3. Calm, still, placid, tranquil, serene.

Peace-maker, n. Mediator, intercessor.

Peace-making, a. Conciliatory, mild, appeasing.

Peace-offering, n.

    1. Atonement, satisfaction, amends, reparation, atoning sacrifice.
    2. Mediation, olive-branch, intercession.

Peak, n.

    1. Point.
    2. Top (of a mountain), summit, crest, crown, pinnacle, pico.

Peak, v. n. Grow thin or lean, become emaciated, dwindle.

Peaked, a. Pointed, picked, piked.

Peal, n. Blast, burst, blare, clang.

Peal, v. n. Resound, echo, re-echo, boom, thunder, roar.

Pean, n. See Pæan.

Peanism, n. Jubilation, shouts of triumph.

Pea-nut, n. Ground-nut, earth-nut (Arachis hypogæa).

Pearl, n.

    1. Margarite.
    2. Jewel, gem.
    3. Drop, tear.

Pearlash, n. Commercial carbonate of potash, calcined potash.

Pearl-powder, n. See Pearl-white.

Pearl-white, n. Pearl-powder, oxychloride of bismuth.

Pearly, a.

    1. Abounding in pearls.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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