English words: peelie to Pekin

300 English words, part 44 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.

English words peelie to Pekin

peelie noun /piːli/: A coupon attached to a product's packaging so that it can be peeled off.
peelin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of peeling.
peeling noun, verb /ˈpiːlɪŋ/: The act of removing the outer surface in strips.
peeling skin syndrome noun /ˈpiːlɪŋ skɪn ˈsɪndroʊm/: An autosomal-recessive disorder characterized by lifelong peeling of the stratum corneum, sometimes associated with pruritus, short stature, and easily...
Peelite noun: One of a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party in the nineteenth century, characterised by a commitment to free trade and a managerial, almost...
peelless adjective: Without a peel.
peeloo noun: Salvadora persica (toothbrush tree).
peelout noun: The act of leaving an eddy and entering the main current.
peely adjective /piːli/: Tending to peel.
peely-wally adjective /ˈpiliˌwali/: Pale, pasty; off-color or ill-looking.
peemergency noun: A situation in which one has an urgent need to urinate but is prevented from doing so due to lack of access to a toilet, restrictive gear, etc.
peen noun, verb /piːn/: The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
peenar noun: a penis
peenaur noun: a penis
peener noun: Synonym of penis.
peenge verb: To complain childishly; to whinge.
peenie noun: penis
peening noun, verb: The hardening of a metal surface by hammering, or by blasting with shot
peenor noun: Alternative form of penor.
peent interjection, noun, verb /piːnt/: Used to imitate the cry of the American woodcock.
peenthrug noun: nonsensical talk
peep noun, verb /piːp/: A feeble utterance or complaint.
peep bo interjection: Synonym of peekaboo.
peep o' day noun: Alternative form of peep of day.
Peep o' Day Boy noun: A member of an agrarian Protestant association in Ireland in the 18th century, opposing the Catholics.
peep of day noun: The very beginning of the day; the crack of dawn; daybreak, dawn.
peep out verb: to show, to be visible.
peep pixels verb: To scrutinize a magnified digital photograph carefully in order to make a technical assessment of resolution and image quality.
peep show noun: Alternative spelling of peepshow.
peep sight noun: On some rifles, a type of sight where the shooter looks through a small aperture on the rear sight.
peep-toe adjective: Having a small aperture at the front where the toes are visible.
peepal noun: Alternative form of peepul.
peepaw noun: Synonym of papa (“father”).
peepbo interjection, noun: Synonym of peekaboo.
peepee noun: Alternative spelling of pee-pee.
peeper noun /ˈpiːpə/: The eye.
peephole noun /ˈpiːphəʊl/: A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.
peephole optimization noun: An optimization that works by eliminating redundant instructions from a small area of source code.
peepholed adjective: Fitted with a peephole.
peepholer noun: An algorithm or process that performs peephole optimization.
peepholing noun: The use of peephole optimization.
peepin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of peeping.
peeping noun, verb /ˈpiːpɪŋ/: The action of the verb to peep.
peeping Thomasina noun: A female peeping tom.
peeping tom noun: A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual...
peeping tomism noun: Salacious voyeurism.
peepless adjective: Not emitting peeps or a peep.
peepo interjection: Synonym of peekaboo.
peeps noun, verb /piːps/: Alternative form of people; often especially (with personal pronoun) one's friends or associates.
peepshow noun /ˈpipˌʃoʊ/: An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass.
peeptoe adjective: Alternative form of peep-toe.
peepul noun /ˈpiː.pl̩/: The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa.
peepy adjective /ˈpiː.pɪ/: Inclined to peep (to watch someone or something).
peer noun, verb /pɪə/: To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
peer editing noun: a teaching technique in which students read, and comment on each other's written work
peer group noun: a group of people who are approximately the same age and status, especially if they have the same interests
peer of the realm noun: Any member of the House of Lords who is not a life peer.
peer pressure noun, verb: Inducement or influence by one's peers.
peer review noun, verb: The scholarly process whereby manuscripts intended to be published in an academic journal are reviewed by independent researchers (referees) to evaluate the...
peer-reviewable adjective: Able to be peer reviewed; having the depth and substantiality that allow a peer-review process to take place.
peer reviewed adjective, verb: Having been through the peer review process.
peer-reviewed journal noun: An academic journal whose content is subjected to an independent peer review process before publication.
peer-to-peer adjective: Able to conduct business without using a middleman.
peer-to-peer economy noun: Synonym of sharing economy.
peer-to-peer lending noun: The online lending of money to a person or organization by a group of unrelated people who each commit a relatively small amount.
peerage noun /ˈpɪə.ɪdʒ/: Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
peercast verb: To transmit streaming media via a peer-to-peer network.
peerdom noun: A lordship.
peerer noun /ˈpɪəɹə/: Someone who peers.
peeress noun: A noblewoman married to a peer.
peerhood noun: Synonym of peership.
peerie adjective, noun /ˈpɪəɹi/: Small, tiny.
peerification noun: Treatment of one's child in a way considered more proper to an adult peer-to-peer relationship.
peering noun, verb: The act of one who peers; a looking around.
peeringly adverb: While looking with difficulty.
peerless adjective: Without peer or equal; unparalleled, nonpareil. Of the highest quality, best.
peerlessly adverb: In a peerless manner.
peerlessness noun: The state or condition of being peerless, of having no equal.
peership noun: The rank, status, or title of a peer
peert adjective: Brisk.
peery adjective, noun: That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
pees noun, verb: Alternative letter-case form of pees.
peesash noun: A devil or evil spirit.
peeseweep noun: Alternative form of peasweep.
peesweep noun: Alternative form of peasweep.
peet noun /piːt/: A paw, especially a more humanoid-looking one.
Peete proper noun: A surname.
peeth noun: A well (for drawing water).
peetweet noun: The spotted sandpiper.
Peetz proper noun: A surname from German.
peeve noun, verb /piːv/: An annoyance or grievance.
peeve off verb: Synonym of annoy or piss off.
peeved adjective, verb /piːvd/: Annoyed.
peevedly adverb: In a peeved manner.
peevedness noun: The quality of being peeved.
peevee noun: Alternative spelling of peavy.
peever noun: a small stone or other small object, used in hopscotch.
peevers noun: plural of peever
peevery noun: Peevishness.
peevish adjective, adverb /ˈpiːvɪʃ/: Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.
peevishly adverb: In a peevish manner.
peevishness noun /ˈpivɪʃnəs/: The state of being peevish.
peevit noun: Alternative form of peewit.
peevy adjective: peevish; sulky or irritable
peewa noun: Alternative spelling of peewah.
peewah noun /ˈpiːwɑː/: A peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), a South American palm tree.
peewee noun /ˈpiːwiː/: A short or small person; a small object.
peewee golf noun: miniature golf
peewit noun /ˈpiːwɪt/: northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
peeyew interjection: Alternative form of pee-ew.
peeyoo interjection: Alternative form of pee-ew.
PEF noun: Initialism of polyethylene furanoate.
PEFC noun: Initialism of proton-exchange fuel cell.
peficitinib noun: A medication belonging to the class of Janus kinase inhibitors, used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
pefloxacin noun: A synthetic chemotherapeutic agent used to treat severe and life-threatening bacterial infections.
pefurazoate noun: A particular fungicide.
peg noun, prefix, verb /ˈpɛɡ/: A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
peg-a-lantern noun: Synonym of jack-o'-lantern (“a will o' the wisp”)
peg-and-socket joint noun: Synonym of gomphosis.
peg away verb: To keep working (at something).
peg back verb: To equalize against; to prevent (the opposition) from winning.
peg boy noun: A male prostitute who takes the passive role in anal intercourse.
peg dope noun: A substance used to lubricate the pegs of a string instrument and to provide friction between the pegs and the strings
peg down verb: To fasten something to the ground using pegs.
peg element noun: In the Athabaskan languages, an epenthetic prefix added to a syllable to allow it to conform to the language's phonotactic restrictions.
peg-fiched noun: A West Country game played with sharp-pointed stakes: one is thrust into the ground and the others are thrown in an attempt to dislodge it. If this...
peg float noun: A machine for rasping away the ends of pegs inside shoes.
peg house noun: A brothel for male homosexuals.
peg in the ring noun: A traditional game in which one player's spinning top is set spinning within a circle marked on the ground, and other players attempt to knock it over by...
peg it verb: To run; to leg it; to scarper.
peg ladder noun: A ladder with only one standard, into which cross-pieces are inserted.
peg leg noun, verb: A wooden leg, usually tapered, strapped onto the stump of an amputated leg.
peg legged adjective, verb: Having a peg leg.
peg out verb: To mark (a territory or area) with pegs.
peg-strip noun: A ribbon of wood cut to the width, etc. of a shoepeg.
peg tankard noun: An ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as divide the liquor into equal portions.
peg the needle verb: To cause the hand of a dial indicator to reach the highest measurement, due to reaching the maximum measurable speed, pressure, etc.
peg-top noun: Alternative spelling of pegtop.
peg-top trousers noun: Trousers that are wide and baggy at the top and taper down the legs to a close-fitting hem at the ankle.
peg-tops noun: Peg-top trousers.
peg warmer noun: A retail product, especially a collectible, that has very high supply and very low demand.
peg wood noun: Alternative form of pegwood (“watchmaker's cleaning tool”).
pegacorn noun /ˈpɛɡ.əˌkɔːn/: A horned Pegasus or a winged unicorn.
pegador noun: A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates).
pegaga noun: Asiatic pennywort
pegamine noun: An amine derived from polyethylene glycol (PEG)
pegamoid noun: A waterproof varnish used, applied to surfaces, in bookbinding and upholstery
pegan adjective, noun: A person who practices peganism, a variant of the vegan diet and paleo diet, with organic, unprocessed foods.
peganidine noun: A quinazoline alkaloid with the molecular formula C₁₄H₁₆N₂O₂.
peganine noun: Synonym of vasicine.
peganism noun: The diet of pegans, eating organic, unprocessed foods, containing 75% fruits and vegetables; and 25% protein foods (seeds, nuts, other plant proteins); with...
pegaptanib noun: An antiangiogenic used to treat wet age-related macular degeneration.
Pegasean adjective: Of or pertaining to the mythical winged horse Pegasus.
Pegasian adjective, noun: Synonym of Proculeian.
pegasid noun: Any member of the family Pegasidae.
pegasister noun: A female fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, typically an adult.
Pegasoid adjective: Resembling a Pegasus or winged horse.
pegaspargase noun: An antineoplastic agent used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
pegasse noun /pəˈɡæs/: Peat; dark, spongy, acidic, soil of decomposed vegetation (peat), especially in Guyana.
pegassey adjective: Alternative form of pegassy.
pegassy adjective: Characterised by the presence of pegasse; peaty.
pegasus noun /ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/: Any winged horse; a pterippus.
pegboard noun, verb: A board that has a pattern of holes into which pegs are fitted; used especially to record the score in some card games.
pegbovigrastim noun: A recombinant form of a material that stimulates the production of granulocytes (in cows)
pegbox noun: The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.
pegcetacoplan noun: A medication used to treat paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
pegdinetanib noun: An investigational anticancer drug.
pegfilgrastim noun: A PEGylated form of filgrastim.
Pegg proper noun: A surname originating as an occupation for someone who sold pegs.
peggable adjective: Capable of being pegged.
pegged adjective, verb /pɛɡd/: Fitted or furnished with one or more pegs.
pegged pants noun: Trousers that are cut full in the waist and thigh area, and tapering to a cuff or gather at the ankle.
peggee noun: A sexual participant who is "pegged", or penetrated with a strap-on dildo.
pegger noun: A regular drinker of alcohol, especially brandy and soda.
Peggie proper noun: Alternative spelling of Peggy (“female name”).
pegging noun, verb /ˈpɛɡɪŋ/: The act of fastening with a peg.
peggy noun: Any of several small warblers, the whitethroat, etc.
peghead noun: The part of a stringed instrument, at the end of the neck, that holds the pegs or mechanical tuners used to control string tension.
peginesatide noun: An erythropoietic agent, a functional analog of erythropoietin, intended for the treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease in adult...
peginterferon noun: A pegylated interferon.
pegivirus noun: Any of the genus Pegivirus of flaviviruses.
pegleg noun: Alternative form of peg-leg.
Pegler proper noun: A surname.
pegless adjective: Without pegs.
peglet noun: A little peg.
peglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a peg.
pegloticase noun /pəˈɡlɑt.əˌkeɪs/: A recombinant porcine-like uricase used as a drug to treat severe gout.
pegmatite noun /ˈpɛɡmətaɪt/: A coarsely crystalline igneous or plutonic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz, normally with muscovite and/or biotite mica.
pegmatitic adjective: Containing or characteristic of pegmatite
pegmatitization noun: Alternative form of pegmatization.
pegmatization noun: The process of pegmatizing.
pegmatize verb: To convert into pegmatite.
pegmatoid adjective, noun: Resembling pegmatite
pego noun /ˈpiːɡəʊ/: The penis.
pegol noun: Used to indicate PEGylation in the names of monoclonal antibodies.
pegomancy noun: divination by fountains
Pégot-Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease noun: Synonym of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease
Pegram proper noun: A surname.
pegRNA noun: A specialized guide RNA used in prime editing, comprising a single guide RNA (sgRNA) extended with a primer binding site (PBS) and a reverse transcription...
pegroots noun: The bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus)
pegs noun, verb /pɛɡz/: peg-top trousers
pegsunercept noun: A drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
pegtop noun: A spinning top.
pegtops noun: A kind of trousers, wide at the top and narrow at the ankles; peg-top trousers.
Pegu noun /pəˈɡuː/: A pony from the Burmese city of Bago.
Pegu jar noun: Synonym of martaban (“large glazed pottery vessel”).
Peguer noun: A person from Pegu (now Bago) in Burma.
Peguero proper noun: A surname.
Pegues proper noun: A surname.
pegulicianine noun: An optical imaging agent administered via intravenous injection.
pegunigalsidase alfa noun: An enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of Fabry disease.
pegvisomant noun: A growth hormone receptor antagonist used in the treatment of acromegaly.
pegwood noun: A watchmaker's wooden dowel for cleaning small components.
pegyl noun: a functional group similar to the molecule polyethylene glycol (PEG)
pegylate verb /pɛɡɪleɪt/: Alternative form of PEGylate.
pegylated adjective, verb: Alternative form of PEGylated.
pegylation noun /pɛɡɪleɪʃən/: The process of covalent attachment of PEG (polyethylene glycol) polymer chains to another molecule, normally a drug or therapeutic protein.
pegzilarginase noun: A drug used to treat hyperargininemia.
peh noun: Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”).
peh-oe-ji noun /peɪweɪˈd͡ʒiː/: A Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hokkien, created and introduced by Presbyterian Christian missionaries in the 19th century.
peh-tsai noun: Alternative form of petsai.
pehelwan noun: A wrestler.
pehlevan noun: Alternative form of pehlivan.
pehlevi noun: Alternative form of pahlavi (“former gold coin”).
pehlivan noun: A Turkish wrestler in the sport of yağlı güreş (Turkish oil wrestling).
pehlwan noun: Alternative form of pehelwan.
PEHO syndrome noun: A neurodegenerative disorder involving progressive encephalopathy with edema, hypsarrhythmia, and optic atrophy.
Pehrson proper noun: A surname.
Pehuenche noun: An indigenous people of South America, part of the Mapuche.
PEI noun /piː.iː.aɪ/: Initialism of polyetherimide.
pei daan noun: Synonym of century egg.
Peierls stress noun: The force needed to move a dislocation within a plane of atoms in the unit cell.
Peiffer proper noun: A surname.
Peigan noun: A member of either of two the Blackfoot nations: Aamsskaapipikani (Blackfeet; South Peigan) or Aapatohsipikani ([North] Peigan)
peignoir noun: A long outer garment for women, usually sheer and made of chiffon and often sold with matching nightgown, negligee or underwear.
