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783 Words That Start With PE

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