Words that start with P

Pis forParquet

Parquetry is a type of floor covering made from small pieces of wood, cut and joined to form patterns.

Parquet floors are often found in older buildings and places where people want a special decorative look.

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Pis forParrot

Birds

Parrots are one of the most intelligent birds. They can learn to say a few hundred words and make excellent pets. They originally come from the warmer areas of the world and are usually found in forests. They eat seeds, nuts and fruit. The can live for a long time, with the larger parrots sometimes living to 80 years old.

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Pis forParrotlet

Parrots

Parrotlets are small parrots with bright, colorful feathers and a short, rounded tail. They live in parts of Central and South America, often in wooded areas. Like most parrots, they eat seeds, fruit and nuts and people sometimes keep them as pets.

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Pis forParsley

Herbs & spices, Plants

Parsley is a herb, which means it is not eaten as a food on its own, but it is added to other dishes for flavour. Parsley is used mostly as a garnish, cut up and sprinkled onto food to make it look nicer. You often find a sprig of parsley being used to decorate food from a restaurant.

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Pis forParsnip

Plants, Vegetables

The parsnip is an edible root vegetable related to the carrot. It is paler than the carrot, being almost white not bright orange, and has a stronger flavour and is not so crisp.
Like carrots, parsnips can be roasted or fried but are most often used in soups and stews.

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Pis forPart

Parts of things

A part is a component or a piece with a specific function that contributes to the way a larger object works, such as a machine or a body. For example, a watch is made up of many parts.

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Pis forParticle

Parts of things

A particle is a very tiny piece of something, for example: a particle of dust.

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Pis forPartridge

Birds

A partridge is a small, round-bodied bird with a short beak and strong legs, usually with brown or grey feathers that help it blend into the ground. It lives in open fields, grasslands, and farmland, often hiding in thick cover. Partridges mostly walk on the ground to find seeds, grains, and small insects, and they use quick bursts of flight to escape danger.

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Pis forParty

Events

A party is an event where a group of people get together and have fun. Parties often have food and drinks served at them.

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Pis forPassionfruit

Fruit, Plants

Passionfruits are a small, tropical vine. The fruit itself is hard, and either yellow or almost black. The part of the passionfruit that you eat is the seeds and the flesh around the seeds. You cut the fruit in half and scrape the seeds out.
Passionfruit is added to pies, desserts, fruit salad and some drinks.

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Pis forPasta

Food

Pasta is a food from Italy, made from wheat flour, water and sometimes eggs. Pasta, or noodles, are made in a special way and are often dried in shape and sold as hard, dry pasta rather than moist, fresh pasta.
Pasta comes in a huge variety of shapes, and even some different colours. spaghetti is one of the commonest types of pasta. The pasta in the picture is penne.

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Pis forPastel

Adjectives, Colors

Something is pastel if it is a soft, pale color. Pastels are normally used on clothes and bedding for babies.

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Pis forPastiche

Food

Pastiche is a pastry also called a nut roll. Pastiche is made from a dough filled with a sweet nut mixture.

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Pis forPastry

Food

Pastry is a sweet, flakey part of many dishes that is made from cooked dough. Some foods are made entirely from pastry, while others like pies and tarts just have pastry around the outside.

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Pis forPasty

Food

A pasty is a kind of food that is made out of a round piece of pastry folded in half around some kind of filling. Pasties are most commonly filled with vegetables but you can also make a pasty with a meat filling.
Pasty is also a word for describing someone who is pale and unhealthy looking.

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Pis forPat

List of action and motion words, Verbs

You pat something when you touch it with the palm of your hand. People usually pat dogs and cats on the head, or give each other a pat on the back for a job well done.
A very similar word to pat is stroke, where you run your hand along something slowly as you are patting it.

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Pis forPatch

List of sewing items

A patch is a way of mending something that is broken by sticking a piece of something over the hole, and has given rise to the phrase "to patch something up". If you get a hole in the knee of your jeans they can be fixed by stitching a patch over the hole.
When something is made entirely of patches, it is called patchwork. Quilts are often made of patchwork.
A patch is also the name for a place you grow pumpkins or other vegetables.

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Pis forPatella

Body parts

Patella is the formal name for the kneecap, a small round bone in the front of your knee. It helps protect the knee joint.

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Pis forPath

Mathematics, Paths

A path is a small road that connects two places. Paths are usually for people or animals, not large vehicles.
In math, a path is simply a way to connect two points, not necessarily in a straight line.

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Pis forPaunch

Body parts

Paunch is used to describe where a person's belly sticks out a little bit more than it should.

You might use the word to describe someone who is a little bit overweight, as in "he has a paunch".

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