Peikoff proper noun: A surname.
peil noun: water level
Peile proper noun: A surname.
peiminine noun: Synonym of imperialin.
pein noun, verb: Alternative form of peen.
peine noun: Pain or punishment.
peine forte et dure noun: Crushing, an old form of punishment (torture) in which the prisoner's body was pressed with heavy weights.
Peiping proper noun: Former name of Beijing.
Peiping duck noun: Alternative form of Peking duck.
Peipinger noun: A person from Peiping.
peirameter noun: A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.
peirastic adjective: Experimental or tentative.
peirastically adverb: In a peirastic manner.
Peirce proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
Peirce arrow noun: The downward arrow symbol ↓ denoting the NOR operation.
Peircean adjective: Of or pertaining to Charles S. Peirce, 19th-20th century American logician, mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, founder of pragmatism.
Peirceanism noun: The philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce, 19th-20th century American logician, mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, founder of pragmatism.
Peirceian adjective: Alternative form of Peircean.
Peircian adjective: Alternative form of Peircean.
peirosaurid noun: Any archosaur in the family Peirosauridae.
Peirse proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
Peirson proper noun /ˈpɪə.sən/: A surname, variant of Pierson.
peisant adjective /ˈpeɪ.zənt/: Heavy, massive, forcible
peise noun, verb /peɪz/: To weigh or measure the weight of; to poise.
peishwa noun: Alternative form of peshwa.
peishwah noun: Alternative form of peshwa.
peishwahship noun: Alternative form of peshwaship.
peishwaship noun: Alternative form of peshwaship.
Peisistratan adjective: Of or relating to Peisistratus.
Peisistratean adjective: Alternative form of Peisistratan.
Peisistratid adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Ancient Greek tyrant Peisistratus (ruled 546–527 B.C.E.) or his family, particularly his two sons, Hipparchus and Hippias.
peisleyite noun: A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and sulfur.
PEITC noun: Initialism of phenylethyl isothiocyanate.
peitrel noun /ˈpeɪ.tɹəl/: Alternative form of poitrel.
Peixoto proper noun: A surname from Portuguese.
peize noun, verb: Alternative form of peise.
Peja proper noun /ˈpeɪ.ə/: The fourth largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous municipality and district.
pejibaye noun: The edible fruit of the tropical peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), a single-seeded drupe; a peewah.
pejorate verb /ˈpiːdʒəɹeɪt/: To become or make (something) worse; to deteriorate, to worsen.
pejoration noun /ˌpiːd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/: The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.
pejorationist noun: Synonym of pejorist.
pejorative adjective, noun /pɪˈd͡ʒɒɹətɪv/: Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
pejoratively adverb: In a pejorative manner. Insultingly, disparagingly; so as to belittle another or harm their reputation.
pejorativeness noun: The quality of being pejorative.
pejorativization noun: The process by which a term gains a more negative connotation over time.
pejorism noun /ˈpiː.d͡ʒə.ɹɪ.zəm/: The belief that the world is becoming worse.
pejorist noun: One who believes that the world is getting worse.
pejority noun: pejoration; process of making or becoming worse
pejorize verb: To render pejorative.
pejvakin noun: A protein that regulates the function of hair cells
pek chek adjective [ˈpek̚˦ ˌt͡sʰek̚˧˨]: Frustrated, exasperated, fed up.
Pekalongan proper noun: A city in Central Java, Indonesia.
pekan noun: A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
Pekanbaru proper noun: The capital and largest city of Riau, Indonesia.
pekapoo noun: Alternative form of peekapoo.
Pekar proper noun: A surname.
peke noun /piːk/: A Pekingese dog.
Peke-faced adjective: Having a flattish face resembling that of the Pekingese dog; applied to certain Persian cats of a breed that arose in the 1950s.
pekeapoo noun: Alternative form of peekapoo.
PEKEKK noun: Initialism of polyetherketoneetherketoneketone.
pekepoo noun: Alternative form of peekapoo.
pekid adjective /ˈpiːkɪd/: Pronunciation spelling of peaked (“sickly-looking, peaky”).
Pekie noun: A Pekinese dog.
pekilocerin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Pekin noun: A type of patterned silk.

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.