| Pette-Doring disease | nodular panencephalitis |
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| pettichaps | <zoology> See Pettychaps. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| petticoat | <zoology> [Petty + coat. A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist. Petticoat government, government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. Petticoat pipe, a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize the draft. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Pettit, Auguste | <person> French physician, 1869-1939. See: Bachman-Pettit test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pettychaps | <ornithology> Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pettywhin | <botany> The needle furze. See Needle. Origin: Petty + whin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| petunia | <botany> A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. Nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas. Origin: NL, fr. Braz. Petun tobacco. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| petzite | <chemical> A telluride of silver and gold, related to hessite. Origin: From Petz, who analyzed it. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |