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- English Word Petuntze Definition Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- English Word Petworth marble Definition A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.
- English Word Petzite Definition A telluride of silver and gold, related to hessite.
- English Word Peucedanin Definition A tasteless white crystalline substance, extracted from the roots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria), and other related plants; -- called also imperatorin.
- English Word Peucil Definition A liquid resembling camphene, obtained by treating turpentine hydrochloride with lime.
- English Word Pew Definition One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.
- English Word Pew Definition Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.
- English Word Pew Definition To furnish with pews.
- English Word Pewee Definition A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.
- English Word Pewee Definition The woodcock.
- English Word Pewet Definition Same as Pewit.
- English Word Pewfellow Definition One who occupies the same pew with another.
- English Word Pewfellow Definition An intimate associate; a companion.
- English Word Pewit Definition The lapwing.
- English Word Pewit Definition The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing.
- English Word Pewit Definition The pewee.
- English Word Pewter Definition A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.
- English Word Pewter Definition Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
- English Word Pewterer Definition One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; a pewtersmith.
- English Word Pewtery Definition Belonging to, or resembling, pewter; as, a pewtery taste.
- English Word Pexity Definition Nap of cloth.
- English Word Peyer's glands Definition Patches of lymphoid nodules, in the walls of the small intestiness; agminated glands; -- called also Peyer's patches. In typhoid fever they become the seat of ulcers which are regarded as the characteristic organic lesion of that disease.
- English Word Peytrel Definition The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel.
- English Word Peziza Definition A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some of which are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors.
- English Word Pezizoid Definition Resembling a fungus of the genus Peziza; having a cuplike form.
- English Word Pfennig Definition A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency.
- English Word Pfennige Definition of Pfennig
- English Word Pfennigs Definition of Pfennig
- English Word Phacelli Definition of Phacellus
- English Word Phacellus Definition One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.