P
P ...
- 1 P
- 2 P
- 3 P [alliterative]
- 4 P.C. (patres conscripti)
- 5 P., P.P., P.P.P. (in music)
- 6 P.P.C. (pour prendre conge)
- 7 P.S. (post-scriptum)
- 8 P’s and Q’s
- 9 Pabana (The) or Peacock Dance
- 10 Pacific Ocean (The)
- 11 Packing a Jury
- 12 Pacolet
- 13 Pactolus
- 14 Padding
- 15 Paddington Fair
- 16 Paddle Your Own Canoe
- 17 Paddock
- 18 Paddi-whack
- 19 Paddy
Padua ...
- 1 Padua
- 2 Paduasoy or Padësoy
- 3 Pæan
- 4 Pæan
- 5 Pagan
- 6 Pagan Works of Art
- 7 Page
- 8 Page (Mr. and Mrs.)
- 9 Pagoda
- 10 Paint
- 11 Paint the Lion (To)
- 12 Painter
- 13 Painter of the Graces
- 14 Painter of Nature
- 15 Painters and Artists
- 16 Painting
- 17 Pair Off
- 18 Paishdadian Dynasty
- 19 Paix
- 20 Pal (A)
Palaee ...
- 1 Palaee
- 2 Paladin
- 3 Palæmon
- 4 Palais des Thermes
- 5 Palamedēs of Lombardy
- 6 Palamon and Arcite
- 7 Palatinate
- 8 Palaver
- 9 Pale
- 10 Pale Faces
- 11 Palemon
- 12 Palermo Razors
- 13 Palēs
- 14 Palestine Soup
- 15 Palestra
- 16 Palestrina or Pelestrina
- 17 Paletot [pal-e-to]
- 18 Palimpsest
- 19 Palindrome
- 20 Palinode
Palinurus (in English, Palinure) ...
- 1 Palinurus (in English, Palinure)
- 2 Palissy Ware
- 3 Pall
- 4 Pall-bearers
- 5 Pall Mall
- 6 Pallace
- 7 Palladium
- 8 Pallas
- 9 Pallet
- 10 Palliate
- 11 Palm
- 12 Palm Off (To)
- 13 Palm Oil
- 14 Palm Sunday
- 15 Palm Tree
- 16 Palmer
- 17 Palmerin of England
- 18 Palmy Days
- 19 Palsy
- 20 Paludamentum
Pam ...
- 1 Pam
- 2 Pamela
- 3 Pampas
- 4 Pamper
- 5 Pamphlet
- 6 Pamphyle
- 7 Pan
- 8 Panacea
- 9 Panama
- 10 Pancake
- 11 Pancaste
- 12 Pancras (St.)
- 13 Pandarus
- 14 Pandects of Justinian (The)
- 15 Pandemonium (A)
- 16 Pander
- 17 Pandora’s Box (A)
- 18 Panel (A)
- 19 Pangloss (Dr.)
- 20 Panic
Panjandrum ...
- 1 Panjandrum
- 2 Pantables
- 3 Pantagruel
- 4 Pantagruelion
- 5 Pantagruelion Herb (The)
- 6 Pantaloon
- 7 Pantechnicon
- 8 Panthea
- 9 Panthea (Greek)
- 10 Pantheon
- 11 Panther
- 12 Panthera
- 13 Pantile Shop
- 14 Pantomime
- 15 Panton Gates
- 16 Pantry. (French, paneteric
- 17 Panurge
- 18 Panyer Stone (The)
- 19 Pap
- 20 Papa, Father
Papal Slippers (The) ...
- 1 Papal Slippers (The)
- 2 Paper
- 3 Paper a House (To)
- 4 Paper King
- 5 Paper Marriages
- 6 Paper-stainer (A)
- 7 Paphian
- 8 Papimany
- 9 Papyra
- 10 Papyri
- 11 Par. (A)
- 12 Par (At)
- 13 Paracelsists
- 14 Paraclete
- 15 Paradise
- 16 Paradise Lost
- 17 Paradise Regained (in four books)
- 18 Paradise Shoots
- 19 Paradise of Fools
- 20 Paradise and the Peri
Parallel ...
- 1 Parallel
- 2 Paramatta
- 3 Parapet
- 4 Paraphernalia
- 5 Parasite
- 6 Parc aux Cerfs [deer parks]
- 7 Parcæ
- 8 Parchment
- 9 Pardon Bell
- 10 Pardouneres Tale
- 11 Pari Passu
- 12 Parian Chronicle
- 13 Parian Verse
- 14 Parias or Pariahs
- 15 Paridel
- 16 Paris
- 17 Paris-Garden
- 18 Parish Registers
- 19 Parisian
- 20 Parisian Wedding (The)
Parisienne (La) ...
