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Petiolar
a.
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Alt. of Petiolary
Petiolary
a.
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Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud.
Petiolate
a.
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Alt. of Petiolated
Petiolated
a.
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Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.
Petiole
n.
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A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.
Petiole
n.
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A stalk or peduncle.
Petioled
a.
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Petiolate.
Petiolulate
a.
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Supported by its own petiolule.
Petiolule
n.
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A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.
Petit
a.
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Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty.
Petition
n.
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A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.
Petition
n.
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A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.
Petitioned
imp. & p. p.
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of Petition
Petitioning
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Petition
Petition
v. t.
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To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.
Petition
v. i.
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To make a petition or solicitation.
Petitionarily
adv.
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By way of begging the question; by an assumption.
Petitionary
a.
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Supplicatory; making a petition.
Petitionary
a.
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Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle.
Petitionee
n.
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A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
Petitioner
n.
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One who presents a petition.
Petitioning
n.
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The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
Petitor
n.
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One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant.
Petitory
a.
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Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.
Petong
n.
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See Packfong.
Petralogy
n.
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See Petrology.
Petrary
n.
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An ancient war engine for hurling stones.
Petrean
a.
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Of or pertaining to to rock.
Petre
n.
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See Saltpeter.
Petrel
n.
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Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.