8-letter words starting with pe
- peddlery — the business of a peddler.
- peddling — trifling; paltry; piddling.
- pederast — a person who engages in pederasty.
- pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- pedicure — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- pediform — in the form of a foot; footlike.
- pedigree — an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
- pediment — (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
- pedipalp — (in arachnids) one member of the usually longer pair of appendages immediately behind the chelicerae.
- pedology — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pedro ii — (Dom Pedro II) 1825–91, emperor of Brazil 1831–89.
- peduncle — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- peekaboo — Also called bo-peep. a game played by or with very young children, typically in which one covers the face or hides and then suddenly uncovers the face or reappears, calling “Peekaboo!”.
- peekapoo — one of a variety of dogs crossbred from a Pekingese and a miniature poodle.
- peel off — designed to be peeled off from a backing or large sheet, usually of paper, before use; readied for use by peeling off: peel-off labels.
- peel-off — designed to be peeled off from a backing or large sheet, usually of paper, before use; readied for use by peeling off: peel-off labels.
- peelable — to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.
- peelings — Peelings are pieces of skin removed from vegetables and fruit.
- peephole — a small hole or opening through which to peep or look, as in a door.
- peepshow — a display of objects or pictures viewed through a small opening that is usually fitted with a magnifying lens.
- peerless — having no equal; matchless; unrivaled.
- peesweep — an early spring storm
- peetweet — the spotted sandpiper.
- peg down — to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- peiching — Beijing.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- peiraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- pejorate — to change for the worse
- pekinese — A pekinese is a type of small dog with long hair, short legs, and a short, flat nose.
- pelagial — the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
- pelagian — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- pelerine — a woman's cape of fur or cloth, usually waist-length in back with long descending ends in front.
- pellagra — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
- pellekar — palikar.
- pelletal — of, relating to, or resembling a pellet
- pellicle — a thin skin or membrane; film; scum.
- pellucid — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- pelology — the study of the therapeutic uses of mud
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- pelorize — to affect with peloria.
- peltless — without fur or a pelt
- pembroke — a borough in Dyfed, in SW Wales: birthplace of King Henry VII.
- pemmican — dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.
- pemoline — a synthetic, weak, central nervous system stimulant, C 9 H 8 N 2 O 2 , with sympathomimetic activity, used as an adjunct in the management of hyperkinetic behavior disorders.
- pen name — a pseudonym used by an author; nom de plume.
- penalise — to subject to a penalty, as a person.