- 1 Parisienne (La)
- 2 Parisina
- 3 Parizade
- 4 Parkership
- 5 Parks
- 6 Parlance
- 7 Parlement (French)
- 8 Parliament
- 9 Parliament Soldiers
- 10 Parliament of Bats (The)
- 11 Parliament of Dunces
- 12 Parliamentarian (A)
- 13 Parlour (A)
- 14 Parlous
- 15 Parmenianists
- 16 Parmesan
- 17 Parnassos (Greek), Parnassus (Latin)
- 18 Parochial
- 19 Parody
- 20 Parole (French)
Parolles ...
- 1 Parolles
- 2 Parr
- 3 Parricide
- 4 Parrot-coal
- 5 Parsees
- 6 Parsley
- 7 Parson
- 8 Parson Adams
- 9 Parson Bate
- 10 Parson Trulliber
- 11 Parsons (Walter)
- 12 Part
- 13 Part
- 14 Partant pour la Syrie
- 15 Parthenia
- 16 Parthenopē
- 17 Parthenopean Republic
- 18 Parti (A)
- 19 Particular Baptists
- 20 Particularists
Parting ...
- 1 Parting
- 2 Parting Cup (A)
- 3 Partington
- 4 Partlet
- 5 Partridge
- 6 Partridge’s Day (St.)
- 7 Partula
- 8 Parturiunt Montes
- 9 Party
- 10 Party Spirit
- 11 Parvenu (French)
- 12 Parvis (London)
- 13 Parviz [Victorious]
- 14 Parysatis
- 15 Pascal’s Thoughts
- 16 Pasch Eggs (pron. Pask)
- 17 Pasha of Three Tails (A)
- 18 Pasque Eggs
- 19 Pasquinade
- 20 Pass
Passe Brewell ...
- 1 Passe Brewell
- 2 Passe-partout
- 3 Passelourdin
- 4 Passelyon
- 5 Passing Bell (The)
- 6 Passing Fair
- 7 Passing Rich
- 8 Passion Flower
- 9 Passionists
- 10 Passover
- 11 Passy-measure or Passing-measure
- 12 Passy-measure Pavin
- 13 Pasteboard
- 14 Paston Letters
- 15 Pastorale of Pope Gregory
- 16 Patavinity
- 17 Patch
- 18 Patch (To)
- 19 Patelin
- 20 Patelinage
Patent Rolls ...
- 1 Patent Rolls
- 2 Pater Noster
- 3 Pater Patrum
- 4 Paternoster Row (London)
- 5 Pathfinder
- 6 Patience cry the Lepers
- 7 Patient (The)
- 8 Patient Grisel
- 9 Patin
- 10 Patina
- 11 Patmos (My)
- 12 Patois
- 13 Patri-Passians
- 14 Patrician
- 15 Patrick
- 16 Patrick’s Cave (St.)
- 17 Patrick’s Cross (St.)
- 18 Patrick’s Grave (St.)
- 19 Patrick’s Monument (St.)
- 20 Patrick’s Purgatory (St.)
Patrick and the Serpent (St.) ...
- 1 Patrick and the Serpent (St.)
- 2 Patrico or Pater-cove
- 3 Patroclos
- 4 Patten
- 5 Pattens-Money (Chapins de la Reina)
- 6 Patter
- 7 Pattern
- 8 Pattieson (Mr. Peter)
- 9 Paul (St.)
- 10 Paul Pry
- 11 Paul and Virginia
- 12 Paul the Hermit (St.)
- 13 Paul of the Cross
- 14 Paul’s Man (A)
- 15 Paul’s Pigeons
- 16 Paul’s Walkers
- 17 Paulianists
- 18 Paulicians
- 19 Paulina
- 20 Paulo
Pavan or Pavin ...
- 1 Pavan or Pavin
- 2 Pavilion of Prince Ahmed (The)
- 3 Pāwnbroker
- 4 Pawnee
- 5 Pax
- 6 Pay (sea term)
- 7 Pay (To)
- 8 Pay (To)
- 9 Pay (To)
- 10 Pay off old Scores (To)
- 11 Pay with the Roll of the Drum (To)
- 12 Paynising
- 13 Pea-jacket (A)
- 14 Peace
- 15 Peace-makers (The)
- 16 Peace of Antalcidas (The)
- 17 Peace of God
- 18 Peace with Honour
- 19 Peaceful (The)
- 20 Peach
Peacock ...
- 1 Peacock
- 2 Peacock’s Feather Unlucky (A)
- 3 Peak (The)
- 4 Peal
- 5 Pearl (The)
- 6 Pearl
- 7 Pearl of the East
- 8 Peasant Bard
- 9 Peasant-boy Philosopher (The)
- 10 Peasants War (The)
- 11 Peascod
- 12 Pec
- 13 Peccavi
- 14 Peck (A)
- 15 Pecker
- 16 Peckham
- 17 Pecksniff
- 18 Peculiar
- 19 Peculiars (The Court of)
- 20 Peculium
Pecuniary ...
