Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Pectic (a.) Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist.

(1) - Pectin (n.) One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.

(1) - Pectoral (n.) A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.
(2) - Pectoral (n.) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.
(3) - Pectoral (n.) A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person.
(4) - Pectoral (n.) A covering or protecting for the breast.
(5) - Pectoral (a.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.
(6) - Pectoral (a.) Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
(7) - Pectoral (a.) Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.

(1) - Pectus (n.) The breast of a bird.

(1) - Peculate (v. i.) To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.