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peloter: to wind, roll etc. into a ball; to touch up, feel up (sexually); to make out
peloton: small ball (of thread etc.); platoon; pack, bunch (of cyclists etc.)
peloton d'exécution: firing squad (a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially)
pelotonner: to wind up into a ball; to curl up into a ball
pelouse: lawn; public enclosure; field, ground
pelta: pelte
peltaste: peltast
peluche: plush (toy), fluff
pelucher: to fluff up, become fluffy
pelucheux: fluffy
pelure: peel, rind (of a fruit); skin (of an onion)
pelvien: pelvic
pelvigraphie: pelvigraphy
pelvis: pelvis
pelé: bare; (of animal) mangy
pemmican: pemmican
penaille: an assembly of monks; rags, tatters
penalty: penalty, penalty kick
penaud: sheepish, shamefaced
penaudement: sheepishly
penchant: penchant
pencher: to tilt, tip up; to lean, list; to lean towards (an opinion, idea etc.); to be inclined (to do something); to bend down, lean over; to look into
pendable: that merits hanging; that deserves to be hanged
pendage: (angle of) dip
pendaison: hanging (of something or someone)
pendaison de crémaillère: housewarming
pendant: hanging
pendant: during, throughout, for the duration of
pendant: stone that dangles on earrings; match, counterpart
pendant que: while, whilst, as
pendard: gallows bird, rascal, one who deserves to hang
pendeloque: pendant
pendentif: pendant; pendentive
penderie: wardrobe
pendiller: to dangle
pendjabi: Punjabi
pendjabi: the Punjabi language
pendouiller: to dangle
pendre: to hang; to sag, droop
pendre au nez: to loom over, to be around the corner waiting for (to be likely to happen to)
pendre haut et court: to hang, to execute by hanging
pendre la crémaillère: to have a housewarming party
pendu: person condemned to be hanged; person killed by hanging
pendu: hangman (pen and paper game); hanged man (tarot card)
pendulaire: pendular; tilting (on its axis)
pendulaire: commuter
pendule: pendulum
pendule: pendulum clock
pendulette: small clock
pennage: feathery covering; plumage
pennatiséqué: pinnatisect
penne: large feather; quill (for writing); penne (pasta)
penniforme: penniform
pennine: penninite (A double silicate of aluminium and magnesium)
pennon: pennon (triangular flag); pennant; a local urban militia in medieval Lyon
pennonage: the right to use a particular pennon; the pennon of a particular locality
penny: penny
penné: pinnate
pensable: thinkable; considerable (worthy of being considered)
pensant: thinking