pastophorus
A type of lesser priest in ancient Egypt, originally serving as a doorkeeper to a temple.

pastorium
A parsonage, in some Baptist churches.

patesi
The ruler of any of certain city states of ancient Chaldea, conceived to be a direct representative of the local tutelary god.

patesis
plural of patesi

pathozone
The region surrounding a host within which a pathogen is able to infect it

pathozones
plural of pathozone

pathshala
A kind of Hindu-run village school.

pathshalas
plural of pathshala

patisserie
a shop that sells pastries and cakes
a pastry
pastry

patisseries
plural of patisserie

patriarch
The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.
A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.
An old leader of a village or community.
The male progenitor of a genetic or tribal line, or of a clan or extended family.
The male head of a household or nuclear family.

patriarchs
plural of patriarch

patriation
The transfer of a governmental power from a former mother country to a newly independent one.

patriations
plural of patriation

patriotism
Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
The actions of a patriot
The desire to compete sharply with, and perhaps also dominate, other nations; nationalism.

patriotisms
plural of patriotism

patristicism
The mode of thought of the fathers of the early Christian church.

patristics
The study of the works of the early Christian Church Fathers.

patrologies
plural of patrology

patrology
the study of the lives and works (especially the writings) of the Church Fathers.
a handbook or published collection of patristic literature.

patroon
One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.

patroons
plural of patroon

patwar
A revenue block in India, a subdivision of a district, usually smaller than a tehsil and consisting of several villages.

patwars
plural of patwar

pawnshop
The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security

paxillosid
Any sea star of the order Paxillosida

paxillosidan
Any sea star of the order Paxillosida

paxillosidans
plural of paxillosidan

paxillosids
plural of paxillosid

payam
a subdivision of a county in parts of South Sudan and Sudan

payams
plural of payam

paypoint
A location where people can make payments for a service.

paypoints
plural of paypoint

peacebreaking
Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.

peacelessness
Discord; simmering conflict; a state often preluding war.

peacetime
The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.

peacetimes
plural of peacetime

peacheries
plural of peachery

peachery
A hothouse in which peaches are grown.

peasantries
plural of peasantry

peasantry
Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.
Ignorant people of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics.
The condition of being a peasant; the position, rank, conduct, or quality of a peasant.

peataries
plural of peatary

peatary
Alternative form of peatery.

peateries
plural of peatery

peatery
A peat bog; an area covered by peat, or from which peat is extracted.

peatland
Land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog.

peatlands
plural of peatland

peatries
plural of peatry

peatry
Alternative form of peatery.

peatswamp
An area of waterlogged soil in which the decomposed vegetation has become peat.

peatswamps
plural of peatswamp

pectopah
A Russian (or Serbian, Mongolian, etc.) restaurant.

pectopahs
plural of pectopah

pedalavia
plural of pedalavium

pedalavium
Alternative form of pedilavium.

pedalities
plural of pedality

pedality
The physical structure of a soil, especially in the context of its constituent peds.

pedelavia
plural of pedelavium

pedelavium
Alternative form of pedilavium.

pedicatio
anal sex

pedicellasterid
Any sea star of the genus Pedicellaster

pedicellasterids
plural of pedicellasterid

pedilavia
plural of pedilavium.

pedilavium
The rite of foot-washing based on the act carried out by Jesus Christ on his disciples at the Last Supper. Depending on the church or denomination, it may be carried out at baptism, during Holy Communion, or as part of a Maundy Thursday service; maundy.
A footbath carried out for therapeutic purposes; a pediluvium.

pedilaviums
plural of pedilavium.

pediplain
A large plain formed in a desert by the coalescence of neighbouring pediments

pediplains
plural of pediplain

pediplane
Misspelling of pediplain.

pediveliger
A stage in the life cycle of a veliger when it is able to crawl using its foot.

pediveligers
plural of pediveliger

pedobiome
A biome of soil.

pedobiomes
plural of pedobiome

pedofeature
A zone in a soil that is distinct from the surrounding soils.

pedofeatures
plural of pedofeature

pedorelict
A soil feature formed in a different soil (or paleosol) from the one in which it is present.

pedwalk
A pedestrian walkway.

pedway
An elevated or underground walkway, often connecting high-rise buildings.

pedways
plural of pedway

peelhouse
A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

peelhouses
plural of peelhouse

peishwa
Alternative form of peshwa.

peishwah
Alternative form of peshwa.

peishwahs
plural of peishwah

peishwas
plural of peishwa

pelagosite
A pisolitic variety of aragonite.

pelagothuriid
Any sea cucumber in the family Pelagothuriidae

pelagothuriids
plural of pelagothuriid

pelicanries
plural of pelicanry

pelicanry
A colony of pelicans.

pendentive
The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.

pendentives
plural of pendentive

peneplain
A low-relief plain representing the final stage of fluvial erosion during times of extended tectonic stability.

peneplains
plural of peneplain

peneplane
Alternative form of peneplain.

peneplanes
plural of peneplane

penetralia
The innermost, secret or hidden parts; mysteries.
The innermost parts of a building, such as a shrine, recess or a sanctuary within a temple.

penetralium
the innermost (or most secret) part of a building; an inner sanctum; a sanctum sanctorum.

pennal
A freshman at a German university.

pennals
plural of pennal

pennatulid
Any of the family Pennatulidae of sea pens.

pennatulids
plural of pennatulid

pensiveness
A thoughtful or reflective state, especially if sad or melancholic.

penstroke
a stroke of a pen

penstrokes
plural of penstroke

pensum
A task or imposition set as a school punishment.

pensums
plural of pensum

pentacra
plural of pentacron

pentacron
A solid with five summits (vertices), such as a square pyramid

pentice
An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath.
A covered walkway.
An unexcavated portion of a shaftway, intended to afford protection from falling debris to workers at the bottom of the shaft during certain stages of mining.

pentices
plural of pentice

pentise
Alternative form of pentice.

pentises
plural of pentise

pentomino
A polyomino consisting of five square units. When packing pentominoes into three-dimensional shapes, the square units commonly are expanded into cubes instead of being flattened.

pentominoes
plural of pentomino

penturbia
Small towns that lie beyond city suburbs, viewed collectively.

penwork
artwork made with a pen

peraia
A place on the other side, usually a territory across the sea from a city or an island, generally a dependency of an ancient Greek city.