English words starting with pet

Meanings of Pet:

noun

A domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure.

Usage examples:

The pony was a family pet

verb

Stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately.

Usage examples:

The cats came to be petted

abbreviation

Polyethylene terephthalate.

Meanings of Pet peeve:

idiom

An annoyance about which someone frequently complains

noun

Something that a particular person finds especially annoying.

Usage examples:

One of my biggest pet peeves is poor customer service

Meanings of Pet-hate:

phrase

A theory, subject, hate, etc. that is special and important to you

Usage examples:

Pet peeve us my pet peeve (= pet hate) is cleaning the bathroom., football is one of her pet hates.…

Meanings of Pet-name:

noun

An informal, affectionate name given to someone by family or friends

Usage examples:

Bruce's pet name for noelle is "otter," which can be embarrassing when other people hear it.

Meanings of Petal:

noun

Each of the segments of the corolla of a flower, which are modified leaves and are typically coloured.

Usage examples:

In several species the flowers never close, as the petals abscise when the flower is still open.

Meanings of Petaled:

suffix

Having the number or color of petals that is mentioned

Usage examples:

A five-petaled flower, a white-petaled rose

Meanings of Petaliferous:

adjective

Having petals.

Meanings of Petaliform:

adjective

Having the form of or resembling a petal; petaloid.

Meanings of Petalism:

noun

The custom of temporary banishment (for five years) practised in ancient syracuse, effected by writing the name of the person banished on an olive leaf (rather than on a potsherd, as in the ostracism of athens).

Meanings of Petalite:

noun

A rare lithium-containing mineral which occurs as greyish to black metallic masses with a leaflike cleavage and is used in some ceramics.

Meanings of Petalled:

suffix

Having the number or colour of petals that is mentioned

Usage examples:

A five-petalled flower, a white-petalled rose

Meanings of Petalless:

adjective

Lacking petals; apetalous.

Meanings of Petalodies:

noun

Transformation of parts of a flower, usually stamens or sepals, into petals or petal-like structures (as a teratological or evolutionary phenomenon).

Meanings of Petalodont:

noun

A pavement-toothed shark of the extinct family petalodontidae or order petalodontiformes, having petal-shaped teeth and known from carboniferous and permian fossils.

adjective

Of or relating to the extinct shark family petalodontidae or order petalodontiformes.

Meanings of Petalodontid:

noun

A pavement-toothed shark of the extinct family petalodontidae or order petalodontiformes, having petal-shaped teeth and known from carboniferous and permian fossils.

adjective

Of or relating to the extinct shark family petalodontidae or order petalodontiformes.

Meanings of Petalody:

noun

Transformation of parts of a flower, usually stamens or sepals, into petals or petal-like structures (as a teratological or evolutionary phenomenon).

Meanings of Petalon:

noun

The plate of gold worn hanging from the linen mitre of a jewish high priest.

Meanings of Petalous:

adjective

Having petals. compare "apetalous", "monopetalous", etc.

Meanings of Petals:

noun

Each of the segments of the corolla of a flower, which are modified leaves and are typically coloured.

Usage examples:

In several species the flowers never close, as the petals abscise when the flower is still open.

Meanings of Petalwise:

adverb

Like a petal.

Meanings of Petard:

noun

A small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall.

Usage examples:

Machine guns in front and on the flank opened fire, while petards, bombs, and artillery fire covere…

Meanings of Petardier:

noun

A soldier in charge of a petard.

Meanings of Petards:

noun

A small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall.

Usage examples:

Machine guns in front and on the flank opened fire, while petards, bombs, and artillery fire covere…

Meanings of Petasites:

noun

Originally: the plant butterbur, petasites hybridus. later also: (in form petasites) a genus of the family asteraceae (compositae), comprising perennial herbs, usually with large leaves and small white, yellow, or pink flowers, native to north temperate zones; (also petasites) any member of this genus, especially butterbur or winter heliotrope, p. fragrans.

Meanings of Petasma:

noun

A copulatory appendage attached to the first pair of pleopods in some male crustaceans, especially penaeid shrimps.