All English words - page 2628

Meanings of Peai:

noun

Among the indigenous peoples of suriname and other parts of south america: a medicine man, a healer, a shaman. compare piaiman , piache .

Meanings of Peak:

noun

The pointed top of a mountain.

Usage examples:

Tatters of fog clung to the peak of the mountain

verb

Reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time.

Usage examples:

The disease peaked in summer

adjective

At the highest level; maximum.

Usage examples:

The canal was restored to peak condition

Meanings of Peaked:

adjective

Having a peak.

Usage examples:

A peaked cap

verb

Reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time.

Usage examples:

The disease peaked in summer

Meanings of Peakedness:

noun

The quality or condition of having or terminating in a peak or point.

Meanings of Peakier:

adjective

Pale from illness or fatigue; sickly.

Usage examples:

You're looking a bit peaky—a change of scene would do you good

Meanings of Peakiest:

adjective

Pale from illness or fatigue; sickly.

Usage examples:

You're looking a bit peaky—a change of scene would do you good

Meanings of Peaking:

verb

Reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time.

Usage examples:

The disease peaked in summer

noun

The pointed top of a mountain.

Usage examples:

Tatters of fog clung to the peak of the mountain

adjective

At the highest level; maximum.

Usage examples:

The canal was restored to peak condition

Meanings of Peakish:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the peak district in derbyshire.

Meanings of Peaks:

noun

The pointed top of a mountain.

Usage examples:

Tatters of fog clung to the peak of the mountain

verb

Reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time.

Usage examples:

The disease peaked in summer

adjective

At the highest level; maximum.

Usage examples:

The canal was restored to peak condition

Meanings of Peal:

noun

A loud ringing of a bell or bells.

Usage examples:

The bell rang again, a long, loud peal

verb

(of a bell or bells) ring loudly or in a peal.

Usage examples:

All the bells of the city began to peal

Meanings of Pealed:

verb

(of a bell or bells) ring loudly or in a peal.

Usage examples:

All the bells of the city began to peal

noun

A loud ringing of a bell or bells.

Usage examples:

The bell rang again, a long, loud peal

Meanings of Pealing:

verb

(of a bell or bells) ring loudly or in a peal.

Usage examples:

All the bells of the city began to peal

noun

A loud ringing of a bell or bells.

Usage examples:

The bell rang again, a long, loud peal

Meanings of Peals:

noun

A loud ringing of a bell or bells.

Usage examples:

The bell rang again, a long, loud peal

verb

(of a bell or bells) ring loudly or in a peal.

Usage examples:

All the bells of the city began to peal

Meanings of Peanuts:

noun

The oval seed of a tropical south american plant, often roasted and salted and eaten as a snack or used to make oil or animal feed.

Usage examples:

A bag of dry-roasted peanuts

Meanings of Pearceite:

noun

A black, lustrous, brittle mineral consisting of a sulphide of silver and arsenic, ag₁₆ as₈ s₁₁, occurring as tabular crystals of the monoclinic system and usually containing copper in place of some of the silver.

Meanings of Pearled:

adjective

Adorned with pearls.

Usage examples:

We saw her pearled like the queen

verb

Form drops resembling pearls.

Usage examples:

Raindrops pearled on water-soaked windowpanes

noun

A small, shiny, hard ball, usually white or blue-gray, that forms around a grain of sand inside some oyster shells and is valued as a jewel

Usage examples:

A string of pearls

Meanings of Pearlescence:

noun

A lustre like that of pearl or mother-of-pearl; a pearlescent effect or appearance.

Meanings of Pearlescent:

adjective

Having a lustre resembling that of mother-of-pearl.

Usage examples:

Pearlescent colours

Meanings of Pearlet:

noun

A small pearl.

Meanings of Pearleye:

noun

A long-bodied fish of open oceans, with tubular eyes which are directed upward and bear a glistening white spot that may be a light organ.

Meanings of Pearlfish:

noun

A long slender fish found chiefly in warmer seas, which lives inside the shells of bivalve molluscs or the body cavities of sea cucumbers and other invertebrates.

Usage examples:

One creature that takes advantage of the movement of water to the respiratory trees in the sea cucu…

Meanings of Pearlfishes:

noun

A long slender fish found chiefly in warmer seas, which lives inside the shells of bivalve molluscs or the body cavities of sea cucumbers and other invertebrates.

Usage examples:

One creature that takes advantage of the movement of water to the respiratory trees in the sea cucu…

Meanings of Pearling:

noun

The activity or occupation of diving or fishing for pearl oysters.

Usage examples:

Pearling was an exciting yet dangerous occupation

verb

Form drops resembling pearls.

Usage examples:

Raindrops pearled on water-soaked windowpanes

Meanings of Pearlish:

adjective

Slightly pearl-coloured or pearl-like.

Meanings of Pearlite:

noun

A finely laminated mixture of ferrite and cementite present in cast iron and steel, formed by the cooling of austenite.

Usage examples:

The structure now consists of free cementite and pearlite.