Section P Q R
Diction Hairy of Reeve Eyes Deaf Finnish Huns
(Dictionary of Revised Definitions)
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P
Package (n): use by date
Palindrome (n): a friend at the airport
Palindrome (n): dromedary with humps that look the same way in either direction
Palmist (n): fog so dense you can see your hand
Paltry (n): worthless chickens
Pampas (n): South American diapers/nappies
Panache (n): burnt saucepan
Panorama (n): very wide llama
Pantomime (v): trouser miming
Papal (n): Vatican e-commerce
Parables (n): two male bovines
Parade (n): golfing beverage
Paradigm (n): ten cent coin with a chute
Paradox (n): skydiving doctors
Paradox (n): two doctors
Paragraph (n): red beret graphic designer
Paragraph (n): skydiving chart
Paranoia (v): to upset a parachutist
Paraphrase (n): ‘my shute didn’t open’
Parsnip (n): father’s vasectomy
Participants (n): trousers to share
Pasteurise (n): extremely deep bath water
Pastrami (n): prequel to the TV show Futurama
Patent (n): campsite fee
Pathological (n): the shortest route between two points
Paunch (n): posh fisticuffs
Pedagogue (n): foot fetishist
Pedal bin (n): for cycling instead of recycling waste
Pedigree (n): foot care diploma
Peerage (n): prostate problems
Penalties (n): neckwear for prison staff
Penitent (n): camping urinal
Pension (n): to avoid pens
Penultimate (n): best writing instrument ever
Perfidious (n): ugly perforations
Permission (n): hair curling assignment
Permissive (n): huge curly hairstyle
Perverse (n): poetry income
Pester (n): annoying jester
Petulant (n): dog or cat for loan
Philanthropist (n): drunken stamp collector
Philately (n): to flatter a stamp collection
Phoenician (n): a reminder to call Ician
Pierrot (n): seaside pleasure pier decay
Piety (n): to find pies irresistible
Pigmentation (n): colourful swine
Pilates (n): exercise for pilots
Pillage (n): medication use by date
Pillock (n): secure medication
Piñata (n): victim of brutal mistreatment
Pinion (n): tiny onion
Pinnacle (n): frozen piña colada
Pirate (n): pie classification system
Piscatorial (n): fishing lesson
Pistachio (n): a moustache you take the piss out of
Pitta (n): bread made by the patter of tiny feet
Pizzeria (n): bottom of a pizza
Plaintiff (n): unadorned argument
Platitude (n): to praise a braided hairstyle
Plato (n): Italian for plate
Platonic (n): relationship hindered by gin
Podcast (n): how young peas are thrust into the world
Polite (n): small portable toilet
Politician (n): optician for parrots
Politics (n): parasite of parrots
Pollination (n): parrot country
Polygamist (n): fog phobia in parrots
Polygamy (n): to have multiple parrots
Polygon (n): lost parrot
Polygraph (n): used to detect lying parrots
Polynesia (n): memory loss in parrots
Polynomial (n): diet for parrots
Polysyllables (n): pieces of eight
Polyvinyl (n): parrot cage lining
Ponder (n): person who builds garden water features
Poodle (n): long puddle
Porcupine (n): a yearning for bacon.
