PETRUS

Name Report For First Name PETRUS:

First name PETRUS's origin is Arthurian Legend. PETRUS means "one of joseph's disciples". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with PETRUS below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of petrus.(Brown names are of the same origin (Arthurian Legend) with PETRUS and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with PETRUS - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming PETRUS

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES PETRUS AS A WHOLE:

NAMES RHYMING WITH PETRUS (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (etrus) - Names That Ends with etrus:

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (trus) - Names That Ends with trus:

butrus

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (rus) - Names That Ends with rus:

peredurus ondrus theodorus horus brus seorus abderus archemorus cerberus cyrus eurus icarus irus pandarus polydorus zephyrus ambrus jairus lazarus tyrus homerus florus

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (us) - Names That Ends with us:

el-nefous enygeus caeneus cestus iasius lotus negus maccus dabbous dassous fanous abdul-quddus boulus yunus dryhus thaddeus bagdemagus brademagus isdernus britomartus luxovious nemausus argus ambrosius batholomeus basilius bonifacius cecilius clementius egidius eugenius eustatius darius aldous brutus cassibellaunus guiderius lorineus ferragus marsilius senapus marcus alemannus klaus absyrtus acastus achelous aconteus acrisius admetus adrastus aeacus aegeus aegisthus aegyptus aeolus aesculapius alcinous alcyoneus aloeus alpheus amphiaraus amycus anastasius ancaeus androgeus antaeus antilochus antinous aristaeus ascalaphus asopus atreus autolycus avernus boethius briareus

NAMES RHYMING WITH PETRUS (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (petru) - Names That Begins with petru:

petru

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (petr) - Names That Begins with petr:

petr petra petre petrica petrina petrine petron petronela petronilla petronille petrov

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (pet) - Names That Begins with pet:

peta peta-gaye pete peter peterka peterke peterson petiri petunia

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (pe) - Names That Begins with pe:

peace peada peadar pearce pearroc pearson pedar pedra pedrine pedro peer peg pegasus pegeen peggy peigi peirce peisistratus pekar pekka pelagia peleus pelias pelicia pell pellam pellanor pellean pelleas pelles pellinore pelltun pelopia pelops pemphredo pemton penarddun penda pendaran pendewe pendragon penelope peneus penina peninah penleigh penley penn pennlea pennleah penny penrith penrod pensee penthea penthesilea pentheus penthia penton peony pepe pephredo pepik pepillo pepin pepita pepper pepperell peppi peppin per perahta perceval percival percy percyvelle perdix peredur peredwus

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH PETRUS:

First Names which starts with 'pe' and ends with 'us':

perseus persius

First Names which starts with 'p' and ends with 's':

palamedes palomydes palsmedes panagiotis pancratius pandareos paris parkins parmis parthenios patroclus pericles perkins perris persis phantasos phelps phemius pheobus philips phillips phillis philoctetes philoetius phineas phinees phineus phorbas phorbus phorcys phrixus phylis phyllis piaras piers pinochos pirithous pittheus pityocamptes pius plexippus plutus polites polydamas polydeuces polyeidus polynices polyphemus pontus prasutagus prentiss priapus procrustes proinsias prokopios prometheus protesilaus proteus pslomydes psusennes pules pylades pyramus pyrrhus

English Words Rhyming PETRUS

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES PETRUS AS A WHOLE:

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH PETRUS (According to last letters):

Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (etrus) - English Words That Ends with etrus:

Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (trus) - English Words That Ends with trus:

citrus

noun (n.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

oestrus	noun (n.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.
	noun (n.) A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.), the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut.

Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (rus) - English Words That Ends with rus:

acarus

noun (n.) A genus including many species of small mites.

arcturus

noun (n.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Bootes.

birrus

noun (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

bosporus

noun (n.) A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof.

brontosaurus

noun (n.) A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.

camarasaurus

noun (n.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae.

carus

noun (n.) Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.

ceratosaurus

noun (n.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

cerberus	noun (n.) A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.
	noun (n.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.

chorus	noun (n.) A band of singers and dancers.
	noun (n.) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
	noun (n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
	noun (n.) A company of singers singing in concert.
	noun (n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
	noun (n.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
	noun (n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
	verb (v. i.) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.

churrus

noun (n.) A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp.

cirrus	noun (n.) A tendril or clasper.
	noun (n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.
	noun (n.) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.
	noun (n.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
	noun (n.) See under Cloud.

coenurus

noun (n.) The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.

corchorus

noun (n.) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

crus	noun (n.) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.
	noun (n.) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.

cryophorus

noun (n.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32� Fahr.

cyperus

noun (n.) A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, and including the species called galingale, several bulrushes, and the Egyptian papyrus.

cyprus

noun (n.) A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning.

elasmosaurus

noun (n.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.

electrophorus

noun (n.) An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.

eosaurus

noun (n.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.

eurus

noun (n.) The east wind.

eurypterus

noun (n.) A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.

gyrus

noun (n.) A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.

hadrosaurus

noun (n.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.

hesperus	noun (n.) Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.
	noun (n.) Evening.

homarus

noun (n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.

humerus	noun (n.) The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb.
	noun (n.) The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.

hydrus

noun (n.) A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole.

hylaeosaurus

noun (n.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines.

ichthyosaurus

noun (n.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations.

icterus

adjective (a.) The jaundice.

jeterus

noun (n.) A yellowness of the parts of plants which are normally green; yellows.

labrus

noun (n.) A genus of marine fishes, including the wrasses of Europe. See Wrasse.

laurus

noun (n.) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus.

malapterurus

noun (n.) A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric.

