| pea |
a small, round, green seed borne in pods on a climbing plant of the legume family, and used as a vegetable. [3 definitions] |
| peace |
a state of freedom from war or hostility. [6 definitions] |
| peaceful |
tranquil; quiet. [2 definitions] |
| peace pipe |
a ceremonial pipe for all to smoke during an American Indian peace conference; calumet. |
| peach |
a soft, juicy, edible fruit that has downy yellow or reddish skin and a single large rough stone. [4 definitions] |
| peacock |
a male peafowl, notable for its long colorful tail, which it can raise and spread like a fan. [3 definitions] |
| peafowl |
either of two very large Asian pheasants, the males of which have long colorful tails, which they can raise and spread like a fan. (See peacock.) |
| peak |
the top part of a mountain that tapers to a point, or such a mountain itself. [7 definitions] |
| peal |
a loud ringing of bells, esp. bells of different tones. [5 definitions] |
| peanut |
a pod, or one of the oily, nutlike, edible seeds it encloses, of a plant of the legume family that matures its seed pods underground. [2 definitions] |
| peanut butter |
a paste made by grinding roasted peanuts, used as a spread in sandwiches or the like or in cooking. |
| pear |
a rounded, white-fleshed, edible fruit that narrows at the stem end. [2 definitions] |
| pearl |
a smooth, hard, glossy deposit, valued as a gem, that is formed inside the shells of oysters and some other mollusks to cover an irritant object such as a grain of sand. [8 definitions] |
| peasant |
a member of the class of farm laborers and small farmers, esp. in Europe. [2 definitions] |
| peat |
soil, usu. from a marshy area, that is rich in partly decayed organic matter and can be used as fuel or fertilizer. |
| pebble |
a small rock rounded by the action of water. [4 definitions] |
| pecan |
an edible nut that has a thin, smooth, oval shell. [2 definitions] |
| peccary |
either of two piglike mammals of semitropical and tropical America that are smaller than pigs and have dark dense hair. |
| peck1 |
in the US, a unit of capacity equal to eight quarts or 8.81 liters. Used primarily for dry measure. [4 definitions] |
| peck2 |
to strike, nip, or pick up with the beak. [7 definitions] |
| peculiar |
odd, strange, or unusual. [3 definitions] |