Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Petunia (n.) A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.

(1) - Petuntse (n.) Alt. of Petuntze

(1) - Pew (v. t.) To furnish with pews.
(2) - Pew (n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.
(3) - Pew (n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.

(1) - Pewit (n.) The pewee.
(2) - Pewit (n.) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing.
(3) - Pewit (n.) The lapwing.

(1) - Pewter (n.) Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
(2) - Pewter (n.) A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.