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  • English Word Pediluvy Definition The bathing of the feet, a bath for the feet.
  • English Word Pedimana Definition A division of marsupials, including the opossums.
  • English Word Pedimane Definition A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.
  • English Word Pedimanous Definition Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys.
  • English Word Pediment Definition Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.
  • English Word Pedimental Definition Of or pertaining to a pediment.
  • English Word Pedipalp Definition One of the Pedipalpi.
  • English Word Pedipalpi Definition A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions.
  • English Word Pedipalpi Definition of Pedipalpus
  • English Word Pedipalpous Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.
  • English Word Pedipalpus Definition One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw.
  • English Word Pedireme Definition A crustacean, some of whose feet serve as oars.
  • English Word Pedlar Definition Alt. of Pedler
  • English Word Pedler Definition See Peddler.
  • English Word Pedo- Definition Combining forms from L. pes, pedis, foot, as pedipalp, pedireme, pedometer.
  • English Word Pedobaptism Definition The baptism of infants or of small children.
  • English Word Pedobaptist Definition One who advocates or practices infant baptism.
  • English Word Pedomancy Definition Divination by examining the soles of the feet.
  • English Word Pedometer Definition An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step.
  • English Word Pedometric Definition Alt. of Pedometrical
  • English Word Pedometrical Definition Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer.
  • English Word Pedomotive Definition Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
  • English Word Pedotrophy Definition The art of nourishing children properly.
  • English Word Pedregal Definition A lava field.
  • English Word Peduncle Definition The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits.
  • English Word Peduncle Definition A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle.
  • English Word Peduncle Definition A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland.
  • English Word Peduncled Definition Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate.
  • English Word Peduncular Definition Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a peduncular tendril.
  • English Word Pedunculata Definition A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.