panharmonicon
A mechanical musical instrument that could imitate various instruments and generate sound effects.

panharmonicons
plural of panharmonicon

panmelodicon
A keyboard instrument of the early 19th century.

panmelodion
A 19th-century keyboard instrument whose tone is produced by wheels rubbing on metal bars.

parai
A type of percussion instrument used in the parai attam dance associated with Tamil culture.

pardessus
A pardessus de viole; a bowed stringed instrument with a fretted neck and five or six strings, the highest pitched member of the viol family.

parodoi
plural of parodos

parodos
A side entrance to an Ancient Greek theater, affording access to the stage or orchestra.
The ode sung by the chorus as it enters the orchestra, typically following the play's prologue.

parquet
A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern.
The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions; a procuratorate.
In some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents de change, or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them, distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.

parquets
plural of parquet

part
A portion; a component.
A portion; a component.
A portion; a component.
A portion; a component.
A portion; a component.
A portion; a component.
A portion; a component.
A portion; a component.
A portion; a component.
A portion; a component.
A portion; a component.
Duty; responsibility.
Duty; responsibility.
Duty; responsibility.
Duty; responsibility.
The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

parte
Obsolete spelling of part.

parterre
A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one.
A garden with paths between such flowerbeds.
A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.
A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.
A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.
That part of a theater audience seated in the parterre, sometimes regarded as belonging to a lower social class.
An apartment balcony.

parterres
plural of parterre.

parts
plural of part

passerelle
A gangplank or platform used to board or leave a large yacht.
A semicircular ramp or catwalk that extends from the stage of a theater around the orchestra pit.

passerelles
plural of passerelle

peashooter
A toy weapon consisting of a tube through which dried peas or small objects are blown.
A person who uses such a device.
Any small or ineffective gun or weapon.

peashooters
plural of peashooter

pedabro
A dobro fitted with pedals.

pedregal
A lava field in Mexico or the Western US.

pedregals
plural of pedregal

peg
A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
A protrusion used to hang things on.
A support; a reason; a pretext.
A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
A place formally allotted for fishing
A leg or foot.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
A step; a degree.
Ellipsis of clothes peg.
A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
A stump.
The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
A serving of brandy and soda.
A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
A shilling.
An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.

pegbox
The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.

pegboxes
plural of pegbox

peghead
The part of a stringed instrument, at the end of the neck, that holds the pegs or mechanical tuners used to control string tension.

pegheads
plural of peghead

pegs
plural of peg

penillion
The art of vocal improvisation, with a singer or small choir singing a countermelody over a harp melody; it is an important competition in eisteddfodau.

penillions
plural of penillion

penorcon
An old musical instrument of the cittern family, with nine pairs of strings.

penorcons
plural of penorcon

pentachord
Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.

pentachords
plural of pentachord

percussion
The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
The sound so produced.
The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
The outer side of the hand.

percussionist
A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.

percussionists
plural of percussionist

percussions
plural of percussion

peridogram
Misspelling of periodogram.

periodogram
A graph used in the harmonic analysis of spectra, time series etc.

periodograms
plural of periodogram

philharmonic
Appreciative of music, but especially to its performance; devoted to music.

philharmonics
plural of philharmonic

philomel
The nightingale.
A musical instrument similar to the violin, but having four steel-wire strings.

philomels
plural of philomel

photoamplifiers
plural of photoamplifier

physharmonica
A keyboard instrument resembling a small harmonium, but having no stops, no percussion action, and only four octaves.

physharmonicas
plural of physharmonica

physharmonika
Alternative form of physharmonica.

physharmonikas
plural of physharmonika

pianica
Synonym of melodica.

pianicas
plural of pianica

pianino
A pianette, or small piano.

pianinos
plural of pianino

pianoes
plural of piano

pib
Synonym of pibgorn.

pibcorn
Synonym of pibgorn.

pibcorns
plural of pibcorn

pibgorn
A Welsh single-reed wind instrument or pipe with a horn at each end.

pibgorns
plural of pibgorn

pibling
Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent.

pibs
plural of pib

pick
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
An anchor.
A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
A choice; ability to choose.
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
Pasture; feed, for animals.
A screen.
An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
An interception.
A good defensive play by an infielder.
A pickoff.
A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet.
That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.

pickage
Alternative form of piccage.

pickages
plural of pickage

picked
simple past and past participle of pick

pickest
second-person singular simple present indicative of pick

picketh
third-person singular simple present indicative of pick

picking
present participle and gerund of pick