- 1 Pecuniary
- 2 Pedagogue
- 3 Pedlar
- 4 Pedlar’s Acre (Lambeth)
- 5 Pedlars French
- 6 Peebles
- 7 Peel
- 8 Peeler (A)
- 9 Peep
- 10 Peep-o-Day Boys
- 11 Peeping Tom of Coventry
- 12 Peerage of the Apostles
- 13 Peers of the Realm
- 14 Peg or Peggy
- 15 Peg too Low (A)
- 16 Pegasos (Greek; Pegasus, Latin)
- 17 Pegg (Katharine)
- 18 Pegging Away (Keep)
- 19 Peine Forte et Dure
- 20 Pelagianism
Pelagius ...
- 1 Pelagius
- 2 Pelf
- 3 Pelias
- 4 Pelican
- 5 Pelides
- 6 Pelion
- 7 Pell-mell
- 8 Pellean Conqueror
- 9 Pelleas (Sir)
- 10 Pells
- 11 Pelops
- 12 Pelorus
- 13 Pelos [mud]
- 14 Pelt
- 15 Pen Name
- 16 Pen and Feather
- 17 Penang Lawyers
- 18 Penates
- 19 Pencil of Rays
- 20 Pendennis (Arthur)
Pendente Lite (Latin) ...
- 1 Pendente Lite (Latin)
- 2 Pendragon
- 3 Penelope
- 4 Penelophon
- 5 Penelva
- 6 Penetralia
- 7 Penfeather (Lady Penelope)
- 8 Peninsular War
- 9 Penitential Psalms
- 10 Penmanship
- 11 Penmanship
- 12 Pennals [pen-cases]
- 13 Pennalism
- 14 Pennant
- 15 Penniless (The)
- 16 Penny (in the sense of pound)
- 17 Penny (A)
- 18 Penny-a-liner (A)
- 19 Penny Dreadfuls
- 20 Penny-father (A)
Penny Gaff (A) ...
- 1 Penny Gaff (A)
- 2 Penny Hop (A)
- 3 Penny Lattice-house (A)
- 4 Penny Pots
- 5 Penny Readings
- 6 Penny Saved (A)
- 7 Penny Weddings
- 8 Penny Wise
- 9 Pennyroyal
- 10 Pennyweight
- 11 Pennyworth or Penoth
- 12 Pension
- 13 Pensioners
- 14 Pentacle
- 15 Pentapolin
- 16 Pentapolis. (Greek, pente polis.)
- 17 Pentateuch
- 18 Pentecost (Greek, pentecostê, fiftieth)
- 19 Penthesilea
- 20 Penthouse
Pentreath (Dolly) ...
- 1 Pentreath (Dolly)
- 2 Peony (The)
- 3 People
- 4 People’s Charter (The)
- 5 Pepper
- 6 Pepper Gate
- 7 Pepper-and-Salt
- 8 Peppercorn Rent (A)
- 9 Peppy Bap
- 10 Per Saltum (Latin)
- 11 Perceforest (King)
- 12 Perceval (Sir)
- 13 Percinet
- 14 Percy [pierce-eye]
- 15 Perdita
- 16 Perdrix, toujours Perdrix
- 17 Père Duchêne
- 18 Père la Chaise
- 19 Peregrine
- 20 Peregrine Falcon (A)
Peregrine Pickle ...
- 1 Peregrine Pickle
- 2 Perfectionists
- 3 Perfide Albion! (French)
- 4 Perfume
- 5 Perfumed Terms of the Time
- 6 Peri
- 7 Pericles
- 8 Pericles Boast
- 9 Perillo Swords
- 10 Perillos and the Brazen Bull
- 11 Perilous Castle
- 12 Perion
- 13 Peripatetics
- 14 Peris
- 15 Perissa (excess or prodigality; Greek, Perissos)
- 16 Periwig
- 17 Periwinkle
- 18 Perk
- 19 Perkunos
- 20 Permian Strata
Pernelle (Madame) ...
- 1 Pernelle (Madame)
- 2 Perpendiculars
- 3 Perpetual Motion
- 4 Pers
- 5 Persecutions (The ten great)
- 6 Persepolis
- 7 Perseus
- 8 Persevere
- 9 Persian Alexander (The)
- 10 Persian Bucephalos (The)
- 11 Person (Latin, persona, a mask; personwtus, one who wears a mask, an actor)
- 12 Persona Grata (Latin)
- 13 Perth
- 14 Peru
- 15 Peruvian Bark
- 16 Peruke or Periwig
- 17 Pescecola
- 18 Pessimist
- 19 Petard
- 20 Petaud
Peter ...
- 1 Peter
- 2 Peter Botte Mountain
- 3 Peter Parley
- 4 Peter Peebles
- 5 Peter-pence
- 6 Peter Pindar
- 7 Peter Porcupine
- 8 Peter Wilkins
- 9 Peter of Provence
- 10 Peter the Great
- 11 Peter the Hermit (in Tasso)
- 12 Peter the Wild Boy
- 13 Peterboat
- 14 Peterborough (Northamptonshire)
- 15 Peterloo
- 16 Petit-Maître
- 17 Petit Serjeantry
- 18 Petitio Principii (A)
- 19 Petitioners and Abhorrers
- 20 Petrarch
Petrel ...
- 1 Petrel
- 2 Petrified
- 3 Petrobrussians or Petrobrusians
- 4 Petronel
- 5 Petruchio
- 6 Petticoat
- 7 Petticoat Government
- 8 Petticoat and Gown
- 9 Petto
- 10 Petty Cury (Cambridge)
- 11 Peutingerian Map
- 12 Peveril of the Peak
- 13 Pewter
- 14 Phædria [wantonness]
- 15 Phaeton
- 16 Phalanx
- 17 Phalaris
- 18 Phaleg
- 19 Phantom Ship
- 20 Phaon
Pharamond ...
- 1 Pharamond
- 2 Pharaoh
- 3 Pharaoh
- 4 Pharaoh who Knew not Joseph
- 5 Pharaoh who made Joseph his Viceroy
- 6 Pharaoh’s Chicken
- 7 Pharaoh’s Daughter
- 8 Pharian Fields
- 9 Pharisees
- 10 Pharos
- 11 Pharsalia
- 12 Pheasant
- 13 Phebe
- 14 Phelis
- 15 Phenomenon (plural, phenomena)
- 16 Phidias
- 17 Phigalian Marbles
- 18 Philadelphia Stones
- 19 Philander (in Orlando Furioso)
- 20 Philandering
Philanthropist (The) ...
- 1 Philanthropist (The)
- 2 Philemon and Baucis
- 3 Philip
- 4 Philip Nye (in Hudibras)
- 5 Philip Quarl
- 6 Philippe Egalité
- 7 Philippic
- 8 Philippins
- 9 Philips (John)
- 10 Philisides
- 11 Philistines
- 12 Philistines
- 13 Philistinism
- 14 Phillis
- 15 Philoclea
- 16 Philoctetēs
- 17 Philomel or Philomela
- 18 Philomelus
- 19 Philopœmen
- 20 Philosopher
Philosopher with the Golden Thigh ...
- 1 Philosopher with the Golden Thigh
- 2 Philosopher’s Egg (The)
- 3 Philosopher’s Stone
- 4 Philosopher’s Tree (The)
- 5 Philosophers
- 6 Philosophy
- 7 Philotimē
- 8 Philoxenos of Cythēra
- 9 Philoxenos of Leucadia
- 10 Philter (A)
- 11 Phineus
- 12 Phiz
- 13 Phiz
- 14 Phlegethon
- 15 Phlegra
- 16 Phlogiston
- 17 Phocensian Despair
- 18 Phocion
- 19 Phœbē
- 20 Phœbus
Phœnix ...
- 1 Phœnix
- 2 Phœnix Alley (London)
- 3 Phœnix Park (Dublin)
- 4 Phœnix Period
- 5 Phœnix Theatre
- 6 Phœnix Tree
- 7 Phooka or Pooka
- 8 Phorcos
- 9 Phormio
- 10 Phrygians
- 11 Phryne
- 12 Phylactery
- 13 Phyllis
- 14 Phyllis and Brunetta
- 15 Phyllising the Fair
- 16 Phynnodderee [the Hairy-one]
- 17 Physician
- 18 Physician or Fool
- 19 Physician, heal Thyself
- 20 Physignathos [one who swells the cheeks]
Piarists ...
- 1 Piarists
- 2 Pic-nic
- 3 Picador (Spanish)
- 4 Picards
- 5 Picaroon
- 6 Picatrix
- 7 Piccadilly (London)
- 8 Piccinists (1774–1780)
- 9 Pick
- 10 Pick Straws (To)
- 11 Pick a Hole in his Coat (To)
- 12 Pickaninny
- 13 Pickelherringe
- 14 Pickers and Stealers
- 15 Pickle
- 16 Pickwick (Mr. Samuel)
- 17 Pickwickian
- 18 Picrochole
- 19 Picts
- 20 Picts Houses
Picture ...
