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- 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 It has been superseded.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
- 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