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  • English Word Peterel Definition See Petrel.
  • English Word Peterero Definition See Pederero.
  • English Word Petering Definition of Peter
  • English Word Peterman Definition A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter.
  • English Word Petermen Definition of Peterman
  • English Word Petersham Definition A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material.
  • English Word Peterwort Definition See Saint Peter's-wort, under Saint.
  • English Word Petiolar Definition Alt. of Petiolary
  • English Word Petiolary Definition Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud.
  • English Word Petiolate Definition Alt. of Petiolated
  • English Word Petiolated Definition Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.
  • English Word Petiole Definition A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.
  • English Word Petiole Definition A stalk or peduncle.
  • English Word Petioled Definition Petiolate.
  • English Word Petiolulate Definition Supported by its own petiolule.
  • English Word Petiolule Definition A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.
  • English Word Petit Definition Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty.
  • English Word Petition Definition A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.
  • English Word Petition Definition A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.
  • English Word Petition Definition To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.
  • English Word Petition Definition To make a petition or solicitation.
  • English Word Petitionarily Definition By way of begging the question; by an assumption.
  • English Word Petitionary Definition Supplicatory; making a petition.
  • English Word Petitionary Definition Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle.
  • English Word Petitioned Definition of Petition
  • English Word Petitionee Definition A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
  • English Word Petitioner Definition One who presents a petition.
  • English Word Petitioning Definition of Petition
  • English Word Petitioning Definition The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
  • English Word Petitor Definition One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant.