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47 Words That Start With PED

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Word Definitions Synonyms
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
pedesis (noun) the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid Synonyms: Brownian motion, Brownian movement
pedestal (noun) a support or foundation Synonyms: base, stand
(noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) Synonyms: footstall, plinth
(noun) a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
pedestrian (adjective) lacking wit or imagination Synonyms: earthbound, prosaic, prosy
(noun) a person who travels by foot Synonyms: footer, walker
pediatric (adjective) of or relating to the medical care of children Synonyms: paediatric
pediatrician (noun) a specialist in the care of babies Synonyms: baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrist
pediatrics (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children Synonyms: paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pedology
pediatrist (noun) a specialist in the care of babies Synonyms: baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrician
pedicab (noun) a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire Synonyms: cycle rickshaw
pedicel (noun) a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle Synonyms: pedicle
pedicle (noun) a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle Synonyms: pedicel
pediculicide (noun) a chemical agent that kills lice
pediculosis (noun) infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching Synonyms: lousiness
pedicure (noun) professional care for the feet and toenails
(verb) care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
pedigree (adjective) having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal Synonyms: pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred
(noun) ancestry of a purebred animal Synonyms: bloodline
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
(noun) line of descent of a purebred animal
pedigreed (adjective) having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal Synonyms: pedigree, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred
pediment (noun) a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
pedlar (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pitchman
pedodontist (noun) a dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth
pedology (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children Synonyms: paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pediatrics
pedometer (noun) measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking
pedophile (noun) an adult who is sexually attracted to children Synonyms: paedophile
pedophilia (noun) a sexual attraction to children Synonyms: paedophilia
peduncle (noun) a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain Synonyms: cerebral peduncle
(noun) stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
(noun) the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
pedunculate (adjective) having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk Synonyms: stalked
pedwood (noun) European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers Synonyms: blood-twig, common European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, red dogwood

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