6-Letter Words Starting with P: page 2

All 689 six-letter words that start with P: page 2 of 2

PL

• plexus15n. A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or...
• pliant8adj. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure...
• pliers8n. A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's...
• plight12n. A dire or unfortunate situation.
• plinky15adj. Characterized by plink sounds.
• plinth11n. A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other...
• ploidy12n. The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.
• plough12n. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into...
• plover11n. Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.
• plucky17adj. Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.
• plumed11adj. Having or decorated with a plume or plumes.
• plumer10n. A person who sells feathers.
• plummy15adj. Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.
• plumpy15adj. Plump; fat; sleek.
• plunge9v. To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
• plural8adj. Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
• plushy14n. Synonym of plushie.
• pluton8n. A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by...
• plying12n. An arrangement of strands or plies.

PN

• pneuma10n. A neume.
• pneumo10n. Pneumothorax.

PO

• pocked15adj. Pockmarked.
• pocket14n. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
• podded11adj. Having pods (of a particular kind).
• podger10n. A tool in the form of a short commonly-tapered metal rod, principally...
• podium11n. A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or...
• podunk13adj. Small, rural, and unimportant.
• podzol18n. The typical soil of coniferous or boreal forests.
• poetic10adj. Relating to poetry.
• poetry11n. Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention...
• pogrom11n. A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or...
• pointe8n. The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.
• points8n. Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway...
• pointy11adj. Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
• poised9adj. Possessing poise, having self-confidence.
• poison8n. A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when...
• pokies12n. A woman's nipples when protruding, e.g. from cold or arousal.
• poking13n. The act by which something is poked.
• polari8v. To speak or talk, particularly in slang or cant.
• polder9n. An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
• police10n. A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of...
• policy13n. A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government...
• poling9n. The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles.
• polish11n. A substance used to polish.
• polite8adj. Well-mannered, civilized.
• polity11n. Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a...
• pollan8n. A freshwater fish, Coregonus pollan, resembling a herring.
• polled9adj. Lopped; said of trees having their tops cut off.
• pollen8n. A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
• poller8n. One who polls or lops trees.
• pollex15n. The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding...
• pollie8n. A politician.
• pollux15n. A variety of petalite always found with castor.
• polony11n. A kind of sausage made of meat that has been only partly cooked.
• polska12n. A kind of Nordic dance, usually danced with a partner in 3/4 meter.
• polyol11n. Any organic compound having multiple hydroxyl functional groups, such...
• pomace12n. Such residue from apples used in the process of cidermaking; also, a...
• pomade11n. A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look...
• pomelo10n. The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South...
• pommel12n. The upper front brow of a saddle.
• pommer12n. An alto, tenor, or bass instrument of the shawm family.
• pomona10n. A treatise on fruits.
• pompom14n. A ball made of pieces of soft fabric, tinsel, plastic, or paper...
• pompon12n. A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
• poncho13n. A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the...
• ponder9v. To wonder, think of deeply.
• pondok13n. A crudely-built hut in parts of Asia.
• ponent8n. The west; the area of the setting sun.
• pongal9n. A sweet or savoury Indian rice dish.
• pongee9n. A soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed...
• ponies8n. Horsepower.
• pontic10n. A false tooth that forms part of a dental bridge.
• pontin8n. An ATPase that is a component of telomerase.
• poobah13n. A person who holds multiple offices or positions of power at the same...
• poochy16adj. Bulging outward.
• poodle9n. A breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy...
• pookie12n. A glass pipe designed for freebasing cocaine, methamphetamine, or other...
• pooler8n. A member of a pool, such as a carpool or press pool.
• poonam10n. A sari made of imported polyester, as opposed to a traditional cotton...
• pooped11adj. Tired, exhausted.
• pooper10n. One who poops out on an activity; one who dampens the mood by lack of...
• poopoo10v. To defecate.
• poorly11adv. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or...
• pooter8n. A glass jar used for collecting small insects etc; it has two tubes...
• pootie8n. A baby's pacifier.
• pootle8n. A stroll; a wandering.
• popeye13n. Exophthalmia.
• popiah13n. A kind of spring roll.
• poplar10n. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
• poplin10n. A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used...
• popoff16n. A period of time where a player performs extremely well in a video game.
• popolo10n. Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).
• popout10n. A pop fly that is caught in flight, resulting in an out.
• popper12n. One who or that which pops.
• poppet12n. An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
• popple12n. Poplar.
• poring9n. The act of one who pores.
• porked13adj. Extensively broken or beyond repair.
• porker12n. A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for...
• porous8adj. Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
• portal8n. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
• ported9adj. Having ports.
• porter8n. A person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one...
• portia8n. Thespesia populnea, a flowering plant of the mallow family, found...
• portly11adj. Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
• posada9n. A traditional Mexican Christmas procession.
• poseur8n. One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition...
• posing9n. The act by which something is posed.
• posset8n. A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such...
• possum10n. A marsupial of several families of the order Diprotodontia, found in...
• postal8adj. Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
• poster8n. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a...
• potage9n. A thick soup, especially a creamy one.
• potash11n. The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and...
• potato8n. The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.
• poteen8n. Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine.
• potent8adj. Powerful; possessing power; effective.
• potful11n. As much as a pot will hold.
• pother11n. A commotion, a tempest.
• pothos11n. Any vine of species Epipremnum aureum, widely cultivated as a...
• potion8n. A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or...
• potpie10n. (US) A pie, having pastry sides and bottom and (usually also) top, and...
• potsie8n. Any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (or "pot") used in...
• potted9adj. Grown or planted in a plant pot.
• potter8n. One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
• pottle8n. A small food container, usually made of plastic or cardboard, typically...
• pounce10n. A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled...
• pouncy13adj. Punchy, aggressive.
• pourer8n. One who, or that which, pours.
• pouter8n. A person who habitually pouts; a sourpuss.
• powder12n. The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by...
• powter11v. To poke in an exploratory manner.
• powwow17n. A ritual conducted by a Native American shaman.
• pozole17n. A traditional Mexican soup, made from hominy, pork, chilli and other...

