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prankster |
Noun
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someone who plays practical jokes on others |
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prisoner |
Noun
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a person who is confined |
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pope |
Noun
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the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
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prisoner of war |
Noun
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a person who surrenders to or is taken by an enemy in a time of war |
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POW |
Noun
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a person who surrenders to or is taken by an enemy in a time of war |
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practical joker |
Noun
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someone who plays practical jokes on others |
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prattler |
Noun
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someone who speaks in a childish way |
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pontiff |
Noun
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the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
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private detective |
Noun
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someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information |
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preacher |
Noun
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someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel |
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private eye |
Noun
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someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information |
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preacher man |
Noun
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someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel |
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private investigator |
Noun
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someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information |
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popularizer |
Noun
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someone who makes attractive to the general public |
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prebendary |
Noun
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a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church |
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populariser |
Noun
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someone who makes attractive to the general public |
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privateersman |
Noun
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an officer or crew member of a privateer |
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psycholinguist |
Noun
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a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language |
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psychologist |
Noun
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a scientist trained in psychology |
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psychophysicist |
Noun
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a psychologist trained in psychophysics |
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psychopath |
Noun
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someone with a sociopathic personality |
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psychopomp |
Noun
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a conductor of souls to the afterworld |
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psychotherapist |
Noun
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a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders |
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psychotic person |
Noun
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a person afflicted with psychosis |
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psycho |
Noun
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a person afflicted with psychosis |
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pteridologist |
Noun
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an expert in the study of ferns |
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publican |
Noun
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the keeper of a public house |
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public defender |
Noun
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a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense |
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publicist |
Noun
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someone who publicizes |
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publicizer |
Noun
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someone who publicizes |
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publiciser |
Noun
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someone who publicizes |
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public relations person |
Noun
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a person employed to establish and promote a favorable relationship with the public |
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public servant |
Noun
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someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment) |
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puddler |
Noun
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a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling |
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pudge |
Noun
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a short fat person |
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puerpera |
Noun
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a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter |
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puller |
Noun
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someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something |
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puller |
Noun
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someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself |
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punk rocker |
Noun
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a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture |
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punster |
Noun
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someone overly fond of making puns |
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puppet ruler |
Noun
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a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government |
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puppet leader |
Noun
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a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government |
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puppeteer |
Noun
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one who operates puppets or marionettes |
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purchasing agent |
Noun
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an agent who purchases goods or services for another |
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purist |
Noun
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someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) |
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purser |
Noun
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an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare |
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pursuer |
Noun
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a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture |
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pursuer |
Noun
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a person who pursues some plan or goal |
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purveyor |
Noun
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someone who supplies provisions (especially food) |
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propman |
Noun
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member of the stage crew in charge of properties |