Words in english starting with P

• pettifogger — Noun – English ～ a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
• pettifoggery — Noun – English ～ a quarrel about petty points
• pettily — Adverb – English ～ in a petty way
• pettiness — Noun – English ～ narrowness of mind or ideas or views
• pettiness — Noun – English ～ lack of generosity in trifling matters
• pettiness — Noun – English ～ the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
• petting — Noun – English ～ affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
• pettish — Adjective – English ～ easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
• pettishly — Adverb – English ～ in a petulant manner; "he said testily: `Go away!'"
• pettishness — Noun – English ～ a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
• petty bourgeoisie — Noun – English ～ lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)
• petty morel — Noun – English ～ unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
• petty juror — Noun – English ～ a member of a petit jury
• petty criticism — Noun – English ～ a petty disparagement
• petty jury — Noun – English ～ a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings
• petty officer — Noun – English ～ a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
• petty cash — Noun – English ～ a small fund of cash that a firm keeps for the payment of incidental expenses
• petty — Noun – English ～ larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
• petty larceny — Noun – English ～ larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
• petty apartheid — Noun – English ～ racial segregation enforced primarily in public transportation and hotels and restaurants and other public places

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