First Names Rhyming PETRONILLE
English Words Rhyming PETRONILLE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES PETRONİLLE AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH PETRONİLLE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 9 Letters (etronille) - English Words That Ends with etronille:
Rhyming Words According to Last 8 Letters (tronille) - English Words That Ends with tronille:
Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (ronille) - English Words That Ends with ronille:
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (onille) - English Words That Ends with onille:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (nille) - English Words That Ends with nille:
| chenille | noun (n.) Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs. |
| manille | noun (n.) See 1st Manilla, 1. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (ille) - English Words That Ends with ille:
| aiguille | noun (n.) A needle-shaped peak. |
| | noun (n.) An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting. |
| ancille | noun (n.) A maidservant; a handmaid. |
| apostille | noun (n.) A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. |
| bastile bastille | noun (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. |
| | noun (n.) "The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison. |
| braille | noun (n.) A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the characters are represented by tangible points or dots. It was invented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind. |
| canaille | noun (n.) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. |
| | noun (n.) Shorts or inferior flour. |
| codille | noun (n.) A term at omber, signifying that the game is won. |
| countretaille | noun (n.) A counter tally; correspondence (in sound). |
| coquille | noun (n.) Lit., a shell; |
| | noun (n.) A shell or shell-like dish or mold in which viands are served. |
| | noun (n.) The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc. |
| | noun (n.) A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled. |
| deshabille | noun (n.) An undress; a careless toilet. |
| dishabille | noun (n.) An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille. |
| espiaille | noun (n.) Espial. |
| faille | noun (n.) A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy. |
| gerbille | noun (n.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe. |
| graille | noun (n.) A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. |
| grisaille | noun (n.) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of French fancy dress goods. |
| jonquille | noun (n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona. |
| limaille | noun (n.) Filings of metal. |
| mervaille | noun (n.) Marvel. |
| mitraille | noun (n.) Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon. |
| mouille | adjective (a.) Applied to certain consonants having a "liquid" or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ö; in Portuguese, lh and nh. |
| orseille | noun (n.) See Archil. |
| quadrille | noun (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set. |
| | noun (n.) The appropriate music for a quadrille. |
| | noun (n.) A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. |
| | noun (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set. |
| | noun (n.) The appropriate music for a quadrille. |
| | noun (n.) A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. |
| | adjective (a.) Marked with squares, generally by thin lines crossing at right angles and at equal intervals; as, quadrille paper, or plotting paper. |
| quatrefeuille | noun (n.) Alt. of Quatrefoil |
| | noun (n.) Alt. of Quatrefoil |
| pastille | noun (n.) A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room. |
| | noun (n.) An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche. |
| | noun (n.) See Pastel, a crayon. |
| poraille | noun (n.) Poor people; the poor. |
| reveille | noun (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging. |
| rille | noun (n.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon. |
| rocaille | noun (n.) Artificial rockwork made of rough stones and cement, as for gardens. |
| | noun (n.) The rococo system of scroll ornament, based in part on the forms of shells and water-worn rocks. |
| spadille | noun (n.) The ace of spades in omber and quadrille. |
| taille | noun (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. |
| | noun (n.) Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. |
| | noun (n.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola. |
| tenaille | noun (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin. |
| tredille | noun (n.) A game at cards for three. |
| vaudeville | noun (n.) A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song. |
| | noun (n.) A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs. |
| | noun (n.) Loosely, and now commonly, variety (see above), as, to play in vaudeville; a vaudeville actor. |
| vitaille | noun (n.) Food; victuals. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (lle) - English Words That Ends with lle:
| aquarelle | noun (n.) A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors. |
| bagatelle | noun (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance. |
| | noun (n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. |
| barcarolle | noun (n.) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. |
| | noun (n.) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song. |
| belle | noun (n.) A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady. |
| calle | noun (n.) A kind of head covering; a caul. |
| capelle | noun (n.) The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church. |
| chanterelle | noun (n.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous. |
| cordelle | noun (n.) A twisted cord; a tassel. |
| crenelle | noun (n.) Alt. of Crenel |
| cresselle | noun (n.) A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent. |
