-p-, -pp-
P.M.
P.S.
pace
pachyderm, elephantine, pachydermatous
package
packet !! German Paket 'pile, bundle, dossier'
pact
PADDED PROSE, PADDING FOR IMPORTANCE
paean, paeon, peon
paed-, paedi-
page, leaf
paid
pair
pair
pajamas, pyjamas
palate, palette, pallet
paleo-, palaeo-
palette
palimony
palimpsest
palindrome
pallet
palm off
palpable, palpably
pan-
panacea, placebo
pandemic
pander, panderer
pandit, pundit
panic
panties
pants
paparazzi
paper copy
paperback, paperbacked
papier-mâché
par excellence
parable
paradigm
paradigm
paraffin
PARAGRAPH
paragraph [par] [mdm] !! German Paragraf 'section (of law)'
parallel
parallel
parallel structure [ps] [mdm]
PARALLELISM
paralysis
paralyze
parameter
parameter, perimeter
paramount
paranoia, paranoiac, paranoid
paranormal
paraphernalia
PARAPHRASE
PARATAXIS, HYPOTAXIS
PARENS
PARENTHESES
parenthesis
parenting
parkway
parlay, parley
parlor, parlour
parlous
parody
parricide, patricide
parson
part
part and parcel
part, portion
partake
partial
partiality
partially, partly
participate
PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES WITH VERY
participles
PARTICIPLES
PARTICLE
particular
partly
PARTS OF SPEECH
party !! German Partie 'section, role, game, trip, batch good catch (e.g. marriage)'
pass
pass away
pass on
pass, pass away, pass on
passable, passible
passe
passed, past
passel
passerby, passer-by
passible
passim
PASSIVE VOICE
past
past and present [mdm]
past history
PAST PARTICIPLE
past perfect [mdm]
PAST PERFECT TENSE
PAST TENSE
past tense, formation [mdm]
past vs. present [mdm]
pastel, pastille
pastiche
pastie, pasties
pastille
pastor
pastoral, pastorale
pasty, pasty, pastie, pasties
pâté, pate
patent !! German patent 'ingenious, clever, neat, handy'
pathos, pathetic !! German Pathos 'emotiveness emotionalism,' pathetish 'emotional, dramatic, histrionic'
patio
patois
patricide
patrolman
patron !! German Patron 'patron saint, (informal) chap, fellow'
patronize
pavement
pavilion
pawn off
pay
payment in kind
peace
peace officer
peaceable, peaceful
peak, peek, pique
peal, peel
peccadillo
peculiar
ped-, pedo-, paed-, paedi-
pedagogue, pedagog
pedal, pedaler, peddler, peddle
pee
peek
peel
peer, peerage, peerless, pier
PEJORATION, PEJORATED, PEJORATING, PEJORATIVE, DEGRADATION, DEGRADED, DEGRADING
pencil
pendant, pendent
penetrable
Pennsylvania Dutch
pension !! German Pension 'guest inn, small hotel, retirement, pension payment'
pensioner
penultimate, ultimate
peon
people / persons
people, persons
per
per annum, per capita, per diem
per diem
peradventure
perceive, perceived
percent
percent, per cent
percent, percentage
percentage
perceptible, perceptive, percipient, perceptual, sensible, palpable, visible, tangible, audible
perchance
percipient
percolate, percolator
peremptory, perfunctory
perennial
perfect
perfect
PERFECT INFINITIVE
PERFECT TENSES
perfectionist
perfective [mdm]
perfective and indefinite past [mdm]
perfective and state-up-to-present [mdm]
perfectly
perfume
perfunctory
perimeter
period
PERIOD 1
period 2 (of time)
periodic
PERIODIC SENTENCE
peripheral
PERIPHRASTIC, PERIPHRASIS, PERIPHRASTIC COMPARATIVE, PERIPHRASTIC GENITIVE
perk
permanence, permanency
permeate
permissible, permissive
PERMISSIVENESS
permit, admit, allow
pernickety
perpendicular, vertical
perpetrate, perpetuate
perquisite, prerequisite
persevere
persistently
persnickety, pernickety
PERSON
persona
persona grata
persona non grata, persona grata
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
personal, personnel
personality
personality
personally
personate
PERSONIFICATION
personify, impersonate, personate
personnel
persons
perspective, prospective
perspicuous, perspicacious, perspicacity, perspicuity
perspiration
persuade
persuasion
pertinent
peruse
peruse, perusal, peruser
perverse, perversity, perversion, pervert, perverted
pessimistic
petrol !! German Petroleum 'oil, paraffin'
pH
phalanx
phantasy
pharmacist
pharmacopeia, pharmacopoeia
phase
phenom
phenomenon
phenomenon
-phile, -phobe
Philippine(s), Filipino, Pilipino
PHILOLOGIST, PHILOLOGY
-phobe
phobia
Phoebe, phoebe, Phoebus, Phoenicia(n), phoenix, Phoenix
phone 1
phone 2
PHONEMES
PHONETICS, PHONEMICS, PHONOLOGY
phony, phoney
photo, picture
photograph !! German Fotograf 'photographer'
PHRASAL PREPOSITIONS
PHRASAL VERBS
PHRASE
