Definition of pet

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Pet (a.) Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory..

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Hot-headed :: Hot-headed (a.) Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.
Viburnum :: Viburnum (n.) A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose..
Order :: Order (n.) That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate..
Labellum :: Labellum (n.) The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape..
Petalody :: Petalody (n.) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals..
Redan :: Redan (n.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.
Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like..
Pipette :: Pipette (n.) A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities..
Appetize :: Appetize (v. t.) To make hungry; to whet the appetite of.
Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner..
Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself..
Andropetalous :: Andropetalous (a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus..
Lust :: Lust (n.) Licentious craving; sexual appetite.
Unfit :: Unfit (v. t.) To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings..
Plumbagineous :: Plumbagineous (a.) Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which Plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera..
Pettitoes :: Pettitoes (n. pl.) The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet..
Baldachin :: Baldachin (n.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's..
Peter :: Peter (v. i.) To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out..
Turbeth :: Turbeth (n.) See Turpeth.
Santalum :: Santalum (n.) A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood..
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