| 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. |
| peccavi |
a confession of one's sin or guilt. |
| peck1 |
in the US, a unit of capacity equal to eight quarts or 8.81 liters. Used primarily for dry measure. [4 definitions] |
| peck2 |
to strike, nip, or pick up with the beak. [7 definitions] |
| pecker |
one that pecks. [2 definitions] |
| pecking order |
a social order or ranking among a group of animals such as chickens, wherein the strongest actively intimidates the others, the second strongest intimidates all but the strongest, and so forth. [2 definitions] |
| Pecksniffian |
feigning charity and moral purity; hypocritical in one's attitude of benevolence. |
| pecorino |
a usu. sharp, hard Italian cheese made of sheep's milk. |
| pectin |
a heavy gelatinous substance that occurs in some ripe fruits and is used in making jellies, jams, and some drugs and cosmetics. |
| pectoral |
of or relating to the chest. [5 definitions] |
| pectoral fin |
in fishes, either of a pair of fins situated on the sides behind the head, corresponding to the forelimbs in other vertebrate animals. |
| peculate |
to steal for one's own use (money or property with which one has been entrusted); embezzle. |
| peculiar |
odd, strange, or unusual. [3 definitions] |