| pe
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(noun) the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet |
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| pea
|
(noun) seed of a pea plant used for food |
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| (noun) the fruit or seed of a pea plant |
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| (noun) a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds |
Synonyms:
pea plant |
| peace
|
(noun) the state prevailing during the absence of war |
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| (noun) harmonious relations; freedom from disputes |
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| (noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety |
Synonyms:
repose,
heartsease,
serenity,
peace of mind,
peacefulness,
ataraxis |
| (noun) the general security of public places |
Synonyms:
public security |
| (noun) a treaty to cease hostilities |
Synonyms:
pacification,
peace treaty |
| peaceable
|
(adjective) not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war |
Synonyms:
peaceful |
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| (adjective) inclined or disposed to peace |
Synonyms:
peace-loving |
| (adjective) disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature |
Synonyms:
pacific |
| peaceableness
|
(noun) a state that is calm and tranquil |
Synonyms:
peacefulness |
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| peaceably
|
(adverb) in a peaceable manner |
Synonyms:
pacifically |
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| peaceful
|
(adjective) not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war |
Synonyms:
peaceable |
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| (adjective) peacefully resistant in response to injustice |
Synonyms:
passive |
| peacefully
|
(adverb) in a peaceful manner |
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| peacefulness
|
(noun) a state that is calm and tranquil |
Synonyms:
peaceableness |
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| (noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety |
Synonyms:
repose,
heartsease,
peace,
serenity,
peace of mind,
ataraxis |
| peacekeeper
|
(noun) a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area |
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| (noun) someone who keeps peace |
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| (noun) the pistol of a law officer in the old West |
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| peacekeeping
|
(noun) the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) |
Synonyms:
peacekeeping mission,
peacekeeping operation |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces |
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| peacemaker
|
(noun) someone who tries to bring peace |
Synonyms:
pacifier,
reconciler,
make-peace,
conciliator |
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| peacenik
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(noun) someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations |
Synonyms:
dove |
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| peacetime
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(noun) a period of time during which there is no war |
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| peach
|
(verb) divulge confidential information or secrets |
Synonyms:
sing,
spill the beans,
babble,
babble out,
blab,
blab out,
talk,
tattle,
let the cat out of the bag |
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| (noun) cultivated in temperate regions |
Synonyms:
Prunus persica,
peach tree |
| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman |
Synonyms:
dish,
knockout,
smasher,
beauty,
mantrap,
stunner,
ravisher,
sweetheart,
looker,
lulu |
| (noun) downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh |
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| (noun) a shade of pink tinged with yellow |
Synonyms:
apricot,
salmon pink,
yellowish pink |
| peachick
|
(noun) a young peafowl |
Synonyms:
pea-chick |
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| peachwood
|
(noun) tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry |
Synonyms:
peach-wood,
pernambuco wood,
Caesalpinia echinata,
brazilwood |
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| peachy
|
(adjective) excellent |
Synonyms:
neat,
nifty,
not bad,
dandy,
keen,
old,
great,
groovy,
slap-up,
smashing,
swell,
corking,
cracking,
bang-up,
bully |
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| (adjective) of something resembling a peach in color |
Synonyms:
peachy-colored,
peachy-coloured |
| peacoat
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(noun) a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket |
Synonyms:
pea jacket |
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| peacock
|
(noun) European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot |
Synonyms:
Inachis io,
peacock butterfly |
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| (noun) male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots |
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| peafowl
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(noun) very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird |
Synonyms:
bird of Juno |
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| peag
|
(noun) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency |
Synonyms:
wampum,
wampumpeag |
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| peahen
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(noun) female peafowl |
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| peak
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(noun) the most extreme possible amount or value |
Synonyms:
extremum |
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| (noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity |
Synonyms:
efflorescence,
bloom,
flush,
heyday,
prime,
blossom,
flower |
| (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development |
Synonyms:
meridian,
pinnacle,
summit,
acme,
tiptop,
top,
elevation,
superlative,
height |
| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) |
Synonyms:
summit,
crest,
crown,
tip,
top |
| (noun) a V shape |
Synonyms:
point,
tip |
| (noun) the highest point (of something) |
Synonyms:
vertex,
acme,
apex |
| (noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes |
Synonyms:
bill,
eyeshade,
visor,
vizor |
| (verb) to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity |
Synonyms:
top out |
| peaked
|
(adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness |
Synonyms:
under the weather,
unwell,
indisposed,
poorly,
seedy,
sickly,
ailing |
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| (adjective) having or rising to a peak |
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| peaky
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(adjective) having or as if having especially high-pitched spots |
Synonyms:
spiky |
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| peal
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(noun) a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) |
Synonyms:
roll,
rolling,
pealing |
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| (verb) ring recurrently |
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| (verb) sound loudly and sonorously |
Synonyms:
ring |
| pealing
|
(noun) a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) |
Synonyms:
roll,
rolling,
peal |
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| pean
|
(noun) (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) |
Synonyms:
paean |
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| (noun) a formal expression of praise |
Synonyms:
paean,
panegyric,
encomium,
eulogy |
| peanut
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(noun) underground pod of the peanut vine |
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| (noun) widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground |
Synonyms:
peanut vine,
Arachis hypogaea |
