5-Letter Nouns Starting With P

1. the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

2. the amount of money needed to purchase something

1. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

2. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

1. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

1. possession of controlling influence

2. (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

1. a point located with respect to surface features of some region

2. any area set aside for a particular purpose

1. the state of demanding notice or attention

2. the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

1. the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

2. a picture or design printed from an engraving

1. a geometric element that has position but no extension

2. the precise location of something; a spatially limited location

1. an organization to gain political power

2. a gathering of people for pleasure

1. a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

2. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

1. fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

2. any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

1. the local environment

1. the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

1. sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something

2. a committee appointed to judge a competition

1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor

2. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

1. the state prevailing during the absence of war

2. harmonious relations; freedom from disputes

1. a separate part of a whole

2. an item that is an instance of some type

1. any distinct time period in a sequence of events

2. (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary

1. a small contrasting part of something

2. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

1. a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself

2. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

1. any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something

2. a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it

1. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

2. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

1. extensive tract of level open land

2. a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

1. a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

1. someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

2. a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor

1. the place where people vote

1. a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

2. (music) low loudness

1. (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

2. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

1. a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel

2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones

1. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

2. (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

1. (used in the plural) underpants worn by women

1. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

2. goods or money obtained illegally

1. Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese

1. a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

2. satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements

1. a public square with room for pedestrians

2. mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

1. 16 ounces avoirdupois

2. the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

1. a person authorized to act for another

2. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

1. the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

2. the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it

1. a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider

1. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

2. a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities

1. any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency

2. a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry

1. (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)

1. usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

1. a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

2. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

1. (boxing) a blow with the fist

2. an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl

1. a young dog

2. an inexperienced young person

1. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

1. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

2. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

1. a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient

2. shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

1. a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

2. a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse

1. a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet

1. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

2. temporary inactivity

1. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

2. the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot

1. a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things

2. an enclosed space

1. cultivated in temperate regions

2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman

1. a person who does not acknowledge your god

2. a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)

1. a sustained bass note

2. a lever that is operated with the foot

1. large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae

2. reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

1. a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

1. the sound of a sudden heavy fall

1. someone who plays the bagpipe

1. larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

1. ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

2. matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

1. proper respect

1. an effortful attempt to attain a goal

1. a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms

2. optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image

1. small flat mass of chopped or ground food

2. small pie or pasty

1. any sacred song used to praise the deity

1. a painful or straitened circumstance

2. an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

1. an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

1. annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers

1. the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

2. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

1. venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter

2. a large number or amount

1. a cloth having a crisscross design

1. an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

2. rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

1. a person who pays money for something

1. loss of the ability to move a body part

2. a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor

1. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

2. a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom

1. (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword

2. a return punch (especially by a boxer)

1. the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

2. an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

1. a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

2. a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

1. an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord

1. anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness

2. a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament

1. a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

2. an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party

1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

2. a state of danger involving risk

1. music performed for dancing the polka

2. a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time

1. support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)

2. a linear measure of 16.5 feet

1. a chaplain in one of the military services

1. wood of a pecan tree

2. tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts

1. a spotted or calico horse or pony

1. a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass

1. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

1. a pointed projection

1. a young pig

1. a temporary police force

1. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

2. creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

1. a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

2. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

1. an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

1. the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet)

1. part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

1. the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

2. the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

1. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

2. a depression scratched or carved into a surface

1. a path set aside for walking

1. acting like a clown or buffoon

2. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

1. a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses

2. someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

1. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

1. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

2. a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

1. a kind of heavy jacket

1. dried plum

1. the finger farthest from the thumb

1. tightly woven fabric with raised cords

2. a sudden outburst of anger

1. a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria

1. the metal bob of a plumb line

1. a person to whom money is paid

1. righteousness by virtue of being pious

1. a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)

1. seed of a pea plant used for food

2. the fruit or seed of a pea plant

1. a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil

1. any of various edible decapod crustaceans

2. shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible

1. food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender

1. an unusually small individual

1. large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors

2. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

1. any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers

1. a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt

1. a horse used to set the pace in racing

2. a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together

1. a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan

1. (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system

1. pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends

1. the beach at a seaside resort

1. informal terms for dogs

1. the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)

1. a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second

2. a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium

1. a flat rectangular area for fencing bouts

2. a ski run densely packed with snow

1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

1. a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race

2. a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines

1. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

1. any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

1. someone who plies a trade

1. small meat pie or turnover

2. (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers

1. an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

1. any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers

1. a person with mildly leftist political views

1. an annoyed or irritated mood

1. a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

2. one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth

1. music composed for dancing the pavane

2. a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries

1. minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects

1. a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt

1. the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet)

1. any of several low-growing pines of western North America

1. measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube

1. rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes

1. lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States

2. important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide

1. an abbreviation of pantomime

1. a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

1. an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult

1. a cheap wine of inferior quality

2. the noise of something dropping (as into liquid)

1. any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills

1. a short fat person

1. a hollow twanging sound

2. (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

1. an edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon

1. a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs

1. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

2. any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape