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Meanings of Pettah:
nounIn sri lanka and southern india: a town or village lying outside or around a fort, and itself sometimes partly fortified.
Petted
pɛtMeanings of Petted:
verbStroke or pat (an animal) affectionately.
Usage examples:
The cats came to be petted
nounA domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure.
Usage examples:
The pony was a family pet
abbreviationPolyethylene terephthalate.
Past simple and past participle of pet
Petticoat
ˈpɛtɪkəʊtMeanings of Petticoat:
nounA woman's light, loose undergarment hanging from the shoulders or the waist, worn under a skirt or dress.
Usage examples:
At the bottom of the trunk she found a set of white undergarments including lacy petticoats and a f…
Meanings of Petticoating:
nounMaterial from which petticoats are made.
Meanings of Petticoats:
nounA woman's light, loose undergarment hanging from the shoulders or the waist, worn under a skirt or dress.
Usage examples:
At the bottom of the trunk she found a set of white undergarments including lacy petticoats and a f…
Meanings of Pettiest:
adjectiveOf little importance; trivial.
Usage examples:
Both groups are known to fight over petty issues
Pettifogged
ˈpɛtɪfɒɡMeanings of Pettifogged:
verbQuibble about petty points.
Usage examples:
They pettifogged on detail and fretted about moral hazard
Pettifogger
ˈpɛtɪfɒɡəMeanings of Pettifogger:
nounAn inferior legal practitioner, especially one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices.
Usage examples:
While the law asserts otherwise, truth's activism demonstrates the capacity of disfranchised americ…
Meanings of Pettifogs:
verbQuibble about petty points.
Usage examples:
They pettifogged on detail and fretted about moral hazard
Meanings of Petting:
verbStroke or pat (an animal) affectionately.
Usage examples:
The cats came to be petted
nounA domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure.
Usage examples:
The pony was a family pet
abbreviationPolyethylene terephthalate.
Present participle of pet
Pettish
ˈpɛtɪʃMeanings of Pettish:
adjective(of a person or their behaviour) childishly bad-tempered and petulant.
Usage examples:
He comes across in his journal entries as spoiled and pettish
Meanings of Pettishly:
adverbIn an angry, impatient, and rude way, especially about things that are not important
Usage examples:
“the key's stuck and won’t move,” she said pettishly., he pettishly pushed away his plate, and lean…
Meanings of Pettitoes:
nounUsually in plural. a pig's foot, especially as an article of food; a pig's trotter. formerly also: †(in plural) the edible entrails of an animal, e.g. a calf, sheep, pig, goose, etc.; offal, giblets (obsolete).
Meanings of Pettle:
nounA tool like a small spade with a long handle, used chiefly to remove earth adhering to a plough; a plough-staff.
Meanings of Petto:
nounThe breast, considered as the repository of a person's private intentions.
Petty
ˈpet.iMeanings of Petty:
adjectiveOf little importance; trivial.
Usage examples:
Both groups are known to fight over petty issues
Meanings of Petty-cash:
nounA small amount of money kept for buying cheap items, esp. in an office
Petulance
ˈpetʃ.ə.lənsMeanings of Petulance:
nounThe quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
Usage examples:
A slight degree of petulance had crept into his voice
Meanings of Petulant:
adjective(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
Usage examples:
He was moody and petulant
Petulantly
ˈpetʃ.ə.lənt.liMeanings of Petulantly:
adverbIn a way that is petulant (= easily annoyed and rude, like a child)
Usage examples:
"well, he didn't invite me to his party so i'm certainly not inviting him to mine!" she said petula…
Meanings of Petune:
verbTo add flavour or aroma to (tobacco) by spraying with a specially prepared liquid.
Meanings of Petunias:
nounA south american plant of the nightshade family which has white, purple, or red funnel-shaped flowers, with many ornamental varieties.
Usage examples:
Tried and true varieties include gerbera daisy, pink and purple wave petunia, begonias, calla lilie…
Meanings of Petuntses:
nounA type of fine china stone used to make chinese porcelain.
Usage examples:
Other fusible materials were added: the mineral sericite (a type of mica called petuntse) by the ch…
Meanings of Petzite:
nounA rare mineral of the cubic crystal system consisting of a telluride of silver and gold with the approximate formula ag₃ aute₂, and occurring as metallic grey to black masses.
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