| (noun) a young child who is small for his age |
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| (noun) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms |
Synonyms:
monkey nut,
goober,
goober pea,
groundnut,
earthnut |
| (adjective) of little importance or influence or power; of minor status |
Synonyms:
insignificant |
| peanuts
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(noun) an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount |
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| pear
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(noun) sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties |
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| (noun) Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties |
Synonyms:
Pyrus communis,
pear tree |
| pearl
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(noun) a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel |
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| (noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones |
Synonyms:
ivory,
bone,
off-white |
| (noun) a shape that is spherical and small |
Synonyms:
drop,
bead |
| (verb) gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean |
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| pearler
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(noun) a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls |
Synonyms:
pearl diver |
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| pearlescent
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(adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors |
Synonyms:
nacreous,
iridescent,
opalescent,
opaline |
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| pearlfish
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(noun) found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds |
Synonyms:
pearl-fish |
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| pearlite
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(noun) a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron |
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| pearlweed
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(noun) any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls |
Synonyms:
pearl-weed,
pearlwort |
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| pearlwort
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(noun) any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls |
Synonyms:
pearl-weed,
pearlweed |
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| pearly
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(noun) informal terms for a human `tooth' |
Synonyms:
chopper |
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| (adjective) of a white the color of pearls |
Synonyms:
pearly-white |
| peasant
|
(noun) a country person |
Synonyms:
provincial,
bucolic |
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| (noun) one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers |
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| (noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement |
Synonyms:
Goth,
churl,
barbarian,
boor,
tike,
tyke |
| peasanthood
|
(noun) the state of being a peasant |
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| peasantry
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(noun) the class of peasants |
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| peasecod
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(noun) husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas |
Synonyms:
pea pod |
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| peat
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(noun) partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried |
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| peaty
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(adjective) of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat |
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| peavey
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(noun) a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs |
Synonyms:
dog hook,
peavy,
cant dog |
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| peavy
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(noun) a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs |
Synonyms:
dog hook,
peavey,
cant dog |
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| peba
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(noun) having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay |
Synonyms:
nine-banded armadillo,
Dasypus novemcinctus,
Texas armadillo |
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| pebble
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(noun) a small smooth rounded rock |
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| pebbly
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(adjective) abounding in small stones |
Synonyms:
gravelly,
shingly |
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| pebibit
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(noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibits or 2^50 bits |
Synonyms:
Pibit |
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| pebibyte
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(noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes |
Synonyms:
PB,
PiB,
petabyte |
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| pecan
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(noun) wood of a pecan tree |
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| (noun) tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts |
Synonyms:
pecan tree,
Carya illinoensis,
Carya illinoinsis |
| (noun) smooth brown oval nut of south central United States |
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| peccable
|
(adjective) liable to sin |
Synonyms:
peccant |
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| peccadillo
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(noun) a petty misdeed |
Synonyms:
indiscretion |
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| peccant
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(adjective) liable to sin |
Synonyms:
peccable |
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| peccary
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(noun) nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America |
Synonyms:
musk hog |
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| peck
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent |
Synonyms:
lot,
deal,
sight,
wad,
heap,
mass,
pile,
stack,
batch,
flock,
raft,
mess,
mint,
pot,
mountain,
spate,
plenty,
hatful,
mickle,
muckle,
passel,
quite a little,
good deal,
great deal,
slew,
tidy sum |
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| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons |
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| (noun) a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches |
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| (noun) a light kiss |
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| (noun) bite by a bird |
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| (verb) hit lightly with a picking motion |
Synonyms:
pick,
beak |
| (verb) eat by pecking at, like a bird |
Synonyms:
pick up |
| (verb) kiss lightly |
Synonyms:
smack |
| (verb) eat like a bird |
Synonyms:
peck at,
pick at |
| (verb) bother persistently with trivial complaints |
Synonyms:
nag,
hen-peck |
| pecker
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(noun) obscene terms for penis |
Synonyms:
shaft,
prick,
tool,
cock,
dick,
putz |
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| (noun) bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects |
Synonyms:
peckerwood,
woodpecker |
| (noun) horny projecting mouth of a bird |
Synonyms:
bill,
nib,
beak,
neb |
| peckerwood
|
(noun) bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects |
Synonyms:
pecker,
woodpecker |
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| peckish
|