PHRASE AND CLAUSE MODIFIERS
-phth-
physic, physics, physique
physician !! German Physikerin 'physicist, physics student'
pianist, accompanist
piano
picaresque, picturesque
piccolo
pickle !! German Pickel 'spot, pimple, pick-axe'
picnic
picture
picturesque
PIDGIN ENGLISH
pidgin, pigeon
piece, peace
pier
pier glass
PIG LATIN
pigeon
pigmy
pilaf
Pilipino
pinch-hit, pinch hitter
pip
pique
piqué, piquet
pistachio
pistil, pistol, pistole
pit
piteous, pitiable, pitiful
-place, -where
placebo
PLAGIARISM
plaid, tartan
plain, plane
plaintiff, complaint, plaintive
plan
plane !! German planen 'to plan, plot,' Plane 'tarpaulin, hood (on car), canopy'
PLANNED LEVEL
plate !! German Platte 'record, (informal) bald head, panel, sheet of glass or metal, etc., low/flat land, plaque, computer disc'
plateau
plausible
play
playwright, playwrite
plead
plead
pleasantry, pleasantness
please
pleasing
pled
plenitude, plentitude
plenteous, plentiful
plentitude
plenty
PLEONASMS
plethora
plow, plough
plump !! German Plump 'awkward, obvious, crude'
plunder !! German Plunder 'junk, rubbish'
plunge
PLUPERFECT TENSE
PLUPLUPERFECT TENSE
PLURAL
plurality
PLURALS OF COMPOUND NOUNS
PLURALS OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS
PLURALS OF NOUNS ENDING IN -F, -FE
PLURALS OF NOUNS ENDING IN -O
PLURALS OF NOUNS, THE REGULAR PATTERNS FOR
PLURALS OF NOUNS, UNCHANGING
plus
plus
plus fours
podium, dais, lectern, pulpit
poetess
POETIC, LITERARY
POETRY, THE QUOTATION OF
point in time
point is, the
point of fact, in
point of view
poison, poisonous
poke
police, police officer, policeman, policewoman !! German Police 'insurance policy'
political, politic
politically correct, P(.)C(.), political correctness
politics !! German Politik 'policy''
politics
pollute, pollution
polyglot
pommel, pummel
poncho
ponder
pony !! German Pony 'fringe (hair)'
poof, poofter
poor boy
poorly
pop
pore / pour
pore, pour
pork
porpoise
portentous, pretentious
portfolio
portico
portion
PORTMANTEAU WORDS
positive attitude, positive advice, positive influence, positive thinking
POSITIVE DEGREE, COMPARATIVE DEGREE, SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
POSITIVES, LOST
positivism
possess, have, own
possessed
possessed
POSSESSIVE
possessive adjectives and relative clauses [mdm]
possessive and genitive expressions [mdm]
possessive constructions
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
POSSESSIVE WITH GERUND
possessive with parts of the body, clothing [mdm]
possibility
possibility [mdm]
possible, probable
POSSLQ
posterior
post-graduate
postmodifiers [mdm]
postmodifiers, position [mdm]
postscript
potato
pouf, poof, poofter, pouff, pouffe, poof
pour
-pp-
practicable / practical
practicable, practical
practically
practically
practice [mdm]
practice, practise
preacher
precede, proceed
precedence, precedent(s)
precip, precipitation
precipitate / precipitous
precipitate, precipitous, precipitately, precipitously
precipitation
precipitous, precipitously
précis
preclude
precondition, condition
predestine
predeterminers, position of predeterminers [mdm]
PREDICATE 1
predicate 2
PREDICATE ADJECTIVE
PREDICATE NOMINATIVE
predominant, predominate, predominantly, predominately
preemie
preempt, pre-empt
preface
prefer
preferable
preference
PREFIX
PREFIXES, HYPHENATION OF
pregnant
prejudice, prejudiced
prejudicial
premature
premier, première, premiere
premiere
premises, premise, premiss
premodifier, plural noun as [mdm]
premodifiers, other [mdm]
PREPOSITION 1, ENDING A SENTENCE WITH A
PREPOSITION 2, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
prepositional phrase [mdm]
prepositions
prepositions [mdm]
prerequisite
prescribe / proscribe
prescribe, proscribe
PRESCRIPTIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR AND USAGE
present
present incumbent
PRESENT PARTICIPLES
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
PRESENT TENSE
present writer, present author, present commentator, present observer
presently
presently
preservative !! German Präservativ 'condom'
preside
PRESTIGE DIALECT
presume
presumptive, presumptuous
pretense, pretence
pretentious
PRETENTIOUS WORDS
PRETERIT(E)
preternatural
pretty
prevail
prevaricate, procrastinate
prevent
preventative, preventive
previous to, prior to
prewar
price !! German Preis 'price or prize'
priest, clergyman, etc.
