English words: petrol tank to Peyer's patch

300 English words, part 65 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 22 have a page of their own.

English words petrol tank to Peyer's patch

petrol tank noun: a tank designed to hold petrol
petrolage noun: The killing of mosquitos by adding petroleum to the surface of the water where they are found.
petrolatum noun: Petroleum jelly.
petrolelectric adjective: Alternative spelling of petrol-electric.
petroleomics noun: The identification of the totality of the constituents of naturally-occurring petroleum and crude oil
petroleous adjective: Containing petroleum.
petroleum noun /pəˈtɹoʊliəm/: A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the...
petroleum coke noun: A substance, mostly carbon, that is a byproduct of oil refining; used as a fuel or in many industrial applications.
petroleum ether noun: A volatile petroleum fraction, usually available in a number of fractions boiling between 40°C and 140°C, and used as a solvent in the laboratory and industry.
petroleum fly noun: Helaeomyia petrolei, a Californian fly whose larvae feed on dead insects that become trapped in naturally occurring petroleum pools.
petroleum jelly noun: A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments.
petroleum product noun: The end products derived from crude oil (petroleum) as it is processed in oil refineries.
petroleum reservoir noun: A subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.
petroleum spirit noun: Petroleum ether.
petroleum spirits noun: Petroleum ether.
petroleum tanker noun: Synonym of oil tanker
petroleur noun: One who lights fires with petrol, especially (historical) a revolutionary who attacked public buildings in this way in Paris in 1871.
petrolhead noun: A person who is overly reliant on the use of their car, resisting any suggestion to use other means of transport.
petroliana noun: Vintage or collectible items related to petrol stations, or to garages generally, such as petrol pumps, oil cans, enamel signs relating to the motor trade, etc.
petrolic adjective: Of or pertaining to petroleum
petroliferous adjective: Containing or yielding petroleum.
petrolific adjective /ˌpɛ.tɹə(ʊ)ˈlɪf.ɪk/: Yielding petroleum.
petroline noun: A paraffin obtained from petroleum that is lighter and less expensive than kerosene.
petrolism noun: Political corruption and exploitation financed by oil exports.
petrolist noun: A proponent of petrolism.
petrolization noun: The treatment of water with kerosene in order to exterminate mosquitoes.
petrolize verb: To treat (water) with kerosene in order to exterminate mosquitoes.
petrolless adjective: Without petrol.
petrolly adjective: Resembling or characteristic of petrol.
petrologic adjective: Of or pertaining to petrology.
petrological adjective: Of or pertaining to petrology, the study of rock formation and composition
petrologically adverb: In a petrological way.
petrologist noun: A geologist who specializes in petrology.
petrology noun /pɪˈtɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/: The study of the origin, composition and structure of rock.
petromastoid adjective, noun: Of or relating to the petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone
petromax noun: A kind of pressurized paraffin lamp that uses a mantle.
petromict adjective: Synonym of petromictic.
petromictic adjective: containing an assortment of the clasts of metastable and unstable rocks and minerals.
petromodernity noun: Those aspects of modern times that are dependent on and shaped by the availability of oil.
petromoney noun: Money earned from the sale of oil.
petromurid noun: Any rodent in the family Petromuridae.
petromyscine noun: Any rodent of the genus Petromyscus
petromyzonacil noun: Any of several uracil derivatives present in lampreys (of the genus Petromyzon)
petromyzonid noun: Alternative form of petromyzontid (family).
petromyzonol noun: The sterol 3α,7α,12α,24-tetrahydroxy-5α-cholane that is a spawning pheromone in lampreys
petromyzont noun: Any of the family Petromyzontidae of northern lampreys.
petromyzontid noun: Any of the Petromyzontida, a group of jawless fish including the modern lampreys and their fossil relatives.
petromyzontiform adjective: Of or relating to the Petromyzontiformes.
Petrone proper noun: A surname from Italian.
petronel noun /ˈpɛtɹənəl/: A short but large-caliber, heavy 16th- and 17th-century firearm that used a matchlock or wheellock mechanism, intermediate between the arquebuse and pistol.
petronella noun: A traditional Scottish country dance.
Petroni proper noun: A surname.
petronia noun: A rock sparrow, of species Petronia petronia, sole species of its genus, found from western Mediterranean lands to central China.
Petronian adjective /pɪˈtɹəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Petronius (Gaius Petronius Arbiter, c. 27–66 AD), a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero, generally believed to be the author of Satyricon.
Petronius proper noun /pɪˈtɹəʊ.ni.əs/: A male given name from Latin, of historical usage, notably borne by a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero and the patron saint of Bologna
petronoia noun: Fear and/or paranoia due to the economics of oil and petroleum.
Petropavlovsk proper noun: Former name of Petropavl.
petropedetid noun: Any frog in the family Petropedetidae.
petrophile noun: Any organism that thrives in rocky environments.
petrophilic adjective /ˌpɛtɹəˈfɪlɪk/: Thriving in rocky environments.
petrophilous adjective: Thriving in a rocky environment.
petrophysical adjective: Relating to petrophysics.
petrophysically adverb: In terms of petrophysics.
petrophysicist noun: One who studies petrophysics.
petrophysics noun: The physics of rock, especially rock that acts as a reservoir for petroleum or other fluids
petroplastic noun: A plastic produced from petroleum, as opposed to bioplastic.
petroplinthic adjective: Composed of hardened material containing significant amounts of iron
petroplinthite noun: A petroplinthic soil, traditionally used to make bricks
petroplinthitic adjective: Of or relating to petroplinthite.
Petropolis proper noun: A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former state capital.
petropolitical adjective: Relating to petropolitics.
petropolitics noun: The politics associated with the export of oil.
petropound noun: Money in pounds sterling earned from the sale of oil.
petroproduct noun: A petroleum product; either crude oil or a derivative.
petrorevenue noun: Revenue from the export of oil.
petrorouble noun: Rare spelling of petroruble
petroruble noun: Money in rubles earned from the sale of oil.
petrosal adjective, noun /pɪˈtɹəʊ.səl/: Of great hardness; petrous.
petrosal ganglion noun: Synonym of inferior ganglion.
petrosal nerve noun: Any of several small nerves passing through foramina in the petrous portion of the temporal bone.
petrosal sinus noun: Either of two venous sinuses on each side of the base of the brain.
petrosectomy noun: The removal of air cells from a bone, typically from the temporal bone before a cochlear implant.
petroselinate noun: Any salt or ester of petroselinic acid
petroselinic adjective: Of or pertaining to petroselinic acid or its derivatives.
petroselinic acid noun: An unsaturated fatty acid cis-6-octadecenoic acid found in many members of the family Apiaceae (e.g. parsley seed oil); it is a positional isomer of oleic...
Petrosian proper noun: A surname from Armenian.
petrosilex noun: felsite
petrosiliceous adjective: Alternative form of petrosilicious.
petrosilicious adjective: Containing or relating to petrosilex.
Petrosino proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Petroski proper noun: A surname.
petrosomatoglyph noun: An impression of part of a human or animal body incised in rock
petrosphere noun: Any roughly spherical artefact made of stone.
petrosquamosal adjective: petrous and squamosal
petrosquamous adjective: Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
Petrossian proper noun: A surname from Armenian.
petrostate noun: A state whose wealth stems from the sale of oil.
Petrosyan proper noun /pɛˈtɹəʊsiən/: A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Peterson.
petrotectonic adjective: Relating to petrotectonics.
petrothermal adjective: Pertaining to geothermal systems involving solid rock with insufficient permeability for fluids.
petrotympanic adjective, noun: Relating to the petrous part of the temporal bone and to the tympanic cavity
petrous adjective: Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
Petrov proper noun: A patrilineal surname from Bulgarian
Petrov Defence noun: A chess opening beginning 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6.
Petrov Defense noun: US spelling of Petrov Defence.
