peacemaker |
a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace between adversaries. |
peace pipe |
a ceremonial pipe for all to smoke during an American Indian peace conference; calumet. |
peacetime |
a time or period when a country is not at war. |
peach |
a soft, juicy, edible fruit that has downy yellow or reddish skin and a single large rough stone. [4 definitions] |
peachy |
peachlike in taste, texture, color, or the like. [2 definitions] |
peacock |
a male peafowl, notable for its long colorful tail, which it can raise and spread like a fan. [3 definitions] |
peafowl |
either of two very large Asian pheasants, the males of which have long colorful tails, which they can raise and spread like a fan. (See peacock.) |
pea green |
a light yellowish green color. |
peahen |
a female peafowl. |
pea jacket |
a short double-breasted coat made of thick navy blue wool, originally worn by sailors. |
peak |
the top part of a mountain that tapers to a point, or such a mountain itself. [7 definitions] |
peaked1 |
having a peak or peaks; pointed. |
peaked2 |
having a pale, sickly appearance. |
peal |
a loud ringing of bells, esp. bells of different tones. [5 definitions] |
peanut |
a pod, or one of the oily, nutlike, edible seeds it encloses, of a plant of the legume family that matures its seed pods underground. [2 definitions] |
peanut butter |
a paste made by grinding roasted peanuts, used as a spread in sandwiches or the like or in cooking. |
pear |
a rounded, white-fleshed, edible fruit that narrows at the stem end. [2 definitions] |
pearl |
a smooth, hard, glossy deposit, valued as a gem, that is formed inside the shells of oysters and some other mollusks to cover an irritant object such as a grain of sand. [8 definitions] |
pearl ash |
a white powdery substance used to manufacture soap, glass, and the like; potassium carbonate. |
pearlescent |
having a soft lustrous iridescence. |
pearl gray |
a pale bluish gray color. |