English words: perwaunah to pete

300 English words, part 63 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 35 have a page of their own.

English words perwaunah to pete

perwaunah noun: Alternative form of perwanna.
perway noun: Synonym of permanent way.
perwitsky noun: The fur of the marbled polecat.
perxactly adverb: Alternative spelling of perzactly.
perxenate noun: The anion XeO₆⁴⁻ formally derived from perxenic acid; any salt containing this anion.
perxenic adjective: Relating to perxenic acid or its derivatives.
perxenic acid noun: The acid H₄XeO₆, presumed to be formed by solution of xenon tetroxide in water, but known only as its salts, the perxenates
perylene noun: A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two molecules of naphthalene fused together; it is used in light-emitting diodes.
perylenediimide noun: A diimide derived from a perylene that is a rylene dye
perylenemonoimide noun: An imide derived from a perylene that is a rylene dye
perylenequinone noun: Any of a group of perylene quinones characterized by a pentacyclic conjugated chromophore
peryton noun: A fictional creature having the head and forelegs of a stag and the wings and hindquarters of a bird.
perzackly adverb: Alternative spelling of perzactly.
perzactly adverb: precisely, exactly; used as an affirmation
perzine noun: A personal zine, one that deals with issues directly related to its author.
perzinfotel noun: A potent NMDA antagonist with neuroprotective effects.
pes noun /piːz/: the foot of a human
pes carinatum noun: Misconstruction of pectus carinatum.
pes excavatum noun: Misconstruction of pectus excavatum.
PESA noun: Initialism of passive electronically scanned array.
Pesach proper noun /ˈpɛsɑːx/: The Jewish festival of Passover.
pesade noun: A dressage movement in which a horse raises its forequarters and keeps its hind feet on the ground, without advancing; rearing.
pesadich adjective: Alternative form of pesadik
pesadik adjective: Permissible to eat on Passover.
pesage noun: A fee or toll paid for the weighing of merchandise.
Pesaha appam noun: A kind of unleavened bread made at Passover.
pesak noun: Alternative form of psak.
pesane noun: Alternative form of pisane.
pesante adjective: heavy, ponderous
pesäpallo noun: A sport developed in Finland in the 1920s, similar to and largely based on baseball.
pesarattu noun: A crepe-like bread made with green gram batter.
Pesaro proper noun: A city and comune, the capital city of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, Marche region, Italy.
pesbian lorn noun /ˌpɛz.bɪ.ən ˈlɔːn/: Spoonerism of lesbian porn
Pescadero proper noun: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Pescadore noun: Alternative form of Pescadores.
Pescadores proper noun /ˌpɛskəˈdɔːɹɪs/: An archipelago in the Taiwan Strait; synonymous with Penghu County, Taiwan (ROC).
Pescara proper noun: A province of Abruzzo, Italy.
pescatarian noun /ˌpɛskəˈtɛːɹɪən/: Alternative form of pescetarian.
pescatarianism noun: Alternative form of pescetarianism.
Pescatore proper noun: A surname from Italian.
pescatorio noun: Synonym of piscatory ring.
pescatourism noun: tourism centred on fishing
Pesce proper noun: A surname from Italian.
pescetarian adjective, noun /ˌpɛskɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/: A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood.
pescetarianism noun: A dietary choice in which a person, known as a pescetarian, eats any combination of vegetables, fruit, nuts, beans and fish or seafood, but not mammals or...
pescevegetarian noun: Alternative spelling of pescovegetarian.
Pesch proper noun: A surname from German.
Peschel proper noun: A surname.
pescovegetarian noun: A person who does not eat meat, but accepts other animal products such as fish and seafood
pescovegetarianism noun: The condition of being pescovegetarian
PESE noun: Initialism of post-exertional symptom exacerbation.
Pesek proper noun: A surname from Czech.
peseta noun /pəˈseɪtə/: The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.
pesewa noun /pəˈseɪwə/: In the currency of Ghana, one hundredth of a cedi.
pesh-kabz noun: Synonym of Khyber knife.
pesh-qabz noun: Alternative form of pesh-kabz.
peshash noun: Alternative form of pisachee.
peshat noun: A method of interpretation of a text using the face-value, literal meaning.
