| PECCANT | • peccant adj. (Obsolete) Unhealthy; causing disease. • peccant adj. Sinful. • peccant adj. Wrong; defective; faulty. |
| PECCARY | • peccary n. Any of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the Americas, related to pigs and hippos. • PECCARY n. (Caribbean) a kind of wild pig. |
| PECCAVI | • peccavi interj. An expression of guilt or culpability. • peccavi n. An act of saying ‘peccavi’; an admission of guilt or responsibility. • PECCAVI n. (Latin) a confession of sin or guilt. |
| PECHANS | • PECHAN n. (Scots) the stomach. |
| PECHING | • peching v. Present participle of pech. • PECH v. (Scots) to pant, also PEGH. |
| PECKERS | • peckers n. Plural of pecker. • PECKER n. that which pecks; (slang) the penis. |
| PECKIER | • PECKY adj. marked by decay caused by fungi. |
| PECKING | • pecking v. Present participle of peck. • pecking n. The act by which something is pecked. • pecking n. The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks. |
| PECKISH | • peckish adj. (Colloquial) mildly hungry. • peckish adj. (Colloquial) irritable; crotchety. • PECKISH adj. somewhat hungry. |
| PECTASE | • pectase n. (Biochemistry) pectinesterase. • PECTASE n. an enzyme. |
| PECTATE | • pectate n. (Chemistry) A salt of pectic acid. • PECTATE n. a salt of pectic acid. |
| PECTENS | • pectens n. (Obsolete) plural of pecten. • PECTEN n. (Latin) a comblike anatomical part. |
| PECTINS | • pectins n. Plural of pectin. • PECTIN n. a mixture of carbohydrates found in the cell walls of fruits, used for the setting of jams and jellies. |
| PECTISE | • pectise v. Alternative form of pectize. • PECTISE v. to congeal to a jelly, also PECTIZE. |
| PECTIZE | • pectize v. To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass. • PECTIZE v. to congeal to a jelly, also PECTISE. |
| PECTOSE | • pectose n. (Biochemistry) An amorphous carbohydrate found especially in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose… • PECTOSE n. a pectin-yielding substance contained in the fleshy pulp of unripe fruit. |
| PECULIA | • peculia n. Plural of peculium. • PECULIUM n. (Latin) private property. |