Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Pemphigus (n.) A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body.

(1) - Pen (n.) A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.
(2) - Pen (n. & v.) To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.
(3) - Pen (v. t.) To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.
(4) - Pen (n.) A female swan.
(5) - Pen (n.) The internal shell of a squid.
(6) - Pen (n.) Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
(7) - Pen (n.) An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.
(8) - Pen (n.) A wing.
(9) - Pen (n.) A feather.