Petrov's Defence noun: Alternative form of Petrov Defence.
Petrov's Defense noun: US spelling of Petrov Defence.
Petrova proper noun: A female surname from the Slavic languages, masculine equivalent Petrov.
Petrovic proper noun: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Petrovich proper noun: Transliteration of Russian male patronymic name from Петрович
petrovicite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal gray mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, mercury, and selenium.
Petrovitch proper noun: A surname.
petrovskaite noun: A monoclinic mineral containing gold, selenium, silver, and sulfur.
petroyuan noun: Money (in Chinese yuan) earned from the sale of oil.
Petrozavodsk proper noun: The capital city of the republic of Karelia, Russia.
Petrucci proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Petrucelli proper noun: A surname from Italian.
petrukite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing copper, indium, iron, silver, sulfur, tin, and zinc.
Petruzzelli proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Petruzzi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Petry proper noun: A surname.
petsai noun: Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)
Petsch proper noun: A surname from German.
petscheckite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral black mineral containing iron, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, and uranium.
petship noun: The condition of being a pet or favourite.
petshop noun: Alternative form of pet shop.
petsit verb: To babysit for (take care of) a pet.
petsitter noun: One who acts as babysitter for a pet in the owner's absence.
petspace noun: The state of mind (headspace) one enters when engaging in pet regression or in petplay.
Pett proper noun: A village in Rother district, East Sussex, England.
petta noun: Alternative form of pettah (“fortified town”).
pettable adjective: Suitable for petting.
pettah noun: A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.
pettara noun: Alternative form of pitarah.
pettarah noun: Alternative form of pitarah.
pettedness noun: The quality of being petted.
Pettengill proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
petter noun, verb /ˈpɛtə/: One who pets.
Petter's big-footed mouse noun: The rodent Macrotarsomys petteri.
petterdite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, carbon, chromium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and strontium.
Petterson proper noun: A surname.
Pettet proper noun: A surname.
Petteway proper noun: A surname.
petti noun /ˈpɛt.ɪ/: A petticoat.
pettiauger noun: Alternative form of pirogue (“a kind of boat”).
Pettibone proper noun: A surname.
petticoat adjective, noun, verb /ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/: A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
petticoat breeches noun: Loose short breeches worn by men in the 17th century.
petticoat discipline noun: Synonym of petticoat punishment.
petticoat pipe noun: A short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smokebox of a locomotive, to equalize the draft.
petticoat punishment noun: The supposed traditional punishment (mainly encountered in BDSM fantasy scenarios) of dressing a boy in girls' clothing to shame him.
petticoat tail noun: A piece of shortbread in the shape of a sector of a circle.
petticoated adjective: wearing a petticoat
petticoatery noun: A coterie of women or girls.
petticoating noun: Material for petticoats.
petticoatless adjective: Without a petticoat.
petticoatlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a petticoat.
petties noun /ˈpɛtiz/: Petty or miscellaneous expenses.
Pettifer proper noun: A surname.
pettifog verb /ˈpɛt.iˌfɒɡ/: To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
pettifogger noun /ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡə/: Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections and sophistry.
pettifoggery noun /ˈpɛti.fɒɡ.ə.ɹi/: The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.
pettifogging noun, verb: pettifoggery
pettifogulize verb: To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks.
Pettiford proper noun: A surname.
Pettigrew proper noun: A surname.
Pettijohn proper noun: A surname.
pettiloon noun: An early form of trouser for women, loose-fitting and often gathered at the ankle; the trouser portion of a bloomer costume.
pettily adverb /ˈpɛ.tɪ.li/: In a petty manner.
pettiness noun: The quality of being petty.
petting noun, verb /ˈpɛtɪŋ/: The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
petting party noun: A type of sex party in 1920s flapper culture.
petting zoo noun: A zoo that permits or encourages visitors, in particular children, to touch animals.
Pettinger proper noun: A surname.
