Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Peculation (n.) The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement.

(1) - Peculator (n.) One who peculates.

(1) - Peculiar (n.) A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
(2) - Peculiar (n.) That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
(3) - Peculiar (a.) Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance.
(4) - Peculiar (a.) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
(5) - Peculiar (a.) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation.

(1) - Peculiarity (n.) Exclusive possession or right.
(2) - Peculiarity (n.) That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.
(3) - Peculiarity (n.) The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.

(1) - Peculiarly (adv.) In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.