Petechial
Petechial, [ch as k]a.spotted with a pestilence
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A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1806.
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Petiolar
Petiolara.proceeding form a footstalk, as a tendril
Petiolate
Petiolatea.growing on a footstalk as a leaf
Petiole
Petiolen.a little foottalk, or footstalk of a leaf
Petit
Petita.small, inconsiderable, trifling, mean
Petitiner
Petitinern.one who offers a petition
Petition
Petitionn.a prayer, request, entreaty, article
Petition (2)
Petitionv.t.to supplicate, solicit, entreat, beg
Petitionarily
Petitionarilyad.by way of begging the question
Petitionary
Petitionary, or Petitorya.supplicating, petitioning
Petitionee
Petitioneen.the person cited to defend in a petition
Petrel
Petreln.a tribe of aquatic fowls
Petrescence
Petrescencen.a hardening into stone
Petrescent
Petrescenta.turning into stone, hardening
Petrifaction
Petrifaction, or Petrificationn.a becoming stone
Petrifactive
Petrifactive, or Petrifica.able to turn to stone
Petrify
Petrifyv.to change to stone, to become stone
Petrilite
Petriliten.a species of felspar of brownish red
Petrofilex
Petrofilexn.rock-stone, a mixed earth
Petrol
Petroln.rock oil, a liquid inflammable oily substance issuing from the earth
Petronel
Petroneln.a pistol, a very small or light gun
Petrosiliceous
Petrosiliceousa.pertaining to rock-stone
Petticoat
Petticoatn.an under garment worn by women
Pettifogger
Pettifoggern.a petty attorney, a petty lawyer
Pettifogging
Pettifogginga.low, mean, little, unbecoming
Pettiness
Pettinessn.smallness, littleness, meanness
Pettish
Pettish, or Pettlea.froward, fretful, peevish, cross