Words Starting with “P”

Continuing for a long time or longer than usual; lengthy.

An extended, continuous, and intense series of attacks, questions, complaints, or physical stimuli.

The past tense and past participle of promise; to have given an assurance that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something.

Showing signs of future success or excellence; likely to turn out well.

Conveying or containing a promise; specifically, relating to a legal document that promises the payment of a debt or the performance of an act.

A series of scheduled appearances, interviews, and performances undertaken by an author, celebrity, or business in various locations to publicize a new product, book, film, or album.

The specific evolutionary traits and physiological characteristics that allow the pronghorn to thrive in arid, open grassland environments, most notably its exceptional sustained speed and high-capacity respiratory system.

A standardized symbol or notation used on a manuscript or proof to indicate an error and direct a correction.

Kept safe from harm, injury, damage, or loss.

A person who participates in a public display of objection, disapproval, or dissent against a political, social, or economic policy or action.

An examination, test, or assessment of knowledge or ability.

A mathematical theorem stating that for any integer n, if the product of 3 and the square of n is an even number, then n itself must necessarily be an even number.

To mathematically demonstrate that the product of the tangent and cotangent of an angle theta is identically equal to one.

A person who trims or cuts away dead or overgrown branches or stems from plants.

Relating to or denoting faculties or phenomena that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, involving extrasensory perception or mental communication.

The rhythmic throbbing of arteries as blood is propelled through them, typically felt in the wrists or neck.

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

The act or practice of making plays on words that exploit multiple meanings of a term or of similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect.