Words that start with P

Piled is the past tense of pile.

Pillars, or columns, are tall, thin posts usually made from stone. Pillars are often decorative, and are usually used for holding something up, like a roof or a bridge.

A pilot is someone who flies planes or helicopters for a living. Pilots need to do a lot of training, and must be fit, healthy and have good eyesight.

A pin is a small piece of metal that is sharp at one end and has a small bump at the other end. It is used for holding pieces of cloth together when you are making something, but before they are properly stitched together.

Pin the tail on the donkey is a game where children wear blindfolds and try and pin or stick a tail onto a picture of a donkey.
You don't have to play this game with a donkey, you can play pin the horn on the unicorn, or any other variation you want.

You pinch something when you grab it tightly between your forefinger and thumb.
Pinching is also a word for any similar motion to pinching with your hands, or something that feels like pinching. For example, "my new shoes pinch my feet".

The pine cone is the female part of the pine tree. The pine tree's seeds grow inside the pine cone, and when it is ripe the cone opens so the seeds can fall out.

Pine trees or conifers come in all shapes and sizes, although most are quite large trees. They all have some features in common. They all have cones instead of flowers. They all have leaves that look like thin green needles. Most pine trees grow from one central point at the top of the tree only and do not branch, which gives most pine trees a distinctive cone shape. Some species do branch, but not as much as most other trees do.
Because pine trees usually grow tall and straight without branching they are commonly grown as plantation timber to harvest their wood for building houses and furniture out of.

Pink is a colour most often seen on flowers. You can make pink by mixing red and white paint. The car in the picture is pink.

Your pinky finger is the smallest finger on your hand.