Definition of
P
- (noun, communication) the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet
- (noun, substance) a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
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Synonyms of P
Alternate forms of P
Hypernyms: alphabetic character, chemical element, element, letter, letter of the alphabet
Origin of the word P
- a rare letter in the initial position in Gmc., in part because by Grimm's Law PIE p- became Gmc. f-; even with early L. borrowings, -p- takes up only a little over 4 pages in J.R. Clark Hall's "Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary," compared to 31 pages for B and more than 36 for F. But it now is the third most common initial letter in the Eng. voca… more
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Words that sound like P
16 pf, p.a., p.e., p.o., pa, paba, pahoehoe, pap, papa, papaia, papaw, papaya, papio, pappa, papua, pave, pavo, paw, pawpaw, pay, pay off, pay up, paye, payee, payoff, pb, pe, pea, peavey, peavy, peba, pee, pee-pee, peep, peeve, peewee, pei, pep, pep up, peppy, pew, pewee, ph, phi, phobia, phobophobia, phoebe
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