Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z pecuniar Pecuniary. pecuniarily In a pecuniary manner; in terms of money; financially. pecuniary Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial. pecuniosity Wealth. pecunious With money, wealthy; financially independent. ped A pedestrian. peda A sweet made from khoa, sugar, and various flavourings. pedabro A dobro fitted with pedals. pedage A toll or tax paid by passengers travelling through a specific place, entitling them to safe conduct and protection. pedagogal Synonym of pedagogical. pedagogic Synonym of pedagogical. pedagogical Of, or relating to pedagogy; teaching. pedagogically From a pedagogical point of view. pedagogics The science or art of teaching; pedagogy. pedagogism The character, manner, occupation, or system of pedagogues. pedagogist A pedagogical teacher. pedagogize to make suitable for the learning process pedagogue A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young. pedagoguery pedantic teaching or lecturing; didacticism pedagoguese The jargon used by educationists. pedagoguette A schoolmistress. pedagoguish Like a pedagogue pedagoguishness The state of being pedagoguish pedagogy The profession of teaching. pedaheh A type of Ukrainian dumpling, similar to Polish pierogi. Traditionally called pyrohy or varenyky. pedal A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano. pedalboard A large keyboard at the base of an electronic or pipe organ console that the organist plays with the feet. pedalboarding The activity of travelling on a pedalboard pedalboat a pedalo pedale A foot-cloth in front of an altar. pedalfer Soil containing aluminum and iron that lacks a hardened layer of carbonates. pedalferic Of or relating to a pedalfer. pedaliaceous Of or relating to the Pedaliaceae. pedalian Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal. pedalier pedalboard (organ keyboard) pedaling The set of pedal movements to be performed when playing a piano or organ. pedalist A person operating the pedals of something. pedaliter Of organ music requiring the use of both the manuals and the pedals pedality The physical structure of a soil, especially in the context of its constituent peds. pedalled Having, involving, or being operated by pedals. pedaller One who pedals; a cyclist (bicycle rider). pedally By means of the foot. pedalo A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation. pedancy Pedantry; pedanticness. pedanda In Bali, a Hindu priest or priestess. pedaneous Going on foot; pedestrian. pedant A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar. pedantic Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant. pedantical Pedantic. pedantically In a pedantic manner. pedanticalness The quality of being pedantical. pedanticism pedantry pedanticize To be a pedant. pedanticness Synonym of pedantry. pedantics Pedantic details. pedantism Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant; pedantry. pedantize To act pedantically; to use pedantic expressions. pedantly In a pedantic manner. pedantocracy Government by pedants. pedantocrat A proponent of pedantocracy. pedantocratic Promoting or relating to pedantocracy. pedantry An excessive attention to detail or rules. pedanty A group or clique of pedants. pedarian One of a group of men eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote. Other authors suggest they could not even speak, but would stand on the side of the Senate with which they agreed most. pedary A sandal. pedascule a pedant, schoolmaster. pedate Having the characteristics of a foot. pedately In a pedate manner. pedatifid Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base. pedatiform Synonym of pedatifid. pedatilobed Palmate, with supplementary lobes at the base. pedatinerved Having the midrib stop short, with two strong lateral nerves proceeding from its base, giving rise to others that extend only to the apex. pedatipartite Having pedate venation, and the lobes nearly free. pedatisect Pedately veined, the divisions nearly reaching the midrib. Peddapalli A district of Telangana, India. peddar A person who takes goods for sale in a basket from place to place; a peddler. Peddicord A surname. Peddie A surname originating as a patronymic. peddle To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities. peddler An itinerant seller of small goods. peddleress A female peddler. peddlery The trade or goods of a peddler. peddlesome Characterised or marked by peddling peddling The act of one who peddles. Peddy A surname. pedelec A bicycle with an electric motor which assists the rider but only while they are pedalling. Peden A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Peder A male given name from Danish, equivalent to English Peter. pederast A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty. pederastic Relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys. pederastically In a pederastic manner. pederastice pederasty pederasty Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy. pederero A short piece of chambered ordnance, used to fire stones in naval and siege warfare. pederin Any of a group of vesicant toxic amides present in beetles of the genus Paederus Pedernales A river in central Texas, United States. pederosis sexual impulse directed towards children; paedophilia pederotic Relating to pederosis. Pedersen A surname. Pederson A surname. pedes pediatrics Pedescala A village in Italy; a frazione of Valdastico. pedesis Brownian motion pedespeed A 19th-century Victorian-era invention that served as an early, oversized precursor to roller skates. pedestal The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp. pedestalization Act or process of pedestalizing. pedestalize To place something on a pedestal; to hold something in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree. pedestrial Of or pertaining to the feet or walking; using or for use by the foot or feet. pedestrially on foot, as a pedestrian pedestrian Of or intended for those who are walking. pedestrianate To travel by walking. pedestrianess A female pedestrian. pedestrianism Going on foot; walking. pedestrianization The restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only. pedestrianize To restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles and sometimes cyclists pedestrianly In a pedestrian way. pedestrianness The quality of being pedestrian. pedestrienne A female pedestrian. pedestrious Going on foot i.e. not flying or swimming. pedetentous Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously. pedetentously In a pedetentous fashion; cautiously; gradually. pedetic Relating to pedesis, or Brownian motion. pedetid Any in the family Pedetidae of springhares. pedgill To work hard and painstakingly (at something); to plod or persevere. pedi A group of people inhabiting the Limpopo Province of South Africa and speaking various dialects of Northern Sotho. pedial Relating to the foot; pedal. pedialgia Synonym of podalgia. pediatric Of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children and adolescents. pediatrically With regard to pediatrics pediatrician A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. pediatrics The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents. pedibus Synonym of party bike. pedicab A tricycle having a hooded cab to seat paying passengers. pedical Relating to a pedicel pedically By means of a pedicel pedicant A person who takes the penetrated role in anal sex. pedicate To penetrate (someone) anally; to perform pedication on (someone). pedicatio anal sex pedication Anal sex. pedicator A person who takes the penetrating role in anal sex. pedicel A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster. pedicellar Relating to a pedicel. pedicellaria A small, stalk-shaped structure of the sea urchin and other echinoderms, which has three pincer-like structures at the end that perform cleaning functions and serve as defense against predators. pedicellarial Relating to the pedicellaria. pedicellasterid Any sea star of the genus Pedicellaster pedicellate Having (or supported by) a pedicel. pedicellately In a pedicellate manner. pedicellation The formation of a pedicel or peduncle. pedicelled Having a pedicel. pedicellus The base of the antenna of some insects