Vocabulary Words
page
A1noun, verb
(in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves. (+23 more)
paint
A1noun, verb
(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures. (+16 more)
pair
A1noun, verb
(kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion (+23 more)
pants
A1adjective, noun, verb
(Manchester) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles (+30 more)
paragraph
A1noun, verb
A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject. (+3 more)
pardon
A1interjection, noun, verb
An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed. (+5 more)
peace
A1interjection, noun, verb
A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions. (+12 more)
pencil
A1noun, verb
A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane. (+6 more)
people
A1noun, verb
(grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he or she is speaking. See grammatical person. (+31 more)
period
A1adjective, interjection, noun, verb
A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole. (+29 more)