- 3. Calm, still, placid, tranquil, serene.
Peace-maker, n. Mediator, intercessor.
Peace-making, a. Conciliatory, mild, appeasing.
Peace-offering, n.
- 1. Atonement, satisfaction, amends, reparation, atoning sacrifice.
- 2. Mediation, olive-branch, intercession.
Peak, n.
- 1. Point.
- 2. Top (of a mountain), summit, crest, crown, pinnacle, pico.
Peak, v. n. Grow thin or lean, become emaciated, dwindle.
Peaked, a. Pointed, picked, piked.
Peal, n. Blast, burst, blare, clang.
Peal, v. n. Resound, echo, re-echo, boom, thunder, roar.
Pean, n. See Pæan.
Peanism, n. Jubilation, shouts of triumph.
Pea-nut, n. Ground-nut, earth-nut (Arachis hypogæa).
Pearl, n.
- 1. Margarite.
- 2. Jewel, gem.
- 3. Drop, tear.
Pearlash, n. Commercial carbonate of potash, calcined potash.
Pearl-powder, n. See Pearl-white.
Pearl-white, n. Pearl-powder, oxychloride of bismuth.
Pearly, a.
- 1. Abounding in pearls.