| peach | v. | to inform against; to divulge | ||
| peascod | n. | pod of the pea including the seeds | ||
| peavy | n. | stout tool with hook and pointed end used for manipulating logs | ||
| peccant | adj. | sinful; wrong, faulty | ||
| pediculous | adj. | infested with lice, lousy | ||
| pediment | n. | triangular part atop the front of a Grecian style building, often supported by columns | ||
| pediophobia | n. | fear of dolls | ||
| peduncle | n. | flower stalk | botany | |
| peerie | adj. | small | Scots | |
| peg out | v. | to die; to be wiped out (British slang) | slang | |
| pelage | n. | mammalian fur, hair, or wool | ||
| pelagic | adj. | of or relating to the open sea, oceanic | ||
| pelerine | n. | woman’s cape or mantle of lace or fur, usu. with ends forming a point in front | ||
| pelf | n. | property; booty, spoils | ||
| pelican crossing | n. | pedestrian crosswalk in which pedestrians press buttons illuminating lights to stop vehicular traffic | ||
| pelisse | n. | short fur-lined military jacket, often worn over one shoulder by light cavalry; long ladies coat with Empire waist | ||
| pellucid | adj. | transparent, translucent; clear in style or expression | ||
| pelmet | n. | horizontal curtain or valence at the head of doorway or window, used to hide fittings for hanging curtains, etc. | ||
| peltry | n. | pelts collectively | ||
| pemphigus | n. | disease characterized by painful blisters on skin and mucous membranes | ||
| pen | n. | female swan | ||
| pendency | n. | state of being undetermined or awaiting settlement | ||
| penetralia | n. | innermost part (esp. of a temple); most secret or private parts | ||
| penetrance | n. | the frequency with which a given gene produces its effect | ||
| pensile | adj. | hanging down | ||
| pensive | adj. | engrossed in serious, quiet reflection | ||
| pentice | n. | shed with sloping roof, such a roof projecting from side of a building, penthouse | ||
| peon | n. | day laborer; drudge, person of low social status | ||
| pepperpot | n. | pepperbox; something or someone figuratively like a pepperpot | ||
| percept | n. | object of perception; mental ‘thing’ resulting from perception | ||
| percutaneous | adj. | through the skin | ||
| perdue | adj. | hopeless, lost | ||
| perdurable | adj. | everlasting, imperishable | ||
| perdurance | n. | persistence, duration, permanence | ||
| pereion | n. | thorax (in a crustacean) | biology | |
| perennial | adj. | perpetual, enduring; [biology] of a plant with a life cycle lasting over two years; recurrent | ||
| perennity | n. | quality of long duration, state of lasting throughout the year, everlastingness | ||
| perfervid | adj. | very ardent, extremely impassioned | ||
| perforce | adv. | of necessity, compulsorily | ||
| perfuse | v. | to besprinkle, to overspread (as with moisture or color); to pour through or over, to diffuse through; [medicine] to circulate through blood vessels or lymphatic system | ||
| pergola | n. | open latticework supported by columns upon which climbing plants may be trained, often placed so as to create a walkway | ||
| peri | n. | supernaturally beautiful fallen angels of Persian mythology; a lovely person | ||
| periapt | n. | amulet, charm | ||
| pericranium | n. | membrane surrounding the skull, the periosteum of the cranial bones | biology | |
| periculous | adj. | perilous | obsolete | |
| peridromophily | n. | science, art, or love of collecting street car transfers | ||
| peripeteia | n. | sudden turn of events, reversal of fortune, crisis | ||
| periphrastic | adj. | overly wordy, circumlocutory, characterized by use of many words for a single word or a shorter phrase | ||
| perissodactyl | n. | ungulate with an odd number of toes, such as equids, tapirs, and rhinos | ||
| peristyle | n. | row of columns around a yard or buiding; yard within such a colonnade | architecture |
