English words: pearl powder to pectineal
300 English words, part 41 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 29 have a page of their own.
English words pearl powder to pectineal
- pearl powder noun: A cosmetic, made from crushed pearls, for improving the appearance of the skin.
- pearl rice noun: Synonym of glutinous rice
- pearl shell noun: The pearl oyster.
- pearl sinter noun: fiorite
- pearl spar noun: A crystallized variety of dolomite, having a pearly lustre.
- pearl sugar noun: Synonym of nib sugar.
- pearl tapioca noun: Small edible balls made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.
- pearl tea noun: Synonym of gunpowder tea.
- pearl wedding noun: A thirtieth wedding anniversary.
- pearl white noun: Basic bismuth nitrate, or bismuth subchloride; used chiefly as a cosmetic.
- pearlaceous adjective: Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly.
- Pearland proper noun: A city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.
- pearlash noun: A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating...
- pearlbush noun: Alternative form of pearl bush.
- pearlcore noun: A fashion trend and aesthetic, popular in the 2020s, characterized by the use of pearl jewelry and similar iridescent items.
- pearldom noun: The state of being a pearl.
- pearled adjective, verb: Adorned with pearls.
- pearled barley noun: Synonym of pearl barley.
- pearled couscous noun: Synonym of Israeli couscous
- pearler noun: A pearl diver.
- pearlescence noun: The state or condition of being pearlescent; a pearly appearance.
- pearlescent adjective /pəːˈlɛsənt/: Pearl-like, either in color or luster.
- pearlescently adverb: In a pearlescent way.
- pearlesque adjective: Having the colour or lustre of pearl; pearly.
- pearless adjective: Without pears.
- pearlet noun: A small pearl.
- pearlfish noun: Any of various slender marine fish of the family Carapidae, resembling eels.
- pearlie noun: A pearly king or pearly queen.
- pearlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pear.
- pearlin noun: A protein found in nacre
- Pearline proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
- pearliness noun: Quality of being pearly.
- pearling noun, verb: The process by which grain is pearled.
- pearlings noun: A kind of lace of silk or thread, considered elegant at the time.
- pearlins noun: plural of pearlin
- pearlised adjective: Alternative spelling of pearlized.
- pearlish adjective: Like a pearl; pearly.
- pearlite noun /ˈpɜːlaɪt/: A two-phased lamellar structure composed of alternating layers of alpha ferrite and cementite that occurs in some steels and cast irons, having a...
- pearlitic adjective: Relating to or resembling pearlite.
- pearlized adjective: Made to resemble pearl
- pearlless adjective: Lacking a pearl or pearls.
- pearllike adjective: Resembling a pearl; having the luster of a pearl.
- Pearlman proper noun: A surname.
- pearlness noun: The quality of pearl; the state of being pearl.
- pearls before swine noun: Something of value, beauty, refinement, or wisdom left to people who will not appreciate it.
- pearlscale noun: A spherical-bodied fancy goldfish with doubled finnage similar to the fantail.
- pearlside noun: A fish of the genus Maurolicus of deepwater fishes.
- Pearlstein proper noun: A surname.
- pearlstone noun: perlite
- pearlware noun: creamware
- pearlwise adverb: In the manner of a pearl; so as to resemble a pearl.
- pearlwort noun: Any of several flowering plants that have flowers the shape and size of small pearls
- pearlwort spurrey noun: The plant Spergula morisonii.
- pearly adjective, noun: A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
- pearly antshrike noun: Megastictus margaritatus, a passerine bird of the antbird family, native to South America.
- pearly coronal papules noun: Synonym of pearly penile papules.
- pearly disease noun: Tuberculosis of the pleura in cattle.
- pearly everlasting noun: Any of the genus Anaphalis of flowering plants.
- pearly-eyed thrasher noun: A thrasher songbird of species Margarops fuscatus, found throughout much of the Caribbean.
- pearly family noun: A family, one of whose members is a member of one of the charitable pearly guilds from East London, and who dress in unique pearly suits for election as...
- pearly gates noun: The entrance way to Heaven.
- pearly king noun: The father of a pearly family from East London.
- pearly nautilus noun: The chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius.
- pearly penile papules noun: A harmless hereditary anatomical variation consisting of small protuberances that may form on the ridge of the glans of the human penis.
- pearly prince noun: The son of a pearly family from East London.
- pearly princess noun: The daughter of a pearly family from East London.
- pearly queen noun: The mother of a pearly family from East London.
- pearly whites noun: Teeth.
- pearmain noun /ˈpɛːmeɪn/: A type of pear.
- Pearman proper noun: A surname.
- pearmonger noun /ˈpɛə(ɹ)ˌmʌŋɡə(ɹ)/: A seller of pears; one who deals in pears.
- Pearsall proper noun: A surname.
- Pearse proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- pearshaped adjective: Alternative spelling of pear-shaped.
- Pearson proper noun /ˈpɪə.sən/: A patronymic surname transferred from the given name.
- Pearson distribution noun: A family of continuous probability distributions.
- Pearson's long-clawed shrew noun: Any member of the species Solisorex pearsoni of shrews endemic to Sri Lanka;.
- Pearson syndrome noun: A mitochondrial disease characterized by sideroblastic anemia and exocrine pancreas dysfunction.
- Pearsonian adjective /pɪəˈsəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Karl Pearson (1857–1936), English mathematician and biostatistician
- peart adjective: Lively; active.
- peartini noun: A martini cocktail made with pear.
- peartly adverb: In a peart manner.
- peartree noun: Alternative form of pear tree.
- pearwood noun: The wood of the pear tree.
- peary adjective /ˈpɛəɹi/: Resembling pears, pear-like.
- Peary caribou noun: Rangifer tarandus pearyi, a small caribou found in the high Arctic islands of Canada's Nunavut and Northwest territories.
- peas and rice interjection, noun: A Jamaican dish of rice and any of several varieties of peas or beans.
- peas porridge noun: Alternative form of pease porridge.
- peas pudding noun: Alternative form of pease pudding.
- peasant adjective, noun /ˈpɛzənt/: A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land...
- peasant blouse noun: A woman's blouse, based on traditional European peasant dress, with puffed sleeves and square neckline.
- peasant shirt noun: A peasant blouse.
- peasant top noun: A peasant blouse.
- peasantess noun /ˈpɛ.zən.tɛs/: A female peasant.
- peasanthood noun: The state or condition of a peasant.
- peasantisation noun: Alternative form of peasantization.
- peasantish adjective: Synonym of peasanty.
- peasantism noun: The behaviour or ideology of peasants.
- peasantist adjective, noun: Showing support for peasants.
- peasantization noun /ˌpɛzn̩tʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/: The process of creating a peasant class involved in small-scale agrarian practices.
- peasantize verb: To turn into a peasant, or a peasant class in society.
- peasantless adjective: Without peasants.
- peasantlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a peasant.
- peasantly adjective: Like a peasant.
- peasantness noun: The lifestyle or status of a peasant.
- peasantry noun /ˈpɛzəntɹi/: Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.
- peasantship noun: Peasantry.
- peasantwear noun: Clothing to be worn by peasants.
- peasanty adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a peasant; rustic and simple.
- peascod noun: The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.
- pease verb /piːz/: To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
- pease porridge noun: Synonym of pease pudding.
- pease pottage noun: Synonym of pease pudding.
- pease pudding noun: A thick porridge or pudding of British origin, made of legumes, typically yellow peas, seasonings and ham or bacon.
- peasecod noun: Alternative form of peascod.
- peasemeal noun /ˈpiːz.miːl/: A meal (flour) produced from yellow field peas that have been roasted.
- peaseweep noun: Alternative form of peasweep.
- peashooter noun /ˈpiːˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/: A toy weapon consisting of a tube through which dried peas or small objects are blown.
- peasized adjective: Alternative form of pea-sized.
- Peaslee proper noun: A surname.
- Peasley proper noun: A surname.
- peasoup adjective, noun: Alternative form of pea soup.
- peasoup fog noun: Synonym of pea-souper.
- peasouper noun: Alternative form of pea-souper.
- peastone noun: pisolite
- peasweep noun: The peewit, or lapwing.
- peasy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of peas.
- peat noun, suffix /piːt/: Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
- peat bog noun: A bog in which the soil is formed from peat.
- peat moss noun: Sphagnum.
- peat pot noun: A plant pot made of compressed peat moss and other materials, capable of being planted in its entirety without the need to transplant the contents.