Pettingill proper noun: A surname.
pettingly adverb: So as to pet or cajole.
pettipants noun: A kind of women's lingerie resembling long shorts, usually with ruffles down each leg.
pettish adjective: Bad-tempered; peevish.
pettishly adverb: In a pettish manner; peevishly.
pettishness noun /ˈpɛtɪʃnəs/: The state of being pettish; peevishness, irritability.
pettiskirt noun: A kind of skirt modelled on old-fashioned petticoats.
Pettit proper noun: A surname.
pettitoe noun: A pig's foot used for eating.
pettitoes noun: pig's trotter, especially as food.
Pettitt proper noun: A surname.
pettle verb: To fondle or pet; to pamper.
Pettman proper noun: A surname.
petto noun: Only used in in petto
Petts proper noun: A surname.
Pettus proper noun: A surname.
Pettway proper noun: A surname.
petty adjective, noun /ˈpɛt.i/: Having little or no importance.
petty apartheid noun: Any form of racial segregation that applies only to public spaces.
petty average noun: A minor, incidental expense incurred during a ship's voyage, traditionally borne entirely by the shipowner.
petty bourgeois adjective, noun: Pertaining to the petty bourgeoisie.
petty bourgeoisie noun: Synonym of petite bourgeoisie.
petty cash noun: Cash available for trivial purchases, especially limited funds for employees to use without close supervision.
petty crime noun: A minor, less serious crime.
petty criminal noun: Someone who commits a petty crime.
petty-fog verb: Alternative form of pettifog.
petty-fogger noun: Alternative form of pettyfogger.
petty-fogging adjective, verb: Alternative form of pettyfogging.
petty-house noun: An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
petty jury noun: Synonym of petit jury.
petty king noun: A ruler who heads a small, localized territory or tribe, but holds a rank functionally equivalent to an independent duke or chieftain.
petty knife noun: A Japanese paring knife.
petty larceny noun: A misdemeanor larceny; an act of theft wherein the amount stolen is insufficient to constitute grand larceny.
petty morel noun: European black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).
petty officer noun: A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian, US and UK Navy and the US Coast Guard; roughly equivalent to a sergeant in the army
petty officer first class noun: A warrant officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above petty officer second class and below chief petty officer second class.
petty officer second class noun: A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above master seaman and below petty officer first class.
petty officer third class noun: A non-commissioned officer in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking above seaman and below petty officer second class.
petty patent noun: Synonym of utility model.
petty serjeanty noun: Alternative form of petit serjeanty.
petty sessions noun: A lower-level, local court in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and several Commonwealth countries that handled minor, summary offenses without a jury.
petty spurge noun: The plant Euphorbia peplus.
petty theft noun: A theft of property having a value lower than a certain small amount set forth in a statute, and considered to be a less serious class of crime.
petty treason noun: Synonym of petit treason.
petty whin noun: Alternative form of pettywhin
pettyauger noun: Alternative form of pirogue (“a kind of boat”).
pettychaps noun: Any of several species of small European passerine songbirds, including the willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), the chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus spp.),...
pettyfog verb: Alternative form of pettifog.
pettyfogger noun: Someone who quibbles over trifles.
pettyfogging adjective, verb: Trivial; nitpicky.
Pettyjohn proper noun: A surname. of French origin
pettywhin noun /ˈpɛtiˌwɪn/: The needle furze.
petuchah noun: Alternative spelling of petuhah.
petuhah noun: An open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the same way as a paragraph would be in modern text.
Petula proper noun: A female given name.
petulance noun /ˈpɛtjʊləns/: Rudeness, insolence.
petulancy noun: petulance; petulant attitude or behaviour
petulant adjective /ˈpɛt͡ʃʊlənt/: Childishly irritable.
petulantly adverb: In a petulant manner.
petulcity noun: wantonness; friskiness
petun noun: Tobacco, especially in the context of its early acquisition from Native Americans by the French.
petune verb: To spray (tobacco) with a liquid intended to produce flavour or aroma.
petunia adjective, noun /pəˈtʲuːni.ə/: Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
petunidin noun: An anthocyanidin responsible for the dark red or purple colour in many berries and flower petals.
petunioside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
petunse noun: Rock rich in feldspar and/or mica, mixed with kaolin to create hard-paste pottery.
petuntse noun: Alternative form of petunse.
petuntze noun: Alternative form of petunse.
