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Pestis
- noun - a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
Pestle
- noun - a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
- a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
- grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"
- machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
Pestos
- noun - a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil
Petals
- noun - part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored
Petard
- noun - an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall
Peters
- noun - disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
- obscene terms for penis
- peter out
to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing:
The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
to tire; exhaust
Petite
- adjective - a garment size for short or slender women
- very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
Petrel
- noun - relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land