Saturday, March 15, 2014

Today's words

From today's Citation game:

petrel \ˈpe-trəl, ˈpē-\ - a bird that has long wings and usually dark feathers and that lives mainly on the ocean

peridot \ˈper-ə-ˌdät, -ˌdō(t)\ - a clear, yellowish-green stone that is used in jewelry

pelota noun \pə-ˈlō-tə\ - 1. a court game related to jai alai  2. the ball used in jai alai

peccary \ˈpe-kə-rē\  any of several largely nocturnal gregarious American mammals resembling the related pigs: as  a: a grizzled animal (Tayassu tajacu) with an indistinct white collar  b: a blackish animal (Tayassu pecari) with a whitish mouth region

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