P, p: Meaning and Definition of

P

1. the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter P or p, as in pet, supper, top, etc.
3. something having the shape of a
4. a written or printed representation of the letter P or p.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter P or p.

P

1. (as a rating of student performance) passing.
2. pawn.
3. plate.
4. poor.
5. predicate.
6. Protestant.

P

1. the 16th in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 15th.
2. (sometimes l.c.) the medieval Roman numeral for 400. Cf.
3. parental.
4. phosphorus.
1. power.
2. pressure.
3. proton.
4. Seespace inversion.
5. poise2.
6. proline.

p

1. penny; pence.
2. softly.

P-

1. (in designations of fighter aircraft) pursuit: P-38.

p-

1. para- (def. 2).

P.

1. pastor.
2. father.
3. peseta.
4. peso.
5. post.
6. president.
7. pressure.
8. priest.
9. prince.
10. progressive.

p.

1. page.
2. part.
3. participle.
4. past.
5. father.
6. pawn.
7. penny; pence.
8. per.
9. person.
10. peseta.
11. peso.
12. softly.
13. pint.
14. pipe.
15. pitcher.
16. pole.
17. population.
18. after.
19. president.
20. pressure.
21. purl.