Portent (n): temporary shelter that leaks
Portrait (n): impoverished mannerism
Posh (n): Victorian spice
Post mortem (n): result of forgetting to mail something
Posthumous (n): hummus delivered by mail
Pragmatic (n): Czech computerised toilet
Precedent (n): head of government
Precipitate (n): art gallery on the edge of an abyss
Pre-empted (n): still full
Prejudice (n): biased dice
Preposterous (n): prior to posterous
Prequel (n): travel sickness
Pressure cooker (n): a stressed chef
Pretence (n): before stress
Primate (n): principal life partner
Prints (n): plural of prince
Prism (n): place for felons to refract on their crimes
Procrastinate (n): to delay the playing of castanets
Procreate (n): design by a professional artist
Product (n): professional duck
Programme (n): professional metric weight
Prologue (n): log that no longer has amateur status
Promotion (n): to be in favour of movement
Pronoun (n): when you’re ready to move on from amateur nouns
Pronunciation (n): speech by a professional nun
Propaganda (v): to have a good stare at someone
Propagate (n): authentic entrance
Propagate (n): easy garden access
Property (n): made in a teapot with leaf tea
Prosthetic (n): artificial sex worker
Protagonist (n): professional tag player
Protein (n): in support of youth
Protractor (n): not for amateur farmers
Pruning (n): constipation treatment
Pseudo (n): fake dough
Psoriasis (n): sister with sore eyes
Psychosis (n): crazy sibling
Public (v): what to do when you spill beer
Publish (n): almost a pub
Pumpkin (n): inflated relative
Punctual (n): a prompt burst tyre
Punctuation (n): to pick holes in someone’s word play
Puncture (v): to make a hole pun
Pundit (n): successful word play
Pungent (n): male word play
Punish (n): almost word play
Punishment (n): retribution for word play
Puritanism (n): the haunting fear that someone somewhere might be happy
Purloin (n): having a contented cat in your lap
Pursue (v): to steal a purse
Purveyor (n): surveyor of cats
Pygmalion (n): a tiny lion
Pyrex (n): crashed bakery truck
Q
Quadrangle (n): four sided argument
Quail (n): small trembling bird
Quark (n): an elementary particle duck
Quarrel (n): to argue with a squirrel
Qué será, será (n): Spanish for ‘Where is the CAKE?!’
Quench (n): female server of drinks
Quintessence (n): the aroma of five babies
Quirk (n): anomalous captain of the starship Enterprise
R
Racism (n): irrational hatred of running
Radish (n): not very radical
Raffia (n): Russian Mafia
Raisin (n): grape with sunburn
Raison d’être (n): French dried fruit
Ramble (v): to stroll into a male sheep
Rambunctious (n): noisy and overexcited ram
Rampage (n): explicit webpage for lonely sheep
Rampant (n): random-access memory underwear
Ramparts (n): nether regions of a ram
Ramshackle (v): to impede a male sheep
Rapscallion (n): someone who hates onions
Ratatouille (n): French for a pair of rats
Rational (n): wise rodent
Raucous (n): unprepared couscous
Realize (n): not glass ones
Rebuff (v): to undress twice
Receiving (v): following an unsuccessful ceiving
Reciprocation (n): recipe specifically for use on vacation
Recluse (n): to cluse more than once
Redress (v): to dress twice
Rehearse (v): second coffin delivery, but to the correct address
Rehydrate (v): what Dr Jekyll does
Relax (n): second dose of laxative
Relent (n): library book renewal
Relevant (n): an appropriate ant
Relief (v): action of trees in spring
Remiss (n): reference to a female teacher
Remit (v): to put gloves back on
Remorse (n): telegraphic blunder
Remote (v): to dig a new ditch around your castle
Renegade (n): fox flavoured beverage
Repeat (v): to use peat twice
Repetition (v): to loose the original petition
Replete (v): to renew gathered folds in a skirt
Restaurant (n): dilemma of either resting or ranting
Restitution (n): sleep academy
Retail (v): squirrel repair
Retort (v): to have another slice of cake
Retrospect (n): old fashioned spectacles
Retweet (n): when a canary gets its voice back
Rhubarb (n): to regret buying a Barbie
Rhyme (n): nor reason
Ridge (n): inadequate bridge
Ridge (v): to get rid of a midge
Rigor mortis (n): carpentry term for a wooden erection
Ringleader (n): first person in the bath
Robbery (n): stolen strawberries
Robust (n): broken robot
Rough (n): dog with a sore throat
Routine (n): to regret being a teenager
Royalist (n): inventory of the monarchy
Royal Mail (n): Prince Charles
Rucksack (n): to be dismissed for brawling
Rudiment (n): vulgar salt and pepper
Rudimentary (n): school for rude children
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