PR

• prabhu13n. A lord.
• pragma11n. A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to...
• praise8n. Commendation; favourable representation in words.
• prajna15n. Wisdom; understanding; insight.
• prance10v. To spring forward on the hind legs.
• pranic10adj. Of or relating to prana.
• prasad9n. Food used as a religious offering.
• prater8n. A person who prates; a chatterer.
• praxis15n. The practical application of any branch of learning.
• prayer11n. A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual...
• preach13v. To give a sermon.
• preamp12v. Preamplify.
• preces10n. The alternate responsive petitions, as the versicles and suffrages...
• precog11n. A precognitive person.
• precut10v. To cut in advance.
• prefab13adj. Prefabricated.
• prefer11v. To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to...
• prefix18n. A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for...
• preggo10adj. Pregnant.
• prehab13n. Prehabilitation.
• prelaw11n. Any course of study taken by an undergraduate in preparation for study...
• prelim10adj. Preliminary.
• preman10n. A member of an organized criminal gang in Indonesia.
• premed11n. A premedication.
• premie10n. A follower of the controversial spiritual leader Prem Rawat (born 1957).
• premix17n. A blend of components that has been mixed in advance of use or of...
• prenup10n. A prenuptial agreement.
• prepay13v. To pay in advance, or beforehand.
• preppy15n. A student of a prep school.
• preset8adj. Set in advance, especially as a default.
• presto8adv. Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very...
• pretax15adj. Before the payment of taxes.
• pretty11adj. Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women...
• previs11n. Previsualization.
• preyer11n. One who, or that which, preys.
• priced11adj. Having a price of the kind specified.
• pricer10n. One who, or that which, prices.
• pricey13adj. Expensive, dear.
• priest8n. A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to...
• primal10adj. Being the first in time or in history.
• primed11adj. Prepared for use or action.
• primer10n. A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment...
• primly13adv. In a prim manner.
• primus10n. One of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at...
• prince10n. Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.
• priory11n. A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.
• prison8n. A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the...
• prissy11adj. Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.
• pritch13v. To pierce or make holes in.
• privet11n. Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
• prized18adj. Highly valued, cherished.
• proact10v. To take action in advance of an expected event.
• probie10n. Someone holding a position on a probationary basis, subject to...
• probit10n. A unit, derived from a standard normal distribution, used in measuring...
• profit11n. Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other...
• proggy13adj. Characteristic of progressive rock music.
• progun9adj. Supportive of guns, especially widespread firearm training.
• projet15n. A proposed plan; a draft or project.
• prolix15adj. Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
• prolly11adv. Probably.
• prolyl11n. The univalent radical derived from proline.
• promax17adj. Describing a type of rotation in factor analysis.
• prompt12adj. Quick; acting without delay.
• pronto8adv. Quickly, very soon, promptly.
• proofs11n. Samples of the copy and layout of a printed document for review by the...
• propel10v. To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move...
• proper10adj. Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable.
• propyl13n. Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₃H₇, formally...
• prosit8interj. Toast to indicate one is drinking to someone's, or to each other's...
• protea8n. Any of many South African flowering plants, of the genus Protea, having...
• protic10adj. That contains (and can donate or accept) a hydrogen ion (proton).
• proton8n. A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of...
• proven11adj. Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.
• prover11n. One who or that which proves.
• pruner8n. A person who prunes.
• prunus8n. A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves...
• prusik12n. A type of friction hitch.
• prying12n. The act of one who pries.

