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P

pray
prey

principal
principle

paced measured by footsteps
paste thick glue
packed placed in a container
pact agreement
pail bucket
pale light colored
pain it hurts
pane a single panel of glass
pair a set of two
pare cutting down
pear bottom-heavy fruit
palate taste
pallet a platform for transporting goods; bed
pallette a selection of paint
pall to become wearisome
Paul barefoot Beatle
pawl locks a ratchet
passed approved; moved on
past before now
patience being willing to wait
patients being willing to wait
pause to hesitate
paws cat transportation
pea round, green legume
pee piss
peace what hippies want
piece what hippies want
peak mountain top
peek secret look
pique ruffled pride
peal ringing sound
peel fruit wrapping
pealed rang with sound
peeled ready to eat
pearl round, luminescent gem from an oyster
purl to edge with a chain of small loops
pearl something of value made from an irritant
Perl something of value made from an irritant
pedal foot control
peddle to sell
peer an equal (a captain at sea has no peer)
pier wharf (a captain at sea has no pier)
pencil writing implement
pensil thin, swallowtail flag
per for each
purr endearing cat hum
pharoah, see: farrow
phase, see: faze
phased, see: fazed
phew, see: few
phew, see: few
phial, see: file
philter, see: filter
phlox, see: flocks
pi 3.1416
pie good eating
picnic outdoor meal
pyknic physiological type with thick neck, large abdomen and short limbs
pieced assembled from pieces
piste a ski run of compacted snow
pincer claw-like gripping action
pincher one who pinches
pinscher terrier
pistil seed-bearing organ of a flower
pistol hand gun
place a location
plaice a flounder
plain not fancy
plane a surface
plait braid
plate a dish
planar flat
planer one who planes
pleas crys for help
please good manners
pleural related to lungs
plural more than one
plum purple fruit
plumb straight up and down
polar relating to the North or South poles
poler one who uses a pole
Pole a person from Poland
pole big stick
poll a voting
poled a pole was used
polled lacking horns
pone the dealer's opponent in two-handed card games pony a small horse
poor no money
pore careful study; microscopic hole
pour to flow freely
popery a disparaging term for Catholics
potpourri a miscellaneous collection
praise to commend
prays worships God
preys hunts
pray worship God
prey hunt
precedence priority
precedents established course of action
presidents commanders-in-chief
presence the state of being present
presents what Santa brings
pride ego
pryed opened
pries wedging open
prize the reward
prince son of the King
prints impressions
principal head of school
principle causative force
profit money earned
prophet seer
pros multiple experts
prose ordinary language
psi twenty-third letter of Greek alphabet
sigh sad and weary breath
xi fourteenth letter of Greek alphabet