(adjective) somewhat hungry |
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| (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed |
Synonyms:
nettlesome,
irritable,
peevish,
pettish,
petulant,
scratchy,
cranky,
fractious,
techy,
testy,
tetchy |
| pecopteris
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(noun) Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb |
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| pecs
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(noun) either of two large muscles of the chest |
Synonyms:
pectoral,
musculus pectoralis,
pectoral muscle,
pectoralis |
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| pectic
|
(adjective) of or relating to or derived from pectin |
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| pectin
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(noun) any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams |
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| pectinate
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(adjective) like a comb |
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| pectineal
|
(adjective) of or relating to the pubis |
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| pectoral
|
(noun) either of two large muscles of the chest |
Synonyms:
musculus pectoralis,
pecs,
pectoral muscle,
pectoralis |
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| (noun) an adornment worn on the chest or breast |
Synonyms:
pectoral medallion |
| (adjective) of or relating to the chest or thorax |
Synonyms:
thoracic |
| pectoralis
|
(noun) either of two large muscles of the chest |
Synonyms:
pectoral,
musculus pectoralis,
pecs,
pectoral muscle |
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| pectus
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(noun) the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates |
Synonyms:
chest,
thorax |
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| peculate
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(verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
Synonyms:
malversate,
misappropriate,
defalcate,
embezzle |
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| peculation
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(noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else |
Synonyms:
misapplication,
misappropriation,
defalcation,
embezzlement |
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| peculator
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(noun) someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use |
Synonyms:
defalcator,
embezzler |
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| peculiar
|
(adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected |
Synonyms:
rum,
rummy,
queer,
odd,
singular,
curious,
funny |
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| (adjective) unique or specific to a person or thing or category |
Synonyms:
particular,
special |
| (adjective) markedly different from the usual; special |
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| (adjective) characteristic of one only; distinctive or special |
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| peculiarity
|
(noun) an odd or unusual characteristic |
Synonyms:
distinctive feature,
distinguishing characteristic |
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| (noun) a distinguishing trait |
Synonyms:
speciality,
specialty,
distinctiveness,
specialness |
| (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
Synonyms:
curiosity,
rarity,
oddity,
oddment,
curio |
| peculiarly
|
(adverb) uniquely or characteristically |
Synonyms:
particularly |
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| (adverb) in a manner differing from the usual or expected |
Synonyms:
inexplicably,
oddly,
curiously |
| (adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common |
Synonyms:
particularly,
especially,
specially |
| pecuniary
|
(adjective) relating to or involving money |
Synonyms:
monetary |
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| pedagog
|
(noun) someone who educates young people |
Synonyms:
pedagogue,
educator |
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| pedagogic
|
(adjective) of or relating to pedagogy |
Synonyms:
pedagogical |
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| pedagogical
|
(adjective) of or relating to pedagogy |
Synonyms:
pedagogic |
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| pedagogically
|
(adverb) in a didactic manner |
Synonyms:
didactically |
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| pedagogics
|
(noun) the principles and methods of instruction |
Synonyms:
pedagogy,
teaching method |
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| pedagogue
|
(noun) someone who educates young people |
Synonyms:
pedagog,
educator |
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| pedagogy
|
(noun) the principles and methods of instruction |
Synonyms:
pedagogics,
teaching method |
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| (noun) the profession of a teacher |
Synonyms:
instruction,
teaching |
| (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill |
Synonyms:
instruction,
didactics,
education,
educational activity,
teaching |
| pedal
|
(verb) ride a bicycle |
Synonyms:
wheel,
cycle,
bicycle,
bike |
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| (verb) operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument |
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| (noun) a sustained bass note |
Synonyms:
pedal point |
| (noun) a lever that is operated with the foot |
Synonyms:
foot lever,
foot pedal,
treadle |
| (adjective) of or relating to the feet |
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| pedaler
|
(noun) a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) |
Synonyms:
pedaller |
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| pedaller
|
(noun) a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) |
Synonyms:
pedaler |
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| pedant
|
(noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit |
Synonyms:
scholastic,
bookworm |
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| pedantic
|
(adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects |
Synonyms:
donnish,
academic |
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| pedantically
|
(adverb) in a pedantic manner |
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| pedantry
|
(noun) an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning |
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| pedate
|
(adjective) of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided |
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| (adjective) having or resembling a foot |
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| peddle
|
(verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place |
Synonyms:
pitch,
hawk,
huckster,
monger,
vend |
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| peddler
|
(noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) |
Synonyms:
hawker,
packman,
pedlar,
pitchman |
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| (noun) an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs |
Synonyms:
pusher,
drug dealer,
drug peddler,
drug trafficker |
| peddling
|
(noun) the act of selling goods for a living |
Synonyms:
hawking,
vending,
vendition |
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| pedelec
|
(noun) a bicycle built with a motor to aid the cyclist to turn the pedals |
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| pederast
|
(noun) a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner |
Synonyms:
paederast,
child molester |
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| pederastic
|
(adjective) of homosexuality between a man and a boy |
Synonyms:
paederastic |
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| pederasty
|
(noun) sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) |
Synonyms:
paederasty |
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