Peshawar proper noun /pɛˈʃəˌwɑːr/: A city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Peshawari adjective, noun: Alternative form of Peshwari.
peshcash noun: Alternative form of peshcush.
peshcush noun: An offering or tribute.
pesher noun /ˈpɛʃ.ə/: An interpretive commentary on scripture, especially one in Hebrew.
peshgi noun: A form of debt bondage where an advance loan by the employer is to be repaid by bonded labour
Peshitta proper noun /pʃit.tɑː/: A Syriac translation of the Bible.
peshkabz noun: Alternative spelling of pesh-kabz.
peshkar noun: A deputy minister.
peshkash noun: Alternative form of peshcush.
peshkhana noun: The tents and accompanying retinue sent on overnight, during a march, to the new camping ground, to receive the master on his arrival.
peshkush noun: Alternative form of peshcush.
peshmarga noun: Alternative spelling of peshmerga.
peshmerga noun: A term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters.
peshmerge noun: Alternative spelling of peshmerga.
Peshori adjective, noun: Relating to Peshawar.
peshtak noun: A rectangular entrance structure with a large pointed archway.
peshtamal noun: Alternative form of peshtemal.
peshtemal noun: A traditional cotton towel used in Turkish baths.
peshwa noun /ˈpeɪʃwɑː/: Originally, a chief minister under the Marathi princes; later, (the title of) each of the rulers of the Marathi kingdom in central India from 1713–1818.
peshwah noun: Alternative form of peshwa.
peshwahship noun: Alternative form of peshwaship.
Peshwari adjective, noun: Of or relating to Peshawar in Pakistan.
Peshwari naan noun: A kind of naan flatbread, filled with desiccated coconut, nuts and raisins, that originated in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Peshwari nan noun: Alternative form of Peshwari naan.
peshwaship noun: The role or status of a peshwa.
peskash noun: Alternative form of peshcush.
peskily adverb: In a pesky manner.
Peskin proper noun: A surname from Yiddish.
peskiness noun: The condition of being pesky.
Peskotomuhkati noun: Synonym of Passamaquoddy
pesky adjective /ˈpɛski/: Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child).
peso noun /ˈpeɪsəʊ/: A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.
peso ley noun: The currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983.
pesoization noun: The process of pesoizing.
pesoize verb: To express in the currency of pesos; to convert to pesos.
Pesqueira proper noun: A surname from Galician.
Pesquet's parrot noun: Psittrichas fulgidus, a species of parrot found in New Guinea which has black and red plumage.
pessary noun /ˈpɛsəɹi/: A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.
pessimal adjective /ˈpɛ.sɪ.məl/: Bad to a maximal extent; worst.
pessimality noun: The property of being pessimal.
pessimally adverb: In a pessimal manner.
pessimise verb: Alternative spelling of pessimize.
pessimism noun /ˈpɛsɪmɪzəm/: A general belief that bad things will happen.
pessimist noun /ˈpɛsɪmɪst/: Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.
pessimistic adjective /ˌpɛ.səˈmɪs.tɪk/: Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
pessimistic concurrency noun: A database management system strategy that locks data in order to prevent conflicts between transactions.
pessimistic time noun: The maximum estimated period of time, assuming there are no issues, in which a task is likely to be completed.
pessimistically adverb /ˌpɛsəˈmɪstɪkli/: In a pessimistic manner.
pessimization noun: The act or process of pessimizing, or making something worse.
pessimize verb /ˈpɛsɪmaɪz/: To take a pessimistic view of; to speak of in a negative or pessimistic way.
pessimum noun: A worst or lowest point.
Pessoa proper noun: A surname from Portuguese.
pessomancy noun: Divination using pebbles.
pessoptimist noun /pɛsˈɑptɪmɪst/: A person who possesses elements of both pessimism and optimism.
pessular adjective: Relating to the pessulus.
pessulus noun: A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of some birds.
pest noun /pɛst/: A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
pest control noun: The regulation or management of a species defined as a pest.
pest controller noun: An exterminator; a worker in pest control.
pest-free adjective /ˈpɛstˌfri/: Free from pests.
pest-house noun: Alternative form of pesthouse.
