Peerless (a.) Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative.
Peert (a.) Same as Peart.
Peerweet (n.) Same as Pewit (a & b).
Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
Peevish (a.) Silly; childish; trifling.
Peevishly (adv.) In a peevish manner.
Peevishness (n.) The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.
Peevit (n.) Alt. of Peewit
Peewit (n.) See Pewit.
Peg (n.) A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
Peg (n.) A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
Peg (n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
Peg (n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
Pegged (imp. & p. p.) of Peg
Pegging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peg
Peg (v. t.) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
Peg (v. i.) To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
Pegador (n.) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.
Pegasean (a.) Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry.
Pegasoid (a.) Like or pertaining to Pegasus.
Pegasus (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration.
Pegasus (n.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus.
Pegasus (n.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.
Pegger (n.) One who fastens with pegs.
Pegging (n.) The act or process of fastening with pegs.
Pegm (n.) A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants.
Pegmatite (n.) Graphic granite. See under Granite.
Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks.
Pegmatitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.
Pegtatoid (a.) Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic.
Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains.
Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.
Pehlevi (n.) An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings.
Pein (n.) See Peen.
Peirameter (n.) A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.
Peirastic (a.) Fitted for trail or test; experimental; tentative; treating of attempts.
Peise (n.) A weight; a poise.
Peise (v. t.) To poise or weight.
Peitrel (n.) See Peytrel.
Pejorative (a.) Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable.
Pekan (n.) See Fisher, 2.
Pekoe (n.) A kind of black tea.
Pela (n.) See Wax insect, under Wax.
Pelage (n.) The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.
Pelagian (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian shells.
Pelagian (n.) A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace.
Pelagian (a.) Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.
Pelagianism (n.) The doctrines of Pelagius.
Pelagic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.
Pelargonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also nonoic acid) found in the leaves of the geranium (Pelargonium) and allied plants.
Pelargonium (n.) A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceae, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.
Pelasgian (a.) Alt. of Pelasgic
Pelasgic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits.
Pelasgic (a.) Wandering.
Pelecan (n.) See Pelican.
Pelecaniformes (n. pl.) Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.
Pelecoid (n.) A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants.
Pelecypoda (n. pl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.
Pelegrine (a.) See Peregrine.
Pelerine (n.) A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.
Pelf (n.) Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.
Pelfish (a.) Of or pertaining to pelf.
Pelfray (n.) Alt. of Pelfry
Pelfry (n.) Pelf; also, figuratively, rubbish; trash.
Pelican (n.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.
Pelican (n.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.
Pelick (n.) The American coot (Fulica).
Pelicoid (n.) See Pelecoid.
Pelicosauria (n. pl.) A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation.
Peliom (n.) A variety of iolite, of a smoky blue color; pelioma.
Pelioma (n.) A livid ecchymosis.
Pelioma (n.) See Peliom.
Pelisse (n.) An outer garment for men or women, originally of fur, or lined with fur; a lady's outer garment, made of silk or other fabric.
Pell (v. t.) To pelt; to knock about.
Pell (n.) A skin or hide; a pelt.
Pell (n.) A roll of parchment; a parchment record.
Pellack (n.) A porpoise.
Pellage (n.) A customs duty on skins of leather.
Pellagra (n.) An erythematous affection of the skin, with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy.
Pellagrin (n.) One who is afficted with pellagra.
Pellet (n.) A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.
Pellet (n.) A bullet; a ball for firearms.
Pellet (v./.) To form into small balls.
Pelleted (a.) Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets.
Pellibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill.
Pellicle (n.) A thin skin or film.
Pellicle (n.) A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution.
Pellicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a pellicle.
Pellile (n.) The redshank; -- so called from its note.
Pellitory (n.) The common name of the several species of the genus Parietaria, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called wall pellitory, and lichwort.
Pellitory (n.) A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain.
Pellitory (n.) The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called because it resembles the above.
Pell-mell (n.) See Pall-mall.
Pellmell (adv.) In utter confusion; with confused violence.
Pellucid (a.) Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque.
Pellucidity (n.) Alt. of Pellucidness
Pellucidness (n.) The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air.