Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Peradventure (n.) Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure.
(2) - Peradventure (adv. & conj.) By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.

(1) - Perambulate (v. i.) To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.
(2) - Perambulate (v. t.) To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.

(1) - Perambulation (n.) A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection.
(2) - Perambulation (n.) An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.
(3) - Perambulation (n.) The act of perambulating; traversing.

(1) - Perambulator (n.) A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing.
(2) - Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer.
(3) - Perambulator (n.) One who perambulates.