- peat-reek noun: The pungent smoke of a peat fire.
- peat smoke noun: Smoke from burning peat.
- peat spade noun: Synonym of turf spade.
- peat swamp noun: Alternative form of peatswamp
- peatary noun: Alternative form of peatery.
- peatbog noun: Alternative form of peat bog.
- Peate proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- peated adjective: Having been subjected to peating.
- peatery noun /ˈpiːtəɹi/: A peat bog; an area covered by peat, or from which peat is extracted.
- peatily adverb: In a peaty manner.
- peatiness noun: The quality of being peaty.
- peating noun: Kilning over burning peat, a process used in whisky production to impart an earthy, smoky flavour.
- peatland noun: Land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog.
- peatless adjective: Without peat.
- peatlike adjective: Of or resembling peat; peaty.
- peatman noun: A man whose occupation is digging peat.
- peatmoss noun: Alternative form of peat moss.
- peatry noun /ˈpitɹi/: Alternative form of peatery.
- peatsmoke noun: Alternative form of peat-smoke.
- peatstack noun: A stack of peat.
- peatswamp noun: An area of waterlogged soil in which the decomposed vegetation has become peat.
- Peattie proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- peaty adjective /ˈpiːtiː/: Of or resembling peat; peatlike.
- peaty monster noun: A whisky having a very strong peaty flavour and aroma.
- peau d'orange noun: Human skin with the appearance and dimpled texture of an orange peel, associated with some medical conditions.
- peau de soie noun /pəʊdəˈswɑː/: A heavy closely-woven silk fabric, faced with satin on both sides.
- peavee noun: Alternative spelling of peavy.
- peavey noun: Alternative spelling of peavy.
- peavy noun: A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and...
- Peay proper noun: A surname.
- peb noun: Clipping of pebble (“small piece of crack cocaine”)
- peba noun: An armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) found from Texas to Paraguay; the tatouhou.
- pebble noun, verb /ˈpɛbəl/: A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
- pebble-bed reactor noun: A form of nuclear reactor using spherical fuel elements which are individually processed and fed through the reactor.
- pebble dash noun, verb: A coating of small pebbles sprayed onto soft plaster or cement, used as decoration on exterior walls.
- pebble game noun: A kind of mathematical game played by placing "pebbles" or markers on a directed acyclic graph according to certain rules.
- pebble in one's shoe noun: A small and bothersome issue that may worsen over time.
- pebble lens noun: A quartz crystal lens used in spectacles.
- pebble mill noun: A tumbling mill that grinds or pulverizes materials without contaminating them with iron; used especially for ceramic ingredients.
- pebble plant noun: A lithops (succulent plant of genus Lithops)
- pebble toad noun: Oreophrynella nigra, a South American toad that can fold up its limbs and roll down a slope when threatened.
- pebbled adjective, verb: Having many pebbles
- pebbledash noun, verb: Alternative spelling of pebble dash.
- pebbleless adjective: Without any pebbles.
- pebblelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pebble.
- pebbler noun: One who collects pebbles.
- pebblesnail noun: Any of various freshwater snails in the families Hydrobiidae and Lithoglyphidae in superfamily Truncatelloidea.
- pebblestone noun: A pebble.
- pebbleware noun: variegated pottery made from a mixture of clays of different colours
- pebbling noun, verb: The placing of pebbles in any of several board games.
- pebbly adjective: Of or containing pebbles.
- PEBCAC phrase: Problem Exists Between Chair And Computer. Used by technical support helpdesk staff to indicate that the problem with a user’s computer or experience is due...
- PEBCAK noun /ˈpɛbkæk/: Chiefly used by technical support helpdesk staff: a problem experienced with a user's computer that is due to user error.
- Pebet noun: A legendary bird species, smaller than sparrows in size, and endemic to Manipur, often known for its wits.
- pebi- prefix /ˈpɛbɪ-/: The IEC prefix meaning 2⁵⁰ = 1,024⁵ = 1,125,899,906,842,624. Compare peta-, meaning 10¹⁵ = 1,000⁵ = 1,000,000,000,000,000, a quadrillion.
- pebibit noun: Strictly, 2⁵⁰ (1024⁵, 1,125,899,906,842,624) bits or 2¹⁰ (1024) tebibits, as opposed to a petabit.
- pebibyte noun /ˈpɛbɪˌbaɪt/: Strictly, 2⁵⁰ (1024⁵, 1,125,899,906,842,624) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) tebibytes, as opposed to a petabyte.
- PEBKAC noun: Problem exists between keyboard and chair. See PEBCAK.
- PEBKAM phrase: Synonym of PEBCAK.
- PEBLO noun: Acronym of physical evaluation board liaison officer.
- pebre noun: A Chilean condiment made with coriander, parsley, chopped onion, vinegar, a neutral oil, ground or pureed spicy aji, and usually chopped tomatoes.
- pebrine noun: A parasitic disease affecting silkworms.
- pebrinous adjective: Having the disease called pébrine.
- pec noun: The pectoralis major muscle.
- pec bounce noun, verb: To flex or pose well-developed pectoral muscles.
- pec deck noun: An exercise machine used to develop the pectoral muscles.
- pec pop noun, verb: Synonym of pec bounce.
- pecan noun /piːˈkɑːn/: A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
- pecan pie noun: A sweet pie made from corn syrup and pecans, considered a specialty of Southern United States cuisine.
- pecan sandy noun: A kind of cookie made with pecan nuts and having a sandy color and texture.
- pecan tree noun /piːˈkɑːn tɹiː/: A tree of the species Carya illinoinensis, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the pecan, and the wood of the tree, pecan wood,...
- pecan truffle noun: A species of truffle, Tuber lyonii, native to North America.
- pecan weevil noun: A weevil of species Curculio caryae, that is an obligate feeder on the nuts of North American hickories and pecans.
- pecary noun: Alternative form of peccary.
- pecattiphilia noun: The obtaining of sexual arousal by committing a sin or violating a taboo.
- pecazine noun: A phenothiazine tranquilizer, C₁₉H₂₂N₂S which has anticholinergic effects.
- peccability noun: The state or quality of being peccable; liability to sin.
- peccable adjective /ˈpɛ.kə.bəl/: Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
- peccadillo noun /ˌpɛ.kəˈdɪ.loʊ/: A small flaw or sin.
- peccaminous adjective /pəˈkæmɪnəs/: Sinful.
- peccan noun: Alternative form of pecan (tree).
- peccancy noun /ˈpɛkənsi/: A sin or moral transgression.
- peccant adjective, noun /ˈpɛk(ə)nt/: Of a person, etc.: that commits or has committed an offence or a sin; blameworthy, culpable, offending, sinful, sinning.
- peccantly adverb: In a peccant manner.
- peccary noun /ˈpɛk.ə.ɹi/: Any of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the Americas, related to pigs.
- peccata clamantia noun: A group of mortal sins referenced in the Bible as those for which God will take retribution.
- peccatum mutum noun: sodomy
- peccavi interjection, noun /pɛˈkɑːviː/: An expression of guilt or culpability.
- pecco noun: Dated form of pekoe.
- pech noun, verb /pɛk/: An indigenous ethnic group of north-eastern Honduras.
- Pecha proper noun: A surname.
- pecha kucha noun: A rigid presentation format in which the speaker has exactly 20 slides to speak about, with exactly 20 seconds allocated for each slide (20×20).
- PechaKucha noun: Alternative form of Pecha Kucha.
- pechay noun: the Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)
- peched adjective, verb: Tired, out of breath, worn out.
- Pecheneg adjective, noun /ˈpɛt͡ʃənɛɡ/: A member of a specific semi-nomadic Turkic people from central Asia, some of whom migrated into eastern Europe.
- pechka noun: Synonym of Russian oven.
- Pechora proper noun: A river in the Komi Republic and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
- Pechora pipit noun: Anthus gustavi, a passerine bird which breeds in the East Palearctic tundra
- Pecht noun: Alternative form of Pict.
- pecia noun: a manuscript, folded into four, assigned to be copied by a scribe
- pecilocin noun: An antibiotic.
- peck noun, verb /pɛk/: To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- peck at verb: To nag
- Peck's bad boy noun: A mean-spirited young prankster.
- peckable adjective: Able to be pecked.
- peckawood noun /ˈpɛkəwʊd/: Pronunciation spelling of peckerwood (“white person”).
- pecker noun /ˈpɛkə(ɹ)/: Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly
- pecker head noun: Alternative form of peckerhead.