PS

• pseudo9n. A poseur; one who is fake.
• psyche16n. The human soul, mind, or spirit.
• psycho16n. A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
• psylla11n. Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae.
• psyops13n. Techniques used by military and police forces to influence the beliefs...

PT

• pterin8n. A ketonic amide derivative of pteridine responsible for some of the...
• ptosis8n. The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or...

PU

• public12adj. Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment...
• pucker14v. To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to...
• puckle14n. A fairy; elf; sprite.
• puddle10n. A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
• pueblo10n. A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo...
• puella8n. A young girl.
• puffed15adj. Inflated or swollen.
• puffer14n. Someone or something that puffs.
• puffin14n. The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the...
• puggle10v. To coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and...
• puisne8adj. Inferior in rank, as designation of any justice, judge etc. other than...
• pujari15n. Someone who performs a puja, especially a priest in a Hindu temple.
• puking13n. The act of one who pukes or vomits.
• puling9n. A whining or whimpering.
• pulled9adj. Of cooked meat, prepared by being torn into fine pieces.
• pullen8n. Domestic fowl; poultry.
• puller8n. Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is...
• pullet8n. A young hen, especially one less than a year old.
• pulley11n. One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in...
• pullin8n. Poultry.
• pullup10n. An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which...
• pulpal10adj. Relating to the pulp.
• pulpit10n. A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister...
• pulque17n. A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the...
• pulsar8n. A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.
• pulsed9adj. Producing, or consisting of pulses (short bursts).
• pulser8n. One who or that which pulses.
• pulver11n. Powder.
• pumice12n. A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during...
• pummel12v. To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
• pumped13adj. Pumped up; excited.
• pumper12n. One who pumps something.
• punchy16adj. Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous.
• pundit9n. An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide...
• punish11v. To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a...
• punkah15n. A fan, particularly a large fan made of leaf or cloth and hung from the...
• punker12n. Synonym of punk (“a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of...
• punnet8n. A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit...
• punter8n. One who rows or poles a punt or pontoon.
• pupate10v. To become a pupa.
• puppet12n. Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or...
• pupusa10n. A thick, hand-rolled maize tortilla.
• purdah12n. A curtain, especially one used in some Hindu or Muslim traditions to...
• purell8n. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel.
• purely11adv. Wholly; really, completely.
• purger9n. One who, or that which, purges or cleanses.
• purify14v. To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
• purine8n. Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused...
• purism10n. An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
• purist8adj. Of or pertaining to purism.
• purity11n. The state or degree of being pure.
• purlin8n. A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof.
• purple10n. A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
• purply13adj. Of or having somewhat of a purple color or hue.
• purser8n. The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for...
• pursue8v. To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
• purvey14v. To furnish or provide.
• pusher11n. Someone or something that pushes.
• pusser8n. A purser.
• putout8n. A play in which a batter is retired.
• putrid9adj. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
• putsch13n. A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current...
• putter8v. To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
• puzzle26n. The state of feeling confused or mystified because one cannot...

PY

• pyeong12n. A unit of area in Korea, used especially for floorspace, equivalent to...
• pyrene11n. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings...
• pyrite11n. The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS₂), of a pale brass-yellow color...
• pyrola11n. Any of the genus Pyrola of wintergreens.
• pyrope13n. A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a...
• python14n. Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.

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