Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Petrary (n.) An ancient war engine for hurling stones.

(1) - Petrel (n.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.

(1) - Petrifaction (n.) Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.
(2) - Petrifaction (n.) That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
(3) - Petrifaction (n.) The state or condition of being petrified.
(4) - Petrifaction (n.) The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.

(1) - Petrifactive (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
(2) - Petrifactive (a.) Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.

(1) - Petrified (imp. & p. p.) of Petrify