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Petronel
- - A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century.
Petrosal
- - Hard; stony; petrous; as, the petrosal bone; petrosal part of the temporal bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the petrous, or petrosal, bone, or the corresponding part of the temporal bone.
Petteria
- noun - one species: Dalmatian laburnum
Pettiest
- adjective - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
- contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
- inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
- Most trivial
Pettifog
- verb - argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
Pettings
- noun - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
Petulant
- adjective - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Petuntse
- unknown - Feldspathic rock used in porcelain
Petuntze
- - Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain.