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pétillement: twinkle, sparkle; crackle, crackling; fizz, bubbling up, bubbling
pétiller: to fizz, to be fizzy, bubble, bubble up; to crackle; to sparkle, twinkle, flutter
pétiole: leafstalk, petiole
pétition: petition (a written request containing many signatures)
pétition de principe: petitio principii, an instance of begging the question
pétitioniste: petitionist; petitioner
pétitionnaire: petitioner
pétitionner: to petition
pétitionneur: petitioner
pétochard: yellow-bellied (shy, timid)
pétoche: fear
pétocher: to fear
pétoire: peashooter (old or ineffective gun)
pétomane: a flatulist; a prolific farter
pétoncle: scallop (bivalve)
pétou: zoot, spliff
pétrarquisme: Petrarchism
pétrarquiste: Petrarchist
pétrel: petrel (bird)
pétreux: petrosal
pétri: full of something, puffed up with something
pétrification: petrification, petrifaction
pétrifier: to petrify (to turn to stone); to petrify, to paralyze (to freeze with fear)
pétrin: kneading trough; a pickle, mess, scrape, the soup
pétrir: to knead; to mould into shape
pétrissable: kneadable
pétrissage: kneading
pétrisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of pétrir
pétrochimie: petrochemical industry
pétrochimique: petrochemical
pétrochimiste: petrochemist
pétrocorien: of Périgueux
pétrodollar: petrodollar
pétrogenèse: petrogenesis
pétroglyphe: petroglyph
pétrographe: petrographer
pétrographie: petrography
pétrographique: petrographic
pétrographiquement: petrographically
pétrogène: petrogenetic
pétrolatum: petrolatum
pétrole: petroleum; oil; hydrocarbon
pétrolette: moped
pétroleur: an arsonist who lights fires with petrol
pétrolier: petrol; oil
pétrolier: oil tanker; oil worker
pétrolifère: petroleum/oil; oil-producing
pétrolière: oil company
pétrolochimie: petrochemistry
pétrolochimique: synonym of pétrochimique
pétrologie: petrology
pétrologique: petrological
pétrologue: petrologist
pétrosélinique: petroselinic
pétulamment: petulantly
pétulance: petulance
pétulant: exuberant, lively; impetuous
pétun: tobacco
pétuner: to smoke, especially tobacco; to take snuff
pétunia: petunia