (Pl.) PSI, a Greek letter. |
| psst | An interjection used to attract someone's attention. Also PST. |
| ptui | An imitation of the sound of someone spitting. Also PTOOEY. |
| pube | Pubic hair > PUBES. |
| pubs | (Pl.) PUB, a public house. |
| puce | Brownish-purple; purplish-pink > PUCER, PUCEST. |
| puck | A mischievous sprite. Also POOKA, POUKE. (Verb) to strike the bal in hurling > PUCKS, PUCKING, PUCKED. |
| puds | (Pl.) PUD, pudding. |
| pudu | A very small deer, native of the Chilian Andes > PUDUS. |
| puer | The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning; (verb) to tan using this > PUERS, PUERING, PUERED. |
| puff | To blow in short gusts > PUFFS, PUFFING, PUFFED. |
| pugh | (Obs.) an expression of contempt. No -S. |
| pugs | (3rd.) PUG, to grind with water and make plastic. |
| puha | (Maori) sow-thistle > PUHAS. |
| puir | (Scots) poor > PUIRER, PUIREST. |
| puja | (Sanskrit) a Hindu act of worship or prayer > PUJAS. Also PUJAH, POOJA, POOJAH. |
| puka | (Maori) any tobacco plant having broad leaves > PUKA. No -S. |
| puke | To vomit > PUKES, PUKING, PUKED. |
| puku | (Zulu) an antelope of central southern Africa, related to the water-buck and distinguished by its shaggy golden-yellow coat > PUKUS. [Zulu mpuku]. |
| puky | Resembling vomit > PUKIER, PUKIEST. |
| pula | (Setswana) the standard monetary unit in Botswana, = 100 THEBE > PULAS. [Setswana, lit, rain, used as a greeting]. |
| pule | To pipe; to whimper or whine > PULES, PULING, PULED. |
| puli | (Hungarian) a long-haired sheepdog > PULIK or PULIS. |
| pulk | (Finnish) a Laplander's boat-shaped sledge > PULKS. Also PULKA, PULKHA. |
| pull | To exert force in order to cause motion toward the force > PULLS, PULLING, PULLED. |
| pulp | To reduce to pulp (a soft, moist mass of matter) > PULPS, PULPING, PULPED. |
| puls | (Pl.) PUL, a monetary unit of Afghanistan. |
| pulu | (Hawaiian) a silky fibre from the Hawaiian tree-fern > PULUS. |
| puly | Given to PULING, whiny > PULIER, PULIEST. |
| puma | (Quechua) a large reddish-brown American cat, aka mountain lion > PUMAS. [Sp. f. Quechua púma.] |
| pump | A device for moving fluids; (verb) to cause to flow by means of a pump > PUMPS, PUMPING, PUMPED. |
| pumy | (Spenser) a pebble > PUMIES. Also PUMIE. |
| puna | (Quechua) a high bleak plateau in the Peruvian Andes; a cold wind of the Andes that blows there > PUNAS. [Amer. Sp., f. Quechua.] |
| pung | (Am. Ind.) a box-shaped sleigh > PUNGS. [Algonquian tom-pung, cf. TOBOGGAN]. |
| punk | Decayed wood > PUNKS; (adj.) rotten, worthless > PUNKER, PUNKEST. |
| puns | (3rd.) PUN, to make a pun. |
| punt | A flat-bottomed boat for use in shallow water, propelled by a pole; (verb) to travel by punt > PUNTS, PUNTING, PUNTED. |
| puny | Small and feeble > PUNIER, PUNIEST; PUNILY. Also PUISNE, PUISNY. |
| pupa | (Lat.) an insect in the usu. passive stage between larva and imago > PUPAE or PUPAS. |
| pups | (3rd.) PUP, to give birth to a pup. |
| pupu | (Hawaiian) a dish of Asian foods served as an appetize > PUPUS. |
| pure | Free from stain > PURER, PUREST; PURELY; (verb) to cleanse or refine; to treat with pure (dog faeces) > PURES, PURING, PURED. |
| puri | (Hindi) in India, a small cake of unleavened bread fried in vegetable oil > PURIS. Also POORI. |
| purl | (Of a stream etc.) to ripple along, murmuring > PURLS, PURLING, PURLED. |
| purr | To utter a low, vibrant sound > PURRS, PURRING, PURRED. |
| purs | (3rd.) PUR, to purr. |
| push | To exert force in order to cause motion away from the force > PUSHES, PUSHING, PUSHED. |
| puss | A familiar name for a cat > PUSSES. Also PUSSY. |
| puts | (3rd.) PUT, to place. |
| putt | To hit with a light stroke in golf > PUTTS, PUTTING, PUTTED. |
| putz | To waste time > PUTZES, PUTZING, PUTZED. |
| puys | (Pl.) PUY, a small volcanic cone. |
| pwns | (3rd.) PWN, to dominate or humiliate an opponent esp in online gaming. |
| pyas | (Pl.) PYA, a Burmese monetary unit. |
| pyat | (Scots) a magpie > PYATS. Also PYOT, PIET, PYET. |
| pyes | (3rd.) PYE, to reduce to confusion. |
| pyet | (Scots) a magpie > PYETS. Also PYAT, PIET, PYOT. |
| pyic | Pertaining to or discharging pus. |
| pyin | A protein contained in PUS > PYINS. |
| pyne | To waste away > PYNES, PYNING, PYNED. Also PINE. |
| pyot | (Scots) a magpie > PYOTS. Also PYAT, PIET, PYET. |
| pyre | A pile of combustible material > PYRES. |
| pyro | (Abbr.) PYROGALLOL, a chemical used in photography > PYROS. |