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Pecorino
- unknown - hard Italian cheese made from ewe's milk (pecora=sheep)
- Hard Italian cheese made from ewes' milk
Pectinal
- - Of or pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb.
Pectoral
- adjective - an adornment worn on the chest or breast
- either of two large muscles of the chest
- of or relating to the chest or thorax; "pectoral organ"
Pectosic
- - Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, pectose; specifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute largely ordinary pectin or vegetable jelly.
Peculate
- verb - appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
Peculiar
- adjective - (Eng. Canon Law) A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the see within which it resides.
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
- characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney
- markedly different from the usual; "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "t
Peculium
- - The saving of a son or a slave with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own; any exclusive personal or separate property.
Picadors
- noun - the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low