- pecker mill noun: A kind of rice mill.
- peckerhead noun: A dickhead: an unpleasant, stupid or mean person.
- peckerless adjective: Without a penis.
- peckerwood noun /ˈpɛkɚwʊd/: A woodpecker.
- peckerwood sawmill noun: A small-scale sawmill, often with older equipment not capable of producing wood of uniform dimension.
- Peckett proper noun: A surname.
- peckful noun: Enough to make up a peck (dry measure, quarter of a bushel).
- Peckham proper noun /pɛkəm/: A suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3476).
- Peckhamian adjective: Of or relating to aggressive mimicry.
- peckhamite noun: A person from Peckham, London, England.
- peckhorn noun: An alto horn or mellophone.
- peckiness noun: The quality of being pecky.
- pecking noun, verb /ˈpɛkɪŋ/: The act by which something is pecked.
- pecking order noun: The natural ranking of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
- peckingly adverb: In a pecking manner.
- Peckinpah proper noun: A surname
- Peckinpahesque adjective: Reminiscent of the work of Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984), American film director and screenwriter known for his innovative and explicit depiction of action and...
- peckish adjective /ˈpɛk.ɪʃ/: mildly hungry
- peckishly adverb: In a peckish manner.
- peckishness noun: The quality of being peckish; mild hunger.
- peckled adjective /ˈpɛkəld/: Speckled, spotted.
- peckproof adjective: Resistant to being pecked.
- Pecksniff noun: A very hypocritical person.
- Pecksniffery noun: Hypocritical or sanctimonious behaviour or language.
- pecksniffian adjective: Alternative letter-case form of Pecksniffian.
- Pecksniffianism noun: Synonym of Pecksniffery.
- Pecksniffism noun: Synonym of Pecksniffery.
- pecky adjective: Discoloured by fungus growth or insects.
- pecky cypress noun: A disease of Taxodium distichum due to infection by the fungus Lauriliella taxodii
- PEComa noun: Any of a family of mesenchymal tumours consisting of perivascular epithelioid cells.
- pecoraite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic dark green mineral containing hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, and silicon.
- pecoran noun: Any ungulate of the infraorder Pecora
- Pecoraro proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- pecorino noun: Any of a family of Italian hard cheeses made from ewe's milk.
- Pecos proper noun /ˈpeɪ.koʊs/: A river which flows through Texas and New Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Grande.
- PECR noun: Initialism of peroxisomal trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase.
- pectase noun: pectinesterase
- pectate noun: Any salt of pectic acid.
- pectate lyase noun: An enzyme involved in the maceration and soft rotting of plant tissue.
- pectatelyase noun: Alternative form of pectate lyase.
- pecten noun /ˈpɛktɪn/: The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.
- pecten oculi noun: A comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird, believed to nourish the retina and control the pH of the vitreous body.
- pectenolone noun: A particular carotenoid.
- pectenotoxin noun: Any of a class of cyclic polyether toxins, produced by dinoflagellates, associated with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning
- pectenoxanthin noun: A particular carotenoid.
- pectic adjective: Of or pertaining to pectin or pectin-like substances.
- pectic acid noun: An acidic derivative of a carbohydrate; the active constituent of pectin.
- pectiform adjective: Comb-shaped.
- pectin noun /ˈpɛktɪn/: A plant-derived polysaccharide found in cell walls (especially in fruits) that forms a gel under acidic conditions and is commonly used to thicken foods...
- pectinacean noun: Any of the Pectinacea, an obsolete suborder of mollusks now known as the superfamily Pectinoidea.
- pectinaceous adjective: Relating to pectin.
- pectinal adjective, noun: resembling a comb.
- pectinariid noun: Any polychaete worm of the family Pectinariidae.
- pectinase noun: Any protease that break down pectin.
- pectinate adjective, noun, verb /ˈpɛktəneɪt/: Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb.
- pectinate line noun: The line that divides the upper two thirds of the anal canal from the lower third. Developmentally, it represents the hindgut-proctodeum junction.
- pectinated adjective, verb: Synonym of pectinate (“resembling a comb”).
- pectinately adverb: In a pectinate manner.
- pectination noun: The state of being pectinate; something which is pectinate; a tooth in a pectinate structure.
- pectineal adjective: Of or relating to the pecten.
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.