Petrologically (adv.) According to petrology.
Petrologist (n.) One who is versed in petrology.
Petrology (n.) The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology.
Petrology (n.) A treatise on petrology.
Petromastoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone, periotic.
Petromyzont (n.) A lamprey.
Petronel (n.) A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century.
Petrosal (a.) Hard; stony; petrous; as, the petrosal bone; petrosal part of the temporal bone.
Petrosal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the petrous, or petrosal, bone, or the corresponding part of the temporal bone.
Petrosal (n.) A petrosal bone.
Petrosal (n.) The auditory capsule.
Petrosilex (n.) Felsite.
Petrosilicious (a.) Containing, or consisting of, petrosilex.
Petrostearine (n.) A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made.
Petrous (a.) Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone.
Petrous (a.) Same as Petrosal.
Pettichaps (n.) See Pettychaps.
Petticoat (n.) A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist.
Pettifogged (imp. & p. p.) of Pettifog
Pettifogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pettifog
Pettifog (v. i.) To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.
Pettifog (v. t.) To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.
Pettifogger (n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
ies (pl. ) of Pettifoggery
Pettifoggery (n.) The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.
Pettifogging (a.) Paltry; quibbling; mean.
Pettifogging (n.) Pettifoggery.
Pettifogulize (v. i.) To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks.
Pettily (adv.) In a petty manner; frivolously.
Pettiness (n.) The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.
Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
Pettitoes (n. pl.) The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet.
Petto (n.) The breast.
Petty (superl.) Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.
Pettychaps (n.) Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
Pettywhin (n.) The needle furze. See under Needle.
Petulance (n.) Alt. of Petulancy
Petulancy (n.) The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor.
Petulant (a.) Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
Petulant (a.) Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
Petulantly (adv.) In a petulant manner.
Petulcity (n.) Wantonness; friskiness.
Petulcous (a.) Wanton; frisky; lustful.
Petunia (n.) A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.
Petunse (n.) Alt. of Petuntze
Petuntse (n.) Alt. of Petuntze
Petuntze (n.) Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain.
Petworth marble () A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.
Petzite (n.) A telluride of silver and gold, related to hessite.
Peucedanin (n.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, extracted from the roots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria), and other related plants; -- called also imperatorin.
Peucil (n.) A liquid resembling camphene, obtained by treating turpentine hydrochloride with lime.
Pew (n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.
Pew (n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.
Pew (v. t.) To furnish with pews.
Pewee (n.) A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.
Pewee (n.) The woodcock.
Pewet (n.) Same as Pewit.
Pewfellow (n.) One who occupies the same pew with another.
Pewfellow (n.) An intimate associate; a companion.
Pewit (n.) The lapwing.
Pewit (n.) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing.
Pewit (n.) The pewee.
Pewter (n.) A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.
Pewter (n.) Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
Pewterer (n.) One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; a pewtersmith.
Pewtery (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, pewter; as, a pewtery taste.
Pexity (n.) Nap of cloth.
Peyer's glands () Patches of lymphoid nodules, in the walls of the small intestiness; agminated glands; -- called also Peyer's patches. In typhoid fever they become the seat of ulcers which are regarded as the characteristic organic lesion of that disease.
Peytrel (n.) The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel.
Peziza (n.) A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some of which are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors.
Pezizoid (a.) Resembling a fungus of the genus Peziza; having a cuplike form.
Pfennigs (pl. ) of Pfennig
Pfennige (pl. ) of Pfennig
Pfennig (n.) A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency.
Phacelli (pl. ) of Phacellus
Phacellus (n.) One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.
Phacochere (n.) The wart hog.
Phacoid (a.) Resembling a lentil; lenticular.
Phacolite (n.) A colorless variety of chabazite; the original was from Leipa, in Bohemia.
Phacops (n.) A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian formations. Phacops bufo is one of the most common species.
Phaeacian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Phaeacians, a fabulous seafaring people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer.
Phaenogam (n.) Any plant of the class Phaenogamia.
Phaenogamia (n. pl.) The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.
Phaenogamian (a.) Alt. of Phaenogamic
Phaenogamic (a.) Same as Phaenogamous.
Phaenogamous (a.) Having true flowers with with distinct floral organs; flowering.
Phaenomenon (n.) See Phenomenon.
Phaeospore (n.) A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (Phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-colored algae.
Phaethon (n.) The son of Helios (Phoebus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po.
Phaethon (n.) A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.
Phaeton (n.) A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses.
Phaeton (n.) See Phaethon.
Phaeton (n.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore.
Phagedena (n.) A canine appetite; bulimia.
Phagedena (n.) Spreading, obstinate ulceration.
Phagedenic (a.) Alt. of PhagedenicAL
PhagedenicAL (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine.
PhagedenicAL (n.) A phagedenic medicine.
Phagedenous (a.) Phagedenic.
Phagocyte (n.) A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.