- 1 Picture
- 2 Picture Bible
- 3 Picture Galleries
- 4 Pictures
- 5 Pie
- 6 Pie Corner (London)
- 7 Pie Poudre
- 8 Piebald
- 9 Pied de la Lettre (Au)
- 10 Pied Piper of Hamelin
- 11 Pierre
- 12 Pierrot [peer-ro]
- 13 Piers
- 14 Piers Plowman
- 15 Pieta
- 16 Pietists
- 17 Pietro
- 18 Pig (The)
- 19 Pig
- 20 Pig-back, Picka-back
Pig-eyes ...
- 1 Pig-eyes
- 2 Pig Hunt (A)
- 3 Pig-iron
- 4 Pig and Tinderbox
- 5 Pig and Whistle
- 6 Pig in a Poke (A)
- 7 Pigs
- 8 Pigskin (A)
- 9 Pigtails (The)
- 10 Pigeon (To)
- 11 Pigeon, Pigeons
- 12 Pigeon-English or Pigeon-talk
- 13 Pigeon-hole (A)
- 14 Pigeon-livered
- 15 Pigeon Pair
- 16 Pigg
- 17 Piggy-wiggy or Piggy-whidden
- 18 Pightel or Pightle
- 19 Pigmy
- 20 Piganey or Pigsnie
Pigwiggin ...
- 1 Pigwiggin
- 2 Pike’s Head (A)
- 3 Pikestaff
- 4 Pilate Voice
- 5 Pilate’s Wife
- 6 Pilatus (Mount)
- 7 Pilch
- 8 Pilcher
- 9 Pilgarlic or Pilld Garlic (A)
- 10 Pilgrim Fathers (The)
- 11 Pilgrimage
- 12 Pillar Saints
- 13 Pillar to Post
- 14 Pillars of Heaven (The)
- 15 Pillars of Hercules (The)
- 16 Pillory
- 17 Pilot
- 18 Pilot Balloon (A)
- 19 Pilot Fish
- 20 Pilot that weathered the Storm (The)
Pilpay or Bidpay ...
- 1 Pilpay or Bidpay
- 2 Pimlico (London)
- 3 Pimlico
- 4 Pin (A)
- 5 Pin
- 6 Pin Money
- 7 Pinabello or Pinabel (in Orlando Furioso)
- 8 Pinchbeck
- 9 Pindar
- 10 Pindar and the Bees
- 11 Pindar of Wakefield (George-a-Green)
- 12 Pindaric Verse
- 13 Pinder
- 14 Pindorus (in Jerusalem Delivered)
- 15 Pine-bender (The)
- 16 Pink (A)
- 17 Pink of Perfection (The)
- 18 Piony or Peony
- 19 Piou-piou
- 20 Pious
Pip ...
- 1 Pip
- 2 Pipe
- 3 Pipe Rolls or Great Rolls of the Pipe
- 4 Pipe of Peace
- 5 Pipeclay
- 6 Pipelet
- 7 Piper
- 8 Piper that Played before Moses (By the)
- 9 Piper’s News or Hawker’s News, Fiddler’s News
- 10 Piping Hot
- 11 Pippa Passes
- 12 Piræus
- 13 Pirie’s Chair
- 14 Pirithoös
- 15 Pis-aller (French)
- 16 Pisanio
- 17 Piso’s Justice
- 18 Pistol
- 19 Pistols
- 20 Pistris, Pistrix, Pristis, or Pristrix
Pit-a-pat ...
- 1 Pit-a-pat
- 2 Pitch
- 3 Pitch and Pay
- 4 Pitch into Him
- 5 Pitcher
- 6 Pitchers
- 7 Pithos
- 8 Pitri (plur. Pitaras)
- 9 Pitt Diamond or The Regent
- 10 Pitt’s Mark
- 11 Pitt’s Pictures or Billy Pitt’s Pictures
- 12 Pittacus (Greek, Pittakos)
- 13 Pittance
- 14 Pixies
- 15 Pixy-led (Devonshire), Poake-ledden (Worcestershire)
- 16 Place aux Dames
- 17 Placebo
- 18 Plagiarist
- 19 Plain (The)
- 20 Plain Dealer (The)
Plan of Campaign (The) ...
- 1 Plan of Campaign (The)
- 2 Planets
- 3 Planet-struck
- 4 Plank (A)
- 5 Plank
- 6 Plantagenet
- 7 Plaster of Paris
- 8 Plate (A)
- 9 Platen
- 10 Plates or Plates of Meat
- 11 Platform
- 12 Plato
- 13 Plato and the Bees
- 14 Plato’s Year
- 15 Platonic Bodies
- 16 Platonic Love
- 17 Platonic Puritan (The)
- 18 Platonism
- 19 Platter with Two Eyes (A)
- 20 Play
Play the Deuce ...
