Definition of pet

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Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.

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Bulimy :: Bulimy (n.) A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.
Muffler :: Muffler (n.) Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet..
Balcony :: Balcony (n.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater..
Record :: Record (v. t.) That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race..
Anseres :: Anseres (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc..
Carpet :: Carpet (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets..
Snake''s-head :: Snake's-head (n.) The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
Partial :: Partial (n.) Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole..
Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet..
Obdiplostemonous :: Obdiplostemonous (a.) Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers..
Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire..
Excess :: Excess (n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
Enfilade :: Enfilade (n.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire..
Battlement :: Battlement (n.) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches..
Biconjugate :: Biconjugate (a.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice..
Knavery :: Knavery (n.) The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
Indusial :: Indusial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects..
Lamella :: Lamella (n.) a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed..
Oubliette :: Oubliette (n.) A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall..
Underskirt :: Underskirt (n.) A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.
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