All English words - page 4070

Meanings of Penultima:

noun

The penultimate syllable of a word or foot.

Meanings of Penultimate:

adjective

Last but one in a series of things; second last.

Usage examples:

The penultimate chapter of the book

Meanings of Penultimatum:

noun

A demand which is almost an ultimatum; a demand sent immediately before an ultimatum.

Meanings of Penults:

noun

The penultimate syllable of a word.

Usage examples:

The first places stress either on the penult of the stem (origin-al, with source origin; virgin-al …

Meanings of Penumbra:

noun

The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.

Usage examples:

In other cases the moon does not pass through the umbra at all, just going through the penumbra (a …

Meanings of Penumbrae:

noun

The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.

Usage examples:

In other cases the moon does not pass through the umbra at all, just going through the penumbra (a …

Meanings of Penumbras:

noun

The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.

Usage examples:

In other cases the moon does not pass through the umbra at all, just going through the penumbra (a …

Meanings of Penurious:

adjective

Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.

Usage examples:

A penurious old tramp

Meanings of Penury:

noun

The state of being very poor; extreme poverty.

Usage examples:

He couldn't face another year of penury

Meanings of Penutian:

adjective

Relating to or denoting a proposed superfamily or phylum of north american languages including chinook, klamath, and nez percé, most of which are now extinct or nearly so. some scholars include certain living languages of central and south america, principally mayan and mapuche, in this group.

Usage examples:

They speak a sahaptian dialect of the penutian language family, which is common among other plateau…

noun

The penutian family of languages.

Usage examples:

The costanoans (which means "coast people" in spanish) spoke penutian and lived along california's …

Meanings of Penwiper:

noun

A small brush or wad of folded cloth (in earlier use frequently of a decorative design) used for cleaning a pen by wiping the ink from it. now chiefly historical.

Meanings of Penwoman:

noun

A woman who writes with a specified degree of skill.

Usage examples:

A poor penwoman

Meanings of Penwomanship:

noun

The practice or skill of a penwoman; women's writing.

Meanings of Penwomen:

noun

A woman who writes with a specified degree of skill.

Usage examples:

A poor penwoman

Meanings of Peon:

noun

A spanish american day labourer or unskilled farm worker.

Usage examples:

After playing the game for 50 minutes, the computer will have successfully constructed one farm and…

Meanings of Peones:

noun

A spanish american day labourer or unskilled farm worker.

Usage examples:

After playing the game for 50 minutes, the computer will have successfully constructed one farm and…

Meanings of Peonies:

noun

A herbaceous or shrubby plant of north temperate regions, which has long been cultivated for its showy flowers.

Usage examples:

Put stakes and supports in place for tall, herbaceous plants, like peonies and delphiniums.

Meanings of Peons:

noun

A spanish american day labourer or unskilled farm worker.

Usage examples:

After playing the game for 50 minutes, the computer will have successfully constructed one farm and…

Meanings of Peony:

noun

A herbaceous or shrubby plant of north temperate regions, which has long been cultivated for its showy flowers.

Usage examples:

Put stakes and supports in place for tall, herbaceous plants, like peonies and delphiniums.

adjective

Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers

Meanings of People:

noun

Human beings in general or considered collectively.

Usage examples:

The earthquake killed 30,000 people

verb

(of a group of people) inhabit (a place).

Usage examples:

An arid mountain region peopled by warring clans

Any group of human beings collectively

plural noun

Men, women, and children generally; pl ofperson

Usage examples:

There were a lot of people there., some people were hurt., young/old people, poor/rich people, thos…

Meanings of Peopled:

verb

(of a group of people) inhabit (a place).

Usage examples:

An arid mountain region peopled by warring clans

noun

Human beings in general or considered collectively.

Usage examples:

The earthquake killed 30,000 people

plural noun

Men, women, and children generally; pl ofperson

Usage examples:

There were a lot of people there., some people were hurt., young/old people, poor/rich people, thos…

Meanings of Peopledom:

noun

A province, commune; specifically (in ancient greece) a deme.

Meanings of Peoplehood:

noun

The fact or state of being a community of people of shared race or nationality, often with the implication of associated status or rights.

Usage examples:

They desire to have their peoplehood recognized constitutionally

Meanings of Peopleize:

verb

To popularize, to make democratic; to cause to belong to the populace (as opposed to those in power); to make accessible to all.

Meanings of Peopleless:

adjective

Having no people or population; uninhabited, unoccupied.