| pleasure |
When something gives you pleasure, it makes you feel happy. Petting a cat or smelling a nice flower gives many people pleasure. People do many things because they have to, but they also do things just for pleasure, for fun. Watching movies, reading, swimming, and playing a game or sport are some things that people do for pleasure. |
| plenty |
When there is plenty of something, there is a lot of it and maybe more than you need. |
| pliers |
A pliers is a kind of tool that people use for holding, bending, and sometimes cutting things. |
| plug |
A plug is a thing used for getting electricity to something like a lamp or television or toaster. A plug is made of plastic or rubber, and it has two or three round or flat pieces of metal that stick out from it. A plug is attached to the end of a cord, and the cord is connected to something that uses electricity. To bring electricity to this thing, we put the plug into something called an outlet in the wall. When the plug is in the outlet, electricity flows through the cord. |
| plumber |
A plumber is a person whose job is to work on pipes that carry water through buildings. |
| plural |
When you use a word that is plural, you are talking about more than one of some kind of thing. The word "books" is plural, but the word "book" is not. We say "one book," but we say "two books." |
| plus |
Plus has the meaning of adding things together. When we say two plus two equals four, it means that two added to two equals four. |
| plus sign |
One action we do with numbers is to add them together. An example of adding is "two plus three equals five." When we write this in numbers, we use something called a plus sign (+) between the first two numbers: 2 + 3. The plus sign tells us that what is going to happen with these two numbers is adding. |
| Pluto |
Pluto is a round object in outer space. Like our Earth, it moves around the sun. Scientists used to call Pluto a planet. It was the planet that was the smallest and farthest from the sun. But, now, scientists think Pluto is a little different from a real planet, and they don't call it a planet anymore. |
| p.m. |
Sometimes we use the letters p.m. (or P.M.) when we are talking about a time of day. When we say or write p.m., we mean "in the afternoon or evening." Many people have lunch around 12 p.m. or 1 p.m. Many people eat dinner around 6 p.m. or 7p.m. |
| pocket |
A pocket is something sewn into your clothes that you use to keep things in or to keep your hands warm. Many types of pants and most jackets have pockets. People often keep things like gloves, money, and keys in their pockets. [2 definitions] |
| poem |
A poem is a piece of writing that uses words in special ways. People who write poems use them to tell how they feel or to describe something in a different or beautiful way. A poem is often short. It might be just one page. People often enjoy poems just for the sound of the words or for the pictures they think of when they hear them. Poems sometimes use rhyming words, and they usually have a special rhythm. |
| poet |
A poet is a person who writes poetry. |
| poetry |
Poetry is a word for poems all together or the type of writing that is in poems. If you write poetry, it means you write poems. |
| point |
A point is the sharp end of something. [8 definitions] |
| pointed |
When a pencil is sharp, it is pointed at the end. When you make a valentine heart, you make it pointed at the bottom. |
| pointy |
When something is pointy, it comes to a very narrow point at the top. We can say that arrows or sharp pencils are pointy things. Some leaves have a very round shape, for example, but some leaves are pointy. |
| poison |
Poison is a substance that can kill or really hurt people or animals if they swallow it or breathe it in. [2 definitions] |
| poisonous |
When something is poisonous, it means that there is something in it that can hurt people, animals, or plants. If a person touches or eats something poisonous, it can hurt them a lot. Some poisonous things can even kill. |
| Poland |
Poland is a country in Europe. Some of its neighbors are Germany, Belarus, and Ukraine. Poland also lies along the shore of a sea called the Baltic. Much of Poland is covered by forest. There are also farm lands and mountains, and many lakes and rivers. Lots of grain and potatoes are grown in Poland. Poland has many people. Some of them are farmers, and many work in mines, but most Polish people live and work in the cities. |
| polar bear |
A polar bear is a large white bear that lives in very cold areas of the earth. |