| pessimistic |
tending to expect unfavorable outcomes. [2 definitions] |
| pest |
someone or something that annoys or bothers; nuisance. [3 definitions] |
| pester |
to bother continually or repeatedly about what are felt to be petty matters; annoy. |
| pesthole |
a place that is infested or likely to become infested with epidemic disease. |
| pesticide |
a chemical substance used to kill pests, esp. insects that harm crops. |
| pestiferous |
bringing, bearing, or breeding infectious disease; pestilential. [2 definitions] |
| pestilence |
an epidemic, usu. deadly, disease; plague. [2 definitions] |
| pestilent |
causing or tending to cause epidemic disease or death; pestilential or fatal. [3 definitions] |
| pestilential |
of, causing, or resembling a pestilence; pestilent. [2 definitions] |
| pestle |
a hand-held implement for grinding or pounding substances into powder, usu. in a mortar. [3 definitions] |
| pesto |
a sauce of ground fresh basil, pine nuts, garlic, and grated Parmesan cheese mixed with olive oil and served over pasta. |
| pet1 |
an animal, usu. domesticated or tamed, kept in one's home for companionship rather than practical use. [7 definitions] |
| pet2 |
a sulky mood or fit of temper; peeve; petulance. |
| petal |
one of the separate, modified leaves, usu. of a different color from the plant's other leaves, that form the outer part of a flower head. |
| petard |
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to breach a defensive fortification. |
| petcock |
a small valve or faucet used to drain from or lower the pressure in a pipe, boiler, steam engine, or the like. |
| Peter |
one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and a leader in the establishment of the Christian church, often considered the first pope. [2 definitions] |
| peter |
(informal) to dwindle gradually to the point of stopping or disappearing altogether (usu. fol. by out). |
| Peter Pan |
the title character of J.M. Barrie's early twentieth-century play, a young boy who never grows up. |
| Peter Paul Rubens |
a Flemish painter (b.1577--d.1640). |
| Peter Principle |
the satiric idea that employees of large organizations tend to be promoted until they reach the level at which they are incompetent. |