Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 29
Peace (v.) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience.
Peace (v.) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord.
Peace (v. t. & i.) To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.
Peaceable (a.) Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.
Peacebreaker (n.) One who disturbs the public peace.
Peaceful (a.) Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.
Peaceful (a.) Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.
Syn: See Peaceable. --{Peace"ful*ly, adv. -- Peace"ful*ness, n.
Peaceful (a.) Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" [syn: peaceful, peaceable] [ant: unpeaceful].
Peaceful (a.) Peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance" [syn: passive, peaceful].
Peaceless (a.) Without peace; disturbed. -- Sandys.
Peacemaker (n.) One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. -- Matt. v. 9. --{Peace"mak`ing, n.
Peacemaker (n.) Someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler].
Peacemaker (n.) A belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War [syn: Browning machine gun, Peacemaker].
Peach (v. t.) 【古】告發；出賣（某人） To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] -- Foxe.
Peach (v. i.) 【俚】告密，告發 [（+against/ on）] To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or Colloq.]
If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. -- Shak.
Peach (n.) (Bot.) 桃子 [C]；桃樹 [C]；桃色 [U]；【俚】特別惹人喜愛的人；漂亮的女孩；極好的事物 [S] A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone.
In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
Peach (n.) The tree ({Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which bears the peach fruit.
Peach (n.) The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.
Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, The large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
Palm peach, The fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa).
Peach color, The pale red color of the peach blossom.
Peach-tree borer (Zool.), The larva of a clearwing moth ({Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.
Peach (n.) Cultivated in temperate regions [syn: peach, peach tree, Prunus persica].
Peach (n.) A very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish].
Peach (n.) Downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh.
Peach (n.) A shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn: yellowish pink, apricot, peach, salmon pink].
Peach (v.) Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful -- his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth].
Peach -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 23668
Housing Units (2000): 9093
Land area (2000): 151.058459 sq. miles (391.239596 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.398603 sq. miles (1.032378 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 151.457062 sq. miles (392.271974 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 32.573982 N, 83.835036 W
Headwords:
Peach
Peach, GA
Peach County
Peach County, GA
Peach-colored (a.) Of the color of a peach blossom. "Peach-colored satin." -- Shak.
Peach-colored (a.) Having the color of a ripe peach.
Peacher (n.) One who peaches. [Low] -- Foxe.
Peachick (n.) (Zool.) The chicken of the peacock.
Peachick (n.) A young peafowl [syn: peachick, pea-chick].
Peachy (a.) Resembling a peach or peaches.
Peachy (a.) Very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing].
Peachy (a.) Of something resembling a peach in color [syn: peachy, peachy-colored, peachy-coloured].
Peacock (n.) (Zool.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is Pavo cristatus. The Javan peacock ({Pavo muticus}) is more brilliantly colored than the common species.
Peacock (n.) In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.
Peacock butterfly (Zool.), A handsome European butterfly ({Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.
Peacock fish (Zool.), The European blue-striped wrasse ({Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook.
Peacock pheasant (Zool.), Any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron.
They resemble the peacock in color.
Peacock (n.) European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot [syn: peacock, peacock butterfly, Inachis io].
Peacock (n.) Male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots.
Peacock, () (Heb. tuk, apparently borrowed from the Tamil tokei). This bird is indigenous to India. It was brought to Solomon by his ships from Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21), which in this case was probably a district on the Malabar coast of India, or in Ceylon. The word so rendered in Job 39:13 literally means wild, tumultuous crying, and properly denotes the female ostrich (q.v.).
Peafowl (n.) The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo.
Peage (n.) See Paage.
Peagrit (n.) A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite.
Peahen (n.) The hen or female peafowl.
Pea-jacket (n.) A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.
Peak (n.) A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
Peak (n.) The top, or one of
the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole
hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the
Peak (n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
Peak (n.) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
Peak (n.) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
Peaked (imp. & p. p.) of Peak.
Peaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peak.
Peak (v. i.) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
Peak (v. i.) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.
