| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| peach-colored | adjective | Of the color of a peach blossom. |
| pectinibranch | noun | One of the Pectinibranchiata. Also used adjectively. |
| peculiarities | plural | of Peculiarity |
| pedestrianism | noun | The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot. |
| pedestrianize | verb i. | To practice walking; to travel on foot. |
| pedicellariae | plural | of Pedicellaria |
| peloponnesian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece., A native or an inhabitant of the Peloponnesus. |
| pendulousness | noun | The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hanging loosely; pendulosity. |
| penetrability | noun | The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. |
| penetratingly | adverb | In a penetrating manner. |
| penicilliform | adjective | Penicillate. |
| peninsulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Peninsulate |
| penitentially | adverb | In a penitential manner. |
| penny-a-liner | noun | One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer. |
| pentacapsular | adjective | Having five capsules. |
| pentachloride | noun | A chloride having five atoms of chlorine in each molecule. |
| pentadecatoic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designating an acid related to it. |
| pentadelphous | adjective | Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden. |
| pentahedrical | adjective | Pentahedral. |
| pentapetalous | adjective | Having five petals, or flower leaves. |
| pentaphyllous | adjective | Having five leaves or leaflets. |
| pentaspermous | adjective | Containing five seeds. |
| pentastichous | adjective | Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves of an apple tree or a cherry tree. |
| perambulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Perambulate |
| perambulation | noun | The act of perambulating; traversing., An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc., A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection. |
| percarbureted | adjective | Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon. |
| perditionable | adjective | Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition. |
| perdurability | noun | Durability; lastingness. |
| peregrination | noun | A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojourn in foreign countries. |
| perfectionate | verb t. | To perfect. |
| perfectionism | noun | The doctrine of the Perfectionists. |
| perfectionist | noun | One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life. |
| perfunctorily | adverb | In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly. |
| perfuncturate | verb t. | To perform in a perfunctory manner; to do negligently. |
| peribranchial | adjective | Surrounding the branchiae; as, a peribranchial cavity., Around the bronchi or bronchial tubes; as, the peribronchial lymphatics. |
| perichondrial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage. |
| perichondrium | noun | The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces. |
| periclitation | noun | Trial; experiment., The state of being in peril. |
| perilymphatic | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, perilymph., Perilymphangial. |
| perineoplasty | noun | The act or process of restoring an injured perineum. |
| perinephritis | noun | Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney. |
| periodicalist | noun | One who publishes, or writes for, a periodical. |
| periodicities | plural | of Periodicity |
| peripatetical | adjective | Peripatetic. |
| peripneumonia | noun | Alt. of Peripneumony |
| peripneumonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to peripneumonia. |
| periproctitis | noun | Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum. |
| perishability | noun | Perishableness. |
| perispherical | adjective | Exactly spherical; globular. |
| perissodactyl | noun | One of the Perissodactyla. |
| perityphlitis | noun | Inflammation of the connective tissue about the caecum. |
| perivertebral | adjective | Surrounding the vertebrae. |
| perivitelline | adjective | Situated around the vitellus, or between the vitellus and zona pellucida of an ovum. |
| perlustration | noun | The act of viewing all over. |
| perpendicular | adjective | Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth., At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc., A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction., A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side. |
| perpend stone | See Perpender. | |
| perpent stone | See Perpender. | |
| perscrutation | noun | A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. |
| personalities | plural | of Personality |
| personalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Personalize |
| perspectively | adverb | Optically; as through a glass., According to the rules of perspective. |
| perspicacious | adjective | Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight., Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen. |
| perstreperous | adjective | Noisy; obstreperous. |
| pervigilation | noun | Careful watching. |
| pessimistical | adjective | Pessimistic. |
| pestiferously | adverb | In a pestiferuos manner. |
| pestilentious | adjective | Pestilential. |
| pestilentness | noun | The quality of being pestilent. |
| petitionarily | adverb | By way of begging the question; by an assumption. |
| petrification | noun | See Petrifaction., Fig.: Obduracy; callousness. |
| petrostearine | noun | A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made. |
| pettifogulize | verb i. | To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks. |