Vocabulary : Pelusiac to Penal

Pelusiac : Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.
Pelvic : Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis.
Pelvimeter : An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis.
Pelvimetry : The measurement of the pelvis.
Pelvis : The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum. ;; The calyx of a crinoid.

Pembroke table : A style of four-legged table in vogue in England, chiefly in the later Georgian period.
Pemmican : A treatise of much thought in little compass. ;; Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun. ;; Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.
Pemphigus : A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body.
Pen : A feather. ;; A wing. ;; An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving. ;; Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. ;; The internal shell of a squid. ;; A female swan. ;; To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. ;; To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. ;; A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.
Penal : Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence ;; Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. ;; Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. ;; Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.

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