- 1 Play the Deuce
- 2 Played Out
- 3 Playing to the Gods
- 4 Please the Pigs
- 5 Pleased as Punch
- 6 Pleasure
- 7 Plebeians
- 8 Plebiscite
- 9 Pledge
- 10 Pleiades
- 11 Plét
- 12 Pleydell (Mr. Paulus)
- 13 Pliable
- 14 Pliny
- 15 Pliny’s Doves
- 16 Plith
- 17 Plon-plon
- 18 Plot
- 19 Plotcock
- 20 Plough
Plough Monday ...
- 1 Plough Monday
- 2 Plover
- 3 Plowden
- 4 Plowman
- 5 Pluck
- 6 Pluck his Goose
- 7 Plucked Pigeon (A)
- 8 Plugson of Undershot
- 9 Plum
- 10 Plume Oneself (To)
- 11 Plumes
- 12 Plumper (A)
- 13 Plunger
- 14 Plus Ultra
- 15 Plush (John)
- 16 Pluto
- 17 Pluto
- 18 Plutonic Rocks
- 19 Plutus
- 20 Plymouth Brethren
Plymouth Cloak (A) ...
- 1 Plymouth Cloak (A)
- 2 Pocahontas
- 3 Pocket (diminutive of poche, a pouch)
- 4 Pocket an Insult (To)
- 5 Pocket Borough (A)
- 6 Pocket Judgment (A)
- 7 Pocket Pistol (A)
- 8 Pocket Pistol (Queen Bess’s)
- 9 Poco
- 10 Pococurante
- 11 Pococurantism
- 12 Podgers
- 13 Podsnap
- 14 Podsnappery
- 15 Poe (Edgar Allan)
- 16 Poet Squab
- 17 Poets (Greek, poieo, to make)
- 18 Poets Corner (The)
- 19 Poets Laureate
- 20 Poetaster
Poetical ...
- 1 Poetical
- 2 Poetical Justice
- 3 Poetry on the Greek Model
- 4 Pogram
- 5 Poille
- 6 Poins
- 7 Point
- 8 Point-blank
- 9 Point dAppui (French)
- 10 Point de Judas (French)
- 11 Point-devise
- 12 Points
- 13 Points of the Escutcheon
- 14 Poison
- 15 Poison Detectors
- 16 Poison of Khaïbar
- 17 Poisoners (Secret)
- 18 Poisson dAvril
- 19 Poke
- 20 Poke
Poke ...
- 1 Poke
- 2 Poke Bonnet
- 3 Poker
- 4 Poker Pictures
- 5 Poker Talk
- 6 Pokers
- 7 Poky
- 8 Polack
- 9 Polarisation of Light
- 10 Poleas
- 11 Poles
- 12 Polichinelle
- 13 Polinesso (in Orlando Furioso)
- 14 Polish off
- 15 Political Economy
- 16 Polixene
- 17 Polixenes
- 18 Poll
- 19 Poll Degree
- 20 Poll Men
Pollentē ...
- 1 Pollentē
- 2 Pollio
- 3 Pollux
- 4 Polly
- 5 Polonius
- 6 Polony
- 7 Polt-foot
- 8 Poltron
- 9 Poltroon
- 10 Polybotes
- 11 Polycletus
- 12 Polycrates
- 13 Polycrates Ring
- 14 Polycraticon
- 15 Polydamás
- 16 Polydore
- 17 Polypheme
- 18 Poma Alcinoo Dare
- 19 Pomatum
- 20 Pommard (French)
Pommel ...
- 1 Pommel
- 2 Pomona
- 3 Pompadour
- 4 Pompey
- 5 Pompey’s Pillar
- 6 Pompilia
- 7 Pongo
- 8 Ponocratēs
- 9 Pons Asinorum
- 10 Pontefract Cakes
- 11 Pontiff
- 12 Pontius Pilate’s Body-Guard
- 13 Pony (A)
- 14 Poona
- 15 Poor
- 16 Poor Jack or John (A)
- 17 Poor Man
- 18 Poor Richard
- 19 Poor Tassel (A)
- 20 Poorer than Irus (“Iro pauperior”)
Pop the Question (To) ...
- 1 Pop the Question (To)
- 2 Pope
- 3 Pope
- 4 Pope
- 5 Pope
- 6 Pope Joan
- 7 Pope’s Sermon (A)
- 8 Pope’s Tiara (The)
- 9 Popefigland
- 10 Popinjay
- 11 Popish Plot
- 12 Poplar (The)
- 13 Porcelain
- 14 Porch (The)
- 15 Porcupine
- 16 Porcus
- 17 Porcus Literarum
- 18 Pork! Pork!
- 19 Pork, Pig
- 20 Porphyrion
Porridge ...