mastodonsaurus

noun (n.) A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks.

megalosaurus

noun (n.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere.

merus

noun (n.) See Meros.

morosaurus

noun (n.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America.

morus

noun (n.) A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry.

mosasaurus

noun (n.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands.

mososaurus

noun (n.) Same as Mosasaurus.

paleosaurus

noun (n.) A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.

palinurus

noun (n.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass

papyrus	noun (n.) A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.
	noun (n.) The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.
	noun (n.) A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.

pentamerus

noun (n.) A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant in the Upper Silurian.

phoenicopterus

noun (n.) A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.

phosphorus	noun (n.) The morning star; Phosphor.
	noun (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for many other purposes. The molecule contains four atoms. Symbol P. Atomic weight 31.0.
	noun (n.) Hence, any substance which shines in the dark like phosphorus, as certain phosphorescent bodies.

pleiosaurus

noun (n.) Same as Pliosaurus.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH PETRUS (According to first letters):

Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (petru) - Words That Begins with petru:

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.

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.

petronel

noun (n.) A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century.

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 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 PETRUS:

English Words which starts with 'pe' and ends with 'us':

pearlaceous

adjective (a.) Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.

pectoriloquous

adjective (a.) Pectoriloquial.

pectous

adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, pectose.

pectus

noun (n.) The breast of a bird.

pecunious

adjective (a.) Abounding in money; wealthy; rich.

pedaneous

adjective (a.) Going on foot; pedestrian.

pedestrious

adjective (a.) Going on foot; not winged.

pedetentous

adjective (a.) Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.

pediculous

adjective (a.) Pedicular.

pediculus

noun (n.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse.

pedigerous

adjective (a.) Bearing or having feet or legs.

pedimanous

adjective (a.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys.

pedipalpous

adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.

pedipalpus

noun (n.) 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.

pegasus	noun (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration.
	noun (n.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus.
	noun (n.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.

pemphigus

noun (n.) A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body.

pendulous	adjective (a.) Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.
	adjective (a.) Wavering; unstable; doubtful.
	adjective (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.

pennaceous

adjective (a.) Like or pertaining to a normal feather.

pennigerous

adjective (a.) Bearing feathers or quills.

pentacoccous

adjective (a.) Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits.

pentacrinus

noun (n.) A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere.

pentadelphous

adjective (a.) Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden.

pentagonous

adjective (a.) Pentagonal.

pentagynous

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to plants of the order Pentagyna; having five styles.

pentahedrous

adjective (a.) Pentahedral.

pentamerous	adjective (a.) Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils.
	adjective (a.) Belonging to the Pentamera.

pentandrous

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the class Pentadria; having five stamens.

pentapetalous

adjective (a.) Having five petals, or flower leaves.

pentaphyllous

adjective (a.) Having five leaves or leaflets.

pentaspermous

adjective (a.) Containing five seeds.

pentastichous

adjective (a.) Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves of an apple tree or a cherry tree.

penurious	adjective (a.) Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
	adjective (a.) Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
	adjective (a.) Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.

peplus	noun (n.) An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.
	noun (n.) A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen.

peptogenous

adjective (a.) Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone.

perdulous

adjective (a.) Lost; thrown away.

perfidious	adjective (a.) Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend.
	adjective (a.) Involving, or characterized by, perfidy.

pergamenous

adjective (a.) Alt. of Pergamentaceous

pergamentaceous

adjective (a.) Like parchment.

pericarditus

noun (n.) Inflammation of the pericardium.

perichaetous

adjective (a.) Surrounded by setae; -- said of certain earthworms (genus Perichaetus).

periculous

adjective (a.) Dangerous; full of peril.

perigynous

adjective (a.) Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach.

perilous	adjective (a.) Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
	adjective (a.) Daring; reckless; dangerous.

peripatus

noun (n.) A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda.

peripetalous

adjective (a.) Surrounding, or situated about, the petals.

peripterous	adjective (a.) Peripteral.
	adjective (a.) Feathered all around.

peristeromorphous

adjective (a.) Like or pertaining to the pigeons or Columbae.

peristeropodous

adjective (a.) Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.

peritomous

adjective (a.) Cleaving in more directions than one, parallel to the axis.

peritropous

adjective (a.) Peritropal.

perjurious

adjective (a.) Alt. of Perjurous

perjurous

adjective (a.) Guilty of perjury; containing perjury.

perlaceous

adjective (a.) Pearly; resembling pearl.

perlous

adjective (a.) Perilous.

pernicious	adjective (a.) Quick; swift (to burn).
	adjective (a.) Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.

perseus	noun (n.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danae, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.
	noun (n.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.

perspicacious	adjective (a.) Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.
	adjective (a.) Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.

perspicuous	adjective (a.) Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque.
	adjective (a.) Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous statements.

perstreperous

adjective (a.) Noisy; obstreperous.

pertinacious	adjective (a.) Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
	adjective (a.) Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.

pervicacious

adjective (a.) Obstinate; willful; refractory.

pervious	adjective (a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
	adjective (a.) Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
	adjective (a.) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
	adjective (a.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.

pessulus

noun (n.) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.

pesterous

adjective (a.) Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome.

pestiferous	adjective (a.) Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.
	adjective (a.) Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.

pestilentious

adjective (a.) Pestilential.

petulcous

adjective (a.) Wanton; frisky; lustful.

pellagrous

adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or affected with, or attendant on, pellagra; as, pellagrous insanity.

pelorus

noun (n.) An instrument similar to a mariner's compass, but without magnetic needles, and having two sight vanes by which bearings are taken, esp. such as cannot be taken by the compass.

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