Peak (v. i.) To pry; to peep slyly.
Peak (v. t.) To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular.
Peaked (a.) Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.
Peaked (a.) Sickly; not robust.
Peaking (a.) Mean; sneaking.
Peaking (a.) Pining; sickly; peakish.
Peakish (a.) Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a mountainous region.
Peakish (a.) Having peaks; peaked.
Peakish (a.) Having features thin or sharp, as from sickness; hence, sickly.
Peaky (a.) Having a peak or peaks.
Peaky (a.) Sickly; peaked.
Peal (n.) A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
Peal (v. i.) To appeal.
Peal (n.) A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.
Peal (n.) A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.
Pealed (imp. & p. p.) of Peal.
Pealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peal.
Peal (v. i.) To utter or give out loud sounds.
Peal (v. i.) To resound; to echo.
Peal (v. t.) To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.
Peal (v. t.) To assail with noise or loud sounds.
Peal (v. t.) To pour out.
Pean (n.) One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or.
Pean (n.) A song of praise and triumph. See Paean.
Peanism (n.) The song or shout of praise, of battle, or of triumph.
Peanut (n.) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.
Pear (n.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below.
Pearch (n.) See Perch.
Pearlaceous (a.) Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.
Pearlash (n.) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.
Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
Pearlfish (n.) Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.
Pearl Harbor (n.) 珍珠港（英語：Pearl Harbor）是一個位於美國哈瓦伊歐胡島上的海港，位於該州首府檀香山西方。其命名的由來，是該地曾經盛產珍珠而得名。珍珠港港區與鄰近島嶼上大部分的設施都屬於美國海軍所有，作為深水軍港使用，也是美國海軍太平洋艦隊的總部所在地。1941年12月7日珍珠港曾遭日軍突襲轟炸造成重大傷亡，史稱「珍珠港事件」。此事件直接導致美國對日宣戰，正式加入第二次世界大戰中太平洋戰場部分的戰事。
2010年，珍珠港與空軍基地希卡母合併成為「珍珠港-希卡姆聯合基地」。
電影《虎！虎！虎！》及《珍珠港》就是以此事件為背景所拍攝，電影原聲帶亦從此熱銷。
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It has been long visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is now a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The U.S. government first obtained exclusive use of the inlet and the right to maintain a repair and coaling station for ships here in 1887. [1] The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941, was the immediate cause of the United States' entry into World War II. [2] [3] [4]
Pearlins (n. pl.) Alt. of Pearlings.
Pearlings (n. pl.) A kind of lace of silk or thread.
Pearlite (n.) Alt. of Pearlstone.
Pearlstone (n.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.
Pearlwort (n.) A name given to several species of Sagina, low and inconspicuous herbs of the Chickweed family.
Pearly (a.) Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells.
Pearly (a.) Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
Pearmain (n.) The name of several kinds of apples; as, the blue pearmain, winter pearmain, and red pearmain.
Pear-shaped (a.) Of the form of a pear.
Peart (a.) Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day.
Peasant (n.) [C] 農夫，小耕農；【口】鄉下人；粗野的人 A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries.
Syn: Countryman; rustic; swain; hind.
Peasant (a.) Rustic, rural. -- Spenser.
Peasant (n.) A country person [syn: {peasant}, {provincial}, {bucolic}].
Peasant (n.) One of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers.
Peasant (n.) A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: {peasant}, {barbarian}, {boor}, {churl}, {Goth}, {tyke}, {tike}].
Peasantlike (a.) Rude; clownish; illiterate.
Peasantly (a.) Peasantlike.
Peasantry (n.) （總稱）農民 [the S] [G]；農民的地位（或身分、行為） Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics. "A bold peasantry." -- Goldsmith.
Peasantry (n.) Rusticity; coarseness. [Obs.] -- p. Butler.
Peasantry (n.) The class of peasants.
Peascod (n.) The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.
Peases (n. pl. ) of Pease.
Peasen (n. pl. ) of Pease.
Pease (n.) A pea.