4-letter words starting with p
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- pasc — Perceptional Adaptive Subband Coding
- pase — (in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pash — an infatuation for another person; crush.
- pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- pata — 1. (storage) Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment. 2. Pooling Agreement for Technical Assistance.
- patd — patented
- pate — porcelain paste used in ceramic work.
- path — a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- pato — an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- patu — a short Māori club, now used ceremonially
- paty — (of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée: a cross paty.
- paua — a large, edible abalone of New Zealand, Haliotis iris, the shell of which is used in making jewelry.
- paul — Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- paur — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- pave — a pavement.
- pavo — a small constellation near the South Pole lying between Tucana and Ara
- pawl — a pivoted bar adapted to engage with the teeth of a ratchet wheel or the like so as to prevent movement or to impart motion.
- pawn — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- paws — father; pa.
- paye — In Britain, PAYE is a system of paying income tax in which your employer pays your tax directly to the government, and then takes this amount from your salary or wages. PAYE is an abbreviation for 'pay as you earn'.
- payg — pay-as-you-go
- payt — payment
- pbem — play by electronic mail
- pcjr — IBM PCjr
- pcos — polycystic ovary syndrome
- pcso — Police Community Support Officer
- pcte — Portable Common Tool Environment
- pdel — Partial Differential Equation Language. A preprocessor for PL/I.
- pdil — (language) A language developed at Agence d'Informatique, France in the 1970s for description of communication protocols. It was part of the RHIN project.
- pdl2 — (language) Process Design Language 2.
- pdsa — People's Dispensary for Sick Animals
- peag — wampum (def 1).
- peak — the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
- peal — a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pean — any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- pear — the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peas — the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- peat — a merry young girl; darling (used as a term of endearment).
- peba — nine-banded armadillo.
- peck — Annie Smith, 1850–1935, U.S. mountain climber.
- pecs — a city in SW Hungary.
- ped- — pedo-1
- pedi — a pedicure
- peed — to urinate.
- peek — to look or glance quickly or furtively, especially through a small opening or from a concealed location; peep; peer.
- peel — to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.
- peen — a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- peep — to utter the short, shrill little cry of a young bird, a mouse, etc.; cheep; squeak.