A building where fruit and vegetables are packed prior to distribution to shops.
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
packwaukee
palebuck
pamunkey
panleukopenia
panleukopenia
noun
A distemper of cats caused by a strain of Parvovirus.
parbuckle
parbuckle
noun
A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
verb
To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
parkersburg
parkersburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
parkesburg
passadumkeag
paucker
pawtucket
pawtucket
Proper noun
A large city in Rhode Island.
peckful
pendulumlike
pendulumlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pendulum; having a back-and-forth motion.
pennsauken
pennuckle
penthouselike
penthouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a penthouse.
penuckle
penuckles
pequabuck
pequannock
perrukery
peruke
peruke
noun
A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
peruked
peruked
adj
Wearing a peruke.
perukeless
peruker
peruker
noun
A manufacturer of perukes.
perukery
perukes
perukes
noun
plural of peruke
perukier
perukier
noun
A maker or seller of perukes.
perukiership
pervouralsk
petrouchka
pewaukee
pfannkuchen
phenylketonuria
phenylketonuria
noun
(medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
phuket
phuket
Proper noun
Phuket Province, a province in the southern of Thailand
The island where Phuket Province located
A city on the island of Phuket
pickelhaube
pickelhaube
noun
(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
pickpurse
pickpurse
noun
One who steals purses, or money from purses.
picturelike
picturelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a picture.
picturemaker
picturemaking
pipsqueak
pipsqueak
noun
Alternative spelling of pip-squeak
pipsqueaks
pipsqueaks
noun
plural of pipsqueak
plouked
pluckage
plucked
plucked
adj
(UK, slang, dated) Having courage and spirit; plucky.
(of the strings of an instrument) Played by plucking.
Having had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pluck
pluckedness
pluckedness
noun
The quality of being plucked (in various senses).
pluckemin
plucker
plucker
noun
A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
One who plucks.
pluckerian
pluckers
pluckers
noun
plural of plucker
pluckier
pluckier
adj
comparative form of plucky: more plucky
pluckiest
pluckiest
adj
superlative form of plucky: most plucky
pluckiness
pluckiness
noun
The characteristic of being plucky.
pluckinesses
pluckless
pluckless
adj
Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
plucklessly
plucklessness
plucklessness
noun
(rare) Absence of pluck or courage; timidity.
pluglike
pluglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plug.
plumelike
plumelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plume.
plumemaker
plumemaking
plumlike
plumlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plum.
plunked
plunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plunk
plunker
plunker
noun
(fishing) An angler who throws bait into the water and waits on the shore, rather than fishing from a boat.
plunkers
plunkers
noun
plural of plunker
plunkett
plushlike
plushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of plush.
pneumonokoniosis
pocketful
pocketful
noun
(figurative) A small or moderate amount.
The amount that a pocket would hold.
pocketfuls
pocketfuls
noun
plural of pocketful
pocketsful
pockhouse
pockmanteau
pockmanteau
noun
(Scotland, archaic) portmanteau
pokeful
pokeful
noun
Enough to fill a poke; a bagful or sackful.
pokeout
porkburger
porkburger
noun
A burger made with pork instead of beef.
pouchlike
pouchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pouch.
poughkeepsie
poughkeepsie
Proper noun
a city in New York State, USA
poultrylike
poultrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of poultry.
poundcake
poundcake
noun
Alternative spelling of pound cake
poundkeeper
poundkeeper
noun
The keeper of a pound.
poundlike
prankfulness
prankfulness
noun
The quality of being prankful.
prebankruptcy
prebankruptcy
adj
Preceding a bankruptcy.
predusk
predusk
adj
Before dusk.
noun
The period immediately preceding dusk.
predusks
preearthquake
preshrunk
preshrunk
verb
past participle of preshrink
preshrunken
preundertake
preundertaken
preundertaking
preundertook
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
proletkult
proleukocyte
prologuelike
prologuelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prologue.
protoleukocyte
prudelike
prudelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prude; prudish.
pseudankylosis
pseudoalkaloid
pseudoalkaloid
noun
Any alkaloid-like compound that does not originate from amino acids.
pseudoankylosis
pseudobankrupt
pseudobrookite
pseudobrookite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.
pseudoleukemia
pseudoleukemic
pseudoskeletal
pseudoskeleton
pseudoskink
psychoquackeries
pucker
pucker
noun
(colloquial) A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
A fold or wrinkle.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
puckerbush
puckered
puckered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pucker
puckerel
puckerer
puckerer
noun
One who, or that which, puckers.
puckerers
puckerers
noun
plural of puckerer
puckerier
puckeriest
puckering
puckering
noun
A fold or pinched bunch of fabric caused by the shrinkage of one layer among many.
verb
present participle of pucker
puckermouth
puckers
puckers
noun
plural of pucker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pucker
puckery
puckery
adj
Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.
Very sour, so that the lips pucker.
puckett
puckett
Proper noun
A village in Mississippi.
puckishness
puckishness
noun
An instance of being puckish
puckle
puckle
noun
(dialectal) A fairy; elf; sprite.
(obsolete) The devil; Satan.
pucklike
pucklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puck.
puckneedle
puckrel
pucksey
puckster
puckster
noun
(US, Canada) An ice hockey player.
puddinglike
puddinglike
adj
Resembling a pudding.
puddlelike
puddlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puddle.
pukatea
pukatea
noun
(New Zealand) Laurelia novae-zelandiae, a tree of New Zealand.
pukateine
pukateine
noun
An alkaloid found in the bark of the pukatea.
puke
puke
noun
(US, slang, derogatory, countable) A person from Missouri.
(colloquial, countable) A drug that induces vomiting.
(colloquial, countable) A worthless, despicable person.
(colloquial, uncountable) vomit.
A fine grade of woolen cloth.
A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.
verb
(colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
(intransitive, finance, slang) To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market.
puked
puked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of puke
pukeka
pukeko
pukeko
noun
Alternative spelling of pūkeko
puker
puker
noun
(broadcasting, slang) A person who caricatures the manner of speech of a disc jockey or announcer, using affected, back-of-the-throat speech that is likened to puking.
(slang, derogatory) A detestable person.
Someone who pukes, a vomiter.
That which causes vomiting.
pukes
pukes
noun
plural of puke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of puke
pukeweed
pukishness
pulaskite
pulaskite
noun
(mineralogy) A massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.