| crevalle | noun (n.) The cavally or jurel. |
| | noun (n.) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus). |
| damoiselle | noun (n.) See Damsel. |
| demoiselle | noun (n.) A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid. |
| | noun (n.) The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. |
| | noun (n.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion. |
| dentelle | noun (n.) An ornamental tooling like lace. |
| fontanelle | noun (n.) Same as Fontanel, 2. |
| filoselle | noun (n.) A kind of silk thread less glossy than floss, and spun from coarser material. It is much used in embroidery instead of floss. |
| gabelle | noun (n.) A tax, especially on salt. |
| gazelle | noun (n.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. |
| glumelle | noun (n.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses. |
| immortelle | noun (n.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting. |
| jargonelle | noun (n.) A variety of pear which ripens early. |
| jumelle | noun (n.) A jumelle opera glass, or the like. |
| | adjective (a.) Twin; paired; -- said of various objects made or formed in pairs, as a binocular opera glass, a pair of gimmal rings, etc. |
| kapelle | noun (n.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. |
| kyrielle | noun (n.) A litany beginning with the words. |
| lenticelle | noun (n.) Lenticel. |
| mademoiselle | noun (n.) A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss. |
| | noun (n.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch. |
| molle | adjective (a.) Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat. |
| morelle | noun (n.) Nightshade. See 2d Morel. |
| moselle | noun (n.) A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle. |
| nacelle | noun (n.) A small boat. |
| | noun (n.) The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc. |
| | noun (n.) A boatlike, inclosed body of an aeroplane. |
| quenelle | noun (n.) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing. |
| parelle | noun (n.) A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum). |
| | noun (n.) A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus. |
| pennoncelle | noun (n.) See Pencel. |
| pipistrelle | noun (n.) A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called also flittermouse. |
| prunelle | noun (n.) A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit. |
| pucelle | noun (n.) A maid; a virgin. |
| ritornelle | noun (n.) Alt. of Ritornello |
| rochelle | noun (n.) A seaport town in France. |
| roselle | noun (n.) a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink. |
| rubelle | noun (n.) A red color used in enameling. |
| rubicelle | noun (n.) A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil. |
| ruelle | noun (n.) A private circle or assembly at a private house; a circle. |
| sarcelle | noun (n.) The old squaw, or long-tailed duck. |
| sauterelle | noun (n.) An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles. |
| spinelle | noun (n.) A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium. |
| spiritielle | adjective (a.) Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal. |
| tigelle | noun (n.) Same as Tigella. |
| tulle | noun (n.) In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc. |
| turnhalle | noun (n.) A building used as a school of gymnastics. |
| vielle | noun (n.) An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH PETRONİLLE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 9 Letters (petronill) - Words That Begins with petronill:
Rhyming Words According to First 8 Letters (petronil) - Words That Begins with petronil:
Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (petroni) - Words That Begins with petroni:
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (petron) - Words That Begins with petron:
| petronel | noun (n.) A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century. |
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (petro) - Words That Begins with petro:
| petrogale | noun (n.) Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rock wallaby (P. penicillata). |
| petroglyphic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to petroglyphy. |
| petroglyphy | noun (n.) The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone. |
| petrographic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Petrographical |
| petrographical | adjective (a.) Pertaining to petrography. |
| petrography | noun (n.) The art of writing on stone. |
| | noun (n.) The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology. |
| petrohyoid | adjective (a.) Pertaining to petrous, oe periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog. |
| petrol | noun (n.) Petroleum. |
| petrolatum | noun (n.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments. |
| petroleum | noun (n.) Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc. |
| petroleur | noun (n. f.) Alt. of Petroleuse |
| petroleuse | noun (n. f.) One who makes use of petroleum for incendiary purposes. |
| petroline | noun (n.) A paraffin obtained from petroleum from Rangoon in India, and practically identical with ordinary paraffin. |
| petrologic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Petrological |
| petrological | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to petrology. |
| petrologist | noun (n.) One who is versed in petrology. |
| petrology | noun (n.) The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology. |
| | noun (n.) A treatise on petrology. |
| petromastoid | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone, periotic. |
| petromyzont | noun (n.) A lamprey. |
| petrosal | noun (n.) A petrosal bone. |
| | noun (n.) The auditory capsule. |
| | adjective (a.) Hard; stony; petrous; as, the petrosal bone; petrosal part of the temporal bone. |
| | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the petrous, or petrosal, bone, or the corresponding part of the temporal bone. |
| petrosilex | noun (n.) Felsite. |
