6-letter words starting with pe
- peleus — a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- pelham — a bit that is used with two pairs of reins, designed to serve the purpose of a full bridle.
- pelias — a son of Poseidon and Tyro. He feared his nephew Jason and sent him to recover the Golden Fleece, hoping he would not return
- pelike — a storage jar with two handles extending from the lip to the shoulder, characterized by an oval body that is wider at the base than at the neck and rests on a foot.
- pelion — Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- pelite — any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pellan — Alfred [French al-fred] /French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Canadian painter.
- pelles — (in Arthurian legend) the father of Elaine and one of the searchers for the Holy Grail
- pellet — a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- pellum — dust
- pelmet — a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- peloid — mud used therapeutically.
- pelops — Classical Mythology. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.
- pelory — floral mutation
- pelota — a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- pelted — to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- pelter — a person or thing that pelts.
- peltry — fur skins; pelts collectively.
- pelvic — of or relating to the pelvis.
- pelvis — the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
- penang — an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
- pencel — a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- penche — performed or executed while leaning forward.
- penchi — Benxi.
- pencil — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- pended — to remain undecided or unsettled.
- peneus — ancient name of Salambria.
- penful — the volume of ink held by a pen; the quantity a pen will hold
- penghu — a group of small islands off the coast of SE China, in the Taiwan Strait: controlled by Taiwan. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- pengpu — Bengbu.
- penhsi — Benxi.
- penial — the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- penile — the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- penman — a person who writes or copies; scribe; copyist.
- pennal — a first-year student of a German Protestant university
- penned — a small enclosure for domestic animals.
- penner — any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- penney — J(ames) C(ash) 1875–1971, U.S. retail merchant.
- pennie — a female given name, form of Penelope.
- pennis — an aluminum coin of Finland until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a markka.
- pennon — a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight.
- pensee — a reflection or thought.
- pensil — a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- pensum — a piece of work or a task to be completed, esp a school exercise
- penta- — five
- pentad — a period of five years.
- pentel — a ballpoint pen with free-flowing ink in the manner of a felt-tip pen
- pentyl — containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- penult — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- penury — extreme poverty; destitution.