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 pejorativization The process by which a term gains a more negative connotation over time. pejorism The belief that the world is becoming worse. pejorist One who believes that the world is getting worse. pejority pejoration; process of making or becoming worse pejorize To render pejorative. pejvakin A protein that regulates the function of hair cells Pekala A surname from Polish. Pekalongan A city in Central Java, Indonesia. Pekalski A surname from Polish. pekan A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) Pekanbaru The capital and largest city of Riau, Indonesia. Pekar A surname. Pekarek A surname. peke A Pekingese dog. Pekela A municipality of Groningen, Netherlands. Pekie A Pekinese dog. pekilocerin A particular steroid glycoside. Pekin A type of patterned silk. Pekinger A native or inhabitant of Peking. Pekingese A small toy dog from China. Pekingological Relating to Pekingology. Pekingologist One who studies Pekingology. Pekingology The study of the behavior of the government of the People's Republic of China. pekkie A black person. pekoe A high-quality black tea made using young leaves, grown in Sri Lanka, India, Java and the Azores. pekoite An orthorhombic-pyramidal lead gray mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, selenium, and sulfur. pekovite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing boron, oxygen, silicon, and strontium. Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik A lake in Canada. pel pixel pela Synonym of Chinese wax. pelado A poor urban slum-dweller or migrant in Mexico. peladophobia The fear of baldness or bald people. Pelaez A surname from Spanish. pelage Fur, hair, or any other form of the coat of a mammal. Pelagia A female given name pelagial Synonym of pelagic. pelagian Of or pertaining to Pelagius (circa 354–420/440), an ascetic who denied the need for divine aid in performing good works. Pelagianism A Christian belief that denies the view of original sin and the necessity of grace, asserting that man is capable of achieving salvation by his own efforts. Pelagianist A Pelagian. Pelagianistic Relating to Pelagianism. Pelagianize To make Pelagian. Pelagianizer One who Pelagianizes; a proponent of Pelagianism. pelagiarian A member of the controversial fish clade, Pelagiaria, including the Acanthomorpha, Percomorpha, and certain potentially related extinct fishes. pelagibacter Any marine bacterium of the genus Pelagibacter pelagic Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters. pelagically In a pelagic way; in or of the open sea. Pelagie A female given name pelagiellid Any extinct mollusk in the family Pelagiellidae. Pelagies The Pelagian Islands, the Pelagie. pelagiid Any jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae Pelagio A surname. pelagiphage A bacteriophage of the open sea Pelagius A male given name of historical usage. pelagobenthic pelagic and benthic pelagonym The name of a sea. pelagophil Any fish that lives (or spawns) in the open sea. pelagophilous Relating to pelagophily. pelagophily The condition of being a pelagophil. pelagophycean Any marine alga of the class Pelagophyceae pelagophyte Any of several heterokont algae of the class Pelagophyceae. pelagornithid Any extinct bird in the family Pelagornithidae. pelagosaur Any of the extinct crocodile-like animals of genus †Pelagosaurus which lived during the Jurassic period. pelagosite A pisolitic variety of aragonite. pelagothuriid Any sea cucumber in the family Pelagothuriidae pelanserin A serotonin antagonist. pelargic Relating to the stork (bird). Pelargikon Synonym of Enneapylon. pelargonaldehyde Synonym of nonanal. pelargonate Any salt or ester of pelargonic acid pelargonic Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Pelargonium. pelargonidin An anthocyanidin, 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in geraniums and several soft berries pelargonin An anthocyanin that is a glucoside of pelargonidin pelargonium Any of various flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium, similar to (and often confused with) true geraniums, but less hardy and often cultivated as annuals for ornamental purposes. pelargonoyl The univalent radical derived from pelargonic acid by loss of the hydroxy group pelarspovirus Any RNA virus of the genus Pelarspovirus Pelasgi Pelasgians Pelasgian An inhabitant of pre-Hellenic Greece. Pelasgic Pelasgian Pelasgoi The Pelasgians. Pelasgus The eponymous ancestor of the Pelasgians, the mythical inhabitants of Greece who established the worship of the Dodonaean Zeus, Hephaestus, the Cabeiri, and other divinities. pelau A Trinidadian dish of meat, rice, and peas cooked together in one pot. pelaw A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2962). pelB a gene, which encodes "pectate lyase B", from Pelvetia canaliculata and barnacles Pelc A surname from Czech. Pelcastre A surname from Spanish. Pelch A surname. Pelchat A surname. Pele The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos. pelea Synonym of melicope: a plant of the genus Pelea. Pelean Of or relating to Mount Pelée, a volcano in northern Martinique. pelecanid Any member of the family Pelecanidae; a pelican. pelecaniform Any bird of the order Pelecaniformes. pelecanoidid Any bird in the family Pelecanoididae; a diving petrel. Pelecanos A surname. Pelechaty A surname from Polish. pelecinid Any wasp in the family Pelecinidae. pelecoid Hatchet-shaped. pelecorhynchid Any fly of the family Pelecorhynchidae. pelecypod Any of the Pelecypoda. peled The Coregonus peled, a whitefish of the Salmonidae family, endemic to Northern Europe and Russia. Pelee An island in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the western half of Lake Erie. Peleg A male given name from Hebrew. pelehouse A fortified house Peleliu One of the islands of Palau. Peleng An island of the Banggai archipelago in the province of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. pelerin A pilgrim. pelerine A kind of short cape or covering for the shoulders, associated especially with medieval pilgrims (of any gender). Pelethim The Pelethites. Pelethite A member of an ethnic group in the Levant, mentioned in the Bible. peleton A small pellet or ball. Peleus A king of Phthia, son of Aeacus and Endeïs, brother of Telamon, and father of Achilles. pelf Money, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon. pelfie A self-taken photograph of one's pet. pelfish Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy. pelfray pelf Pelfrey A surname. pelham A type of bit used on the bridle of a horse, consisting of a mouthpiece, a shank, and two rings on each side. pelican Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch. pelicanish Resembling or characteristic of a pelican. pelicanist Someone who attempts to explain away UFO reports by means of any explanation, however illogical. pelicanlike Resembling or characteristic of a pelican. pelicanry A colony of pelicans. pelick An American coot, species Fulica americana. Pelico A surname from Catalan. Pelides An epithet of the hero Achilles, alluding to his father Peleus. pelidnoma A circumscribed, elevated, livid patch on the skin. Peligran An age from 62.5 to 59 million years ago, a subdivision of the Paleocene. Pelikan A surname from Czech of German or Czech origin. pelike A ceramic container of Ancient Greece, similar to an amphora. pelinkovac A liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans. pelioma A livid bruise. peliomycin A particular cytotoxic agent. Pelion A mountain in Thessaly, northern Greece, forming a peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. Pelionic Relating to Pelion peliosanthoside A particular steroid glycoside. peliosis purpura pelisse A fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform. Pelissero A surname from Italian Pelissier A surname from French [in turn from Occitan]. pelite A sedimentary rock containing very fine particles. pelitic Relating to, or containing, pelite. pelitinib A particular kinase inhibitor. pelitrexol A particular glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase inhibitor. Pelka The former name of Pelekanos, Kozani, Greece. Pelkey A surname. Pelkosenniemi A municipality of Lapland, Finland. pell A fur or hide. Pella An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia. pellack A porpoise. pellage The duty on hides, furs and skins.