| petrosilicious | adjective (a.) Containing, or consisting of, petrosilex. |
| petrostearine | noun (n.) A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made. |
| petrous | adjective (a.) Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone. |
| | adjective (a.) Same as Petrosal. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (petr) - Words That Begins with petr:
| petralogy | noun (n.) See Petrology. |
| petrary | noun (n.) An ancient war engine for hurling stones. |
| petrean | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to to rock. |
| petre | noun (n.) See Saltpeter. |
| petrel | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera. |
| petrescence | noun (n.) The process of changing into stone; petrification. |
| petrescent | adjective (a.) Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water. |
| petrifaction | noun (n.) The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness. |
| | noun (n.) The state or condition of being petrified. |
| | noun (n.) That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation. |
| | noun (n.) Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. |
| petrifactive | adjective (a.) Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction. |
| petrific | adjective (a.) Petrifying; petrifactive. |
| petrification | noun (n.) See Petrifaction. |
| | noun (n.) Fig.: Obduracy; callousness. |
| petrifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Petrify |
| petrine | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (pet) - Words That Begins with pet:
| pet | noun (n.) A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand. |
| | noun (n.) Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child. |
| | noun (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. |
| | adjective (a.) Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory. |
| | verb (v. t.) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be a pet. |
| petting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pet |
| petal | noun (n.) One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower. |
| | noun (n.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini. |
| petaled | adjective (a.) Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled, etc. |
| petaliferous | adjective (a.) Bearing petals. |
| petaliform | adjective (a.) Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped. |
| petaline | adjective (a.) Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal. |
| petalism | noun (n.) 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. |
| petalite | noun (n.) A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. |
| petalody | noun (n.) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals. |
| petaloid | adjective (a.) Petaline. |
| petaloideous | adjective (a.) Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline. |
| petalosticha | noun (n. pl.) An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid. |
| petalous | adjective (a.) Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to apetalous. |
| petalum | noun (n.) A petal. |
| petar | noun (n.) See Petard. |
| petard | noun (n.) 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. |
| petardeer | noun (n.) Alt. of Petardier |
| petardier | noun (n.) One who managed a petard. |
| petasus | noun (n.) The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans. |
| petaurist | noun (n.) Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister. |
| petechiae | noun (n. pl.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc. |
| petechial | adjective (a.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiae; spotted. |
| peter | noun (n.) A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles, |
| | verb (v. i.) To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out. |
| petering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peter |
| peterel | noun (n.) See Petrel. |
| peterero | noun (n.) See Pederero. |
| peterman | noun (n.) A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. |
| petersham | noun (n.) A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material. |
| peterwort | noun (n.) See Saint Peter's-wort, under Saint. |
| petiolar | adjective (a.) Alt. of Petiolary |
| petiolary | adjective (a.) 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. |
| petiolate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Petiolated |
| petiolated | adjective (a.) Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera. |
| petiole | noun (n.) A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf. |
| | noun (n.) A stalk or peduncle. |
| petioled | adjective (a.) Petiolate. |
| petiolulate | adjective (a.) Supported by its own petiolule. |
| petiolule | noun (n.) A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet. |
| petit | adjective (a.) Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. |
| petition | noun (n.) 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. |
| | noun (n.) 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. |
| | verb (v. t.) 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. |
| | verb (v. i.) To make a petition or solicitation. |
| petitioning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Petition |
| | noun (n.) The act of presenting apetition; a supplication. |
| petitionary | adjective (a.) Supplicatory; making a petition. |
| | adjective (a.) Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle. |
| petitionee | noun (n.) A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition. |
| petitioner | noun (n.) One who presents a petition. |
| petitor | noun (n.) One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant. |
| petitory | adjective (a.) Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. |
| petong | noun (n.) See Packfong. |
| pettichaps | noun (n.) See Pettychaps. |
| petticoat | noun (n.) A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist. |
| pettifogging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pettifog |
