| peso |
the chief monetary unit of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the Philippines, equaling one hundred centavos. [3 definitions] |
| pessary |
a device worn in the vagina to correct uterine displacement, or to prevent conception. [2 definitions] |
| pessimism |
the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. (Cf. optimism.) [3 definitions] |
| pessimist |
one who usu. expects a bad outcome. (Cf. optimist.) [2 definitions] |
| pessimistic |
tending to expect unfavorable outcomes. [2 definitions] |
| pest |
an insect or animal that causes damage to crops or is harmful in other ways. [3 definitions] |
| pester |
to bother continually or repeatedly in ways that are small but annoying; annoy. [2 definitions] |
| 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. |
| pesticide resistance |
the evolved resistance of a pest to one or more pesticides. |
| pesticide-resistent |
of or pertaining to a pest population that has evolved tolerance to one or more pesticides. |
| 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. |
| pest-resistant |
of or pertaining to a plant variety that has higher than normal tolerance to one or more pests, used esp. in reference to plants that have been genetically modified for the purpose of increasing tolerance to pests. |
| 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. |