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- OUTWASHThe sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier.
- OUTWINTo win a way out (of); to escape (from).
- OUTWITHOutside; beyond; outside of.
- OVERABOUNDTo be too abundant or plentiful.
- OVERAGEDaged too much
- OVERBOLDToo bold; impertinent or overreaching.
- OVERBUSYExcessively busy; officious.
- OVERCASTA cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
- OVERCLOSEIn too great a proximity.
- OVERCOLDExcessively cold.
- OVERHALETo draw or haul over; overhaul.
- OVERHEAPTo heap too high; heap up excessively; supply too much of.
- OVERHEATTo heat excessively.
- OVERLIETo lie over or upon
- OVERMANA person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine.
- OVERMATCHTo match more than intended.
- OVERWEIGHTo exceed in weight, outweigh; to preponderate; to weigh down.
- OVERWHELMTo engulf, surge over and submerge.
- OVERWISEExcessively wise; too clever for one's own good.
- OWERA person who owes something, especially money.
- OWLERThe alder tree.
- OXESplural of ox
- OXHEADA fool; a blockhead.
- PACKERA person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
- PACKHORSEA horse used as a pack animal.
- PACKINGpresent participle and gerund of pack
- PADLOCKA detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
- PAINFULCausing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
- PAINFULLYIn a painful manner; as if in pain.
- PALMISTRYTelling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand.
- PANFULAs much as a pan will hold.
- PANTLERThe servant in charge of the bread and the pantry in a great house.
- PARALYZETo afflict with paralysis.
- PARCHTo burn the surface of, to scorch.
- PARLANCEA certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.
- PASTThe period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
- PATHWAYA footpath or other path or track.
- PAVEDCovered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.
- PEACEABLYIn a peaceable manner.
- PEACEFULLYIn a peaceful manner.
- PEAHENA female peafowl.
- PEASANTRYImpoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.
- PEASCODThe legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.
- PECKTo strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- PECKERSomeone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly: Any tool used in a pecking fashion, particularly kinds of hoes or pi
- PEDLARAlternative spelling of peddler.
- PEEKTo look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
- PEEPA short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. A feeble utterance or complaint.
- PEEVISHConstantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.
- PERCASEPerchance; perhaps.
- PERNPart of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle.
- PERPETUALLYSeeming to never end; endlessly; constantly.
- PERSONABLEOf a person: having a pleasing appearance; attractive; handsome.
- PERTAttractive.
- PETTICOATA tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
- PICKERAgent noun of pick; one who picks.
- PICKERELA freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
- PIGSNYAn Elizabethan term of endearment.
- PIKEMANA soldier armed with a pike.
- PIPERA musician who plays a pipe.
- PISMIREAn ant.
- PITCHFORKAn agricultural hand tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or
- PITCHYOf, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.
- PITEOUSLYIn a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively.
- PITHYConcise and meaningful.
- PITIFULSo appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
- PITIFULLYIn a pitiful manner.
- PITILESSHaving, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.
- PLANERA tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.
- PLAYFULEnjoying play; sportive; prone to playing frequently, in the manner of a child or young pet (viz. puppy or kitten).
- PLAYINGAn occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
- PLEASANTLYIn a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
- PLEASEDHappy, content.
- PLEASERSomeone or something which pleases.
- PLEASINGAgreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
- PLEDsimple past and past participle of plead
- PLENTIFULExisting in large number or ample amount.
- PLIGHTFULFull of risk or danger; risky; dangerous; perilous.
- PLODA slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
- PLODGETo wade or splash around especially in the sea, or in puddles or mud.
- POETESSA female poet.
- POETICALSynonym of poetic.
- POETICALLYIn a poetic manner.
- POETICALSSynonym of poetic.
- POINTLESSHaving no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end.
- POISONERA person who poisons something or someone.
- POLEYNThe part of medieval armour that protected the knee.
- POLLARDA pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
- POLLOCKEither of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.
- POOPTo make a short blast on a horn.
- POORLYIn a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
- POSITIVELYIn a positive manner.
- POTFULas much as a pot will hold
- POTHOLEA shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion, weather or traffic.
- POTHOLINGSA shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion, weather or traffic.
- POWERFULHaving, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
- PRANCETo spring forward on the hind legs.
- PREACHINGpresent participle and gerund of preach
- PRECEDINGOccurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
- PRECIOUSLYIn a precious manner.