8-Letter Nouns Starting With P

1. a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

1. something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

2. a basic or essential property shared by all members of a class

1. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

1. something that can be done

2. an applicant who might be suitable

1. an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action

2. the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise

1. the particular portion of space occupied by something

2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

1. the acquisition of something for payment

2. something acquired by purchase

1. a customary way of operation or behavior

2. systematic training by multiple repetitions

1. the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

2. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

1. social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power

2. the study of government of states and other political units

1. the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)

2. a force that compels

1. gradual improvement or growth or development

2. the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

1. someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

2. someone who provides the means for subsistence

1. a raised horizontal surface

2. a document stating the aims and principles of a political party

1. text handwritten in the style of printed matter

2. the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

1. a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried

1. status established in order of importance or urgency

2. preceding in time

1. (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

2. forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

1. something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)

2. an offer of marriage

1. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines

2. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold

1. the state of being present; current existence

2. the immediate proximity of someone or something

1. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

2. creating a picture with paints

1. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

2. the proper sphere or extent of your activities

1. something having the property of being analogous to something else

2. an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

1. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

2. something or someone that provides a source of happiness

1. someone who manufactures something

2. someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)

1. gossip spread by spoken communication

2. a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

1. a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits

1. a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)

1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

2. reverent petition to a deity

1. a word picture of a person's appearance and character

2. any likeness of a person, in any medium

1. land and the buildings on it

1. any authorization to pass or go somewhere

2. a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

1. a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone

2. a reservation where animals are protected

1. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

2. a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

1. a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio

1. utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage

2. the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)

1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

1. the possibility of future success

2. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

1. the first public performance of a play or movie

1. large and often sumptuous tent

1. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

2. a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

1. a card for sending messages by post without an envelope

1. a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen

1. the act of reproducing recorded sound

2. electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material

1. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

2. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

2. a card game played by one person

1. the act of fixing firmly in place

2. a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area

1. an applicant likely to be chosen

1. a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail

1. a five-sided polygon

1. a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.

1. (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower

2. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

1. systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

2. a standard or typical example

1. someone who attacks in search of booty

2. any animal that lives by preying on other animals

1. the visual percept of a region

2. a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene

1. the paved surface of a thoroughfare

2. material used to pave an area

1. someone who is an active supporter and advocate

2. a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments

1. knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

2. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

1. a musical composition that evokes rural life

2. a letter from a pastor to the congregation

1. works for an expert to learn a trade

1. (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team

2. abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

1. the hereditary derivation of an individual

2. line of descent of a purebred animal

1. a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

1. a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable

2. informal terms referring to a domestic cat

1. a fervent and even militant proponent of something

2. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

1. the act of one who pleases

1. a support or foundation

2. a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)

1. an apparatus for removing impurities

1. someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

1. an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world

1. a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

1. repeated heavy blows

2. an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

1. a person afflicted with paranoia

1. an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

2. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

1. any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis

1. a small book usually having a paper cover

2. a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet

1. a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)

1. a very brief moment

2. a very small spot

1. tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting

1. a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin

1. a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies

2. having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)

1. the principles and methods of instruction

2. the profession of a teacher

1. a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

1. a check issued in payment of wages or salary

1. an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity

1. any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves

1. any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)

1. (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

1. a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels

2. an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-

1. a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

1. any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads

1. a companion at play

1. the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it

1. a shop where pizzas are made and sold

1. constitution of the human body

2. alternative names for the body of a human being

1. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere

2. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

1. an introduction to a play

1. extreme excess

1. that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

2. the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

1. the output of a computer in printed form

1. a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head

1. all the gods of a religion

2. a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes

1. discretion in practical affairs

2. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

1. people in general considered as a whole

1. loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object

2. a small hole made by a sharp object

1. from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings

2. a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

1. the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids

1. time for play or diversion

1. any of various important officials in ancient Rome

2. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands

1. professional care for the feet and toenails

1. an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation

1. a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings

1. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

1. small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the feet

1. (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases

1. the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water

1. any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism

1. someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite

1. an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass

2. a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth

1. the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time

1. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

2. the occupation of a pilot

1. something many people believe that is false

2. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

1. someone who advances a suggestion or proposal

2. (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion

1. a member of a panel

1. the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object

1. a thermosetting resin

1. a strong liking

1. the full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome

1. a recklessly extravagant consumer

1. the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line

2. the manner in which something is expressed in words

1. soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

1. a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc)

1. someone who tries to bring peace

2. anything that serves to pacify

1. a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses

1. money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts

1. a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing

1. a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail

1. any of three breeds of dogs whose ears and tail are usually cropped

1. the act of giving a false appearance

2. pretending with intention to deceive

1. external sex organ

1. a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)

2. a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays

1. cooking in simmering liquid

1. a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes

1. someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

1. a person active in party politics

1. a theatrical program

1. fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

1. the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)

1. the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows

2. a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets)

1. a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail

1. a power tool used to buff surfaces

1. a panel or section of panels in a wall or door

1. plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative

1. the act of selling goods for a living

1. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

1. any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

1. someone whose occupation is printing

2. a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media

1. any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally

2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics

1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

1. the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable

2. the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration

1. a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal

1. perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

2. a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim

1. someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

1. a false or unsupportable quality

2. an artful or simulated semblance

1. a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra

1. ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick

1. reading carefully with intent to remember

1. either of two large muscles of the chest

2. an adornment worn on the chest or breast

1. any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth

1. someone who conducts surveys of public opinion

1. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

1. inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)

1. the flues and stops on a pipe organ

1. the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite

1. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

2. the occupation of a pilot

1. a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve

1. a ghostly appearing figure

2. something existing in perception only

1. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

1. a window in a ship or airplane

2. an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

1. a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)

1. a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment

1. the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors

1. any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals

1. the keeper of a public house

1. a composer of sacred songs

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)

1. the inventor to whom a patent is issued

1. a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back

2. (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)

1. hard monotonous routine work

2. the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

1. a boy who sells or delivers newspapers

1. a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources

2. a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work

1. a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing

1. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

2. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world

1. the seed-producing cone of a pine tree

1. a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic

1. a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist

1. a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!

1. an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)

1. a self-righteous or sanctimonious person

1. a person who speaks more than one language

1. the act of someone who picks up or takes something

1. a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide

1. a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board

1. flesh of young or small pike

2. any of several North American species of small pike