Words that start with P

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.