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PE'TERWORT, n. A plant.
PETER PET'EREL PE'TERPENCE,n. A tax or tribute formerly paid by the English peop...
COMPETENCE,PETENCY, n. 1. Sufficiency; such a quantity as is sufficient; propert...
PETE'CHIAL, a. Spotted. A petechial fever is a malignant fever accompanied with ...
PETE'CHIAE, n. Purple spots which appear on the skin in malignant fevers.
PET`ARD, n. An engine of war made of metal, nearly in the shape of a hat, to be ...
PET'ALOUS, a. Having petals; as a petaled flower; opposed to apetalous. This wor...
PET'ALOID, a. [petal and Gr. form.] Having the form of petals.
PET'ALITE, n. [Gr. a leaf.] A rare mineral occurring in masses, having a foliate...
PET'ALISM, n. [Gr. See Petal .] A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans,...
PET'ALED PET'ALINE, a. Pertaining to a petal; attached to a petal; as a petaline...
PET'AL-SHAPED, a Having the shape of a petal.
PE'TAL, n. [Gr. to expand; L. pateo.] In botany, a flower leaf. In flowers of on...
PET, n. [This word may be contracted from petulant, or belong to the root of tha...
PESTLE, n. pes'l. [L. pistillum, and probably pinso, for piso, to pound or beat....
PESTILLA'TION, n. [from L. pistillum; Eng. pestle.] The act of pounding and brui...