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- English Word Pet Definition A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
- English Word Pet Definition Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.
- English Word Pet Definition To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.
- English Word Pet Definition To be a pet.
- English Word Petal Definition One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower.
- English Word Petal Definition One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
- English Word Petala Definition of Petalum
- English Word Petaled Definition Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled, etc.
- English Word Petaliferous Definition Bearing petals.
- English Word Petaliform Definition Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped.
- English Word Petaline Definition Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal.
- English Word Petalism Definition A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.
- English Word Petalite Definition A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia.
- English Word Petalody Definition The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
- English Word Petaloid Definition Petaline.
- English Word Petaloideous Definition Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline.
- English Word Petalosticha Definition An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid.
- English Word Petalous Definition Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to apetalous.
- English Word Petalum Definition A petal.
- English Word Petar Definition See Petard.
- English Word Petard Definition A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded.
- English Word Petardeer Definition Alt. of Petardier
- English Word Petardier Definition One who managed a petard.
- English Word Petasus Definition The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.
- English Word Petaurist Definition Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister.
- English Word Petechiae Definition Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.
- English Word Petechial Definition Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiae; spotted.
- English Word Peter Definition A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,
- English Word Peter Definition To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.
- English Word Petered Definition of Peter