Pellucidly (adv.) In a pellucid manner.
Pelmata (pl. ) of Pelma
Pelma (n.) The under surface of the foot.
Pelopium (n.) A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.
Peloponnesian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece.
Peloponnesian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.
Peloria (n.) Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity.
Peloric (a.) Abnormally regular or symmetrical.
Pelotage (n.) Packs or bales of Spanish wool.
Pelt (n.) The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.
Pelt (n.) The human skin.
Pelt (n.) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
Pelted (imp. & p. p.) of Pelt
Pelting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pelt
Pelt (v. t.) To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
Pelt (v. t.) To throw; to use as a missile.
Pelt (v. i.) To throw missiles.
Pelt (v. i.) To throw out words.
Pelt (n.) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
Peltae (pl. ) of Pelta
Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
Pelta (n.) A flat apothecium having no rim.
Peltate (a.) Alt. of Peltated
Peltated (a.) Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ.
Pelter (n.) One who pelts.
Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
Peltiform (a.) Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate.
Pelting (a.) Mean; paltry.
Peltry (n.) Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
Peltryware (n.) Peltry.
Peludo (n.) The South American hairy armadillo (Dasypus villosus).
Pelusiac (a.) Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.
Pelvic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis.
Pelvimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis.
Pelvis (n.) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.
Pelvis (n.) The calyx of a crinoid.
Pemmican (n.) Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun.
Pemmican (n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.
Pemphigus (n.) A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body.
Pen (n.) A feather.
Pen (n.) A wing.
Pen (n.) An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.
Pen (n.) Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
Pen (n.) The internal shell of a squid.
Pen (n.) A female swan.
Penned (imp. & p. p.) of Pen
Penning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pen
Pen (v. t.) To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.
Penned (imp. & p. p.) of Pen
Pent () of Pen
Penning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pen
Pen (n. & v.) To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.
Pen (n.) A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.
Penal (a.) Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence
Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code.
Penal (a.) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense.
Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.
Penality (n.) The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.
Penalize (v. t.) To make penal.
Penalize (v. t.) To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3.
Penally (adv.) In a penal manner.
Penalties (pl. ) of Penalty
Penalty (n.) Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass.
Penalty (n.) The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine.
Penalty (n.) A handicap.
Penance (n.) Repentance.
Penance (n.) Pain; sorrow; suffering.
Penance (n.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.
Penanced (imp. & p. p.) of Penance
Penance (v. t.) To impose penance; to punish.
Penanceless (a.) Free from penance.
Penang nut () The betel nut.
Penannular (a.) Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring.
Penary (a.) Penal.
Penates (n. pl.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.
Penaunt (n.) A penitent.
Pence (n.) pl. of Penny. See Penny.
Pencel (n.) A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; -- called also pennoncel.
Penchant (n.) Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
Penchute (n.) See Penstock.
Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.
Pencil (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite.
Pencil (n.) Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc.
Pencil (n.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
Pencil (n.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.
Pencil (n.) A small medicated bougie.
Penciled (imp. & p. p.) of Pencil
Pencilled () of Pencil
Penciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pencil
Pencilling () of Pencil
Pencil (v. t.) To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.
Penciled (a.) Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil.
Penciled (a.) Radiated; having pencils of rays.
Penciled (a.) Marked with parallel or radiating lines.
Penciling (n.) The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture.
Penciling (n.) Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall.
Pencillate (a.) Alt. of Pencillated
Pencillated (a.) Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.
Pencraft (n.) Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.
Pencraft (n.) The art of composing or writing; authorship.