prima donna
prima facie
PRIMARY REFERENCE
PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY STRESS, UNSTRESSED
principal / principle !! German prinzipiell 'in principle, on principle'
PRINCIPAL PARTS OF VERBS
principal, principle
principle
PRINCIPLE OF PROXIMITY
prior to
prioritize
prioritize
prise
pristine
privatize
prix fixe
prize, prise, pry See also price.
pro
proactive
probability
probable
probe
problem
proceed, proceeds, procedure, proceeding(s)
process !! German Prozeß 'trial, law suit'
procrastinate
procure, procurement
prodigal
producer, conductor, director
product, end
productive
PROFANITY
professor, instructor, teacher
proficient
profit
prognosis
program
progression (arithmetic, geometric, mathematical)
progressive [mdm]
progressive and temporary or incomplete action [mdm]
progressive as time-frame [mdm]
PROGRESSIVE ASPECT
PROGRESSIVE PASSIVE
progressive with adverbs expressing continuous activity [mdm]
progressive with adverbs of indefinite frequency [mdm]
progressive, verbs not allowing [mdm]
prohibit
project
prolegomenon
PROLIXITY
promise
promotion !! German Promotion 'doctorate''
prone, prostrate, supine
PRONOUN
PRONOUN AGREEMENT
PRONOUN WITH POSSESSIVE ANTECEDENT
pronounce
pronouns and of genitive [mdm]
pronouns and other pro-forms [mdm]
pronouns, agreement of
pronouns, personal
PRONOUNS, REFLEXIVE
pronouns, reflexive [mdm]
pronouns, reflexive and intensive
pronunciation 1
PRONUNCIATION 2: AMERICAN AND BRITISH DIFFERENCES
PRONUNCIATION OF COMPOUND WORDS
PRONUNCIATION OF NOUNS ENDING IN -AGE
PRONUNCIATION OF NOUNS ENDING IN -F, -FE
PRONUNCIATIONS OF WORDS ENDING IN -TH, -THE
PRONUNCIATIONS, SPELLING
PRONUNCIATIONS, VARIANT
PROOFREADER’S MARKS
propaganda
propellant, propellent
propeller, propellor
proper !! German proper '(informal) trim, neat, clean, tidy'
proper names [pn] [mdm]
PROPER NOUNS, PROPER NAMES
prophecy, prophesy
prophesize
prophesy
propitious
proportion
proportional, proportionable, proportionate
proposal, proposition
proprietary, propriety
prorate
prosaic, prosy
proscribe
PROSE
proselyte, proselytize
prospective
prospectus
prostate, prostrate
prosthesis, prosthetics, prosthetic
prostrate
prosy
protagonist
protagonist
protect
protégé(e)
protest
protractor
provable, provably, provability
prove
prove
proverb
provide
provided / providing
provided, providing
provident, providential
province
provision !! German Provision 'commission, fee 'provision'
proviso
provoke
proximity
PROXIMITY, THE PRINCIPLE OF
prudent, prudential, providential
pry
pseudo, pseudo-
pseudonym
psychoanalyze
psychosis
public !! German Publikum 'audience; customers'
publicly, publically
publish
pudding !! German Pudding 'blancmange'
puff !! German Puff 'brothel, cat house'
pulpit
pummel
punctilious, punctual
PUNCTUATION; PUNCTUATION MARKS
pundit
punish
pupil, student
puppet, marionette
purchase
purebred
purge
PURISTS
purport
purposefully, purposedly, purposely
pursuit
pusillanimous
put down, putdown
put English on
put stock in
put your best foot forward
puzzle
Pygmy, pygmy, pigmy
pyjamas
Pyrrhic victory