Petaline.

Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline.

An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid.

Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to apetalous.

A petal.

See Petard.

A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded.

One who managed a petard.

The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.

Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister.

A genus of very large Asiatic flying squirrels.

A natural family of Old World flying squirrels.

A small cock or faucet or valve for letting out air or releasing compression, or for draining a vessel.

Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.

Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechi/; spotted.

To become depleted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.

See Petrel.

See Pederero.

A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter.

A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material.

See Saint Peter's-wort, under Saint.

Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud.

Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.

A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.

Petiolate.

Supported by its own petiolule.

A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.

Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty.

A size category of women's clothing, for women with less than average height.

The fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question.

To make a petition or solicitation.

By way of begging the question; by an assumption.

Supplicatory; making a petition.

A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.

One who presents a petition.

The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.

One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant.

Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.

See Packfong.

See Petrology.

An ancient war engine for hurling stones.

See Saltpeter.

Of or pertaining to rock.

Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellarid/. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.

The process of changing into stone; petrification.

Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water.

The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.

Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.

Petrifying; petrifactive.

To petrify.

See Petrifaction.

Converted into stone.

To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.

Of or pertaining to St. Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles.

A genus of perennial tussock-forming rock plants; native to the Pyrenees and mountains of Northern Spain; it is similar to and sometimes placed in the genus Lychnis.

Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rock wallaby (Petrogale penicillata).

A carving or drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric humans; called also a petrograph.

Of or pertaining to petroglyphs or petroglyphy.

The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone.

A carving or drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric humans; called also a petrograph.

The art of writing on stone.

Pertaining to the petrous, or periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog.

Petroleum.

A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments.

Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.

One who makes use of petroleum for incendiary purposes.

A paraffin obtained from petroleum from Rangoon in India, and practically identical with ordinary paraffin.

Of or pertaining to petrology.

According to petrology.

One who is versed in petrology.

The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology.

Of or pertaining to the petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone; periotic.

A lamprey.

A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century.

A petrosal bone. The auditory capsule.

Felsite.

Containing, or consisting of, petrosilex.

A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made.

Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone.

See Pettychaps.

A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist.

wearing or furnished with a petticoat; as, petticoated ladies; a petticoated table.

To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.

A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.

The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles; chicanery.

Pettifoggery.

To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks.

In a petty manner; frivolously.

The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.

Sexually titillating foreplay without contact with the genital organs.

Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.

The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet.

The breast.

Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a petty prince.

Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviin/, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).

The needle furze. See under Needle.

The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor.

Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

In a petulant manner.

Wantonness; friskiness.

Wanton; frisky; lustful.

To spray (tobacco) with a liquid intended to produce flavor or aroma.

A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnel-form or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacea, with reddish purple flowers, and Petunia nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.

Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain.

A telluride of silver and gold, related to hessite.

A tasteless white crystalline substance, extracted from the roots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria), and other related plants; -- called also imperatorin.

A liquid resembling camphene, obtained by treating turpentine hydrochloride with lime.

To furnish with pews.

A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis ph/be, or Sayornis fuscus). Called also pewit, and ph/be.

Same as Pewit.

One who occupies the same pew with another.

The lapwing. The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing. The pewee.

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.

One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; a pewtersmith.

Belonging to, or resembling, pewter; as, a pewtery taste.

Nap of cloth.

The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel.

A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some of which are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors.

A large natural family comprising many typical cup fungi.

An order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps.