| 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. |
| pearly |
like a pearl, esp. in whiteness or luster. [2 definitions] |
| peasant |
a member of the class of farm laborers and small farmers, esp. in Europe. [2 definitions] |
| peasantry |
peasants collectively. |
| peashooter |
a slender tube used as a toy weapon, through which dried peas, beans, or other pellets can be blown. |
| pea soup |
a thick soup made from dried split peas. [2 definitions] |
| peat |
soil, usu. from a marshy area, that is rich in partly decayed organic matter and can be used as fuel or fertilizer. |
| peat moss |
any of various mosses that grow in wet areas and that may be dried and burned as fuel. |
| peavey |
a heavy wooden lever that has a metal hook at the end, used in handling logs. |
| pebble |
a small rock rounded by the action of water. [4 definitions] |
| pebbly |
covered with pebbles. [2 definitions] |
| pecan |
an edible nut that has a thin, smooth, oval shell. [2 definitions] |
| peccadillo |
a minor sin or offense, or a slight fault. |
| peccant |
sinful; immoral. [2 definitions] |
| peccary |
either of two piglike mammals of semitropical and tropical America that are smaller than pigs and have dark dense hair. |