playcentre
A building where children can be brought to play with toys and take part in games and educational activities.

playcentres
plural of playcentre

plaza
A town's public square.
An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
A strip mall.
A shopping mall.

plazas
plural of plaza

pleiobar
A region of high atmospheric pressure.

pleiobars
plural of pleiobar.

pleion
A region of positive departure from a norm.

pleions
plural of pleion

plumtree
Alternative form of plum tree.

plumtrees
plural of plumtree

poblacion
A town center, or the barangay where one is located.

poleis
plural of polis

polis
A Greek city-state.

polises
plural of polis

pollam
A district in India held in feudal tenure by a poligar.

pollams
plural of pollam

pollis
The police.
A policeman or policewoman.

pollises
plural of pollis

polynomes
plural of polynome

polypiers
plural of polypier

pomarium
Alternative spelling of pomerium.

pomeria
plural of pomerium.

pomerium
The ritually established and sacred formal boundary of the territory of a Roman city; the territory thus bound.

pomoeria
plural of pomoerium

pomoerium
Alternative form of pomerium.

pompiers
plural of pompier

pookaun
A kind of small fishing boat from the region of Galway in Ireland.

pookauns
plural of pookaun

pookawn
Alternative form of pookaun.

pookawns
plural of pookawn

pookhaun
Alternative form of pookaun.

pookhauns
plural of pookhaun

poolhall
Alternative form of pool hall.

poolhalls
plural of poolhall

pornsites
plural of pornsite

port
A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.

portastudio
A four-track recorder based on a standard compact audio cassette tape.

portastudios
plural of portastudio

portland
The land around a port

portlands
plural of portland

portlet
A pluggable user interface component making up part of a portal, such as a fragment displaying weather or news headlines.

portlets
plural of portlet

porto
An apéritif made from port.
Synonym of port.

ports
plural of port

posthouse
A company that carries out post-production.
A house at a staging post: an inn with a stable where relays of horses could be changed, for stagecoaches or the mails.
A building for distributing mail; a post office.

posthouses
plural of posthouse

potail
Alternative form of patel.

potails
plural of potail

potteries
plural of pottery

pottery
Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.
The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.

pourasabha
a municipality in Bangladesh or West Bengal.

prairie
An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

prairies
plural of prairie

precinct
An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.
The general area surrounding a place, environs.
A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area.
A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.
A subdivision of a city or other locality for the purposes of voting and representation in local government. In cities, precincts may be grouped into wards.
A district over which someone or some body of people has control in general; province, sphere of control.
A surrounding boundary or limit.

precincts
plural of precinct

prefecture
The office or position of a prefect.
The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.

prefectures
plural of prefecture

presheath
A region in advance of a sheath

presheaths
plural of presheath

pressroom
The room in a public building where press conferences are given

pressrooms
plural of pressroom

pretarsi
plural of pretarsus

pretarsus
The distal segment of the leg in many insects, often including a pair of claws.

pretecta
plural of pretectum

pretectum
A region of neurons between the thalamus and the midbrain.

principalities
plural of principality

principality
A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.
A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers.
The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.
The state of being principal; pre-eminence.

printeries
plural of printery

printery
A printworks.

printworks
Synonym of printing house, an institutional or commercial publisher or a building where printing takes place.
Synonym of printing press, the machinery involved in printing.

prison
A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
Confinement in prison.
Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.

prisoned
simple past and past participle of prison

prisonguard
Alternative form of prison guard.

prisonguards
plural of prisonguard

prisons
plural of prison

prizen
Eye dialect spelling of prison.

prizens
plural of prizen

problemshed
A region particularly relevant to certain ecological and socio-economic problems, especially when viewed as a unit of management and policymaking.

problemsheds
plural of problemshed

prolylpeptide
A region of a polypeptide or protein containing proline residues

prolylpeptides
plural of prolylpeptide

promagistrate
In ancient Rome, an ex-consul or ex-praetor whose imperium (the power to command an army) was extended at the end of his annual term of office or later.

promagistrates
plural of promagistrate

pronormoblast
A proerythroblast.

pronormoblasts
plural of pronormoblast

proseminaries
plural of proseminary

proseminary
A seminary that prepares pupils for a higher institution.

protonosphere
Synonym of geocorona; a layer of the atmosphere.
Analogs of the geocorona

protonospheres
plural of protonosphere

protopsaltai
plural of protopsaltis

protosites
plural of protosite

province
A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor or prefect.
An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
The parts of a country outside its national capital.
A major region defined by common geologic attributes and history.
An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.

provinces
plural of province
The part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial.

provostries
plural of provostry

provostry
A district under a provost.

pseudosites
plural of pseudosite

psketti
Alternative form of pasghetti.

psychopharmacy
The study or application of psychopharmaceuticals.

psychroplanet
A habitable planet that has a surface temperature of −50 to 0°C (colder than is optimal for most terrestrial life), such as Mars.

psychroplanets
plural of psychroplanet

pub
A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.

pubbed
simple past and past participle of pub

pubs
plural of pub

puddock
Obsolete spelling of paddock.

puddocks
plural of puddock

punchayet
Alternative form of panchayat.

punchayets
plural of punchayet