English words: Pekin duck to peltinerved

300 English words, part 45 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 23 have a page of their own.

English words Pekin duck to peltinerved

Pekin duck noun: Either of two breeds of domestic duck used primarily for egg and meat production.
Pekin robin noun: A bird, the red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea).
Pekinese adjective, noun: Alternative form of Pekingese.
Peking duck noun /ˌpiːkɪŋ ˈdʌk/: A Chinese dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, hoisin sauce and other ingredients.
Peking opera noun: A form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.
Peking ravioli noun: Jiaozi.
Peking robin noun: Alternative form of Pekin robin.
Peking willow noun: A weeping willow, a willow with very pendulous twigs, of cultivars or hybrids of Salix babylonica.
Pekinger noun: A native or inhabitant of Peking.
Pekingese adjective, noun: A small toy dog from China.
Pekingnese adjective, noun: Alternative form of Pekingese.
Pekingological adjective: Relating to Pekingology.
Pekingologist noun: One who studies Pekingology.
Pekingology noun: The study of the behavior of the government of the People's Republic of China.
PEKK noun: Acronym of polyetherketoneketone.
pekoe noun /ˈpiːkəʊ/: A high-quality black tea made using young leaves, grown in Sri Lanka, India, Java and the Azores.
pekoite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal lead gray mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, selenium, and sulfur.
pekovite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing boron, oxygen, silicon, and strontium.
pekpek shorts noun: Extremely short shorts, worn by women, that exposes the buttocks.
pel noun: pixel
Pel's fishing owl noun: Scotopelia peli, a large owl that feeds nocturnally on fish and frogs snatched from the surface of lakes and rivers.
pela noun: Synonym of Chinese wax.
pelado noun: A poor urban slum-dweller or migrant in Mexico.
peladophobia noun: The fear of baldness or bald people.
Pelaez proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
-pelag suffix: Alternative form of -pelago (“sea”).
pelage noun /ˈpɛlɪd͡ʒ/: Fur, hair, or any other form of the coat of a mammal.
Pelagia proper noun: A female given name
pelagial adjective: Synonym of pelagic.
pelagian adjective, noun /pəˈleɪd͡ʒiən/: Of or pertaining to Pelagius (circa 354–420/440), an ascetic who denied the need for divine aid in performing good works.
Pelagianism noun: A Christian belief that denies the view of original sin and the necessity of grace, asserting that man is capable of achieving salvation by his own efforts.
Pelagianist noun: A Pelagian.
Pelagianistic adjective: Relating to Pelagianism.
Pelagianize verb: To make Pelagian.
Pelagianizer noun: One who Pelagianizes; a proponent of Pelagianism.
pelagiarian noun: A member of the controversial fish clade, Pelagiaria, including the Acanthomorpha, Percomorpha, and certain potentially related extinct fishes.
pelagibacter noun: Any marine bacterium of the genus Pelagibacter
pelagic adjective, noun /pəˈlæd͡ʒɪk/: Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
pelagic trawl noun: A trawl that goes through the water column rather than on the bottom.
pelagic zone noun: The mass of water in a lake or ocean not close to the bottom and not near the shore.
pelagically adverb: In a pelagic way; in or of the open sea.
pelagiellid noun: Any extinct mollusk in the family Pelagiellidae.
pelagiid noun: Any jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae
pelagiphage noun: A bacteriophage of the open sea
Pelagius proper noun /pɪˈleɪd͡ʒiəs/: A male given name of historical usage.
-pelago suffix: Sea.
pelagobenthic adjective: pelagic and benthic
pelagophil noun: Any fish that lives (or spawns) in the open sea.
pelagophilous adjective: Relating to pelagophily.
pelagophily noun: The condition of being a pelagophil.
pelagophycean noun: Any marine alga of the class Pelagophyceae
pelagophyte noun /ˈpɛləɡəˌfaɪt/: Any of several heterokont algae of the class Pelagophyceae.
pelagornithid noun: Any extinct bird in the family Pelagornithidae.
pelagosaur noun: Any of the extinct crocodile-like animals of genus †Pelagosaurus which lived during the Jurassic period.
pelagosite noun: A pisolitic variety of aragonite.