- 1 Porridge
- 2 Port
- 3 Port Royal Society
- 4 Port Wine
- 5 Porte (The)
- 6 Porteous Riot
- 7 Portia
- 8 Portland Stone
- 9 Portland Vase
- 10 Portmanteau Word (A)
- 11 Portobello Arms
- 12 Portsoken Ward (London)
- 13 Portuguese
- 14 Poser
- 15 Posse
- 16 Posse Comitatus (Latin)
- 17 Posset
- 18 Post
- 19 Post Factum (Latin)
- 20 Post Meridian (Latin)
Post-mortem (Latin) ...
- 1 Post-mortem (Latin)
- 2 Post-mortem Degree (A)
- 3 Post Obit
- 4 Poste Restante (French)
- 5 Posted
- 6 Posteriori
- 7 Posthumus (Leonatus)
- 8 Posting-Bills
- 9 Posy
- 10 Pot
- 11 Pot-boilers
- 12 Pot-luck
- 13 Pot Paper
- 14 Pot-Pourri (French)
- 15 Pot Valiant
- 16 Pot-de Bière
- 17 Pot of Hospitality (The)
- 18 Potage (Jean)
- 19 Potato-bogle
- 20 Potato-bury (A)
Potato-talk. (German, Kartoffel gesprach.) ...
- 1 Potato-talk. (German, Kartoffel gesprach.)
- 2 Poteen (pron. pu-teen)
- 3 Pother
- 4 Pothooks
- 5 Potiphar’s Wife
- 6 Pots
- 7 Potter
- 8 Potwallopers
- 9 Poult, a young turkey. Pullet
- 10 Pound
- 11 Pound of Flesh
- 12 Poundtext (Peter)
- 13 Pourceaugnac (Monsieur de) (pron. Poor-sone-yak)
- 14 Poussin
- 15 Pouting Place of Princes (The)
- 16 Poverty … Love
- 17 Powder
- 18 Poyning’s Law
- 19 P.P., Clerk of this Parish
- 20 Præmonstratensian Monks
Præmunire ...
- 1 Præmunire
- 2 Pragmatic Sanction
- 3 Prairie Fever (The)
- 4 Prating Sophists
- 5 Prayer-book Parade
- 6 Praying-wheels
- 7 Pre-Adamites
- 8 Pre-Raphaelites
- 9 Preacher (The)
- 10 Prebend
- 11 Precarious
- 12 Preceptor
- 13 Précieuses Ridicules (in Molière’s comedy so called)
- 14 Preciosa
- 15 Precious Stones
- 16 Precocious
- 17 Prelate
- 18 Preliminary Canter (A)
- 19 Premier Pas
- 20 Premonstratensian
Prendre un Rat par la Queue ...
- 1 Prendre un Rat par la Queue
- 2 Prepense
- 3 Preposterous
- 4 Presbyterian
- 5 Prescott
- 6 Presents
- 7 Preserver [Sotēr]
- 8 Press-money and Press-men
- 9 Prester John
- 10 Prestige
- 11 Presto
- 12 Preston and his Mastiffs
- 13 Pretender
- 14 Pretext
- 15 Prettyman (Prince)
- 16 Prevarication
- 17 Prevent
- 18 Previous Question
- 19 Priam
- 20 Priamond
Priapus ...
- 1 Priapus
- 2 Prick-eared
- 3 Prick the Garter
- 4 Pride
- 5 Pride of the Morning
- 6 Pride’s Purge
- 7 Pridwen
- 8 Pridwin
- 9 Priest … Knight
- 10 Priest of the Blue-bag
- 11 Prig
- 12 Prima Donna (Italian)
- 13 Prima Facie (Latin)
- 14 Primary Colours
- 15 Prime
- 16 Primed
- 17 Primero
- 18 Primitive Fathers (The)
- 19 Primrose (George)
- 20 Primrose
Primum Mobile ...
- 1 Primum Mobile
- 2 Primus
- 3 Prince
- 4 Prince of Wales (The)
- 5 Prince Rupert’s Drops
- 6 Prince’s Peers
- 7 Princox or Princocks
- 8 Prink
- 9 Printer’s Devil
- 10 Printers Marks
- 11 Printing
- 12 Priori
- 13 Priscian’s Head
- 14 Priscillianists
- 15 Prisoner at the Bar
- 16 Prisoner of Chillon
- 17 Prithu
- 18 Priuli
- 19 Privolvans
- 20 Privy Council
Privy Seal ...
- 1 Privy Seal
- 2 Pro and Con. (Latin)
- 3 Pro Tanto
- 4 Pro Tempore
- 5 Probate of a Will
- 6 Probe
- 7 Probole
- 8 Procès-Verbal
- 9 Procession of the Black Breeches
- 10 Proclaim on the Housetop
- 11 Proclivity
- 12 Procris
- 13 Procrustes Bed
- 14 Procrustean
- 15 Prodigal
- 16 Prodigy
- 17 Profane
- 18 Profile
- 19 Profound (The)
- 20 Prog
Progne or Prokne ...