Petwo noun: Alternative spelling of Petro.
Petworth proper noun: A small town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9721).
Petz proper noun: A surname.
petzite noun: A soft, steel-gray isometric telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity and usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals.
Petzold proper noun: A surname.
Petzval lens noun: A photographic lens consisting of two doublet lenses with an aperture stop in between.
peuce noun: Alternative spelling of puce.
peucedanin noun: A white crystalline substance extracted from the roots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria), and related plants (tribe Selineae).
peucedanoid adjective: Relating to one of two forms of Zygaena ephialtes.
peucedanum noun: Any apiaceous plant of the genus Peucedanum.
Peucetian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Peucetii.
Peucetii noun: An ancient tribe inhabiting Apulia in southern Italy.
peucil noun: A liquid resembling camphene, obtained by treating turpentine hydrochloride with lime.
peucyl noun: Alternative form of peucil.
Peugeot noun /ˈpɜːʒəʊ/: A car manufactured by the French automobile brand Peugeot.
Peul noun: A member of the Fula people.
peulven noun: A menhir.
Peutingerian adjective: Of or relating to Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian of the 15th and 16th century; applied to the Tabula Peutingeriana, a map of the road...
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome noun: An autosomal-dominant genetic disorder characterized by the development of benign hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract and hyperpigmented...
PEV noun: Initialism of peta-electron volt, 10¹⁵ eV.
pevatron noun: An astrophysical particle accelerator capable of energizing cosmic rays to PeV (“peta-electron-volt”) power levels.
Pevensey proper noun: A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6404).
Pevsner proper noun: A surname from Yiddish.
pew interjection, noun, verb /pjuː/: One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.
pew-opener noun: An usher in a church.
pew pew noun: A firearm.
pewa noun: Alternative spelling of peewah.
pewage noun: A fee paid for the use of a church pew.
pewdom noun: The system according to which certain people or certain social classes were allocated particular pews in the local church.
Pewds proper noun: PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg; born 1989), online video streamer.
pewee noun /ˈpi.wi/: Any of various tyrant flycatchers of the genus Contopus.
pewfellow noun: Someone who occupies the same pew as another.
pewful noun: An amount sufficient to fill a pew.
pewholder noun: One who has a pew reserved for themselves in church.
pewholding noun: The system by which people can reserve pews for themselves in a church.
pewit noun: Alternative form of peewit.
pewless adjective: Without a pew.
pewlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pew.
pewmate noun: One who shares the same pew.
Pewsey proper noun: A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1660).
pewter adjective, noun, verb /ˈpjuːtə/: An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
pewterer noun: A manufacturer of pewterware.
pewterware noun /ˈpjuːtə(ɹ)ˌwɛə(ɹ)/: Articles made from pewter.
pewterwort noun: Equisetum arvense, the field horsetail or common horsetail.
pewtery adjective: Of or resembling pewter.
PEX noun: Acronym of cross-linked polyethylene.
pexacerfont noun: A CRF-1 antagonist.
pexelizumab noun: A humanized monoclonal antibody designed to reduce side effects of cardiac surgery.
pexiganan noun: A synthetic antimicrobial peptide developed for the treatment of infection in diabetics.
pexophagic adjective: Relating to pexophagy
pexophagosome noun: An intracellular vesicle involved in the degradation of peroxisome by macropexophagy
pexophagy noun: The selective autophagy of peroxisomes
-pexy suffix: Fixing (in place), fastening.
pey noun: Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”).
peyek noun: Alternative form of rempeyek.
Peyer proper noun: A surname.
Peyer's gland noun: Synonym of Peyer's patch.
Peyer's patch noun: A patch of lymphoid tissue or lymphoid nodules on the walls of the ileal-small intestine.

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.