Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Penetrant (a.) Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold.

(1) - Penetrate (v. i.) To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.
(2) - Penetrate (v. t.) To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand.
(3) - Penetrate (v. t.) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity.
(4) - Penetrate (v. t.) To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

(1) - Penetrating (a.) Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind.
(2) - Penetrating (a.) Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor.
(3) - Penetrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Penetrate

(1) - Penetratingly (adv.) In a penetrating manner.

(1) - Penetration (n.) Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.
(2) - Penetration (n.) The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.