pelagothuriid noun: Any sea cucumber in the family Pelagothuriidae
pelanserin noun: A serotonin antagonist.
pelargic adjective: Relating to the stork (bird).
pelargonaldehyde noun: Synonym of nonanal.
pelargonate noun: Any salt or ester of pelargonic acid
pelargonic adjective: Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Pelargonium.
pelargonic acid noun: an aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH₃(CH₂)₇COOH, nonanoic acid, used in the manufacture of plastics, pharmaceuticals etc
pelargonidin noun: An anthocyanidin, 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in geraniums and several soft berries
pelargonin noun: An anthocyanin that is a glucoside of pelargonidin
pelargonium noun /ˌpɛlɑːrˈɡoʊni.əm/: Any of various flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium, similar to (and often confused with) true geraniums, but less hardy and often cultivated as...
pelargonoyl noun: The univalent radical derived from pelargonic acid by loss of the hydroxy group
pelarspovirus noun: Any RNA virus of the genus Pelarspovirus
Pelasgi noun: Pelasgians
Pelasgian adjective, noun: An inhabitant of pre-Hellenic Greece.
Pelasgic adjective: Pelasgian
Pelasgoi noun: The Pelasgians.
pelau noun: Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”).
pelB noun: a gene, which encodes "pectate lyase B", from Pelvetia canaliculata and barnacles
Pelc proper noun: A surname from Czech.
Pele proper noun: The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos.
Pele's hair noun: The volcanic glass threads or fibers formed when small particles of molten material are thrown into the air and spun out by the wind into long hair-like...
Pele's tears noun: Small black pieces of solidified lava formed when airborne particles of molten material fuse into tear-like drops of volcanic glass.
Pele-type adjective: Describing an eruption or volcano similar to that of Pele on Io (the moon of Jupiter).
pelea noun: Synonym of melicope: a plant of the genus Pelea.
Pelean adjective: Of or relating to Mount Pelée, a volcano in northern Martinique.
pelecanid noun: Any member of the family Pelecanidae; a pelican.
pelecaniform noun: Any bird of the order Pelecaniformes.
pelecanoidid noun: Any bird in the family Pelecanoididae; a diving petrel.
Pelecanos proper noun: A surname.
pelecinid noun: Any wasp in the family Pelecinidae.
pelecoid adjective: Hatchet-shaped.
pelecorhynchid noun: Any fly of the family Pelecorhynchidae.
pelecypod noun: Any of the Pelecypoda.
peled noun: The Coregonus peled, a whitefish of the Salmonidae family, endemic to Northern Europe and Russia.
Pelee proper noun: An island in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the western half of Lake Erie.
Peleg proper noun /ˈpɛ.lɛɡ/: A male given name from Hebrew.
pelehouse noun: A fortified house
Peleliu proper noun: One of the islands of Palau.
pelerin noun: A pilgrim.
pelerine noun /ˈpɛ.ləˌɹiːn/: A kind of short cape or covering for the shoulders, associated especially with medieval pilgrims (of any gender).
Pelethim noun: The Pelethites.
Pelethite noun: A member of an ethnic group in the Levant, mentioned in the Bible.
peleton noun: A small pellet or ball.
Peleus proper noun /ˈpiː.li.əs/: A king of Phthia, son of Aeacus and Endeïs, brother of Telamon, and father of Achilles.
pelf noun /pɛlf/: Money, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon.
pelfe noun: Alternative form of pelf.
pelfie noun /ˈpɛlfi/: A self-taken photograph of one's pet.
pelfish adjective: Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.
pelfray noun /ˈpɛlfɹi/: pelf
Pelfrey proper noun: A surname.
pelfry noun: Alternative form of pelfray.
pelham noun: A type of bit used on the bridle of a horse, consisting of a mouthpiece, a shank, and two rings on each side.
pelican noun /ˈpɛl.ɪ.kən/: Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
pelican crossing noun: A pedestrian crossing with traffic-lights operated by pedestrians
pelican eel noun: A deep-sea eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides), the only known member of the genus Eurypharynx and family Eurypharyngidae, which is rarely seen by humans,...
pelican flower noun: Any of several tropical vines of the genus Aristolochia (especially Aristolochia grandiflora) the shape of whose flowers suggests a pelican
pelican gulper noun: Synonym of pelican eel.
pelican pot noun: An enamelware kettle with a distinctive pouring spout for brewing hand-drip coffee.
pelican's foot noun: Any of the Aporrhaidae family of sea snails.
Pelican Stater noun: Synonym of Louisianan.
pelicanish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pelican.
pelicanlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pelican.
pelicanry noun: A colony of pelicans.
pelick noun: An American coot, species Fulica americana.
pelidnoma noun: A circumscribed, elevated, livid patch on the skin.
Peligni noun: Alternative form of Paeligni.
Pelignian noun: Alternative form of Paelignian.
Pelikan proper noun: A surname from Czech of German or Czech origin.
pelike noun: A ceramic container of Ancient Greece, similar to an amphora.
pelinkovac noun: A liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans.
pelioma noun: A livid bruise.
peliomycin noun: A particular cytotoxic agent.
Pelion proper noun: A mountain in Thessaly, northern Greece, forming a peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea.
Pelionic adjective: Relating to Pelion
peliosanthoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
peliosis noun: purpura
peliosis hepatis noun: An uncommon vascular condition characterised by randomly distributed blood-filled cavities throughout the liver.
pelisse noun /pəˈliːs/: A fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform.
Pelisser's toad-flax noun: Synonym of Jersey toadflax.
Pelisser's toadflax noun: Synonym of Jersey toadflax.
Pelissier proper noun: A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
pelite noun: A sedimentary rock containing very fine particles.
pelitic adjective: Relating to, or containing, pelite.
pelitinib noun: A particular kinase inhibitor.
pelitrexol noun: A particular glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase inhibitor.
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease noun: A rare leukodystrophy in which coordination, motor abilities, and intellectual function are delayed to variable extents.
Pelka proper noun: The former name of Pelekanos, Kozani, Greece.
Pelkey proper noun: A surname.
pell noun, verb /pɛl/: A fur or hide.
Pell equation noun: Alternative form of Pell's equation.
Pell-Fermat equation noun: Synonym of Pell's equation.
Pell Grant noun: A subsidy provided by the United States federal government to students who need it to pay for college.
pell mell adjective, adverb, noun /ˈpɛlˈmɛl/: Hasty and uncontrolled.
Pell number noun: An infinite sequence of integers that comprises the denominators of the closest rational approximations to the square root of 2.
Pell's equation noun: The Diophantine equation x²-my²=1 for a given integer m, to be solved in integers x and y.
Pella proper noun: An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.
pellack noun: A porpoise.
pellage noun /ˈpɛlɪd͡ʒ/: The duty on hides, furs and skins.
pellagra noun /pɪˈlaɡɹə/: A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency.
pellagragenic adjective: Causing pellagra.
pellagric adjective: Related to, or suffering from, pellagra.
pellagrin noun: One who is afflicted with pellagra.
pellagroid adjective: Resembling pellagra.
pellagrose adjective: Alternative form of pellagrous.
pellagrous adjective: Related to, or suffering from, pellagra.
pellamountain noun: wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
pellar noun: sorcerer, wizard
Pellegrin proper noun: A surname from French.
pellegrina noun: A short cape worn by some Roman Catholic clergy.
Pellegrini-Stieda syndrome noun: The ossification of the superior part of the medial collateral ligament of the knee.
Pellegrino proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Peller proper noun: A surname.
Pellerin proper noun: A surname from French.
pellet noun, verb /ˈpɛl.ɪt/: A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
pellet drum noun: A drum (membranophone) that has two heads and produces sound through two pellets, tied to the body of the drum and manipulated so as to strike the heads.
pellet gun noun: A small gun that propels a pellet by using a compressed spring, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means.
pellet moulding noun: A narrow band ornamented with small flat disks.
pellet stove noun: A stove that burns compressed wood or biomass pellets.
pelletable adjective: That can be formed into pellets
pelletal adjective: In the form of pellets.
pelleted adjective, verb: Formed into pellets
pelleter noun: A machine for forming ingredients into pellets to feed animals.
Pelletier-Leisti syndrome noun: Synonym of Floating-Harbor syndrome.
pelletierine noun: An alkaloid obtained from pomegranate bark and used as a taenifuge.
pelletisation noun: Alternative form of pelletization.
pelletise verb: Alternative form of pelletize.
pelletiser noun: Alternative form of pelletizer.
pelletization noun: The act or process of pelletizing.
pelletize verb: To form into pellets.
pelletizer noun: A machine that converts a material into pellets.
pelletless adjective: Without pellets.
pelletlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pellet.
pelletron noun /ˈpɛl.ɪˌtɹɒn/: Alternative form of Pelletron.
pelletty adjective: Alternative form of pellety.
pellety adjective: Having a consistency like pellets.
Pellew proper noun: A surname.
Pelley proper noun: A surname.
Pellian adjective: Of or relating to the 17th-century mathematician John Pell, or to Pell's equation.
Pellicano proper noun: A surname.
pellicle noun: A thin skin or film.
pellicula noun: Alternative form of pellicle (“thin layer in biology etc.”).
pellicular adjective: Of or pertaining to a pellicle (a pellicula).
pelliculate adjective: Bearing a pellicle.
pellicule noun /ˈpɛlɪkjuːl/: A thin diaphanous fabric.
Pellissier proper noun: A surname from French.
pellistor noun: A solid-state device, containing ceramic pellets coated with a catalyst, whose resistance changes in the presence of certain gases
pellitorine noun: An unsaturated secondary amide that occurs as a toxic alkaloid in the root of the pellitory
pellitory noun /ˈpɛlɪt(ə)ɹi/: Pellitory of the wall (Parietaria officinalis).
pellitory of Spain noun: Any of several plants having edible, pungent leaves or roots, especially Anacyclus pyrethrum.
pellitory of the wall noun: A plant of the species Parietaria officinalis, that has greenish flowers and often grows on walls (eastern pellitory-of-the-wall).
Pellman proper noun: A surname.
pellmell adjective, adverb: Alternative form of pell-mell.
Pello proper noun: A municipality in Lapland, Finland, on the border with Sweden.
pellock noun: A porpoise.
pelloidal adjective: Alternative form of peloidal.
Pellon proper noun: A suburb of Halifax, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0725).
pellonulid noun: Any freshwater herring of the subfamily Pellonulinae
pellonuline noun: Any freshwater herring of the subfamily Pellonulinae
pellotine noun: An alkaloid from the cactus Lophophora diffusa, formerly used as a soporific drug.
pellouxite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing antimony, chlorine, copper, lead, oxygen, silver, and sulfur.
Pellow proper noun /ˈpɛloʊ/: A surname.
pellucid adjective, noun /pɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/: Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.
pellucidin noun: An antinociceptive present in Peperomia pellucida
pellucidity noun: Transparency; lucidity; clarity.
pellucidly adverb: In a pellucid manner.
pellucidness noun: transparency; lucidity; clarity
Pelly noun: A Peloton Interactive exercise bicycle.
pellyite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
pelma noun: The undersurface of the foot.
pelmanism noun: A system of training to improve the memory.
pelmatogram noun: An imprint of the sole or plantar surface of a foot, such as may be made by pressing an inked foot onto paper or a greased foot in plaster of Paris.
pelmatozoan noun: A member of the subphylum Pelmatozoa.
pelmeni noun: Russian dumplings resembling ravioli.
pelmeny noun: Alternative form of pelmeni.
pelmet noun /ˈpɛlmɪt/: A decorative item that is placed above a window to hide the curtain mechanisms, visually similar to a cornice or valance.
pelmet skirt noun: A very short miniskirt.
pelmicrite noun: A type of limestone, characterised by a micritic matrix containing abundant pellets.
pelobatid noun: Any member of the family Pelobatidae of spadefoot toads.
pelobatidean noun: Any of the family Pelobatidae of toads
pelobatoid noun: Any frog of the superfamily Pelobatoidea
pelobiont noun: A form of flagellated protist that lacks mitochondria
peloderan adjective: Relating to the caudal alae of a nematode
pelodryadine adjective: Of or relating to the hylid frog subfamily Pelodryadinae.
pelodytid noun: Any member of the family Pelodytidae of parsley frogs.
pelog noun: One of the two essential scales of gamelan music native to Bali and Java in Indonesia. It has seven notes, of which sometimes only five are used.
peloid noun: Mud or clay used therapeutically.
peloidal adjective: Relating to peloids.
pelomedusid noun: Any member of the family Pelomedusidae of freshwater turtles,
pelomedusoid noun: Any freshwater turtle of the superfamily Pelomedusoidea
pelomyxid noun: Any pelobiont in the family Pelomyxidae.
peloothered adjective: Drunk, thoroughly intoxicated.
pelophilous adjective: Found in muddy environments; mud-dwelling.
Pelopid noun: Any of the descendants of Pelops.
pelopium noun: A supposed chemical element, later found to be a mixture of niobium and tantalum.
Peloponnese proper noun /ˌpɛləpəˈniːz/: A peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth.
Peloponnesian adjective, noun /ˌpɛləpəˈniːʒən/: Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece.
Peloponnesus proper noun: Synonym of Peloponnese, a peninsula in Greece, particularly under Roman rule.
Pelops proper noun: A Greek mythological figure, the son of Tantalus, and king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus.
pelopsia noun: A vision perception disorder in which objects appear closer than they actually are.
Peloquin proper noun: A surname from French.
peloria noun: A variety of toadflax having five spurs instead of one.
pelorian adjective: Exhibiting peloria (abnormal regularity).
peloriate adjective: Exhibiting peloria.
peloric adjective: Of a flower, having a mutation such that a normally asymmetric flower becomes radially symmetric.
peloridiid noun: Any insect in the family Peloridiidae.
pelorisation noun: Alternative form of pelorization.
pelorised adjective: Alternative form of pelorized.
pelorism noun: An abnormality in plants where the flower appears to revert to an earlier form.
pelorization noun: Synonym of pelorism.
pelorized adjective: Exhibiting the abnormality called pelorism.
pelorus noun /pɪˈlɔːɹəs/: A device used to take a bearing on a distant object.
peloruside noun: A macrocyclic secondary metabolite of the New Zealand marine sponge Mycale hentscheli that is a cytotoxin
pelory noun: Alternative form of peloria.
Pelosi proper noun /pəˈloʊsi/: A surname from Italian.
Pelosian adjective: Of or pertaining to Nancy Pelosi (born 1940), American politician and speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
pelosity noun /pɪˈlɒsəti/: pilosity; hairiness
Peloso proper noun: A surname from Italian.
pelota noun: Any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall.
pelotherapy noun: body therapy using mud or clay
peloton noun /ˈpɛlətɒn/: A group of riders formed during a cycling road race; especially, the main group of riders; the pack.
Pelphrey proper noun: A surname.
pelretin noun: A retinoid used in skincare creams to treat acne etc. or to reduce wrinkles.
pelsparite noun: A limestone consisting of pellets and sparry calcite cement.
pelt noun, verb /pɛlt/: The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment...
pelt down verb: To rain heavily; to sleet, snow or hail heavily.
pelt of the dog noun: An immoderate, excessive quantity of alcohol drunk the morning after whilst suffering withdrawal symptoms or a hangover, which goes beyond alleviating the...
pelt rot noun: A bacterial disease of the hair or wool of sheep and other animals due to overexposure to wetness.
pelta noun /ˈpɛltə/: A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
peltable adjective: Deserving of being pelted.
peltasperm noun: Any extinct plant of the order Peltaspermales
peltaspermaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Peltaspermaceae.
peltast noun: A type of light infantry unit in Ancient Greece who often served as skirmishers.
peltate adjective: Shield-shaped; scutiform.
peltated adjective: Alternative form of peltate.
peltately adverb: In a peltate manner.
peltatodigitate adjective: Of a leaf: digitate, with the petiole much enlarged at the insertion of the leaflets.
pelted adjective, verb: Having a specified kind of pelt.
pelter noun, verb: One who pelts.
peltidial adjective: Relating to the peltidium.
peltidium noun: A prodorsal shield in chelicerates
Peltier proper noun /ˈpɛltie/: A surname from French.
Peltier cooling noun: The process of cooling computer components via the Peltier effect.
Peltier effect noun: A thermoelectric effect which occurs when current is passed through a thermocouple causing one side of the Peltier to heat up and the other to cool down,...
peltiform adjective: shield-like, with the outline nearly circular; peltate
peltinerved adjective: Having the veins radiating from the centre

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.