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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...
PEST'ILENTLY, adv. Mischievously; destructively.
PESTILEN'TIAL, a. Partaking of the nature of the plague or other infectious dise...
PEST'ILENT, a. [L. pestilens, from pestis, plague.] 1. Producing the plague, or ...
PESTIF'EROUS, a. [L. pestis, plague, and fero, to produce.] 1. Pestilential; nox...
PEST'HOUSE, n. A house or hospital for persons infected with any contagious and ...
PEST'EROUS, a. Encumbering; burdensome. [Little used.]