Pesta proper noun: A surname.
pestaloid adjective: Synonym of pestalotioid.
pestalotioid adjective: Similar to those of species in the genus Pestalotiopsis.
pestalotiollide noun: Any of a series of analogs of dibenzodioxocinones, which are inhibitors of cholesterol ester transfer proteins, produced by fungi of the genus Pestalotiopsis
Pestalozzian adjective, noun: Relating to Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827), Swiss teacher, especially his system of elementary education incorporating manual training.
pestamal noun: Alternative form of peshtemal.
Pestana proper noun: A surname.
pestemal noun: Alternative form of peshtemal.
pester noun, verb /ˈpɛstə(ɹ)/: To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
pester power noun: Children's ability to make their parents buy something or do something for them by continually asking until the parents agree to do it.
pesterable adjective: cumbersome; awkward to transport
pesterin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of pestering.
pestering noun, verb: An act or instance of annoying somebody.
pesteringly adverb: In a pestering manner; annoyingly, bothersomely.
pesterment noun: The act of pestering
pesterous adjective: Inclined to pester; vexatious; burdensome.
pestersome adjective: Characterised or marked by pestering; bothersome; annoying
pestery adjective: Tending to pester.
pestfree adjective: Alternative form of pest-free.
pestful adjective: annoying; acting as a pest
pesthole noun: A place where a contagious disease is present or likely.
pesthouse noun: An establishment which provides shelter or care to sufferers of pestilence or other contagious infections.
pesticidal adjective /(ˌ)pɛstɨˈsaɪd(ə)l/: Of, pertaining to, or effective as a pesticide.
pesticidally adverb: In the manner of a pesticide
pesticide noun /ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/: Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the...
pestiduct noun /ˈpɛstidʌkt/: That which conveys contagion or infection.
pestiferous adjective /ˌpɛsˈtɪfəɹəs/: Containing organisms that cause contagious diseases.
pestiferously adverb: In a pestiferous manner.
pestiferousness noun: The quality of being pestiferous.
pestification noun: The action, or the result of pestifying.
pestify verb: To pester or annoy
pestilence noun /ˈpɛstələn(t)s/: Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
pestilent adjective /ˈpɛstələnt/: Highly injurious or destructive to life: deadly.
pestilential adjective /ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃi.əl/: Producing, spreading, promoting or infected with pestilence; causing infection. (of people, animals, places or substances)
pestilentially adverb: In a pestilential manner; with pestilence.
pestilentialness noun: The quality of being pestilential.
pestilently adverb: In a pestilent manner.
pestily adverb: In a pesty manner.
pesting noun: The total disintegration of metal into powder as a result of oxidation.
pestis noun: Plague.
pestiviral adjective: Relating to pestiviruses
pestivirus noun: Any of several viruses, of the genus Pestivirus, that infect cattle, sheep, pigs etc.
pestle noun, verb /ˈpɛsəl/: A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
pestle and mortar noun: Alternative form of mortar and pestle.
pestlelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pestle.
pestlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pest.
pesto noun /ˈpɛstoʊ/: A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).
pestoed adjective: Prepared with pesto.
pestolike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of pesto.
pestological adjective: Relating to pestology.
pestologist noun: One who studies pestology.
pestology noun: The science of pests and pest control.
pestproof adjective, verb: Resistant to pests.
pesty adjective /ˈpɛsti/: annoying or troublesome; pesky
pet adjective, noun, verb /pɛt/: An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
pet carrier noun: A small portable box or cage for transporting a small animal such as a cat or dog.
pet cemetery noun: A cemetery for pets.
pet coke noun: Clipping of petroleum coke.
pet cone noun: Synonym of Elizabethan collar (“a protective device worn by animal”)
pet door noun: An opening in a door for pets to come in and out of the house without requiring a human to open the door.
pet-en-l'air noun: A type of short sack-back.
pet flap noun: A pet door.
pet form noun: A hypocoristic or affectionate form of a name, etc.
pet-free adjective: Of a person, having no pets, as a matter of choice.
pet hate noun: Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.
pet hotel noun: A place where pets board and are cared for while their owners are on holiday.
pet humanization noun: A form of anthropomorphism that refers to the trend in which pets are treated more like human family members than traditional pets.
pet insurance noun: Health insurance for a pet.
pet lamp-shade noun: Synonym of Elizabethan collar (“a protective device worn by animal”)
pet name noun: A nickname, especially a name used by those in love with one another.
pét-nat noun: Pétillant naturel.
pet peeve noun: Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.
pet phrase noun: An expression frequently used by an individual in written or verbal speech.
pET plasmid noun: Any of a family of vectors for protein expression where the expression of the insert DNA is controlled by the T7 promoter, a phage promoter.
pet play noun: Alternative spelling of petplay.
pet regress verb: To engage in pet regression; to undergo pet regression.
pet regression noun: The state of temporarily adopting the mindset of, or roleplaying as, an animal, especially when done as coping mechanism or less commonly simply for fun.
pet regressor noun: One who engages in pet regression.
pet rock noun: A rock one keeps and cares for as if it were a pet, often purchased as a novelty item and jokingly treated as having needs like those of a living animal.
pet shop noun /ˈpɛt ʃɒp/: A shop that sells animals kept as domestic pets, and products for caring for and feeding them.
pet sit verb: Alternative form of petsit.
pet stain noun: A stain on flooring, carpets, or rugs, as a result of a pet urinating, defecating, vomiting, etc.
pet store noun: Synonym of pet shop.
pet tag noun: A small flat tag worn on the collar or harness of a pet, containing identification information.
pet term noun: Synonym of pet form and pet name.
pet therapy noun: An alternative or complementary type of therapy that includes the use of animals in a treatment.
peta- prefix /ˈpɛtə/: In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹⁵ (a short scale quadrillion or long scale billiard). Symbol: P
petabase noun: 10¹⁵ bases in a nucleic acid
petabecquerel noun: An SI unit of radioactivity equal to 10¹⁵ becquerels. Symbol: P
petabit noun: One quadrillion (10¹⁵, or 1,000,000,000,000,000) bits or 1,000 terabits.
petabyte noun /ˈpɛtəbaɪt/: One quadrillion (10¹⁵, or 1,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 terabytes.
petaflop noun /ˈpɛtəflɒp/: a quadrillion (10¹⁵) floating point operations per second.
petagram noun: An SI unit of mass equal to 10¹⁵ grams. Symbol: Pg
petagramme noun: Alternative spelling of petagram.
petahash noun: 10¹⁵ hashes.
petahertz noun: An SI unit of frequency equal to 10¹⁵ hertz.
petai noun: stink bean, bitter bean (Parkia speciosa)
Pétainism noun: The political ideology associated with Philippe Pétain.
Pétainist noun: A proponent of Pétainism.
petajoule noun: An SI unit of energy equal to 10¹⁵ joules. Symbol: PJ
petakelvin noun: An SI unit of temperature equal to 10¹⁵ kelvins. Symbol: PK
petal noun, suffix, verb /ˈpɛtl̩/: One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that...
petal pink noun: A pale pink like that of rose petals.
petal stool noun: malapropism of pedestal.
petaled adjective, verb: Having or with petals.
petalia noun: A congenital abnormality in which one hemisphere of the brain protrudes towards the other and causes a depression in the skull.
petalichthyid noun: Any extinct placoderm fish of the order †Petalichthyida
petaliferous adjective: Bearing petals.
petalification noun: Synonym of petalody.
petaliform adjective: Having the form of a petal.
petaline adjective: petalous (pertaining to, attached to, or resembling a petal)
petalism noun /ˈpɛtəlɪz(ə)m/: A form of ostracism among the ancient Syracusans by which they temporarily banished a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition.
petalite noun: A rare pegmatitic mineral, a lithium aluminosilicate, with the chemical formula LiAlSi₄O₁₀; used in the manufacture of crystallized glass ceramics.
petaliter noun: A unit of volume equivalent to 10¹⁵ liters. Symbol: Pl
petalitre noun: A unit of volume equivalent to 10¹⁵ litres. Symbol: Pl
petalled adjective: Having petals.
petalless adjective /ˈpɛt.əl.ləs/: Lacking petals.
petallike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a petal.
petalline adjective: Alternative form of petaline.
petalloid adjective, noun: Alternative form of petaloid.
petally adjective /ˈpɛ.tə.li/: Resembling or characteristic of a petal.
