Words that start with P

Poppies are small flowers that are grown mainly because they look pretty. The most well-known poppy is the opium poppy, which is grown for its seeds that are often found on top of bread rolls, and because it contains a substance that can be used to make a very powerful painkiller.
Most poppies will grow in very cold climates. Some kinds of poppies grow almost in arctic conditions, and are one of the most northerly growing plants in the world.

A porch is a covered area over the entrance to a house. Porches are very similar to a verandahs, but porches are usually just big enough to keep the rain off as you go into a house and verandahs can go almost the whole way around a house.

Pores are tiny holes in your skin. Things like oil and sweat come out of your pores, to cool you down and keep your skin in good condition.

Porridge is a meal made from grain cooked in milk or water and served hot. It is usually made from oats, but can be made from any grain. People eat porridge for breakfast. Sometimes porridge is called oatmeal.

Port can either mean the left side of a boat, or is another word for a harbour.
Port, the direction, is designated the color red. The opposite of port is starboard.
You might also be interested in port, the drink.

A portrait is a painting, drawing or photo of someone. A portrait is often just of someone's head and shoulders, or from their waist up.
Portrait can also refer to any picture or a blank canvas or piece of paper that is vertical, that is with the long sides on the left and right, which is the best way to put your paper to draw a portrait of someone. The opposite of portrait in this case is landscape, which is the best way to put a piece of paper to draw a landscape.

lan Possums are fairly small creatures that live in trees in Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi. Possums usually sleep during the day and come out at night. Possums eat leaves, flowers and sometimes insects, eggs and meat.
The possums in the photo are trichosurus vulpecula, the common brush-tailed possum.

A post office is a place where letters and parcels are sorted before being delivered to your mailbox. Most post offices also sell cards and gifts, and you can pay your bills at the post office too.

A poster is a large piece of paper with words and/or pictures on it. Posters can be purely decorative, or they can be an advertisement for something.

A posy is a small bundle of flowers.