- 1 Progne or Prokne
- 2 Progress
- 3 Projection
- 4 Proletaire
- 5 Proletariat
- 6 Prometheus
- 7 Promethean
- 8 Promethean Fire
- 9 Promethean Unguent (The)
- 10 Prometheans
- 11 Promise of Odin (The)
- 12 Promised Land
- 13 Pronesia (in Orlando Furioso)
- 14 Proof
- 15 Proof Prints
- 16 Proof Spirit
- 17 Prooshan Blue (My)
- 18 Propaganda
- 19 Proper Names used as Common Nouns
- 20 Property Plot (The)
Prophesy upon Velvet (To) ...
- 1 Prophesy upon Velvet (To)
- 2 Prophet (The)
- 3 Prophetess (The)
- 4 Propositions
- 5 Props
- 6 Prorogue
- 7 Pro.’s
- 8 Proscenium
- 9 Proscription
- 10 Prose
- 11 Prose
- 12 Proselytes
- 13 Proserpina or Proserpine
- 14 Proserpine’s Divine Calidore
- 15 Prosperity Robinson
- 16 Prospero
- 17 Protagoras of Abdera
- 18 Protean
- 19 Protectionist
- 20 Protector
Protesilaos ...
- 1 Protesilaos
- 2 Protestant
- 3 Proteus (pron. Pro-tuce)
- 4 Proteus
- 5 Prothalamion
- 6 Proto-martyr
- 7 Protocol
- 8 Protoplasm, Sarcode
- 9 Protozoa
- 10 Proud (The)
- 11 Proudfute (Oliver)
- 12 Prout
- 13 Province
- 14 Provincial
- 15 Prudent Tree (The)
- 16 Prudhomme
- 17 Prunello
- 18 Prussia
- 19 Prussian Blue
- 20 Prussic Acid
Psalm cv. 28 ...
- 1 Psalm cv. 28
- 2 Psalms
- 3 Psalmist
- 4 Psalter of Tara (The)
- 5 Psaphon’s Birds (Psaphonis aves)
- 6 Psycarpax [granary thief]
- 7 Psyche [Syke]
- 8 Psychography
- 9 Ptolemaic System
- 10 Public
- 11 Public-house Signs
- 12 Publicans of the New Testament
- 13 Pucelle (La)
- 14 Puck or Robin Goodfellow
- 15 Pucka
- 16 Pudding
- 17 Pudding-time
- 18 Pudens
- 19 Puff
- 20 Puff-ball
Puffed Up ...
- 1 Puffed Up
- 2 Pug
- 3 Pugna Porcorum (Battle of the Pigs)
- 4 Puisne Judges
- 5 Pukwana (North American Indian)
- 6 Pull
- 7 Pull Bacon (To)
- 8 Pull Devil, Pull Baker
- 9 Pulling
- 10 Pumblechook (Uncle)
- 11 Pummel or Pommel
- 12 Pump
- 13 Pumpernickel
- 14 Pun
- 15 Pun and Pickpocket
- 16 Punch
- 17 Punch
- 18 Punctual
- 19 Punctuality
- 20 Punctuation
Pundit ...
- 1 Pundit
- 2 Punic Apple
- 3 Punic Faith
- 4 Punish a Bottle (To)
- 5 Punjab [five rivers]
- 6 Pup
- 7 Purbeck (Dorsetshire)
- 8 Purgatory
- 9 Puritani (I)
- 10 Puritans
- 11 Purkinge’s Figures
- 12 Purler (A)
- 13 Purlieu
- 14 Purple (blue and red)
- 15 Purple (Promotion to the)
- 16 Purpure [purple]
- 17 Pursy, Pursiness
- 18 Pururavas and Urvasi
- 19 Puseyite
- 20 Puss
Puss in Boots [Le Chat Botté] ...
- 1 Puss in Boots [Le Chat Botté]
- 2 Put
- 3 Put the Cart before the Horse
- 4 Put up the Shutters (To)
- 5 Putney and Mortlake Race
- 6 Putting on Frills (American)
- 7 Putting on Side
- 8 Pygmalion
- 9 Pygmies
- 10 Pylades and Orestes
- 11 Pyramid
- 12 Pyramus
- 13 Pyrocles and Musidorus
- 14 Pyrodes
- 15 Pyrrha
- 16 Pyrrhic Dance
- 17 Pyrrhic Victory (A)
- 18 Pyrrho
- 19 Pyrrhonian School (The)
- 20 Pyrrhonism
Pythagoras ...
- 1 Pythagoras
- 2 Pythagorean System
- 3 Pythian Games
- 4 Pythias
- 5 Python
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