petalode noun: An organ simulating a petal.
petalodont noun: Synonym of petalodontiform.
petalodontiform noun: Any extinct fish of the order Petalodontiformes
petalody noun: The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
petaloid adjective, noun: Resembling the petal of a flower.
petaloidal adjective: Synonym of petaloid.
petaloideous adjective: Having some or all of the perianth petalous.
petaloidy noun: The condition of being petaloid.
petalomania noun: The state of a flower having a larger multiple of the usual number of petals.
petalonamid noun: Any of the extinct phylum †Petalonamae of motionless archaic animals that resemble leaves.
petalous adjective /ˈpɛtələs/: Having petals.
petalsome adjective: Full of petals.
petaltail noun: Any dragonfly in the family Petaluridae; a petalurid.
petalum noun: A petal.
Petaluma proper noun /ˌpɛtəˈlumə/: A city in Sonoma County, California, United States.
petalurid noun: Any dragonfly in the family Petaluridae.
petalwise adverb: In the manner of a petal or petals.
petaly noun: The condition of having petals.
petameter noun: US spelling of petametre.
petametre noun: An SI unit of length equal to 10¹⁵ metres. Symbol: Pm
pétanque noun /pəˈtɒŋk/: A form of boules originating from the south of France.
petanques noun: Alternative form of pétanque (“French boules game”).
petaop noun: 10¹⁵ operations per second.
petaparsec noun: An astronomical unit of distance equal to 10¹⁵ parsecs.
petapixel noun: 10¹⁵ pixels, as a unit of graphical resolution.
petara noun: Alternative form of pitarah.
petarasite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.
petard noun, verb /pɪˈtɑːd/: A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
petardeer noun: Alternative form of petardier.
petardier noun: One who managed a petard.
Petare proper noun: A neighborhood in Miranda, Venezuela, and part of the Metropolitan District of Caracas; in full Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Petare.
petarrah noun: Alternative form of pitarah.
petary noun /ˈpɛtəɹi/: Alternative form of peatery.
petascale adjective: A metric for objects on the scale of quadrillions (10¹⁵ or 1,000,000,000,000,000) of elements. Most often used for computer systems; a petascale computer...
PETase noun: Any of a family of enzymes that break down polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) through hydrolysis into mono-(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate.
petasecond noun /ˈpɛ.təˌsɛk.ənd/: An SI unit of time equal to 10¹⁵ seconds. Symbol: Ps. (= 31 709 800 years)
petasius noun: A large broad-rimmed bell used for summoning monks.
petasma noun: A male genital appendage on the protopodites of some crustaceans.
petasos noun: Alternative form of petasus.
petasus noun /ˈpɛtəsəs/: A broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans, especially for travelling, and as often pictured to be worn by Hermes (or Mercury);...
petaton noun: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
petaurid noun: A possum of the family Petauridae.
petaurine adjective, noun: Relating to the possum family Petauridae.
petaurist noun: Any flying marsupial of the order Phalangeriformes, such as those in genera Petaurista, Phalanger, Acrobates.
petauristid noun: Any member of the genus Petaurista, including some flying squirrels.
petawatt noun: An SI unit of power equal to 10¹⁵ watts. Symbol: PW. An amount of power much larger than all the power generated by all power stations on Earth. (Consuming...
petawatt hour noun: A unit of energy equal to that provided by one petawatt of power acting for one hour (3·6 × 10¹⁸ joules).
Petawawa proper noun /ˌpʰɛ.ɾəˈwɑːwɑː/: A town in Ontario, Canada.
PETC noun: Initialism of Private Emission Testing Center
petcare noun: The care and medical treatment of pets (domestic animals).
petchah noun: Alternative form of p'tcha.
petchary noun: gray kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
petchem adjective, noun: Abbreviation of petrochemical.
Petcheneg adjective, noun: Alternative form of Pecheneg.
Petchenek adjective, noun: Alternative form of Pecheneg.
Petchey proper noun: A surname.
petcock noun /ˈpɛtkɒk/: A small valve, spout, or faucet operated by hand, usually used to release pressure or drain fluid.
petcoke noun: Alternative form of pet coke.
pete noun: Acronym of polyethylene terephthalate.

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.