| | noun (n.) Pettifoggery. |
| | adjective (a.) Paltry; quibbling; mean. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH PETRONİLLE:
English Words which starts with 'petr' and ends with 'ille':
English Words which starts with 'pet' and ends with 'lle':
English Words which starts with 'pe' and ends with 'le':
| peaceable | adjective (a.) Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome. |
| pebble | noun (n.) A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. |
| | noun (n.) Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians. |
| | verb (v. t.) To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences. |
| peccable | adjective (a.) Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law. |
| pedicle | noun (n.) Same as Pedicel. |
| pedicule | noun (n.) A pedicel. |
| peduncle | noun (n.) The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits. |
| | noun (n.) A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle. |
| | noun (n.) 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. |
| peele | noun (n.) A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, and rehboc. |
| peephole | noun (n.) A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered. |
| pellicle | noun (n.) A thin skin or film. |
| | noun (n.) A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution. |
| pellile | noun (n.) The redshank; -- so called from its note. |
| pendicle | noun (n.) An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant. |
| pendule | noun (n.) A pendulum. |
| penetrable | adjective (a.) Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively. |
| penible | adjective (a.) Painstaking; assidous. |
| pensible | adjective (a.) Held aloft. |
| pensile | adjective (a.) Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. |
| pentacle | noun (n.) A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages. |
| pentadactyle | adjective (a.) Having five digits to the hand or foot. |
| | adjective (a.) Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes. |
| pentangle | noun (n.) A pentagon. |
| pentastyle | noun (n.) A portico having five columns. |
| | adjective (a.) Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture. |
| pentile | noun (n.) See Pantile. |
| penuchle | noun (n.) Alt. of Pinocle |
| people | noun (n.) The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation. |
| | noun (n.) Persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women; folks; population, or part of population; as, country people; -- sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and man in German; as, people in adversity. |
| | noun (n.) The mass of comunity as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people. |
| | noun (n.) One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English. |
| | noun (n.) One's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers. |
| | verb (v. t.) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate. |
| percale | noun (n.) A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, -- used for women's and children's wear. |
| perceivable | adjective (a.) Capable of being perceived; perceptible. |
| perceptible | adjective (a.) Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable. |
| perditionable | adjective (a.) Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition. |
| perdurable | noun (n.) Very durable; lasting; continuing long. |
| perfectible | adjective (a.) Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect. |
| perflable | adjective (a.) Capable of being blown through. |
| performable | adjective (a.) Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable. |
| peridiastole | noun (n.) The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart. |
| periople | noun (n.) The external smooth horny layer of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. |
| perishable | adjective (a.) Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies. |
| peristole | noun (n.) Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines. |
| peristyle | noun (n.) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade. |
| perisystole | noun (n.) The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying. |
| periwinkle | noun (n.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina. |
| | noun (n.) A trailing herb of the genus Vinca. |
| permanable | adjective (a.) Permanent; durable. |
| permeable | adjective (a.) Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances which allow the passage of fluids; as, wood is permeable to oil; glass is permeable to light. |
| permiscible | adjective (a.) Capable of being mixed. |
| permissible | adjective (a.) That may be permitted; allowable; admissible. |
| permutable | adjective (a.) Capable of being permuted; exchangeable. |
| perpendicle | noun (n.) Something hanging straight down; a plumb line. |
| perpetrable | adjective (a.) Capable of being perpetrated. |
| perpetuable | adjective (a.) Capable of being perpetuated or continued. |
| personable | adjective (a.) Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman. |
| | adjective (a.) Enabled to maintain pleas in court. |
| | adjective (a.) Having capacity to take anything granted. |
| perspicable | adjective (a.) Discernible. |
| perspirable | adjective (a.) Capable of being perspired. |
| | adjective (a.) Emitting perspiration; perspiring. |
| persuadable | adjective (a.) That may be persuaded. |
| persuasible | adjective (a.) Capable of being persuaded; persuadable. |
| | adjective (a.) Persuasive. |
| perturbable | adjective (a.) Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted. |
| perule | noun (n.) Same as Perula. |
| pervertible | adjective (a.) Capable of being perverted. |
| pestle | noun (n.) An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar. |
| | noun (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. |
| | noun (n.) The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork. |
| | verb (v. t. & i.) To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle. |
