Words starting with pel
4 letter words starting with pel
- pela — a Chinese scale insect that excretes wax, Ericerus pela
- pele — (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) born 1940, Brazilian soccer player.
- pelf — money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- pell — the hide or skin of an animal
- pelt — to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
5 letter words starting with pel
- pelee — Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4428 feet (1350 meters).
- pella — a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- pelly — a river in SE Yukon Territory, Canada, flowing NW to the Yukon River. 330 miles (530 km) long.
- pelma — the sole of the foot
- pelon — (in Latin America) hairless
6 letter words starting with pel
- pelage — the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
- peleus — a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- pelham — a bit that is used with two pairs of reins, designed to serve the purpose of a full bridle.
- pelias — a son of Poseidon and Tyro. He feared his nephew Jason and sent him to recover the Golden Fleece, hoping he would not return
- pelike — a storage jar with two handles extending from the lip to the shoulder, characterized by an oval body that is wider at the base than at the neck and rests on a foot.
7 letter words starting with pel
- pelagic — of or relating to the open seas or oceans.
- pelasgi — the pre-Hellenic peoples who inhabited Greece and the islands and coasts of the Aegean Sea before the arrival of the Bronze Age Greeks
- pelican — any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- pelisse — an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.
- peloria — regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
8 letter words starting with pel
- pelagial — the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
- pelagian — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- pelerine — a woman's cape of fur or cloth, usually waist-length in back with long descending ends in front.
9 letter words starting with pel
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- pelecypod — any mollusk of the class Pelecypoda (Lamellibranchiata), characterized by a bivalve shell enclosing the headless body and lamellate gills, comprising the oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops.
- pell-mell — in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner.
- pellagrin — a person affected with pellagra.
- pelletier — Wilfrid, 1896–1982, Canadian orchestra conductor.
10 letter words starting with pel
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
- pelletised — to make or form (concentrated ore) into pellets.
- pelletizer — a machine for making pellets
- peltmonger — a seller of pelts
11 letter words starting with pel
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pellucidity — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- peloponnese — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
12 letter words starting with pel
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- peloponnesus — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
13 letter words starting with pel
- pelham-holles — Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1693–1768, British statesman: prime minister 1754–56, 1757–62 (brother of Henry Pelham).
- pelletization — the act of forming or shaping into pellets
- peloponnesian — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
- peloponnesian war — a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.
14 letter words starting with pel
- pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
19 letter words starting with pel
- pellagra-preventive factor — nicotinic acid or its amide, nicotinamide, being the vitamin-B-complex members that serve to prevent pellagra.
21 letter words starting with pel
- pellitory-of-the-wall — an urticaceous plant, P. diffusa, of the S and W European genus Parietaria, which grows in crevices and has long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
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