- paraphernalia: Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.
- paraphrase: Translate freely.
- pare: To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything.
- parentage: The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.
- Pariah: A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
- parish: The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor.
- Parisian: Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.
- parity: Equality, as of condition or rank.
- parlance: Mode of speech.
- parley: To converse in.
- parliament: A legislative body.
- parlor: A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.
- parody: To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
- paronymous: Derived from the same root or primitive word.
- paroxysm: A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
- parricide: The murder of a parent.
- parse: To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.
- parsimonious: Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.
- partible: Separable.
- participant: One having a share or part.
- participate: To receive or have a part or share of.
- partisan: Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.
- partition: That which separates anything into distinct parts.
- passible: Capable of feeling of suffering.
- passive: Unresponsive.
- pastoral: Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.
- paternal: Fatherly.
- paternity: Fatherhood.
- pathos: The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.
- patriarch: The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right.
- patrician: Of senatorial or noble rank.
- patrimony: An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.
- patriotism: Love and devotion to one's country.
- patronize: To exercise an arrogant condescension toward.
- patronymic: Formed after one's father's name.
- patter: To mumble something over and over.
- paucity: Fewness.
- pauper: One without means of support.
- pauperism: Dependence on charity.
- pavilion: An open structure for temporary shelter.
- payee: A person to whom money has been or is to be paid.
- peaceable: Tranquil.
- peaceful: Tranquil.
- peccable: Capable of sinning.
- peccadillo: A small breach of propriety or principle.
- peccant: Guilty.
- pectoral: Pertaining to the breast or thorax.
- pecuniary: Consisting of money.
- pedagogics: The science and art of teaching.
- pedagogue: A schoolmaster.