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Words starting with P

Words that start with P

Purple ponies prance through a pink palace in Pittsburg.

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Pencil shavings are thin pieces of wood that are taken off a pencil when it is sharpened.
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A pendant is a kind of ornament that hangs. Pendants might be earrings or Christmas tree decorations, but are most commonly necklaces.
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A pendulum is something heavy suspended from a fixed point on the end of a long, thin rod. Pendulums are swung backwards and forwards, and are commonly seen in old fashioned clocks like grandfather clocks.

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Scientific name: family: spheniscidae
Penguins are birds that live in the sea in the southern half of the world. There are many different kinds of penguin. They are excellent swimmers and are well-adapted to cold water. They eat fish and other small sea animals. Penguins cannot fly - their wings are used as flippers when they are swimming. Some people think penguins look like they are wearing a tuxedo.
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A penny is another name for one cent.
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A penny farthing is an old fashioned bicycle that was popular in the 1880s. It got its name because of the British penny and farthing coins, which were very different sizes.
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A pentagon is a shape with five sides. The building in the picture has been made in the shape of a pentagon.

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The plural of person is people.
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Scientific name: piper nigrum
Peppercorns are the fruit and seeds of a vine native to India. The fruit is very small and only has one seed, and a thin layer of flesh around the outside. Peppercorns are dried and sold as pepper, either whole or ground up into small flakes or a powder. Pepper is usually sold in white and black. White pepper is made from just the seeds of the pepper fruit, and black pepper is made from the whole fruit, seed and all.
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Pis forPerch

A perch is something thin enough for a bird to sit on, holding onto with its feet. It can also be used for any narrow place a person or animal can sit. You can also use perch as a verb, as in "to perch on something" or "the cat is perched on top of my head".