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- PECULATIONThe wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
- PECULATORA person who peculates; an embezzler.
- PECULIAROut of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
- PECULIUMThe savings of a son or a slave, with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own.
- PECUNIARYOf, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
- PECUNIOUSWith money, wealthy; financially independent.
- PEDALA lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
- PEDALFERSoil containing aluminum and iron that lacks a hardened layer of carbonates.
- PEDESTALThe base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- PEDESTRIANOf or intended for those who are walking.
- PEDETENTOUSProceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.
- PEDICELA stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
- PEDICLEA fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
- PEDICULAROf or relating to lice.
- PEDICULOUSAlternative form of pedicular.
- PEDICUREA cosmetic treatment for the feet and toenails.
- PEDIFORMHaving the shape of a foot.
- PEDIGREEA chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
- PEDOMETERA device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.
- PEDUNCLEThe stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower/fruit.
- PEDUNCULATEHaving a peduncle or stalk.
- PEELTo remove the skin or outer covering of.
- PEISETo weigh or measure the weight of; to poise.
- PEJORATETo become or make (something) worse; to deteriorate, to worsen.
- PEJORATIONThe act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.
- PEJORATIVEDisparaging, belittling or derogatory.
- PELARGONICOf or pertaining to plants of the genus Pelargonium.
- PELFMoney, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon.
- PELISSEA fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform.
- PELLUCIDITYTransparency; lucidity; clarity.
- PELOTONA group of riders formed during a cycling road race; especially, the main group of riders; the pack.
- PELVISThe large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
- PENATESThe household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome.
- PENCILA writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
- PENDTo hang down; to cause something to hang down
- PENDICLEAn appendage; something attached to something else.
- PENDULOUSHanging from, or as if from, a support.
- PENDULUMA body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks. The tendency
- PENETRALIAThe innermost, secret or hidden parts; mysteries.
- PENETRATETo enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
- PENICILA tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
- PENOLOGYStudy of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.
- PENSILEHanging down, suspended.
- PENSIVEEngaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
- PENSUMA task or imposition set as a school punishment.
- PENTACLEA flat talisman, almost always star-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.
- PENTHOUSEA structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather.
- PENTICEAn extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath.
- PENULTIMAthe next to last syllable in a word
- PENULTIMATENext to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
- PENUMBRAA partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
- PENUMBRAEplural of penumbra
- PENURIOUSMiserly; excessively cheap.
- PEONA lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
- PEOPLEplural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
- PERACUTEVery sharp; very violent.
- PERAMBULATETo walk around, roam, or stroll.
- PERAMBULATIONA survey, a tour; an instance of walking around.
- PERCEIVETo become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
- PERCENTFor every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).
- PERCENTAGEThe amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
- PERCOLATETo pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- PERCOLATIONThe seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
- PERCUSSTo strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to.
- PERCUSSIONThe collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
- PERDITIONEternal damnation.
- PERFECTFitting its definition precisely.
- PERFECTIONThe quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
- PERFECTOPerfect, excellent, brilliant.
- PERFIDIOUSOf, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
- PERFIDYA state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- PERFOLIATEAppearing to have the stem passing through the blade.
- PERFUSETo permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.
- PERFUSIONThe act of perfusing, the passage of fluid through the circulatory system.
- PERGOLAA framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.
- PERIANTHThe sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
- PERICLITATETo endanger.
- PERICULOUSdangerous, hazardous, perilous
- PERILA situation of serious and immediate danger.
- PERILOUSDangerous, full of peril.
- PERILUNEThe point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its minimum.
- PERIONYCHIAplural of perionychium
- PERIONYCHIUMThe epidermis bordering a nail.
- PERISHTo decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
- PERITONEALOf, relating to, or affecting the peritoneum.
- PERITUSA Roman Catholic theologian attending an ecumenical council to give advice.
- PERIWINKLEAny of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
- PERMEABLEAble to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.
- PERMEATETo pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of lo
- PERMITTo allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
- PERMUTATIONOne of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
- PERMUTETo change the order of.
- PERNICIOUSCausing much harm in a subtle way.
- PERONEUSAny of several muscles of the lateral side of the leg, which arise from the fibula and act to move the foot.
- PERPENDTo ponder, consider.
- PERPETUALLasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time.
- PERPETUITYThe quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
- PERQUISITEAny monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
- PERSECUTIONThe act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
- PERSIFLAGEGood-natured banter; raillery.